Original version

BBC World Service schedule for American satellite radio and the Caribbean

BBC World Service Americas and the Caribbean

Newsday

Bulletins

News

Live news, business and sport from around the world.

BBC World Service Australasia

BBC World Service

BBC World Service East and Southern Africa Schedule

BBC World Service East and Southern Africa

BBC World Service South Asia

BBC World Service News Internet

BBC World Service Online

BBC World Service Europe and the Middle East

BBC World Service West and Central Africa Schedule

BBC World Service West and Central Africa

BBC World Service East Asia

Newsday: 22/09/2022 05:06 GMT : Turkey and Saudi Arabia broker prisoner swap between Russia and Ukraine

Magazines & Reviews

22/09/2022 05:06 GMT 

22/09/2022 05:06 GMT : Turkey and Saudi Arabia broker prisoner swap between Russia and Ukraine

Turkey and Saudi Arabia broker prisoner swap between Russia and Ukraine

BBC World Service - Newsday, Turkey and Saudi Arabia broker prisoner swap between Russia and Ukraine

215 fighters have been returned to the Ukrainian side, including ten foreigners

Ukraine has handed over 55 Russian soldiers, as well as the pro-Russian politician Viktor Medvedchuk, who faced treason charges in Ukraine

Russia and Ukraine have completed a major prisoner of war exchange, including leaders of the Ukrainian Azov battalion captured after the long siege of Mariupol.

In a speech to the UN General Assembly, President Volodymyr Zelensky has called for a special war tribunal to hold Russia accountable for the war in Ukraine and for a compensation fund to make it pay for the war.

And the World Health Organization says Malawi has eliminated trachoma, the leading infectious cause of blindness, as a public health problem.

Accessibility links

Programme Index

Newsday

22/09/2022 05:06 GMT : Turkey and Saudi Arabia broker prisoner swap between Russia and Ukraine

Genres

Formats

Brand

BBC World Service Americas and the Caribbean

About BBC World Service