Major prisoner exchange between US and the West

The exchange, one of the biggest between Russia and the West in history, will involve 24 prisoners held in Russia, the US, Germany and three other Western countries. We speak to our reporter from BBC Russian and to a journalist friend of one the prisoners.

Israel says Mohammed Deif - the head of Hamas's military wing - was killed in Gaza last month. Meanwhile, the funeral of the assassinated Hamas political leader has taken place in Iran, with tens of thousands attending. Our regional editor answers audience questions about the significance of this week's developments.

The Jamaican dancehall artist Vybz Kartel has been freed from prison after judges decided he would not face a retrial for murder. We speak to a journalist in Jamaica.

Presenter: James Reynolds.

(Photo: Alsu Kurmasheva, *RFE/RL journalist, behind glass in a courtroom. Credit: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty)