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country after devastating earthquakes greece says it won't accept more cuts than it has already offered. the declaration coming after late-night talks with creditors broke down in brussels. last-ditch efforts to stop greece defaulting on a $1.7 million i.m.f. payment is due to begin. >> is this the moment wep the future of greece is -- when the future of greece is decided. prime minister alexis tsipras arrived in brussels with barely a word not a shred of warmth between him and the head of european commission. by the time the finance minister arrived it was clear that the concessions offered, the tax rises for pensioners and businesses were not enough for the creditors at the european central bank and international monetary fund. they want more kids or more taxes or both.

there's no way on earth mr alexis tsipras can sell that to his supporters back home. >> we are in the process of negotiations. we are making progress but there's issues to be resolved. >> don't measure the value of the agreement in price as such. obviously it's about politics and it's about money. i would be very positively surprised if we would get a deal tonight. there's a lot of back and forth between the technical and the political level. we have not seen a concrete proposal yet and we have to deal with it closely based on parliamentary manned dates. back in the country giving the world the philosophy of stoicism. many think it may be okay. they have got used to things not being okay. so nothing shocks any more. >> i think the situation will improve. we will still go through a difficult time.

>> it's better the way we are, even if it means we are a bit centred. this way there's a path leading somewhere. there might be a light at the end of the tunnel. >> bear in mind too that the bill athens is trying to pay now is less than a third of what it's supposed to pay back over the i can't remember. it's impossible to see how -- over the year it's impossible to see how they can do it. a majority of greeks prefer to stay in the eurozone. a country like germany says it means greece has to thing to a new way of thinking about work and tax. prime minister alexis tsipras would ask how creditors expect the economy to grow when the debts are leaving people more and more impoverished. a deal would be a success for the eurozone but economists say it's a bit like the greek myth of scifisist - doomed forever to push the rock up the hill.

>> islamic state of iraq and levant appears to be reinforcing syrian stronghold of raqqa, and losing ground to kurdish forces fighters backed by u.s. air strikes, taking control of an area 50km near raqqa. fighters began to dig the trenches around the city. we have news coming in. we are told that a car bomb has exploded in syria's kobane. this is near the turkish border gate. there has been eight casualties that have been reported. just to repeat. a car bomb has gone off in the kobane region. eight people have died from that attack. we'll bring you more details on that as we get it for the first time since his trial began, boston marathon bomber dzhokhar tsarnaev apologised to his victims for the attack in 2013 which killed three people and injured 254

others. dzhokhar tsarnaev has been formally sentenced to death. erica pitzi reports. >> reporter: for the first time since police named him responsible for the boston marathon bombings dzhokhar tsarnaev spoke to the court saying: before he finished his statement he asked allah to bestow mercy on him and his family. >> i wish he had done it before. . >> i think it was a lot to me . >> not all survivors feel the same way. >> i feel very reassured he acknowledged our suffering. it meant a lot to me. >> dzhokhar tsarnaev's words cam a couple of hours after

gut-wrenching testimony from the families and victims. amputees limped up to the podium to detail suffering and pain. many talking about physical and emotional loss. many suffer from nightmares, flashbacks, panic attacks. some held dzhokhar tsarnaev available for his brother tamerlan tsarnaev, dubbed the mastermind. the mother of crystal campbell who died on marathon monday said: the family of the youngest victim, 8-year-old martin richard who wanted the jury to give dzhokhar tsarnaev life instead of death so he would be forced to reflect on the crime he committed said this about the boston bomber: >> throughout all of the statements, dzhokhar tsarnaev stared blankly at the floor. the final victim to speak was young amputee rebecca gregory. she refuses to call herself a victim.

she was the only speaker to face tsarnaev and look directly at dzhokhar tsarnaev saying: u.s. secretary of state john kerry says china has agreed to work with the u.s. on a code of conduct on cyber security. kerry was speaking after two days of talks with china, amid allegations of state-sponsored theft by beijing. rosalind jordan has the details. >> reporter: at every opportunity in the last three days u.s. officials say they raised the question of cyber security with counterparts. on wednesday secretary of state john kerry said finally both companies came up with a form of action to deal with the problem. >> we beleave that the united states and china should be working together to develop and implement a shared understanding

of appropriate state behaviour in cyber space. i'm pleased to say that china agrees that we must work together to complete a code of conduct recording the cyber activities. >> reporter: chinese officials are bris lipping at the suggestion that they or people working at their behest may have been hacking into u.s. government computers, one saying the u.s. should be careful, and only bring up matters with the facts, and not innuendo france announced plans for a widespread surveillance law. the government voting to legalize large-scale monitoring of extremists and critics say the law will allow authorities to collect massive amounts of data. secretary of state john kerry has been trying to allay fears that the united states is topping the communications of its allies. france is said to be outraged at yanina wikileaks revelations that the

u.s. has been monitoring the calls and emails of three past french presidents. >> this is an old document. i don't know the debate it starts and refers to. i'm telling you point blank, we are not, and will not target conversations of any friendly president, anyone that i know of. and certainly not president francis hollande or the french ministry - that is not hopping in the u.s. a prison guard has been arrested after two convicted murderers broke free. gene palmer is accused of conspiring to smuggle tools into the prison and charged with tampering with evidence and misconduct. richard matt and david sweat escaped from the clinton facility after cutting holes in the steel walls of their cells. palmer is the second employee to be arrested for the first time a court ruled that a government has the legal responsibility to protect its citizens from climate change.

