It was hoped the daily ceasefire would let aid in and civilians out. But on day one, civilians among the thousands trapped there say there were more air strikes from Syrian Government forces, supported by the russians. President assad and his allies blame the rebels. Nearly 400,000 people are trapped in the area, to the east of the syrian capital, theyve been under siege from Government Forces since 2013. This report from our middle east editorjeremy bowen. It was supposed to be a chance to get some aid into Eastern Ghouta, but the temporary ceasefire, at best, was ragged. No civilians left down the newly designated safe corridors. Once again in syria, the russians are setting the pace. This russian officer, stationed in the humanitarian corridor, claimed armed opposition groups were stopping civilians leaving. The day turned into a demonstration of russian power in syria. Theirjets were in the sky, and their soldiers, alongside the syrians, were on patrol and they showed off clinics for displaced people. The humanitarian pause was president putins decision, not the uns. He seems to have put aside the Un Resolution calling for a 30 day ceasefire. The people of Eastern Ghouta are being failed by international diplomacy. Eastern ghouta is big, about the size of manchester, a mix of farms and concrete suburbs. The 400,000 people there have spent most of the last week in cellars. The russian humanitarian pause wont be enough to silence critics of their military operations in syria. The plan to suspend shelling from 9 00am in the morning to 2 00pm seems to have broken down on the first day. Persuading civilians its safe to leave will be difficult. The un ceasefire is not close to coming into effect. Its supposed to last for 30 days, right across syria. Jihadists like alqaeda are excluded, but the russians have said that all armed opposition groups are terrorists. The ceasefire resolution has no start time, at russian insistence, and that is a fatal flaw. This was Eastern Ghouta today, filmed by a local resident. Humanity, love, asserts itself in the most desperate places. And this was 24 hours earlier. Another assertion of humanity, White HelmetsCivil Defence risking their lives to rescue children after an air strike. War is the reality in syria. Since it started, every ceasefire has failed, and nothing suggests the latest attempt will be any different. Jeremy bowen, bbc news. President Donald Trumps son in lanared kushner, has had his White House Security clearance downgraded. Until now, Jared Kushner, described as a Senior Adviser to the president , had been receiving top secret security briefings. That wont happen anymore. Through a spokesman, he insisted hes done more than what is expected of him to gain full clearance. Correspondent peter bowes told me there has long been speculation about what exactly Jared Kushners duties are and how qualified he is to carry them out. He has no real political experience, but he has been at Donald Trumps side at the white house ever since he was elected. He was majorfigure during the president s election campaign. He has had a key role in foreign policy, especially looking at the middle east and relations with mexico. Up until now he has had access to those top secret documents, including the president s Daily Briefing we now know that. 0fficials seem to be playing this down, saying it will not affect his ability to do hisjob. Down, saying it will not affect his ability to do his job. And there are still 130 others in the administration who do not have clea ra nces, administration who do not have clearances, including ivanka trump. That was the number we heard in november. They are now saying its in the dozens. Again the official spokesperson is saying its not uncommon for these security clea ra nces, uncommon for these security clearances, these background checks, to ta ke clearances, these background checks, to take so long. But clearly Jared Kushner is the most high profile of all these individuals, and the fact he is part of the family as well i thinkjust adds to the intrigue as far as many people are concerned. Another factor is that he is a centralfigure in the russia investigation, the investigation into russian possible meddling in the 20 16th into russian possible meddling in the 2016th election. You can only think with all those things going on, it could be some time, if ever, that he gets complete security clea ra nce. Lets take a look at some of the other stories making the news the largest cable operator in the United States has made a 31 billion bid to buy the british broadcaster, sky. The offer from comcast, which owns nbc and universal pictures, is higher than an existing one from Rupert Murdochs 21st century fox. Fox has a Minority Stake in sky, and has offered to buy the remainder, but thats been opposed by britains competition watchdog. The funeral of bollywood superstar, sridevi, will be held later, after Police Closed the investigation into her death in dubai. An autopsy ruled, she drowned in a bath, after losing consciousness. Crowds have gathered outside her home in mumbai to pay their last respects ahead of the ceremony. Australia has announced a compulsory recall of more than 2 million cars because of concerns over defective airbags. The vehicles include toyota, mazda, ford and bmw cars which contain takata airbags. The faulty airbags have been linked to more than 20 deaths worldwide and are thought to have been fitted in 100 million vehicles. Much of europe has been covered in snow as a storm nicknamed the beast from the east spreads across the continent. Parts of Southern Europe have seen their worst snow in decades. Here in the uk, hundreds of schools have been closed and transport has been disrupted. The weather front from russia has brought freezing winds, with temperatures as low as minus 20 degrees. Tom burridge takes a look at the picture across europe. For some, its an excuse to post a quirky video. But for people and animals, its hard getting around right now in places such