Up First briefing: Americans freed from Iran; Biden to address U.N.; history of umami
Five Americans head to the U.S. after a prisoner swap with Iran. Biden will address the U.N. on America's foreign policy. How umami overcame discrimination to become the 5th taste.
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Five Americans detained in Iran for years are expected to arrive in the U.S. to reunite with their families soon. In exchange for their return, the Biden administration freed five Iranians from U.S. custody and gave Iran access to $6 billion in frozen oil revenues.
- that it's hard to predict whether anything can be done to keep to unite countries in an agreement to act together against any country that takes hostages.
