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gas at us. >> emmy award-winning investigative series. "faultlines": death on the bakken shale. only on al jazeera america. >> tough talks ahead. eurozone finance minister due to resume talks in brussels to discuss a bail out for greece. you're watching al jazeera, live from our headquarters in doha. also coming up held without charge. israel frees palestinian prison after a 55 day hunger strike. the u.n. says some of libya's warring factions agreed on a draft peace deal but the
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legally installed government was absent. thailand deports more than 100 uyghur muslims saying the group were on their way to fight against syria and iraq well a planned meeting of all e.u. leaders on greece have been cancelled, and the eurozone finance minister are meeting a discuss the latest greek bailout proposals. athens has less than 24 hours to convince creditors that it can be trusted to enact forms. a package of reforms and austerity measures were put forth in a last ditch to stay in the eurozone. athens asked for $50 billion goouros. goouros. -- yourios.
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-- euros. finance minister are meeting. the new loan would be in addition to 240 billion euroses that greece received from their creditors. we are crossing from john psaropoulos from athens. it's been difficult for greece and its creditors to find common ground. do we expect that to happen today? >> the difficulty has been underlined by the cancellation of what was to take place this evening. a full e.u. summit of 28 member states. that would have been the member governments, and that that is been cancelled by the president. and what we'll have instead, i suspect, will be a more drawn out summit of the eurozone heads of government. the 18 - sorry the 19 of the 28 countries, which is now expected to go on into the - later into
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the evening, perhaps overnight. that underscores the difficulty that we have been seeing in the last 24 hours. the euro group on saturday went on for eight or nine hours, it has not concluded its meeting. at this hour in brussels hopefully to prepare the ground for a document that the summit can go on to prove. there's hope for an agreement, various parties are saying but the problem that we hear from various comments by finance minister is one of trust. the greeks are beginning to sign their names to what creditors want them to carry out. that doesn't seem to be enough. creditors want prior actions to be executed rather than be passed in principal by the parliament on saturday.
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i am sure greeks in athens watch the hour by hour development. how are they feeling. >> well i think people are holding their breath. i don't think anyone will be surprised if there's a failure of this round of talks. it will come as a shock to people if this turps out to be the -- turns out to be the time round of talks, and it doesn't work out well. i think greeks are prepared for every eventuality, they have seen things have not gone well and particularly in the last few weeks, and particularly over the period of the referendum and they know that most greeks are against the measures that parliament wept ahead -- went ahead, despite popular issues. they know there's an enormous amount of political tension, even if there is an agreement in
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brussels and executing thath will be difficult. this is a concern shared across the eurozone. on the other hand they hold out hope that solidarity will prevail at the end of the day, and the eurozone will not be diminished. >> thank you for that update from athens. >> if eurozone leaders agree on a bailout for greece, much of the burden will fall on germany. the country is greece's largest creditor, and the perimeter would have to approve any deal made. many germans don't support the bailout. >> french and german students repair a landmark. this sign is a sign of a single currency. it had to survive all weathers and for the students they feel they have to prepare more than a monument. >> it's our currency and symbol. it represents the country. it's important to take care of
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it. looking after the monument is our way of representing the unity at the heart of the country. >> border trade helped to prosper. skyscrapers vie with each other for pride of face in the banking district. frankfurt has been seen as the financial capital of germany, a business-friendly germany, it has the stock exchange and the bundize bank. it's been decisions made by the european central banks that resonated throughout the zone causing concern to big businesses. >> when the debt crisis emerged. several banks were exposed. 2 bail outside and billions of euros later, some say the grexit will not be damaged to the economy here. >> short term i don't think it will be too heavy.
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there has been five years for the business community to prepare for that. so many are against the grexit. longer term they may think about investing in greece again. >> if there's a bailout guaranteed by german money. the burden will fall heavily. more tax is collected here per capita than any city. >> discussions are contradictory contradictory, you don't want to hear about it. it's so different. it was a hobby not to pay taxes, they are not like that. it's not the solution to give billions of euros. we need to restructure the debt otherwise the grecks will suffer the same problem. >> fixing frankfurt's euro sign has taken a few hours of work reconstructing the eurozone may not be easily done
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a palestinian prisoner held for a year without charge has been freed. he launched a hunger strike in april lasting 55 gays he was transferred to the hospital. it was the 10th time held under administrative detention. it was used to gaol palestinians. without charge or trial. >> i see the happiness among palestinians flowing, and hoping for the freedom of all prisoners. the occupation made a mistake the m.e.r.s. time and the second time. >> the u.n. says some of labia's wording factions agreed on a framework. as reported. one of the rival governments rejected the deal. >> reporter: in a much
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anticipated ceremony rival factions in libya signed an agreement. a sixth meeting over a fourth draft. the u.n. envoy see it is as a breakthrough towards a binding deal. >> i want to emphasise and enhappens this message - the door is open for those that are not present. they have played a critical role in the text. as i have said many times, there's no text that is entirely satisfactory to all parties, and that responds to all the demands. i'm confident in the weeks ahead a clear decision will be made and address all sides and issues. represents of municipal said council were there. the mill ira were not there. a member calls it a one-sided agreement. we will name lay in a dialogue, we tried our best to compromise.