as hungary. Its dangerous too, the driver of this lorry in serbia, lucky. He was left hanging in his cabin for two hours before being rescued. Even the island of corsica, more associated with sunny, Summer Holidays woke to this. In brussels, controversial measures to get Homeless People off the streets. The Authorities Say if people refuse to move, the police will detain them and bring them to shelters like this one. They come here says this volunteer, and have a bed and paper sheets. Ten people were detained last night and slept here he says. Translation i realise Homeless People really refuse to move. I worked with my colleague this weekend to draft a decree to force those people accept accommodation. Rome isnt itself either. A fight, not normally witnessed at the coliseum. There hasnt been snow here for six years. Further east in cities like bucharest, schools have been closed. There has been major disruption for those travelling by road and by rail. Tom burridge, bbc news. The European Commission is to publish the first draft of the brexit treaty on wednesday, spelling out the terms under which britain will leave the eu. It will also form the basis of further negotiations with theresa mays government in london. The chief negotiator, michel barnier, says therell be no surprises, but also pointed out there are still significant areas of disagreement over britains withdrawal which do need to be ironed out. Translation it is an allusion to imagine we are going to accept cherry picking. We are responsible for maintaining the integrity of the Single Market. The uk knows the rules that underpin the integrity because they worked with us to create them for 43 years. 0ur europe editor katya adler in brussels has the latest on whats to be expected in that document. This document is about the European Commission putting into legally binding text the agreements that have so far been reached between the two sides. Remember those divorce issues, citizens rights, the so called brexit bill and the irish border. Also the transition agreement. Thats what will be in the 120 page document. When it goes in black and white like this it will be interesting to see to what extent the uk government and European Commission really are on the same page. And it when it comes to issues no final agreement was reached, such as over political hot potato is like the future role of the European Court ofjustice or the irish border, then we will hear from the commission what its fallback position is. When it comes to northern ireland, that is co ntroversially northern ireland, that is controversially keeping it inside a Customs Union with the eu and part of the Single Market to safeguard, say the commission, the good friday agreement. This is likely to cause an uproar in the uk tomorrow come inside and outside government circles. We must remember its a d raft circles. We must remember its a draft legal text that will still be discussed and amended by the other 27 eu countries and will then be passed to the uk government for negotiation, and i am sure they will have a lot to say about it. More than one week after the Dapchi School girls abduction and the fate of the 110 pupils remains unknown. The girls were kidnapped when suspected boko haram jihadists raided their school in North Eastern nigeria. The bbc spoke to one of the girls who managed to escape, as Laura Westbrook reports. One week on and 110 girls taken from their school in dapchi are still missing. After days of confusion and misinformation from the authorities, a clearer picture of what exactly happened is emerging. Witnesses said armed men, believed to be boko haram militants, stormed the school in northeastern nigeria and herded the girls into trucks. One of the students who managed to escape spoke to the bbc. Translation i saw them with my own eyes. We initially tried leaving through a school gate, but they blocked us there. So we went back into school and climbed over the fence. But at the gate there were three cars outside. The gunmen stood by the school gate and kept firing into the air. We went back into school and jumped over the fence and run west towards the town of gashua. We were lucky because they took a lot of the girls. Its also been revealed a day before the attack, the army pulled their soldiers from a checkpoint near the school. This, despite the all Girls College being a large school of nearly 1000 pupils. The president tweeted that a committee has been set up to unravel the circumstances surrounding the abduction. Little comfort to families of the teenage girls, desperately waiting for news. The school in dapchi is 275 kilometres away from the school in chibok, where 276 girls were abducted by boko haram in 2014. That kidnapping sparked a Global Campaign to get them released. But four years on, more than 100 of the chibok girls are still missing. With another abduction of teenage girls taken from their school, questions are being asked about why more wasnt done to stop this happening again. Laura westbrook, bbc news. Stay with us on bbc news, still to come. It could be the red light for diesel cars in germany a court rules that cities can ban them to protect people from harmful emissions. Will other countries follow . Prince charles has chosen his bride. The prince proposed to Lady Diana Spencer three weeks ago. She accepted, she says, without hesitation. As revolutions go, this had its fair share of bullets. A climax in the night outside the gates of mr marcoss sanctuary, malacanang, the name itself symbolising one of the cruelest regimes of modern asia. The worlds first clone has been produced of an adult mammal. Scientists in scotland have produced a sheep called dolly using a cell from another sheep. Citizens are trying to come to grips with their new freedom. Though there is joy and relief today, the scars are everywhere. Not for 20 years have locusts been seen in such numbers in this part of africa. Some of these swarms have been ten miles long. This is the last time the public will see this