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BBC World Service – Global News Podcast, President Biden hails biggest prisoner swap since Cold War a ‘feat of diplomacy’

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President Biden hails biggest prisoner swap since Cold War a ‘feat of diplomacy’. In total, 10 Russians — including 2 children — were exchanged for 16 Westerners and Russians imprisoned in Russia. It was a seven nation prisoner swap which involved complicated and long negotiations. Also: Three men accused of plotting the 9/11 terrorist attacks in the United States in 2001 who have been detained in Guantanamo Bay receive a plea deal. We get reaction from a family member of one of the victims, and in the Olympics a clash in the women’s boxing was abandoned after just 46 secs amidst controversy over gender eligibility rules.



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