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♪ a nato convow targeted in an attack in kabul, the afghan taliban claiming responsibility. ♪ hello from doha this is the world news from al jazeera, the banks are still closed in greece as the prime minister gets ready to present his new bailout proposal. >> i.s.i.l.'s resent losses prove they can and will be defeated. >> reporter: the united states led coalition ramps up its military mission. and breaking boundaries through
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baseball, we will tell you about a new community project in chicago. ♪ developing news out of afghanistan today, taliban claiming responsibility for a suicide bombing attacking the convoy in the capitol kabul. as we look at the first pictures coming through we will get jennifer glasse in kabul to tell us a little bit more about what happened today, jennifer. >> reporter: kamal, it happened in the area just before noon here in the east part of kabul. the target of the attack a nato convow an armored vehicle where a couple of members of parliament live and nato tells us there has been no nato deaths and eyewitnesses at the scene told us there were at least three afghan casualties with the bomb. and plumes of smoke could be
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seen across the city and windows were blown out of many buildings in the area. >> it seems familiar jennifer in the sense of a recent attack i mean in the past week itself in kabul, similar sort of stuff. that's right it was just a week ago on the airport road that a taliban car bomber targeted another nato convow and this was a heavier vehicle and very large as well no nato soldiers killed or injured in the attack at least one afghan sibelling killed in attack on a busy airport road and taliban are ramping up attacks during the summer season and not just with suicide bombings in kabul but the targets have not just been the foreigner, the parliament was attacked just a couple weeks a go on the day we were supposed to see the defense minister coming in and fighting across the country in many districts
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including districts they have control of. >> thank you for that update that is jennifer glasse live in kabul for us. crucial meetings about the future of greece this tuesday, european leaders and greek government trying to agree on a plan to keep athens and right now the banks are still closed and expected to remain so until at least thursday and european central bank increased pressure on the banks to demand collateral in exchange for maintaining life support. we have the new finger answer minister who will meet the counterparts in brussels and will address a summit of european leaders at the european parliament. indicating some deep differences with greece european president said the greek people voted in a referendum on something that no longer existed and added everyone needs to work toward an agreement. >> translator: we have to put our little egos and in my case a
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very large ego away and have to deal with the situation we face. i continue to believe, and i shall always believe that a gretsit should be avoided. >> angela merkel and hollande says they need creditel proposals at the meeting and reporting from paris they are insisting on meeting. >> reporter: account for nearly half the euro zone so the views of the german chancellor are important with the fall out referendum angela merkel has said this and the time has come
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for france and germany to speak with one voice. >> translator: it's now up to the government to submit proposals so they can remain in the euro, the program which is sustainable because greece needs sustainability and sustainability within the euro. >> translator: it is not only the greek population and the greek people who have a say here. it is also the other 18 countries. we have one common currency we want to keep this common currency and therefore all sides need to be responsible and show solidarity. >> reporter: the euro zone is moving into uncharted waters. no mechanism exists for a country to leave the euro so greece's european partners are worried about setting a dangerous precedent. other countries in the euro zone such as spain will be watching the next developments closely. like greece spain has lived through difficult economic times. the spanish good evening has been forced to impose unpopular
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austerity measures and we will be weary of greece getting special treatment. >> translator: i believe that from the point of view of the greek public some errors have been made by the so called institutions but i also say it's inevitable that greece makes the form because there are examples of other countries who have already put them in place and already emerged from recession. >> reporter: looks like a bad omen, taking apart the euro symbol outside the former quarters of the european central bank, in fact, they are preparing the sign and it will be back in place on thursday. the process of reviving the currency this sign represents no doubt will take much longer jackie roland al jazeera, paris. live to john in athens covering events for us and john i wanted to throw things forward this hour and ask what can happen next if angela merkel
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want a credible proposal in their words what is a credible proposal and what would satisfy of what they did? >> let's remind ourselves of what the greeks have already agreed to and agreed to 1 1/2 billion of austerity measures this year new taxes and additional spending cuts but that would ride to a billion dollars and every year there after in addition to everything agreed so far and considered to be credible measures by creditors because they are measurable and numbers we can be sure the greek government will achieve. they are not vague ideas about money that may or may not be raised for example through a clamp down on tax efvagus because they have proven they are not particularly good at doing that. i reminds you during the election campaign it promised to bring in $3 billion euro of tax
