also built in less than one generation developing countries want to be developed countries in the world we have to be pretty cool when you revere and feel the pretty rough and tough men singapore's founding father created a nation of political dynasty but the family disputes undermining that legacy what's happened to the family and what's happened in singapore's institutions i just don't know what would have caused the more grief people in power investigates the house that leap in at this time on al-jazeera. conflicting reports of shelling and as strikes just hours into a temper seize fire in syria's eastern goods district. and i'm jane that and this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up a u.n.

resolution taking aim at iran for fueling the war in yemen fails. prosecutors in south korea push for a tough sentence for ousted president park geun hay. and a cabinet reshuffle in south africa offers clues about the priorities of the new president cyril ramaphosa. after ten days of intense bombardment on syria's eastern goes where the fighting was supposed have stopped at least temporarily but both sides are accusing the other of violations russia ordered a daily five pause in the rebel held district on monday after days of international pressure russia says car doors would be set out to allow civilians to leave this is why for dean crossing between good and damascus the world health organization says more than a thousand sick. and wounded are on the list needing evacuation from there more

than five hundred fifty people have been killed and hundreds more wounded in the past ten days on sunday opposition doctors reported a suspected poison gas attack more than four hundred thousand people chatter nice and good which has been under siege since twenty thirty in the deal fall short of a u.n. resolution calling for a thirty day cease fire we did badin lives in duma inside eastern good he says the assault on the area has continued despite the pause there was a fighting deadline. on the eastern good. we heard it in buildings this firing we expect to. maybe some calmer atmosphere in eastern with about even that there is mortals in that in. matters and

do my city how we trust this regime that is shelling us and a bomb being gassed for the for the for the last five years how between night and the day. the one who is shelling me and the night. truce and humanitarian cross for the eastern goods and the morning we are. we. want the united nations. supervise this truth not the regime and the recent position. xenophon joins us live from beirut so just hearing that they've obviously been violations wondering what this means for the cease fire. well there was a little violence artillery shells hitting strikes targeting two towns but there

were no civilian deaths five hour pause in the fighting is not a permanent lasting cease fire that is what the people of eastern want it is what the people of eastern with are demanding the u.n. security council meeting on saturday approved a resolution calling for a thirty day truce so little violence in an hour from now that five hour temporary lull in the fighting and we're expecting to resume it really has been ten days of hell really for the people of more than five hundred fifty people killed thousands injured in an enclave which is under siege the russian military accusing the rebels of targeting in the vacuum ration for door that they set up so that civilians can leave the enclave the rebels of course denying this saying that that we are not preventing civilians from leaving but we understand from talking to people inside no one wants to leave because they're too scared where are they going to go to they're going to have to cross into government controlled territories what security

guarantees do they have that they will not be arrested or sent to prison so civilians too scared to leave most of them are telling us that ok after the five hour truce is it legitimate to start killing us again or do they just want us to leave our homes so the choice is death or displacement and it seems that these syrians working alongside the russians are going to take the. yes it's the decision that's a decision that has been taken by the pro-government alliance and now because their men are no longer overstretched fighting many battle fronts their focus is on the eastern eastern bloc that has been a thorn in the side of the government just outside damascus the seat of power have been able to threaten damascus they can fire mortars. into the syrian capital so they want eastern at whatever price so what they're going to do is be behind this pressure this bombardment so that the civilians and the rebels will say enough is enough ok we surrender and this is what happens really in aleppo syria second

largest city the rebels control the east of the city we saw this massive campaign launched by the government air strikes a ground offensive until the rebel surrenders so the question is how much more bombardment are we going to see for the until the pro-government alliance you know comes up with whatever they want from eastern thank you for that. saudi arabia's king has replaced top military commanders the defense ministry shake up comes ninety three years off to saddam led forces went to war in neighboring yemen and russia has vetoed a u.n. resolution criticizing iran for failing to prevent weapons from reaching it rainy and backed the rebels and just type of. saudi arabia's military might on display. saudi generals have been leading a coalition of forces attacking the peace in yemen for nearly three years running back rebels who pose the internationally recognized government to stand up to the

door how to remain in control of large areas of the country of the saudi armed forces have been internationally criticized for killing thousands of yemenis or cause widespread destruction and achieving little. abilities all solid has announced a reshuffle of the army's chief of staff and the heads of ground and air defense forces. the war in yemen there is a serious failure when it comes to the so the area that is growing because says i'm from international community and there is a serious pressure there so to stop to stop what they are doing now and change course if it's needed i think so that it 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 the most notable dismissal was the military chief of staff general abdul rahman bin salah bin yen is being sidelined to become