pope. Very soon, for the sake of the credibility and authority of the next pope, benedict xvi will, in his own words, be hidden from the world for the rest of his life. This is bbc news. The latest headlines fighting has continued in the syrian suburb of Eastern Ghouta, despite plans for a humanitarian pause. President trumps son in law and Senior AdviserJared Kushner, has had his White House Security clearance downgraded. He now wont have access to many sensitive documents. Lets get more on that now. Mark zaid is a National Security attorney in washington. I asked him iasked him how i asked him how difficult it would be forJared Kushner to do hisjob without access to the daily brief, the most important Us Intelligence report. It is very difficult to do. He will not have access to intercepts or information that will deal with foreign leaders. He cannot be briefed on any type of insight that would lead or contribute to knowledge of these discussions. It is incredibly difficult forJared Kushner to now do hisjob in the white house, unless the president of the United States, his father in law, gives him access. It does raise questions why he was seeing this top secret material already . It raises a big question. Interim clearances, temporary clearances, that is routine in the United States, but not of what we call sensitive compartmented info, the measure which is often what is in the president s daily brief. To have sci clearance is virtually unheard of and i have never come across an example where it has been allowed to the president s daily brief or lasted more than a year. The white house insists he will continue doing very important work, what do you say to that . Ha, wow i am not sure what to say. I say to that, i really wish historically, as we have seen the United States in the last 50 years, nepotism didnt play a role in politics and we didnt have family members working in the white house at such high levels. But the fact of the matter is, Jared Kushner and others around him, are likely caught within the target of the investigation of the special council, which is probably why his security clearance hasnt been fully adjudicated and it doesnt look like it will change any time soon. If there are 130 people in administration who havent got clearances, perhaps it doesnt matter . The number has been reduced thanks to general kelly as the chief of staff. We dont have any measuring ability to tell what it was like in other white houses. I doubt it was ever at this number. It is very unprecedented in that regard. It raises a lot of questions. People have said, the director of National Intelligence said, he thought the security clearance system was broken. It is not i have been dealing with it for a quarter of a century, what is broken is this white houses implementation of the security clearance system. Germanys second biggest city, hamburg, is going to start banning older diesel vehicles from april after a landmark ruling. A federal court says german cities can stop the most heavily polluting diesel cars from using their streets, in a bid to tackle air pollution. The German Government and its powerful car industry have always opposed a ban. Jenny hill reports from hamburg. Time to clearup germanys dirty secret. On this hamburg street, all but the newest diesel cars are to be banned at certain times. Its a first for the country, and charlottes delighted. We are worried about our health. Ive got heart problems and i realise its getting worse. There are some days, you know, when the pollution is higher than other days and you can really notice it. In court today, an historic moment. The judges cant order reluctant cities to impose diesel bans, but the environmental lobby is ready to try. After all, 70 cities regularly exceed eu air pollution targets. Translation theres a whole range of measures develop public transport, build bike lanes, but they only work in the long term. We have an acute problem for the population now. The only Immediate Solutions are a driving ban or lowering the speed limits. More bad publicity for germanys beleaguered car manufacturers. Diesel sales slumped after the emissions scandal. Angela merkel, who opposes diesel bans, widely seen as a bit too close to the industry. Most german cities, she said today, dont exceed pollution levels by much. But, she added, shed work closely with those that do. In a country where the car is king, todays ruling is controversial. People living along this stretch of road worry that by banning diesel vehicles here, the problem is simply sent elsewhere. Those who really want to clean up this countrys air believe that whats needed isnt a court decision, but a change in culture. Jenny hill, bbc news, hamburg. Two american astronauts and a russian cosmonaut has landed back on earth after 168 days on the International Space station. The crew landed in kazakhstan after a mission that expanded over 61 million miles. It touched down after three and a half hourjourney from the space station. The man behind some of the most famous bond films such as the spy who loved me and moonraker, has died at the age of 97. Lewis gilbert directed more than 40 films during his long career including alfie and educating rita starring Michael Caine. David sillito looks back at his life. Thats it, thats fine. When Lewis Gilbert took on bond in you only live twice, he was already a director with more than 20 films to his name. Hed directed orson welles, kenneth more, dirk bogart, but 007, kenneth more, dirk bogarde, but 007, with its seemingly unlimited budget, was new territory. Ive made 25 films and ive never been on a film where this doesnt ever come up. If i said today, look, i want 5,000 people flown in from tokyo, im sure theyd be flown in, you know. Cover up. In the 50s, Lewis Gilbert had made his name with a string of tales of stiff upper lip wartime british valour. And then in the 60s, a film that helped define a very different era alfie. My understanding of women only goes as far as the pleasure. No, no, no, michael, were going right. 