to use become close in a cruise to your political conflict. when oh, you lost the run. starts december 18th on dw, the. this is the w news live from posey, the reckoning in syria, rebel canada says there'll be no pardon for tortures. family search for signs of been loved ones in the prison known as the human slow to have with thousands of thought to have died. fight has also said far to the coffin of the asked advice other sides. father. the dictated who came before him. also coming up, growing concerned about identify flying objects in the united states. lines drugs are increasingly bang spots of of a sensitive sites and they'll, thirty's appear to have no answer about who's behind the

anthony out walk into the program. the lead of serious rebel coalition, the said they will be no pardon for officials who were involved in torture of people in prison under the asked of us on ration. the extent of the refreshment is becoming clearer. as families look for the loved ones in the most lift, torres detention center pots of syria, but coming thomas since the dramatic uprising over the weekend. but in other areas, level factions are still battling for control. for this, coughing on fire is probably the one half is on a side was buried in hebrew of syria for nearly 30 years. and his son bustle on the thought carried on his booty room after he died. rentals set ablaze in the extensive compounds. they clearly want to underline the big 3 of a crew and oppressive regime for any defense could lead to imprisonment. this was

one of the most via places in the country under the thoughts, familiar prison clothes to damascus. syrians call it the human floats of house. now people are coming to the abandoned facility, hoping to find clues to the whereabouts of the missing loved ones. since 2011, an estimated 150000 people have been detained. a gone missing and syria. many freed prisoners with cents to hospital as where the bodies discovered ensued. now yeah, they were sent to the molds where relatives are now searching for their loved ones, trying to find closure. joseph gunnar, to hold off the bodies where insult room is with very low temperatures. we kind of identify the date of death until we finish all the tests. there's some torture marks, some signs of surgical operations. we cannot determine yet organs was stolen. that

would put holes in somebody's they could be from field execution. so that's not a problem. i've done made dining while these families keep looking for that. did the city buy stock contrast comes back to life elsewhere? markets and domestic cuz they're open again. they're an optimist move travails because of the support here's um i don't expect this. people are really happy. they're really happy on video. i hope that everyone comes to sylvia. of the situation is excellent. the time they say today is chaos. but there's nothing in the situation is excellent. we're in a transitional phase. we must ensure this pressure is a transitional phase that we hope will pass. well, i'm going to be back to them before on wednesday,

the entering leaders also lifted the coffee in the capital to encourage people to go back to work and to help rebuild syria. no one knows what comes next, but syrian seemed to be ready for change. well, the deputy correspondence still a minute is covering the story for us from the syrian capital of damascus. we asked to if the people she'd spoken to confident that the rebels will in fact bring relative stability. it depends a little bit to, to who i talk and about what comes in like in detail when it comes to economic development. what i hear from people that they are a bit more positive and confident that things might lead guitar action as the new prime minister had the, has promised that that should be, you know, to market. and that's your should be connected to the global market again. so people are really hurtful for that when it comes to freedom of expression of

freedom, a fright, some people do mentioned that they are bit worried because they're not very sure that this, the new complimentary really emphasized on rights who as they are promising, because we have seen is that h a t s and has uh, in its government and it lip not often or ways of photos uh, freedom of expression. and there has been some, some discretion of the of people a stella minute they in damascus for us. well, one of the most important questions is, who controls which part of syria? now the countries, it's ts reveled curbside, they now control the city of a die as store in eastern syria after intense battles with curtis led us back forces. the city was held by kurdish forces only for a few days, replacing the asked, and the syrian government forces. the region is strategically important. it's home

to oil fields and a santa for oil production, a g s 5 this side. i also want to advance to other cities east of the euphrates river that are still under cody control to do a coffee at o is a middle east analyst and ceo of golf state analytics in washington. we asked him for his read on the intentions of h. t, as in syria is definitely an important development. as i'm sure your viewers are aware of this city is of immense strategic importance. not only is it culturally importance to syria, but it's also an economic hub. and i think h t s taking there's or taking control of the city is important for the sort of new authorities, the h t us authorities and their quest to seize power in the resource ridge parts of

the country. you know, it was just 2 days before aside this government fell when uh the cf dominated by the us back to the y, p g took control of the city. i think obviously there was a lot of resistance for many of the local airbus there who definitely reject the sort of the ideology of y p g. you're very suspicious of the group seeing it as a for, and orchestrated organization. so definitely a lot of local resistance in for h t s. this was certainly a significant achievements. i'm moving on to the boy in gauze and down the united nations general assembly has called for an unconditional safe spot between his route and to must militants in the palestinian territory. the resolution was overwhelmingly approved with a vote of 150, and 5 a to 9 against it all cycles for the immediate and unconditional release of all hostages held by him as my lessons since the october 7th terror attacks. general

