to prepare for their jam, i try to do the same then minutes later, once the earth is just a blurb below it's time to free fall. who's a former syrian official sentenced to life in prison, charged with crimes against humanity. in what prosecutor say, the 1st conviction of its kind world want a fellow dental. come all santa maria here and don't ha, this is the world news from alger z. declaring mission accomplished. russian led forces begin withdrawing from context on after their deployment to help contain violence. anti government protests in lebanon, public transport operators, go on strike blocking roads and demanding the government address,

rising fuel prices and a d valued currency. i'm person to louis and mayfield kentucky where one month after a deadly tornado. there is still a lot of cleaning up to them. well, it's a verdict. it's been called a landmark leap towards justice, a german court convicting format, syrian official, unwatched ruslan of crimes against humanity and sentenced him to life in prison. from his head of an intelligence office in a damascus detention center, prosecutor say he oversaw the killing of 58 people and the torture of 4000 more. in 2011, 2012. his trial began 2 years ago after he defected and saw to sodom and germany. till now. okay, now with more details from belin, the list of crimes, but this, this syrian defendant was accused of was very long,

very extensive on it took in mother sexual offences, torture old mamma, of particularly heinous crimes. this man has now been found guilty of and it refers to his time back at the start of the syrian civil war when he was working as a colonel. so that is the high ranking office in the security forces of president bush. and it refers to, specifically to the time when this man, unwashed rutland was working and had a responsibility for this unit in the us and and the evidence against him was very considerable. all makes the significance is the importance of this position, express land held in the security forces all present to somebody in the office being brought books brought to justice and the fact that this happened in germany. that's the thing that massey also this involved victims who

will not german, a perpetrator who was not german offences that did not take place in germany. and yet, the german 4 argued ways that you, that universal jurisdiction allowed them chance to bring before the court and mission. and it's worth saying that the court said over its life sentence against them. they don't want to be released under any circumstances for at least 15. yes. so it's eric what he about. that's a feigning policy. off the 3rd open society justice initiative. he says the verdict does bring some level of justice for the victims. for some victims of systematic torture in charlotte, syria, this will bring some measure of justice, some measure of solace. germany has the ability to prosecute crimes that crimes against humanity and war crimes,

but happen outside of its territory under the principle of universal jurisdiction. the information came to the attention of the authorities and my son was, was recognized by some of the victims of torture branch, 251 where he led intelligence operations and really over saw the regime of torture in that intelligence branch. and once that information was brought to the authorities, there was a tremendous effort by syrian activists and civil society to collect information and bring that to prosecutors with the help of some international n g o z. and this trial really validates those efforts over over several years now to to hold one. well, really the most senior official today from the government of charlotte side to,

to account for the torture of over 4000 people on to other news. russian lead falls as it started withdrawing from context on following the worst unrest in decades. pull out a fit to be complete within 10 days because like president calcium jo map took, i of his asked their help had asked, so they help, at least to qual days of anti government protests. more than 160 people were killed and nearly 10000 detained during the demonstrations. look at the middle of a short period of time were able to provide security for the citizen with provide help instead of lising. the situation to peacekeeping mission of assisting brother people of kazakhstan has been successfully completed more for robin forest walker. he's following developments rented lease the georgia the c s t o f was, wasn't in, it was expensive very long. i mean, it will take another 1010 days we'll say before they will gone. but there were concerns from observing people in the country about the mandate of this military

force. how long they would stay, whether they would themselves have a life shoot to kill ordinary cars, act civilians could have been caught up in difficult situations. and because at restaurants, which would be on the rise in the country in recent years, i could have been with the president if, if they had out stayed there. well. but it seems as if it's been a largely. busy symbolic deployment, the president has said that they played a huge psychological influence in ending the unrest, and that's why they're on their way home. these truths, most of them, russian in the end, just a couple of 1000 deployed because it's done. we were expecting 3600 people looking further afield. what this means for the c s t o is the big success for the security talk organization led by moscow. and it could conceivably be used again in other countries that a members of this organization, whenever there's an unrest or

