Aljazeera live from our headquarters here in doha also still to come out in a circle reports the u. S. President s son in law is being excluded from top secret security briefings. Scars from a massacre three decades ago in zimbabwe will meet the people still demanding justice from Robert Mugabes time in power. And the white blanket smothering big chunks of britain and europe why scientists are calling it a wacky. Top story a second attempt to impose a humanitarian ceasefire on a rebel held enclave in syria is due to begin in less than two hours russias partial truce is planned to allow aid in and to get the injured out of the Eastern Ghouta close to the capital damascus the first attempt on tuesday failed to stop the onslaught Osama Bin Laden has the story. When the bomb stop it was time to see whats left of the home day one of the five hour cease fire brought that the comfort to the people trapped in besieged eastern. Theres no food or water they always say theres a ceasefire but they come back in the form of the situation is really bad. We do not have money. Or water and we do not you warm. 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 screw citic 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 u. N. Resolution to fall over. A un force says. They can bring out the more than one thousand in Urgent Medical care but without the consent from all warring sides this still an. Urgent assistance. Aid agencies including the u. N. Are frustrated that since saturday words have not translated into action if we are within a day millions distance and miles distance from is that it 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 insight is they also should be able to stay there will be connected 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 the u. S. State department is blaming russia for much of the recent misery caused by the Syrian Government in jordan reports now from washington the state Department SpokespersonHeather Nauert tells aljazeera the situation in the middle east does have a common destabilizing factor and that is the government of russia russia had said years ago that it would help 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 Hillary Mann Leverett his chief executive of strategy say Political Risk consultancy she says russias truce is being used to deflect International Criticism. From the russian perspective to make this work and from the Syrian Government perspective to make this work is to enable those Syrian Government with russians of port to retake eastern goto 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 backed the Syrian Government to retake eastern good as they did with aleppo so i think this is more of a measure to keep the International Community at a as a Syrian Government retakes the territory i think its nothing more then an attempt to minimize criticism as they can to continue the military after operation until theyve retaken the territory 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 is your good and in addition to that the u. S. Commander in the area general but 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 user but 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 u. S. President old from post discussed security in the middle east with saudi arabia and the United Arab Emirates hes made separate phone calls to the soggy crown prince and to Abu Dhabis Crown prince the white house says the leaders discussed iran and agreed on the importance of a United Gulf Cooperation Council to ensure the region stability. U. S. Media say mr trumps son in law and close advisor jarrett crucial has lost his access to top secret security briefings hes one of several aides under scrutiny about the level of information theyve been allowed to seen his helen fisher well the white house will never confirm who has security clearance and it was level whether its confidential secret or top secret but this whole row blew up a couple of weeks ago over the role porter incident though you remember he was an executive secretary to donald trump which essentially meant that every piece of paper that the president saw went across his desk and it was revealed he only had interim security clearance when he faced allegations of sposato abuse he then resigned and john kelly who is the chief of staff said that he would start a fool skill review of who had through a security clearance an interim security clearance it was revealed that in november forty seven people who want very closely with the president only had that interim security clearance and they included dont mcgann white house chief counsel and also say the Huckabee Saunders who of course is the White House Press secretary weve heard from a spokesman for jerry said he has cooperated fully with the clearance process and will continue to do the job that he has been given by the president john kelly who is the chief of staff has also said that the clearance the jury question has got a lowes home to do his job not confirming whether or not he has been downgraded as we know is working very closely on the idea of a middle east Peace Process and also watch very closely on relations between the United States and mexico one final interesting thing is that security clearances well they can be set aside by the president at any time he can turn round to anyone at any point including a son in law and Senior Advisor and saying there is something here that i think you need to see and that could carry that top secret branding doesnt really matter its up to the president to decide who sees what. Ok lets take you to some live pictures coming to us out of jerusalem one of christianitys holiest sites in occupied East Jerusalem its reopened today three days after it was closed because of a tax protest the church of the holy sepulcher is believed by many to be the site of the crucifixion and the resurrection of jesus christ its opened again after the local mayor suspended a plan to impose big back taxation on Church Assets specifically Church Properties that were not used as houses of worship and they were going to be angry really angry a bill that would have authorized the expropriation of land sold by the churches in return for compensation to the investors that purchased those and still are in properties its been brought to something of a peaceful resolution after the israeli Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu personally intervened he spoke directly with the