News Wrap: American Ryan Corbett released from Afghanistan in prisoner swap with Taliban
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🗓️ 21 January 2025
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| 0:00.0 | We start the day's other news with a prisoner swap between the United States and the Taliban. |
| 0:05.8 | As one of his final acts in office, former President Biden secured the release of 42-year-old Ryan Corbett, |
| 0:12.7 | seen here with two of his children, as well as another American, William McKenzie. |
| 0:17.5 | In a statement, Corbett's family thanked Biden and the Trump administration for, quote, |
| 0:22.2 | bringing him back home after what's been the most challenging and uncertain 894 days of our lives. |
| 0:29.2 | The men were freed in exchange for Khan Mohammed, a Taliban member who'd been jailed in the U.S. on |
| 0:34.7 | narcotics charges since 2008. |
| 0:40.4 | He arrived in Kabul earlier today, a free man. |
| 0:46.9 | In Israel, two top generals resigned today over the military's failure to stop the October 7th Hamas attacks. |
| 0:48.3 | One was the top commander for southern Israel and Gaza. |
| 0:51.4 | The other was Lieutenant General Herzegh Aliwi. |
| 0:54.7 | Halevi is the senior most Israeli official to quit over the attack that killed some |
| 0:59.2 | 1,200 Israelis and triggered the war in Gaza, which now paused in a ceasefire deal. |
| 1:04.7 | On the ground in Gaza, meanwhile, nearly 900 humanitarian aid trucks rolled in today |
| 1:10.5 | as part of that agreement. |
| 1:12.5 | And the southern city of Khan Yunus displaced Palestinians lined up for food and essential supplies. |
| 1:20.4 | After seven months, it's the first time I've received a food basket from the UN. |
| 1:24.9 | But it's not enough. Maybe only for a day or two. We need sheets for |
| 1:29.2 | tents. And most importantly, we want things that will warm us in the winter, like blankets and |
| 1:34.8 | mattresses. The ceasefire does not extend to the occupied West Bank, where Israel says it's launched |
| 1:41.3 | a, quote, significant and broad military operation targeting Palestinian |
| 1:46.0 | militants. |
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