assad regime will be held accountable. the held accountable. un special envoy for syria says the un special envoy for syria says the rebel group are so far are coordinating well. bi; says the rebel group are so far are coordinating well.- are coordinating well. by and larue, are coordinating well. by and large. we _ are coordinating well. by and large, we have _ are coordinating well. by and large, we have seen - are coordinating well. by and l large, we have seen reassuring statement from the various armed groups. there are still some issues on law and order. a man is charged with murder over last week's fatal shooting of a healthcare boss in new york. israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu arrives in court to testify for the first time in his long—running corruption trial. and real—life �*succession�* — rupert murdoch loses his bid to change a family trust and give control of his media empire to his eldest son.

in syria, the main islamist rebel leader has said the country's new government will pursue officials from president assad's regime who oversaw torture and war crimes and offer rewards for information about those involved. rebel fighters say they've found more than a0 bodies showing signs of torture at a hospital near damascus. this the scene live in the capital. banks are expected to reopen and public transport services resume today. work continues to build a transitional government. the rebel leader abu mohammed al—jolani has named an interim prime minister. and a small cabinet so that public services can resume. aru na ayengar reports.

scenes of joy as scenes ofjoy as people point to damascus for a second day. women, children and families joined with rebel soldiers... gunfire. ..to celebrate freedom from the regime of former president bashar al—assad. syrian communities around the world are celebrating. these were the ecstatic crowds in london. look at all these people, how happy they are! now we should be able to go back home, see ourfamilies, visit the graves of our loved ones which were murdered by assad and his gang. back in damascus, stories of horror are not hard to find. this man is a5. he has no teeth — he says bashar al—assad soldiers broke them because he belonged to a rebel militia. they also cut off part of his tongue, and gave him mice to eat in prison. the sednaya prison has become a symbol of the atrocities committed by syria's former government. desperate relatives have been heading there,

seeking loved ones — some of whom disappeared years ago. thousands of opposition supporters are believed to have been tortured and killed here. just days ago, rebels freed thousands of prisoners here. hayat tahrir al—sham fighters are seen as heroes for liberating these people. but can a group that has a jihadist past deliver the democratic rule that many here want? this woman says, "they are from our country, they are not islamic state, we are not afraid of them." syria's stability depends for now on the man wearing military clothing — abu mohammed al—jolani, the leader of hayat tahrir al—sham. here, he was meeting the interim prime minister to discuss the way forward. he succeeded in uniting rebel groups and capturing the whole country in under two weeks. he said rewards will be given for information on assad officials involved in war crimes. meanwhile, these syrian refugees in turkey are facing

the dilemma of whether to return home to syria. like germany, like france and like other countries, we have paused asylum decisions on cases from syria while the home office reviews and monitors the current situation. what will syrian refugees return to, and how can those living in the country deal with the demons of its past? aruna iyengar, bbc news. the un special envoy for syria, geir otto pedersen, has been holding a briefing in the past hour, in which he said the rebel groups are co—ordinating well for now. for now, much of what some call rebel —controlled syria is under the control of what we call a patchwork of groups. they are coordinating well for now. but they are not fully or

formally united. it is important that we do not see conflict between these groups. let me also say that by and large, we have seen reassuring statements from the hts and the different armed groups, but there are still some issues of law and order.— there are still some issues of law and order. the un special envoy there — law and order. the un special envoy there to _ law and order. the un special envoy there to syria. - i asked our middle east correspondent in damascus, lina sinjab, about these reports of the names of those who were tortured being released by the rebel group. that's happened exactly after the leader of the rebels, abu mohammed al—jolani appointed a new prime minister and a small cabinet and met with the former prime minister to hand over power. he also announced that the new authorities were going to be issuing this list with names, and urged anyone who knows any information about people who've been involved in torturing syrians to hand this information.

he also said that those who fled the country will be traced and prosecuted. however, it's really hard to tell at the moment how this process is going to take place because it's the early days of the toppling of the regime. the government, the new government, the interim government is expected to take authority of the former government today. so things are going to take some time between handover. it's really unclear how the justice system will operate. there should be like a justice minister and justice authorities, and it's really hard to see when and if they manage to capture those people who've been involved in torture and killing of the syrians, how the process is going to be to bring them tojustice. and when it comes to those accusations of torture, of course, we've been witnessing these scenes in that very notorious prison in syria.

