a checkout, sometimes 9 dodge your journey. get in by the this is the w news live from the land. ukraine claims responsibility for killing a top russian general in moscow. russian investigators to say ego carol, off the nuclear defense forces chief, was killed by a bomb hidden in an electric scooter. also coming up on the program, a massive us quite strikes the pacific islands nation as i knew also killing at least one person, an enduring many move. and a search for the missing dw meets the syrian mine who survived the weeks of poor trust in one of the upside re. hanes prisons,

what happens to his fellow inmates remains? i'm 9, the new group is mckinnon. welcome to the program. we start with breaking news coming out of moscow, where a senior russian general has been killed by a bomb hidden and an electric scooter. a ukrainian official said the country security service carried out the attack. the bloss on monday morning took place outside in the apartment block a few kilometers from the kremlin russian authorities, se lieutenant general eagle carroll off and an assistant was killed sugarloaf was the head of russia's nuclear, biological and chemical protection forces. just yesterday, ukraine charged carrillo off with using bands, chemical weapons during russia's offsets. we can get

more on this from russian affairs. i'm on the list, come to seen. it comes to the news. joining us from building this at tell us more about this man about ega. care love who died in this explosion as well. carrie law . sonya is probably the cd. i'm trying to remember anyone who was most senior than him among the russian offices that died during this russian aggression against the graeme. he was lifted in general. uh, 53 years of age. i basically grew through the oldest stages of minutes or career and he was quite an important person in terms of his position as head of the nuclear, biological and chemical protection of defense of forces. oh russia. he is definitely part of the leadership of the defense ministry minister leadership of the general style. and she became quite famous or rather infamous. if you look from the graham,

uh, you know, through the training lens, food constantly, cuz usually you grain and just probably briefings of using chemical weapons of endangering of a situation. for example, a new or nuclear power plant in the ukrainian held a part of the russian course called was. so she was also a media figure and he's a liquidation by the grand news of cause an old dextrous act in near what seems to be like an apartment love where he lived in the uh, northeast of moscow. its not a very prestigious area, but still um, what the rest of the social media is now showing. i look top of the photos of from moscow. it seems that uh, the uh, this, this operation was carried out with the uh, in mind of booby trapped uh screenshot,

which was parked near the entrance to the apartment. look, uh, we see this quite disturbing. i would say images of the 2 bodies of the general and his assistant, uh and uh, damage to black, toyota, nearby, and the russians up there's already confirmed that this is the call which the general use. second 17. he was an important man. he was famous and as you describe it, this was an old day for us act. so how much of a blow is this full president? let him in person will look on you a rough is not a democracy, then that's going to be the problem in 3 questions about uh, about security off top officials uh, in, in russia. so in this respect, prison pool is quite safe. uh, but of course this is a signal that you crate him. busy the great leadership of the grant in secret services all sending the 2 top russians. nobody's saved of those who do something

against the grain or you know, across squares. and of course, this is a powerful message. this is most cool. uh and i do not remember, you know, to be trapped vehicles blown up. it must go for quite a few years. so i do think indeed this is a signal of 2 of those 4 pressures that all involve the will receive the w use rush or if is on the list constant thing. i got a constant. thank you so much for that. we're going to frustrate so if it's a keys, now, what would go in by d w? isn't it commonly nick? and as we have reported, ukraine has clearly claimed responsibility for this attack. tell us more so for now we of low on details are just seeing the same is resist that you will see on social media of the explosion site. but i think what's really unusual this

around quite how quick this ukrainian a message came out that this was indeed an operation of ukraine secret services. in the past we have had reports, for instance, russian pilots who have problems ukraine, either being sholtes or otherwise coming to home in various parts of rushing most of and then you know, days a weeks later the cranium, especially services, basically in directory admitting that involvement. but never as far as it is, that is really unusual. and as consumers mentioned that the location is unusual and i think it is at a time of pretty bad news for you guys to be shipped from the front lines of these at a message to top russians that maybe we don't have the same number of results of the same number of tanks and planes as you do, but we can hit you where and to the kind of domestic and creating audience. it's about showing that, you know, for all its effects and recent weeks ukraine is still able to do things that people probably wouldn't have imagined that they were capable. and nick, do we know why this man in particular, career love why he was targeted?