a challenge to the authorities, some forward civil unrest, the csp could be deployed the course and other potential flash point with russia. and the talks to diffuse that crisis in easton, ukraine are still going in vienna. russian troops have been gathering on the ukranian border raising fears of an invasion. these c e talks in australia, the latest round of negotiations just this week. to try to deescalate tensions between moscow and the french teachers of walked off the job and a nationwide strike to protest against the government's handling of corona virus. they say the measures in place don't go far enough to protect them or live pictures . in fact, from the projects in france right now, which is one of the country's most affected by the on the chron variance in europe, or the number of infections was increased around 45 percent. in the last week, let's get an update with natasha butler. she is at the rally in paris, natasha. yes,

thousands of mainly primary school teachers and staff are walking in central powers that walking to the education ministry to protest. now what they are unhappy about, they say, is that they feel the french government is imposed convict restrictions and rules on the schools that are unmanageable. they say that are complicated, and also they feel those roles, leave them even more exposed to the coven virus than in the past. they also say there's roles often change from day to day are imposed at the last minute and they don't have much time to prepare to give you an idea of the sort of things they're talking about at the end of last year. or if there was a coven case in a clause, that whole class would have to isolate for 7 days. now if there was a covey case in that class, the people as dies late, but everyone else can still go to school as long as they provide a series of negative tests. now what teachers the saying is that makes the environment of the classroom. i even more precarious in terms of health. they are

very worried, particularly at a time when coverage infections are so high. here in france, they won't simpler rules much clearer rules. they one more time to prepare and they want more protective measures in place. thank you for that update. that's natasha butler. joining us from paris today, a public transport work is 11 and are also on strike angry about the country's economic crisis drive as have been blocking roads across the capital, bare route, angry of increasing fuel prices in a shop, at the valuation of the currency. the support of sins and they tried to paralyze the country, public transport workers blocked roads across lebanon, and the hope the authorities will improve their living conditions. and international increase in fuel costs is adding pressure to their financial challenges. but it's the rapid depreciation of the local currency that may petrol, unaffordable for many is not phone a lot going on as we demand, they fixed

a dollar rate so we can live, we can survive with the fuel prices, we can't feed our children, we are in pain, lebanon's inflation has reached triple digits and is among the highest in the world that lead to fuel consumption, falling by nearly half as many people are no longer able to afford using their cars, filling them with fuel costs more than their monthly minimum wage. that's now worth 20 us dollars, but i hope that he can went to work is cheaper than using my car, but i still have to pay $1.00 ford of my salary for transportation. a few months ago, they nearly bankrupt, the government lifted subsidies on fuel because of a lack of foreign reserves and public transport costs increased by 400 percent. i know people who walk in for kilometers because they can't afford to pay for the ride. everything is too expensive. the economic crisis is likely to worse than as politicians blame for years of corruption. don't have

a recovery plan needed to unlock international financial aid. last year i'm going to talk we have to beg for money to survive. we are dying slowly. the situation is drastic. many people are also struggling with power outages, lasting 22 hours a day because the state can't afford to buy enough fuel. on this floor, i pay $1600000.00 mirrors for private electricity that is more than an average salary. what about the other bills? food inflation and lebanon is among the highest in the world. most people in lebanon are paid in the local currency at the official exchange rate of $1500.00 to the u. s. dollar, but the prices of goods and commodities are based on a parallel market rates. that's now more than $30000.00 lurise. there doesn't seem to be a clear way out of the crisis. the government hasn't conveyed in 3 months because a political infighting. all the while desperation among many is increasing in what

