NewsOvernight reports: Prisoner exchange between Russia and Ukraine as UAE mediates
Overnight reports: Prisoner exchange between Russia and Ukraine as UAE mediates
It happened while you were sleeping. Here's what global agencies reported overnight from Friday to Saturday.
- Russia and Ukraine exchanged 95 prisoners of war each on Friday as part of an agreement brokered by the United Arab Emirates, according to Reuters, citing the Russian Ministry of Defence. Ukrainian authorities confirmed the prisoner exchange.
- The British government ruled out apologising for its involvement in the slave trade or addressing reparations at next week's Commonwealth summit. A government spokesperson added that the UK would focus on current issues, such as "shared challenges and opportunities faced by the Commonwealth, including driving growth across our economies."
- Uganda could be a destination for the deportation of African migrants denied asylum in Europe. Dutch Prime Minister Dick Schoof made this proposal to European Union leaders during the European Council summit. Schoof explained that the idea is based on the belief that asylum seekers who failed to obtain residency could be sent to a centre where they could return to their country of origin.
- Pope Francis, in a message to participants of the 80th Annual Assembly of the Inter-American Press Association (IAPA) in the Argentine city of Cordoba, called on journalists to "fight the sin of misinformation" and strongly respond to all "hate speech."
- The Texas Supreme Court temporarily postponed the execution of death row inmate Robert Roberson. This occurred just minutes after the state's highest criminal court authorised the execution to proceed at the state prison in Huntsville.
- Brazil's president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, sent a proposal to Congress on Friday to significantly increase penalties for environmental crimes. The president proposes doubling the current penalties of two to three years imprisonment.
