A shakeup in saudi arabia as the kingdom replaces its military chief and other Senior Defense officials. U. N. Resolution taken a many run for fueling the war in yemen fails. Prosecutors in south korea push for tougher sentence for asked of President Park going to hate you is accused of corruption. After ten days of intense bombardment on syrias eastern go to the fighting is supposed to stop at least temporarily russia has ordered a pause in the fighting which is now in effect the five hour ceasefire in the rebel held district is said to last from nine am and two pm local time every day but activists say there was heavy shelling overnight more than five hundred fifty people have been killed in the past ten days on sunday opposition doctors reported a suspected poison gas attack russia says evacuation cordles will be set up tell our civilians to leave the area more than four hundred thousand people are trapped in the eastern goods and its unclear where they will go in other districts been under siege since twenty thirteen so the daily pools could offer some responded but it does fall short of the Un Security Council resolution passed on saturday it demanded a thirty day cease fire to allow aid to be delivered and for the critically ill to be evacuated then how to joins us live from beirut zain a hows it playing out what are you hearing. Zain im just running if you can hear me. Just wondering how they yes i can hear you say how the pause in fighting is playing out what youre hearing about how its going to work. Yes sure. But we seem to be having a sound is there polish is for that the u. N. Space has a seven jerrick says the truce is better than nothing. We stand ready as soon as the conditions are safe for Truck Drivers humanitarian workers to roll into these areas. We for that to be effective cease the fighting needs to stop we need to ensure that there are no roadblocks whether physical or administrative. Whether or not for five hours is enough not enough its a difficult question to to answer five hours is better than no hours but we would like to see any sation fosses be extended. Thirty days as the Security Council said but we will effort to do whatever we can within the time that were able to work a believe xenophon i can hear us now is and im just wondering what you are hearing about this cease fire this pause in fighting if its come into effect and how its playing. Yes it came into effect approximately an hour ago what we understand is holding eastern is quiet a very different picture really than what weve seen over the past ten days relentless bombardment heavy artillery shelling airstrikes more than five hundred fifty People Killed thousands injured so the people of course will welcome this but at the same time they are criticizing russia for what theyre calling a game they say that this decision for a five day daily truce violates the decisions taken by the u. N. Security council that calls for a thirty day cease fire so the people of eastern want a permanent and lasting cease fire because what they believe the choice that theyre being given now is either to die or to leave and to be displaced because if they choose to stay and because we have to remember that the russians also announced a humanitarian corridor which people the civilians will be allowed to leave so if they dont leave then they become legitimate targets but these people have a very big problem and that is a lot of them are wanted by the government simply for any opposition activities so theyre scared they say that they have no guarantees that once they cross into government controlled territory we have to remember that these besieged by Government Forces if they cross into government controlled territory they could be arrested or they could be killed so they have no guarantees if they do that so the choice is to die or be displaced were also hearing from the Higher Negotiating Committee nasr who represents the main a Syrian Opposition body in exile and hes saying. What the progovernment alliance wants to do is empty and a population change so this is the feeling among those but what has become clear is that the progovernment alliance has taken the decision and that is they want to recapture eastern guta no matter what cross eastern border is a thorn in the side of the government its right close to damascus the government seat of power the rebels there are able to target damascus with mortar fire so at the city and has been taken and we are going to expect more attacks if the rebels do not surrender all right zain thank yous in the heart of reporting. The saudi arabias king solomon has replaced top military commanders in the shake up of the kingdoms Defense Ministry the reshuffle includes the armys chief of staff and the heads of ground and Defense Forces saudi state media also announced a plan to develop the ministry but didnt elaborate on how that would happen no official reason has been given for the overhaul but it comes as saudi arabia faces growing criticism over the war in yemen so whos in and whos out the most notable dismissal was the military chief of staff general abdul rahman been. Been sidelined and will become a royal Court Consultant hes being replaced by the former commander of the Royal Saudi Air force general fired been awhile while the changes were approved by consignment analysts say it is the crown Prince Mohammed bin sol man whos likely to been behind the moves hes seeking to modernize the kingdoms image in the first shake up in the shake up the first female was appointed as deputy minister for labor and social development the director of the Gulf Study Center at Catholic University where he says the latest changes are part of a preparation for m. B. A. s to succeed his father. I think this is a package of changes started when consumed man came to power and it includes changing the economic sector where around cause is being controlled by hamas on money his team the media sector also controlled by his team and now they move to the ministries the move now is to the military i think this is part of the preparation the platform for him for his you know. Which is expected to come soon actually rather than later i think thats the confirms the fact that you know mohamed has been sandman is likely to become the king of saudi arabia sometime soon but not as was expected will be late and the end of the day there are those leaders who are on the ground who are running the whole operation in yemen but those all those people also in the scene and i think the vision they are to blame some time of the mistakes to place in anywhere i think the war in yemen there is a serious failure when it comes to the saudi arabia that is growing because system from International Community and there is a serious pressure that saudi arabia so the stop should stop what they are doing now and change course if its needed and i think saudi arabia is trying