gargi dot com. welcome back this is a quick check of the headlines a top syrian official hanes that president assad might be prepared to step down but only as a result of dialogue and if it's the will of the syrian people some media outlets spun the story to suggest assad's resignation could be imminent. u.s. attorneys say they are being banned from talking about torture on some island states military tribunals at gun town of oh the prison that spilled running just paid defense to running despite just played obama's promises to shut it down so they show the legal restrictions as to be discussed at the pretrial hearings of five september eleventh terror suspects to begin later this week. and after months of protests over a failing economy report on how spain's recession has hit not just its people but its animals too many of the country's horses are condemned to death by their owners who can't afford to keep them. as the headlines here when i'll see up next it will take you to some of the most remote