Im jake tapper this is aljazeera live from doha it was a coming up the afghan president calls on the taliban to join peace talks and save the country. More than two million cars recalled in australia and the latest twist in the scandal over unsafe airbags made by to cart. Protests in south korea as a u. S. Carmaker moves to close one of its plants in the country. The United Nations has warned russias partial truce in the syrian rebel enclave of east and go to is not enough to help improve the situation the u. N. Says its impossible to evacuate the injured or send aid to civilians in the truces short window between nine am and two pm instead its called on all sides to implement the full thirty day ceasefire agreement at this. There is a council on saturday russias pause in fighting has just begun for a second day but the first attempt on tuesday failed to stop the onslaught of the least thirteen killed in fighting xenophobia is live for us from beirut in neighboring lebanon so it is in effect now any news coming from there on the developments. Well. Call were not getting any reports. Or airstrikes so like i mentioned in. Pause in the fighting taking effect approximately an hour ago we have to stress that this is a five hour pause in the fighting that is over. And that is what we saw yesterday but during this five hours undoubtedly it is a welcome for the residents the hundreds of thousands of people who are trapped in eastern yesterday we saw them emerge from the bunkers trying to look for food they went back home to check on their belongings and some of them even buried their dead so this is a response but it is not enough the people. Want a permanent and lasting cease fire they want the progovernment alliance to implement the u. N. Security Council Decision on saturday calling for a thirty day cease fire. To allow aid to reach the people there and obviously one of the aims of this this is what the russians and the syrians want to assume is to pull the rebels. Well the russians said that this humanitarian pause in the fighting will allow people to leave but people have left the people do not want to leave if you talk to them they say why should we be displaced from our homes weve seen this happen to thousands and thousands of syrians in the past when the government wants to recapture territory from from the rebels and once they do that then the people are forcefully displaced to other areas so almost like a population swap so this is not what the people want they want to be able to stay in their homes and then yesterday we heard the Russian Military accuse the rebels of targeting this humanitarian corridor preventing civilians from leaving accusing them of keeping civilians inside as a human shield so a lot of blame being passed along between the different warring parties but these people are trapped in a war zone and many of them need urgent. Supplies how long can this go on for i mean when will this be deemed a success. Well it depends for the progovernment alliance they want to recapture the whole of eastern this is a decision that they have taken a ground offensive has begun but it is proving to be very very difficult to take the ground the relentless Bombing Campaign targeting residential areas that is aimed at putting pressure on the civilians who in turn could pressure the rebels to say enough is enough ok were going to lay down our arms now how much how much longer can the rebels hold ground well theyre deeply entrenched but weve seen this happen in aleppo there was months of siege and then the government there was a full blown military offensive they took one district after the another until the rebels said ok enough is enough we are you know living with our families and thousands of other people who do not want to live under the government who do not want to live in government controlled territory so this could go on for quite a while and the people who are trapped inside there appealing for help we understand from the United Nations one thousand people need Urgent Medical treatment and they need to be evacuated in order to survive thank you. U. N. Experts are accusing north korea of supplying the Syrian Government with items to create Ballistic Missiles and chemical weapons the report is expected to be publicly released next month and outlines north koreas dealings with syria over the past ten years the supply of such items would breach u. N. Sanctions Syrian Government has been accused of using chemical weapons the reports prompted this response from washington. This is something that the United States has had concerns about for quite some time that north korea especially as north korea becomes more desperate that they look for different creative and horrific ways to try to make money to fund their criminal regime and when i say criminal regime i mean their Illegal Nuclear and Ballistic Missile programs if they are selling goods material whatever you want to call it to syria it shows the degree of any of that regime and that is exactly why we stand so firmly behind our policy of denuclearization on the part of this administration on behalf of the world the uns special envoy to yemen has briefed the Security Council for the last time before he leaves the job old maid has criticized International Players involved in the conflict saying their politics got in the way of ending the fighting diplomatic as a james bays 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 when our 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 yemen 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 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 report saying that iran has been interfering in yemen and helping the who thiis 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 of civilian casualties with its wide square scale bombing in yemen and one member of that coalition the u. N. He has been involved in southern yemen yemen backing separatist forces and has also been running torture camps in the country. One of christianitys holiest sites in jerusalem has reopened three days after its leaders closed it in protest against israeli tax measures the church of the holy sepulture is believed by many to be the site of the crucifixion and resurrection of jesus christ it reopened after the local mayor suspended a plan to make churches pay substantial back taxes on their assets the head of the army in sudan has been replaced in a shake up of the defense establishment president bush ordered a series of new senior appointments in the armed forces bashir replaced his head of security earlier this month he also announced more than eighty Political Prisoners would be released. Afghanistans president has offered to recognize the taliban as a legitimate Political Group as part of negotiations aimed at ending the more than sixteen years of war and he was speaking at a meeting of nations trying to build a framework for peace talks but he reiterated that the group also needs to recognize his government has proposed releasing prisoners under review of the constitution officials from twenty five countries the e. U. And nato are meeting as part of the kabul