>> plus. >> in berlin, where this year's film festival is

getting underway find out what the organizers here did or rather didn't do, to upset north korea that's coming up later. hello there, thank you for joining us. diplomatic efforts are underway to end the crisis in eastern ukraine which has killed more than 5,000 people since last april. the french president and the german chancellor are in kiev to push their new peace initiative. and present a solution that is acceptable to all. the u.s. secretary of sate is also in kiev where he has met leaders and urged russia to crease support. he has called for an immediate cease fire in the east. meanwhile, nato defense ministers have also. discussing ukraine the alliance is seeking to bolster

it's military presence, in eastern europe, with the creation of a new rapid reaction force for 5,000 troops. fission if secretary of state u.s. banking and pointing a finger at moscow. terrorizing. refusing to participate. >> spread the peace deal. >> significantly. >> the site whether or not to supply ukraine with he that will weapons. >> thursday and with the russians on friday.

the talking comes as the fighting escalates in eastern ukraine, which even have here blames on russia, and it's separatist allies. in brussells nato defense ministers put the finishing touches on their new response force, and it's spearhead of 5,000 troops deplorable in days. it will have since command centers in the eastern europe. russia is meant to notice that. the response to our changed environment. >> they are defensive and in line with our international commitments. >> they also talked about russia as decision to upgrade the nuclear missiles and apparently lower it's threshold to use nuclear weapons. there is a day when leaders are trying to get peace talks started. while they do so, nato is working on how to respond to the crisis with the talking fails.

al jazeera. >> u.s. president said to be considering sending what he calls defensive weapons to ukraine. currently, only provides nonhe that will assistance, russia foreign ministry spokesman says that the move would be viewed as a direct threat. >> this is not only fought with the escalation of the situation, but it is also threatened the security of the russian federation. whose territory as you know has been shelled from the ukrainian side. certainly if this decision is put into practice, kit seriously harm relations between russia and the united states. >> let's get more on this from moss tow so all the western leaders are meet manager are on their way to moscow where they will be meeting russian leaders. they feel like there's a ratcheting of tensions between the two sides. >> is yeah, that's right but

there's also an effort going on as we have seen in the reports that we have just watched so try and find some way out of it, try and find some way of deescalating this situation. clearly since the begin hog if year the violence has flared far more strongly at least since the peace deal was signed last september, that peace deal seems to be dead in the water now. so we have a situation where merkel and along are on their way to moscow, they will be arriving on friday. after stopping off in kiev. whey will will bring here at the moment is unclear. the details of that a new peace initiative, they are calling it still very mercury. but the analyst i have been speaking to are expecting that they will come playing good

cop, really, to washington's bad cop. they will say to vladimir putin, neither you nor we want the situation where the united states is arming the army. so if we are going to try to avoided that, let's freeze this conflict, let's put the brakes on it, whether it is at the moment, the separatists can try and carve out some sort of enclave in the east, that's still respects ukraine's territory. and integrated in some ways. in the frame work. they are trying to avoided. and interestingly. no dedales about but the rumors here are that it may be something to do with u.n. peace keepers.

>> very interesting diplomatic day indeed. >> we of course will be covering it here on al jazeera, and checking inning with you again for the moment. the challenge in moscow. >> syria a move that is outside the u.s. led offensive against the armed group. it comes just days after a jordanian pilot was burned to death by fighters. meanwhile, jordan's king has visited the hometown of the pilot. after the islamic state burned him alive. the king paid his respects to the tribe in the southern

province. he told the pilots father that jordan's royal air force has just shelled forces in the syrian province. >> the king has already promised what he called a releaptless response to avenge the murder. and now he appears to have more public support. >> planes from the jordanian royal forces just arrived. after bombarding them. god willing we will end their existence in syria. >> the king visited the female member oz f the family, but the wife is inconsolable. >> . >> she is 25, and they were only married for five months. >> the mother is also shake and heart broken. none of the immediate family members are speaking to the

media. >> we are very sad. but i am so proud of my cousin. he is a martyr. who defended his country. and although my heart is bleeding i will also offer my four sons as martyrs for my country. many peep want vengeance because of the way he was murdered. >> we should be united with one body, i call on all jordanians to be one heart one mind, and one soul. and we demand revenge. our hearts will not rest until the response is harsh. >> high ranking former and current government officials as well as hundreds of army and royal air force officers also came to support the mourning tribe. >> people here say isil has made an effort to try to turn jordanians against their government for joining the u.s. led coalition. but so far this effort appears to have had the opposite effect. >> many say jordan's resolve has been strengthed by this murder, those who didn't believe isil was a threat to the country now say the war