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the other party decided they had not tried to meet us halfway. it has support from the international community. this is why. the u.n. envoy and others try to drag us into an agreement. there's disagreement between rive ol governments. also recognising the house of representatives baste in tobruk. >> it has served as a high body. it creates an army, calls for the disarming of militias. and the drafting of a constitution. there is hope that it may end up with con sol stations. is this man remains a key sticking point. he has been declared the army
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chief. many politician want to end the tussle on the ground. >> russian media reports say the foreign minister is set to rejoin talks in vienna over the disputed nuclear program. negotiations are there for more discussions. both sides say they have made progress, but are blaming each other and are trying to get a deal done for monday. james bays was joining us from outside the talks. we know that there is a deadline by monday. is anyone saying if and when they'll reach the deal with certainty. >> no, no firm factors, and i have to say don't think too much about the deadline on monday, that is actually just the current terms of the interim bill that has been extended three times already, that has been here in vienna.
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i am sure if necessary it will extend again. we are getting information from the u.s. and the iranian sides, they are a little more optimistic and positive. a few moments ago secretary of state john kerry was leaving the hotel. he is not staying here while the talks are taking place, he's in another 5-star hotel a distance away. the iranian delegation is staying here. they are positive and think they are getting to real decisions. also, pretty positive things from the french, the french foreign minister saying it's now decision time. it's left the talks in vienna and is heading back to paris about the situation in greece. we are told he'll be back here in a few hours time. we are hearing reports that the chinese foreign minister, the russian foreign minister are likely to be back in the coming hours. they all have to be in place for
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any deal. it's suggests that they are getting close to a crunch moment but we have been here before with the foreign ministers in place, and there was deadlock on final issues. >> whatever - sorry, what are the final issues that there could be deadlock on or any stumbling blocks. >> we are not getting a clear read out on a checklist, from. all: -- from all that have been hearing doesn't relate to the deal or the implementation or in particular to the security council resolution, that would be passed to put this deal in pleas, in terms of the sanctions tide of the deal the timing of the lifting of the sanctions, and an their that's been a from is sanctions related to iran's military capabilities, and when
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they may be lifted. that's been a point of doengs. >> thank you for the update. james bays reporting from vienna. >> here is what is coming up from al jazeera. pressure coming up from the ruling b.j.p. - linked to a corruption scandal. >> south africa's government kidd - boys kidnapped by fake initiation groups.
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>> putting loved ones in a nursing home... hoping for the best. >> my father died because of the neglect. >> are they betraying your trust? >> it's a for-profit business. you're with al jazeera, here
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are the headlines - a planned meeting of all e.u. leaders in greece has been cancelled. eurozone finance minister are meeting to discuss a greek bailout proposal. the greek government is offering tax rises and spending cuts in return for a new 54 billion euro bailout. some of libya's warring factions greed on a peace deal. a rival government objected the plan a prisoner has been freed after being held for 55 days. he was on a hunger strike. joining us taiz -- imtiaz tyab what is the reaction there was a lot of health concerns whilst in detention. >> huge amounts of concern. they entered into the 55th day
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of the hunger strike. there were scenes of jubilation they've have been standing in the family home. including the six young children. but basically they were on thinger strike for 55 days. he's been under for 11 months. administrative detention basically allows the israelis to arrest the palestinian without charge or trial. that means that every six months the detention can be removed. this happened three consecutive times. that's when they began the hunger strike. he was eventually released, and in this building behind me.
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>> why was he held in administrative detention 10 times? >> it's a good question. he has spend arrangement six years in israeli prison never charged with anything, never seeing the inside of a courtroom. this is a story that is familiar with many palestinians in the occupied west bank. the fact of the matter is that none of them are told why they are being held. the detentions are removed. the case is significant because as we have been saying he's been they would several times in the past and has been on hunger strike in the past. in 2012 he held a 66 day hunger strike before released by the israeli authorities. he's become a symbol as someone that's been using this
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non-violent reform of resistance, and the administrative system. the fact of the matter is the protest allowed for the release of him. hundreds are still in prison in detention, and through changing policy is unlikely. >> thank you for that decision. >> the latest u.n. opinion polls are correct. donald trump is the republican party's front runner to replace president obama. the tycoon's controversial comments on mexican immigrants seem to be popular with conservative americans. >> for americans angry over immigration, and there's a lot of them one candidate speaks louder than the rest. >> mr donald trump. >> we have to stop illegal
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immigration. we have to. we have to. they are killing us at the bored e, and they are killing us in trade. they are killing us. >> for many the clarity of that message, from a member known for bluntness resonates. despite pressure to tone it down. >> they are bringing drugs, crime, they are rapists. >> that is likely to limit efforts to attract hispanics. the fastest growing community. some made their voices heard in phoenix. >> i wonder if the mexican government sent them over here. i think so. >> i think he's hurting them in the long run. because the republican party needs to go off. they need to get more hispanic votes. i would not disregard the
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candidacy. >> he had to remove his event from a hotel, driving thousands to the phoenix convention centre, which holds thousands more. many came to hear his message on immigration. >> he has brains he can get us out of this hell hole. >> i would love to see what he does for the economy. >> trump is not shy. hillary clinton was the worst secretary of state in the history of our country. the polls came out. and i'm tied with jed bush. i said that's too bad. how can i be tied he's terrible. >> reporter: or the many companies that cut ties. >> i was cut from macy's. here is the bottom line. thousands of people are cutting up the macy credit card. >> each supporters say the businessman and reality tv star will have to tone down the rhetoric to be taken seriously as a presidential contender.