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revenue by pursuing tax evaders, it has not brought in any of that so creditors mean measures that we are sure will be implemented. the other thing that the greeks have requested of course is a two-year moratorium on repayment of the debt. that means a two-year period when one of the european mechanisms society up for distressed governments such as the european stability mechanism would pick up greece's debt payments and in theory give them breathing space in order to rebuild its financial health of course as a state and also economic health in the private sector at home which is the powerhouse of all tax revenue. >> john with that bit from athens, thank you for that john. u.s. president barack obama says he is determined to beat i.s.i.l. and iz lateralic state of iraq and levante and they are intensifying the campaign against the group with some of the heaviest bombings since it
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began air strikes last september and talking heavy and talking at least 19 carried out in iraq on sunday and helping on the ground as well. they fought off an i.s.i.l. attack near kirkook and they are united in the fight. >> i.s.i.l.'s strategic weaknesses are real. i.s.i.l. is surrounded by countries and communities committed to its destruction. it has no airforce. our coalition owns the skies i.s.i.l. is backed by no nation and relies on fear sometimes executing its own dissolutioned fighters and the brutality alternates those and the losses in syria and iraq proves that i.s.i.l. can and will be defeated. >> reporter: that statement on i.s.i.l. is backed up by the increase in air campaign we
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talked about in the last 48 hours, here is iraq and 11 air strikes in the town and also near fallujah and kirkook and sinjar syria there were i.s.i.l. targets and eight strikes and raqqa and kobani and struck an al-qaeda position near aleppo and carter will face a committee on tuesday to defends the coalition which is almost $3 billion and air strikes are working with peshmerga forces on the ground and peshmerga fought off i.s.i.l. attacks on several positions near kirkook on monday and killed at least 40 i.s.i.l. fighters and part is the increase in coalition air strikes is to boost it on the ground. six world powers meeting for a last-minute deal on the nuclear plan with the deadline looming. and the missile program and an
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arms embargo remain sticking points. tehran wants international sanctions lifted which crippled the economy and slashed oil exports. pope francis has celebrated an open air mass in ecuador, the first of his week-long south american visit more than 600,000 people were there in the stifling heat to take part as the pope called for stronger family values and aligning with the poor and we have more. >> reporter: the heat here was often unbearable but hundreds of thousands of pilgrims were undeterred as they gathered for pope francis first open air mass in spanish speaking south america, his home continent. the pope dedicated his first major address to the family which the catholic church considers the pillar of society but which in pope francis view is suffering the ills of modern times. >> translator: the family is
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the greatest social wealth that no other institution can replace. it needs to be helped and strengthened. >> reporter: the pope has taken a more liberal stance on divorce and homosexuality and remains opposed to same sex marriage which is being legalized in many north and south american countries. pope francis hoped the bishop meeting for october would provide concrete solutions to many challenges facing families in our times. >> translator: we would like the pope to bless our family and country that needs more faith says this man. >> reporter: back in the capitol thousands are gathering, hoping to catch a glimpse of the pope as he heads to the presidential palace anicka theoretical and switching gears and atddressing a theme which is climate change and getting about
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mother earth. he talked about capitalism that warned that environmental degradation and climate change was in danger of destroying our planet it's a planet he likely discussed in a closed or door meeting with the president who has come under fire for wanting to open up protected areas of the amazon rain forest to oil exploration. exploration. in the news ahead we visit cuba's crumbling coastline as pressure grows about climate change. i'm at the imperil show with the best innovation and design. ♪
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♪ top stories for you once again on al jazeera, the afghan taliban claimed responsibility for a suicide car bomb attack on a nato convow in the capitol kabul and nato said none of the soldiers were killed and three afghan civilians were though. president obama is determined to beat i.s.i.l., the islamic state of iraq and levante and he said in a speech and the u.s. led coalition is intensifying against the group with some of the heaviest bombings since the air strikes last september and greek banks are still closed and they have crucial meetings about its future and european leaders meeting in brussels to agree on a plan to keep athens in currency and let's talk to the head of economic research at
