Hello im am. Watching aljazeera also coming up south Africas Parliament passes a motion to take private land without giving any compensation. Jerusalems mayor suspends a plan to tax Church Property which has led to the closure of one of christianitys holiest sites. And why the killing of russian Opposition Leader parson themselves three years ago is fueling diplomatic tension with the u. S. The russian president s call for a five hour ceasefire for the besieged syrian neighborhood of Eastern Ghouta has failed to stop the bombing the pause was designed to allow civilians to leave the rebel held suburb of damascus the u. N. Says a thousand sick or wounded people need to be evacuated but after a brief lull which allowed people to venture outside residents say the government planes resume their strikes so in a hunter reports from beirut. Some emerged from underground shelters to buy food and water others returned home to collect whatever is left of their belongings the relative calm gave the people of eastern some respect a five hour pause in the assault by the pro Syrian Government alliance on the besieged enclave ordered by the russian government the temporary truce from nine am until two pm is due to be repeated daily its not enough for the syrians trapped in the war zone. What ceasefire we have been under bombardment all night planes flying above our heads death is everywhere theres no ceasefire. Going well the number of. The Bombing Campaign resumed soon after the limited ceasefire expired the last rebel stronghold near the capital damascus has been under attack for more than ten days civilian deaths are already close to six hundred the stated aim of the truce is to allow civilians to leave but the opposition says the true goal is to displace the population. So how do they expect the people of ghouta to leave their homes this could never happen we call on the countries who voted for a ceasefire at the u. N. To pressure russia and syria to implement it no one can kick the people out of guta eastern who are surrounded by government controlled territory the Russian Center for reconciliation says a corridor has been open for civilians to leave by a there was fifteen crossing point the center accuses rebels of shelling the Evacuation Route and preventing people from leaving the opposition denies that. But the people do not want to leave they dont not want to be displaced and never be able to return to their homes it has already happened to thousands of syrians after Government Forces recapture rebel held territories its not just that many are afraid to cross into government controlled territory without International Observers or security guarantees they fear arrest or conscription. Up to four hundred thousand people are believed to be trapped in eastern hooter hundreds need Urgent Medical assistance and evacuation its not clear if aid will be allowed during the pause in the fighting medics say they are able to cope with the loss doctors and nurses there are women and children dying we want these massacres to stalk please end this. The procedure in Government Alliance has taken the decision to recapture eastern huta at any cost for now the people of eastern will have two choices death or displacement. Beirut. Correspondent gary has the latest from inside Eastern Ghouta. Yes shelling is still ongoing in eastern guta through many villages and towns and even the city of duma you can hear the intensive bombardment of several areas battles are also taking place the host go ahead and fronts as the Regime Forces are trying to advance and storm east and grew to russia yesterday announced a truce between nine am and two pm in addition to humanitarian corridors for civilians to leave the area but the civilians dont want to leave the areas controlled by the regime by these corridors or crossings because of the continued shelling the syrian Regime Forces are only a few hundred meters from where i am civilians have been killed today and people stuck here scared administrative and medical authorities here say that there is no contact or coordination between them on one hand and the russian side all the syrian red crescent on the other hand the administrative and medical Authorities Say this is aimed at circumventing the Security Councils decision on the truce. The u. N. Regional humanitarian coordinator. He says the truce has done nothing to change the reality on the ground. The situation really is highly straight because we havent been able to bring in any aid convoys for more than ten days now that has been really high intensity hostilities in a civilian area in areas where theres more than one hundred thousand people that have been there living in. This acute a Council Resolution has not translated into action in the field its really ridiculous the Security Council decision is made it is not interpret its in action on the ground and on the humanitarian side we are within that ten minutes distance ten miles distance from his that would. Enable really roll out food medical supplies that are desperately needed to bring to people in the area so this iteration is really highlighted satisfactory to say the least and we continue to worry about protection of civilians the number its become almost like your routine daily statistics of how many people are killed or how many people are injured and yet we dont see any action to really implement the security Council Resolution enjoy allow us to bring to go in and bring humanitarian assistance also to look out the medical cases. As a range of a joins us now from gaza