it doesn't matter, the only criteria is worked. we'll hook people. we shed light on the opaque worlds who's behind the benefits. and why are they a threat to whistle oak creek wolves this week on d w? ah ah, this is dw news coming to live from berlin. novak joke, a bit is confirmed in the drawl for the australian open tennis tournament, but he's still awaiting a decision from the countries immigration minister on whether his visa will be

revoked. as the controversy over his coven 19 status rumbles all also coming up in india, cupboard 19 cases rise by almost a quarter of a 1000000. in a single day, we heard what measures the deli governments take him to slow, a new wave of the fast spreading. only cron barrier and a german cor prepares to return a verdict on a former syrian colonel accused of crimes against humanity. it's the 1st time state sanction, tortured in syria has been brought to trial. ah . hello, i'm terry martin. good to have you with us. sorry, and tennis star, novak chalk a bitch has been included in the draw for the 1st round of the australian open despite the uncertainty surrounding his visa status. australian media and government sources say it is likely that shop which will be deported. the tennis

number one has admitted there were mistakes on his immigration forms and that he met a journalist even though he had tested positive for cove at the australian open begins . on monday, during a press conference, a short while ago, australia's prime minister said he would not comment on jock ventures visa, he instead emphasized the importance of sticking to the government's covered restrictions. what, what is it that all of these measures are designed to achieve? that was sit out very clearly in the national plan. that objective in these fights of dealing with the pandemic is to minimize serious illness hospitalizations and families and mind time those baseline restrictions to support that goal will stay peers, husband covering the australian open for more than a decade and joins us now from melbourne. steve, jock of it has been drawn to play in the 1st round of the australian open. what does this tell us about his status?

well, yes, it tells us that he sees status is still very much he's good to go. because until the federal government decides to re cancel, revoke his visit, if that's what he decides to do, then he is free to apply. his visa completely stands. and in that regard, tennis, israeli had no option, but to include him in the drawer. i mean 9 times champion, and unless the federal government makes a move, then he'll take say, he'll take his place on, on the coat and, and play that 1st round match against a fellow serv. interestingly enough, that it, it really tennis dahlia just had no choice but to put him in the draw until the federal government makes a decision one way or the other. we just heard from scott mars in the no decision has been made yet, then he must quite well, everyone is waiting of course for that decision from the australian government. steve, when will we find out? was interesting is now i'm in the indications where that it was going to come to

die. but we are hearing the direct jock, which is lawyers are continuing to provide new material to the federal government. and i guess, you know, once bitten, twice shy. i mean, the defeat in the courts on, on monday in australia i think really is, is a lot lasting long in the memory or the government. i think they want to make absolutely a 100 percent show that they pretty much have an iron clad case if they are going to go ahead and cancel this, these are and i guess the material that arrives them all they have to be 100 percent certain and go through that so there's no time, there's no time limit on this. could happen next, wednesday could happen over the weekend. it could happen friday afternoon. we. we just don't know. well, we'll keep an eye on it. thanks for helping us out there. steve. steve pierce, their journalists to tennis commentator in melbourne. india is experiencing a rapid rise in cupboard 19 infections. as the army kron wave hits that country, new daily cases have surged, almost 250000, the highest number of infections since late may. this despite nearly 70 percent of

all adults having received at least one dose of a vaccine. even though fewer patients with all micron infections are being hospitalized. this new wave has had hospital staff hard with hundreds of hospital and other frontline workers falling ill. did up the reporters in delhi, looked into what can be expected as india confronts the new variant. a new year, a massive new leave in india. after months of flu infection rates, over 19 keith numbers have shot up. the card below the band to make, has the country in its grip. the positivity rate in delhi, although it's been dest, it is at $25.00 listened. experts see the actual figure in the capital, and the country is many times higher than that. more scientists now agree that only crohn is driving this week. while many indians are anxious about the increase,

other safe things may be easier this time around, hardware voucher, we have to be careful. the 3rd wave is here, mother. i'm here at the hospital with my mother who's a patient. yeah, we have to take extra care here because it's quite crowded near tabatha, i guess, i guess one m. i have been hearing that this time the virus is spreading much faster than before. but i don't think it is as dangerous, you know, because people are recovering quickly at their hands. dr. cut, the giggly says the severity of symptoms and rate of hospitalization may be lower than the kron but people still need to be very cautious. bill by and ward belong square to lot, whereas in this one it is only related to the upper respiratory tract and the symptoms are faster, bigger, and the recovery is weighed fast i to be. but he warns that given the speed with which the widest is spreading, people asked alexis, especially older people and those with pre existing conditions. studies suggest that the pod we will peak sometime around january, end to february, beginning,

