Survival. And a tough job the court is set to decide on a bank for heavy polluting disease because tests across the nation show many cities exceeds safety limits. And welcome. In syria daily five hour truce announced by russia went into effect a short while ago but russias military claims rebel groups are conducting bombings despite the temporary ceasefire moscow says the shelling means civilians have been unable to evacuate from the rebel stronghold of eastern huta driven factions in eastern who did not buy syrias government and its allies last week it groups say helping civilians must be a top priority. Many think an axis should be separated from political agreements we can agreements to each we didnt need long lasting and systematic use fact what we need useful or those fighting agreed to windows doing which humanitarian aid. Joining me now is the un and the daughter from save the children based in amman jordan not what are you hearing about the situation on the ground in eastern hu
Each other of violations. A shake up in saudi arabia as the kingdom replaces its military chief and other Senior Defense officials. Prosecutors in south korea push for tougher sentence but they all said President Park geun hye was accused of corruption. And a victory for german green groups that want to clean up the air by banning certain cars from the roads. Welcome to the program a ceasefire in syrias Eastern Ghouta has now ended russia ordered the daily five a pause in the fighting after ten days of intense bombardment by Government Forces but both sides are blaming the other violations and the rebel held district where russia said corridors will be set up to allow civilians to leave and allow aid to come in well this is one crossing between buthe and damascus. The World Health Organization says more than a thousand sick and wounded people need to be evacuated from the area where more than five hundred fifty people have been killed and hundreds more wounded in the past ten days and
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The Israeli Defence force sees itself as an institution which binds the nation together. Most young israelis serve in its ranks after leaving school. It claims to combine defence of the state with a sense of moral purpose. My guest today served in the idf but he sees an institution in denial, corroded and corrupted by the military occupation of palestinian communities over a 50 year span. Avner gvaryahu and like minded soldiers turned dissidents say they are breaking the silence. Are they patriots or traitors . Avner gvaryahu, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you. I think its fair to say, the idf is probably the most sacrosanct institution in all of israel. Was it hard for you to cross a line, to break the taboo and speak out against what the idf is doing . Breaking the silence, i think, in any context isnt easy. Definitely in the Israeli Society, its not a natural thing in that sense, to break that kind of silence. But i think that myself, like over 1000 soldiers, are a part of breaking the
Investigating whether the three chp officers who fired their guns were justified, San Mateo Police say the officers gave the suspect ample warning. Officers took extreme measures to issue commands to drop that firearm, to attempt to deescalate and negotiate with that suspect. Obviously, those attempts were unsuccessful. Captain dave norris says as of now, it appears the east bay woman in the other car was a random target who happened to be driving near the suspect. She wasnt hurt, except for some minor pain from the car wreck itself. Highway 101, which was shut down for more than seven hours, reopened early saturday morning. We had a very large crime scene with evidence that was scattered not only widely across the freeway, but also lengthwise. From highway 92 all the way to hillsdale boulevard. The Coroners Office hasnt released the name of the man who was police say there were a lot of witnesses this adid happen in the middle of fridays rush hour commute. Witness statements have been