through the time we finished scares to the fish and dicing with death. i'm afraid of falling i'm afraid of. a conflict my family needs the men who go to the extreme just to make a living. you have to be a strong swimmer otherwise and certainly risking it all vietnam at this time on al-jazeera. reports of mortar shelling just hours into a temporary ceasefire in syria's eastern district. i'm jane dutton this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up the shake up

inside the arabia is the kingdom replaces its military chief and other senior defense official says. prosecutors in south korea push for a tough sentence for us of president park geun hye is accused of corruption. and from russia with love dances are spreading a message of kindness around the world. after ten days of intense bombardment on syria's eastern because of the fighting was supposed to have stopped at least temporarily but russia's military is reporting heavy mortar fire and laying the blame on the rebels on monday russia ordered the daily five polls in the rebel held district to than five hundred fifty people been killed in the past in ten days on sunday opposition doctors reported a suspected poison gas attack russia says evacuation colorados will be set up to

allow civilians to leave the area more than four hundred thousand people are trapped in eastern goods and it's unclear where they will go now the district's been under siege since twenty thirty and so the daily pools could offer some response but it falls short of the u.n. security council resolution passed on saturday it demanded a thirty day cease fire chill. aid to be delivered and for the critically ill to be evacuated its go she joins us live from beirut we hearing about shelling what happened. well yes the russian center for reconciliation and the syrian official news agency blaming rebels for targeting a route that they specified for humanitarian like a humanitarian corridor door for civilians to leave the government controlled territory but what we understand is we haven't got any independent confirmation about this shelling so of course the pro-government alliance is going to blame the rebels for not allowing civilians to leave but we have been talking to civilians in

eastern booth as well as activists many people are too afraid to leave because where can they go they're going to go to government controlled territory and most of them have been telling us is that we don't have any security guarantees that once we arrive there we will not be arrested or we will not be killed because in one way or another we are all wanted by the government so reports that rebels are targeting this humanitarian corridor but over all this truce has been largely holding it took effect nine am local time in syria that's approximately two hours ago of course the people of eastern will welcome any suspicion of hostilities it gives them time to emerge from underground bunkers to bury their dead but what the people of eastern want is a permanent and lasting cease fire as agreed upon by the un security council on saturday but thank you for that. we had one who dean is an activist who lives

inside joins us now via skype from there very good to see you what is the situation how is this playing out we are hearing that there has been a little bit of. fighting. yes there was a fighting in deadlines. on history and good. we hear that in the buildings this firing we expect to. maybe some calmer atmosphere in the eastern good time but even that there is mortals in that in. that so far and it matters. to my city all right are you hearing us down i mean after nine i k are you hearing of people who will leave and if they leave where they going to go to and what their expectations are of this five hour period my

friend i want to ask the question how i can how we can trust this regime that is shelling us and a bomb being gassed for the for the for the last five years how between a night and a day. the one who is telling me and that night. truce and. humanitarian cross for the eastern goods and the morning we are. we. want the united nations the sober of the surprise this truth not the regime and the recent position all right and from a food point of view from a medical aid point of view have you seen anything come in do you have expectations that you will be receiving anything and how dire is the situation is there. my

friend. the human appearance duration here in houston good is awful just from ten to thirteen now that people are in the basement for ten days they cannot go out to buy it's the same goods to their family even the rice is too high but they have to go out maybe. after the agreement in the united nation about this is fire maybe the people here in a soup with expect to entering the un convoys and opening the cross for the eastern goods and even a break this brutal series on the area all right will certainly be keeping an eye on this well he did thank you very much for talking to us thank you saudi arabia's king has replaced top military commanders in

a shake up of the kingdom's defense ministry the reshuffle includes the army's chief of staff and there is of ground an air defense force inside the state media also announced a plan to develop the ministry but didn't elaborate on how that would happen no official reason has been given for the eval but it comes as saudi arabia faces growing criticism over the war in yemen the director of the gulf studies center at cattle university when he says the latest changes are part of a preparation for mohammad been summoned to succeed his father. i think this is a package of changes started when consume and came to power and it includes changing the economy except where around crew is being controlled by hamas and 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 that 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 it would 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 and where 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 it's 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 have