process in the Afghan Capital the taliban has said it is willing to talk to the United States to try to end the bloodshed in afghanistan david said me is a former deputy u. S. Assistant secretary for 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 a book to look at talks with new interest i think that his show on both the taliban and pakistan that just waiting out the the fall of the Afghan Government is not going to work at the same time or the increase in air attacks an increase in u. S. Military support for the Afghan Government is leading to greater battlefield casualties too that for the columbine 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 a sale is governed as ordered the recall of more than two million cars with airbags made by the Japanese Firm to qatar it says its not satisfied with the results of voluntary recalls carried out by Vehicle Manufacturers last year faulty to have been linked to at least twenty three deaths around the world. Theres no doubt that this is one of the largest and most significant recalls in the nations history with the title of four million cars the fictive by defective airbags this equates to around to incident cars on the road tragically theres been one death and one case of serious injury in this trailer as a result of the deployment of these events and the government just doesnt want to see any more air of a man who has 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 cost 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 it will be able to pay due to bankruptcy problems employees at General Motors in south korea are demanding the government to protect their jobs theyve already voted to go on strike if the u. S. Can make it decides to pull out of the country the company suspended pay talks earlier this month and revealed it would shock one of its factories its Still Deciding the fate of the three remaining plants General Motors employs around sixteen thousand people in south korea rob mcbride is in seoul with more. On the extent of General Motors troubles in south korea was highlighted earlier this month when its one of its blanks would have to close by may with the fate of three young girls hanging in the balance and sixteen thousand jobs are at stake making carmaker has asked the south korean government for financial help and is asking these workers to accept pay raise and no bonuses this year with extra pressure on their trade Union Leaders as they get into the latest tough round of Wage Negotiations with their employers. G. M. In the factory can a close because of g. M. s Global Policy we are here to ask them to stop it happening the reason for your theory in two thousand and eight when g. M. Globally had a difficult time for g. M. Korea helped them out so much it was how can they do this to us now as all. The workers reject claims of being overpaid they blame polled leadership from General MotorsGlobal Management id also the production of popular models which simply dont sell very well whatever the cause the result is car production facilities that are working well under capacity with General Motors korea looking for ways to turn around this business is slow head on aljazeera. Today in court for two boys as journalists imprisoned by me and as government. The freak storm hitting europe that so cold its been called the beast from the east. Through tranquil raveena can you. See and if any should come to live. With and lots of talk recently of the beasts from the east the pettily cold air thats plunged its way across much of here plus a cloud still showing up down across central and eastern parts of here watch for it snow here as well of course in croatia we had some very difficult to get this is a arrival used to the snow but even here when you have this kind of volume of snow it doesnt have his plea course severe problems and very very difficult traveling conditions in the process you can see just how high the snow was here we had some snow to all the other side of the med this is into spain now temperatures in madrid struggle to get anywhere near freezing as we went for the last couple of days even boss alone is seeing some of. The snow as well and as we go on through the next few days that change will come in from the iberian but its that little area of low pressure started to push its way in is a warm fronts interesting warm a mild and indeed. As that comes and it will readily turn from ray into snow you can see the snow with a lead and thats coming across a good part of france affecting the United Kingdom at all and once again famine to stop pushing into central parts to the heavy snow continues further east its dry but cold for moscow. There with sponsored by qatar and greece. The scene for us where there are online what is american sign in yemen that peace is almost possible but it never happens not because the situation is complicated but because no one cares or if you join us on sat there people that there are choosing between buying medication and eating this is a dialogue i want to get in one more comment because this is someone whos an activist and just posted a story join the global conversation at this time on aljazeera. Very you watching out is there a mind of our top stories this hour russias pause in fighting in eastern go to is underway for a second day the first attempt on tuesday failed to stop the onslaught with the least thirteen killed in fighting the u. N. Says its impossible to evacuate the injured all same day in age during the truces short window between nine am and two pm. Afghanistans president has offered to recognize the taliban as a legitimate Political Group as part of negotiations aimed at ending more than sixteen years of war and he was speaking at a meeting of diplomats trying to build a framework for peace talks. South korean employees of the u. S. Carmakers General Motors are demanding the government take their jobs Union Members have already voted to go on strike if the manufacturer decides to pull out of the country to imprison joyces journalists appearing in a million mark called for another hearing they were arrested in december and have been charged with illegal possession of state secrets that had been covering the violence against muslim rangan Rakhine State the u. N. Is calling for the Immediate Release as there is france lawyer has more on the details surrounding the case. And they had been invited to meet Police Officers at a restaurant over dinner and they were handed some documents by the police and they were arrested shortly after that meeting so this entire case smacks of a threat up now of course reuters noted the journalists have denied any wrongdoing which is president has called for their release saying this is a blatant attack on press freedom they have just been doing their case now theyve also been several discrepancies that weve heard coming up during the hearing. Apparently try to make these two voices journalists sign a document saying they were arrested at a Police Checkpoint just north of gang gone whereas these two join of the fed they had been arrested outside the restaurant shortly after being handed the documents so thats where the case is that now and i think today were going to be hearing from more witnesses u. S. Media are reporting Donald Trumps son in law and advise a judge 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 see ellen fishes more from washington d. C. 