a royal court consultant is replacement is the former commander of the royal saudi air force general fayyad bin honeyed brady well the changes were approved by king some months analysts say it's crown prince mohammed bin some known who's likely to have been the driving force. the shake up followed russia's vetoing of a un resolution which would have criticized iran for failing to prevent weapons falling into the hands of who the rebels in yemen it's the first time russia has protected iran in the security council the fifteen member security council did however unanimously adopt a russian proposed resolution which extends targeted sanctions on iran related to the war in yemen russia doesn't like the outcome of certain expert panel reports it just doesn't like the messages doesn't mean it's been doing everything they say so we'll be watching our colleagues for the good of the united nations system to fight in fact that is what your text doesn't reflect everything in the panel of experts or both as a mention of us told to campuses not the same mention the whole thing. by the

saudis in the in the galaxy of you know resolution so our textbook single post of what i'm about to set text because the support of the council on this momentous thank you very much whatever the case saudi arabia continues to face international criticism for airstrikes which are targeted markets hospitals and other civilian areas aid groups also blame a saudi led blockade for pushing millions of yemenis to the brink of famine in al-jazeera. the european court of justice has ruled that a fisheries deal between the in morocco may not include the waters off the disputed western sahara region the area has been contested since rocca claimed to achieve as its own in one thousand nine hundred seventy five that's when spanish colonialist withdrew from the region the un says the western sahara has a right to self-determination. south korean prosecutors are demanding a thirty year prison sentence for the deposed president park when he denies bribery

abuse of power and coercion last year she became the first democratically elected south korean president to be impeached of a corruption scandal involving business and political elite robin wright has more from seoul. parthian 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 and 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 north korea has confirmed it will send athletes to next month's paralympics in south korea according to local media representatives from both countries met in the chiefs village attention on to discuss that it just takes the north plans to send about one hundred fifty people including athletes and. supporters so as try to use the pyong chang games to open up dialogue between north

korea and the u.s. p.j. came from hancock university a foreign studies in seoul thinks it's pretty likely that the u.s. and north korea will start diplomatic level discussions. for the for her past a few days we've been getting indications from washington that united states is actually carefully watching what's happening in terms of in the korean dialogue at this point and the united states has expressed their willingness to come to the table somehow if north korea is willing to move towards the do nuclearization so you know states it's not staying firmly in place it's coming closer to the table the way many observers are seeing here so this is all going movement right here and north korea has repeatedly said it specially the head of delegation this time has repeatedly said for the last three days that they want to talk so therefore i think one way or another we'll get to see some kind of dialogue or you know united states is making this thing through between talk and dialogue and talk as initial form to

get to the dialogue and we'll get this is some kind of talk happening between washington and pretty soon still ahead on al-jazeera. you know right to be must kill like. an emotional appeal to save their were hanging by and cheese fellow nobel peace laureate. and from russia with love how dancers are spreading a message of kindness around the world. welcome back as we take a look at weather conditions across the northeastern parts of asia first of all we're going to see a frontal system developing over the next twenty four hours which will result in some heavy rain there for shanghai and then through into thursday system pushing

further north so across japan some really heavy rain on the northern edge is going to be significant snow fall so certainly for sapporo snow is likely at times but there's really strong winds and it made for some pretty unsettled weather conditions colder conditions pushing down across the korean peninsula pyongyang there just one but beijing still looking at relatively mild weather there into double figures across more southern portions of china and taiwan this frontal system is going to be active given some heavy rain pushing through fuzhou during the course of wednesday through into thursday should all have clear by then we're looking brighter conditions fine for hong kong so you can pretty good across much of indochina too with annoying vietnam there seen temperatures of twenty seven degrees heading down in southeastern parts of asia we've got a few showers around the philippines but nothing particularly heavy at the moment java may see one into downpours but otherwise weather conditions are looking fairly quiet across much of this region at the moment and these are move out through them in a pinch a singapore in kuala lumpur should be generally dry for the north into tire should be largely fine morning bangkok with highs of thirty five.

