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♪ >> we've come a long way. but a couple of big issues still are open. >> a night at the round table. talks of a third bail-out for greece drag on as a possible deadline looms. hello. i am darren jordan. also on the head on the version of breakthrough. iran and u.s.a. close to signing a historic deal. >> the search is on for mexico's drug pin after he escapes from prison again through a tubal tunnel. >> a fight over the state's
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government decision to quit recognizing islamic schools. >> european leaders are continuing their marathon session of talks in brussels try trying to work out a deal on a bail-out for agrees finance ministers called on greece to bring in key reforms before it can get any new financial help. prime minister alexis tsipras will have to push those proposals through the greek parliament by wednesday. if the reforms are passed government will have to allow international creditors into athens to monitor its work. the threat of having a timeout from the euro zone is on the table if grease does not agree. sent this report. >> the leaders of the 19 eurozone countries need to decide whether the conditions exist for grease novp remain within the currency union.
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the leaders need to be convinced that the reforms greece is proposing will actually be implemented. i am here ready for another compromise. we owe that to the peoples of europe who want europe united and not divided. we can reach an agreement tonight if all parties want it. >> reporter: a lot of factors are at play: economic complicand en emotional. german is among the country's most skeptical about the greek proposals. >> we will have rigorous talks today, and there won't be an agreement at all costs. i know nerves are frayed but it has to be made sure that the advantages outweigh the disad vantages. the future of grease as well as for the whole eurozone. greece's most important supporter is france. the french have dismissed an idea floated by german that greece could take time out from the euro.
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>> there is no temporary grexit. there is a grexit or none or to be more clear, there is a greece in the eurozone or not. >> would mean europe is going backwards and not going forwards anymore. i don't want that. >> the partnership between germany and france is absolutely central to the eurozone and the mean union as a whole. the risk between them over greece could have far reecing consequences. >> there have been marathon talks between eurozone finance ministers on saturday and on sunday. those negotiations were difficult and, at times, ill--tempered. there is no reason to think that the meeting currently underway between his of government will be any easier. these talks are only about starting formal negotiations for a new bail-out for grease. there will be nor -- there will be more difficult and painful
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decisions for the greeks before they see any new money. al jazeera, brulsz. >> this update from brussels. >> negotiations now have exceeded 20 hours beginning with eurozone finance ministers who met on saturday. they continued talks into sunday now lead remembers pouring over an important document that has been produced by eurozone finance ministers that include a list of requests requirements recommendations that would allow greece if it adopts these recommendations, to skooush a bail-out. greece is looking for $59,000,000,000 to keep the country safe from bankruptcy over the next three years. within this list of recommendations are calls to streamline vat, to reform labor and trade sectors within the country and also to privatize the country's energy grid as well. the greekdz have hit back with suggestions of their own.
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they want the european central bank to continue to prop up the greek banking system. they also want a $55 billion plan that would hand over $45,000,000,000 worth of the country's assets to third parties to be scrapped and they also want debt restructuring of the country, $356 billion initial debt to be part of any agreement. it's important to add, though, that as part of this document, any reforms that the greeks need to introduction are expected to be introduced within 72 hours. grease and its ally france and italy, are basically saying this is untenable. this is impossible. we need to go back to the drawing board on this. >> reporter: >> the sxht economistic joseph steiglet spoke to arcs. he said europe needs to keep supporting greece. >> i believe it's in the self
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interest of the eurozone to help greece let me point out. almost all of the money, 90% of the money that allegedly went 2 greece didn't go to greece t went to german and french banks, to the creditors. it was not a greek bail-out. it was a bail-out of western banks lend to go greece. so this is really a way in which western governments give money to their banks under the cloak of the name of another country. the first best thing would be for europe to recognize european solidarity, to recognize that they have made a commitment that it would be a disaster for the european framework for
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greece to leave, and there is a way for grease novp stay in if they wanted to. if it's a failure, europe should be worried because on the southeastern flank of europe will be a fail state. they still will be part of the eu. migration, influence from middle east russia china, you know, this is not most stable part of the world, and if i were europe i had not want my southeastern flank to have that kind of weakness. i would want to make sure that greece was a thriving member of europe. u.s. secretary of state, john kerry sidewalks talks over iran's nuclear problem is
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getting close. there are a few tough things. iran's president said an agreement is very close but few differences still remain. world hours have been trying to reach a deal that would limit tehran's nuclear program for easing staksz. james bays is following the talks in vienna. >> reporter: there have been some pretty positive and optimistic comments come from some of the key figures involved in these talks. secretary of state john kerry said he had some good meetings with his iranian counter part mohammed jarbid zarif. other foreign ministers are arriving here including the russian, sergei lavrov. >> i hope we are finally entering the last stage of this marathon negotiation. you know the position of france is a position of constructive firmness. i hope it will allow us to reach the end now dwoibling a
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satisfying result. >> dispute that optimistic tone i have been told by those close to the negotiations there are still details to work out. this is not yet a done deal. there is a lot of paperwork that needs to be worked on. the guidance i am being given, the earliest an agreement could be announced is sometimes later on monday. >> mexico's president has launched an investigation into a prison break by the drug lord joaquin guzman known as "el "el chapo." he broke through a maximum security. the president says the probe will find out whether any public officials helped him escape. >> i have instructed especially the interior ministry regarding the recapture of this why i am and the national commissioner of public security to carry out action to reinforce security in
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maximum security prison ins our country. thirdly, instructions to the attorney general's office to carry out an investigation to determine if public servants from the prison were complicit or involved in this incident which allowed this criminal to escape. >> security forces in mexico have been searching the building that the tunnel el chapo used to esc escape. it's outside the prison walls. the head of the cartel is a major blow to the government's efforts to control drug crime. a bombing near a u.s. army base in eastern afghanistan has killed at least 17 people. it happened near chapman camp chapman. afghan soldiers are stationed at the base. in india the government has stopped recognizing islamic schools as educational institutions.
