press that point so let's just take a look at what the un human rights council actually is at this point and it's a governing body looking to strengthen the promotion and protection of human rights around the world and the council has forty seven seats filled by member states elected for three year terms the irony well ten members of the current council are accused of violating human rights they are burundi egypt rwanda cuba venezuela china india saudi arabia the united arab emirates and the philippines the alleged violations include actually judicial killings torture sexual assault arbitrated tension and targeted travel bans i mean so when you look at that list you can see that saudi is by no means alone here why does so many countries with questionable human rights records sit on this u.n. council unfortunately i think mechanisms like the human rights council and you know where it governments are members of this council you know we see that human rights have taken. a back seat and there's a tradeoff between political interests and human rights and i think it's a moment for the u.n. to

un human rights council began its opening session this week in geneva today oppression is fashionable again the security state is back. and fundamental freedoms are in retreat in every region of the world. and nowhere more so than in syria's still no ceasefire the bombing the killing and maiming have not stopped in eastern guta although the government says it's responding to rebel shelling on the capital of damascus and it is important for the united nations to step up to the plate. outside the chamber men who know all about challenges syrian members of the white helmet rescue teams talking to a colleague inside eastern gotoh. we do not need assistance we need a ceasefire and a stop to the bloodshed and massacres being committed against civilians women and children against guta. no average this days of emotional milk but the only think that continues to give us the strength is a smile that we see on a child's they or words seen from a father or mother. the resident a crisis for me and ma has been described by the un as a textbook example of ethnic cleansing and the fastest growing ref

and two british attorneys are calling on the un human rights council to suspend saudi arabia over its own rights record. from a fresh coastal breeze. to watching the sunset on the australian outback. hello there well for some of us in russia it has been very wintery recently it's all thanks to this little calmer of cloud here and it's moscow where we've seen some of the heaviest snow falls in fact some places reporting around sixteen centimeters of snow just falling in a twenty four hour period as you can see causing a little bit of disruption there now the system responsible for that is moving away towards the east but you can see the next system is working its way across many parts of europe and that's hitting the cold day in the east so we all seeing a lot of that turn to snow we're also seeing plenty of wintery weather across the alps and that system stretches all the way down into parts of spain as it sinks its way southwards it's going to be across parts of the mediterranean where we have some of the stormiest of the weather on friday so here for us across the valley erik's and

un human rights council began its opening session this week in geneva today oppression is fashionable again. the security state is back. and fundamental freedoms are in retreat in every region of the world. and nowhere more so than in syria still no ceasefire the bombing the killing and the may have not stopped in eastern guta although the government says it's responding to revel shelling on the capital of damascus and it is important for the united nations to step up to the plate and. outside the chamber men who know all about challenges syrian members of the white helmet rescue teams talking to a colleague inside eastern goto. we do not need assistance we need a ceasefire and a stop to the bloodshed and massacres being committed against civilians women and children against guta. no average to stays off emotional milk the only think that continues to give us the strength is a smile that we see on the sides they are words seen from a father or mother. the resident a crisis or me and my has been described by the un as a textbook example of ethnic cleansing and the fastest growing refug

rights representatives some countries around the world and spoken at the un human rights council in geneva it's painted a dire picture of the situation millions of facing the changes more from geneva. it was meant to be a celebration the seventieth anniversary of the universal declaration of human rights but the shadow of conflict was costing a mood of pessimism across the powers of nations as the un human rights council began its opening session this week in geneva today oppression is fashionable again this security state is back. and fundamental freedoms are in retreat in every region of the world. and nowhere more so than in syria still no ceasefire the bombing the killing and the maiming have not stopped in eastern guta although the government says it's responding to rebel shelling on the capital of damascus and it is important for the united nations to step up to the plate. and it is outside the chamber men who know all about challenges syrian members of the white helmet rescue teams talking to a colleague inside eastern goto. we did not need assistance we need a ceasefire and

foreign minister has called on the un human rights council to put an end to the blockade on his country by its neighbors saudi arabia egypt bahrain and the u.a.e. all cut ties with account are in june. and i thought he says the council must act and victims should be compensated. or better if any report by the u.n. shows there are grave and violent violations of human rights by the blockading countries against our citizens and residents i call on the council to shoulder the responsibility and work and putting an end to the violations of human rights those responsible must be held accountable and victims must be compensated. to barcelona now where riot police a fourth with probe independence supporters protesting against a visit by the king of spain i. i believe stop protesters from approaching the venue of a mobile phone trade show he was opening king philippe was making his first visit to catalonia since the independence referendum in october which was ruled illegal by judges in madrid the kings being criticized for a lack of empathy with catalonia and for refusing to promote settlement

