ah, hello, i'm darren jordan in dough with a quick recap of the top stories here on al jazeera, a former syrian colonel has been to jail for life in germany for torture and murder during syria's civil war. and why russ landsey 1st syrian official to be convicted for such crimes, he held a top position in a prison where detainees were tortured and killed before he sought asylum and germany in 2014. dominic came reports now from berlin. 10 years ago. unwashed slant was a senior officer in the syrian government forces. now the former colonel.

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hello, i'm darren jordan in dough with a quick reminder, the top stories here in al jazeera you, as president joe biden says, a small number of american troops will be deployed to eastern europe soon. earlier . his top military officials called for a diplomatic solution to the crisis in ukraine. conflict is not inevitable. there is still time and space for diplomacy. given the type of forces that are arrayed, the ground maneuver forces, the artillery, the ballistic missiles, the air forces, all of it packaged together. if that was unleashed on ukraine, it would be significant, very significant. and it would result in a significant amount of casualties. and you can imagine what that might look like in dense urban areas, along roads and so on and so forth. it would be horrified, it would be terrible. and it's not necessary. and we think a diplomatic outcome is the way to go here. mean, all the crimes president has warned against panic over an over possible russian invasion, which is not the business. we're grateful to the united states for their ongoing support for our sovereignty. but i am the

ah hello, i am darren jordan and dough. with a quick recap of the top stories here on al jazeera, a former serum colonel has been jail for life in germany for torture and murder during syria's civil war, and were russ landsey 1st syrian official to be convicted for such crimes. he held a top position in a prison where detainees were tortured and killed before he sought asylum and germany in 2014. dominic came reports now from berlin. 10 years ago. unwashed sloan was a senior officer in the syrian government forces. now the former colonel is starting a life sentence for crimes against humanity convicted by a german court of multiple counts of murder, torture, and sexual violence. all carried out during his time in charge of the al hattie prison, near damascus, dang o'clock to lie in titus. as the defendant was a part of assistant. at his instigation, thousands of civilians were brutally tortured. he's also responsible for murder of at least $27.00 people. the evidence we put forward prove that unambiguously because one rusla

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is not only a repository of knowledge but an access point to the world beyond. lou hello, i'm darren, jordan, and dough. with a quick reminder, the top stories here on al jazeera, the u. s. as it used russia planning a so called full flag operation and eastern ukraine in an attempt to create a pretext for invasion. brush alone says the claims are unfounded. as part of its plans, russia laying the groundwork to had the option of fabricating a pretext for invasion. and we've seen this before. we saw this before leading up to 2014, just to know, including their sabotage activities and information operations by using ukraine of preparing an imminent attack against russian forces and eastern ukraine. i and the russian military plans to begin these activities several weeks before a military invasion which could begin between mid january and mid february. again, we saw this play, but before including the wide spread effort to push out misinformation, not just in eastern europe, but around the global community. russia security service says it shut down the ransomware crime group known as our evil ar

hello, darren jordan, this is al jazeera ally from de, also coming up talks between nato and russia. end with no breakthrough of the ukraine with both sides sang significant differences remain britain's prince. andrew failed in his attempt to stop legal action in the us of a sexual abuse allegations against him. and more than 20 people have been killed and indigenous communities devastated by floods in south eastern brazil. ah, inflation in the united states was hit levels not seen in 40 years, with prices rising for almost everything bought by consumers and businesses. the white house brains, global supply chain disruption due to the pandemic. my counter reports from washington dc. price is for groceries rent another needed items continue to saw the illness, the small shops are particularly hard hit as they see their customers beginning to treat what were every day purchases as luxuries. you can see how the money flows you can seeing when people are not getting the extras when they're getting coffee trip coffee instead of cafeteria, you can see it. you can see how they pay. they're

i'm darren jordan in dough with a quick reminder. the top stories here in al jazeera, you, as president joe biden says, a small number of american troops will be deployed to eastern europe soon. earlier . his top military officials called for a diplomatic solution to the crisis in ukraine. conflict is not inevitable. there is still time and space for diplomacy. given the type of forces that are arrayed, the ground maneuver forces, the artillery, the ballistic missiles, the air forces, all of it packaged together. if.

hello, i'm darren jordan. this is al jazeera ally from dough are also coming up. no breakthrough. it talks to diffuse tensions are but ukraine of the top us and russian diplomats meet in geneva, rescue teams and western gonna continue searching the site of a huge, accidental explosion on thursday that killed at least 13 people and a desperate cleanup as an oil spill blamed on last week's pacific tanami ravages the coast of hulu. ah, you and secondly, general antonio tatters is calling for an investigation after air strikes by the saudi led coalition, killed more than 80 people in western yemen. at least 3 children are among the dead . the strikes hit, a detention cent and solder and the port city of ha, data during condemnation. a statement from the saudi official news agency as deny that its coalition forces targeted the facility. diplomatic editor james bass reports from un headquarters in new york. i have washer, as strikes had been carried out on who he held territory in yemen all week. but this one was by far the most dead. i'm the main target seems to have been a detention c

