And this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up its time to put down the weapons why the taliban says it wants to end the bloodshed in afghanistan. A move to redress Racial Disparity in Land Ownership in south africa how the government plans to make it work. And white blanket covering breaking down large parts of europe why scientists are saying its wacky. The first five hour ceasefire on a rebel held on klav in syria has failed to stop the fighting russias partial truce was planned to allow aid in to get the injured out of eastern near the capital damascus reports. When the bomb stop it was time to see whats left of the home day one of the five hour ceasefire brought comfort to the people trapped in besieged east. Theres no food or water they always say theres a ceasefire but they come back in the bomb us the situation is pretty bad prices already high and we did not use money at the shelter. Or water and we do not. Close to six hundred people have been killed in the latest onslaught hospitals have been hit and medical supplies are running out and suddenly the airplane came towards us my mother screamed get inside the house i told her i will wait for her and the missiles exploded. As jets roared above both sides accused each other of violating the truce even. Look this is the truce this is the ceasefire this place had fifty women and fifty children thank god they left before the airstrikes. Ordered by the russian president the Syrian Government had agreed to hold fire but despite the violations moscow is optimistic about its plan. Over the specific humanitarian corridor also have been sit through which aid will be delivered and medical evacuation will be carried out in the opposite direction also billions who are willing to leave will be able to leave in full compliance with the Un Resolution to fall over. A un force says. They can bring out the more than one thousand in Urgent Medical care but without a consent from all warring sides. And. Assistance. Aid agencies including the u. N. Are frustrated that since saturday words have not translated into action. Within a day millions distance and miles distance from recent would in the last unable really. Medical supplies that theyre desperately needed to bring to people in the area so this iteration is really highly unsatisfactory to say the least there arent many people in willing to brave the rough at the crossing and even if they wanted to leave it isnt clear where will they go it was the inside is they also shouldnt they will stay there will be protected and there will not be at bat and he might. Be able to reach out for them theres not much faith in promises of help in this damascus suburb under siege for the last five years but even the dead are not exempt from destruction of a job made out of the era. Of the turkey syria border where the u. S. State Department Says russia is to blame for much of the recent misery caused by syrias government jordan reports from washington d. C. The state Department SpokespersonHeather Nauert tells aljazeera the situation in the middle east does have a common for destabilizing factor and that is the government of russia russia had said years ago that it would help but help syria get rid of its chemical weapons russia failed to do that the Syrian Regime was back on its heels years ago who came in and prop them up or russia dead so without Russian Support syria we believe the United States government believes would not be in the position to attack people the misery that the Syrian People are feeling right now is because of its own people its government the government of Bashar Al Assad and also russia. Well Hillary Mann Leverett the chief executive of strategic its a Political Risk consultancy shes joining us by skype from mclean in virginia thank you very much indeed for being with us we did our expectations stay too high given the fact that this truce was only going to last for five hours. Well we we should always have hope but expectations i think are very high too high that the Syrian Government with the assistance of russia is going to retake eastern and other parts of syria in. A bloodless way it is going to continue to be a very bloody conflict in till the Syrian Government retakes all of the positions that it should with Russian Support it will continue to be a very bloody conflict nevertheless it was russia that brought together the u. N. Security Council Meeting that predicated this and then brought in the humanitarian crisis forgive me the humanitarian corridors that doraville these try to set those up it seems as though there is some movement on russias part to try and make this work but what does this tell us about russian influence in syria given the fact that this truce basically has fallen to bits. Well i think the key phrase that you mentioned is to make this work well i think from the russian perspective to make this work and from the Syrian Government perspective to make this work is to enable the Syrian Government with Russian Support to retake eastern so how do they do that how do they do that most effectively they have to they have to in a sense mute International Criticism they have to give the International Community away to feel good about itself as russia and syria russia back the Syrian Government to retake eastern as they did with aleppo so i think this is more of a measure to keep the International Community at bay as a Syrian Government takes the territory i think its nothing more then an attempt to minimize criticism as they can to continue the military option operation until theyve retaken the territory well and were going to see this pos affine the u. S. And iran and all the players in the region. Yes i think it will it worked as horrific as it was in aleppo it worked in aleppo and i think you already see notwithstanding the u. S. State Department Spokeswoman and comments you already see the United States really getting out of the way the United States has more than two thousand troops in syria not one of them is lifting a finger to go anywhere near eastern good to and in addition to that the u. S. Commander in the area general of child said today that the u. S. Interest in syria is just to combat isis he made no mention of going against the government of bashar assad and he made no mention of helping the civilians and use are good to us so i think when you look at what the United States is actually doing on the ground militarily and what the military u. S. Military commanders are saying and doing there theyre basically standing aside for russia to work with the Syrian Government to retake this territory really good to get your thoughts on this Hillary Mann Leverett thank you very much indeed. Thank you very much the Afghan Government says it will set no preconditions for peace negotiations with the taliban and the announcement comes hours after the armed groups said it was willing to talk to the United States to try to end the bloodshed in afghanistan suicide attacks killed close to one hundred fifty people in kabul last month dozens have died in the violence since the taliban was overthrown by u. S. Led campaign in two thousand and one the Afghan Government and the taliban have held the direct talks only once before in twenty fifteen but they broke down almost immediately officials from around twenty five countries the e. U. And nato jus to meet as part of the kobold process in the Afghan Capital on weapons Team President ashraf ghani is expected to map out his peace plan at the conference Tony Berkeley has more from kabul. Well there are two ways of looking at this one that it was an open letter which was basically an accident the omitted certain things or it was deliberate now normally when the taliban issue a letter or a statement they always say that before any direct talks happen the americans have to withdraw militarily they havent said that this time so if it was a deliberate mission