Workers. We meet orphans caught up in the fighting in Eastern Ukraine even though there is supposed to be a ceasefire. Sports story this friday six months ahead of the rio olympics one of the most successful countries kenya could find itself ban from the games. Right now its only an agreement on paper and wont result in a complete ceasefire or an end to russian bombing, following a marathon meeting in germany world powers have settled on what they are calling a cessation of hostilities in syria beginning in a weeks time. One priority is delivering food, medicine and shelter to besieged towns and cities and james base reports from munich. Reporter 19 delegations the sponsors of International Peace efforts in syria gathering in an effort to get things back on track. But the most important meeting happens several hours early on the 15th floor of the same munich hotel, this is where Russian Foreign minister Sergei Fedorov and u. S. Secretary of state john kerry came facetoface. And if you look at those faces you can tell from the very start this was a difficult meeting. The russians proposed a ceasefire from march the first but the u. S. Said that would mean three weeks more aerial bombardment and called for it to begin as early as this weekend. When they finally addressed the media it was in the early hours of the munich morning and it was clear neither man got exactly what he wanted but instead they had an ambitious target of one week which to stop the violence. We have a nationwide cessation of hostilities to begin in a target of one weeks time. That is ambitious but everyone is determined to move as rapidly as possible to try to achieve this. This will apply to any and all parties in syria with the exception of the terrorist organizations, daesh, and alnusra. Reporter they said a joint task force would be set up to range the cessation of hostilities and another one on getting humanitarian aid to those in most desperate need would meet for the first time in geneva. These are the list of areas and people who are in need and the numbers of them. Now, the issg has told us, told the u. N. , you are in charge in launching this initiative with our support. Reporter this was a very long and often difficult series of meetings. What they have achieved reads well on paper but the big test now will be turning it into reality on the ground. James base, al jazeera, munich. Just hours after that announcement on Syria Russian Air strikes reportedly killed 18 people in northern homs providence, the area has been pounded in resent days and Government Forces close in on rebel held areas and u. N. Warns that 120,000 people are at risk of starvation and disease in and around homs and dana is near the turkeysyria border, the latest action in homs shows how difficult this is all going to be. What are people saying about the deal and the problems that could face them . Well, yes, we have managed to speak to people inside syria, members of the opposition as well as outside. Undoubtedly they welcome any deal that will relieve the suffering on the ground. The latest offensive in aleppo according to the u. N. Displaced 50,000 people, those people living, many of them really out in the open, they left their homes with nothing and they need aid in order to survive. Now that is just aleppo province. Like you mentioned air strikes continuing in the northern providence of homs and when you talk to activists there they believe the next few days they are going to see an ex escalation of the violence on the ground because what they believe is that the Syrian Government and their backgrounder russia wants to change power and weaken opposition as much as possible not just on the ground but the negotiating table and them and the russian government really are more interested in bringing about a surrender and not any compromise or political settlement to the conflict. Already the u. N. Is warning that 120,000 people in the homs countryside could be facing the risk of starvation, illness, disease because the rebel supply lines into that territory have now been cut. Like all eyes really have been on the violence in aleppo but even in the southern providence the government has been trying to make further gains, now in negotiations with rebels in two towns along a strategic highway and want them to surrender and this really has been the policy, they believe the tactic has been bomb areas, depopulate them or lay siege to areas and force them to surrender so people are skeptical and say over the past few years there have been attempts to implement a ceasefire on the ground and it never held and expecting more violence in the coming days. Thank you for that and russias Prime Minister has warned that sending Ground Troops to syria could result in world war and the comments were published in a german newspaper in response to saudi arabias proposal last week to send Ground Troops to syria and lets talk about this more as chairman of the Russian Society of the arab countries and joins us now from moscow and he is predicting a world war and know that r saudi arabia wants to send in troops, is this really what he means . I can say russians military presence with the air and cosmic forces was locations in latakia, our rockets and our airplanes they are prevented from spreading syrian war more and more. First of all it was prevented from any foreign intervention that was planned by turkey and before this intervention russia entered according to the demand of the lego government we see assad is the authority and presented in russians in the diplomatic political relations with syria at all. And that is why russia helped Syrian Arab Army to prevent any foreign intervention to syria. I think the desperation is absolutely a new picture. Can i come in, i understand what russia is thinking with Bashar Alassad is concerned but im asking you what they are predicting if