syria found the idea of a p.l.o. backed regime and never known a recipe for disaster it feared such areas would provoke israel into military action that would drag syria into war. for their part israel and the united states also took a dim view of the rise of the lebanese left and its palestinian arabs in one of the more bizarre alignments of interest in the oven on syria decided to throw its weight behind the christians with a green light from washington and tacit israeli consent syria sent its army into lebanon in june of 1900. 6 to stem the palestinian leftist advance. got a polygamous story out of that and that put it in syria was asked to intervene to curb the expansion of the palestinian and lebanese leftists. the lebanese left had become troublesome to a regime that. the leader of the left come out john blatt was viewed as a threat to lebanese and arab stability. another factor was the mutual dislike between arafat and syrian president assad. syria's military intervention was stepped up following an assault on

military structures of syria and the bath party or political structures of syria at the top level and the governor at. qwest they also shed light on suspected torturers such as anwar are widely believed at least a dozen former senior agents remain undetected in europe. hopes that not hamdi the killers of her son will be brought to justice but also others living in hiding for her the hunt has just begun. and the oldest one to see the labs and the german football league have held a virtual meeting and say they will be ready to restart the bundesliga season on may 9th and empty stadiums pending government approval of german football announced the decision. off to a meeting with clubs it would mark the 1st return of a major shift in football. and it seems to be a close game in mid march and needs a special government commission to get around bans on large events through august jonathan. says what civil details but hey john good to see you so what does the plan to seek a plan and hope for here well quite simply it won't through soon as soon as possible we had the christians i felt the boss

was generated by the security intelligence structures of syria the military structures of syria and the party or political structures of syria top level and the governor levels request they also shed light on suspected torturers such as anwar are widely believed at least a dozen former senior remain undetected in europe. and hopes that not only the killers of her son will be brought to justice but also others living in hiding for her the hunt has just begun. now his look at other stories making headlines around the world wide fires have devastated about 10 percent of east and poland's. national parks some 6000 x. has a forest meadows and people have burned since sunday poland is facing its worst drought in the is off to an unusually dry winter and spring cold has been rising to a 7 year high rise as investors just look to a safe haven people in thailand have been among those selling jewelry with the precious metal briefly trading at more than $750.00 an ounce. concerns are growing for indigenous tribes in brazil's amazon region hit hard by the coronavirus the city of man else's digging

military structures of syria and the party or political structures of syria at the top level that the governor levels the quest they also shed light on suspected torturers such as anwar are widely believed at least a dozen former senior agents remain undetected in europe. and hopes that not only the killers of her son will be brought to justice but also others living in hiding for her the hunt has just begun. bonus to get outs and the german football league say they hope to officially restart the bundesliga season on may 9th and empty stadiums pending government approval of a lot of 1st return of a major european football league during the ongoing coronavirus endemic. the german football league wants to restart the bundesliga season with games behind closed doors and they have a powerful motive broadcasters have agreed to pay out around 300000000 euros in t.v. money if the season resumes. to the new top and for thanks to the agreement the 36 1st and 2nd division clubs will be assured the money they need until june the 30th. it would be a lifeline for cash strapped clubs like cologne.

by the security intelligence structures of syria the military structures of syria. party or political structures syria at the top level the governor. requests they also shed light on suspected torturers such as anwar are widely believed at least a dozen former senior agents remain undetected in europe. and hopes that not only the killers of her son will be brought to justice but also others living in hiding for her the hunt has just begun. ok let's get more on this from lynn mughal she is middle east researcher with amnesty international and she is joining us from the lebanese capital beirut hello see you why are these men being tried in germany . they're being tried in germany 1st of all because the german judicious german judiciary decided that they would use in resort to the laws of universal jurisdiction which basically allows any state which has the right of and try crimes against humanity and work crimes wherever these have happened and regardless of who the perpetrators are now in the case of syria all the avenues to justice have been brought pressured to par

that's why the state documents smuggled out of syria are so valuable. what you have in this room are materials generated by the security intelligence structures of shared the military structures of syria and the party or political structures of syria at the top level and at the government levels at qwest they also shed light on suspected torturers such as anwar are widely believed at least a dozen former senior agents remain undetected in europe. 100 hopes that not only the killers of her son will be brought to justice but also others living in hiding for her the hunt has just begun. or germany this week became the latest country to allow the testing of a vaccine on humans for the corona virus but not everyone supports that step despite the pandemic anti-bacterial sentiment continues to thrive in a minority of people around the world it's a movement that's been growing in recent years fueled partly by a long discredited study which links the measles vaccine to all tism in children experts warn people's resistance to a code that 19 bags seen when it even