against the armed group is theirs. al jazeera. >> in the past half hour or so the jordanian military has spoken on t.v. about those latest jordanian air strikes in syria, they have said this is the start that it was in response to the cowardly killing. the palace who was burned to death by isil. the jordanian military also said tens of planes launched successive attacks against isil including training camps and armed depos. those who committed the cries will receive their punishment this was in defense our people that statement from the jordanian military issues on jordanian t.v. in the past half hour, let's go straight now live and speak to al jazeera's ruler, guess the military is very much coming out here, interest thing use

of these air strikes outside of the coalition very much making their individual mark, as a country. >> they will continue fighting this group. what is also interesting is that the statements started by saying this is only the start. so this is not the whole response. and this is just the beginning of a more active role for jordan and whether it is within the international coalition, or on it's own. we heard a lot today from officials talking about preemptive strikes the king yesterday talking about fighting isil in it's own territory, today jordan moved troops more forces very close to the border with iraq, in an area that is known to have positions for isil. so obviously, they are going

to use the public support they are getting now because of the killing of this pilot, in order to bolster their determination, and their decision to join the coalition, and to fight isil what in syria or in rye rack. >> with the latest there thank you. >> still coming up, accidental hero how the pilot of a doomed airline, may have steered away from populated buildings in the moments just before this crash. >> a politician agree on the new government i will be asking what challenges it faces.

>> and now a reminder of the top stories here on al jazeera there's been a fresh push to end the violence in eastern ukraine. the secretary of state is in kiev and he calls for an immediate cease fire to the crisis. french president and his german counter part are also in ukraine. they met where the president and also called for an end to the bloodshed. in other news, jordanian state t.v. has showed footage of air force raids there syria. it follows the killing of a jordanian pilot by isil fighters. they say the attacks are just the beginning. >> let's go to syria where

dozens of people have been killed. the leader of one of the main rebel groups the army of islam had warned it would retaliate after government strikes on the positions. >> s? the aftermath of government air strikes on rebel held positions. >> victims are taken to field hospitals. the army has suffered major losses. one of the main opposition armed groups in syria. >> after almost four years of fighting in which thousands were killed, an entire area is reduced to rubble. the violence continues. damarcus suburb, the army has launched air strikes using

barrel bombs. fighters have been trying to control this mountainous area, if they capture it, they say they can easily smuggle weapons to the outskirts. the government attacks are aimed at driving rebels out of the areas. that surround damascus. >> this is a convoy from the army of islam on it's way to shell areas in the capitol. our attack in the region through damarcus in the outskirts. >> before the attacks we issue warns to avoided military areas. >> the armed group has consolidated it's control. here it's fighters attack government positions. the army of islam has also expanded north where it has joined an alliance of religious groups against

government troops on attack here aleppo. >> government jets attack this strong hold the city is crucial for the regime, they pave the way for the rebels to capture damascus. germany is expressing skepticism about the greek government plan to cut it's massive debt burden. finance ministers ministers have met for the first time. from there we report. >> the german finance minister was always likely to take a tough line. a key player in negotiating five years of austerity for frees, and he wasn't about to let greece walk away. he said they'd agree to disagree.

>> i can not hide my september sitabout the announces by the new greek government, even though my colleague told me they are not confirmed yet. in our opinion, they are not moving in the right direction. if he was disappointed he didn't show it. to a never ended crisis. >> we didn't reach an agreement, there was never in the cards. we didn't even agree to disagree from where i am standing. from where i am standing we agreed to enter into deliberations as partners with a joint orientation towards a european solution for european problems. >> greece's new prime minister and his finance minister have visited key european and institutions this week.

for a plan to restructure the debt burden while holding firm five years of bail out. >> in response, the response has been lukewarm. the european central bank as the loans increasingly shaky banks for the new government, then abandons austerity all together play be easier said than done. >> the message was said, whether it was heard already is open, but i hope so, that it was heard. of course it is not only a decision some, just how the rest of the europe should handed the debt. it is something where other parties have something to say, and they have to find a compromise. >> the new government is looking for support in europe, and running out of places to find it.

