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Emotional scenes as Evan Gershkovich and other US detainees return home
President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris have welcomed detainees as they returned to American soil from Russia -- part of the largest prisoner swap since the Cold War
Three Americans including Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, who were freed in a prisoner swap deal with Russia, have arrived back on US soil.
It's been described as the biggest exchange since the end of the Cold War.
In other news, the body of the Hamas political leader, Ismail Haniyeh, who was assassinated in Iran on Wednesday, has been flown to Qatar where he's being buried.
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