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 there or porter incident no 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 spouse 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 and 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 him 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 or 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. Applause outside the Russian Embassy in washington has been renamed in honor of murdered russian Opposition LeaderBoris Nemtsov in moscow people laid flowers at a memorial on the third anniversary of his death and self was shot dead on a bridge near the kremlin in twenty fifteen he was a critic of president Vladimir Putin and the u. S. Move has caused friction with the kremlin. U. S. President is due to hold talks with democratic and Republican Leaders in the coming hours to address the need for gun control many people hope donald trump will convince politicians to finally move forward on stalled legislation after a School Shooting in florida two weeks ago left seventeen people dead can be how it is more from washington d. C. After days of student protests all eyes are on the u. S. Congress 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 Senate 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. Theyre on our side you guys here for you are so afraid of the n. R. A. Theres nothing to be afraid. And you know what have dinner with you we have to fight him every once in awhile the chilcot already trumps directed his Justice Department to work on banning the sale of stock. 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 trumps gun policy is unclear the white house says trouble wants to take a leading role on gun control and wants congress to pass something that so far has been begged on exactly what can really help at aljazeera washington venezuelas leader Nicolas Maduro has officially registered himself as a candidate for aprils president ial election the opposition is boycotting the version calling it a farce the jurors main rivals are barred from standing against him or have left the country to avoid detention venezuela is going through an unprecedented recession with widespread shortages of basic goods and medicines source of facing tough sanctions from the u. S. Police in honduras have fired tear gas at protesters angry over a visit by the u. S. Ambassador to the u. N. Nikki haley demonstrations were held in the capital over washington support of president ronald underhanded as the u. S. Was one of the First Nations to back off to bitterly disputed election last year heavy metal monitors to talk about efforts to combat illegal drugs. Public hearings have started into atrocities committed in zimbabwe more than thirty years ago during the rule of Robert Mugabe its claimed the former president ordered the deaths of people he believed were trying to depose him but his home a tosser reports in the town of japan and 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 made loads one of the station was as far as they are 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 their 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 you know what is taking people what is troubling people what are the images brought. That. Would. Be called the massacre is a moment of madness but he never apologized to give miss and healing to be a long slow and painful journey for those desperate for answers how to meet us aljazeera pani zimbabwe. South Africas 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 Ruling African National congress the new president s are all ram opposers promised to speed up the transfer of land to black south africans lebanons Prime Minister saad hariri has returned to saudi arabia three months after announcing his resignation from riyadh there were these officials accuse saudi arabia of forcing her to quit and putting him under house arrest riyadh has denied this really returned home few weeks later after french intervention and withdrew his resignation some parts of britain are said to be colder than the Arctic Circle this week its because of a freak winter storm which is also hitting much of europe Scientists SayGlobal Warming is a likely cause of park reports this is what many people across the u. K. Woke up to roads blocked public transport come sold from schools closed farm for som misery of those. In croatia the army were drafted in to rescue people trapped in their houses but as fast as the snow was cleared more quickly fell. And then the italian capital romans experienced the first snow in six years to the phatic and into a battleground. 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 in 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. All the norwegian archipelago of 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 temperatures increase the wacky weather continues to leave europe out in the cold. In southeast england. The top stories on aljazeera russias pause in fighting in is underway for a second day the first attempt on tuesday fell to stop the onslaught but at least thirteen killed in fighting the u. N. Says its impossible to evacuate the injured or send in a during the truce is short window between nine am and two pm is following developments from neighboring lebanon. The needs are great really first and foremost that medicine medical supplies according to the United Nations one thousand people need to be evacuated urgent evacuation they need medical treatment outside. We have to remember that this Bombing Campaign started approximately ten days ago but has been coming under fire since december the government really bent on recapturing this enclave east of of damascus east of the capital so one thousand people need to be evacuated theres not enough medical supplies there are scores of people who were injured in the latest Bombing Campaign. U. N. Experts are accusing the north korea of supplying the Syrian Government with items to create Ballistic Missiles and chemical weapons the report is expected to be publicly released next month and afghans north koreas dealings with syria over the past ten years the supply of these items would breach u. N. Sanctions the Syrian Government has been accused of using chemical weapons one of christianitys holiest sites in jerusalem has reopened three days after its leaders closed it in protest against israeli tax measures the church of the holy said because believed by many to be the site of the crucifixion and resurrection of jesus christ it reopened after the local mayor suspended the plan to make churches pay substantial back taxes on the assets they had of the army in sudan has been replaced in the shake up of the defense establishment president bush ordered a series of new senior points in the armed forces share were placed his head of security earlier this month. 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