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The plane carrying two British-Iranians who spent years detained in Iran lands in the UK early Thursday after London settled a longstanding debt over a cancelled defence contract with Tehran. Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe and Anoosheh Ashoori touched down at RAF Brize Norton in southwest England at 01:08am (0108 GMT) after being released on Wednesday. IMAGES
Sixteen UN staff from Ethiopia remain in custody after a roundup by authorities while six others have been released, UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric says. "We are of course actively working with the government of Ethiopia to secure their immediate release," Dujarric tells reporters at UN headquarters in New York. SOUNDBITE
Cheering and joy as several government opponents are released from the Reubeuss prison in Senegal, amid a political crisis that has gripped the country since the presidential election was delayed. IMAGES
A Red Cross bus transporting released Palestinian prisoners arrives in the West Bank city of Ramallah. Thirty Palestinian prisoners were freed overnight, the Israeli prison authorities said, in the latest exchange under an extended truce deal due to expire within hours. IMAGES
Clashes break out between Palestinians awaiting the arrival of released Palestinian detainees and Israeli forces in the West Bank town of Beitunia. IMAGES