a government and the alliance russia has vetoed a u.n. resolution criticizing iran for failing to prevent its weapons from falling into the hands of heathy wearables in yemen instead the security council unanimously adopted a russian proposed resolution which didn't mention iran or diplomatic editor james bays 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 russia's position it failed they moved on to russia's 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 are these the tools to threaten yemen's neighbors and to threaten freedom of navigation through the red sea. but this common sense attempt to hold iran accountable has failed. 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 doesn't like the outcome of certain expert panel reports but just doesn't like the messages doesn't mean it's one doing everything they say so will be urging our colleagues for the good of the united nations system to vote in favor of areas which your text doesn't reflect everything in the panel of experts reports as a mention of us torture camps is not the same mention of the bombardment by the saudis in the galatea of the resolution so our text books in all parts of what the problem of our text has the support of the council on this momentous 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 trumpet ministration constantly says that terror is the stabilizing the middle east region and that it's prepared to take action we've now had confirmed what we expected that russia will block the un route to any such action james zero the united nations south

korean prosecutors are demanding a thirty year prison sentence for the deposed president park geun hye she denies bribery of use of power and coersion she became the first democratically elected south korean president to be impeached last year of a corruption scandal involving the business and political elite love of pride as more from seoul. parkin hay has faced an array of charges from alleged bribery to abuse of power even to things like discriminating against artists who she felt were opposed to her government all this dates back to an unfolding scandal in twenty sixteen and much of it related to a friendship with her longtime confidant choice and still it's claimed that together choice forced a number of conglomerates to hand over more than fifty million dollars in return for business favors the whole scandal led to massive street protests calls for her

resignation she clung on to power and was eventually impeached and which brought about her downfall at the end of twenty sixteen since then choi has been found guilty of her part in all this two weeks ago she was sentenced to twenty years in prison something she is appealing against park here in haiti though has pleaded not guilty and indeed has said that she's been treated unfairly by the judicial system and has been boycotting a number of of her court appearances but according to the prosecutors she's guilty not only of these crimes but also of damaging the very constitutional fabric of south korea itself still ahead on al-jazeera buried for decades the battle to clear thousands a land mine scattered across afghanistan plus. i really believe i'd run into even if i didn't have

a weapon and i think most of the people in this room would have done that to. chance says he would have run into the florida school and join the mass shooting area this month. welcome back across southeastern parts of asia we've got the usual rush of showers much as you would expect to see but really nothing remarkable rainfall totals are quite high in northern parts of luzon quite surprised to see intention rainfall bangkok has also seen some heavy rain last twenty four hours but again nothing out of the ordinary so look at the forecast for a few showers around certainly as we get down towards the southern portion they pinch the towards java barely but for singapore kuala lumpur weather conditions not too bad bangkok should be dry by june the course of wednesday and a few showers across the philippines as move through towards thursday not

a great deal of change but again chalfant barely likely to see some downpours heading into a stray dia here where this dominated by a a series of trough of low pressure given the risk of showers you see the old shower close dotted around otherwise relatively quiet conditions the moment the wind direction the key factor they were looking at melbourne at twenty eight during the course of wednesday but then as more of a southerly picks up temperatures drop to twenty degrees c. look at twenty five across western australia a few showers around but person should be pleasant highs there of twenty seven degrees weather conditions across new zealand looking decidedly more unsettled this frontal system working its way into the western side of both north and south islands still quite warm with highs of twenty two in christchurch. we are going to announce the biggest step in the monkey. decades activists in seats of government we didn't want to be part of this institution. we really didn't want

technologically challenging politics and implementing democracy but the source code to use the freedom for everyone to look we are innovators we are activists we are rebel geeks. at this time and i just you know. you're watching out there mind of our top stories this hour russia's military is reporting heavy mortar fire in syria's eastern go to and laying the blame on the rebels a russian it pause in fighting with the post have come into effect about two hours ago it says the truce would allow people to leave through evacuation cargoes which

critics dismiss as force displacement. saudi arabia's king someone has replaced top military commanders in a shake up of the kingdom's defense ministry no official reason was given for the overhaul it comes as the country faces growing criticism over the war in yemen. south korean prosecutors are pushing for a thirty year prison term for former president park geun hye she was ousted last year over an influence peddling scandal a park is standing trial accused of bribery abuse of power and coercion. teachers have returned to work nearly two weeks after a mass shooting at a school in florida seventeen people were killed when a gunman opened fire at the school peace of facing more criticism that they didn't do enough to prevent the shootings and gallagher rip. for some pocket. in the day since one of the worst school shootings in u.s. history the memorial to those that lost their lives has grown as parents and students arrive at the school some carry flowers others simply bowed their heads

classes will resume on wednesday but for many emotions still roll my daughter hasn't been back since this happened and she wants to see a friend as she wants to resume a somewhat normal life which we know here is never going to be the same but what are we going to do i mean. she she can't stay in her house and do nothing something has to be done. in florida state capital of this from marjorie stoneman douglas high school continue to campaign for a change in gun laws the students have become the voices for a movement now sweeping the u.s. downhearted when most importantly i feel angry. that we let this happy angry that we did not solve this problem alone time ago and a grief that children are the one pushing and advocating for change and not i am like you know official and investigations now been launched into the police's

