this colored figure here i'm sorry we lost connection ok if you can hear us miss cullum i just wanted to ask you about your comment on twitter earlier on the sentence that's been handed down you said it was anything but justice what did you mean by that all right it looks like we're having some trouble with that connection to agnes cullum of the u.n. special repertoire on extrajudicial killings will try to talk to her a little bit later let's move on to some other news now syrian government forces backed by russia and other allies are pushing to retake the italy bridgend the last major part of rebel held territory in syria and home to 3000000 people tens of thousands are fleeing the violence and heading to the turkish border turkish president to one fears they will eventually enter turkey which is already sheltering nearly 3700000 syrians the largest refugee population in the world at one warns there will be consequences for europe if that happens. the desperate search for people buried in the rubble left by another bombing in syria as strikes by russian and syrian forces continued th

you need a soldier restriction ok agnes cullum of the un special rapporteur on extrajudicial executions thank you so much for joining us on w. let's check in now on some of the other stories making headlines around the world thousands of people have taken to the streets again in india to protest a controversial citizenship law it's a fast track for indian citizenship for a number of persecuted minority groups but it excludes muslims some critics call the law discriminatory and unconstitutional while others fear it will lead to mass migration into india more than 20 have died in on wrestling to protest against the law. thousands of pro-democracy activists have rallied in hong kong they are demanding an inquiry into alleged police brutality the demonstrations now in their 7th month are expected to continue through the holiday season and high tides in venice have left much of the historic city center under water the italian city is still counting the cost from floods in november which were the worst in 50 years venice is a unesco world heritage city. syrian government forces backed by russ