there wasn't much support here where the message has been turn back your plans or we may turn our backs on you. outside the finance minister, a small grouch sympathetic to the position. but this is a minority view in germany, and new poll indicates that 68% of germans are against the debt relief if it walks away from the commitment, and the government is acting accordingly jona hall, berlin. around 4,000 protestors have held a rally the demonstration was held to support the new tough stance in talks with e.u. previously the scene of violence had no barricades and few policeman. such protests since the left wing series swept the victory in elections last month. let's go live now to athens

where al jazeera joins us, i guess, john, the anti-e.u. anti-austerity line was easier to push when they were campaigning then perhaps now they have to teal with the realities of talking to the e.u. talking to germany how is it balancing that fine line? i think that this government knew all along that this was going to be a tough negotiation p and from what i know of them, and people who know them well, they are prepared to go all the way they are prepared to talk with the european partners about all the exhausting all the possibilities for achieving their goal of basically a new deal. for greece, they want to renegotiate the entire package that is on the table the german position is first to accept the package that your predecessors have signed on to

you, and then we talk from that point on wards. but that would bind into too many measures given what it has promised in the election. the prime minister earlier today, addressing his members of parliament, in their inauguration said we will respect the rule of bad lanced budgets he means the rule that is enshrined in the treaty, but let's be clear austerity is not a rule of the community, it is not a principle of the union he called upon greece's partners to respect democracy and rule by the people in greece he is saying we have committed to negotiating with our partners a new settlement, we expect our part nors to respect the election result in greece. at the moment, however, there is no meeting point between the european and the greek sides. recall we have so far is an establishment of distance. >> john with the latest from

athens john, thank you. >> freed al jazeera correspondent has been enjoying his first day back in his native australia. but he says he won't forget the two colleagues that he has left behind in jail. they have now been behind bars for 404 days. peter told the news conference that he will keep campaigning for them. >> you can imagine after 400 days in prison, with these guys we are very close. and it was very difficult to leave them behind. but i'm grateful to be out. i trust that they will follow in due course. it is going to take time. it is going to take sop further efforts but we will see them out. and when we do, i will party with them, indeed.

>> tunisia's parliament has approve add new coalition government. and the religious base another party, it comes after the country's first free presidential and parliamentary elections last year. there is the moment the parliament agreed on a new government. it will be a coalition government the opposition will be small and weak, but the next prime minister says it is the only option. >> we are all invited the government national organizations and civil society to work hard hand the hard to open the doors of hope.

the mill leaders seem to have criticized their differences on how much influence religion should have on state affairs. and are instead focusing on the issues they do agree on. she renovated this history call building into a boutique hotel. she wants to see more economic reform. >> i think they are tremendous investment opportunities and almost every sector, and a lot of -- educated to create jobs for us. it doesn't have the wide that has been a probable elsewhere but there are security threats here.

there's a fear that violence may spill over and there are thousands fighting for isil. they say the country needs unity. we agreed as we felt that this is aphids that we are passing through, a phase of dialect, agreement, and harmony. we should always agree for the interests of the country. for some, the new government is a thereto to democracy. for others it offers stability. the diplomatic dispute about a film that is not even showing there. he explains. >> they love a drama at the

berlin film festival, at this year get's underway, they have been at the center of their own. sony knows how that feels hacked and humiliated allegedly by his people, and all because of this. >> the movie the interview which mocked north korea's leader and the fall out moving from hollywood to here. this is why. >> the interview goes on genre lease here in berlin on thursday but north korea the bergen film festival confused it saw them as bun entity it describes the showing as terrorism, it vowed vengeance for the humiliation the exact words were merciless punishment from the man, he is the boss here, he had to race the the embrassy and say look, you have this all wrong. nothing to do with me, it is just a coincidence that it is opening on the same day.

there is plenty more to see the golden bear is the big prize they are competing for here with everything to chamber maids to cinderella on show. and they are doing it without the director even being here. he will never stop, and the films that make, it is a great way of promoting his work to the world. >> over the next ten days the movie words will watch the crowds will freeze, trying to watch. and even north korea will be keeping an eye to make sure the crowds keep looking at this and not this al jazeera

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