us foreign minister has called on the human rights the un's human rights council to help put an end to the blockade on his country by its neighbors saudi arabia bahrain the u.a.e. and egypt cut ties with in june mohammed bin abdul rahman al thani says that the council must act and the victims should be compensated. the us dollar to walk out on that if any report by the u.n. shows there are grave and violent violations of human rights by the blockading countries against our citizens and residents i call on the council to shoulder the responsibility of putting an end to the violations of human rights those responsible must be held accountable and victims must be compensated. the party of germany's chancellor angela merkel has approved a deal to renew its coalition with the social democrats the decision by the christian democratic union puts merkel a step closer to a fourth term as leader social democrats will announce on monday whether its members support the deal germany has been without a government for five months after merkel's party lost ground to the far right in september election

comes from the un's human rights council's independent expert on sudan so one of you is not telling the truth you decide which one is which obviously we have telling the truth but only to accusing the other side of not telling the terrorists but not about you are by implication but sometimes envoys exaggerated things for reasons that i'm not going to talk about and why would this one exaggerate and he's from any such sorry state no not just on many i know i met through with him many times he reflects the stories sometimes of political opposition not the certainly that there are less but political opposition in our part of the world would like to undermine governments and this is an ordinary behavior not mistake on the over the years you've flown around the world smoothly and fluently denying all the accusations of human rights abuses that are directed at your government you criticize them as either liars or they're fabricating or they're exaggerating or whatever but seriously who do you think people are going to believe you with a president who is a fugitive from international justice o

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 stil

human rights council saying that the we continued saying that many alleged perpetrators are still employed and active in your security services so you don't even suspend them when they're on a suspicion of well well i think most of them they have. suspended i don't say that one hundred percent now there is no people suspected to be be involved in these kind of practices but the most of them were found one of the penalties for torture in your country it's a balance it's not such torture is forbidden by law an example of the penalties in two cases in july twenty fifteen where officials were found guilty they received a suspended sentence but that's not bad not a deterrent yes but that's not the government meeting torture yes but that's not a government of presiding over a country that doesn't deal with basic justice here but this is a very matter of justice is not a matter of within you i took it to executive minister ziad bond are you proud of this and i'm not of course i'm not so what's going to be even about is happening if we are i am sure my people and our people let their looking to th

human rights council in geneva is set to hear from in moscow minister of international cooperation in the coming hours it's cultural. accounts of violence and bloodshed now victims share their stories with three nobel peace laureates irish peace activists move eight maguire is one of the peace prize winners visiting rock into refugee camps she is urging only on mars leader aung san suu kyi to visit some of the country's most affected areas right on what. was called are their family out in front of the white house was the firing of each chunk. of. my first century right all three laureates united for the same cause tawakkol karman from yemen and iranians. also visit a cock's bazaar they say myanmar's government and suci also a noble 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 followed through with the international criminal court almost seven hundred thousand will hinge on how fled th

human rights council in geneva since august almost seven hundred thousand fled violence in me amman and taken refuge in bangladesh iraq and if you issue is not a religious one i repeat it is not a religious one but a political and economic challenge involving migration competition over limited resources already and the rule of law it does reasonably evolved from community conflict into the issues of national security and terrorism it has never been a case of religious discrimination all conflict between the two different feet and majority of muslims are residing peacefully and how many actually in the remaining but of this multi religious country according germany's a pastor willing to allow the cities to ban older diesel cars the measures have been imposed to tackle air pollution environmental campaigners have sued dozens of german cities arguing they have a duty to protect health the decision could have major implications for car makers in germany which is europe's largest car market some parts of britain are said to be colder than the arctic circle this week is due to a freak win

