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

I'm Andrew Peach and in the early hours of Tuesday the 10th of December, these are our main stories.

The victorious Syrian rebel leader Abu Mohammed al-Gilani has met the ousted regime's prime minister to coordinate the transfer of power.

The insurgents have issued an amnesty for Syrian army conscripts.

Several European countries have suspended their asylum programs for Syrians following the

downfall of President Assad. In other news, US police have arrested a man in connection with the murder

of a health insurance executive in New York last week. Also in this podcast...

The throne is vacant.

The conclave begins now.

The papal thriller is among the nominations for next year's Golden Globes.

As the euphoria in Syria begins to die down, the transfer of power is underway.

A day after capturing Damascus and ousting President Assad, Syrian rebels are working on forming a transitional government.

Mohammed al-Bashir from the Islamist HTS group will be the interim prime minister. There's an

amnesty for army conscripts. Cafes, markets and bakeries are reopening. But what sort of country

will emerge? The Syrian Parliament and Mr. Assad's Ba'ath party have pledged their allegiance to the new

rulers and their support for the transition. I heard more from the BBC's Lena Shikuni.

I heard from a lot of people that, you know, they're trying to calm people down.

They're trying to tell everyone that they don't want to rule in any brutal way.

They're just there to hold the stability and the safety of Damascus and other areas.

You know, there's been some kind of messaging that's being circulated among social media users telling people,

you know, don't panic if you see checkpoints, don't panic if you see people asking you for

IDs. All we were trying to do is just to hold the peace and the stability. So the messaging

...