handling of the shooting sheriff scott israel has been accused of incompetence after his department received warnings about the alleged shooter nicholas cruz and a deputy's resigned after it emerged he stayed outside while the shooting took place president trump has indicated he may raise the minimum age for buying assault rifles says he would have handled it differently i really believe i'd run into even if i didn't have a weapon and i think most of the people in this room would have done that too because i know most of you. but the way they performed was was really a disgrace some of the u.s. is biggest corporate sponsors are now cutting ties with the national rifle association is pressure for change grows the organization says it's against banning assault rifles all raising age limits politics aside parkland is a community that continues to mourn and heal when classes resume on wednesday it will only be for part of the day the building where seventeen people died may be demolished and turned into a memorial but when students walk through these gates it will be

a traumatic experience and they gallacher all dizzy or parkland florida. many students in northeastern nigeria say they are too scared to go back to the school where armed men abducted one hundred ten girls last week nigeria's government admitted for the first time on monday that the girls had been kidnapped by suspected boko haram classes have since resumed at the school and she village known to nigeria has deployed its air force to search for the girls so that because new presidents are all i am opposed has announced a thirty change cabinet reshuffle and reappointed government ministers sacked by former leader jacob zuma they include the former finance minister pravin gordhan is the new public enterprises mr zuma is ex-wife was also appointed. has promised what he calls a new dawn to fight corruption iraq is hoping to lure international investors to help develop its oil and gas industry with victory declared of i saw

a fight as government ministers are meeting executors in berlin to discuss how to exploit its vast reserves dominic kane reports. iraq has some of the world's largest proven oil and gas reserves much of them yet to be exploited because of years of war this installation in kirkuk is a case in point nine billion barrels of recoverable oil are believed to be underground government forces dislodged kurdish fighters from here last october now government leaders in baghdad are keen to boost production. we have endeavored to reassess this failed of production of this great reserve we have reached an agreement with british giant b.p. to carry out seismic survey operations and studies to raise the output past it as much as seven hundred fifty thousand barrels per day when he signed the deal b.p.'s representative said if the field is looked after it will be prosperous for the whole country for generations to come and that's the problem for the iraqi

government maintaining control of the oil fields so as to release the revenue they contain the federal minister says they have defeated the threat from eisel but the group was blamed for killing two policemen and guarding oil fields last weekend. which matters because there is so much natural wealth under the ground surveys suggest iraq has more than one hundred forty billion barrels of proven oil reserves right now the whole country produces just four point three million barrels per day generating as much as ninety percent of revenue for the economy. if x. ability to export has improved a lot compared to what we used to have before i sell in two thousand and three and two thousand and four we didn't produce more than three and a half million barrels a day whoever for the past two years our production capacity has been much larger this doesn't mean they were full output now factors like oil market conditions and opec cuts are intervening. with so much oil the market for natural gas has been

overlooked for many years iraq is estimated to have more than three trillion cubic metres of natural gas reserves with only a fraction being exported here two ministers are looking to raise revenue. this is the venue where for the next two days delegates will be thrashing out the major issues facing the iraqi oil and gas industry for the coming year the question will be what sort of progress what result this conference will achieve dominant came. aftershocks continue to rattle a puff when they get powerful earthquake left at least fourteen people dead monday seven point five magnitude quake caused landslides and several buildings to collapse in the country's remote highlands a five point seven magnitude quake hit on choose day local media reporting as many as thirty people were killed. afghans have lived through decades of war and instability one of the biggest threats they face now are landmines there from

either the soviet invasion or the fight against the taliban more than two thousand afghans were killed or injured by landmines last year about five times the number of civilians killed six years ago the aid group the halo trust estimates there are up to six hundred forty thousand landmines laid in afghanistan since one thousand nine hundred seventy nine although most known battlefields have been cleared afghanistan remains one of the world's most mined countries jennifer glass has more from southern afghanistan local afghan farmers watering their crops came upon this and anti-tank mine buried for decades land mines remain an everyday threat especially in southern afghanistan where they kill or injure nearly ninety people a model a tractor hit this mine but it didn't detonate that's the d. miners job now. about two kilometers up the road they are clearing mines from the village of personify to do

it as quickly as possible machines till the earth then d. miners check the soil for explosives this was once a frontline almost anywhere fighters have been there could be mines too and they planted during the fighting in different villages and different houses. in conflict and people are turned back to their villages it's inside their houses orchards streets in even you know but ours in other areas in the communities that's what happened here this was once barren desert people started to return a decade ago to build and farm instead they found binds the mines here are mainly mines left over from the soviets in the one nine hundred eighty s. as much as two hundred square kilometers here a jury district are believed to be contaminated but even as the miners are getting rid of old mines from the previous conflict they face new problems from current

