Former colonel guilty of crimes against humanity in Syrian civil war jail

A court in Germany has sentenced a former Syrian colonel, Anwar Raslan, to life imprisonment for torture in Syria's civil war in a notorious Damascus jail known as "Hell on Earth".

The trial in Koblenz is the world's first criminal case brought over state-led torture in Syria.

Also in the programme: Buckingham Palace announces that Queen Elizabeth's second son, Prince Andrew, has been stripped of his military honours and royal title; and has a week of intensive diplomacy saved eastern Europe from renewed conflict? We'll hear from the Russian ambassador in London.

(Photo shows Syrians stood outside the court in Koblenz clutching photos of victims of the civil war. Credit: Getty Images)