nocked over mannequins and signs. the animal was eventually tranquilized and taken to an animal rehab center. we'll tell you more have more stories for you on our website at www.aljazeera.com. you can click on the watch now icon. >> financial pressure greece tries to cut a new deal. destruction in the south sevier storms lead five dead and several missing as a threat of bad weather continues. and cracking down on human smuggling, the e.u. suggest using the military to stop boats before they even cross the mediterranean. and bombing before the cease-fire.

houthies say they've shot down a moroccan fighter jet. you're watching al jazeera america live from new york city, i'm morgan radford. greece is hoping for a bit of wiggle room from its european credit thes as it gets ready to sign off on another multi million dollar loan payment. they're in brussels to talk about the terms of financial aid for athens. it's posed to make a $840 million payment to the imf. we have more from brussels. >> it is the government's official position that they're able and willing to make that payment to the imf on tuesday. there have been rumblings in parliament suggesting that that payment should be made contingent on a deal being reached on greece's international's lenders, but that's not the government's official position on this.

$840million is just a small amount of the money that greece is going to have to pay over what will be a long and fraught summer. another $3.1 billion to be paid out and a further $3 billion owing to the european central bank in july and august. so it will go on and on. and without these bailout funds there is no real way that greece is in any position to make those payments on an ongoing basis. bear in mind one missed payment does not necessarily default a make. more than one certainly does and than it will be for the markets to decide. if the markets decide greece is not capable of carry on debts then it's over. and many are well aware that crunch time on a possible default is very close knew now. >> turning now to the u.n. where

the security council is meeting behind closed doors right now on the migrant crisis that is happening there in the mediterranean. >> let me say that the european union is ready to take responsibility. saving lives welcoming refugees addressing root causes of the phenomenon. >> the head of the e.u. foreign affairs is asking that council toker for the authority to use military force against smugglers, the message is to punish smugglers and destroy its vessels. patty, this is a pretty bold proposal no? >> it is a bold proposal because bold action is needed. many are believed to have died crossing the mediterranean into europe. the e.u. wants permission from the u.n. security council to seek and destroy boats used by people traffickerings operating

out of libya. the draft resolution authorizing the use of force will allow them to operate in libyan territorial waters. italy's whose shores are the prime minister destination for immigrants, would command the mission. the profit for moving human cargo, by seizing vessels before they reach. the commission is set to unveil a migration agenda that will include a controversial new quota system for sharing refugees among the e.u.'s membership state. >> how likely is the e.u. to authorize this. >> the e.u. foreign minister was in beijing last week, she

believes she has china's support on this. that leaves the wildcard of russia. don't forget, russia is the target of economic sanctions by the e.u. so you're likely to see some horse trading going on. >> thank you so much. malaysia is dealing with its own migrant crisis. hundreds of people from bangladesh and myanmar landed on its shores just this weekend. they're mainly from the rohingya minority, a group that has been persecuted for decades in me myanmar. and many have arrived after months on board and in need of care. over a thousand rohingya and bangladeshi migrants came ashore last night. many of them were women and children and they were extremely hungry, thirsty, and in need of medical attention. the ministry here has not confirmed any of these details yet, but the news agency is

reporting that the boat these migrants was traveling on appears to be abandoned by the smuggleers perhaps because of the crackdown on their activities by thai authorities. they have, of course, been cracking down on these so-called slave camps discovered on the thai side of the thai-malaysia border where mass graves were also discovered. this is not just a problem for malaysia. across the waters in indonesia authorities said that they rescued around 400 people migrants that were trying to make their way off the coast of the province. now the concern amongst authorities is that they are going to see an increasing number of these migrants heading for their shores in the coming days. the malaysian government has not reacted to this latest news of migrant arrivals. however, they have said that there is no slave camps in malaysia, and there is no

evidence of mass graves here. but they also believe that these migrants are not victims. they say that they have been cooperating with people smugglers to flee myanmar and they do not consider the migrants to be victims of the people smugglers. >> there are heightened security concerns in yemen where despite promises of a cease-fire said to take effect tomorrow. saudis and houthi fighters exchanged heavy fire just a few hours ago. over the weekend a saudi coalition targeted the home of yemen's former president. let's go to mohamed vall, it appears neither side is taking steps towards this planned cease-fire that is supposed to go into affect tomorrow. what are you hearing from

hearing from saudi officials? >> more of what we're hearing and what we're seeing are fully the opposite of any steps towards a peace or lessoning the tension before the beginning or the start that have truce. we see it razz an as an escalation of both sides. houthies have killed one person and wounding four and they continue that shelling, and also they shelled the area killing one saudi citizen and wounding four others. for saudi arabia this is intolerable. of they can't accept this to continue and the saudis doubled the number of airstrikes in yemen, particularly in sadaa

