CNN International: Americans Released In Historic Prisoner Swap With Russia; Israel: "Eliminated" Hamas' Military Chief In Gaza In July; Ukraine At The Olympics. Aired 3-4p ET

The largest prisoner swap between the United States and Russiasince the Cold War; "Wall Street Journal" reporter Evan Gershkovichand former U.S. Marine Paul Whelan are on a U.S. jet on their wayhome, and they are among some 16 wrongfully detained prisonersreleased, to be reunited with thei...

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Main Authors Sciutto, Jim, Lee, MJ, Robertson, Nic, Dougherty, Jill, JenniferHansler, Diamond, Jeremy
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LanguageEnglish
Published Atlanta CQ Roll Call 01.08.2024
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Biden, Joseph R Jr
Diplomacy
Foreign policy
Friendship
Multiple organ dysfunction syndrome
National security
Political campaigns
Presidents
Prisoner exchanges
Putin, Vladimir
Scandals
Sullivan, Jake
Trump, Donald J
Whelan, Paul
United States > US
Ukraine
Russia
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Summary:The largest prisoner swap between the United States and Russiasince the Cold War; "Wall Street Journal" reporter Evan Gershkovichand former U.S. Marine Paul Whelan are on a U.S. jet on their wayhome, and they are among some 16 wrongfully detained prisonersreleased, to be reunited with their loved ones in the coming hours.CNN is learning new details about the assassination of Ismail Haniyeh,the longtime Hamas political leader killed in Tehran, Iran, onWednesday; a source tells CNN and he was killed by an explosive devicedetonated remotely, which had been planted in his guest room twomonths earlier. Ukraine sent a notably smaller team of 140 athletes tocompete in this year's Olympic Games; but against the toughest odds,and the war at home, Ukrainians are bringing back medals and hope. GUESTS: Susan Glasser, Larry Sabato, Andrew Miller, Clayton Weimers,Matvii Bidnyi
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