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victim. it's victoria for celia. i'm future of senior victims and their families. take comfort in the landmark voted against a man who oversaw dozens of killings in the torture of thousands in syria. also coming up the biden administration steps up. it's pandemic response with the army wrong, very. and driving, coven 19 infections to record levels. the u. s. president promises free tests and need for over one hospitals and a royal shut out britons. queen elizabeth strips, prince andrew of his royal military titles, and he faces a potential civil trial for sexual assault in the united states. ah, i'm here and tilton, welcome to the program. a german court has sentenced a former syrian military officer to life in prison for crimes against humanity. the

court fun to unwatched lung guilty of overseeing the murder of 27 people at a detention center just outside of damascus. rosslyn is the highest ranking student official so far convicted of the charge. the work 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 the 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 case for their survivor that syrian walker activated the

sky. so i hope that he said the sentence and is that it will be a strong base 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, that he's just one among many and that an 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 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 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 our t branch and damascus. and that is, you know, that's a pretty heavy burden for any prosecution for a team. on the other hand, it's difficult to imagine, you know, evidence as clear as in the case of syria, especially for this widespread in 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 the route up now? or some other world headlines? at least one protest or one police officer have been killed during another day protested on thousands again took to the streets of the capital cartoon, and other cities to protest military governorship. the demonstrators are demanding a return to civilian rule, after coo last october. the bodies of 19 guatemalan migrants killed in a road accident. mexico last month had been repatriated. 56 people were killed when a truck driver lost control of a trailer carrying more than 150 migrants. investigators are still trying to figure out what exactly cause the accident back italy's forever even the 10th anniversary of the coastal concordia disaster. the crew ship hit a reef and capsized,

killing 32 people. the church service on the island was followed by a procession of boats that lead flowers on the spot where the vessel capsized. the united states supreme court has blocked president biden's efforts to require employees at large businesses to be vaccinated against coven, 19, or undergo weekly testing. the court, which has a conservative majority, said the mandate exceeded the biden administration's authority. and that set back at the supreme court comes after the biden administration announced it was stepping up its pandemic response, the only cranberry and 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 the military to eat overwhelmed hospitals. we're about to get a coven 19 briefing from military medical teams on the ground in arizona, michigan in new york. they're part of a major deployment of our nations are forces to help hospitals across the country, manage

a surgeon over kron virus. is search as having 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 find holding. he's an epidemiologist in washington. so america is seen, record numbers of hospitalizations is army crown. the only factor behind the search it served us as $75.00 consecutive all time hospitalization. records are ready as well as double pediatric hospitalization. and i think you cannot argue that it's all on now on the, on it now 98 percent of all on coded cases, circulating throughout the us. and it's been dominant ever since mid to late december. so all these hospitalizations are definitely con, anyone denied that are just lying on the front. you can think it's miles, but it's not that much milder. the face, exponential rise,

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 i'm a crime with a financial rights. and that's what 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. the cdc director will ask you yesterday, declined somehow decline to recommend premium maps. the or the c. c will be pretty our recommendations. all americans were premium in 951095 math, all the while the white house is trying to distribute them. i think that it's very confusing to average american and for the test, 500000000 test is what? one and a half tests for every american 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 test. 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 omni cron waive could actually bring us a step closer to heard immunity. do you think that's actually a possibility given how infectious it is? in some ways it's possible, but i don't think it's likely you know, you could say that maybe because the car is just so past spreading. there won't be another bearing down this place. they'll be fastened up possible, but the thing can, we know that we have barriers that you days past that changes so much our unity to the previous barrier 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 car wave over probably by the 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 late november? the same thing could happen, especially when you 3000000000 people. now all possibilities a new barrier merch, especially in the waning community in 6 months, could be really likely that we could have another way. and that's why 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 seawall protection than just relying on vaccines alone. all right, that was aberdeen ologist, eric cycled and joining us from washington. thank you. i know me, cron is also causing disruption. the u. k. were hospitals, 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 health care work. they're off with cove 19, or isolating, piling pressure on an exhaustive system. now grappling with the highest rates of hospitalizations since february last year. the main challenge we've done with the moment is she in numbers of people talk to nick scriven works at a hospital in the north of england. he and his colleagues were treating 25 k that patients i, for 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 times is make a very stretch and we're dealing with a usual winter plus all the cov 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, john? hope to think that i'm schools are also facing a staff in crisis here. one in 12 teachers were absent in north week at this high school in london, staff absences hit one in 10. there is nothing easy about this whole, 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. she thought it off 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 their new government restrictions in sight. the hope is that signs the peking cases in london will seem be merit nationwide. i think the think people britain's prince, andrew has been stripped of his military philly, ations. and royal patronage is the prince. wal stopped using his royal highness title in any official capacity. andrew is facing a civil case in the u. s. over allegations he sexually assaulted a woman when she was just 17 years old. virginia godfrey is suing the prince, claiming he abused her in 2001 to prince andrew scene here with his accuser, virginia jaffray in 2001. it's the problem that just won't go away. the queen, 2nd son, now faces trial in the u. s. after a judge refused to, throughout the case against him,

andrew now finds himself completely removed from official royal life, or to buckingham palace released the statement, stripping him of his military rolls. and royal patronage is he had already permanently resigned from public duties in 2020, many in london. welcome to move by the royal family. i think that if there's any kind of deal or there's any chance that he's done it, then you know, maybe maybe as a good for closer remember to measure pretty happy verbal from isn't defending him anymore. but his private citizen funding is on case side which as reserves, but there's still a long legal battle ahead for andrew and his accuser, jeffrey, she says she was forced to thanks with the royal, by the late sex offender jeffrey epstein. and his associate colleen maxwell, who was recently convicted of sex trafficking both were long time friends of the prince, who was always strenuously denied delegations. but with the long and embarrassing saga set become even more public andrews effective removal makes it clear that for

the royal family enough was enough. you're watching d. w news. here's a reminder of the top story. we're following for you at this hour. in a landmark tortured foil, a german court has found a former syrian officer guilty of crimes against humanity. the court sent colonel unwatched lawn to prison for life, for overseeing the systematic state sponsored torture and killing of prisoners in syria. right, you're up to date, stick around doc film is up next and it's looking at the fight against sexism in india. and remember, you can get more world news on our website. that's d, w dot com or more news stop the our for you. until then i'm hearing tilton, berlin and thanks for a an interest the global economy our portfolio.