was once a middle class country center for their elders. eda, beirut will check the world wherever next, and then inflation in the united states that sort of 40 year high, we're looking a war that will main for the global economy. and thousands of homes destroyed by floods in brazil and there are concerns. more communities are at risk. ah hey there, good to see. here's your weather report for asia. we're going to begin in india where we've got a slug of rain siding down the east coast of india. this is for the states of disha into method per dash. but the bulk of that energy will side out toward the been call over the weekend. you spits in spots of rain and tom on that do. but i think that should i will stay dry. northern sections of india, fog alerts in play. this includes for the, for dash and air quality once again,

starting to reach them hazardous levels in new delhi, off to southeast asia, jolts and bolts over sumatra, java and borneo as well. so the very real risk of seen some flooding here at the ne monsoon subdued right now. so what that means is we're just dealing with showers for coastal vietnam. it's going to be dry and which means city with the high, $32.00 degrees central china looks like this. we've got below average temperatures in woo hon. shanghai and grey lin with a few showers there as well. and also some cloud covers stuck there. now for japan, skiers in snow borders are gonna love this. another wall up of winter weather through the hills of honshu and hook kado, a snow storm warning, so not just 30 centimeters of snow, but that snow is going to be whipping around blizzard conditions on friday. be careful out there, see again soon ah, in a world where remote is become the norm,

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a detention center in damascus between 20112012 that fall as it started drawing from topics down there to complete that plot by the end of next week, president costume joe much higher than adopt for their health to contain anti government protests. the french teachers have walked off the job and a nationwide strike to protest against the government handling of the current environment. and i say the policies in place don't go far enough to protect in the us. inflation has hit levels, not seen in 40 years, a 7 percent rise on the previous year. now the white house is blaming global supply chain issues because of the pandemic other se, stimulus programs. and the main reason for the rise and prices might have reports from washington. prices for groceries rent another needed items, continue to saw. the owner, the small shops are particularly hard hit as they see their customers beginning to

treat what were every day purchases as luxuries you can see had the money flows you can seeing when people are not getting the extras when they're getting copy trip coffee instead of capital, you can see it, you can see how they pay. they're paying in coins, be increased in prices, is now being felt at every gas station. and in every grocery store. i just think for a little more careful, i notice it in almost every product. fruits vegetables, which we buy a lot of daily products. i can't really see anywhere that the prices have gone down. but they've gone up bottlenecks in the supply chains of distributors all the primary reason and these, and turn the direct result of stopping shortages. as the pandemic continues to rage world wide. at the stage though,

the head of the federal reserve insists there's no need for panic. that this is a temporary situation. we will use our tools to support the economy and a strong labor market and to prevent higher inflation from becoming entrenched. it's a similar message coming from the white house, which points to a dropping unemployment rate as evidence that economic recovery is underway and is adamant that the supply chain issue will be resolved. we are well positioned to attack the challenges of prices and costs had on. and that's exactly what the president i and this administration are doing. but republicans continue to blame stimulus measures for overheating the economy. one thing is clear, it's impossible to predict the ongoing economic impact of the on the crone varian surge, which the nation continues to face. i don't believe we've seen that peak yet here in the united states. the rise in price increases reflect a harsh reality that in the pandemic. it's not just people who get sick,

but the economy as well. mike, hannah, i'll jazeera washington with our current virus rep, starts in the u. s. where the president plans to recruit the help of the military to help hospitals dealing with a spike in cove infections. joe biden, speaking in about an hour or so actually about his administration's response to the search a number of people hospitalized. is that the highest level since the start of the pandemic or from our white house correspondent? kimberly hoc it what we know about alma crohn is that it is in fact highly contagious, even if the illness itself is relatively mild. and that has led to a lot of fear. and also a lot of frustration in the united states because you have to remember that us president joe biden was elected to get a handle on all of this. and many americans are feeling that that is not the case. the challenge for this white house has been

