A five hour long ceasefire but even thats too much to ask airstrikes continue to hit the rebel held on plates of eastern called. A decision which cut costs car makers millions the german court gives cities the green light to ban diesel cars. South african politicians vote overwhelmingly in favor of a motion that would allow the government to take private land without compensation. In sport you sign ball will gets played at Manchester United but not as a professional player. And to charity rather than a serious career switch will see the sprint king taking to the football field. Its very warm welcome to this hour of news first to syria where the first daily five hour window when fighting is supposed to stop in a rebel held on cave near damascus has come and gone and with little success the truce was supposed to allow a way to get in and the injured to get out of the city there were multiple while. During the window from nine am to two pm two people were killed in government airstrikes rebels are also accused of breaking the deal well the truce ordered by russia was meant to allow for the evacuation of civilians but none of the injured actually go out and activists told aljazeera thats because the russians didnt provide a trusted third party to help evacuate people well even if the daily cease fire does hold a groups are skeptical too they say five hours is simply not long enough to provide any meaningful help in a hoarder reports some emerge from underground shelters to buy food and water others returned home to collect whatever is left of their belongings the relative called give 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. I mean what ceasefire we have been under bombardment all night planes flying above our heads death is everywhere theres no ceasefire. Going well im not the mark 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 go 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 huta surrounded by government controlled territory the Russian Center for reconciliation says a corridor has been open for civilians to leave via the wafa dean 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 huta hundreds need Urgent Medical assistance and evacuation its not clear if aid will be allowed during the pause in the fighting medics say they arent able to cope when we last doctors and nurses there are women and children dying we want these massacres to stop please end this. The proceeding and Government Alliance has taken the decision to recapture eastern huta at any cost for now the people of eastern will dock. Have two choices deaths or displacement. The root. Of some a binge of a joins us now from gas and thats on turkeys southern border with syria so all summer what have people been telling you that its like on the ground. Julie in the last few minutes we heard from rebel sources on the ground that battle bombs have hit eastern guta at this hour of night in cheerful media and in hostile shoots an Ongoing Campaign which is continued for the last ten days which continues tonight people have been saying throughout the day that they have been disappointed by the response to deliver sieved in the have seen in this perforce east fire by the russian government that the Assad Government according to them did not abide by been hearing from rebels saying that this is a manipulation of the resolution by the United NationsSecurity Council that russia is using to try and make sure that nothing actually happens on the ground ive been speaking to a number of rescuers and aid workers whove been telling us that they have been in touch with various agencies on the other side of the blockade but they still dont have any plans as to what is going to happen if this code or is established and how are they going to take people people on the other side people are spending one more night in called dump shelters underground and its pretty hard for parents who are having to lie to their children. My kids are just. Any kids in eastern good that they. Fear for any sound just like the air raid of course i have to lie to them to tell them its ok its fine the schools are closed to maybe for two months now. Even. They cannot go out for thing in they go they have to stay in the basement. And also some of the big problem that a lot of people talked about it was mentioned at the u. N. Is what youve pointed to you know how do people actually manage to leave practically speaking who helps them to evacuate and then how does the aid get in is this something thats going to be worked upon but according to the Russian Foreign minister yes it is going to be happening but from experience on the first day it didnt happen on the ground aid convoys were not allowed in we heard from the United Nations humanitarian coordinator saying that they had no idea of how to get that aid in they had no guarantees this supposed part of the truth only open for five hours is not enough for them to go in and come out at the same time and then the strikes were designed and also on the other hand there is a big assumption that people want to leave there lots of people there for nearly four hundred thousand people in eastern and from the experiences that they have seen elsewhere in syria where the mosque displacement is taken place they dont want to leave their homes to an uncertain future where they dont know where we will they live and many of these people have families with them and they just dont trust the Syrian Government or their russian allies to cross the border to cross this besieged area into an uncharted territory which the government has been holding one aid worker told me that it is absurd that the world expects us to believe the same people who were born bombing us throughout the night and in the early hours of the morning to say that its night no one you can cross over and come to it come into our arms sobbing to think their life from gaza and the whole summer thank you will pamela smooth siss the u. N. Regional humanitarian coordinator for syria he says the truth on the thing to change the situation on the ground. The situation really is highly straight because we havent been able to bring in any. 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. This acute Council Resolution has not translated into action and they feel it really is ready to use the Security Council of a decision is made it is not interpret its an action on the ground and on the humanitarian side we are within a ten minutes distance ten miles distance from eastern who are in the mass was unable really roll out who had 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 were killed how many people are injured and yet we dont see any action to really implement the Security Council resolution and to allow us to bring to go in and bring humanitarian assistance to also take out their medical cases well were joined now from washington by ariel cohen his a senior fellow at the International Face think tank the Atlanta Council very warm welcome to the program whats the endgame for russia here. The endgame for russia is to shift the balance of great powers in the middle east for russia to become at least equal to if not superior to the United States the vacuum that was created during the Obama Administration the inaction of the Obama Administration in the face of the syrians using iranian or north korean chemical weapons or domestically produced chemical weapons this all contributed to the russian insertion russian return to the middle east that we didnt see since the collapse of the soviet union and one more thing the russians they using syria senekal it as a testing ground for their weapons just yesterday