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it says they don't have an acceptable kribeling lum. muslim groups accuse the state of religious discrimination and are threatening legal action. from mumbai. >> dedication and recitation are cornerstones of learning at this traditional islamic school. but that's not enough for the state government of maharastra. it has certain away recognition from this and other islamic schools in the state as being educational institutes saying they don't teach an acceptable curriculum. students here disagree. all i know is that we learn here, so in life we can strengthen our faith and make a good path for ourselves and our country. >> so students on that path have had problems finding work after graduation such as jamil hine whostructed foishingd nine years, unable to find a teaching job, he is learning his family's
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business. i spent months looking for the job. ultimately i dooeded to go to work in the shop. if i would have gone to an english john job i would have found a job. >> government says it no longer recognizes the schools because of cases like this. it wants the sageme subjects to be taught along with islamic education. >> our goal is to bring the minority citizens into the mainstream. the work is in progress. minority communities are being left behind. we only have one senior police officer in the state who is muslim no one in the civil service. why should they only be doing manual labor jobs. >> opposition and muslim groups say many prominent indians have graduated. each should have been assessed for its quality of education.
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government cannot just stand up sand say, we are going recognize it for now these schools are only religious institutions and won't receive the same support as other educational institutions in the state. muslim groups say they will challenge in court the government's decision to stop recognizing traditional islamic schools. as the debate continues on whether these schools are giving their students a proper education. opposition parties say they will raise the issue as the state assembly session begins fez jamil, mumbai. >> more to come on the program here. a feud that cost thousands of lives in nigeria. plus: i am john hendron in madison, wisconsin where governor scott walker is a serious contender for the iran presidential nomination.
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welcome back. top stories here on al jazeera. euro zone leaders are locked in talks in brussels as they try to reach a bail-out deal for grease. before it can get any new financial help. u.s. secretary of state john kerry says talks in vienna are getting close to real decisions. world hours have been treeing to reach a deal that wouldliment tehran's nuclear program for an exchange of an easing of sanctions. mexico's president launched an investigation into a prison became by drug king joaquin
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guzman. broke out through a one and a half kilometer tunnel. >> tunisia's interior minister says security forces have largely destroyed a group suspected of being behind an attack on a museum in march. more than 20 people were killed when gun men stoormd the bardo national museum tunis. isil had claimed responsibility for the attack but the government blamed a local group loyal to al-qaeda. >> this operation is very imports regarding the results, the role of targeted elements and about the success of our armed forces to hit the new leader of the brigade. >> in iraq a series of bombings in baghdad has killed at least 35 people and injured september. two car bombs and a sue beside bomber targeted mainly shia neighborhoods in the north the security. security forces are sweeping the area after receiving information about other devices. in iraq isil fighters fired at
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a police station killing 11 people. it happened in fallujah between baghdad andils stronghold of fallujah. the last time in eastern an bar held by forces. >> the youngest winner of the noble peace price has celebrated with syrian refugees in lebanon. the child activist spent the day opening a school for displaced girls in the bekker valley. >> today, on my first day as an adult, on behalf of world children, i demand our leaders: we must invest in books instead of bullets. books, not bullets will pave the path toward peace and prosperity. >> cambodia's parliament is set to pass a new controversial law which critics say will stifle descent. it will give extra powers to
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restrict ngos and civil society groups. the government says it wants to target what it calls rogue players. rob mcbride reports from the capitol. >> opponents are being campaigning against a new law by different means for months. : with the government determined to push it through, the issue is coming to a head. as one of the main ngo did here nicardo beliefs it will give the government wide sweeping powers to curtail any activities it doesn't like. in if we could raise the concerns about land grabbing or trafficking, then we could be de deregistered or suspended or closed down. so those are the main issues around this law. it's not enabling. it's to exclude and eliminate. >> recovering from the genocidal era, ngos local and international have been vital in rebuilding cambodia for more
