quentin sommerville has the latest. quentin: this is the moment hope turns to panic, when today's evacuations from eastern aleppo went wrong. "those people are being threatened by the regime," shout the activists. they are running away from the crossing point. "hurry up, hurry up. they are going to shoot at us. we have been following him for six months." the man beside him starts to sob. and then the gunfire begins. hezbollah fighters were shooting at evacuees, it seems over the head just to scare them. with that, the cease-fire in aleppo collapsed. thousands made it out overnight, clinging to anything they could. but today in the streets of eastern aleppo, tens of thousands more were still trapped. the rebels weren't living up to their side of the bargain, said the regime, by allowing trapped shiite civilians to leave the rebel held territory. by evening, a compromise was in the works that could get the buses moving again. but for this man and his wife and children, it means another day stuck inside aleppo. >> we don't

quentin sommerville, bbc news, istanbul. iamjoined by i am joined byjeremy bowen.cussed tomorrow by the un security council. what an we expect? talking about any resolution and ways of protecting the people. —— a new resolution. there have been disputes about the drafting of it. initially the russians said they would veto it and now they say they will not. but i detect the sound of sta ble will not. but i detect the sound of stable doors being shot after the horse has bolted with protecting people in syria. that is because of disagreements between the big powers, the permanent members, and especially the russians and the americans on the security council in the last five years. the whole process of international diplomacy about syria has been paralysed. while it will be excellent if a resolution does manage to save some lives of innocent people in aleppo, really, there have been so many people who have died because of in action in the past. and now because of the size of the crisis in aleppo there needs to be a big rethink on all sides about how the world approache

our middle east correspondent quentin sommerville starts our coverage. aleppo, here was a fight that torah city of heart and split a nation. today the battle ended with a convoy of white flags, and cautiously, eastern aleppo began to empty. in the thousands, rebel fighters, the sick, and the injured were transported away. nearby, government supporters rejoiced. they praise to god, syria and bashar al-assad. the most desperate were the first to leave. the fear and the anxiety showed. their rebellion is over, but before they reached relative safety, there was one final journey across enemy lines. the ambulance didn't get far. >> the ambulance convoy was shot by the regime forces. we have to move so we don't get shelled or vomited. -- bombed. quentin: and then panic as syrian government jets flew overhead. people feared an attack. in the first convoy, the ambulance driver was badly wounded. one of his passengers was killed. hope is precarious here. the cease-fire had already collapsed once, but more buses set off and made it through. ,n the rebel-held count

our middle east correspondent quentin sommerville has this report.ind some of the images distressing. if only the ceasefire in aleppo hadn't collapsed, then this might never have needed to happen. they are doing the best they can here, but this hospital is barely functioning. these are not surgeons. there are none left in eastern aleppo, so nurses perform the operation. it is a caesarean. translation: the child has a birth defect. we immediately brought the mother here to the operating room for a caesarean, which we are doing now. the mother is in a bad way and her baby boy even worse. but everyone here is at their wits end. eastern aleppo is out of options. translation: as soon as the patient arrived, i told the red cross that the patient needed emergency surgery but there was no answer because the evacuation is still suspended. some of the sick made it out of here on thursday but not nearly enough. after 2a hours, the ceasefire collapsed. there are now 100 badly injured people trapped here. he has been stuck here for three days, says this man. he h

with more, here's our correspondent quentin sommerville if only the ceasefire in aleppo hadn't collapseds might never have needed to happen. they are doing the best they can here, but this hospital is barely functioning. these are not surgeons. there are none left in eastern aleppo, so nurses perform the operation. it is a caesarean. translation: the child has a birth defect. we immediately brought the mother here to the operating room for a caesarean, which we are doing now. the mother is in a bad way and her baby boy even worse. but everyone here is at their wits end. eastern aleppo is out of options. translation: as soon as the patient arrived, i told the red cross that the patient needed emergency surgery but there was no answer because the evacuation is still suspended. some of the sick made it out of here on thursday but not nearly enough. after 2a hours, the ceasefire collapsed. there are now 100 badly injured people trapped here. he has been stuck here for three days, says this man. he has a head injury. we have tried to leave but they stopped us. and here is one of the hold—ups.

quentin sommerville, bbc news, istanbul. spoke to david schenker, a middle east analyst from the washington institute. i asked him what chance there is that the evacuations will continue this time. it appears you have an agreement now between the french and the russians they will sign on to a un resolution and allow in some observers potentially. i think that as long as assad is able to get his own people out of these rebel—held areas then he may let the people from aleppo get out. this is obviously very little and very late. there are tens of thousands of people who have been killed by the assad regime and the russians. we had a situation where the rebels were also burning buses. they said that their end of the agreement, they hadn't agreed to certain conditions. itjust seems it does not end. no. you have a lot of very angry people here. the rebels, after putting up a valiant fight with no international assistance are basically getting starved and barrel bombed out. they are able in fits and starts to leave aleppo but now t

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quentin sommerville, bbc news, istanbul.east analyst at the washington institute. hejoins us now. there isjust such a desperate situation, such desperate conditions for people in eastern aleppo. evacuations have been stop start. what hope is there that they will continue? it appears we have an agreement now between the french and the russians, they will sign on to a un resolution and allow when observers, potentially. i think that as long as assad is able to get his own people out of these rebel areas then he may let the people from aleppo get out. this is obviously very little and very late. there are tens of thousands of people who have been killed by the assad regime and the russians. we had a situation where the rebels we re had a situation where the rebels were also burning buses. they said that there and of the agreement they had agreed to certain agreements. it just seems it does not end. now. you have many angry people here. the rebels, after putting up a valiant fight was no international assistance as starved and b