swathses of the brazilian political elite have een implicated in scandals involving the state oil tp, petro bras. rousseff has appealed to the supreme court to overturn the senate's overwhelming decision to remove her from office. analysts believe any such in junction is highly unlikely. >> moving on to the middle east, at least 25 people are reported dead in syria after air strikes suspected to be carried out by the sass ad regime. that -- this as the regime feets back against a major offensive in hama province. >> it's damascus' response to try and shore up its position in the face of a rebel offensive across the province, ccording to a syrian expert. the syrian regime has suffered considerable defeats, leading to their use of air strikes. in just four days the regime lost control of 14 different localities the. hama is of vital importance for president assad's regime. it separates rebel forces and their link to the north from damascus and the aolite heartland to the west. forces launched an offensive monday, their largest coordinated strike in two years. one hope is that they will relieve pre