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Five US citizens freed by Iran arrive in Qatar after a prisoner exchange facilitated by the release of $6 billion in frozen oil proceeds. A Qatari jet carrying the five, along with two relatives, touched down at Doha International Airport just before 5:40 pm local time (1440 GMT). IMAGES
A Qatari jet carrying five US citizens who were held in Iran lands in Doha as part of a prisoner exchange. The United States confirmed a prisoner swap with Iran and said that President Joe Biden had granted clemency to five Iranians jailed or awaiting trial for non-violent crimes. IMAGES
The US has joined talks in Vienna on salvaging the Iran nuclear agreement, which the Trump administration withdrew from in 2018. Iran is demanding an end to the crippling sanctions imposed by the former president, and has refused to meet with American officials face to face. FRANCE 24’s chief foreign editor Robert Parsons says the talks are a positive sign for proponents of the JCPOA deal.
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Official U.S and Iranian planes park side by side at the Geneva airport as a Swiss plane carrying four American prisoners leaves Tehran. Rough Cut (no reporter narration)
U.S.-led air strikes hit 10 units of Islamic State fighters in Syria in recent days as well as militants with the al Qaeda-linked Khorasan Group. Jillian Kitchener reports.
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