the ruling was made by a dutch court, and climate change campaigners are calling it a milestone. simon mcgregor-wood reports. >> reporter: the court's verdict essentially declares that dutch government's climate targets illegal. [ clapping ] >> reporter: the judges ordered it to deliver 25% cuts on its is the 1990 emission levels from 2020, up from the current targets of 17%. great news for supporters of the case. >> judges in the netherlands feel that liability has a role to play in addressing the climate problem. >> the landmark ruling says the dutch government must protect its people from the effects of climate change and current plans don't go far enough. it said:

the case was brought by the agenda foundation acting on behalf of 900 citizens. they want to government to limit global temperature 2 degrees above pre-industrial levels in a low-lying country concerned about rising sea levels. >> we are the first in the world to do this. we are looked at everywhere. all the countries doing the negotiations, those in the climate treaty are watching. this will be helpful for everything. >> reporter: the case could set a legal precedent with similar prepared in other countries, and the e.u. targetting cuts of 40% by 2030, the dutch government has not commented on the verdict, and has the right to appeal the decision.

still to come on al jazeera - marking 65 years since the beginning of the korean war. we hear from a south korean that lived through it. >> and we are in the philippines where child soldiers is emerging and more violence than before.

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progress. greece could default on a $1.7 billion payment due next week, and risks being pushed out of the eurozone eight people have been killed and 38 others wounded in an attack on the syrian town of kobane. according to a kurdish y.p.g. official, a car bomb exploded close to the border crossing with turkey. >> boston marathon bomber dzhokhar tsarnaev apologised to the victims of the 2013 attack. he spoke at a court hearing where he was sentenced to death. >> in armenia demonstrations and plans to hike electricity prices continued for a third night. the some power is controlled by russia, it is accused of taking advantage of the monopoly. >> reporter: this is optimistic it's relaxed. people have grievances. they want an end to corruption.

they want to see an end to the price hikes and the monopoly putting a hole in the economy of this country. what protesters say is this is not a protest against russia but a russian country that has gone too far. it has a monopoly of electricity supplies in armenians, and a 16% price hike is too much for ordinary people. a third of armenian population live below the poverty line. the crowd has been growing. come over here we have makeshift barriers. at the far end we have the police. now, the other day they tried to fire water canons at the protesters to shift people. instead of frightening people away it had the opposite effect.

>> britain is taking steps to control border control. people have been trying to across the channel by illegally riding on trucks headed for britain. >> hungary made a u-turn on its policy. it will grant asylum but they'll neat time to deal with the backlog. hungary plans to build a 4 meter high fence to stop the refugees crossing the border. jonah hull is talking to migrants about their journey. >> reporter: they could be tears of pain or relief or exhaustion. for more day as than many can count they travelled crossing borders by any means, fleeing civil law for the safety of the european union. >> you are a refugee. >> another group arrested.

this time from pakistan. they walked from serbia to hungary. the latest leg of a shattering journey from islamabad. where do you want to go do? >> ittally, spannia. >> why? >> working. >> reporter: in good weather hundreds a day might cross into the pretty border town. the dense forest provides good cover and most escaped the rangers who follow their tracks through the woods. the hungarian government plans to build a 4-meter high fence to seal the 175km stretch of border something a mayor describes as a new iron curtain, a solution to stop the influx of what he says were asylum seekers. >> translation: we are talking about a totally different culture, a muslim culture, a world colliding with our

christian civilisation. >> the rangers are the mayor's men. few in number but answerable to him, with police powers and weapons. >> translation: i'm not happy about the iron curtain, i will see it from my farmhouse. i feel like i'm in gaol. it is necessary. what i'm worried about is it will push it into conflict terrorism and tension. >> reporter: these people hardly resemble terrorists. this man from cameroon lost his sister and two daughters in the chase. i tried to explain we believed they were captured a little earlier and they'll be reunited soon. they have made it into the european union, only just. this group of men from syria, women and children are in the police van. they are all in the hands of the hunk air wan police and will be

handed or shortly to the immigration authorities, who will decide whether to grant them asylum or not. most will be housed in a refugee camp able to come and go. meaning most will resume their journey west wards, soon to become another country's problem some relief in southern pakistan as temperatures are starting to drop. more than 1,000 people died since the worst heatwave began on sunday. opposition politicians accuse the pakistani government of failing to respond to the crisis. >> nepal's neighbour, india pledged a billion for earthquake restriction. the quake claimed almost 9,000 lives, and left hundreds of thousands homeless. >> reporter: villagers outside kathmandu have not waited for the government to build temporary homes. monsoon rains started, and

almost 200 of the 900 households have a roof above their heads, with the help of private donors. residents say they should have more shelters if the government has been more helpful. >> a community leader is frustrated by the government's slow pace. >> we have had foreign groups trying to help us. they have been struggling with authorisations they need from the government. the government has not given us the money promised. >> reporter: nepali government leaders announced anyone that wants to help the relief effort had to go through the prime minister's fund. many private donors didn't want the government to handle their money. now the government is trying to find $7 billion for restriction. the earthquake damaged more than

800,000 houses. the rebuilding cost is roughly $3 billion. the government is looking for support. locals hope the bureaucratic red tape will not hamper the problem. >> translation: we are now creating a special authority. we have many powers too many to even bend the rules in the process, and even to simplify things. with this authority, headed by the prime minister special authority, and the implementing of the government and outside the government. i think any concern about management would be resolved. >> over the past two months longstanding international development partners also have

been criticized as well as the government. now both sides are hoping restriction will move forward in a spirit of collaboration. >> there's still much to be provided as to how the agencies - the new agency will work the authorities and composition, and i think the international committee hopes that it's as political as possible. there's very clear rules, standard operating procedures right. it has maximums for transparency. >> villagers are not holding their breath. they say that life has to go on with or without government help. but they want to have a say on how the veilic will be reconstructed the southern philippines has been plagued by violencement

several armed groups operate in the area and are recruiting children. in the second part of a special series. jamilla reports on the battle to save a new generation of child soldiers. >> reporter: he's been living a quiet life for over a decade. abdul says the past is just as vivid. he was a child soldiers at the age of 12, encouraged by his four brothers would were past of the recruits. years later he's too afraid to show his face. >> translation: what happened to me is done. i can't go back to it now. i don't want my children to go through what i went through. >> reporter: abdul grew up in an island in the southern most part of philippines, held back by poverty and armed rebellion. the numbers of child soldiers recruited is unknown.

the problem has remained in the backburner for too long. as a result a generation of rebels has emerged. >> in this video obtained by al jazeera, a group of fighters is presented. they are getting younger. they are called sons of martyrs. that's because most of the farmers were members of a group, and killed fighting the government. some of these recruits are as young as 14 years of age. according to the philippine military they are involved in kidnapping, extortion and terrorism and are more violent than previous fighters because they are involved in illicit drugs, like the fathers, they are uneducated poor and marginalized. there's no escaping their future. >> we are trying to save the

next generation. we cannot save the present generation, because they have undergone the experiences since the '70s. they grew up. what we are trying to do is cut the cycle, and try to save the - this generation from experiencing war and giving them hope. >> these children also come from the villages which have many armed groups. for these boys from warring communities, football is a unifying symbol. most of them are back in school. this play center has been organised by the community, for the first time children have a sem blaps of what it's like to be a normal child. >> parents are grateful. hopefully it means their children will play with toys instead of guns 65 years since the start of

the korean war. the seen government is hosting a memorial it seoul. it began as a civil law. the u.n. joined to help south korea, and china to help north korea. al jazeera spoke to someone that lived through the war and tells his story to visiting tourists. >> my name is sam. i'm 68 years come december. now, i live south of seoul. my job here is a tour guide. english tour guide. sometimes it's very strange living in the same place, the same time. i am a guide to a war that happened 50-70 years ago. for example, we have many american visitors. i focus my attention to america's role. when i have greek visitors i

focus on greek's role and french, like that. at the time, greece and turkey was the tart of the soviet russia across the black sea. they came not knowing much. by the end of the tour they were satisfied. that is the moment i feel hope about it. general, he was old, 70 years old. had problems like me worse than me. he stood here and thought it was a miracle north korea still up the river. to the young koreans, things passed. so likewise korean war doesn't seem much important to them. sometimes it's very strange when north korea approach okay us and suddenly -- provoke us and people become serious about the north korean threat. at that moment young people pay attention - what was it like to

fight the chinese. we can fight them point blank. so we should defeat them at night-time. to me this area now you stand. 150,000 seen, and 37,000 u.n. soldiers lost. their names are listed here. snits i can't understand why they go here. travelling far away. here. i certainly know their contributions. because of them because of their sacrifices contributions, today's people can enjoy their prosperity and freedom in colombia a mother and her baby boy have been found alive seller days after a plane crashed in dense jungle. an 18-year-old and her son were

rescued on wednesday. the search team found the doors of the plane opened and suspected survivors clambered out. it tyke several days to find them. they have been taken to hospital with minor injuries. velshi "on target" tonight trolling for dollars. threatening to put american ingenuity out of business. plus the cost of free draid, president obama's fast track treaty deal has come back from the dead. innovation is the fuel that powers america's engine and sets the united states apart from every other nation on earth.