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lloyds financial markets joining us from our london studio and good to have you with us sir and the short story is the banks and that is crucial for the people and the banks are closed and can only take out 60 euros at a time out of atms will they alleviate that do you think and look at the acute crisis right now? >> the signals too date are the european central bank is not coming to the rescue quite yet with the greek banking system and announced last night that the emergency liquidity to date will be remained unchanged at 89 billion euros and they have also announced that the amount of collateral they have to post just to continue to access that funding will be increased so i think what the european central bank is saying look we don't want to make a decision on greek
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banks at the moment and do not feel we have the legitimacy to sort out the greek problem and looking no doubt of what comes out of the meeting and finance ministers and euro zone summit later today for a bigger stir. >> in your opinion it's good fiscal sense of what they are doing, not a sort of brinkmanship and i'm not accusing them of that but it looks sometimes we keep going to the edge and wonder if the two are staring each other down a bit. >> reporter: the european bank is protecting the stability in the area and financial stability so to the extent clearly what is happening in greece for the moment represents significant event risk and i think the european central bank is taking a pragmatic and appropriate view that it cannot continue to lend money until they know what the outcome of this is. >> if the bank is closed and greek people not getting paid and all these sorts of things because this is where the
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agreement comes in to say you are hanging people out to dry and not helping them. >> reporter: yeah, i think there is three ways. this ultimate will go either we get a proposed agreed today or over the next few days in which case the european central bank will most likely step in with some emergency funding with a bridging loan or increase in liquidity assistance and secondly if that doesn't happen and we don't get a proposal agreed then it raises the prospect of bailing in which is effectively greek depositors over a certain threshold losing money to recap like the greek banking system and will happen a couple of years ago. clearly politically very unpopular and the third option if that is unpalpable is unfortunately greece makes a decision of whatever it is. >> adam long-term, he has to
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take something to the european union now, what do you think that would be something that would satisfy them long-term because the debt has to be managed in a however many years. >> well, i think there are two clear demands, demands on the part of the greek government around debt forgiveness, a haircut basically and greek cannot repay debts and ultimately some of that should be written out and clearly the position of the government. european government of course and greece's creditors want to see more credible proposals, credible reforms and it was mentioned earlier hard numbers in terms of tax increases, spending cuts but i think it goes beyond that. it is structure reforms to improve the greek economy and make sure that it can be in a sustainable footing over the long-term to compete and maintain the position over the euro. >> great talking to you and
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thank you for your time today. >> thank you. now a migrant has died in the under ground tunnel which connects france and britain and body found on the french side about 3,000 migrants live here with reaching england sneaking through the tunnel during a port strike last month. al-shabab claimed responsibility for attack in northern kenya that killed 14 people and gunmen opened fire on people resting near a military base. later this year france will host an international conference on climate change and delicates will sign a global treaty and u.s. china and brazil raised hopes committing to new climate change goals but we have a report from cuba where we see the warning signs continuing to accumulate. >> reporter: there are those who doubt reality of climate change and he is not one of them and lived here most of his life on the north coast of cuba the
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town's coastal strip has been eaten away by the advancing ocean and every time there is a storm more is lost. what was once a thriving community has been consumed as the sea rises. >> translator: the sea has moved further in land over the course of my life buildings like this one have been effected and the entire coastline has changed. in the 70s this was a school until the sea eroded its foundation and it collapsed like you see now. >> reporter: scenes like this are becoming more evidence across the world in part they are responsible for an increasing momentum in the effort to deal with global warning and pope francis visiting cuba in september has warned about it and targeted the world's wealthy and wrote of the unprecedented destruction of the eco system with serious consequences for all of us. also in june at the g 7 summit in germany the concept of a
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carbon-free world when from francis to official policy and leaders pledged to wean the economies of fossil fuels and promise paris will produce results. >> translator: we know we need deep cuts of global greenhouse gas emissions and therefore have committed ourselves to the need to decarbonize the economy in the course of this century. >> reporter: meanwhile use of renewable energy is soaring just as the cost is plummeting and widespread mobilization on the streets and cities are listening, taking cues from their citizens but that is not the whole picture, seeing more extreme weather and scientists say the clock is ticking and the world's nations are supposed to outline what they individually will do to reduce emissions to keep temperatures from rising about 2 degrees over preindustrial levels. so far only a small proportion of countries have done so and as the poor suffer the most what about the promised billions of