three people the three religions i should say that have a vested interest in that in that location in the sites for theyve agreed to launch an investigation an inquiry into what should happen with that question of attacks but in the immediate short term the church of the holy sepulcher has now reopened. Two imprisoned reuters journalists are appearing in a min marcotte for another hearing another pair were arrested in december theyve been charged with illegal possession of state secrets they had been covering the violence against the Rohingya Muslims in the Northern State of rakhine the un is calling for the journalists Immediate Release. The Australian Government ordered the recall of more than two million cars with bags made by the Japanese Company to qatar is not satisfied with the results of voluntary recall carried out by Vehicle Manufacturers last year faulty to carter have been linked to at least twenty three deaths around the world as the latest from sydney. This is affecting dozens of Car Manufacturers including european brands that werent affected by voluntary recall last year the issue with a car to airbags is that it can deteriorate causing it to explode and sending shrapnel and metal shards into the faces of the occupants of the car its already been linked to about twenty deaths and about two hundred thirty injuries globally and this is prompted the recall of about one hundred million cars rolled whyd he in australia about two point three million cars will be affected by the recall thats about one in five cars driving on a strain on roads and comes just as to cause her reached a six hundred fifty Million Dollars settlement in the United States although there are concerns about whether or not theyll be able to pay due to bankruptcy problems. Another developing story for you this hour car workers for General Motors in south Korea Holding a protest march calling on the government to protect their jobs which negotiations were suspended earlier this month after the company said it would shut one of its factories its deciding the fate of the three remaining plants in the coming weeks there are calls for concessions from the labor union to prevent g. M. From leaving south korea it employs sixteen thousand people there. Public hearings have started into atrocities committed in zimbabwe more than thirty years ago during the time of Robert Mugabe its claimed the former president ordered the deaths of people he believed were trying to depose him however as haram at us are reports now from the town of the parnate many feel the hearings are a waste of time. This public hearing was meant to encourage people to talk about atrocities committed in matabele land during the one nine hundred eighty s. But some here feel the National Peace and Reconciliation Commission set up by zimbabwes government is a waste of time as. President emerson when and i was in charge of internal security during the massacres where thousands of people were killed allegedly by forces loyal to Robert Mugabe the former president people from this area mainly material and in millions nice to see the very guy. Took part in those atrocities being arrested being taken to court saying that most of them are still alive they are still very very in the government so unlike saying if justice is to be done those people should be arrested was. Soon after independence from britain in one nine hundred eighty mg i believe some of the barbarians were plotting to overthrow him he accused some communities of working with and hiding his enemies he called dissidents. Something they dont want an apology he made loads one of the station was right there was hearing. They dont trust the government those who want the hearings to continue so they can get answers are frustrated these three came from an area called troll or chill they say soldiers came to a village in one nine hundred eighty three looking for dissidents. Its difficult to talk about what happened they killed my husband then theyve beaten raped me its very painful. The group around the massacres and other atrocities tore apart families some people still dont know where their loved ones are buried what is it that can unite this country. Unless we use. What is taking people what is troubling people what i imagine brought. That. We do not know how far we can move because the massacre is a moment of madness but he never apologized forgiveness and healing will be a long slow and painful journey for those desperate. Pani. Still to come here on aljazeera. After days of protests in the u. S. Congress to see what it can do on gun control. And as venezuelas president moves to tighten his grip on power and more people leave the country to escape a crippling economic crisis. Hello this normally quiet part of the World Weather wise have been low cloud recently from afghanistan with a shot back a g. s thundery showers on the way through back through rom of the still plenty of cloud to live and where something might be trying to develop a natural fact the next day is forecast and were talking about wednesday night yes something coming into turkey but it looks like itll be fine from the lebanon trust to iran most around eastern half of the few clouds a bit of rain here but above freezing ahmadiyya plus not in the same in buckaroo plus ten in baghdad if anything shes temperature rise of the next day or so the sun comes out over most or around but if youre africa in pakistan expect rain or snow probably a good thing that we will get i think more of a breeze coming in from the eastern med to eleven into syria some rain in Northern Syria snow obviously of height in eastern turkey but south of that it looks quiet there has been so worthwhile rain recently in bahrain counter east and saudi and undermine to the fact they may well be a few showers in amman and maybe i would be somewhere around the emirates during wednesday but some dry looking picture its not the end of the potential for showers there come thursday the hint to shows and even across the aside arabia still exists. Just. Saying. Some journalists decided to sacrifice their integrity for out in the media appealing in the listening time on aljazeera. The way to. The public has forced more than a Million People to meet. Their race on the ground to bring a report on how to. Carry on with our lives. Hello again recapping the top stories for you so far today a second attempt to impose a humanitarian ceasefire on a rebel held