This is the global news podcast from the BBC World Service.
I'm Rachel Wright and at 14 hours GMT on Friday 7th March, these are our main stories.
Syrian government forces are reported to have Executed more than 50 people
in Latakia province where troops have been fighting Assad loyalists.
More than 180 people are missing after four boats capsize off the coast of East Africa.
A South Korean court has ordered the release of the impeached President Jung Seung Yeol after ruling
that the warrant for his arrest is January was invalid.
Also in this podcast,
an international conference to discuss the Geneva Conventions in relation
to Gaza has been cancelled at the last minute.
One international lawyer says it's needed now more than ever.
That is maybe where we do have a duty to educate people,
that it is completely illegal under international law.
After the Second World War to gain territory through the use of force.
And the strange story of the webcam doorbell to help fish stuck in d Dutch canals,
the government of Bashar Al Assad ran Syria with rare brutality.
Now reports say their Alawite supporters may be suffering some of the same treatment.
It's been reported
that Syrian security forces have carried
out a mass execution of about 50 members of the Alawite minority