when, why did they have all the time? i should just search for the day and take them out where the, this is the, the new years, live it from berlin. jubilation. as the syrians marked the fall of president bush or all of us on tens of thousands, joins nationwide celebrations this friday a week after rebel forces toppled the countries one time dictator. also coming up the grim search for the victims of the dictatorship, thousands of syrians to send on more across the country, hoping to locate missing, loved ones killed by the assad regime. and here in europe, french president emanuel macro on picks and other allies be prime minister francois barrow is a central that's known for compromising but left it's in parliament. have already said he is unacceptable. the

library golf is good to have you. with this, we begin in syria, this friday, the 1st friday since the collapse of the assad regime, syrians had spent the day celebrating in the streets. these are wide pictures from central damascus, where a huge crowds gathered following friday prayers. the realities included the video posted by the leader of the rebel forces who spearheaded the offensive that finally toppled a saw. the insurgent leader congratulated the syrian people and urge them to celebrate what he called the victory of the revolution. our correspondents elementary is in damascus and she was at the celebration since she shared her impressions with young people with very unhappy with thousands and thousands of people at the out where

and we actually didn't make a toll because we got stuck in traffic off the wrist we're just standing next to the big road right now, and people are still celebrating, they're still on the way to join the other people that have been on, oh my god, square the whole off. it's really, i cannot describe how many people are standing on the square. that's thinking that them saying the waving the news here. in fact, there are so take a together, does the syria, we need to hear every year night. they save us side by side. you pull down so it's really an incredible mood and everyone is very happy and i think it's going to continue throughout the whole nice. yeah, it looks like a huge party. what are people hoping them for? for now, as far as the future is concerned, the most people i spoke to are hoping that the problem is,

is the new government and produce a transitional government is making at the moment. but they would stick to these products. and actually brought people more rights for the better and people are just enjoying the momentum as well. because many of them i enjoy the freedom of speech for the 1st time i see for the 1st time they can say what they think posted . they could use words that were like the world thought, i don't know if you would say that speak about the uh that would have the problem, rudy on. so people are really signed up for i think that will mention right now and just turn that thing off as long as they're on right now as a thinking. so not getting any worse. yeah, and lots of world leaders have been calling on the, the new syria to respect the rule of law to protect the rights of minorities. what kind of relationships are serious new rulers have being been to establish with other countries of the money they

need to offer? it's the speeding of the rebels has promised the neighboring countries and other foreign countries to establish peaceful relationships. so ready some relationship to. a that has to be the stablish since he has to set the open and i'm gonna say it again in syria. see the product visited the demo yesterday as well as set that they will open an embassy. yeah, and then we will see if uh the us government is actually taking this promise. so let me ask you about command at the moment. so the rebel leader often without sharah, he has dropped his old name. he used to be known as optima, ahmed out galani. do we know why he did that?

say i loved gillati was a, something like his fighter name, which is not very uncommon for people who were part of the, the opposition. many change the name because they feared that the, that families would experience the consequences or just to hide the identity. so he's now sending to take the 1st sick. now he's sending it to the syrian, say, look, i'm good back to my name. so i want to send the signal that everything is safe, we to be free and truly be we are. and so that's like the message, the mind to the, to sending the other hand. he's also rebranding himself a little bit because many people to whom it needs maintenance altered on the 3rd him under this name when he was still part of i'll call you to and many people here in syria, all very concerned about his past engagement in the of ida,

and therefore you sort of re branding himself a little bit surprised that his political ideas have shifted since that. yeah, the former is the hardest with a new name and perhaps a new identity, w correspondents still a minute in damascus. still think even as many syrians joyfully celebrate the fall of assad, it's a different story for those families whose relatives went missing under a saw drew, that's estimated at some 150000 people disappeared during serious 13 years civil war, most of them were arrested by us sides security services, many families are now searching for their missing loved ones in more x, w use. mohammed trader reports tonight from damascus to my her is standing in front of the coffin that contains her son. she tells us he was killed 2 weeks ago when i started wishing forces where he did his home.

she wants to save her this moment, lost. she can bury him and say good bye. they said they wouldn't give me his body and that he's a terrorist and should be buried anonymously. and given a number, i thank god i can finally come to his grave. myers party is just one of many phone and syrian detention centers and presents since assad government collapsed to system. more of the, uh, what's the in central damascus? it's supposed to be a whole, it looks like a lot of house, a bunch of bodies of detainees. and people visiting all the time, looking for their relatives, brothers or loved ones. it's an extra identity seen as people inspect dozens of bodies looking for twos or bus marks to identify the relatives.