what is the latest there? have they managed to access and find any more people, any more former prisoners? well, the white helmets, which is the rescue group that has been involved in the search operation, along with many experts, have already put out a statement that they've halted their search operation, mainly in saydnaya prison and that they haven't found any more prisoners. and at the same time, the rebels have announced that they found at least a0 bodies in body bags in a morgue, in a hospitalwith, you know, gruesome marks of torture on their bodies. we believe that these bodies belong to prisoners who were in saydnaya prison. however, many groups are still in the search. there are statements coming out with rewards for people who have information about any secret prisons that they haven't discovered yet, and still searching for people who are missing. over the past decade, with the rule of former president bashar al—assad, he used detention and torture

to silence people. and human rights activists documented over 100,000 forcibly disappeared, that their families don't know their whereabouts, and they're still looking for them. while the syrian observatory for human rights also documented at least 60,000 people have been tortured to death inside assad's prisons. israeli warplanes are reported to have carried out more than a hundred airstrikes across syria. loud explosions were reported in the capital damascas and smoke was seen rising over the city. a research centre suspected of links to chemical weapons production was among the sites hit. israel's prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, said the action was necessary to ensure his country's security. the un special envoy for syria has condemned

the israeli strikes on syria — calling for them to stop. a very troubling development. we are continuing to see israeli movements and bombardments into syrian territory. this needs to stop. this is extremely important. the un envoy to syria calling on israel to stop those strikes. let's discuss the implications of this. joining me now isjournalist and author yaakov katz — who was a former military and defence editor at the jerusalem post. he's now a senior fellow at the jewish people policy institute. of course, you are also the author of a book about the secret mission of israel to release syrian power. help us to understand the concerns that israel has in terms of what you describe as that syrian nuclear power, that secret mission to

eliminate syria's nuclear power. eliminate syria's nuclear ower. ., ., , ., , power. syria over the years has accumulated — power. syria over the years has accumulated a _ power. syria over the years has accumulated a lid _ power. syria over the years has accumulated a lid and - power. syria over the years has accumulated a lid and mass - power. syria over the years has accumulated a lid and mass ofl accumulated a lid and mass of significant weapons. there was an attempt in the earlier part of the 2000 to build a nuclear reacted together with north korea, israel discovered that and destroyed in december 2007. that was just one attempt by the syrians to obtain nuclear weapons. we know they have accumulated and amassed a massive stockpile of chemical weapons in various gases, something that assad and even his father, hts who ruled decades earlier and both used against their own people. that was a famous russian american deal back in 2013, some remain from that. they have chemical weapons, advance service to msl

systems, aircraft, makes that were purchased from russia, all of this is of concern, but the concern is for the entire western world if it falls into the wrong hand. for that reason, we have seen in the last 48 or 72 hours, consecutive and repeated israeli air strikes to eliminate as much of these capabilities as possible to prevent them from falling into radical islamic hands. the un is calling further strikes to stop. i understand they are calling for the strikes to stop, but they are misunderstanding what is happening there. this is not the version of labour goal progressive labour party members coming to power. these are an offshoot of al-anda, hts. recognised by the united states and uk as a terrorist group. abu mohammed al—jolani

himself has a bounty of 10 million on his head from the united states. these people have the potential to cause a threat to the entire of the western world. it is in everyone's interest that these weapons do not fall into the hands. if we find ourselves in a situation after libya fell in the so—called arab spring, we will see issues with terrorist groups around this entire region. we are preventing that from happening by taking the strategic weapons of the table so that nobody can get their hands on them.— so that nobody can get their hands on them. this group, hts are t in: hands on them. this group, hts are trying to _ hands on them. this group, hts are trying to create _ hands on them. this group, hts are trying to create a _ are trying to create a transitional government, they are making arguably what the un is saying the right noises to try and bring some form of stability to syria so we don't have the complete collapse like in libya as we mentioned, are

you not comforted by that? i want to be optimistic and hopeful. i want to believe that this is what will end up happening, but i also need to be realistic. and realistically speaking, when people forget the past and history of this region, and when there are transitions, we saw this happen in libya, we saw it happening the in egypt, in iraq, in afghanistan where the taliban are now in control of the country, israeland are now in control of the country, israel and the rest of the western world need to be vigilant and very cautious of how we progress in view what is happening in syria and therefore, take the precautionary measures to make sure the security of this region, country and the world is preserved. em region, country and the world is preserved-—

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let's turn to united states now were 26—year—old man has been charged with the murder of a health insurance executive shot deadin health insurance executive shot dead in a street in new york last week. he was detained in pennsylvania after a member of the public recognised him and mcdonald. our reporter was there. luigi mangione, a 26—year—old it graduate, seen in handcuffs in pennsylvania. he has been detained in firearm and forgery charges in pennsylvania and over night, a murder charge has been filed in new york after the health insurance pass brian thompson was shot dead in the street by

