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Newshour: 29/03/2024 21:06 GMT: One year since Evan Gershkovich's detention in Russia

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One year since Evan Gershkovich's detention in Russia

29/03/2024 21:06 GMT

29/03/2024 21:06 GMT: One year since Evan Gershkovich's detention in Russia

BBC World Service - Newshour, One year since Evan Gershkovich's detention in Russia

US President Joe Biden says he is working every day to secure the release of the reporter

US President Joe Biden says he is working every day to secure the release of the reporter.

President Joe Biden says the US is working every day to secure the release of the Wall Street Journal reporter, Evan Gershkovich, who was detained in Russia exactly a year ago. In a statement, Mr Biden said he'd told the journalist's parents he would never give up hope, and would continue to denounce the Kremlin for using Americans as "bargaining chips". 

Also in the programme: Israel's defence minister says his country will pursue Hezbollah wherever the militant group operates, after an attack on Syria; and the UK says it is almost doubling its aid for Sudan.

(Picture: One year since Evan Gershkovich's arrest, a billboard in Times Square calls for the release of the Wall Street Journal reporter. Credit: REUTERS/David 'Dee' Delgado)

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