ah, what is true? what's vague? it doesn't matter the only criteria, what will people we shed light on the opaque worlds who's behind benefits. and why are they a threat to whistle open equals this week on d, w? ah, ah, this is d w. news line from berlin for german court has sent a syrian colonel to prison for life for crimes against humanity. 34 victims.

it's $34.00 celia and future of victims and their families. take comfort in a landmark word against a man who oversaw dozens of killings and the torture of thousands in syria. also coming up the by doing the ministration steps up. it's pandemic response with the ami kron very and driving corporate 19 infections to record levels. the u. s. president promises free tests and aid for overwhelmed hospitals. ah, i'm aaron 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 unwatched lung guilty of overseen the murder of 27 people at a detention center just outside of damascus. ross lawn is the highest ranking steering official. so far convicted of the charge,

the verdict was much anticipated by those who suffered abuse or lost 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 julia and future of celia. it's it said eric, ignition of the crimes committed the interior and i think it's quite a cave for their so by their death syrian who are gra heck did with these kind of. so i hope that he said the sentence,

and if that that will be as strong pays for her future war. as a former colonel and serious secret service, roslyn 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 say 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 crocker, a lawyer at the european center for constitutional and human rights. we asked him how difficult has 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 math 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 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 are in europe or in germany and were brave enough to come forward and testify in this case. so relatively speaking, we have, 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 round

up now or some other headlines making news around the world. at least one protest or one police officer happened, killed during another day of protesting, so done. thousands again took to the streets of the capital cartoon, and other cities to protest military rule. the demonstrators are demanding to return to civilian rule after a cool last october. britons prince andrew has been stripped of his title, his royal highness, along with his military affiliations. and while patronage is the prince is facing a civil case in the u. s. over allegations he sexually assaulted a woman when she was just 17 years old. virginia drew free is suing the prince father claiming he abused her in 2000. 1 of her teachers and friends have gone on strike over. what they say is the an unmanageable burden of dealing with coven 19 rules? about half of francis primary schools had to remain closed due to the walk out. teachers unions also want better protection the classroom. as the army kron very

fuels, a huge surgeon cases. 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 is a conservative majority, said the mandate exceeded the biden administration's authority. and that set back at the supreme court comes after the bible ministration announced it was stepping up its pandemic response. the on the cranberry 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 said he deployed military the military to aid overwhelmed hospitals. we're about to get a coven 19 briefing from military medical team on the ground in arizona, michigan and new york. they're part of a major deployment or a nation's armed forces to help hospitals across the country, manage the surgeon. they're all crime virus searches,

have an impact on hospitals like all health care workers. they are heroes, and i'm grateful for what they do more on this. i'm now joined by eric fy golding is an epidemiologist in washington. so america is seen record numbers of hospitalizations is army crown. the only factor behind the search it served us is $75.00 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 98 percent, all coded cases circulating throughout the us. and it's been dominant ever since mid to late december. so all of these hospitalizations are definitely on con, anyone denied that purchase, like i'm a crime, you can think it's mile. it's not that much milder. the basic, essential, 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 on the cross with the rise, we'll send more people to the hospital, which, you know, earlier we heard the joe biden promises to deliver more masks and test. will that her up curb the spread? why the, the master good. the problem is the cdc has a very mix messaging that cdc director will ask you yesterday, declined, somehow decline 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 test for every american that is not even enough for weekly testing. for the most part in the schools and other workplaces. it is just not enough. we

need 3 tests and we need a dollar testing or every single pharmacy st corner. unfortunately, 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 ground wave could actually bring us a step closer to heard immunity. do you think that's actually a possibility given how infectious it is, insert ways. it's possible, but i don't think it's likely you know, you could say that maybe because on the con, it's just so past spreading. there won't be another bearing del displace, or they'll be faster and possible. but the same can we know that we have variance, that they pass that changes so much their immunity to the previous variance don't apply to another barrier. that's exactly what happened on crime. it could happen again, in addition to natural immunity and even back in the booster lane. and in 6 months after this all the way over probably by end of february in 6 months from then. what

