Syria: "not a threat" to the world

The leader of the Syrian rebels, Ahmed al -Sharaa, now in charge in Damascus tells the BBC his group is not a threat to the west and international sanctions must now be lifted:

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And a verdict is expected later today in France in a trial that has shocked the nation : a man has confessed to getting dozens of men to rape his wife while she was unconscious.

(Picture: Ahmed al Sharaa, leader of rebel group HTS in Syria. Credit: BBC)