now to open up to the International Community by trying to open up airports and ports for support food or medical support so they can reduce the pressure on the so you know bit government and Alliance Russia has vetoed a u. N. Resolution which would have named iran for feins prevent its weapons from falling into the hands of heathy rebels in yemen instead the Security Council unanimously adopted a russian proposed resolution which didnt mention iran diplomatic editor james bass reports from the United Nations in new york. For the middle east this was an important moment. Russia for the first time casting its veto in the Security Council to protect iran it came in a moment of high drama in the Council Chamber to rival resolutions on yemen put to back to back votes. The one vetoed by russia was a u. K. Draft back strongly by the u. S. Which contained criticism of iran it received eleven votes in favor because of russias position it failed they moved on to russias own draft without any mention of iran Security Council members aware that sanctions in yemen would collapse if there was no new resolution back to unanimously it led to angry exchanges the u. K. s resolution was a simple common sense when it called out iran for giving the who these the tools to threaten yemens neighbors and to threaten freedom of navigation through the red sea at this common sense attempt to hold iran accountable has failed as governor i will be frank the wording in the british draft is liable to have dangerous destabilizing ramifications and this is not only a political to the situation in yemen but also to the region overall this will never to believe escalate regional tensions and lead to conflicts among key regional players the vote had been postponed for several hours as the u. K. Tried but failed to reach a compromise with russia the acting British Ambassador had earlier told me he wanted his resolution to reflect the findings of an independent panel on yemen but that report was not only critical of iran russia doesnt like the outcome of certain expert panel reports but just doesnt like the messages doesnt mean it can undermine everything they say so well be watching our colleagues for the good of the United Nations system to vote in favor of virus but your text doesnt reflect everything in the panel of experts or bosses or mention of us torture camps is not the same mention of the bombardment by the saudis in the gallatin of that in the resolution so our textbooks in all parts of what im about to assert our text has the support of the council on this moment is thank you very much in the end he did receive the support of the majority but the key takeaway is the fact that russia was prepared to cast its veto the trump. Administration constantly says that terror on is the stabilizing the middle east region and that its prepared to take action weve now had confirmed what we expected that russia will block the un route to any such action james bros zero of the United Nations south korean prosecutors are demanding a thirty year prison term for former President Park geun hye she was removed from her post last year over an influence peddling scandal that hit the countrys business and political elite parkin has standing trial on charges of bribery abuse of power and corrosion which she denies rather mcbride is in solid rock tell us more about the charges she faces. It is jane a very long charge sheet a whole array of charges ranging from alleged bribery abuse of power even to things like discriminating against artists who she felt were opposed to her government regime all of this dates back to twenty sixteen and an unfolding scandal when most of this alleged wrongdoing eventually came out and a lot of it is related to longtime friendship with choice one still a long time confidante of parts together these two women were said to abuse their positions to force some conglomerates in south korea to hand over millions of dollars in return for business favors now choi. Sentence just over two weeks ago was given a twenty year sentence something she is appealing against but all of this scandal did lead as you probably remember to massive street protests in the capital seoul and elsewhere in south korea calling for park to stand down and she clung on to power eventually began an impeachment process that forced her downfall. Does she still manteno innocence and whats been the reaction generally in south korea to her child. This has been a hugely divisive issue here in south korea it was at the time of her impeachment it has been as this has proceeded through the courts indeed her supporters have been rallying outside the court where this hearing has been taking place she still has tremendous support amongst an older generation of South Koreans more conservative types who regard her as a strong leader something which topically at the moment is somebody whos willing to take a firm stand against north korea for example but for a lot of the Younger GenerationSouth Koreans are kind of people who took to the streets in their hundreds of thousands calling for her to stand down. She really represents an old face of south korea really a too close or too cozy relationship between government and the socalled che bowls these are the family run conglomerates that have dominated south koreas economy and many people see her departure and now a replacement by a much more liberal progressive government as a breath of fresh air power self denies the charges indeed she says that she has been treated very unfairly by the judicial system here she has boycotted many of the hearings and in fact was not in court for this hearing thanks for that rob. Still ahead on aljazeera. You know right. Well. Nobel peace laureates make an emotional appeal to save the ring. How the next generation of Wireless Networks will change otherwise well have the latest from the world about congress. From cool brisk north in fuel. To the warm tranquil waters of southeast asia. 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Day the scene for us where on line what is american sign in yemen that peace is always possible but it never happens not because the situation is complicated but because no one cares or if you join a sunset there are people there 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 our disease. Top stories on aljazeera a russian made pause in fighting in syrias eastern go to is holding so far the five hour truce came into effect just over an hour ago in the rebel held district russia says people will be able to leave through evacuation cargoes which critics dismissed as force displacement. Saudi arabias king some honors were placed top military commanders in a shake up of the kingdoms Defense Ministry no official reason was given for the overhaul but it comes as the country faces growing criticism over the war in yemen. 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