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dollars the rich will provide and we still don't know how the finances are going to work. and as people in the front line like umberto will tell you things are more urgent than the politicians would recognize and much to be done between now and december in paris with scenes like this are not to become a sign post to our future. nick clark al jazeera, cuba. 3,000 kilograms of ivory and rhino horn destroyed after being confiscated from pochers and this is the largest discovery of illegally killed wildlife and they operate across the border in south africa the trade is by demand in asia and middle east and they are used for ornaments and traditional medicine. police in the u.s. city of chicago long grappled with high crime rates but now a handful of officers are reaching out to
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children in the most violent neighborhoods where police are viewed with suspension and trying to rebuild bridges and using sport and we have the story. >> throw strikes all right and hit the mound. >> reporter: for chicago officer eric olson coaching baseball is one way he can step away from the street violence he sees on a daily basis. >> i want to coach this baseball team today. >> reporter: he is a lieutenant in engelwood on chicago's south side and one of the city's most dangerous neighborhoods. >> okay let's play ball guys. >> reporter: on this day with ten other officers he traded in his weapon for a whistle. >> a lot of times there will be conflicts based upon different boundaries and different gang lines of where someone may live and kids can interact with kids regardless of what block they are on. >> reporter: 100 kids both boys and girls ages 8-12 are taking
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part in the league but it's not just about baseball, it's about mentoring kids who need it most. >> let's see a high 5. you did good. don't cry. no crying in baseball. >> reporter: teaching them life skills like conflict resolution and problem solving and team work and teaching them about the basics of catching throwing and batting and fielding organizers hope to build stronger relationships in the community that translate from the field to out in the neighborhoods. >> let's go. >> reporter: retired postal worker janet moore signed her two grandsons to play in the league and hopes it build trusts between community of color and the police. >> i think the interaction is really good for the kids because you are getting so many mixed vibes about the police. some are good, some are bad but they are here to serve and protect and we want our kids to really understand that. >> reporter: for moore's 7-year-old grandson a fan of the nationally known jackie
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robinson's west team it's a bit less complicated. >> give me how to play and give me how to learn new things. >> written down yeah. >> reporter: for many of the kids this is the first time playing the game and organizers here say they want it to be fun and renew the police and community relationship. >> it's really good for them to interact with them and they are having a ball out here with them. >> reporter: in a city where homicide all to often dominates the headlines they hope efforts like this can be a game changer. a couple ideas a vibrating pen designed for people with parkinson's disease and a powerful glove allowing you to carve through tough materials are on display at an exhibition in london now and simon mc-greger wood went there to see devices to make the lives of many so much easier. >> reporter: these are displays that might launch careers, this is science for the real world
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and might change our lives. for example there is this apparatus or power glove that could revolution the sculpture allowing hand sculping for the first time. >> with the stone and really understanding the curves. >> reporter: then there is a brand-new way of harvesting wind power, imagine thousands of these stuck to a skyscraper lining an under ground train tunnel. this vibrating pen is designed to help sufferers of parkinson's disease whose hands stiffen as the disease takes hold >> when you take the pen to write it engages the vibration motors and enables you to write clearer and smoother providing a vibration feedback to your muscles and it makes the pen go across the paper easier and it also reduces the stiffness of
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the muscles. >> reporter: innovations on display here are a combination of art and science. this stuff has the work and it has the look good at the same time. the students are taught to understand the commercial applications of what they come up with because these innovations that will drive the successful economies of the future. all of them are fundamentally interested in taking their ideas forward and realizing some of them formed their companies already and some are working with innovation hubs and investors to realize their ideas being commercial reality. the work here is about changing lives and the impact we have on the world around us. bio net for example uses different densities of the same plastic to make a complex product a concept shoe and it's made of one thing and it's much easier to recycle, it's a perfect mix of the commercial and the environmental. simon mc-greger wood al
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