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a syrian colonel to prison for life, for crimes against humanity, a future of your victims and their families. take comfort in a landmark heard a man who oversaw dozens of killings and the torture of thousands in syria. also coming up the program bite administration step, the steps up its pandemic response with the on the cranberry and driving cobra. 1000 infections to record levels, the u. s. president promises pre test and aid for overwhelmed hospitals and serbian tennis star, know that joke of it is included in the draw for the us really an open, despite ongoing uncertainty over his visa and his right to stay and play. ah, i'm here and tilton, welcome to the program. a german court has sentence

a former syrian military officer to life in prison for crimes against humanity. the court found unwell roslin gill of overseeing the murder of $27.00 people at a detention center just outside of damascus or last bras lawn is the highest ranking searing official so far convicted of the charge. the verdict was much anticipated by those who suffered abuse or loss relatives at the hands of the government in serious long civil war. his victim say he caused unspeakable suffering now on war. roslyn could spend the rest of his life behind bars. outside the courtroom, relief. ah, i am, i am so happy i am so happy because today it's victory, victory for justice as possible. it's victory for victims. it's victory for celia and future of celia. it's it said eric. ignition of the

crimes committed the interior and i think it's quite okay for their supervisor, that syrian logger did with these kind of. so i hope that he said the sentence. and if that will be, as strong pays for her future will. as a former colonel, in serious secret service, rosalyn oversaw a notorious prison in damascus. witnesses told of electric shocks, beatings and rape. he deserted his post in 2012 and fled to germany. where he lived for 5 years as a refugee, until one of his victims recognized him on the street. roslyn was found guilty on $27.00 counts of murder. those who helped bring him to justice, that he's just one among many. and that in accounting of the crimes of the syrian civil war has only just begun. earlier we spoke to patrick kroger,

a lawyer at the european center for constitutional and human rights. we asked him how difficult it's been for the prosecution to find evidence in this case. on the one hand, these are very difficult cases to investigate because they're so massive by definition already. these are mass crimes, right? as you do need a lot of evidence also on what we call the contextual element, which is basically the wide spread in systematic attack against the civilian population that is taking place in syria. so the august ration off the torture that goes way beyond the crime side of alpha t branch and damascus. and that is, you know, that's a pretty heavy burden for any prosecution authority. on the other hand, it's difficult to imagine, you know, evidence as clear as in the case of syria, especially for this widespread and systematic attack for the torture, et cetera. and on the other hand, also something to take into account. so many people from syria or in europe or in germany and were brave enough to come forward and testify in this case. so

relatively speaking, we had a, you know, a very, very solid case. and it was relatively easy despite the distance to the crime side, to investigate it, simply because the evidence that is there is so compelling. what's going to route up now? some other world headlights. troops from russia, lead military lines deployed the context on as we're going to heading home, because the president called in the forces last week after peaceful demonstrations against rising fuel prices escalated into violent anti government protest, authority, se they now have regained full control of the central asian nation at least one protester and one police officer have been killed during another day, a protest and so done. thousands again took to the streets of the capital cartoon, and other cities to protest military rule. the demonstrators are demanding a return to civilian rule. after a qu last october, britons prince, andrew has been stripped of his title, his royal highness,

along with his military affiliations and royal patronage. is the princess facing a civil case in the u. s. over allegations he sexually assaulted a woman when she was just 17 years old, virginia jeffrey is suing the prince, claiming he abused her in 2001. the united states supreme court has blocked president biden's effort to require employees at large businesses to be vaccinated against coven, 19, or undergo weekly testing. the court, which has a conservative majority, says them, and it exceeded the biden administration's authority. and that setback at the supreme court comes after the biden administration announced it was stepping up its pandemic response, the army cranberry. it has been driving hospitalizations to record levels in the u . s. president biden announced plans to give americans free masks and more free tests. he also as a deploy military to aid overwhelmed hospitals. we're about to get a coven 19 briefing from military and medical teams on the ground in arizona,

michigan, and new york. they're part of a major deployment of our nation's armed forces to help hospitals across the country. manage a surgery over kron buyers, as search as having an impact on hospitals. like all health care workers, they are heroes, and i'm grateful for with it. for more on this, i'm now joined by eric fy golding, he's an epidemiologist and washington. so america is seen record numbers of hospitalizations is ami crohn the only factor behind the search events r u. s. s. 5 consecutive all time. hospitalization, records are ready as well as double the pediatric hospitalization. and i think you cannot argue that it's all on now on the on it now 98 percent of all coded cases circulating throughout the us and it's been dominant ever since mid

to late december. so all these hospitalizations are definitely on the con. anyone denied that arches lying on the crime. you can think it's mild. it's not that much milder in the face of expansion, right? example california 4.5 percent of the people who are infected get hospitalized. that's only a little bit lower than 5 to 6 percent with delta. so across with the rise, we'll send exponential more people to the hospital, which, you know, earlier, we heard that joe biden promises to deliver more masks and test with that her up, curb the spread. why the, the master. good. the problem is the cdc has a very mix messaging. the cdc director will ask you yesterday. decline somehow declined to recommend premium math. the are the c. c will be pretty our recommendations. all americans were premium in 9595 math all the while the white house is trying to distribute them. i think that's very confusing to average