it does suggest a softening of tone from the taliban and that is quite Something Different it may be for several reasons you mention the conference which is happening in kabul on wednesday it also could be something to do with a statement made by a second assistant secretary of state department for south and Asian Affairs alice well she said the door was always open for direct talks with the taliban so maybe this is moving things along it could also have something to do with the increased american firepower now in place in afghanistan you know that under President Trump the force here American Forces going up from eight thousand to fourteen thousand and a months time theres going to be another thousand combat troops who will be in the front line and thats the first time that will have happened since two thousand and eleven and of course on top of that youve got increased american aerial power thats being brought to bear the american bombs have been falling they say theyve been successful theyre pushing the taliban back from areas thats not what the taliban say they say they still control up to seventy percent of the rural areas but still there is fire power being brought to bear whatever side is the former deputy u. S. Assistant secretary of defense for afghanistan and pakistan he says the increase of u. S. Troops is impacting heavily on the taliban. Up until then the taliban have been counting on president obamas promise to leave afghanistan and to end the war there by pulling all u. S. Troops out this change of direction by the trumpet ministration has told both the taliban and their supporters in pakistan that they cant count on the United States leaving and i think that is one of the major factors that is leading the taliban to look at it to look at talks with new interest i think that his show in both the taliban in pakistan that just waiting out. The fall of the Afghan Government is not going to work at the same time with the increase in air attacks an increase in u. S. Military support for the Afghan Government is leading to greater battlefield casualties to that for the column and theyve responded by cheap shots if you will using suicide bombers to kill civilians in afghan cities but on the ground the situation is starting to tilt against the taliban the head of the army and saddam has been replaced and a shake up of the defense establishment president Omar Hassan Al bashir ordered a series of new senior appointments in the armed forces which he replaces head of security of this month is also announced that more than eighty Political Prisoners are going to be released south Africas Parliament has passed a motion allowing the government to take private land without compensation plans being put forward by the left wing Economic Freedom fighters party and supported by the ruling a. N. C. South africas new president said obama opposed has promised to speed up the transfer of land to black people Land Ownership remains a black a major issue more than two decades after the end of apartheid malcolm webb has more from johannesburg. Ever since new and see came to power in nine hundred ninety four politicians have Promised Land reform and redistribution eight hundred policies and programs to do so but progress has been slow and it still remains that in south africa around three courses a 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 landrys redistribution but 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 and so he made the case to parliament to make to pass a motion to make that constitutional change we must ensure that we restore dignity for our people without compensating there could be not as. Our land. To protect these crimes. Are to stop crime because those who protect a crime are criminals themselves the motion was part of 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. Popularity is declined the rhetoric has got even tougher on land reform and used to object to expropriation without compensation but this time they joined the staff in a move that will begin the process of constitutional change so by the time thats made it will take months we dont know who will be in power as an election next year we dont know to what extent they will use this policy to bring about radical one change but its something generally that may be popular with voters but on popular with investors. Still ahead on aljazeera as venezuelas president moves to tighten his grip on power the uns Refugee Agency warns of a surge in the number of people escaping the economic crisis plus access denied the u. S. President s son in law is reportedly excluded from top secret security briefings. From the neon lights of asia. To the city that never sleeps. And i will go day of active weather coming up a significant frontal systems develop digs in circulation rather tougher your stream well thats the cold front from its a little run through thunderstorms quite possibly heavy downpours quite possibly once its all gone through it quietens dad again as i get to says states doesnt quite in Shanghai Hong Kong last a moment twenty five the rain is down to reform just inland from sichuan a good chunk has just been sitting in the sunshine in the twentys for seems like weeks all and be honest south of this weve had almost three weeks without any rain in singapore but the showers are all fairly close in fact there was one briefly about two three days ago and it looks like a whole lot slowly moving up with the sun so the potential for showers increases in singapore kuala lumpur those not very high so its more luck youll see what with just catching the edge of vietnam but more especially through borneo to gleasons born here and then towards java possibly bali more especially sumatra that line is consistent over the next couple of days leaving actually most of the philippines fairly dry a nice light for many i would think now weve seen rain recently moving through afghanistan and iran the cloud is very much there and the forecast suggests it may well start to fall thats running in pakistan. The weather sponsored by qatar and hes. The story of one of the most successful p. R. Campaigns in the us. Study after study has demonstrated that israeli perspectives dominate American Media coverage what part of this case you get through your thick head is hamas a terrorist organization the only thing that youre going to say is what we want to use and if you dont say it when i go let you speak it would be very hard for ordinary americans to know that theyre being deceived the occupation of the American Mind at this time on aljazeera. Youre watching aljazeera a reminder of our top stories this hour the first five hour cease fire for the siege suburb of syrias capital damascus has brought a little rust bye to the people there that have been multiple violations and used in both sides blaming each other. Afghanistans government says it will set no preconditions for peace negotiations with the Taliban Group says its willing to talk to the United States to try to end the bloodshed. South Africas Parliament has passed a motion allowing the government to take private land without compensation you president said obama was a promise to speed up the transport of land to redress disparities in old age. Ok lets get more on our top story those attempts to get help to people in east and go to hospitals in the rebel held on klav are struggling to cope with the number of injured especially as their own stuff a caught in the firing line. My name is malik. Ive been a nurse in one of his hospitals for five years we had a very tough day at the hospital five days ago as we received so many wounded people after the barbaric shelling of the area. I finished work and left for home all of a sudden about one hundred meters from the hospital i was shocked to receive a bullet wound to my stomach i yelled out in pain and a group of colleagues rushed to help me they took me to the hospital wh