human rights council which is meeting in geneva but since august almost seven hundred thousand ranger fled violence and taken refuge in bangladesh. the iraq issue issue is not a religious one i repeat it is not a religious one but a political and economic challenge involving migration competition over limited resources of r.t. and the rule of law it has recently evolved from community conflict into the issues of national security and terrorism it has never been a case of religious discrimination or conflict between the two different faiths as majority of muslims are residing peacefully and harmoniously in the remaining parts of this multi religious country or they project or has more from those meetings in geneva. myanmar's minister for international cooperation didn't want mention the word but a hinge or jury his twelve minute speech here in geneva he said the conflict was very much a political challenge rather than a religious issue view totally at odds with what many people and observers and n.g.o.s and journalists have seen on the ground in myanmar he said that the whole crisis wa

human rights council which is meeting in geneva since august almost seven hundred thousand rangar a fled violence in myanmar and taken refuge in bangladesh. the euro kind is issue is not a religious one i repeat it is not a religious one but a political and economic challenge involving migration competition over limited resources poverty and the rule of law it does reasonably evolved from community conflict into the issues of national security and terrorism it has never been a case of religious discrimination or conflict between the two different feet majority of muslims are residing peacefully and harmoniously in the remaining part of this multi religious country prosecutors in south korea are seeking a thirty year prison sentence for former president park and hey the ousted leader faces charges of bribery abuse of power and coercion last year was formally removed from office and arrested of reallocations she colluded with a friend to take millions of dollars from companies in bribes of course sentence parks french oil shin cell to twenty years in prison earlier this month from mcb

to british lawyers are trying to get saudi arabia suspended from the un human rights council over its human rights record the kingdom is accused of arresting dozens of political activists and detaining them without charge so you has more from london. it's a case that has been given little attention given the recent state of affairs in saudi arabia thirty of its citizens detained without charge another thirty one who have apparently simply disappeared no one knows where they have gone or whether they're being held nor have they been charged with any offenses a violation of saudi and international rules say the british lawyers who authored the report into the arrests and are now calling for the un to suspend the government of saudi arabia from the human rights council if they are committed to human rights and the instruments that they signed up to as well as international law then there's no need for the suspension if they put that into practice but those who breach provisions of international codes should not be allowed to do that and still sit on a council that reviews human rights ar

can't oz foreign minister has called on the un human rights council to put an end to the blockade on his country by its neighbors saudi arabia egypt rain and the u.a.e. all cut ties with qatar last june. he says the council must act the victims should be compensated. the peril of the us dollar to walk around at a better than a report by the un shows there are great and violent violations of human rights by the blockading countries against our citizens and residents i call on the council to shoulder the responsibility and one can putting an end to the violations of human rights those responsible must be held accountable and victims must be compensated. the u.n. is calling for an investigation after security forces in the democratic republic of congo opened fire on protesters three people were killed and dozens of others injured in violence across the country that gathered after sunday church services calling for the president to resign peter shop reports. the catholic church has been at the forefront of demonstrations calling on the congress president joseph kabila to stand down. and

on the war in syria was a major focus on the first day of the un human rights council meeting in geneva talks will be held over the next four weeks david chase to reports the u.n. secretary general antonio good terrorists used his opening address to demand the immediate implementation of the cease fire in syria as the news came in of continued government attacks against the rebel held suburb of damascus eastern good cannot wait it's high time to stop these hell on earth and that remind all part of that absolutely geisha nineteenth national humanitarian and human rights law to protect civilians and civilian infrastructure at all times . and similarly efforts to combat terrorism do not supersede these obligations the outgoing human rights high commissioner for the u.n. as i'll hussein said he wish to be blunt about where the blame for what he called the slaughter house is really lay the responsibility for the continuation of so much pain lies with the five permanent members of the un security council so long as the veto is used by them to block any unity of action when it is needed the mo

secretary general has used his opening address at the un human rights council to call for an immediate cease fire in east and go to war in syria took center stage on the first day of high level discussions which are being held over the next four weeks they've achieved to has more from geneva the u.n. secretary general antonio good terrorise used his opening address to demand the immediate implementation of the cease fire in syria as the news came in of continued government attacks against the rebel held suburb of damascus is them good cannot wait it's high time to stop these health on her death and that remind all parties of their absolute obligation an international humanitarian and human rights law to protect civilians and civilian infrastructure at all times and similarly efforts to come backs terrorism do not supersede these obligations like the outgoing human rights high commissioner for the u.n. as i had herad al hussein said he wished to be blunt about where the blame for what he called the slaughter houses really lay the responsibility for the continuation of so much pain lies