military structures of syria and the baath party or political structures of syria at the top level and the governor of the quest they also shed light on suspected torturers such as anwar are widely believed at least a dozen former senior agents remain undetected in europe money on $100.00 hopes that not only the killers of her son will be brought to justice but also others living in hiding for her the hunt has just begun. travel has become impossible because of the corona but as with many borders closed on international flights grounded as we reported as having a devastating effect on countries that live off tourism the spanish island of new york is especially hard hit. a cloudy april weather is just a tiny a problem compared to the corona virus outbreak and some a cat that catastrophic consequences for york up. next it's. just a year ago 16000000 this has brought here to debate. no fears for her like refute or restaurants out in majorca have been forced out definitely. i cannot speak english. and everyone who live from torrington on the island. used to be one of the big 3 palma now ev

and the party or political structures of syria at the top level and the governor to. the question they also shed light on suspected torturers such as anwar are while he believes at least a dozen former senior agents remain undetected in europe. 100 hopes that not only the killers of her son will be brought to justice but also others living in hiding for her the hunt has just begun. travel has become impossible because of the pen demick with many borders closed and international flights grounded that's having a devastating impact on countries that live off of tourism the spanish island of majorca is especially hard hit. the cloudy april weather it's just a tiny problem compared to the corona virus outbreak. the past trough the consequences for your car beaches are melting. just a year ago 15000000 this has brought here. hotel owner montserrat say you know no fears for her likelihood or restaurants and hotels in majorca have been forced to shut down and definitely. economically speaking this is the song and everyone who lives from tourism on the line and. this used to b

and that's why these documents out of syria are so valuable. what you have in this room are. perils generated by security intelligence structures. military structures. party or political structures. top level gov. requests. anwar are why many believe at least a dozen former senior agents remain in europe. not only the killers. but also others living in hiding her the hunt has begun. well as we said 2 suspected syrian intelligence officers is on trial here in germany today let's talk more about this with sarah kay allie a syria researcher with human rights watch sorry thank you for joining us on we heard the words of one mother there but what do you think this trial means for the victims of torture in syria and the relatives. the trial really is a watershed moment for syrians survivors of torture and their relatives really spent years trying to bring this truth to light until people responsible for torture accountable and i think this is a moment that's going to change a lot for them and really reward them for their efforts over the years you said yourself it's taken years and

or aided by the security intelligence structures of syria the military structures of syria and the party or political structures of syria at the top level and that the governor will crack they also shed light on suspected torturers such as anwar are widely believed at least a dozen former senior agents remain undetected in europe. hopes that not only the killers of her son of all be brought to justice but also others living in hiding for her the hunt has just begun. well for more now let's pull involves going bergner he's a spokesman for human rights watch for fun it's good to have you on the program the men who are standing trial here in germany they could go to prison for the rest of their lives if that happens would we be able to say that justice has truly been sir . i think we think it's a very important step to what's just is afforded the a torture which take place to take place in syria i mean it's important for the people the victims of torture it's important for the relatives of the disappeared it's very important to have this trial of the people who now is sitting in prison and

the state of florida we don't have it in syria. bill wiley is investigating syrian torturers used to hunt war criminals as the u.n. prosecutor and worked on cases from the former yugoslavia and the wanton genocide he knows that without a peeper trail it's difficult to bring culprits to justice. that's why these state documents smuggled out of syria are so valuable. what you have in this room. terrell's generated by the security intelligence structures of shared the military structures of syria and the party or political structures of syria at the top level and that the governor. requests they also shed light on suspected torturers such as anwar are widely believed at least a dozen former senior agents remain undetected in europe money on $100.00 hopes that not only the killers of her son of a be brought to justice but also others living in hiding for her the hunt has just begun. for more now let's full involved on bergner he's a spokesman for human rights watch for fun it's good to have you on the program the men who are standing t

f syria, and the political structures of syria. at the top level and at the govevernor at levels. >> they y also shed light on suspected torturers. he believes at least a dozen former agents remain undetected in europe. mariam helps not only will the killers be brought to justice but others living in hiding. for her, the hunt has just begun. brent: germany is the latest country to allow the testing of a possible coronavirus vaccine on humans, but not everyone is hoping for success. despite the pandemic, anti-vaccine sentiment continues to thrive around the world. it is a movement fueled by a long discredited study linking the measles vaccine to autism in chilildren. experts warn people's resistance to a covid-19 v vaccine, when it eventually becomes available, could undermine efforts to eradicate the virus. that would be a horror scenario. let's go to our reporter who has been looking into this. let's get this straight -- is the coronavirus pandemic, is it leading anti-factors to change their opinionon -- a anti-factoo change their