saudi arabia does indeed put Ground Troops there and all of this in light of the deal of the cessation of hostilities which we expect in a week, how is this going to work . Well, russia came to this conclusion after watching the situation. The situation in syria, with Syrian Government, situation with opposition groups, with quality of turkey over iran and jordan and arab world. I think that all these considerations were taken commonly and they come to the conclusion unnecessary to help, to save syria as a state. Our mission is not invasion, not destroying and i reject absolutely that our army, our airforces are fighting serial population, its not true. We had a bombing in the last couple hours where 18 people were killed, what is that if the syrian population has not been affected by this . Well, syria population die if they found themselves between two sides, fighting sides, between some military groups and between syrian army who is trying to beat all these groups. I think that the main thing is to stop killing, to stop killing fundamentally, what it was achieved in the munich today and to negotiate, to find political solution so we found that only nusra or daesh had to be out of this list of organizations, they should be connected and to negotiate. I think that all oppositional groups right now should understand there is no alternative to political solution and what it has made in new york to 254 and 253 is an unchangeable position that today in munich its unchangeable position. After one week and consultations with military groups opposition should come together and discuss who is ready to stop fighting. All right, stop fighting is the key. Agree we stop fighting and the enemies will be destroyed i understand the result of munich. Thanks very much for your time. Russia is also prepared to send help to the government to help with the fight against i. S. I. L. , a message delivered by the deputy Prime Minister as he visited baghdad. Translator in response to iraqs request for more military aid we will respond with the exchange of information. Our surveillance forces and the troops deployed in syria as required by the Syrian Government are capable of providing adequate information to us. The u. N. Is warned to remove staff from areas controlled by Houthi Rebels and advice comes from saudi arabia leading Coalition Air strikes against the houthis since last march and on the ground they seized control of a military base 50 kilometers from sanaa on thursday and saudi and allies support the president hadi and fighting against the Houthi Movement as well as supporters of the former president saleh. More to come on the news hour still ahead u. S. Democratic president ial hopefuls argue over Race Relations in the latest televised debate. Beef prices in indonesia some of the highest in the world and looking at government efforts to bring down costs plus. Im in northeast india for the 12th south asian games and find out what sports these fans have come out to see. South sudans president has the archrival as the Vice President and named the leader deputy the appointment is part of a peace deal brokered last year following two years of civil war and Vice President was sacked in 2013 after he was accused of planning a coup. Four white farmers accused of killing two black farm workers appeared in court in south africa and victims families said the men went to ask for wages ode to them but the farmers say they were being robbed and acted in selfdefense and we are outside the courthouse. Reporter the trial has been adjou adjourned. People outside the court are protesting, renting various sides and fighting behind me they are representing the black farmers who were killed. The police have been separating the sides apart using barb wire because of clashes and they also are representing the black farmers who were killed. Behind me is another barb wire and some white farmers and citizens also protesting and supporting the white farmers accused of killing the two black farmers and this is how the whole story started. When the police said her son samuel had been shot and killed she was devastated and says earlier that day samuel told her he was going to collect salary from his boss, a South African farmer in the town of perez. Translator they didnt just shoot him. He was tortured. When i saw his body it looked like he had been hacked by a knife, cut in many places. Then someone ran over him with a c c car. Reporter more details will come out during the trial, some farmers in the area said they heard there was an attempted robbery. This has nothing to do with racism. All the farmers were at their homes after election of a days work and they get an emergency call, they respond. So everything was 100 so two people lose their lives. What went wrong there is not for me to say. The case must be investigated. Reporter in south africa violence on farms is relatively common and the problem appears to be getting worse. Many farms are isolated and far from police stations, farmers are taking extra precautions and have their own farmer Neighborhood Watch and patrols and Civil Rights Organization says that last year there were 318 violent incidents on farms. 64 farmers and workers were murdered. So far this year there have been 26 reported attacks in january. 