human rights council in geneva since august almost seven hundred thousand ranger have fled violence in me and ma and taken refuge in bangladesh. the iraq issue is not a religious one i repeat it is not a religious one but a political and economic challenge involving migration competition over limited resources of r.t. and the rule of law it does reasonably evolved from community conflict into the issues of national security and terrorism it just never been a case of religious discrimination or conflict between the two different feet as men generally of muslims are residing peacefully and harmoniously in their remaining parts of this multi religious country at least five soldiers have been killed and ten others wounded in a bomb attack by marxist rebels in colombia the national liberation army rebels abandoned military vehicles on the road between the northern towns of people and salazar the las palmas attack came a day after the group said it would hold a unilateral cease fire during elections next month. and staying with colombia and one year after the government signed a peace dea

human rights council in geneva to hear from me and mas minister of international cooperation council opus of the un has the story. accounts of violence and bloodshed now victims share their stories with three nobel peace laureates irish peace activist maguire is one of peace prize winners visiting iraq into refugee camps she is urging on mars leader aung san suu kyi to visit some of the country's most affected areas right on what. was on. their family out in front of the white house was the firing beverage trying to draw on behalf of the right first century right all three laureates united for the same cause tawakkol karman from yemen and iranians to remember also visit a cock's 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 followed through with the international criminal court almost seven hundred thousand will hinge on how

human rights council which is meeting in geneva but since august almost seven hundred thousand ranger have fled violence in myanmar and taken refuge in bangladesh iraq an issue issue is not a religious one i repeat it is not a religious one but a political and economic challenge involving migration competition over limited resources already and the rule of law it has recently evolved from community conflict into the issues of national security and terrorism it has never been a case of religious discrimination or conflict between the two different feet majority of muslims are residing peacefully and how many actually in their remaining but of this multi religious country them a check to has more now from geneva. myanmar's minister for international cooperation didn't want mention the word what i hear injured during his twelve minute speech here in geneva he said the conflict was very much a political challenge rather than a religious issue view totally at odds with what many people and observers and n.g.o.s and journalists have seen on the ground in myanmar he said that the whole crisi

human rights council in geneva is set to hear from me and minister of international cooperation in the coming hours as a doing on a story. accounts of violence and bloodshed now victims share their stories with three nobel peace laureates irish peace activists movement choir is one of peace prize winners visiting for him to refugee camps she is urging me on mars leader aung san suu kyi to visit some of the country's most affected areas i would like to go into burma diverse and our sister laura to ask our sister laureate to go to the villages where these people and mostly been destroyed the album is being well covered as we speak and i would like to thank your pumping us to the villages. people who are actually i know there you. are right larry. all three laureates united for the same cause tawakkol karman from yemen and iranian she remembered also visit a cock's bazaar they say myanmar's government and suci also a noble 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 stand all this

resolutions in the un security council and the human rights group argued russia was really just trying to block the prosecution and any international action against its ally in syria syrian president bashar assad even though the group claimed that he was committing war crimes and human rights abuses on a grand scale james is the handling of this crisis by the u.n. underscoring the international powerlessness in the face of syria's for tract it were earlier this week we had unicef issuing a black blank statement and now this russian veto. i mean this is a big debate as to whether or not the u.n. security council is fit to task when it deals with these big international crises and where it really seems to always be a stumbling block is when there is a great power involvement there or the u.n. security council it structures that there are five permanent members russia the u.s. china britain and france and they've got this thing called a veto so if they want to they can stop action from the u.n. security council and when they have. when they see what's happening the ball whether it be syri

the un security council is expected to vote on a draft resolution in the coming days demanding a cease fire in the rebel held syria long. on the three hundred people have been killed in government has strikes this week alone russia denies involvement. police in nigeria say dozens of schoolgirls are feared missing after a bar harrar attack on a village in your state there are conflicting reports exactly regarding the situation and the number of people who remain unaccounted for in twenty fourteen block around the ducted more than two hundred seventy girls from the town of chip uk. now a philippine delegation is on its way to kuwait to talk about the condition of its workers in this gulf country the body of joana fair list's who worked as a maid was found inside a freezer in kuwait city last month hundreds of filipino workers are now being repatriated under the order of the presence of president. will the three hundred workers arrived in manila on wednesday and more than two thousand thought to have returned this month let's speak now to alan moore all blessed is a columnist and editor o