was certainly this topic of chemical weapons being used. the front lines is something that is taken very, very seriously. here. there's a lot of frustration when you talk to people that the outside world they think haven't been paying enough attention. sometimes these agents used maybe to kill people immediately, but these are choking agents that goes to different damaged people's lungs that i've had. people have, you know, had significant long term impacts on the health of this. and the fact that you know, russia has signed is the conventions. finding the use of these weapons. these are world war, one weapons that are being used now. and you know, for me, christ active. this is just being taken for granted by the outside world and russia isn't being pulled out about it. um, obviously this is a dangerous game. you know, we know that russian, the pos has tried to kill, to ask, you know, the tilting crane officials on ukrainian soil. but we haven't heard of the similar kind of high tech heights kind of level attempts by russia against degrading officials. so, you know, the retaliation could be something that we see in the weeks to come. when you talk to you questions about this, they say actually, this is a little easier for ukraine to do in russia. then for us it's through and ukraine.

there are millions of ukrainians who have worked in russia who speak russian perfectly. you called the easily identified whereas, you know, russians are speak, ukrainian can operate under cover here on many, few us. so there is a sense that this is a kind of a symmetric boyfriend that ukraine can do better and the rest who might struggle to keep nick. thank you so much. that's the deputy, isn't it familiar? forcing from steve as now, several airlines have suspended flights to the pacific island avante lawsuit officer. a powerful quake rescue is looking for some survivors on the smash buildings in the capital port villa, including the embassies of the united states and other countries. the magnitude $7.00 quakes struck around for a c, columbus is off the coast design and lost his main island. at least one person was killed. local residents is a, the damage to the waters pool viola. this is the billabong building one of the chinese goals and ctf. this collapse. i will put the rest of your team in that now

are rescued when they're trying to get some people out. wait for a walk on the route. there's definitely some people in the hopefully still a lot. we're trying to get some machinery out at the moment. the engine people have been arriving at the hospital, some reports of casualties and building housing, civil embassies, including those of the us. brisson from any zealand was significantly damaged. the quake triggered several land slides near an international shipping terminal. much of under was whose communication networks have been knocked out with the full extent of the damage still imaging. now one of the 8 agencies or pricing and vinyl also is the red cross and we managed to speak to the deputy head of the organizations pacific delegation earlier. she now of a need is based in nearby c g and told us most of the communications was unable to

have been cut. and i'm so we know that is widespread damage. uh, we managed to speak to our colleagues at the bundle i to red cross. um, shortly after the earthquake happened and they told us that it was uh no longer it's quite quite scary and that the not to recross building had sustained damage and they know that they've been damage to the buildings across town. and then communications with us was caught thurston spam. we have had no contact with my wife when we understand that. um and speaking to our partners that this is the same. i mean the other part is we can see how we perform the images. we get that there is a wide spread structural damage. we even heard a report that team building had completely collapsed and does for

a bit of context because the 10 buildings may not see much um, from an outside perspective, from that from the pacific. and particularly in the country with the pop country, with the population is around $300000.00 people in buildings and a small capital over. if i take the island with is about 66000 people, a 10 buildings is quite significant. i mean, you can only imagine the damage done to houses with like strong good infrastructure as well, not custom domain as continue from towns, but also in the control areas. we know that the hospital is overwhelmed. fads the operating theatre is not working. the capacity of the staff is quite limited as well, and then doing as much as they can by sitting at the tree as center on the outside,

outside in front of the hospital. but again, the situation is, is quite urgent. a scene i live a need from the red cross and c g. now in mozambique and the french overseas territory of miles, the residence that are struggling to deal with the last them off of a difference not filled. this last a psych loan, she, to you an official say the death toll in mozambique has now reached the sea. full drone video has revealed the extent of the devastation caused by the storm. that where it made land full on sunday, the full that the sites line slammed into the small french islands of miles rescue teams that all racing to deliver food and water and to spilt the spread of disease . well source, he said that hundreds, perhaps even thousands of people may have died. the, the gentlest daniel brown told us how the situation is developing in mild he's reported extensively on french and african says,

and is in touch with people on the ground to 320000 miles. or waking up to a living nightmare. severe water shortages destroying infrastructure, very little electricity and from growing food shortages, right? you have to remember, my judge is less than half the size of really it's mountainous thing, rugged. so the challenge is a green them a from the outside are huge. the way sites is the northern by not square, entire neighborhood set up and destroyed, then that the combination of high winds and sliding expensive these areas particularly vulnerable. and there's still a reluctance to seek sheltering. many residents are hesitant to move to emergency shelter setup due to fear of being controlled by the french department, with a large proportion of people from the cum morris. they are deemed the lead goes to, despite the fact that the arch historically part of the same entity is recognized by the united nations of them. also there's the health risks,