fighting disrupting the local population and also causing casualties razia was herding sheep with three other children in neighboring maiwand district when they pick something up it exploded two children were killed another girl lost a leg and fingers razia lost both hands with we need your brain there are people who give children balloons or chewing go in return for a piece of metal so then children go out looking for metal sometimes when they find it it turns out to be a bomb the u.n. says in situations like that it's impossible to know who's explosives were in the field the taliban denies using minds but the u.n. says it does. as of about two thousand and ten there was verified use of improvised victim activated devices of improvised landmines and the un has evidence that the taliban has been planting improvised landmines in afghanistan u.n. officials want to start removing abandoned roadside bombs and other explosives to

do that they'll have to negotiate with all sides of the conflict to access areas where recent fighting has ended. it's a big problem every day one or two people step on a mine both sides plant explosives but if the government and the taliban the other day an old man was looking after his cattle and the bomb exploded the un's new plan is a bold one but officials hope it will make life a bit safer for civilians who are so often the victims of this long war jennifer glass al-jazeera the saab southern afghanistan russia's famous sea of ballet is performing and for the first time as part of a cultural exchange trying to eighteen is being declared russia year of culture many reports from opera house. it's just one hour before the performance and artistic director ellen the show the copa

what is on his heart to ensure that action before they take opera house stage they can't put a foot wrong as the more we hear about a company has to maintain a reputation as one of the best in the gold all one needs to bring there the so over russian people all the people. eagle morsi have founded the company in one thousand nine hundred thirty seven it was the first traditional folk dance into its repertoire with an aim to reflect the world's diverse cultures customs and costumes. it's important to share this kind of art because the builds bridges between nations . we want to share with people the kindness in a g. sincerity and openness of the russian people. should recover says the value lies in ink gauging a worldwide audience to sharing and exchanging ideas through culture. the

art is higher than politics or even the political is clever but the culture of for them means something you know we are not pollute curse we are all the people. during the year of college russia showcasing more than one hundred exhibitions and shows in the cutter and all starting with the dance company here in qatar as opera house now the artistic director of the company says she thinks this cultural exchange will help to build bridges and showcase the rich history of russian. both carter and russia believe these are plants are important to promote stronger ties between the two nations. this is the year this year of culture reflects the wealth of creativity in both

countries and the desire of intellectuals and innovators to build bridges and revive common values to see the culture of. the service culture of you to see this wonderful city or to be here for a couple of. i would like to have more people from. come to russia. given his company drew on the photo additions softly and took the world by storm a legacy show because it's a time and to continue. the work i've had me out to sierra to house. quick look at the top stories on al-jazeera russia's military is reporting heavy mortar fire in syria's eastern towards blaming the rebels who deny involvement russian led poison fighting was supposed to have come into effect about two hours

ago the goal was to allow people to leave through evacuation corridors we're going to dean live in inside he told us all about the continued fighting. there was a fighting going. on yesterday and good. we hear that. buildings firing really expect to. maybe some. mysterious new story with about even though there is mortals in that in. saudi arabia's king some man has replaced top military commanders and a shake up of the kingdom's defense ministry no official reason was given for the overhaul but it comes as the country faces growing criticism over the war in yemen . russia has vetoed a u.n.

resolution which criticized iran for failing to prevent its weapons from falling into the hands of the rebels in yemen instead the security council unanimously adopted a russian proposed resolution which did not mention iran the us is threatening its own action against iran prosecutors in south korea are demanding a thirty year prison sentence for the deposed president park geun head she denies bribery abuse of power and coercion last year she began the first democratically elected south korean president to be impeached over a corruption scandal involving business and political elite. so that because new president is announced says she changes in a cabinet reshuffle andrey appointed governments to sacked former leader jacob zuma they include the former finance minister pravin gordhan who's the new public enterprises minister dumas ex-wife was also appointed so rem opposes promise what he calls

a new dawn to fight corruption. as the headlines the news continues here on al-jazeera after rebel kicks ahead of the september twenty fourth national election survey showed job and was satisfied with the state of their economy this is easily the start news biggest tech success story the company was bought by microsoft in two thousand and eleven we bring you the stories that are shaping the economic world we live in counting the cost at this time on al-jazeera digital technology is that a miss intimacy and he's meant and even longer not. in the ability to keep billions of calculations in our pockets it seems the discovery and he didn't mention. in which everything in our lives can be increased and tracked and intent is money. that is convenience profit and surveillance the only needs these powers. now gentlemen.