security council meeting to discuss the situation there this is the un human rights chief condemned the violence accusing the syrian government of carrying out a monstrous campaign of annihilation and diplomatic editor james spays reports the security council met to discuss the un's charter the governing document of the world organization with charter drawn up over seventy years ago gives the council a key role of maintaining peace and security a job it's miserably failed to do over the last seven years in syria as it met once again divided and impotent some of the worst violence of the war as eastern ghouta was once again bombarded for under thousand people that leave. in hell on earth and so my appeal to all those involved. is for any immediate suspension of all war activities in eastern guta there were in fact for one day two secretaries general in new york mr good terrorists his previous sesa bang ki-moon had also been invited to speak he also expressed concern at the continued bloodshed in the syrian situation you'd really have must come to an end it's going to be a seventy year in

rights council meeting in geneva the un secretary general also addressed the plight of me and miles range of muslims and turn your protest once full humanitarian access to rakhine state. are one of the most this could mean a to the against what you asians in the world and that has even was even before the crisis of the past. the private of nationality they have been subjected to extreme brutality by military forces and others and cast out of their omes and country in a clear example of ethnic cleansing there and that a siege is a group simply for who they are three nobel peace prize winners have called on their fellow laureate unsung suchi to speak out about violence against range of muslims warning she risks prosecution for genocide and writs are visiting rangers in camps in bangladesh they told them in my leader to wake up to the atrocities facing the refugees being modest not recognize the range as an ethnic group and as blame violence in rakhine and subsequent military crackdowns on those they call terrorists. right mcguire's one of the laureates visiting cox's bazaar she says t

security council yet like in physics we also know human rights to be a strong force perhaps the strongest force for whenever someone in new york calls a topic too sensitive there's a good chance human rights are involved and why sensitive because a denial of rights hollows out a government snitching machine every time the phrase too sensitive is used it therefore confirms the supreme importance of human rights and their effect as a strong force for no tradition legal or religious calls for or supports oppression none discussions about rights or avoided by those who seek deflection because of guilt those who shy away from difficult decisions and those who profit from a more superficial simple and ultimately useless analysis better just leave it to geneva they say and the crises continue to grow. to understand the maladies of societies grasp the risks of conflict and prevent or resolve them we must like particle physicists work ourselves into the smallest spaces of individuals and rights and ask the most basic questions they're the most devastating wars of the last hundred years did not com

the un secretary general has used his opening address of the human rights council to call for an immediate cease fire in the area. cannot wait it's time to stop these hell on earth and i remind all parties of their absolute obligation i mean threshold humanitarian and human rights law to protect civilians and civilian infrastructure at all times and similarly efforts to combat terrorism do not supersede these obligations three nobel peace prize winners have called on their fellow laureate aung san suu kyi to speak out against violence about violence against the hinge of muslims warning that she risks prosecution for genocide the women are visiting refugee camps in bangladesh and they've told them in mali there to wake up to the atrocities facing their hinges. u.n. agencies say a war of displacement and an economic crisis have pushed food insecurity inside sudan to unprecedented levels of more than sixty percent of the population at risk of starvation by july displacement the ongoing violence of the weak economy has contributed to the crisis those are your headlines counting the cost is nex

rights crisis in decades in southeast asia the un security council is expected to vote on a resolution in the coming days which would demand a ceasefire in the rebel held syrian on clay of eastern ghouta all the three hundred twenty people have been killed in government strikes this week alone. police in nigeria say dozens of schoolgirls a fifth missing after an attack by boko haram on a village in your bay state there are conflicting reports about the situation and the number of people who remain unaccounted for in twenty fourteen boko haram abducted more than two hundred seventy girls from the town of cheap oil. african refugees and migrants in israel's whole lot detention center have gone on hunger strike in protest against the imprisonment of seven eritreans who refused to leave the country. the man or the first to be jailed under a new deportation scheme many of the thirty seven thousand africans in israel have been given three months to take up a cash offer to leave for rwanda or face indefinite time in jail we can go live now to that detention center the whole lot of dissension