and then we'll see a sharp decline. even though this way we'll expect it to be short lived experts, see that it still has the potential to over been held cantrell structure. once it hits it, speak. public health officials are worried that the spread of the highly infectious weary, and in a country of 1300000000 people would have serious consequences. if we left the wireless average way. possibly we'll see it rise fast and then also give us maybe the next 2 to 3 weeks. but it is in our interest to stretch the rear so that you're not looking to have a large number of people calling you. because that could be ready to stop, efforts are being made to avoid the massive upheaval of the delta out. pre indian authorities have implemented weekend and night go use to slow the spread. people are hopeful this week will be shorter and they will be spared the hot ship. so many went through less than

a year ago. and joining us now from delhi is d w when they are a child or who pile that report when they're at this new wave has had hospital staff hard in india with many falling ill. give us a sense of what the situation is like for health care workers there. when i report suggested hundreds and hundreds of pounds a week now and some other big reason i can leave this particular situation without using all of them. but what is happening right now is that, that is also suggesting at the doctor suggesting the symptoms this time around this, like, you know, be quite might a much more a, b. so we're seeing a very, you know, major issue. they're not seeing the kind of rush of people that we saw in the 2nd. so was not all of them. so even if a lot of your workers are stick with the situation. so what is being managed back,

of course, important to remember the btn b, yet what steps is the government taking manero to ensure the situation doesn't get out of control as it did in previous wage of the gummy so far has taken the basic steps. if you need national travel guidelines a few weeks ago, many states leg daddy, the gap itself has implemented with james bond movie, didn't have been shut down. all this, let me off to work from home. so adequate, and the government is encouraging people to avoid political a, these basic steps. i mean, i understand that india has started giving booster shots to health care workers are, are there plans for providing that shot to the rest of the population hasn't gone. we just following the same pattern that it did, then people started admitting vaccines and the bus is and the more mandate has

dante was to show us, go ahead, get logan eat safety in order to have under light as being conditions. so it can be assumed that all the ones these 2 dom had groups are actually covered is been the last, he would be a relatively new nested to population. and also alongside them in has started to puzzle the vaccines are going to be the eagles and dvd player. thank you very much . that was d, w. montera, charter in delhi, a german court today will decide a landmark case involving a former syrian military officer accused of crimes against humanity. it's the world's 1st trial concerning state torture in syria and lower or here of his 2020 trial served as a colonel in the regime of basha losses. he allegedly headed a notorious secret service unit that was responsible for widespread torture and killings. a decade ago. he fled to germany,

but was eventually detained in 2019 victims of the assad regime are watching the trial closely. d w caught up with one woman who has a particularly personal interest in today's outcome. luna what sir could find the way to the court and cobblins with her eyes closed? she has missed a single day of the proceedings since this land more case on syrian state torture began in april 2021 at mary helen hawkins. there were moments in this trial when i thought it was too much for me, but then i always thought there's no alternative. if i were to say, i can't go to day, no one else will take my place on the ham another. she. what fur, who works under cover name to protect herself was the only syrian journalist continuously reporting from cobblins. the trial of a high ranking official of the assad regime as a world 1st. but for what, for,

it's more than just a journalistic drop. this is a average to who me riley. this is very important to me because i was also a political prisoner about title been on the and when the witnesses give their testimonies and tell their stories. i also hear my story, that in fact, so i'm also writing my story behind the scenes in all my negotiation. and we're our allegedly headed a secret service unit responsible for torture and killings et al, had he prison and damascus. prosecutors have charged him with crimes against humanity, including $4000.00 counts of torture and dozens of murders. they are asking for life sentence. during the trial, what for re lift her own experience and i had iep and 2013 agents arrested her for researching the chemical weapons attack on eastern buttah by then on were,

are no longer worked at i had iep what 1st spend more than a year in prison, suffering serious abuse. most of all, she was scared for her children. when she got out, she fled from syria with her family and moved to cool blends. where and why are as being tried but can the verdict really change anything for syrians like what fun. im hack, i'm out on my travels like this. have a learning effects the syrians are learning from it. if similar trials are possible and syria in the future, then syrians will have the necessary experience abroad. why the sit sort of sit heglum of it? whatever the verdict, what fulfills cobblins is just the beginning, not only for justice in syria, but also for her. she plans to write a book about the trial sketch up now, and some of the other stories making headlines around the world. at least 8 people

have been killed by a car bomb. in the somali capital mogadishu, so far, no one is claimed responsibility for the attack. but the al qaeda linked l shabani group has in the past taken responsibility for similar attacks. flooding and land slides have killed at least 24 in brazil's northeastern state of mina grice. the region has been hit by extensive rains for more than 2 months. at least 17000 people have been forced to leave their homes. and german authorities say they've rescued 65 children from their abusers as part of a probe into a large scale sex abuse. network police in cologne, said the victims range from 3 months to 17 years and age. investigators have identified over 430 suspects include since launching the investigation 2 years ago . and finally, one of the 19th sixty's biggest voices has fallen silent. american singer ronnie

spector has died of cancer at the age of 78. she shopped to started in the sixty's as leader of the ra next. the group was perhaps best known for the classic be my baby ah. up next. we've got business for you with janelle to milan. i'm terry martin. thanks for watching. i.