so far, only if you have found love on the, on the team you suffer from an easy ition and mistreatment as they were exposed to cold weather and overcrowding. the let to the death of most of the bruises that may have caused to death because they suffered from internal injuries . you mean science of torture? yes, indeed, especially the ones who died recently. outside the hospital, hundreds of syrians are looking for the loved ones. this is all they have to go off . pictures with just numbers, new needs a vis, desperate is looking for us on site missing and the thoughts and the tore your network of presents for more than a decade. watkins out of under sure, you know,

i still knew nothing about doing that. we're doing mobile. i asked every security agency and didn't get an answer and i know i'm still looking for him everywhere. so much advertising is up to jump out. so if you haven't even been more already term boost is yesterday, but you can't move now. so what did you find here? the mother to my phone, nothing. nothing at all. and i said no, no one has answered. okay. i use yeah. i thought of, i don't feel i'm still searching that you know, i'm and what, what do you do? said the i'm leaving it to god's will know me. you wonder if he's dead? no, i want his body. i want to know where he's buried. i want to see it with my own eyes, but not everyone here will be lucky enough to find to find the resting place of their loved ones. after doing so much on the serious, brutal dictatorship. here are some of the other stories now that are making

headlines around the world. taiwan says it's chased away chinese coast guard vessels conducting operations near the island. china. it has been holding large scale military drills around taiwan for the past few days. tardies officials is a b, g is trying to set new red lines before the trump administration takes power in the us opposition. lawmakers and south korea had filed a 2nd impeachment motion against president human, so keel. he's survived a previous impeachment bid, when his ruling party boycotted the vote, and the votes were called for after the president briefly imposed martial law and flinched the country. and to turn more this latest voters believe to have more chances of succeeding as well. douglas parliament has voted to impose a state of emergency effective next week due to unexpected cut off of washington gas supplies are expected to stop on january 1st when neighboring ukraine ends its transit contract with russian gas giant gas prong. although by gets all of its rushing gas via ukraine, here in europe,

french president emanuel macro and has appointed his political ally, francois. they were to be prime minister now baby as a centrist, and he will try to lead the government at a time of instability in france. the previous prime minister michelle barney a was else did in about a new confidence over his proposed budget. it's unclear how the opposition will react to favor his appointment, but the leader of the socialist party has already said that they would not be accepted during was daniel brown in paris. told me why emanuel mackerel and shows francois favor while he's one of francis most experienced politicians with a strong character and a pretty high opinion of himself. but he who is another 73 year old like me said about a year that he's replacing and he's been ever present in politics since 1979. he

was the minister of education 3 times in the 19977 years ago. my call and nominated to them as just this minister, despite a certain skepticism the bible 1st had for my quote. however, they who's had to step down from that post. only one month after being nominated after you was accusing a party funding scam. don't you? as in fred, sleep cleared the wrong doing, but prosecutors have appealed against these quits also. it means that he could still be brought back to court. well being the prime minister. well, other than dads, but what is the biggest job facing the new prime minister as well? first of all, there's into another. so concern over frances, that. so that are either that's higher than greece in terms of g, d, p, and demands from international bodies and banks to apply severe austerity measures are still there. if you remember, the trends is living with a debt. that's the equivalent of 6 percent of the countries teepee. that's the

highest among western economies. and the draft budget says it'd be shut down. you suggested that i was thinking 60000000000 euros in savings to address these. so that to say is what brought him down? anybody who could well put this on the table again, and there's these internal tensions in this unprecedented national assembly with these 3 major blocks. the biggest of which i'd like to remind you lived, your view is the new popular front, the. and that's the coalition, which from the beginning has been hostile to by a who's nomination. now already the biggest party in this coalition, friends about l. a fi in french announced it will vote so no confidence motion. the greetings are saying that the decision to nominate babies, simply ridiculous, i'm quoting things, denouncing my code for playing with francis the democracy and the extreme right wing. the national front set of our end card seats is saying that so they are going

to really be keeping a very careful eye on what she's going to bring on. so that say daniel i've, i've got about 30 seconds. let me, let me ask you, and based on everything you're telling us, is he going to last longer than his predecessor did? so i think that's the 64000000 euro question i'd say, yes, i know this are actually saying these even more from child in the previous probably minister of extreme right wing and our party, which is the single largest party in the national assembly. you saying they'll vote against him unless he agrees in their words, to listen to the opposition and to build a reasonable and well thought out. but if it keeps that you can calculate space and from these parts of the journalist daniel brown in paris with the latest there on the new prime minister of france. and you'll think you're watching the news. i'll be back in the top of the hour with more whole news. i hope to see you that

the we are all set and we are watching to see all the to bring you the story behind the new the will on about come by as information for free might say do to and then you'll update innovation. green trim the green revolution.