This is the Global News Podcast from the BBC World Service.

I'm Nick Miles, and at 14 hours GMT on Tuesday the 10th of December, these are our main stories.

Syria's new government is taking shape.

A prime minister has been named and public sector staff are returning to work.

The Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, is on trial for corruption.

He told the court in Tel Aviv the charges against him were ridiculous.

Also in the podcast, we hear from the lawyer of the French woman

whose husband arranged for her to be raped by hundreds of men.

And a spanner in the works for Rupert Murdoch's succession plans.

It is still only 48 hours since the Assad regime came to an end in Syria, but the rebel groups

that have taken over in Damascus know the country needs more than just a wave of euphoria to move forwards. They have started

to address the basics of governing, like making sure key services, water, electricity, transport

and the oil industry continue to function properly. An interim Prime Minister and a small

cabinet have been announced to make that happen. But there's also a recognition

that past crimes will have to be addressed. A list has been drawn up of Assad regime officials

who oversaw torture. There have also been more than a hundred Israeli air strikes across

Damascus. Israel says it's trying to prevent weapons getting into the hands of

extremists. Our correspondent, Lena Sinjab, is in the Syrian capital. So basically, the

leader of the rebels came out yesterday after a meeting with the former prime minister, appointing

a new interim prime minister with a small cabinet,

basically to get all the public institutions and services resume for people.

And we've heard that some of the public employees have been contacted to come back to their work today,

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