enclave in syria is due to begin in less than two hours russias partial truce is planned to allow aid in and get the injured outs of east and close to the capital damascus the first attempt on tuesday failed to stop the on slowed by government forces. Us media reporting the president s close advisor and son in law has had his security clearance downgraded and other white house aides without the approval clearance will no longer receive top level briefings. Australias government has ordered the recall of more than two million cars made by the japanese from jakarta faulty to be linked to at least twenty three deaths around the world. Donald trump has to address congress about gun ownership many people hope he will convince politicians to finally move forward on stalled gun control legislation after the recent School Shooting in florida two weeks ago is can really help that. After days of student protests all eyes are on the u. S. Cause. To take action to limit gun violence following the florida School Shooting earlier this month that left seventeen people dead leading that debate is President Donald Trump who met on tuesday with republican lawmakers at the white house to hear their arguments we shouldnt be banning guns for law abiding citizens we should be focusing on making sure that citizens who should not get guns in the first place dont get those guns most conservative lawmakers favor only limited restrictions on gun ownership with an emphasis on improving Mental Health initiative in december the republican controlled house passed a bill to strengthen background checks but it needs senates approval to pass and that hasnt happened yet its outrageous that so many guns are sold with no background check whatsoever met over the weekend with leaders of americas largest Gun Lobby Group the National Rifle association in two thousand and sixteen the n. R. A. Spent more than thirty million supporting trogs president ial bid still hes vowed to take them on dont worry about the n. R. A. There are you guys here for you are so afraid of the n. R. A. Theres nothing to be afraid of and you know what of then are with you we have to fight every once in a while thats ok already trumps directed his Justice Department to work on banning the sale of. The device increases of weapons fire power. And was used to murder dozens of concert goers last year in las vegas. But a survivors of the florida School Shooting lobbied lawmakers on capitol hill they appeared less confident there would be congressional or president ial action president gun policy is unclear the white house says trouble wants to take a leading role on gun control and wants congress to pass something but so far has been vague on exactly what can really help at aljazeera washington. At least five soldiers have been killed in a bomb attack by marxist rebels in colombia fighters from the National Liberation army bombed Army Vehicles on a road between two northern towns ten other people were wounded the attack happened a day after the group said it would hold a unilateral cease fire during elections next month. The venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro has officially registered himself as a candidate for aprils president ial election the opposition is boycotting the vote and calling it a farce duros main rivals are barred from standing against him or theyve left the country to avoid detention venezuela is going through an unprecedented recession with widespread shortages of basic goods and medicines well venezuelas economic crisis is fueling mass migration into neighboring countries hundreds of thousands of people have gone to colombia and many others are heading south to brazil aljazeera is Gabriel Elizondo reports now from the northern brazilian city of bought the stuff on what the u. N. Is calling a refugee crisis. In a makeshift encampment in the center of town hundreds of venezuelans who have crusted to brazil in search of what they cant find it home food jobs and maybe a better life. This is a city of both of the east of brazil on the border within a swale and thats where we find one thousand year old Thomas Prieto and his wife sees that it for them and their newborn baby said go home is now a tent in spite of the conditions theyre hopeful. Its better here than in venezuela at least here we can eat here we have possibilities you can find food and people try to help us she is only twenty one years old and having to make decisions based on survival for her family but i got this we came here to try and find a Better Future for our child and find. In the last few weeks about a thousand venezuelans have been arriving here every day after a tough journey across the border many are hungry. When a truck carrying food arrives in the park the desperation is evident i dont want it over on the other side of town the gymnasium has been turned into a rudimentary shelter for six hundred people the conditions are prison like italy two washrooms the first thing many venezuelans do when they reach brazil is try to get a job its the first step in trying to earn money to support their families but to work in brazil you need a permit and that process of getting one used to take weeks but now its taking months because there are so many people in work. They come to the Police Headquarters to begin the process easily in a plaza was forced to come here by herself to try to find work to support her three kids back home you know while there are no options and then as well an option is only to leave. The mayor of both the east this is a city is doing all it can but is one of brazils smallest and poorest state capitals struggling. Vista is offering all services we have to venezuelans it is the city of only three hundred fifty thousand residents we dont have the capability either fire. All through infrastructure to deal with a situation like this. As more people arrive the strain on resources is likely to build but brazil at least for the time being does not plan to close its border with menace where if it does it would extinguish Something Else these people say is also in short supply back home and thats hope. A boy a beast in brazil. The Afghan Government says it will certain of preconditions for peace negotiations with the taliban the announcement comes hours after the armed group said it was willing to talk to the United States to try to end the bloodshed in afghanistan suicide attacks kill close to one hundred fifty people in kabul last month thousands have died in the violence since the taliban was overthrown by a u. S. Led campaign in two thousand and one the Afghan Government and the taliban have held direct talks just once before in twenty fifteen but they broke down almost immediately officials from around twenty five countries the e. U. And nato to meet as part of the kabul process in the Afghan Capital on whedons day president ashraf ghani is expected to map out his peace plan at the conference tony berkley is in 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 emission 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 been brought to bear the american bomb. 