is the situation that could literally appeared in early november and swept into the world by li, november the same thing could happen, especially when you 3000000000 people. now, all possibilities and newbury merch, especially in the base of winning immunity in 6 months, could be really likely that we could have another way. and that's what we have to new multi b only adaptive vaccine, as well as the vaccine agnostic thing picture. in 95 mass and mass testing and ventilation air disinfection, we have to build a higher protection than just relying on vaccines alone. all right, that was that, but even ologist, eric cycled in joining us from washington. thank you. and on the crown is also causing disruptions in the u. k. or hospital schools and businesses are facing staff shortages as people with a virus stay home. the government has caught the self isolation period in england

from 7 to 5 days in a bid to address the crisis in a nation where on the cross spreading fast staff absences and crucial services, a biting hard across england, tens of thousands of healthcare work. they're off with cove 19 or isolating, piling pressure on an exhausted system. now grappling with the highest rate of hospitalizations since february last year, my insurance would cover the moment she and numbers of people talked to nick scriven works at a hospital in the north of england, he and his colleagues were treating 25 clothing patients. i have a christmas now it's around a $160.00 or less patients. so intensive care which is a blessing. but on the general, was there a lot more? coupled with perhaps it feels like more stop off than there have been a time just make a very stretch. and we're dealing with a usual winter, plus all the coven related work as well. so it's worse than it's been in terms of numbers for a long, long time,

more patients to treat and fewer staff to treat them. it's a worrying mix that lead a number of hospitals to declare critical incidence this month. and it's not just hospitals struggling to maintain services, several rail services, stripping back journeys on able to find the staff to operate them. what do we see? jump up to doing that. i'm. schools are also facing a staffing crisis here. one in 12 teachers were absent in north meet at this high school in london, staff absences hit one in 10. there is nothing easy about this at all. you know, you come back after a holiday or a break and you come back with renewed optimism. but then when you're faced with such large challenges with staff absence, it does begin to wear you down the pressure, the pressure on us to keep our schools going. it's really challenging. like all essential services. schools like this one have been fighting to keep going throughout the pandemic. he saw just in his latest waves substitute teachers and

staff working longer hours are sticking plaster for now. but the pressure is not sustainable. honish and with no new government restrictions in sight. the hope is that signs of a peak in cases in london will seem be merit nationwide. italy's commemorating the 10th anniversary of the coaster concord disaster, the crew ship had a reef killing 32 people. 10 years ago, a church service to day was followed by a procession of votes that lead flowers on the spot where the vessel capsized. the day long commemorations are due to end with a candlelight vigil marking the moment the ship ran aground. more than 4000 people survived, but few of opted to take part in the events. the aftermath of an ill fated stunned . the captain of the costa concordia deviated from his planned route to sell dangerously close to the island of julio. the admiral katerina and fabio bernardine watched from their window as the ship slammed into

a reef that i let go at 1st. everything that no more, but then all the lights went out and we knew something was wrong. a huge gash in the ship's hull. men water was rushing in, causing the ship to list heavily the captain, francesco she tino delayed the order to evacuate and chaos ensued. when the coast guard tried to reach a tino, he was already in a life boat having abandoned the ship, the coast guard commander was furious. listen to tino. get back on that ship or i'll make you pay the right people suit. maggie if the crew had responded as they were supposed to and recognized the seriousness of the situation in the initial minutes, no lives would have been lost. ah, the captain was sentenced to 16 years in prison. he says he was made a scapegoat. 10 years on, many survivors remain traumatized. yodi garbo lay will lie. remember the screams of

the people. god just think it's even john the people he was jumping into the c. v. god. though i remember the code go on the look of tara in everyone's eyes. i, since that's shown at the darota, milky duty, many survive is opted not to come for the anniversary. to great is the horror they experienced and you're up to date, stick around christie plants and we'll have the latest business news in just a moment. i remember you can get more world news on our website. that's dated with dot com. was more news here in this channel that up the hour until then i'm here until can berlin. thank you for joining us. what secrets lie behind these walls? discover new adventures in 360 degrees.