Ukraine and Russia exchange prisoners in landmark deal

Russia and Ukraine has exchanged prisoners today. Planes from the two countries brought the freed inmates to Moscow and Kiev with a total of 70 prisoners involved. Relations between the countries have been fraught ever since Russia annexed the Ukrainian region of Crimea in 2014.

Also in the programme: More than forty people are known to have died from Hurricane Dorian but officials say the final figure is expected to be 'staggering; and Iran says it's fired up advanced centrifuges to boost its enriched uranium stockpiles, in the latest scaling back of its commitments under the 2015 international nuclear deal.

(Picture credit: Ukrainian film director Oleg Sentsov, who was jailed on terrorism charges in Russia, gets off a plane upon arrival in Kiev after Russia-Ukraine prisoner swap, at Borispil International Airport. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich )