w that process would go. >> now see what her husband is doing to keep his promise to change "right to die" laws nationwide. america tonight only on al jazeera america. why did you do it? deadly church shooting in the u.s., police arrest a 21-year-old man as president obama again speaks out over gun control. >> at some point we, as a country, will have to reckon with the fact that this type of mass violence does not happen in other advanced countries. ♪ hello, i am darren jordan in doha with the world news on al jazerra. also in the program. thousands of greeks greeks rally against staying in the european i don'tunion.

scuffles breakout in geneva as the warring factions fail to find a peace deal. and georgia warns that some wild animals are still on the loose after floods destroyed the zoo. ♪ ♪ a 21-year-old white man accused of killing nine people at an historic black church is now back in south carolina face charges. he was arrested in a neighboring state the day after the mass shooting. police say it was a hate crime and president obama says america must face up to its violent gun culture. from charleston here is andy gallagher. >> reporter: these are the first pictures of dylan ruff since he was arrested f he is suspected of carrying out of the fatal shooting nine people who were attending a prayer group in charleston, south carolina. >> i am very very pleased that we have maids an arrest in this

case. we have arrested dillon roof from lexington south carolina. >> police say the 21-year-old spent an hour at a nighttime prayer in the center of charleston at the church. then stood up and starting shooting. this, say the police, was a hate crime. >> we poke up today and the heart and soul of south carolina was broken. as police worked around the scene of the massacre a nationwide alert was sent out. the alleged shooter was pulled over in a traffic stop in shelby in north carolina a three hour drive from charleston. his uncle recognized the picture police issued from the church cctv and alerted the authorities. >> the that awful person, that terrible human being who would

go in to a place of worship when people were praying and kill them is now in custody where he will always remain. >> reporter: for the 14th time since he became president barack obama had to talk about a mass shooting in the country. >> at some point white we as a country have to reconcile with the fact this type of mass violence does not happen in other countries. >> reporter: community leaders say it's a time for unity. >> we have to pray but we have to get up off our news but we have to legislate and protest. because enough is enough. >> reporter: this is a church that was founded by african americans who fought to be free of slavery and today its leaders remain defiant in the fails of

stram are you. dylan roof will be interviewed by police and the key questions are whether he acted alone and why he allegedly did what he did. andy gallagher, al jazerra charleston, south carolina. the alleged gunman dylan roof grew up in lexington, south carolina al jazerra's gabriel el elizondo went there to find out more about him. >> reporter: a am here in lex you go tonight, south carolina at a high school. up until a couple of years ago there is with dylan roof went. it's unclear if he graduated but some of his ex-classmates are speaking out painting a rick of roof of a man that was very much a loaner. somebody that experimented with drugs and also was known to talk about racially insensitive jokes. also on roof's facebook page he has a photo of himself wearing patches from the row deash i can't and south africa era of segregation in those place that his indicate that roof was sympathetic to the

pro-white government there. you add all of this up and it paints very much a picture of a troubled young man. and this is why investigators are so much looking at this as potentially a hate crime. but here in the sound of lexington, south carolina where he group it's a small town and they are trying to come to grips asas to how they are linked to this crime even remotely. this is a town of 18,000 people here in the deep south in the state of south carolina. probably one of the most politically and socially conservative parts of all of the deep south of the united states. now, unfortunately this part of the country is not immune to hate crimes. they do happen here. according to the southern poverty law center, a very respected organization that tracks this, just here in the state of south carolina, there are 19 active hate groups, eight of which target african americans. the european union has called an emergency meeting next week as the debt lied for

greece's debt become even more urgent. talks broke down on thursday without a deal. greece has less than two weeks to come to an agreement with its creditors or risk default on the ground $1.8 billion of loan repayment. it owes more than $378 billion to the i.m.f. the european central bank and the european union for the bailouts it received in 2010 and 2012. according to some estimates the debt burden equals more than 3030 for you thousand dollars for each greek citizen. >> reporter: thursday's meeting ended with no agreement. but the greeks left behind a proposal they believe could be the basis after deal. >> they realize that there is a problem of trust within the euro. in order to overcome it, in today's meeting we put on the table a radical proposal. a proposal that's never been discussed before. it was not asked of us by the

institution, an innovate he have proposal that came from us. and it is this, in the context of our agreement that we should have our fiscal council the independent fiscal council something to the equivalent to britain's office for budget responsibility. monitor the ex-ciewrchtion the budget. >> reporter: the council would all trigger spending cuts making future deficits impossible and illegal. creditors have rejected a series of greek proposals over four months saying they rely on legal or financial slight of hand to donald the tougher issues keeping up tax revenue and making the economy more productive. but there is still a glimmer of hope they say. >> told in our meeting he send a strong signal to the greek authorities it's really up to them to submit new proposals additional proposals in the coming days for fully engage with the institutions within the framework of that statement of february the 20th. >> reporter: in athens, greeks

who fear the left wing government is running too close to deadline gathered chanting chanting greece europe democracy. they believe they are protected political clients in a bloated and expensive state. they don't believe greece can blackmail their cred toured by threatening suicide. them to remain on a roar formed path within europe and within the euro zone. that means smaller government. >> translator: honestly, i don't know if we can accept or if we can't. we need to avoid leaving the euro zone at all cost. >> reporter: there are fears that this brink man ship may greece to its knees by triggering capital controls much as cyprus was force capitulate to austerity. just how far apart they can be was demonstrated earlier in the day when parliament's truth mit committee on the greek debt can he declared that greece neither

can or should pay it. a position at odds with the government. the debt they said is the result of austerity not the cause they think believe the political standoff is poisoning the economy. john, al jazerra ago ends. the co-director of the center for economic and policy research in washington, d.c. he says the euro zone leaders are push being the greek economy to collapse to serve their political agenda. >> the european authorities, including the german government, the e.c.b., of course the imf. funnel of them want to sea a default or the greece exit the euro. what they are trying to go i do i think, and this has been evident since february is undermine and wreck the greek economy so they can undermine political support for tsipras and the government.

and this is pretty clear because they don't have any other way to resolve the problem from their point of view. they can't -- they don't want greece out of the the euro, that's very clear they don't want to push them out. and also the united states government, which is putting a lot of pressure on europe as well doesn't want that to happen. and they don't want this government either. so that's really what they are trying to do it's basically a strategy of regime change they have been fairly successful so far. they have pushed the economy in to recession simply from the european central bank cutting off its -- first of all its mainline of credit on february 4th and then restricting credit to the economy since then. and then, of course, making unreasonable demands. so that the problems cannot be resolved. houthi forces backed by troops loyal to former president saleh have been accused of targeting residential areas in yemen's southern city. they bombed areas near the ain't

spent citadel. witnesses say a mosque was hit during the shelling. fighters also pounded a hotel and homes in the mountain region nearby. meanwhile, scuffles have broken out at a news conference held by lieutenant i officials in gentleman geneva, a shoe was thrown they head of the houthi delegation an act that's particularly insulting in the arab culture. under scoring deep divisions as they try to work out a truce. a report now from yemen. >> reporter: from the mountains to the united nations in geneva a journey that sums up the houthi rise to power. ham sell houthi is a very member of the houthis or the part partisans of good. his troops loyal to former press saleh, have a growing influence in yemen. he is on a charm offensive. saying he's here to talk about

peace. inning chapter of war. >> translator: we are committed to the dialogue and an agreement between all factions, we want partnership, we don't want to exclude any party. >> reporter: the government remained skeptical saying the houthis are buying time. >> translator: talks haven't started yet because the houthi militias and is lapse representatives have no vision, we hope that recognize the legit nas i. government. >> reporter: former president saleh control the republican guard an elite army unit blamed for shelling civilian areas. they have been firing rockets in taiz to repel a push by strikes men loyal to president hadi. saleh's envoy says the army should stay intact to protect yemen. >> translator: the military establishment, which is constantly being pounded by the saudi-led coalition is the only

guarantee against a political vacuum in em yemen. the army is a backbone to any transition to democracy. if there is no army and police, the next government will be undermined by militia and al qaeda. >> reporter: the houthi press conference turned in to a scuffle when secessionist from the south accuse the the houthis of killing people in southern vinnie. as fighting continues across yemen, talks are stalled in geneva. the united nations hasn't been able to nah owe differences narrow differences between the rival factions. in the absence the progress here in gentleman neave a yemen's only hope is an agreement between the key players and the international community when a humanitarian truce and have all the parties in yemen accept it and stop the suffering of people. al jazerra geneva. still to come here on al jazerra, taking on the why peace

could be a distant prospect in northern mallee. and german calling for new rules to get asylum seekers on the fast track to employment. more on that, stay with us. arrested... >> ground breaking... they're firing canisters of gas

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the european union has called an emergency meeting next week after the latest attempt to solve greece's debt crisis failed. talks between the euro zone finance ministers broke down on thursday. and scuffles have broken out in a news conference in geneva held by houthi officials from yemen. a shoe was thrown at the head of the delegation. signifying a deep division between the warring factions. china's government says it's disappointed that its offer for election reform has been voted down. on thursday politicians rejected a beijing-backed proposal. it would have given voters the you want to directly electric their leader in 2017. but it would also have meant they could only choose from candidates approved by by jinx. our china correspondent adrian brown has been getting reaction from people in hong kong. >> reporter: well, there is only one store out front page of most of the newspapers here in hong kong, it's the outcome of this former british colony's latest

political drama. all of the papers poke fun at the pro-government lawmakers who tried to cutter thursday's vote by walking out of the assembly before the vote whack taken. their aim was to prevent a car upquorum but it backfired spectacular. the response from beijing has been resolute but also measured. china says it's saddened and disappoint by the decision taken by the lawmakers but insist that his its framework for political reform in hong kong remains unchanged. well, we are now in the district of hong kong it's a working class area a good play to assess the mood among ordinary people a day off the historic vote. >> translator: i hope beijing and the pro-democracy camp can sit up on and talk with each other. but i don't think it willingham.

>> reporter: well, it's deserted today being the barricades are being dismantled, but this, being, is the backdrop of so much of the acrimony and bitterness in hong kong. the legislative assembly. and the view you get from talking to people here in hong kong today, is this, what they want most of all is for their to be a rational, calm dialogue between representatives of the pro-democracy camp and officials of the central government in beijing. but i have to say the chances of that happening any time soon are pretty remote. the u.n.'s refugees agency

says war and persecution displaced nearly 60 million people by the end of last year. that's the highest number ever recorded. and says more than 40,000 people are abandoning their homes every day and the conflict in syria is a major factor. >> today we have about 4 million syrian refugees in the region and in turkey already 1.8 million with an enormous growth since the beginning of the year. just a few days ago, we had another serious incidents at the border 20,000 people crossed in to turkey. what i think is important to understand is that behind each one of these there is a tragedy i personal tragedy and that the suffering inside syria is something we cannot imagine die to this ongoing conflict that never end a country like turkey has been very generous, the border is open. there is the possibility for syrians to have access to education, to health. turkey has already spent more

than $6 billion of its own budget to support refugees. but, unfortunately, other borders in other part of the world are closed. there are walls now being announced and at the same time the financial support for the humanitarian aid is dwindling. germany is set to double the amount of money it spends on processing asylum seekers this year, many companies are calling for new rules on whether asylum seekers can start working so that qualified migrants can get jobs sooner. dominic kane reports from berlin. >> reporter: mohamed works on the shot floor of the factory is southern berlin. he's been an intern here for a few months he came here after fleeing the fighting in ma lee he says he traveled across on the desert and mediterranean sea to get to europe. but when he reached germany to start with, he could not get a job as the law prevents people in his situation from working in their first three months.

>> translator: here we are in a country where there are really tough laws against foreigners, for me, yes perhaps now things are possible. the problem is the authorities the people who make yes or no decisions about people like me. >> reporter: the man who gave mohamed a job is jacob as ceo he believes more firms should follow his example. and that germany should consider streamlining the law to allow professionally qualified asylum seekers to start working much sooner. >> the general election says the permission steps are really very bureaucratic. so if we have a person on these -- his possibilities of there, we could be happy not only as companies but as germany to get people quicker in jobs and have a chance to do great

things in our community. >> reporter: but the question is whether the german government is prepared to change the law regarding asylum seekers. germany processes more asylum applications per year than anywhere else in europe. the chancellor age los angeles merkel says germany will play its role. but that other e.u. countries must also bear their responsibility. on thursday, she hosted a meeting with the leaders of germany's federal states. they are the ones who have to house, feed, and to integrate asylum seekers in to society. >> translator: the federal government and the state will double the financial help this year, it's important to point out that with these actions we are not drawing a line, but are starting talks on how we can take responsibility in the future. >> reporter: back at the factory, mohamed is concentrating on his work. now he wants to we frequent his german and plan for the future.

dominic kane, al jazerra. berlin. in ma lee rebels have been fighting for autonomy in the country as north. they recently agreed on a peace deal with the government. they are traditionally nomads who have been fighting for control over a region. the most recent uprising was three year old ago when rebels seized large areas including many towns and villages, mohamed vol traveled there and found the armed rebellion is continuing. >> reporter: the camp fire in the wilderness and lamb meat roasting. quiet moments like this are rare and brief in the lives of rebels. the leaders have just agreed on a new feel with the government which is supposed to end the conflict. but as the politicians free pair to sign peace these fighters get ready for war. >> translator: whoever talks of ending the conflict only talks nonsense, it's a big lie this war cannot be ended with a

stroke of a pen. as long as we did he needer territorial separation there will be no end to the war. >> reporter: the rebels are in control of the major town as well as large areas of northern mallee.. recently they made new territorial gains pushing the army further south. majority of them strongly rejected the new peace treaty and issued this statement. let our political agreements sign whatever they want to sign. let them give whatever conventions together to gift. but for us here on the ground, these fighters tell me this is not the end of the war and not the early struggle. the rebels announced an independent state until northern mallee and 2012. but under the present agreement they get only a type of decentralized local administration. perhaps the biggest sticking point of any deal is the disarming of the fighters which is strongly rejected here. >> translator: as long as there is no separation, there will be

no disarm or. it's not mallee that gave us the weapons we played paid for them with our own blood. >> we handed over our weapons in 1993 and 199 for us, but the result was they destroyed the rep weapons weapons and two years later they began killing our people. we are not going to return to those situations. >> reporter: those statements and the complexity of the situation on the ground prevent real and final peace in northern mali. including confrontations around the town, some even go as far as to predict a knew and major war across the north. mohamed vall, al jazerra,. thailand has become the forth asian country to register the deadly middle east respiratory syndrome virus which has killed 24 people in south kariya, scott hider has the latest from the capital bangkok. officials are confident they have isolated the first case of mers in thailand. they identified the 75-year-old as a potential mers patients the

first day arrived and he has been taken off to a specialist hospital have three members of his family that he traveled here with. also 50 people who have come in contact with him here in bangkok are being monitored closely. obviously the concern is that if anyone with mers gets out in the general public in bangkok a very congested city of 10 million people. officials are confident with the mechanisms that they have in place, in fact 67 entry points in to thailand have been monitoring for anyone with mers potential. they have told people not to panic here and as this friday morning commute shows so far they are lessoning. denmark center right opposition parliament has won elections. the block led by lars won justify seats. the prime minister says she will stem down as load leader of her party. grue inin georgia zoo keepers

are saying some animals still could be on the loose, a tiger was shot on wednesday after attacking and killing a man. a report from the zoo. >> reporter: a smear of blood marks the spot where a predator killed the first man to walk in to this flooded warehouse across the road from the ruined zoo. alexander heard the screams. >> translator: we broke the windows, and we saw how the tiger had bitten the man on the neck. i threw a brick at the tiger and he jumped away and ran it took police two hours to find and shoot the animal. >> reporter: zoo managers had claimedded that all animals were accounted fox but last weekend's deluge caused chaos and it's still not clear how many other animals survived. some considered dangerous were shot. but most drowned. rescuers are still recovering dead animals from the mud. >> we treated them just like our

children. we knew their names, their histories, so we cared about them really like parents. so, of course, it's very hard to lose all of them. >> reporter: it looks as if they had had to cut open the cages to get the bodies out because the back entrances are completely blocked up. blood waters brought in huge amounts of blued and debris and the water levels went right to the top of the ages the animals didn't stand a chance. volunteers are still cleaning up neighborhoods, at least 15 people are known to have drowned. others are still missing. this has been a human taj is tragedy. >> it's important for me. [ inaudible ] because they are sisters and one had seven-year-old boy and 14 years old boy. >> reporter: there is still concern that out there somewhere, may lurk another predator. those animals that have been found, like the now famous

hippo, are safe. robin walker, al jazerra. and a quick reminder, you can keep up-to-date with all the news on our website there it is on your screen, the address aljazerra.com. that's aljazerra.com. deadly force. be warned, it's a 2-way street. the same cameras can expose more of your life than you ever bargained for. wednesday's senseless violence at an historic black church in charleston south