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they they and their allies spent tens of billions of dollars destroying syria's supporting extremists you know know that as well as i you know about the u.s. defense intelligence agencies i'm going to run them in and look at any water being honest and reliable flynn i would only had a very argue the syrian war i'm asking why not spend that money on our own when you're saying that you're being crippled by u.s. sanctions when you do have money you spend it on military support for the assad regime although the rebels whatever it is you know that's nonsense iran spends money at home and that's why western countries have failed in the fight against the coronavirus and we see the catastrophe taking place in the united states in europe and despite the sanctions he done much better and we wouldn't have their own hands and interference the world but we also and when you're out have been in syria we know you are not so and spends hundreds of dollars and let me respond on. a yes let me respond if you ron hadn't answered syria in 2013 the black flags would have been over damascus as we speak righ

the military structures of syria and the party or political structures of syria top level the governor level across the ownership line torture is such an armoire are widely believed at least a dozen former senior he can remain under. the money on hummock that not only the killers. but also others living in hiding her son has begun. to come about a slowdown in india is having one positive side effect plummeting f. addition levels in the company delhi just take a look at these before and after pictures this is watch of one of the city's famous landmarks looks like back in november 1900. and this is what it looks like today you can even see that india gate from i to we are way back then what chance usually the city's roads a choke could make those experts say the dramatic change is largely due to the shop dropping traffic and warned of the improvement is likely to be short lived. and this by the lockdown in india that have also been some frights feature visit as well have gathered on the outskirts of mumbai tens of thousands of flamingos have chosen this lake for a bit of the next session

we don't have it in syria. bill wiley is investigating syrian torturers used to hunt war criminals as he went prosecutor and worked on cases. from the former yugoslavia and the wanton genocide he knows that without a peeper trail it's difficult to bring culprits to justice. that's why these state documents smuggled out of syria are so valuable. what you have in this room are materials generated by the security intelligence structures of syria the military structures of syria and the party or political structures of syria at the top level and at the government. at qwest they also shed light on suspected torturers such as anwar are widely believed at least a dozen former senior agents remain undetected in europe. 100 hopes that not only the killers of her son will be brought to justice but also others living in hiding for her the hunt has just begun. or germany is the latest country to allow the testing of a possible coronavirus vaccine on humans but not everyone is hoping for success despite the pandemic and vac

in the news the head is covered 19 looms over war ravaged syria president bashar al assad is accused of holding on to medical supplies. and there we have it that we're having to live jumping to a degree in the demand dropping warnings of a catastrophe for the dairy industry in the u.k. . hello it's all changing the weather across europe after what's been a very warm and sunny april for much of central and northern europe we've got these massive weather fronts pushing for a lot of cloud lots of wet and windy weather pushing back in across central and northern areas of the continent then so we got cloud and rain is on the cool side as well 13 celsius in london 15 there for paris with that wet weather pushing all the way across into germany berlin about 18 degrees single figures there for still call it 7 degrees celsius basin places a shabby rain over towards the east as well wanted to show was there to turkey for much of southern europe there it is looking fine and again something of a change here and it looks good in spite and portugal for the most part one of 2 showers across norther

on the very next day 5 out of armies from jordan egypt lebanon syria and iraq immediately declared. one young palestinian activist who was living in cairo at the time was keen to join the fight. and i thought. that there was were stamina not to lobby for the sliney in the should bury him as they mean i left school we gathered at the young muslims association and we decided that whoever wanted to fight would have to bend their books. i was among those who burned their books and went and joined the army of all the struggle. that. the arab armies were defeated. the newly declared state of israel seized control of most of palestine with the exception of jerusalem the west bank and the gaza strip. by 949 close to 3 quarters of a 1000000 palestinians had become refugees. in the late 1950 s. in kuwait and with the popular sentiment of arab unity common in the region a group of palestinian exiles established a secret organization. they called it the palestinian national liberation movement it became known more popularly as fact that. yasser arafat was one of the ringleaders of this new orga