assembly resolutions are not legally binding, but i do reflect the global view of the will, as well as fast growing international criticism. adverts, military conduct in gas school. meanwhile, emetics in the home, us run gaza strip site. at least i people have been killed in 2 separate is read the strikes in the south by side. the strikes took place in rafa and han eunice, and we were talking people tasked with bringing into the territory. the united nations has repeatedly blown the food crisis in the own class. a staff member at the u. n's development program said that into the boil conditions in gaza becoming intolerable to the amount of damage in the different estimates. the. let's say that there's a focus of 1515000000 tons of the police, the to the, the,

to the was cost hundreds of tons of really, you know, some of the waste next to, to the, comes a visit to the minute such dump sites and the smell in this dump, sites like the it's not really intolerable. all right, let's take a look at some of the other stories making headlines today. and several 1000 georgians have gathered outside the parliament into the capital tbilisi for the 14th consecutive day, demonstrating against the government's decision to suspend negotiations to join the european union by side. they will not lit up with the protest until the 1st election. i hope you hope you're in somalia. i have reached the deal resolving a nearly a year old bits. a dispute between nations were at loggerheads off. the ip you agreed to recognize the independence of somebody's price, wave region of somalia land a back in january. the resolution came after hours of talks and anchored at

breakfast by to fish president, which of the type i don't want to see about the sales president lewis. exactly. i knew that the silva will undergo another procedure today to prevent further bleeding in his brain. lula is reportedly now lucid, was rushed into emergency surgery on tuesday. the dr. blood from his brian, the bleeding, is believed to be linked to a full at these home in october. well, in the us, the pentagon says that there is no evidence of any foreign or enemy activity connected to a string of unexplained drone sightings. none have been shut down and official site, they posed no threat to military installations. the f. b either is investigated. a dozens of drowns larger than those typically used by hobbs, have been spotted across new jersey and re some tweaks they plow near sensitive sites like a military research facility and over one of president elect donald trump golf courses. and ever since the f b, i asked the public for help last week,

residents have reported seeing drones in other areas as well. federal and state officials have stressed that the aircraft posed no, no, and threat to public safety. but on wednesday f b, i assistant director robert wheeler faced the grilling when testifying before congress. you know, sometimes i feel like i'm in the twilight zone up here like months after months. people come before us, they testify and you don't get a lot of answers and it's, it's, uh, it's concerning. it's frustrating. and you're telling me, we don't know what the hell these drones are a new jersey or is that correct? us? that's right. that's crazy. i mean, that's crazy. that's madness that we don't know what these drones are. we do not attribute that to 8 individual or a group yet we're investigating, but i don't have an answer of who's responsible for that of one or more people that

are responsible for those drawn flights. the we're actively invest, investigating the drones also came up at a white house press briefing as the federal government ruled out that these are controlled by 4 entities. and do you know if they're conducting surveillance over so i cannot make any present any kind of predictions or comments about that specifically from here, this is something that the h s is looking at uh and the f b i. so i would have to refer you to them. i don't have anything beyond that, we're tracking this very closely. new jersey governor field murphy has called the drones, very sophisticated and said he's taking the situation deadly seriously. and the state senator is calling for a limited state of emergency over the sightings or in the world to support soc is well governing buddy. faith has confirmed that saudi arabia will host the 2034 world cup faith. this is hosting the main saca told him that will encourage

positive social change in the kingdom, including more rights for women, the rights groups, one that the construction of stadiums and transfer networks for the event will put migrant workers lives at risk. now russell lucas is a professor for international relations at michigan state university in the united states. he spoke to us earlier about why he thinks that he arrived yet wants to host the woke up. i, i think the goal is prestige that saudi arabia is trying to reinforce its place on the world stage through the big sporting events such as i'm now hosting the world cup, you know, looking at aside from cuts are all the recent quotes of the world cup in russia, brazil, south africa have been, you know, major regional powers and, you know,

the next world comes to being hosted in the united states and canada and mexico. so as saudi arabia is trying to improve the stature in the world, and also along the way i developed some economic diversification away from patrol russell lucas, speaking to me on the wrong that before we got to the absence of humans can often be very good for other spaces, like price seals, for example, a thriving on the english coastline as they can see, a form, a cold will weapons testing facility has been sealed off to allow the company to grow. so i just got home to about 400 of the threatened sales thing, including the a week old and i think pops as you can see that we have been born already this winter id of them and more are expected in the next few weeks. and that's all for now, coming up next, we have a documentary taking a look at how tobacco companies increasingly turning to the single rates to solve

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