ah, hello, i'm darren jordan. this is out as a reply from doha. also coming up thousands of truckers drive and the canadian capital in protest against vaccine mandates for crowds across into the u. s. on the border between ukraine of russia, we've been to people longing for normal life as diplomatic efforts to avert the crisis. continue. and dozens of former soldiers and democratic republic of congo are sentenced to death for their role in the killing of 2 un investigate. ah. one of the strongest winter storms in years is battering the eastern united states . millions of people in 10 states are experiencing heavy snow in a hurricane force winds around a 100000 homes are without power and more outages are expected. gabriel is under reports now from the it was by far the biggest snowstorm of the winter in new jersey, pennsylvania. the snow hit hard and fast, and local officials urged people to stay home and be ready for anything more prepared but got plenty of food and yeah, well, just hunker in, in boston. the storm was being compared to a historic

ah, hello, i'm darren jordan, this is al jazeera alive from dough. are also coming up, rescue workers in yemen and continue looking for survivors from an air strike or killed more than 80 people at a detention center. the micron and delta veterans leave china struggling to maintain it. 0 cove id strategy less than 2 weeks out from the winter olympics. and kat are always release his video showing what it says are safety issues with a 350 passenger jets and a deepening rift with air bus. ah, russia says accusations that it's plotting to install a pro moscow leader in ukraine. our nonsense, the allegation has come from britain, which also says russia is in contact with former ukrainian politicians as part of plans for an invasion. the u. k. a foreign ministry hasn't provided evidence of its claims which were leveled in a statement by a foreign secretary liz. trust. what she said, the information being released today shines a light on the extent of russian activity designed to subvert ukraine and as an insight into kremlin thinking, russia must deescalat

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hello, i'm darren jordan. this is al jazeera alive from dough. are also coming up no break through. it talks to diffuse tensions over ukraine has taught us and russian diplomats meet in geneva, a desperate clean up as an oil spill blamed on. last week's pacific's an army, ravages the coast of peru, plus rescue teams in western. gonna continue searching the sides of the huge, accidental explosion, a killed at least 13 people. ah, you and 2nd, general antonio terrace is calling for an investigation of the air strikes by the saudi led coalition killed more than 80 people in western yemen. at least 3 children are among the dead. the strikes hit, a detention center and solder and the port city of her data drain condemnation. a statement from the saudi official news agency has denied that it's coalition forces targeted the facility or diplomatic editor james base reports on un headquarters in new york. i believe, as strikes had been carried out on who the hell territory in yemen all week, but this one was by far the most deadly. i'm the main target seems to have been a detention center in

ah, hello, i'm darren, jordan, doha, with a quick reminder, the top stories here on al jazeera inflation in the united states has increased to levels not seen in 40 years with a price surge affecting almost everything purchased by consumers and businesses. the white house is blaming global supply chain disruption due to the pandemic. but inflation is a growing political risk for the democrats, as republicans continue to blame. similar.

which is a you oh, i hello, i'm darren jordan. this is counting the cost on al jazeera, your weekly look at the world of business and economics. this week, 2021 a year of economic recovery, but also a year of supply chain bottlenecks. soaring inflation and omicron. so would it be a bumpy road in the next 12 months, or will it be a year of progress? also this week a downturn and the property sector and energy supply crunch and subdued consumption . john is economy ground to a whole, towards the end of 2021 critic say it could hit a great bull. so when it too big to be ignored by the financial establishment crypto currencies of hit 3 trillion dollars in value and are now becoming mainstream. will the virtual money see a big year again in 2022. ah. now mass vaccinations progressing, antiviral drugs and eased restrictions. 2021 has proved opportunity for many countries to reverse economic losses caused by the pandemic. but opening up businesses and going back to normal life has brought new breast setbacks to such as the rising cost of

ready hello, i'm darren jordan in dough with a quick reminder, the top stories here on al jazeera, russia says accusations that it's plotting to install a pro moscow leader in ukraine and nonsense. the allegation has come from britain, which also has russia, is in contact with former ukrainian politicians as part of plans for an invasion. the u. k. foreign ministry hasn't provided evidence of its claims which were leveled in a statement by phone secretary mistrust, which he said the information being released today shines a light on the extent of russian activity designed to subvert ukraine and is an insight into kremlin thinking. russia must deescalate and its campaigns of aggression and disinformation and pursue a part of diplomacy. as the u. k in our partners have said repeatedly, any russian military incursion into ukraine would be a massive strategic mistake with severe costs. well, the u. s. has sent about 90 tons of military supplies to ukraine, saying it wants to ensure its armed forces a well stocked russia and says that it has no plans to attack re challenge report russia's defe

hello, i'm darren, jordan and dough. with a quick reminder on the top stories hair on al jazeera, the u. s. president says he believes russia will make a military incursion into ukraine, but thinks as counterpart vladimir putin doesn't want a full scale conflict. speaking of a press conference marking his 1st year in office, joe biden warned tough sanctions will be imposed on moscow in the event of an invasion. a white house correspondent, kimberly hockey. u. s. president joe biden spoke for almost 2 hours from the east room of the white house, given this was only his 2nd formal press conference. reporters had a lot of questions. sorry, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, hang on guys. his remarks included another warning to president vladimir putin. russia will face severe penalties if it chooses to invade ukraine, i guess, as he will be. it's biden's most definitive statement yet on putin's intentions. but his comment spark criticism, when he suggested a lesser response. if russia launches a small scale invasion, if it invades, it