and these have been exacerbated the by does go by those risk to and so the challenges are already a growing weeds potential outbreaks of watching boring disease as due to stacking and water and compromise sounded station percentage that was trying to lift daniel brown speaking to us earlier. let's take a look now at some of the other stories making headlines around the world. and a school shooting in the us states of wisconsin has killed at least 3 people, including the attack of police and the city of madison. say the shooter was a 15 year old female student at the school. they said she was found with a self inflicted gunshot wound. when offices arrived at the same, a. donald trump's bid to have his house money, conviction dismissed as being rejected by a judge in new york city. trump has off for the dismissal, following a recent ruling by the us supreme court on presidential immunity, the conviction stands from hush, bunny payments trump made to the adult film style,

still be daniels and syria, the head of the as we miss rebels, the tough old bushel aside has said, who revel factions will be disbanded. revel lita estimate al sharah has been trying to reassure minorities at home and governments abroad that the countries interim leaders will protect and full syrians staying in syria where in the days following the down full of the asset dictatorship, people went to the countries. prisons to look for relative looks away under the regime on x report follows a man who can now revisit the place where he was incarcerated and tortured for weeks to this unassuming building in damascus, a notorious prison where people disappeared and were torture. now relatives are searching for their loved ones, going through documents scattered inside and outside the building. so they do it

even. this is faddie, ive daugherty who spent weeks here. he says he was arrested because of a suspicious banking activity of that. no. let me see what's all the they arrested me and wanted to charge me with the robbery. that's the sort of thing they asked. what do you do? i said, i'm a truck driver and i was with my father at the hospital and i receive money from my parents and my brother in turkey. so i don't know if they thought that i was an agent because i have money transfers in my account that he was moved from prison to prison conditions were grim abuse, rampant prisoners chain together. the fate charter peters say something different to charge me and take more money. but i stuck to my word and the truth. i'm sure they treated me badly. so as i look at them, he and his fellow prisoners created a calendar to keep track of time. since they couldn't see the sun from the eventually he was able to bribe guards to release him. and he says he was one of the lucky ones we used with

a lot of the people without money spent 5 to 9 years in audra. prisons need be either over the summer and they still have to pay a fine at the end as body of the nonsense not. now the guards are gone, but it will take a long time to piece together what happens to other prisoners. the unlucky ones who are still missing with it and we can speak now to is the one that done raised the professor of international at funds the university in the u. k. welcome to the w. and there of so many stories of family loved ones searching for people who have gone missing in syria. records exist in some cases, but of course nothing. or do you think it's likely that justice will ever be served in syria as well? i think this is a really crucial moment, far justice and syria. um, you know, we're seeing now and move towards documenting and ensuring that

there's accountability for some of the worst atrocities that have been commissioned over the last 2 years. and what's really remarkable at this moment is that as for all of a documentation, experts that have taken place of the 1015 years, do me take you this, the trying to keep records of what we, what we know as come from these 2 central. this is as easy as those of information that can have a document actually what happens. so i'm hopeful i'm hopeful that we'll see just just for some of these activities. if on we've got a bit of a shaky line. so apologies. total here is, but we're going to keep going and hopefully we can, we can hear you. and what would you hope might happen next in serious? so you've spoken about the importance of this this moment, but give them the gravity of the human rights abuses committed by the asset resume

in particular in the prison system. what would you hope would now be the next steps? and i think the next steps at justice is going to be a multifaceted endeavor, so we're not just looking at and domestic prosecutions, but i think that will be well enough in you. so within syria says, and also universal jurisdiction prosecutions. we've already had some of those in germany and suite and then another countries around the world. and then we might also think about international prosecution. so there's a possibility that the new regime will accept the jurisdiction of the international criminal course. so we might see prosecutions happening in the hague as well as others and domestic court. are you able to tell us more about the abuses that you'll seeing in mud from, from syria on the us side? i mean, is there anything that sort of stood out to you in particular? yes, well, i think, and it's already been very well documented. the torture in humane degrades,