the story of one of the most successful p.r. campaigns in the us. study after study has demonstrated that israeli perspectives dominate american media coverage what part of this can you get through your thick head is hamas a terrorist organization the only thing that you're going to say is what we want to use and if you don't say it we're not to let you speak it would be very hard for ordinary americans to know that they're being deceived the occupation of the american mind at this time on al-jazeera.

and again you're watching out is there a mind of our top stories a russian led pause in fighting in the syrian rebel held on claims of eastern grid has been reportedly violated hours after coming into effect both sides are blaming each other the world health organization says more than a thousand sick and wounded people are on an evacuation list saudi arabia's king salmon has replaced top military commanders in a shake up of the kingdom's defense ministry no official reason was given for the whole but it comes as the country faces growing criticism over the war in yemen. south korean prosecutors are demanding a thirty year prison sentence for the deposed president at her corruption trial been paid denies bribery abuse of power incursion she was impeached last year because of a ford scandal involving business needs. so that because new presidents are all wrong oppose it has announced changes in a cabinet reshuffle and reappointed government ministers sacked by the formally to

jacob zuma they include former finance minister pravin gordhan is the new public enterprises minister zuma is ex-wife was also appointed poses promise what he calls a new dawn to fight corruption also knight is executive director of the council for the advancement of the south african constitution he says the reshuffle indicates a change in direction. i think one of the striking features of this new cabinet is that ten ministers this down to jacob zuma have been fired by sort of a pause and i think that's a real statement of intent yes it does not go as far as some people would have liked and it's clearly not rome opposers first choice cabinet he described it this morning as a transitional cabinet to take the governing party from now until the next elections in twenty nineteen and it is to be hoped that dharm opposable ben stein piece of power to run on the new national executive from that board forward but having said that i think what the clear signal diverse come out of yesterday's reshuffle is that the economic cost of ministries finance public enterprises trade

and industry and so on have been strengthened and that's a clear sign of the priority that drama policy is going to see these new government take in nigeria people say they scared to return to the school where gunmen abducted one hundred ten girls last week classes have resumed induct village nigeria's govern has admitted for the first time that the girls were kidnapped by suspected boko haram nigeria's force is searching for the missing goes afghans of its for decades of war on insta but as you know one of the biggest threats they face mines left from either the soviet invasion or the fight against the taliban well in two thousand afghans were killed or injured by land mines 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 nine hundred seventy nine although most known battlefields have

been cleared afghanistan remains one of the world's most mined countries if a glass is more from southern afghanistan. 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 that the miners job now. about two kilometers up the road they are clearing mines from the village of possibly to do it as quickly as possible machine still 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 as 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 mind 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 dari district are believed to be contaminated but even as the miners are getting rid of old lions 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 my juan 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 to be there are people who give children balloons or chewing gum in return for

a piece of metal so then children go out looking for metal and 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 taleban 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 u.n. 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 or what. 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. and sons or chief faces a new warning from sri woman who like her are nobel peace prize winners they. needed to condemn the violence against ringo refugees or face possible prosecution for genocide this comes as the un's human rights council in geneva city hear from him as minister of international cooperation in the coming hours such elop as has the story. accounts of violence and bloodshed now victims share their stories with three nobel peace laureates irish peace activists wire is one of the peace prize winners visiting. camps she is urging lawnmowers leader aung san suu kyi to visit some of the country's most affected areas i would like to go into burma to visit our sister laura to ask her sister laureate to go to the villages where the people

and mostly been flattened and destroyed the abbott and the other side is being well covered as we speak and i would like to thank you if you're pumping out to the villages and go up people until i actually i think there you. are right larry. all three laureates united for the same cause tawakkol karman from yemen and iranians. also visit a cox bazaar they say myanmar's government and sochi also a nobel laureate must be held accountable for what's happening to the revenger failing to do so they warn could lead to prosecution for genocide if she couldn't is still only this girl and she has to resign now that's a very important otherwise she will be. with the international criminal court almost seven hundred thousand to hinge or have fled the country since the start of

a military crackdown six months ago myanmar's army says it's targeting terrorists these nobel laureates are urging the u.n. security council and the international criminal court to hold the government accountable suchi has not yet publicly condemned the violence. we have not only come to listen to the tragic stories of these refugees we are above all a loudspeaker for their voices to be echoed throughout the world and to make the world aware of their plight we urge the international community and governments to help end this crisis we urge the u.n. security council to take measures to bring me and mas government to book we are the voice of the oppressed range. a call for accountability and hope that the call of these peace laureates will be heard beyond this community devastated by violence cuts hello poseable yon al-jazeera. voters will have to wait longer to elect a new government after the spend months of the promised general election in