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. The head of the army in sudan has been replaced in a shake up of the defense establishment the president or Hassan Al Bashir ordered a series of new senior appointments in the armed forces bashir replaced his head of security earlier this month he also announced that more than eighty Political Prisoners would be released new South African Parliament has passed a motion allowing the government to take private land without compensation the plan was put forward by the left wing Economic Freedom fighters party and supported by the governing a n c the new president several. Has promised to speed up the transfer of land to black South AfricansLand Ownership does remain a major issue more than two decades after the end of apartheid. And egyptian popstars been sentenced to six months in jail for a joke about the cleanliness of the nile river Shereen Abdel Wahab apologized after a video appeared of her laughing with fans in lebanon in august she said Drinking Water from the nile could give people parasites judges accused of spreading fake news shes free on bail pending an appeal. Some parts of the u. K. Are set to be colder than the Arctic Circle in the next couple of days is because of a freak winter storm system which is hitting much of europe Scientists Say manmade Global Warming is a likely cause neave barkha now reports this is what many people across the u. K. Woke up to roads blocked public transport come stalled and schools closed fun for some misery others in croatia the army were drafted in to rescue people trapped in their houses but as fast as the snow cleared more quickly. And in the italian capital romans experienced the first snow in six years to the batek and into a battle ground. Cold weather in winter is hardly surprising but whats unsettling scientists is that europe is currently colder than the arctic a freak warming around the north pole is sending a blast of arctic cold across the continent whether experts say manmade Global Warming is to blame in the one nine hundred seventy s. Climate scientists came up with a theory for the war the arctic the colder the european continent they even gave him an anagram w a warmer Arctic Sea Sea colder continent or as the scientists prefer to call it wacky people here in southeast england baby surprised by this unusual or wacky weather but it could in the future be the shape of things to come on the norwegian archipelago of speil barden the high arctic scientists have recorded temperatures thirteen degrees centigrade above average sea ice is for treating exposing warmer water below and releasing more heat into the atmosphere and while arctic temperatures increase the wacky weather continues to leave europe out in the cold. Aljazeera in kent southeast england. Last more news on the web site its always there for you al jazeera dot com. This is aljazeera these are the top stories a second attempt to impose a humanitarian ceasefire on a rebel held enclave in syria is due to begin in less than two hours russias partial truce is planned to allow aid in and get the injured of east and near the capital damascus the first attempt on tuesday failed to stop the onslaught by government forces. Theres no food or water they always say theres a cease fire but they come back in the form of the situation is really bad and i says a very high we do not have money at the shelter hes no food or water and we do not feel warm us media reporting the president s close advisor and son in law jared cushion or has had his security clearance downgraded and other white house aides without the approved clearance will no longer get top level briefings australias government has ordered the recall of more than two million cars with airbags made by the japanese to qatar it says is not satisfied with the results of voluntary recalls as carried out by Vehicle Manufacturers last year not faulty to cutter airbags have been linked to at least twenty three around the world. Live pictures now of car workers protesting in south Koreas Capital the General Motors employees are calling on the government to protect their jobs Wage Negotiations were suspended this month after the company said it would shut one of its factories is deciding the fate of the three remaining plants in the coming weeks General Motors employs sixteen thousand people. Two imprisoned reuters journalists are appearing in a court in myanmar for another hearing the pair were arrested in december theyve been charged with illegal possession of state secrets theyve been covering the violence against range of muslims in Rakhine State the u. N. Is calling for the journalists Immediate Release one of christianitys holiest sites in jerusalem has reopened three days after it was shut because of attacks protest the church of the holy sepulcher closed over plans to impose back taxes on Church Assets which have now been put on hold. The Afghan Government says it will set no preconditions for peace negotiations with the taliban the announcement comes hours after the armed groups was willing to talk to the United States to try to end the bloodshed in afghanistan. Those are your headlines so far today the news continues here on aljazeera after the listening post im back with a summary in about twenty five minutes ill see that by. The environment doesnt know any boundaries what goes up into the environment goes around the world. The sides are pushed that its a very modern way to do. And weve made poisons the measure of progress. The domestic population. Were going. To be your. Circle of points this time on aljazeera. Elections are coming on president sisi just coming to our product. And am of course they have on the return for terry securities to say and that is if telling him off. The bus promise