to suspend the government of saudi arabia from the human rights council if they are committed to human rights and the instruments that they signed up to as well as international law then there's no need for the suspension if they put that into practice but those who breach provisions of international codes should not be allowed to do that and still sit on a council that reviews human rights around the world with the double standard should be stopped much may have been made of the recent changes in saudi arabia since the countries of the throne mohammed bin salman assumed a wider role women have won the right to drive the last country in the world to have lifted that ban and a high profile corruption crackdown against members of the elite two significant attention around the world human rights groups say while these actions are part of a determined effort to change saudi's troubled image the reality is far removed from that vision of change dissent is silenced calls for change a sense it and even messages on social media can invite imprisonment and punishment the fact that both simple a

sekret general has used his opening address of the human rights council to call for an immediate ceasefire in eastern guta twenty three people have died there in fighting on monday and at least five hundred were killed last week the high level discussions are being held in geneva over the next four weeks yemen's transport minister is accusing the united arab emirates of trying to fragment the country by creating regional and tribal armies so they are job one is also warning that al qaeda is spreading its influence by exploiting internal conflict there although. the situation is very bad in all liberated areas particularly those in the south where there are tribal armies established and supported by the united arab emirates there are also provincial armies and there are gangs even al qaida is spreading there in large parts of the governor it has never been as present as it is right now israeli security forces have arrested nineteen palestinians in the occupied west bank half of the arrests took place in the ninety's solid village north west of ramallah a palestinian child who was shot in th

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the un security council is expected to vote on a draft resolution in the coming days demanding a cease fire and the rebel held serbian on clay both east and more than three hundred people have been killed in government strikes this week russia has denied any involvement. and police in nigeria say dozens of schoolgirls are feared missing after an attack by boko haram fighters on village and you know they state there are conflicting reports about the situation and the number who are accounted for in two thousand and fourteen that all abducted more than two hundred and seventy girls from the town halls chibok. we're going to get more on our top story now on that and the city international why it's report well since the two thousand and eight financial crisis the governments across the world have tried to cut spending to reduce debt the process known as austerity now and the supernational is calling austerity a human rights issue and it's your report that says such measures are restricting people's economic and social rights we're going to get more on this we're joined by and paid for dire

meanwhile the un secretary general has used his opening address of the human rights council to call for an immediate cease fire in east and go into the war in syria took center stage on the first day of those high level discussions which are being held over the next four weeks. in geneva the u.n. secretary general antonio terrorise used his opening address to demand the immediate implementation of the cease fire in syria as the news came in of continued government attacks against the rebel held suburb of damascus. cannot wait it's time to stop these health. and they remind all parties of their absolute obligation i mean threshold humanitarian and human rights law to protect civilians and civilian infrastructure at all times and similarly efforts to come back. do not supersede these obligations. the outgoing human rights high commissioner for the u.n. as i had to say in said he wished to be blunt about where the blame for what he called the slaughter house is really lay the responsibility for the continuation of so much pain lies with the five permanent members of the un security council

rights council in geneva let's just take a listen to what he had to say that. russia together with the syrian government has already announced the establishment of humanitarian corridors in eastern guta now which is the turn of the militants in this sponsors to want the militants who continue shelling damascus looking a delivery on the evacuation of those wishing to leave we call upon the members of the so-called american coalition to ensure the same humanitarian access to the areas in syria under their control. so we have a lover of day. quite clearly blaming the rebels for the bombing which is at the break in this season asking. the u.s. and its allies to put pressure on the rebels is usually a blame game has started between the two sides what do you think this will lead well in the short term i don't will see any real move on the political side as you said this is the typical blame game where russia and the forces that russia supports say that it's actually u.s. backed rebel groups who are responsible for the vast majority the lion's share of the violence an

security council voted unanimously on a 30-day cease fire according to the syrian observatory for human rights. this is the same area where more than 400 people, mostly civilians have been killed since sunday. cnn's senior international correspondent has this report on the horrors unfolding there. >> reporter: it is known as the double tap, a deliberate heartless exercise. the dust from the first bomb barely settled before the second one landed. children panicked, cry out to their father. but there is no time to look. only time to run and try and stay alive. with the intensity of the recent bombing, most spend their time underground in makeshift shelters. it is disgusting, suffocating. children get sick, but the hospitals are all getting bombed. childhood is not even a reflection of what it should be. play games familiar to most of us under circumstances we cannot even pretend to imagine. we wish, we wish for aid, for help here. we're hungry. let them understand this. this little girl pleads. in another reality in what may as well be a world away, the powers that control syria's fate fi