Two European women held in Niger freed in Libya

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   Gloria Vance · World News AnchorTwo European aid workers, one from Switzerland and one from Austria, have been freed after more than a year in captivity in Niger, and they arrived in the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi, according to official sources cited by Reuters.

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   Gloria Vance · World News AnchorOne of them was reportedly taken from the desert town of Agadez in central Niger in January twenty twenty-five.

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   Gloria Vance · World News AnchorReports say both are due to fly home on Thursday.

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   Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentSo they were taken in Niger and freed in Libya? That's a long way.

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   Gloria Vance · World News AnchorIt is. And the footage Al-Masar TV broadcast shows the women thanking Khalifa Haftar and his son Saddam for their release.

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   Gloria Vance · World News AnchorOne said in French, quote, I thank from the bottom of my heart Marshal Haftar and his son, Saddam, who released us.

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   Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentThey got a shoutout. On camera. Before they even landed.

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   Gloria Vance · World News AnchorA man who I assume runs a part of a country now holds the credit for freeing them, and the cameras were ready for it.

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   Gloria Vance · World News AnchorI'll let viewers draw their own conclusions about who benefits from the footage.

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    Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentThat's an outro.

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    Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentEighteen months to get out, and the first thing on camera is thank you to the marshal and his son. Smash that like button, Marshal.