tap on that turkey southern border with syria and says he hearing that the u. N. Security Council Resolution hasnt translated into any concrete action and no aid convoys have been allowed and how desperate is the situation in east and go to right now. Im very im depressed fission that was shared with you by the United Nations cordon it is shared by people on the ground in eastern huta who have been living under siege effectively since two thousand and thirteen and the situation made worse ten days ago when this campaign of them bodman began weve been hearing from people on the ground who are hoping that some sort of movement could actually take place now that russias announced this five hour pause but Nothing Happened and even during this cease fire there were accusations from both sides rebels kept saying that theyre still being the. And the Syrian Government kept saying that this proposed corridor of the suggested was being bombarded by the rebels people on the ground in eastern who do not want to leave they want to come in they have seen and they are afraid of what has been happening to other people in other places who have left their homes to go for safety but they havent found safety or shelter so the situation is very grim video was just shared with me a couple of minutes ago about absolute pitch darkness in a basement where people were just lit trying to figure out with one flashlight how to spend the evening it is very cold they dont have much to eat they dont want to light up anything because they are afraid that if the government see the light they would target them so it is a desperate situation on the ground in eastern hooter which is not being helped by any of the United NationsSecurity Council recommendation or the pause that was announced by russia and what do we know about the situation elsewhere in syria because of course this is a ceasefire that didnt just apply to one area and the idea was to get a and supplies to other parts of syria in need as well has there been any law in the fighting anywhere. Or not not effectively has been the flashpoint in their. Lives and the flashpoints further north in our free are all active there have been reports of fighting in it live between various factions of the armed groups that operated there. Have been clashes between the kurdish militias who are operating there and the remnants and other fighters and in a freeman a turkish offensive continues so effectively there is multiple fronts which are active in syria where this fighting continues and because the United NationsSecurity Council explicitly said that the fight against what it has recognized as terrorist groups will continue so that is the caviar that is being used by all of the forces which are operating in various parts of syria to target what each one of them calls terrorists thank you very much osama bin. Taki syrian border. Now to south africa where the parliament has passed a motion allowing the government to take private land without compensation a motion was brought forward by the left wing Economic Freedom fighters party it was passed by an overwhelming majority of chill hundred forty one votes in favor says eighty three votes against south africas new president several run a post has said that land reform needs to happen immediately now com web has moved from johannesburg. Ever since the n. C. Came to power in one thousand nine hundred four its politicians have Promised Land reform and redistribution theyve had policies and programs to do so but progress has been slow and it still remains that in south africa about three quarters of the land belongs to the white minority a lot of people say that the reason progress has been so slow is because a lack of political will from the top of the a. N. C. And also allegations of corruption and landry redistribution Julius Malema the leader of the breakaway opposition Economic Freedom fighters party has been saying that the problem needs to be tackled by changing the constitution to allow the government to expropriate land without compensation so he made the case to parliament to make to pass a motion to make that constitutional change we must ensure that we do store the dignity of our people without compensation. Who stole our lent those who can do to protect these crimes themselves are to stop crime because those who protect the crime are not as themselves the motion was passed in the significant majority about two hundred forty in favor and about eighty voted against this is because the ruling a. N. C. Party voted with the Economic Freedom fighters in recent years as the a. N. C. Its popularity has declined their rhetoric has got even tougher on land reform they used to object to expropriation without compensation but this time they joined in the effort in a move that will begin the process of constitutional change so by the time thats made it will take months and we dont know who will be in power theres an election next year and we dont know to what extent they will use this policy to bring about radical and change but its something generally that may be popular with voters but on popular with investors. A controversial plan to tax the question chechen jerusalem which led to the closure of one of its holiest sites has been suspended by the citys mayor the church allow the sepik are considered to be the site of the crucifixion and burial of jesus has been shot in protest since sunday christian leaders say the tax plan was a deliberate israeli policy and weakening their presence in the holy city eiffels as well from outside the