6 people have been killed. Some experts say the reasons for the violence are complicated. We believe there is more to it. Its not only about race, obviously race does play a role due to the history of our country, due to the huge inequality in our country also we believe that the economy that the weaken economy puts people in strain and frustration and out flow of it but the out flow of it for example is violence, is crime and Security Issues that affect all South Africans. Reporter but whether this latest incidents was something that began as an argument over wages. I want them to pay. Reporter or was criminally motivated it wont bring her son back. She insists samuel was a farm worker and wants someone accountable for his death, al jazeera, south africa. Police in greece have fired tear gas to disburse protesting farmers in athens for almost three weeks and blocked roads and highways outside the capitol before bringing anger to the city on friday. Lets get the latest from lee barker who is in athens and tear gas and rocks were thrown, what happened . Reporter well, this is outside the ministry of agriculture where a short while ago crowds of farmer whose have gathered here on this square tried to push their way in the ministry of agricultural and pushed back by riot police and tear gas lingering in the air. If we move over here a little bit we can see some of the protesting farmers set fire to have been here effectively blockading the center of the city, this key thorough fair through athens. This of course is literally just the start of what is expected to be a 24 or 48hour period of protests. Many more farmers are descending on athens from across the country and plenty a short while ago we joined several hundred farmers on their way from a city of current in the west, many farmers from across joined the group and no doubt will be here in athens very soon. A little earlier on we saw large numbers of farmers arriving at the port a short distance from the capitol again, they are marching as we speak on athens to take part in what is expected to be a very, very large demonstration against the series of Economic Reforms that many farmers say are likely to leave them destitute. I was going to ask you more about their complaints and also if those people who have been affected by these protests are sympathetic towards these farmers. Reporter of course athens and greece as a whole is no stranger to demonstrations and of course the greek people have been through a tremendous amount when it comes to all of the austerity measures introduced here over the last few years but last year the greek government signed an agreement with its foreign lenders, with the imf, with the eu finance ministers but in return for a 96 billion dollar bailout they would introduce a series of reforms, reforms that include alterations and changes to the way in which pensions are calculated, for many of these farmers they say they will now have to pay a tremendous amount into their Pension Funds and on top of all the extra expenses that come with running small and medium sized farms many say they are literally on their fridges and on edge of poverty if in deed these changes if these reforms do end up getting past. The greek government offered negotiations but currently what the greek government is offering is not anything that these farmers are willing to accept. Thank you for that lee barker. Agreement signed one year ago was supposed to end fighting in ukraine between Government Forces and prorussia separatist and and or orphans are among those suffering and we report from Eastern Ukraine. Reporter they used to live in an orphanage and now they live in a war zone brought up in poverty and two with severe learning disabilities they now will live with their adopted parents in the village in the so called gray zone between prorussian separatist fighters and the Ukrainian Army. Despite repeated calls for a ceasefire the fighting continues and especially at night. Translator its always very afraid when they are shelling. She cries and screams at night. We try to keep the girls calm and try not to show them that we are afraid. Reporter and agreement signed last february in the capitol minsk was supposed to end the fighting. This is the ukraine and Army Front Line in another village close to what was the airport of the separatist controlled city of donetsk and heavy weapons are supposed to have been withdrawn as part of the minsk deal but both sides accuse each other of breaking that agreement almost everyday. This area has seen some of the fierce fighting since the conflict began and now the Ukrainian Army tell us that the separatists regularly target their positions here using antitank weapons and mortars and also tell us that the two towers there on the horizon are about 2 1 2 kilometers away and say the separatists use those towers as look out posts and sniper positions and moved 78yearold grandmother to so called safety four times since the fighting started. But she has come under fire every time and every house has been destroyed. Translator im not going any where because i got married here. My children were born here. My grandchildren were born here. Everyone is gone and i dont want to go because if i do how will they find me . I wont move until there is peace. Reporter conflict has not finished. I personally believe the Ukrainian Military are needed here in order to detour the onslaught, the conflict is frozen and have to be here to help the people who stay and bring an end to this conflict. Reporter nearby check point ukrainian volunteers entertain the soldiers, the men are fiercely patriotic and antimoscow. Translator its important because people are strong in their unity when we are united and together we will defeat our enemy and the evil people. Reporter destruction of war people across this region have no interest in talk or victory wishing only the fighting would end. Charles stratford, al jazeera, Eastern Ukraine. We will take a closer look at the violence in Eastern Ukraine late were a special program on inside story. It will examine why the two sides keep violating the ceasefire agreement and whether there is any hope for peace, that is on 1730gmt here on al jazeera. Heavy snowfall is causing widespread problems across india and kashmir and jamu and brought relief from a long spell of dry weather the snow blocked roads and caused some minor land slides. Workers were seen lighting bonfires to keep themse