the stronghold of the houthis. that's what's been taking place over the last few days. also the houthis have managed according to their own reports and the images they showed on their tv, to shoot down a coalition fighter jets and f-16 belonging to morocco. the fate of the pilot is unknown until now. we don't know if that's the case or if there was a technical failure. but it has crashed over yemen. they can count this as a victory in the last few hours before the truce if it happens. on both sides we have these messages going across the border that if a truce happens it's not out of weakness on our side. it's not because we're failing in this war or we're being defeated but it's because maybe we want peace or we want humanitarian truce in the country. and in that case the truce happens. >> mohamed you've been there along the border reporting how

does this effect the u.s. the saudi king is skipping a meeting sending his crown prince instead. but why did the king decide to show up? >> that's a good question. the king himself explained this in a statement not by him but a statement from the government that said he's focusing on the truce coming up, and he's focusing on the humanitarian relief in yemen. he's going to inaugurate a center for humanitarian relief if in yemen. we know the background for this is perhaps the tension in the relationships between yemen and saudi arabia and the united states over the deal that the americans and western powers are going to asign with iran and saudis and those in the gulf countries are concerned that the united states might be shifting more with iran than with their

traditional arab allies. the saudis also, let me go back to the justifications of the saudis here. they're telling us that the crown prince himself is probably much more capable of conducting meaningful and fruitful negotiations with the americans. he knows the security files. he is in charge of all the things that matter here in saudi arabia instead of the king, who is aging and probably tired. but let me go back to that point. there are concerns and there is a little bit of mistrust between the gulf countries and the united states. remember that also the king of bahrain, who is younger he's not attending the summit. we don't know the explanation of that. the only explanation we know is that these countries here in the gulf are concerned about u.s. with iran, and they think going all the way to washington may not add much. they know that this deal with iran will happen anyway, and it's probably just a message

there of concern. >> mistrust and diplomatic concern. mohamed vall, thank you so much for being us. back here in the united states we're getting new images of the destruction of a series of tornadoes that struck the south. officials say that three people died in texas and eight people are missing just east of dallas in a town of van. that's the town that you're looking at right now. about a third that have community was severely damaged with some homes completely flattened. look at that. >> it's a terrible thing for the city to come out like it did and it's a great way the people have responded. we were here last night when it hit. we were here all night and we're still here and a bunch of them still are. we lost a lot of good properties but it's just something that you never expect. >> another two people died in arkansas. the threat of severe weather is not over. nicole mitchell has more. >> well, fortunately we're not looking at a repeat of yesterday which had a significant severe impact about 20% of our reports

were tornadic. let's take a look. this is from last night. two areas one in the northern plains, even snow on the backside it was such a dynamic city. rapid city got about a foot. and the surgeon edge of it, especially oklahoma and texas you can see that building up. as we get to the current outlook we have rain right now anywhere from indiana all the way down to the gulf coast that will continue through the course of the day. but much spottier into the northeast for tomorrow. what happens with the front is that it does linger over texas over the next few days. enough rain that it could cause us some flooding. this is part of the set up. the temperatures in the 80s and 90s ahead of the front. places like atlanta, that warm weather and then we'll see with all that have going on anywhere from the great lakes to the gulf that chance, it's a slight risk, i would say the best chance for anybody tornadoic would be near

the great lakes like, ohio. there will with flooding over the next two to three days where areas in texas will see three to five inches. >> in the boston marathon trial an activist argued that dzhokhar tsarnaev should be sentenced to life in prison rather than death penalty for the attacks. guards in nebraska regained control of the prison. two other prisoners and guards from injured in that chaos. a mississippi community mourns as a family remembers. >> four people set to appear in court after being charged in the killings of two police officers.

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>> the united nations tried twice before to get the syrian national coalition to the negotiating table but those negotiations failed. the war in syria is now in its fifth year and killed more than 300,000 people. that same war has put pressures on hospitals and rehab centers in neighboring turkey. many of them are short staffed and unable to handle the influx of patients needing specialized treatment. bernard smith has more. >> evidence of the brutality of war is packed into every room of this rehabilitation center in syria. shrapnel and bullet wounds are the most common. this young fighter has spinal court injuries and is paralyzed from the waist down.

>> to be honest we're under pressure since the fighting came closer to the border here. we're getting more patients, up to 60 per day. >> syria's conflict is in its fifth year resulted in a million wounded people. there are no reliable estimates of how many people have been left permanently physically disabled. shrapnel cut into the spine as his unit tried to ambush a government checkpoint. his legs are paralyzed. >> when i got injured first i felt so depressed. it was hard to think that i might never walk again. i spent all my life like this. then i began to accept what happened. i have great hopes that i'll recover and go back and join the fight. >> fighters and civilians share the facilities there. but when they see children like 11-year-old.