a messaging issue that is being widely acknowledged. now, we have to point out that this announcement of the deployment of troops is not a new announcement. in fact, it came a month ago. so this is not new information. this is just now the announcement that it's actually happening and this is not sitting well with the ordinary americans who are finding their schools have been closed and then are reopening their cannot find access to tasks as they were promised. and they feel that the messaging about the guidelines itself, whether it's ice elation, or whether it's a positive test versus a negative test. whether you should take a p c r. whether you should take a rapid test, there is math confusion in the united states, and that's led to a lot of frustration. so people are looking to the precedent to see what more he might have to say about how this white house plans to get a handle of a coven coven, endemic as he promised, the isolation period in england recovered 19 positive people as being reduced from

next week the health secretary says people in quarantine will be able to leave the house once they get a negative result. after 5 days, the bunker in downing street keeping across developments. good news for people in england and a good distraction for the government, shall we say yes, yes it is. i mean, given all the scandal that swirling around number 10, downing street at the moment, or perhaps the government can be forgiven for wanting to re direct attention away from all of that back on to some of the government successes during the pandemic over the past 700 day. so perhaps no coincidence in the timing of this announcement by such a jovial who has said that the isolation period after testing positive for coven 19 will now be reduced from 7 days to 5 days pending a negative test result being in the u. k. into line with what the united states is doing and essentially helping the country economically recover from the hit of the

pandemic. here's how the hell secretary put it. after reviewing all of the evidence, we've made the decision to reduce the minimum self isolation period to 5 full days in england. from under, people can test twice before they go, leaving isolation at the start of day 6. what is why the success is all of this still remains overshadowed by the details of what exactly boston some was or what was not doing. and his decision to join a drink party in the garden of number 10 downing street in the early 2020. it has very much polarized opinions within the conservative party. there are some m p 's within the cabinet who have rallied to the prime minister's support. so reminding the british public that they need to focus on the achievements on the government. but some m. p 's have clearly broken ranks including the leader of the scottish

conservatives who has urged the prime minister to do the right thing and resign. the majority of conservative m. p. 's though remain quiet. they are waiting for the results of an inquiry and to what exactly happened at number 10, waiting to to hear from their constituents. if public anger continues to grow those m. p 's though may well consider tabling letters of no confidence in the prime minister. 15 percent of tory and peace need to do that to push for a leadership contest. there is some way off, of course, before that prime minister boyish johnson, by doing, biding his time, hunkering down, and no doubt trying to convince a conservative em piece to back him. man. can eve marker in downing street and not india's reported its highest number of covey cases since may of last year, almost 250000 of them in just 24 hours. of course, this is following the global trend of shop increases and on the con, infections should be said,

their hospital admissions and deaths are lower than previous waves. 380 people have died in the past day compared to a peak of more than 4000 last year. and in pakistan, cases are also setting records. daddy infections of had a 4 month hive, more than $3000.00. the health system really under strain there from the search caused by that on a cron variance come, i'll hider, and some about largest on it in the grape of the 5th wave of the corona wire. there have been 3000 cases in the large 24 eyes. that guards is a dangerous sign because the country positivity date now stands at 6 point dreads. but then, and according to the world health organization guidelines that mean that they should be more testing, they have been reported cases of people having contracted the omi cron radiad. most of them, of course, have stayed home the advisory from the government and that be pretty much not

strong. again, i know reading the march and also decided died. but people are large and focused on are oblivious to the trade of the 5th wave. despite the government warning, the education miniature of the country will also be deciding today. where did it didn't have to keep the educational institutions open. the government had one that the people much take this very seriously because it had now the looming thread of their delta kron, which had been reported in cyprus. and i had a ministry saying, it was a matter of time before dad radiated also lounge on august on shore to brazil. now, where flooding in the southeast has killed more than 20 people in indigenous communities. 2 weeks of non stop rain and miniature, i states has caused dams to burst and force people to seek shelter. john holman, has the story flood waters a coursing through the state of meanness in se brazil,

