. ♪ ♪ >>> welcome to the news hour, i am darren jordan from al jazerra's news centers in doha and lon these are the top stories. phase one complete, inspectors say syria's chemical weapons equipment has been destroyed. protestprotests in kenya over a teen-aged gang rape. the accused men are sentence today mow the lawn. >> i am lauren taylor in london with all the news from europe, including digging their heels in, french footballers say they'll strike over the planned super tax on the

i'm darren jordan from al jazeera's news office in doe ma. sell celebration after driving out m 23 rebels. >>> relief for the syrians in the sieged area. and there are more trapped. >> we have the latest from europe, including home at last. four men return to france after being held captive for three

i'm darren jordan from al jazeera's news office in doe ma. sell celebration after driving out m 23 rebels. >>> relief for the syrians in the sieged area. and there are more trapped. >> we have the latest from europe, including home at last. four men return to france after being held captive for three years by al-qaeda in niger. >> all i wanted was a family. no one wanted me. >> reporter: we're in chicago's film festival where filmmakers are producing chilling tales. >> welcome to al jazeera. soldiers in the democratic republic of congo claim picture from the m-23 movement. they seized control of the rebel base which sits on the border of uganda. the town has been the scene of celebration. it was the last stronghold of the m 23 army, and they had been fighting with the army for the last 23 months. >> we came in with the congress congolese, and when we came in the town had completed deserted. every had runaway from the fighting. now as you can see that's all over. the civilian versus come running back when they saw the civilian government come

. ♪ ♪ >>> welcome to the news hour, i am darren jordan from al jazerra's news centers in doha and lon these are the top stories. phase one complete, inspectors say syria's chemical weapons equipment has been destroyed. protestprotests in kenya over a teen-aged gang rape. the accused men are sentence today mow the lawn. >> i am lauren taylor in london with all the news from europe, including digging their heels in, french footballers say they'll strike over the planned super tax on the rich. >>> and police in canada say they have video of toronto's mayor apparently smoking a crack pipe. ♪ ♪ >>> welcome to al jazerra, it was an ambitious order, end syria's ability to produce chemical weapons. but it appears to have been done and ahead of schedule. the announcement from the world chemical weapons watchdog means syria can't produce any new chemical weapons. but damascus still has to destroy its chemical arsenal. kim explains how we got to this points. >> reporter: on august 21st, at least 1400 were killed, in what survivors called a chemical massacre. within days, the u.s. and its allies