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This is the Global News Podcast from the BBC World Service.

I'm Robin Brandt and in the early hours of Friday the 11th of August, these are our main

stories.

Five U.S. citizens have been freed from prison in Iran and moved to house arrest.

Wildfires in Hawaii have been declared to be a disaster, allowing federal aid for the

recovery effort.

The president of Ivory Coast says he will deploy soldiers to potentially intervene in Niger,

where the military seized power last month.

Also in this podcast, Virgin Galactic has completed its first flight for paying customers.

I watch the three of them go up for 90 minutes and return safely, back down to earth.

We start with news from Iran about four Americans in prison there.

They have left prison and have been moved to house arrest.

A fifth man is said to have already been moved to conditions with fewer restrictions

on his liberty.

House have been taking place for years to secure their release.

The U.S. Secretary of State, Anthony Blinken, has just described their house's detention

as a positive step that he hoped would lead to their eventual return to the U.S.

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