this is who are tuber one of the towns on the water over the last 2 months, thousands have been left homeless across brazil, victims of a relentless raymond season. now minas is bearing the brunt of florida, with the miracle up in the water level in my house reached my waist, we lost everything. my children and my wife left the house by boat. we are getting the things we managed to save out of there. but clothes and these things we couldn't really save. and 10 people died and meanness in the last 2 days. it could get worse, this is the cavity or could them threatening to go down with the dom has never been like this. may god free of some keep us safe if it breaks, it will hurt money. people below there are 5 cities down there that will be harmed . indigenous communities in the state are struggling with sentiment and with, with lesion. it's a very sad feeling. one of heartbreak to see this community in such

a state. if it were up to me, i would never return here my heart is bleeding. at the moment the using a local school as a shelter all over the state. others are suffering too, and desperately hoping that the rain stops. john holman, out 0. the cost of natural disasters in the united states last year was the 3rd ais wildfires to storms, extreme weather events, cost the country about a $145000000000.00 worth of damage. kristin salumi has gone back to mayfield, kentucky. you, people are still picking up the pieces after a tornado swept through. the destruction stretches for miles how chapter house business after business. even the county court house in mayfield, kentucky, is damage seemingly beyond repair. the tornadoes that rip through the state and december, killing 77 people destroyed more than a 1000 structures. no, the biggest challenge for us was trying to find a new place to live, you know,

finding some place to rent, not possible. now if we want to stay in mayfield and everything is going clean up crews however, are everywhere. with so much distraction, cleanup is not going to be quicker easy. they estimate that it will take another 160000 truckloads to carry away all the debris. throughout the state, local volunteers have sprung into action. helping provide everything from clothing to toiletries while fema, the federal emergency management agency. dole's out cash to those who qualify for emergency housing assistance of the $9500000.00 of removed disburse so far to family you $6800000.00 of that is for housing assistance that for that is the 1st option for families to find a place to live in the interim while they're rebuilding and fun finding that that permanent solution, the mayfield grain company is among the many businesses that were destroyed,

taking jobs with them. but duncan's pharmacy was able to reopen quickly and a new location were getting phone calls the day after the tornado. people calling, i apologize, not trying to be insensitive. i'm not a medicine. why do i do? the store has been part of mayfield for over 100 years and its current owner has no intention of leaving, or things used to be a certain way. they're not like that right now. just have patience and in love for each other and with time i think would be able to grow back maybe not like who were before, hopefully stronger, but what least be able to to rebuild, rebuild. they must, but it won't be easy. and the spring tornado season is just months away. kristen salumi al jazeera mayfield kentucky. quick story out of nigeria, which has lifted its ban on twitter. the government blocked the social media site 7 months ago after the company deleted a post by president mom and hungry twitter argued the message threatened violence

against secessionist. now that was part of the deal to reinstate twitter. it's agreed to open a local office. we spoke to kabir damn about this managing director of beacon consulting, the security risk management firm in nigeria. he says the decision to lift a band with likely fuel by a need for online campaigning. because there are general elections next year in terms of the social media penetration, and you're at the available to go with about 202123 percent. and it's growing by especially on mobile devices. a broadband is still at the very lou reed and boot positive, as well as negative mobilization, takes place within that fate. and among the youth population, the embrace the new technology, including a i and several other technological platforms, including payment platforms, has made this to be very, very favorable to the youth. now, political,

mobile id of 2 is going on. we did not see a lot of them on several of the above. the reason why the government looked at this bomb is because you're probably aware, 9 year old have a general election next year. and the government has not been able to use the platform or it's in mobilization. and now that it realizes that are, you know, interest i use enough, but then it needs to also come into the platform as well. today. the given tape on both sides. ah, pos, the allocate, okay. can these are the top stories, a former syrian intelligence officer has been sentenced to life in prison in germany, the court convicted of fun for crimes against humanity for abuses at a detention center in damascus. this is between.