november the prime minister. says it will happen no later than february next year it's four years since the military coup and pressure is mounting for a return to civilian rule the u.s. supreme court has dealt a blow to tone trumps attempts to end protections for undocumented immigrants who entered the country as children's refused to hear a pin by the trumpet ministration to end the dream as program committee as more for washington d.c. . it's an issue that has divided americans for years the deferred action for childhood arrivals or dock a program was put in place by president barack obama it allows hundreds of thousands of young immigrants brought to the u.s. illegally as children to live and work in the united states. trump wanted to end it and plan to start phasing out the program in march raising the threat of deportation for many of the so-called dreamers but last month two federal judges

blocked that saying it needs to go through the legal system so the trumpet ministration tried to bypass the federal appeals court by taking it to the country's highest court on monday the supreme court refused to hear the case well it makes its way through the appeals court. the administration is appealing lower court rulings to the ninth circuit the same court the block the president's controversial travel ban that would deny entry to people from mostly muslim majority countries it's true shared when every single case filed against us is in the ninth circuit we lose we lose we lose and then we do fine in the supreme court but what does that tell you about our court system the supreme court announcement is a victory for roughly seven hundred thousand dreamers. for months they've been demanding congress act to protect them from deportation. congress has failed to come up with a solution the white house says it's not giving up but that legal process could

take months leaving the ultimate fate of dreamers uncertain kimberley health get al-jazeera washington noways mark the tenth anniversary of the so-called doomsday seed vault by promising to spend thirteen million dollars upgrading at the facility acts as a security for the world seed stock in our houses just under a million samples after receiving seventy thousand new crop varieties on monday the global sea vault is on the arctic island of what russia's famous mostly of ballet is performing and for the first time as part of a cultural exchange twenty eighteen has been declared cattle russia a year of culture or bird manley reports from the house opera house. oh. it's just one hour before the performance and artistic director ellen the show coppa works with dances hard to insure that action before they take opera house

stage and they can't put a foot wrong as a ballet company has to maintain a reputation as one of the best in the gold our mission to bring their saw over russian people all the people with her dog. eagle mostly have founded the company in one thousand nine hundred thirty seven it was the first week 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 by the culture for them means something you know we are not the political persons we are all the people. during the year of culture russia showcasing more than one hundred exhibitions and shows and carter and all starting with a movie set down the company here and qatar as an opera house now the artistic director of the company says she hopes the sculpture exchange will help to build bridges and showcase the rich history of russian. both carter and russia believe these offense are important to promote stronger ties between the two nations. this is our 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 speak here for a couple of weeks. i would like to have more people from. going to russia. with the openness company drew on the for traditions of the stasi and took by a legacy show because it's determined to continue. the work that the out of the right job. done here with the headlines on al-jazeera a russian led pause in fighting the syrian rebel held on cave of eastern good has been reportedly violated hours after coming into effect both sides are blaming each other the world health organization says more than one thousand sick and wounded

people are on the evacuation list when he spoke to me where did my hoodie in he lives in do men inside. and he describe the situation that there was a fighting going. on yesterday and go to. we heard that. buildings this firing we expect to. may be calmer this fear in eastern get about even that there is mortals in that. it matters and to my city saudi arabia's king someone has replaced top military commanders in the shakeup 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 the saudi led coalition is supporting pro-government forces fighting he's you able

backed by iran. south korean prosecutors are demanding a thirty year prison sentence for the deposed president at her corruption trial. denies bribery abuse of power and coersion she was impeached last year following mass protests and a scandal involving business leaders exerting political influence north korea has confirmed it will send athletes to next month's paralympics in south korea according to local media representatives from both countries mates in the truce village to discuss the logistics the north plans to send about one hundred fifty people including athletes and supporters so it has tried to use the games to open up dialogue between north korea and the u.s. so that it is new president pose as announced thursday changes in a cabinet reshuffle and reappointed government is sacked before many to jacob zuma they include former finance minister pravin gordhan is the new public enterprises

minister those are the headlines let's turn over to inside story and so much of. raising awareness of the plight of the way we. visit a refugee camp in bangladesh to hear all the suffering but does the visit help the muslim minority and is it embarrassing for me and my. own son so cheap this is inside story.