deputy Prime Minister did meet that argo is in announce that all Russian Military procurement will be revised based on the performance in syria this is a message to the customers come and buy Battle Tested russian weapons Battle Tested and the prize that was spade is a five hundred thousand syrian lives that were snuffed in this war so aerial partly what youre saying there is that russia is to some degree of filling a void that i guess was left by the us in the middle east what are the consequences short term and slightly further into the future well first of all the consequences its not just russia its russia and the ambitious iranian quasi imperial neo imperial expansion from iran to iraq to syria to lebanon all the way to the mediterranean threatening israel threatening the gulf threatening the sunni arabs. And in terms of the u. N. We heard a sound bite just before your interview ariel where there is a mime ting frustration at the u. N. And theyve proved pretty toothless i think if i can use that phrase can they wield at this point any power over a member of their number. Well the tragedy of the international communitys socalled is that once you have a great power such as russia with a veto power in the United NationsSecurity Council there a little can be done and i think also this point we need to start thinking about the war crimes that were committed in syria by the regime by the iranians and by the russians who is going to have the jurisdiction over these war crimes who is monitoring the responsible people who committed horrible crimes like with you know in ghouta and also the United States need to take note we were in the middle east for violating sort of a security umbrella to a number of our allies and it started changing with the arab spring it started changing with the russian and iranian expansion the process of slow transformation and deterioration of the system that was created by the colonial powers after world war one of the imperial winners of world war one britain and france and then the american provided security that system is changing very fast and on the horizon theres also china so people in the region need to take note and great powers europe england and the United States also need to figure out how were going to protect innocent lives in the middle east promote our values but also provide hard security for our allies which is to some degree easy to say that little list that youve just given sounds pretty much beyond you know at every country especially the United States i mean they havent had a can here in middle east policy certainly since tom came to power but some would argue even before that. Absolutely before that look at the quick draw down of the forces president obama undertook in iraq and that brought us isis and brought us the iranians and the russians are filling the void of the iranians in iraq and the russians and syria so no its started way before President Trump and also look at the absurdity of russia and the United States supporting the Kurdish Militia the y p g in syria and then the turks fighting them turkey our ally the us ally in nato and of the same time the assad regime coming in helping the kurds against the turks so yes it is the theater of absurd but at the same time extremely dangerous as we saw the exchange of fire between the russians and the americans for the first time in eighty years since the nine hundred twenty civil war and russia americans and russians shooting at each other and the private militia the privatization not just of Foreign Policy but of National Security the russian businessman who owns the militia missed a pretty good reason also just we found out today got a contract from the Syrian Government to operate and secure the oil and gas fields that are in the kurdish an american zone communal cohen. Thank you so much for joining us with your take on the Current Situation like there from washington d. C. Thank you. Theres much more to come on the news hour its fun for some but ms separate for others a wintry blast leaves europe colder than the arctic. Why even searching online for winnie the pooh is banned as china cracks down on criticism of its move to scrap term limits for president she. Has fought how technology will help team doctors as well as referees at this years football world cup. Germanys federal Administrative Court has passed a ruling that a lot of cities the ban the use of diesel cars well the measures have been imposed to tackle air pollution problems across the country there were and could have huge ramifications for car makers in germany which is your ups largest car market dominic came reports not on her lip soon cities in germany couldnt force bonds on older diesel vehicles move environmental groups here have long campaigned for and now thanks to a court ruling on tuesday they have it is the view that we are certainly happy and satisfied as of today we have diesel bans in germany we achieved that in both of the places that we were fighting for doesnt go off and still got these cities have long been amongst the most polluted in germany stuttgart geography means vehicle emissions often linger in the air the council is considered introducing some form of ban on diesel engines now its likely to act but this ruling spells trouble for the Automotive Industry millions of vehicles could be affected and alterations to engines or retrofitting could cost as much as three and a half thousand dollars each and then theres the uncertainty about whether other cities might want to introduce benz. The problem with the decision is that different cities could have different regulations this concerns us because a patchwork of different regulations would obviously confused drivers thats why we hope for reasonable nationwide regulation. Until now the federal government has resisted diesel bans saying it hoped that emission levels could be reduced through Software Updates for older engines last autumn angle americas negotiated a deal with the car industry but stopped short of introducing bans on diesel engines meaning choose these court ruling was unwelcome news out of even phones and refined what most definitely happen is that clean air plants really have to be put into action with the help of the government who will discuss further matters with the parties concerned what is perhaps important to mention today is that the ruling is specific to individual cities where more needs to be done but it really does not target the whole country or all drivers in germany. As clear as this ruling may seem it does throw up many questions for germanys road users are their vehicles going to be affected will they need to be expensive be retrofitted and crucially whos going to pay for bus donna carrying out is there a. One of the christian religions holiest sites in jerusalem will be open on wednesday morning after the citys mayor suspended a controversial tax on the church of the holy several kirk considered to be the site of the crucifixion and burial of jesus has been closed for three days it was in protest against the mayors plan to levy substantial back taxes on the christian church. South Africas Parliament passed a motion allowing the government to take private land without compensation the motion was brought forward by the left wing Economic Freedom fighters party it was passed by an overwhelming majority of two hundred forty one votes in favor versus eighty three votes against south africas new president s a poser said that land reform needs to happen immediately malcolm what has more now from johannesburg. Ever since the a. 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