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>> there are slip ups. they can't happen. now that blunt message resonates behind the convention hall. >> a leading civil rights group is ending its 15-year boycott after the confederate flag was removed from the state capital. the national association for coloured people follows the charleston church shootings of nin african-americans. the gunman was associated with the flag. >> the leading drug's gang boss escaped from a maximum security prison. he is known as el chapo, which means shorty in spanish. his capture was hailed as a big
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blow to the drug trade. "forbes" magazine named him as one of the most powerful men in the world. >> video has been released of uyghur muslims deported from thailand to china. 13 of the 109 deportees are terror suspects on their way to join the wars in iraq and syria. the arrests are condemned by the international community. uyghurs face prosecution in china's jink jang region. >> in india, 35 people linked to a scam involving college events have died since an investigation began. activists and opposition politicians a say their deaths are suspicious. the case put the spotlight on corruption. >> reporter: this man cannot hold in his grief, mourning the
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death of his son, one of thousands caught up in a scam. he was told his son died of a heart attack whilst in custody. he and his family suspects murder. for three months he was in gaol. once he was sick. he was about to be released when he died. that's why he thinks he was murdered. we are trying to find out why he did it. they insist all they want is a proper and fair investigation on the death and his involvement in the scam. thousands of people have been linked to the scandal, involving selling seats linking exam questions and hiring impersonators to sit the test. students state officials and politicians have been arrested and accused in the case. some of those accused died in mysterious circumstances with
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the state investigators blaming natural causes and suicide for their deaths. the state's home minister says corruption is deeply rooted. >> it was corruption involving bureaucrat. politicians of differents political parties. the right candidate did not get administration. of course it is stad. the uneducated person did not get it. someone who got it got it. it's same for the government. >> activists working on the kate accuse the state investigators of bias and welcome the decision by india's supreme court to hand over the case of the central bureau of the investigation or c bi they are cautious. >> the same party is ruling in the and the state. if they are not possible to investigate. that is possible when the inquiry is conducted by the cba
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under the observation of the supreme court. >> meanwhile, those like him are waiting for answers. >> corruption cases are nothing new in india. what is fascinating is the number of deaths involved. the central bureau of investigations is expected to look into scams and mysterious deaths. family members hope the truth will be revealed. >> the sav gan government says cals are hi -- criminals are hijacking schools to extort money from parents. >> it's from this football pitch in orange farm that 22 boys were taken by force, or lured by the promise of gifts. the mother of one of the boys says days later she received a call from the man who took him. >> translation: they told me there were not many for a ritual performed on my child.
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i don't know what it was. they said we should by groceries so our child may be protected. >> reporter: the boys were kept in an abandoned mine dump where they were to undergo cultural initiation and circumcision. >> this is unused but they used it. you can see to hide during the day, you know. so there is the door. what they are using to go in and out. as you can see. even a 10-year-old cannot go improperly, you need to crawl on your knees. it looks like a pigsty. not every normal human being can live under these conditions. >> beaten gold having not eaten for days, several of the boys would go in search of food and water in the township. >> we tried to cover them
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clothes, but they refused. they had food and water and left. >> reporter: the boys were released after community leaders alerted police. >> a report by the government's traditional affairs department says abductions by schools are increasing at an alarming rate. police have rescued 100 boys across the province. to operate within the law the schools should register with the government. illegal schools could lead to a national crisis. criminals are now hijacking a nobel plights of our nation. they love the culture and tradition. >> the mother says not enough people are speaking out about
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the horrors of the abduction. well there's more on that story as well as the day's other top stories on the website. aljazeera.com. one of our top stories the e.u. cancelling a summit in an attempt to stop a possible grexit. >> the wonder of the world's forests... is often found in the creatures that live in them. but the most rare and precious of animals are increasingly falling prey to poachers. the u-n now classifies the trafficking of exotic wildlife... as second only in scale to the illegal drug trade... so vast and lucrative is this black market underworld.... that authorities say its driving more species than ever into extinction.

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