a girl from syria leaving on her own was not so common.at i can do it and you have to let me go." so they accepted and i took off. so tell me about thatjourney? during my trip, i knew that i was risking my life going to germany, just like i was risking my life staying back home, so there was no guarantee that if i stayed home i would be fine. that's what sort of gave me courage to go through the journey. people check the weather, see if the sea is calm enough because the boat is very flat and not so durable. it's a rubber boat and there were a lot of people on it who were pushing and sitting on top of each other — so that was a risk, and luckily everyone was calm enough and the water was calm enough to get us through the other side. so you arrived safely? there was a lot ofjoy that we were on land and not in the water any more. we immediately saw people volunteers that wanted to help immediately offered if we want anything if we are cold, need water, medications and that was a nice thing of people being there, caring about other humans, re

and this could be 19 looms over the war ravaged syria president bashar al assad is accused of holding on to medical supplies so. we've got another round of severe storms making their way across southern parts of the u.s. central plains also seeing some rather wet weather day perrie of low pressure here just tucked in and lot will drive the wet the windy weather and a few tornadoes further a switch as we go through the next few days pushing across the appalachians alabama georgia seeing some very heavy rain through the carolinas right into the middle antic states and that very wet weather with the possibility of some localized flooding will be in place as we go through a good part of thursday dry weather comes in behind so very hot down towards the desert southwest temperatures hit could well get up around the 40 degree mark over towards the west coast some mild pleasant weather but a more pleasant weather coming through here at around 20 celsius a few showers there just tumbling across the rockies on thursday they'll skirt a little further east which is we go on through friday pushing

generated by the security intelligence structures of syria the military structures of syria and the party or political structures of syria at the top level the governor level request they also shed light on suspected torturers such as anwar are widely believed at least a dozen former senior of agents remain undetected in europe. hopes that not only the killers of her son will be brought to justice but also others living in hiding for her the hunt has just begun. returning to our main subject the coronavirus in particular the race to develop a vaccine for it germany is the latest country to allow the testing of a vaccine on volunteers but not everyone is welcoming the drive not despite the pandemic and to vaccine sentiment continues to thrive among them in our minority of people around the world it's a movement that's been growing in recent years field long discredited study that links the measles vaccine with autism in children it's it's one people's resistance to a coven 19 vaccine when it eventually becomes available could undermine efforts to eradicate the virus. the a.b.s. has been lo

syria, northern syria, yemen and gaza, where aid is difficult to deliver in those areas and how to reache have been a few cases reported and in yemen there are none officially, as well as in north—west syria but obviously testing is not being done on a large scale and we cannot have a full picture of what is happening until we start seeing those cases increase. and presumably those cases being reported in the few cases where can reach a hospital and within that hospital actually get tested ? within that hospital actually get tested? yes, absolutely, because the health care system in all of these places has been decimated by years of warand places has been decimated by years of war and conflict. syria hasjust entered its tenth year of war, yemen is six and gaza has been in the blockage for 30 years are already the health care system work overwhelm and they don't have the proper grip we do face a pandemic. as we said, there are a handful of intensive care unit beds and ventilators available to civilians in those areas. in syria half the doctors have left the country come in yemen, half of

and syria and iran and north korea and then in july. at this tan why only the specter sanctions important i disagree because in at the same town you would be. cut for security council to consider are read out on a case by case is take out. our next 10 years ascensions fortunate 10 men and horses you said that one of the successes in south korea has been the importance seen by the government for transparency transparency with the public how important is article 19 of the un charter u.k. authorities here are threatening all the time foreign owned television stations do you think transparency in article 19 is even more important during this crisis. addressing this kind of a rollover. pandemic chases. extending porton and that people should be important. every 2nd every minute every minute minute 2nd what is necessary for them to do what governments are doing their fall each and every citizen and they can take. measure us whatever india own projection but the discussion of a group or pandemic should be addressed at the group event intermiss

in syria is simply dying out of. a mixture of being eclipsed by other events like coronavirus and the geo political the changing do you political reality on the ground. unfortunately the geopolitical reality imposes itself that's the main thing too in order to have ceded a shirt to the international criminal court or to establish a special tribunal for syria we need a security council resolution absolutely russia and china will veto that specifically russia after the russian engagement military and the war in syria the russians themselves committed lots of war crimes and they will not allow a tribunal to be starting or i.c.c. affair and nevertheless this political or geopolitics dimensions could change and it has changed a lot of other conflict where that time the political atmosphere blocked from having a tribunal or justice but then things changed the last tribunal started later so i don't think we should lose by thinks cases like anwar aslan in germany case is just a 1st step to continue the fight for justice and