a mass man in manhattan. 280 miles away from where the suspect was found. a huge man hunt and a nationwide police appeal led here to a roadside mcdonald's in pennsylvania. the suspect, inside the restaurant was recognised. an employee then tipped off the police. i want to begin by thanking our fellow dancer vania resident, a pennsylvania resident that saw something earlier this morning at mcdonald's and said something. he said something to local our local police acted swiftly. local our local police acted swiftl . . , local our local police acted swiftl . , swiftly. he was very cooperative - swiftly. he was very cooperative with - swiftly. he was very j cooperative with us. swiftly. he was very - cooperative with us. didn't really— cooperative with us. didn't really give us too many issues. since _ really give us too many issues. since we — really give us too many issues. since we found out his identity, we took it from there _ identity, we took it from there. ., ., , there. the authorities say the susect there. the authorities say the suspect was _ there. the authorities say the suspect was in _ there. the authorities say the suspect was in possession - there. the authorities say the suspect was in possession of| suspect was in possession of

items consistent with the shooting, allegedly including a firearm and silence, as well as a document expressing ill will towards corporate america. in court, luigi mangione stated he had no criminal history, but has now been identified as a person of interest in this case. israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu arrived in court in tel aviv to testify for the first time in his trial on corruption allegations. he stands accused of bribery, fraud and breach of trust in three separate cases but denies wrongdoing. netanyahu, who has repeatedly sought to delay his appearance in court, is the first sitting prime minister of israel to face a criminal trial. our middle east correspondent is at the courthouse. we our middle east correspondent is at the courthouse.— is at the courthouse. we have the latest- — is at the courthouse. we have the latest. in _ is at the courthouse. we have the latest. in this _ the latest. in this long—running trial, we still haven't had the prime minister taking to the witness stand, but we have been airing opening

remarks for the defence from his lawyer who has been talking about what he said was the absurdity of having a sitting prime minister basically charged in relation to asking for positive media coverage when he said the media was so much set against the veteran leader. he said the gifts he had received, that are classed as one of these cases only proof of his deep friendship with those involved and that in the days ahead, he would show that the scope of the guests was immeasurably less then in the charge sheet. —— gifts. the prime minister himself put forward in conference last night that he was a victim of a brutal witchhunt of his political opponents and his lawyer picked up on that saying it was a pursuit of a man, and not it was a pursuit ofa man, and nota it was a pursuit of a man, and not a crime. we have had a series of ministers from the

coalition government turning up here in the courtroom, some of them calling for the attorney general to be ousted from her post. others have been about what mr netanyahu has also said, the fact that this is taking place at such an important moment in the region, taking up a lot of the prime minister's time as we have the war going on in gaza. their israeli strikes on syria that we are just about, israeli forces in what was the demilitarised zone in syria and the ceasefire zone in lebanon. this is very damaging also for the prime minister's prestige. he likes to cultivate an image of himself as being a world leader, somebody who is sophisticated and politically savvy. sophisticated and politically sa . , . savvy. our correspondence there at the courthouse. _ savvy. our correspondence there at the courthouse. we _ savvy. our correspondence there at the courthouse. we will - savvy. our correspondence there at the courthouse. we will keepl at the courthouse. we will keep an eye on any developments from

there. turning to the united states. a real—life succession battle for rupert murdoch's media empire has ended with a nevada court denying the billionaire's bid to change a family trust and give control to his eldest son. the case pitted the 93—year—old against three of his children over who would gain the power to control news corp and fox news when he dies. the trust splits control of the media empire among his four children. the leaked court ruling stated that his attempt to change it was in bad faith. this is a case that has played out behind closed doors. rupert murdoch tried to amend a 1999 family trust to give his son lachlan more control over the family media empire, bypassing siblings prudence, elisabeth and james, who don't necessarily share his conservative views. now this ruling, guaranteeing a say for all of the children, could change the editorial stance of the murdoch family's many media assets. these include controlling stakes in the times and sun newspapers in the uk, and perhaps more significantly,

fox news in america, the powerhouse conservative network that's had a huge influence on republican politics and right—wing audiences. a nevada commissioner ruled that murdoch and lachlan acted in bad faith according to a leaked court ruling. james, elisabeth and prudence welcomed the decision, saying in a statement obtained by the bbc that they hoped to move beyond this litigation to focus on strengthening and rebuilding relationships among all family members. despite the ruling, the case can continue. a districtjudge must ratify mr gorman's decision, according to the new york times, and rupert murdoch can challenge it. for more on this, let's head to australia and speak to paddy manning — he's a journalist and the author of the book the successor: the high—stakes life of lachlan murdoch.

is it all overfor him? is it all over for him? i don't think so, — is it all over for him? i don't think so, i — is it all over for him? i don't think so, i think _ is it all over for him? i don't think so, i think the - is it all over for him? i don't think so, i think the ruling l think so, i think the ruling will be appealed by them because the stakes are simply too high. they have already suffered the fallout from their attempt to amend the trust. the relationship between rupert and lachlan on 1538 00:22:25,985 --> 00:22:26,