RT News - September 07, 2019 (20:00 MSK)

A major prisoner swap between Russia and Ukraine is hailed as an important step by the international community. Moscow and Kiev also herald it as a significant move forward. Russian journalist Kirill Vyshinsky whose release was widely called for by liberty groups, is among the 35 to arrive in Moscow the same number were returned to Kiev. The US State Department confirms it tried to bribe the captain of the Iranian oil tanker at the center of a diplomatic row so they could seize the vessel. And, ongoing xenophobic riots in South Africa, as foreign-owned businesses are looted in the country's largest city, Johannesburg.