chechen occupied east jerusalem. This is the third day that pilgrims tourists and others have been gathering in front of the closed door of the church of the holy circle k. But right now theyre gathering with increased intensity because they are aware of the news that has broken this afternoon that came from the Prime Ministers Office saying that israeli Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu had brokered some kind of an agreement between the leaders of the various churches the three churches the run this holy site together and the jewish and you know supplier to the issue at hand is taxation it usually musicality had been trying to collect what it says with one hundred eighty six Million Dollars worth of back taxes owed on commercial properties rented out by the Greek Orthodox church the Prime Ministers Office saying that they will now be a professional team composed of ministers to this policy and others which will assess those claims are not situation and that the collection activities will be suspended as a result the Church Leaders have also one negotiations on a separate issue the proposal of a law which would allow the Israeli Government to seize land which the church had sold to private investors the government and the proposals of that law saying that it leaves people who live on that land in an uncertain situation and thats why the government needed that power the church says all of this is discriminatory against christians in the holy land so for now the church daws remain shut for there does seem to be an agreement which may have been able to bring this standoff to an end. 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Welcome back cross much of the advance and western parts of asia the weather is looking pretty unsettled moment we have two weather systems pushing through now at this particular one is or fragmenting as it moves so we still have a few showers around parts of iran but otherwise weather conditions not too bad and see that system across the east is clearing away we have got an area of low pressure moving through the eastern side of the mediterranean across turkey and as we head into thursday its going to develop into quite an active snow situation so some very heavy snow across central and eastern parts of to hugh see the contrast in temperature in ankara one degree and aleppo in syria sixteen degrees further south it should stay dry for the time being for beirut there with temperatures reaching nineteen degrees that interregnum clincher on the western side of things looking fine thirty four degrees and sunny in mecca on the eastern side slightly different picture coming down through the gulf states lot of cloud around and the risk of some showers certainly during that wednesday i think by thursday here in doha it should be dry and brighter so the chose the old show elsewhere but certainly improved picture by then so we head across into southern portions of africa the satellite imagery shows a lot of cloud across parts of mozambique zambia and zimbabwe heavy showers likely here but fine for much of south africa twenty two in cape town. Back a quick look at the top stories for you now the russian president s call for a five hour cease fire for the besieged syrian a bit of Eastern Ghouta has failed to stop the fighting in. South Africas Parliament has overwhelmingly passed a motion allowing the government to take private land without compensation. And a controversial plan to tax the Christian Church in jerusalem which led to the closure of one of its holiest sites its now been suspended by the citys mayor. Stories were following the u. N. Special envoy to yemen has been briefing the Security Council on the crisis in the country for the last time before he leaves the job is my old shake ahmed criticized International Players involved in the conflict saying that politics havent helped the situation on the ground that dramatic editor james bass has more. He said that there was a destructive pattern a zero sum politics which has not been broken which has led to poverty and destruction he also revealed for the first time that peace talks that he led in switzerland and then in kuwait in twenty sixteen nearly resulted in a deal. Well now or you know your today i would like to announce for the first time that we did Reach Agreement on a peace proposal developed in consultation with the parties but they refused to sign at the last minute at the end of the consultations it became clear that the who these were not prepared to make concessions on proposed security agreements or even get into details about a comprehensive security plan this has been a major stumbling block towards reaching a negotiated solution well this all follows in the last twenty four hours some drama in the Security Council over a yemeni the renewal of the sanctions program for yemen keeping those sanctions in place which resulted in a veto by russia in one draft resolution that came that the u. K. And the u. S. Came up with which actually specifically had a criticism of iran in its they ended up voting on another russian draft that didnt include that and some of that criticism of iran has come up again in the Security Council meeting the u. K. And u. S. Quoting a panel of experts reports saying that iran has been interfering in yemen and helping the who things with their Missile Program its worth telling you that there are other parts of that panel of experts report that theyve not been mentioning those are the parts that say that the Saudi Led Coalition has been causing a great deal