he tells us he was playing football when the ball was kicked on top of the a sand bank around his village. he reached up to get the ball. and that's when a sniper's bullet hit his neck. >> i'm not able to walk right now. i'm having physio therapy to be able to walk again. >> many gulf-based donors can't easily donate money any more. they're restricted intended to stop the funding of armed groups in syria. this happens at a time when services in this clinic have never been in greater demand. al jazeera, on the turkey-syria border. >> secretary of state john kerr kerry is head to go russia to meet with vladimir putin tomorrow. russia's foreign ministry blamed washington for the ongoing tensions between the two

governments. a former cia officers convicted of leaking details to "the new york times" is now facing sentencing today. jeffrey sterling faces 20 years in federal prison for violating the espionage act. a jury convicted of him revealing a secret mission involving iran's nuclear program. worries of south korea over north korea's missiles test. kim jong-un said they now have the capabilities of wiping out forces from the waters. >> north korea wanted the world to see this lunch. state media called it the equivalent of having a time bomb strapped to the enemy's back. the ability to fire a ballistic missiles undetected from the seas in the peninsula. there is a flurry of meetings, and calling the development a

very serious and concerning matter. >> we urge north korea to immediately stop developing this technology which hinders the is able to of this peninsula and northeast asia. >> in the past the fleet of small submarines has been used into south korean territory. killing 46 south korean sailors. the defense ministry here said that this test only seems to have lobbed the missiles a short distance above the surface of the water. still under development it surprises of a so-called kill chain preemptively striking a pad before launch. it's underwater. the system in the kill chain

cannot detect in a that threat. it would seam that the navy would have to find the sub and kill the sub before it runs any ballistic missiles. >> the strategy is still effective and submarine movements in concert with its u.s. allies. there are still many unknowns whether it has the size and range to be a credible threat, whether it has managed to militarize a warhead on its missile. >> former president jimmy carter is back in the united states today forced to cut short his trip to guyana. he had been in the country since friday to monitor the national election. the 90-year-old was not feeling well and decided to fly back home to atlanta. four people are due in a mississippi court accused in the killings of two police officers.

25-year-old la cory tate and 34-year-old benjamin tate were gunned down after a routine traffic stop. now officers are remembering their lives. >> every time he calls i love you son. >> the mother of la cory tate grieving the death of her son killed friday might while on duty. two officers were gunned down. within hours of the shooting three people were in custody. marvin banks and marvin's brother, curtis banks is charged with being an accessory. the police say the brothers have been charged with crimes before. late sunday a fourth suspect cornelius clark was charged with obstruction of justice. residents of the city share songs and prayers in a vigil for the two officers.

>> two officers have fallen, and we need to grief with them and pray with them and for them. >> officer dean was 34 years old and a member of the canine team. and officer tate was new to the police department. joining the police department was a life-long dream. >> a public memorial service for the two officers is planned for later today. since 2012 thousands of people taken to jail in baltimore have been turned away because they were too sick or injured. that's according to the baltimore sun. they found that over the course of three years corrections officers refused 2600 detain detainees from police for health reasons. they did not indicate the nature of those injuries or illnesses. a fire at the indiana point

nuclear plant led to an oil spill into the hudson river. governor andrew cuomo said that the spill is contained. preserving heritage in nepal. the new mission after the devastating earthquake. don't go anywhere.

>> it's been two weeks you since the deputy stating earthquake struck nepal and some residents say that the government is not providing enough aid to those who were hit the hardest. so far the quake has affected one-third of the country's residents. in addition to cleaning up damaged neighborhoods there are efforts to rescue nepal's prized landmarks. >> there is a different tempo to the relief operation now more than two weeks after the earthquake. instead of attempting to save lives this pain-staking work is about trying to rescue ancient tradition. the temple dates back to the fifth century and within it lies treasure. but modern day social media is spreading stories of wrongdoing. another part of this country's

rich heritage lies destroyed. along with other icon there is are myths circulating with it. the rumors of jewelry associated with the deity missing. but that's firmly denied by local officials who say it will all eventually be recovered. the earthquake struck soon after the start of one of the most important festivals of the kathmandu valley. this chariot was pulled part of a ritual symbolizing snakes that ended a drought. it's legend gives credit to the rain god. the deity in the chariot along with this priest who has to stay on board. tragiccally the nearby building that collapsed when the quake struck belongs to him.

his father died within it. >> you can't call if a bad omen. earthquakes happen in other countries. it's a natural disaster. >> back at the temple some people are not reassured by his words. >> we're cursed. this is a hard time for us. >> it has to be a bad omen. maybe the gods are angry. this shouldn't have happened. >> a lot of people are spooked. a lot of people are very scared. >> this conservationist believes that superstitions need to be put to one side. >> we have to get up and start again. >> no sooner had he spoken than the rain comes. it does not signal the restart to the festival. no one is sure when that will happen

>> peace in the european union this is a responsibility that we all share. >> the eu's are foreign policy chief asks help to stop migrants to europe. thousands more are stranded at sea. i'm lauren taylor, this is al jazeera live from london. also coming up. yemen's houthi rebels and saudi arabia battle along their border, one day before a ceasefire is due to begin. after months of fighting, r