american. and for the test, 500000000 test is what? one and a half tests for every american that is not even enough for weekly testing, for the most part in new schools and other workplace, it, it is just not enough. we need 3 tests and we need a dollar testing or every single pharmacy street corner. unfortunately, the 500000000 is not going to cut it. so we have to do much more than just that. now some commentators have been wondering if this intense on the cross wave could actually bring us a step closer to heard immunity. do you think that's actually a possibility given how infectious it is in certain ways it's possible, but i don't think it's likely you know, you could say that maybe because all the car is just so fast ready. there won't be another bearing del displays on all be fast as possible, but the same time we know that we have barriers that they pass. that change is so much their immunity to these previous variance don't apply to another areas. that's

exactly what happened on it could happen again, in addition to natural immunity and even vaccines go certain way. and in 6 months after this, on the car waves over probably by end of february in 6 months from then. what is the situation that was on literally appeared in early november and swept and took over the world by late november? the same thing could happen, especially when you 3000000000 people, the amount of possibilities, a new barrier merch, especially in the face of winning immunity. in 5 to 6 months could be really likely that we could have another way. and that's what we have to new multimedia only and adapted vaccines as well as vaccine agnostic, things such as in 95 mass and mass testing and ventilation air disinfection. we have to build a higher seawall protection than just relying on vaccines alone. all right, that was epidemiologist, eric cycling,

joining us from washington. thank you. kenneth starr novak joke of it is still waiting to hear if he can stay in australia. after arriving without a coven vaccine, and with misleading paperwork, was really an open organizers have been proceeding on the assumption that joke of it will play in the tournament. but ultimately, the country's immigration minister will have the final say on the surface, the count down to the striding open as hitting all the usual game. the players practice and the draw has been made ahead of monday start. we start with our number one seed with a tournament novak jock of ich, on line number one, the will number one is now officially drawn to play another serbian in round one. but will he novick jock of it's like the rest of the sporting world. whites on the east reading government to rule on his visa to stay and play. there. wife is a decision about novak jack beach. they say yep, to be made. and how long is your government gonna let this dragon fall?

while i refer to mister hawks, most recent statement in that position hasn't changed. none uses not necessarily good news for john savage, but he can rest assured he is now being represented at the highest diplomatic levels. i'm hoping and i, that's why i said to prime minister morrison, i am, i'm hoping that nova will be allowed to stay in australia and, and play in the australian open friday looms is a natural finale for the blockbuster drama down under. but if the government has a shingle for its decision, may i get to share now to what might be considered a turning point in the understanding of disabling disease known as multiple sclerosis. there is no vaccine and no cure, but a new study involving millions of people offers the strongest evidence yet that it is triggered by a common virus dw science reporter people. stevens has more hannah bench tyre, his mother of 2 who runs restaurant next to the schlecht and se lake in berlin. she

has multiple sclerosis, and it's a matter what it was december, 2019. when i noticed that i suddenly couldn't see any more that i was seeing double, my vision was blurry. it was especially bad when i was driving what before it was like i was strunk on my whole left side was paralyzed. when it didn't, i couldn't grip things. i couldn't really walk properly, was limping. i couldn't lift my leg, i had bad skin irritations. my skin was super sensitive, even when i washed my hair, i could feel every single drop of water on my scalp. but i wasn't a bad ways both of my coffee and until in the top floor beach bird or makings, even after several m r i scans and his doctor told her the diagnosis. oh dear, i was definitely shocked. and i couldn't really classify it at 1st because i had heard of m as before, but of course i had never really dealt with it because what causes multiple sclerosis has been a mystery to medical science. that may be about to change. a study published in the

journal science found that people with an epstein barr virus infection, that the herpes virus with $32.00 times more likely to go on to develop her mess, the nose without one. the study was massive. it spent 20 years and involved more than 10000000 people. we spent a large population on her health to yankee and the eagles. ah, that we are not in fact that we need to be worried to be negative. begin want and will follow them all or many years. and what we found that those who do not get infected weedy, a blog, kicked in mexico perpetual remish. this is a pretty compelling becky scott. the research could lead to a vaccine against them, as there is not at the moment. it could lead to new treatments to treatments at the moment aren't perfect. one of the most effective therapies involved suppressing what of passenger immune system and that leaves them vulnerable to infections. but epstein bob iris provides

a different target. the therapeutics you'd be teaching maybe possible to treat. it may seem that cheap, more radical cure or, or an anti virus that could spell a big change in the quality of life that people like hannah, florida results his clear cuts, his. there are a rarity in medical science. now the focus will be on how the research is used. a ride you're up to date, stick around christie plants, and we'll have the latest business news in just a moment. and remember, you can get more news on our website. that's d w dot com. we'll have more news at the top, the, our here in the channel for you until then. i'm aaron tilton in berlin and thank