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00:00Ukraine and Russia each swapped over 300 prisoners in what was the second day of a major prison
00:07surge. Syria welcomes the temporary U.S. easing of sanctions.
00:20The Iranian revenge drama, it was just an accident by Jafar Banahi won the Balm d'Or top prize at
00:27the American Film Festival. The Israeli military has deployed all of its standing army infantry
00:35and armored brigades to Gaza, that is according to local media. It comes as Israel has ramped up
00:42its offensive in the Strip. On Saturday, the military said it struck more than 100 targets
00:47in a time span of 24 hours. They claim they were targeting Hamas infrastructure. On Friday,
00:539 out of 10 children of a Gaza doctor were killed in an Israeli airstrike. The children ranged in
01:00ages from 7 months to 12 years old. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed to continue
01:09the offensive until Hamas disarms and releases all of the remaining hostages. Hamas said it will only
01:15do so in exchange for more Palestinian prisoners, a lasting ceasefire and an Israeli withdrawal from
01:21the territory. Meanwhile, in Tel Aviv, protesters gathered on the streets in the weekly demonstration,
01:29demanding a lasting ceasefire and the immediate release of all the hostages.
01:38Ukraine and Russia each swapped over 300 soldiers and civilians on Saturday in what was the second day
01:46of a major prison swap.
01:51On Friday, a first exchange already took place. The Ukrainian president reported that in total almost 700
02:00Ukrainians have returned home over the past two days. A third stage of the swap is expected to take place on Sunday.
02:08which would make the swap the largest in more than three years of conflict. The prisoner exchange came hours after Kyiv came under a large-scale Russian drone and missile attack, which left at least 15 people injured.
02:16Syrians on the streets of Damascus
02:40Syrians on the streets of Damascus welcomed the temporary U.S. easing of sanctions on Saturday, which U.S. President Donald Trump announced earlier this month. The Syrian foreign ministry said it extends its hands to anyone that wants to cooperate with Damascus, as long as there is no internal intervention from their behalf. Meanwhile, residents celebrate the news.
03:06The sanctions imposed in 2019 had aimed to isolate Syria's previous dictator Bashar al-Assad. The European Union also agreed on Tuesday to lift all
03:36remaining economic sanctions on Syria.
03:43The Iranian revenge drama It Was Just an Accident won the Palemdor, the top prize at Cannes Film Festival. The film was directed by Iranian dissident filmmaker Jafar Banahi. The director had been banned from international travel and making films for more than 15 years. However, this didn't stop him, as Banahi had been making films in secret in his home country.
04:05On stage, the director had addressed his prize to Iranians and said freedom in his country was what mattered the most.
04:12The Brazilian thriller The Brazilian thriller The Secret Agent won two big awards, one for best actor for Wagner Moura and best director for Kleber Mendonca Filho.
04:25Newcomer Nadia Meliti was given best actress for her performance in The Little Sister, a queer coming of age story about a daughter of Algerian immigrants in Paris.
04:37Newcomer Nadia Meliti was done by thenen of the Jafar Banah.
04:44Newcomer Nadia Meliti was the best actresses on the book of June.
04:48Newcomer Nadia Meliti is the first actress.
04:50Newcomer Nadia Meliti was given the first actress on the floor for Boswell.
04:54Newcomer Nadia Meliti was given to the Russian Behavior Hershey.
04:57Newcomer Nadia Meliti was given a positiveambulist in the Australian accent.
05:00Newcomer Nadia Meliti was given the film with the paintbrush man on the sign in his home,