0n set, he was easy going, charming, unflappable. The child of musical performers, hed spent his life in show business. And 17 years after alfie, he was reunited with Michael Caine in educating rita. My god, i thought it was something serious. And after that came Shirley Valentine. Lewis gilbert, a career that reads like a greatest hits of the british Film Industry. Peter debruge chief film critic for variety magazine says one strand of gilberts career stands out. Despite having accomplished other credits. James bond is his biggest legacy, he took over the mantle from the guy hamilton, director of goldfinger. Lewis gilbert was hired on the heels of alfie. Your segment is a terrific one, it gives a flavour of anything someone who deals with james bond deals with, whether it is the actors or the directors, they are remembered by their association with one of the biggest film franchises of all time. Also the definitive stories of british bravery in the Second World War and definitive working class heroes . Alfie is the movie he was remembered for. This isnt necessarily a heroic character but an ultimate cad. Alfie was made for very little money in 1966 and included all sorts of touches that set it apart. The Film Industry was looking for new solutions in ways to keep the audiences interested while it was competing with television and other forms of media and massive changes in the world around it. The sexual revolution is happening off screen and the broccoli family wanted someone who felt who was plugged into that world to bring that flavour to the james bond character. Briefly, i was looking at how the bfi director said when he was given the fellowship prize in 2001, they were talking about educating rita and Shirley Valentine . And that depiction of women. I dont know if those are ultimately the films he is remembered for, but it is important in a moment like this not to let his legacy be overshadowed by james bond. Now the spice girls could be adding a bit of zig a zig ah to the wedding between prince harry and meghan markle. Scary spice mel b revealed on a us chat show that the group had been invited to the wedding which takes place in may. She didnt say if theyll be performing but itll certainly add some girl power to the event. The main news again, the United Nations says only the month long ceasefire in syria demanded by the Security Council can bring relief to the rebel held enclave of Eastern Ghouta. Fighting continued on tuesday and prevented any aid deliveries during the first five hour daily humanitarian pause declared by russia. It didnt happen. Air strikes continued and at least six people were killed. The ceasefire quickly collapsed with the government and rebel forces in the seven year Syrian Civil War blaming each other. One senior American General said moscow was playing both arsonist and firefighter in syria. Much more for you any time on the bbc website. Thank you for watching. The coldest snap this winter season is likely to continue this week when there is more snow in the forecast. Snow has been falling in the form of showers but particularly in north east england, they have pretty impressive snow depths and they are likely to get bigger. The forecast tomorrow will be more travel disruption and a significant wind chill. This icy front has been coming across from siberia, across Northern Europe and driving these snow showers across the north sea into eastern areas and some have been pushing west as well. During the start of wednesday, it looks like most of the showers will become confined to Northern Areas and eastern scotland. An amber warning remains in force for the eastern side of scotland to the central belt of scotland and to north east england, where there will be five to 15 centimetres. Widespread in some areas and we could see more than that on the high ground. There could be significant disruption through the course of wednesday morning. Through the central but scotland and north east england. Further south, more in the way of sunshine but it will be a very cold day. Today will be the coldest of the week. Factor in the wind as well and it will feel more like minus five to maybe 10 celsius. So, bitterly cold. On thursday, this low pressure which has been named storm emma by the portuguese Weather Service will move from the south. Full of moisture as it bumps into the cold air across the United Kingdom and is likely to turn to snow. Initially in southern counties of england, South West England to wales as we head through the course of thursday. There will be further, heavy snow showers across the eastern side of the country, particularly north east england and eastern scotland. Two amber warnings by thursday afternoon, one across the northeast and this new one across the south west and snow will be heavy, prolonged and disruptive. Another very cold day in store, looking at gale force south easterly winds which will make you feel very cold indeed. On friday, snow showers continuing across the north east of the country. This band will move slowly northwards bringing heavy falls to cause significant disruption. This is bbc news the headlines 400,000 civilians are still trapped in the besieged damascus suburb of Eastern Ghouta russias promised 5 hour daily humanitarian pause failed on the first day. The un says it hasnt been able to deliver any aid to the rebel held area, and airstrikes have continued. Both sides in the Syrian Civil War have blamed each other. President trumps son in law and Senior Adviser, Jared Kushner, has had his White House Security clearance downgraded. He wont any more have access to many sensitive documents. Through a spokesman, hes said it wont affect the very important work he has been assigned by the president. The storm nicknamed the beast from the east has swept across much of europe, with record snowfalls and temperatures as low as minus 20 celsius, bringing many cities to a standstill. At least seven people are reported dead since monday five in poland, two in romania