from prison injuly this year. the authorities had tried everything, they say, to try to keep him behind bars but they exhausted every legal avenue and as far as new zealand's counterterrorism laws, as they currently stand, this man wasn't able to be kept in prison and that's why for more than 50 days, he was under 24—hour police surveillance and was being very closely monitored when he launched his attack in that supermarket in auckland on friday afternoon. the latest on the new zealand attacker, named as mohammad samsudeen adil. let's look at some of the day's other news. lebanon says syria has agreed to help it import electricity, to help ease power shortages now crippling many areas of life. the project was discussed in damascus in the first high—level talks between the two governments for years. it would involve using egyptian gas to generate electricity injordan, which would then be sent