Now for a look at stories making headlines around the world… and we catch up on the latest in Syria's eastern Ghouta….<br />Airstrikes by pro-government forces are reportedly continuing despite Russian President Putin's call for a so-called "humanitarian pause."<br />For more on this and other international news we turn to our Ro Aram…<br />Aram… Putin had called for a five-hour pause to shelling every day, but it seems the bombardment continues... <br /><br /> That's right Semin…. the "humanitarian pause," as Putin put it, was meant to allow for civilians to evacuate the rebel-held area. <br /> It was meant to start Tuesday from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. local time, but activists on the ground reported airstrikes and artillery fire from pro-regime positions within minutes of when the pause was meant to start.<br />Russia and its ally Syria, however, blamed the rebels for the collapse of the truce.<br /> They accused rebels of shelling what Moscow has described as "humanitarian corridors," meant to give civilians safe passage out of the enclave. <br />The insurgents denied such shelling, and UN Security Council members, including the U.S., have been demanding Moscow implement a 30-day ceasefire resolution adopted on Saturday. <br /> Meanwhile, Russia's proposed pause in hostilities is also meant to allow humanitarian aid to come in.<br />But, the International Committee of the Red Cross says the five-hour pause is too short for delivery of vast amounts of life-saving aid. <br />Hundreds of people have died during the bombardment, which intensified about a week and a half ago, marking one of the deadliest in the Syrian civil war - now entering its eighth year.<br /> Without a clear indication as to whether or not the UN ceasefire will be enforced, eastern Ghouta could face a similar fate to other parts of Syria, which have been crushed by the government to win back territory. <br />The latest to fall to Syria's military was eastern Aleppo in late 2016. <br />