the back in syria the family had their own farm today. works on construction sites in beirut as a migrant worker as a syrian among the lebanese. in the early going ok all over the scene one of the most. that. it's. here as well because 'd i believe you. know. to live a nice and neither rich nor poor with a gross domestic product to quibble and to bog area all mexico. rula and her generation kind of grow up in relative peace and security yet with the legacy of so . the war and the refugee problem which would make any country found. that look bad you know so you have to come up with yet another but do it on the us i think you are. getting more official shway yet it doesn't that's why you got little but i guess what some of the all star modeling some of. them claim of the us did. that come up. i love. my rudeness father plays football twice a week with his friends 50 year old man in beirut pop. up. i was lucky i. have a game like any other anywhere in the world every tuesday and thursday. when i'm not as excited and i mention i need out. mos

be a very very difficult challenge indeed how worried are you about conflict zones in places like syria like yemen like libya again that could be a huge problem said that's one of the reasons why we call for a global ceasefire every country in the world needs to fight the war against covert 19 to put down the guns and the bombs and deal with this big a deadly enemy it will be much much harder to mount a response if that doesn't happen people need to come to their senses in some places we are seeing a reduction in violence in northwestern syria over the last 2 or 3 weeks for example there has been reduction in violence but everybody else needs to get the message the virus is sending where when you talk about libya we're also very worried about the situation in yemen anybody with influence over any of the warring parties need steering harrison to understand what's going on and how what they're doing if they perpetuate the conflict is an enormous act of self harm going to be damaging themselves and their own interests if they don't gain volved in a proper ceasefire the u.n. is all about a

secretary general is again appealing for an immediate cease fire in syria only what he described as a horrific market bombing and the humanitarian chief visit kucing syria's government of weaponized in covert 19 here's our diplomatic incident james bays. hours before the u.n. security council held a virtual session on syria a fuel tanker rigged with explosives was detonated in the northern city of a bringing the death toll stands at well over 40 even though the world's attention is on the pandemic and the overall level of violence in syria has reduced in recent months this a grim reminder that the country's war is now in its 10th year the u.n. special envoy repeated his call for an immediate cease fire it cannot afford hostilities which went so early surely lead grenada search in displays rylander build communities something that no bitterness in our are only 2 months ago we cannot afford this scenario before the pandemic the prize could only be higher now the un humanitarian coordinator mark says it's been impossible to get all of the much needed medical supplies to northeast syria a

i love the idea of the 2 friends fled 4 years ago yet their homeland syria is only a few kilometers away. just beyond the mimes have. no doubts what is going on going home. every mark on the edge of the home. setting them up in the best sunset of a promise not to do that again and i think. about 14000 people across the border yesterday. like both dreams across the globe 65000000 people are fleeing war on terror crossing season continents risking that not seeing a 1000 refugees and migrants have crossed into the country hundreds of thousands more expected to do to save and they are not always welcome. migrants to the breaking down and. well why politicians deride the. you know to this song and action going back to going back. however only a few of them make it to europe and america most syrian refugees have headed for neighboring countries like lebanon. no other country has taken more refugees than lebanon britain averages only 2 refugees per $1000.00 inhabitants $11.23 every 5th person in lebanon is a refugee in memphis and call fun i can most this myself i'm not a god that kill we are n

that's why the state documents smuggled out of syria are so valuable. what you have in this room are materials generated by the security intelligence structures of shared the military structures of syria and the party or political structures of syria at the top level the government level at qwest they also shed light on suspected torturers such as anwar are widely believed at least a dozen former senior agents remain undetected in europe. hopes that not only the killers of her son will be brought to justice but also others living in hiding for her the hunt has just begun. for more on the story we can speak to get a yes she's a member of the german parliament and chairs the bundestag committee on legal affairs and schumann rights mischance and good to have you with us here on d w we said this is pretty unique to suspected syrian intelligence officers facing justice here in germany today so why did germany want to carry out these trials here. well good afternoon it is pretty unique it's a landmark trial and germany and its laws recognize universal jurisdi