and treatment has been commissioners in these detention facilities. and actually just a couple of days before, as the assad regime, 5, the international and independence, mac and investigative mechanism for syria, that's a you in biology hubs dot product. the speak reports where they showed how detention was used as a way to repress a place to go and challenges to the regime. so, and the systematic nature of those abuses, i think, are likely to constitute crimes against humanity. and we would hope that we'll see those were effective in prosecutions. but then there are also other um you know, targeting, it's a bit in the used chemical weapons as a whole sweet, self alleged war kinds of crimes against him on the see that have been can access. and so we hope that the, at intensely time consuming and,

and intense the rigorous investigative activities that have been happening in the last few years. we'll see that in information being reflected now in prosecutions both domestically and internationally. and then the other accountability for if on what precedence exists to the situation that is unfolding in syria right now, we know are there any lessons to be learned from the past as well? by this stage we have quite a lot of precedence in terms of a prosecution, international crimes. since 1998, the international criminal course was established. and we've had of course, others of domestic and hybrids, avenues for prosecution. what some precedence is, i think if i, the serious situation is just the volume of information. so this is often been said to be the most well documented arm conflict in human history because you know,

we and people are picking up their mobile phones and a, you know, recording information that can be used in these and prosecutions going forwards. and then we have a little of this paper documentation. we've got photographs like the cesar fires, which were some of those items, syria by a detector, from the regime. so i think the challenge is going to be and channeling all of that information into prosecutions. and that's going to involve, i think, a lot of cooperation between different prosecuting organizations, so at domestic prosecutors but also at un, but as ease and so forth. so that's going to be an interesting developments keep an eye on, but i'm, i'm confident that at working together these budgies can, can do their work. if i'm done at risk from swan's, the end of the steve. and thank you so much for your time. we really appreciate it, have a look now at some of the news making headlines around the world and prosecute has

in bolivia have issued an arrest warrant for the former president, even morales who they say follow up with a trial for the minor teenage go in 2016, the warrant must still be approved by a judge, or all is ruled. bolivia, assessing is until 2019 and has refused to testify and the case, the tick tock has followed. an emergency appeal with the us supreme court in a last ditch effort to continue a pricing in the united states, lawyers for the company of the justices to step in before the deadline on january, the 19th and you legislation would bind the popular platform in the us unless its chinese parent company agreed to sell it at the 1st high speed trading, offering a new direct service between paris and berlin has arrived at its destination. it left the french capitals gasped the less station on monday morning. it arrived in the german capital approximately 8 hours later. the railing is being held as

a symbol of the place. friendship between the 2 countries. germany and france have just gotten a little bit closer. passengers here in paris are getting ready for a journey to berlin. for the 1st time without transfers is the boys are big enough for me. i'm travelling with my family and this is perfect because we're not going to have to change trains. this is direct. every time we travel from valley into paris, there are problems while changing trains. and in the end, we're always late. now, it's perfect. the new train service will run daily and take around 8 hours. the trip is not much quicker. the current connection has one stop and it takes only a few minutes longer. it's not much cheaper either. a return ticket

costs around a $100.00 euro is. but for many travelers, it's ugly, narrow, tentative to flying, but just think it's really expensive. so and it costs us way more to take the stream back home then it wouldn't stop full price. yeah. but the yeah we're willing to invest in this longer travelling and more expensive to do to the launch comes as german rein operator thought you banned works to improve its reputation last month, only 60 percent of its long distance trains arrived at the destination on time of the doors inside the in the german side, we have a very, very busy and very old rail network. and we just completed the renovation of the tracks between frankfurt and manheim. it's which is trainable also used to be done in the next job and in the used to come, we will continue renovating the entire network in germany because i'm so that we

can be more stable and more punctual on time. and so that we can of course, of sort, more capacity to just me a couple of to, to of need to use hope the 2 years of continues. improvements will reconnect germans with the reputation of punctuality and extend it into to them. and these trains this is a quick reminder for you as our top story at this hour and ukrainian official says the country security service was behind the attack on the head of russia's nuclear defense forces. in most precious investigative committee says eagle carol was killed by a bomb hidden in an electric scuse, his assistant was also killed in the attack as well. we have time full, but to stay with us coming up next. how parents and managing child best from infertility to life off the pregnancy that on in good shape just after the break my mind, you could make it and i'll be back to the top of the hours more international headlines

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