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than 20 years. but with so many organizations now operating here, the government says the sect is in need of regulation and wants to! clamp down on so-called rogue operators. >> this new law has faced a con tentious journey to the parliament. activists fear it will not only affect the way ngos operate but could be used to silent marginalized groups. >> an activist fighting for the rights of villagers displaced from a prime part of land earmarked for development. her campaign has landed her in prison twice. she thinks she could face even tump sentencing under the new law. >> the courts here are not independent. last year, i was sentence today five months in prison. we are all concerned that with this new law we will be under more pressure from the
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authorities. >> opposition parties suspect cam cambodia cambodia's long time prime minister will strito stifle descent. the government says it will guarantee the rights of civil society organizations. >> well, this is a favor to an ngo more than the government because a number is clearly prescribed. protest-offs against the proposed law are convinced they will suffer and have pledged to fight it. the government is equally determined it will be passed. rob mcbride, al jazeera, pyong pyong pyn. >> ethiopia for a conference to include prose pair pi in the developing world. the aid for financing for development is just that to finance development in poorer countries beyond aid relief.
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santa maria from counting the cost program explains how money turns into overseas development aid. >> how do you encourage the world's richest nations to fund growth in the world's poorest ones? this is something the united nations has been struggling with. it's tougher with governments tighting en their built. when the gobbeled junety said rich countries should spend on overseas development aid but only 5 nation actually exceeded that target. the united kingdom, norway sweden denmark and luxembourg. over all money from reach nathsz has increased. it was at 84 billion in 2013 although it does suggest it could fall again for 2014. but the thing is overseas development aid cannot pay for all of the work that needs to be done. alternative roots are required.
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that's where some invasion comes into it take the solidarity levy on airline tickets. countries can choose to take part in it. it's a small tax applied to airline tickets which take off from those countries. it goes toward the fund which helps pay for the development of drugs for hiv aids tuberculosis and the ideas are there. financial resources do exist. there is $22 trillion out there in savings globally. the taching for delegates at this conference on financing for development is to get that money working. farmers in nigeria are accusings cattle hearders of stacking them and allowing them. herders say it's farmers using land dedicated for grazing. decades has led to thousands of deaths. a report >> offering prayers for the dead, more than 60 people are buried here many were burned
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beyond recognition. 40 of them members of the close and extended family. the farmer says it's difficult to pick up the pieces of their lives after they attack. >> the crisis started again. you see somebody destroying your property zacar blames these men. cattle hearders who have lived side-by-side side-by-side. this farmer lost six members of his family on an attack he blames on the indid he know nus farmers. he has nots fully recovered and is worried as hez fellow herders take that cattle to graze. >> our homes and cars were burpt and cattle were killed or
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stolen. i survived because i was at the palace. i think there is more to the conflict beyond a fight over land. >> every year attacks and reprizals between farmers and cadell heardersrders. villages are deserted added to the thousands of displaced persons across nigeria. >> at the kenter of this is the issue to access of land cattle herders say it is farmers who encroach ol land dedicated for grazing. communities don't know how to deal with the dispute. hundreds of idle young people have taken the law into their hands. the relationship between the farmer we are not saying that.
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the attacks are being investigated by a government panel of experts. both sides to the conflict say they hope for peace to return. however t seems right now, a little spark is all that is required for one other explosion in violence. mohammed adris, al jazeera, bundun nigeria. columbia's government says it will deescalate military action against farc rebels if they agree to uphold their he's fire next week. the two sides made an agreement during cuba. talks have been going on for more than two years to end the deck aids long conflict. the chief negotiator for the columbian government says there are high hopes the government will hold we are not going to paralyze government forces for a simple illusion that will prove
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frustrating. >> mexico's most active volcano is spewing smoke. this shows the kalimakalima volcano right up until it erupted, lighting up the sky with red lava. authorities evacuated residents around the so-called fire volcano. heruptions aren't expected to slow down any time soon. heavy rain has caused flash floods in kentucky in the city of louisville, several drivers who tried to passover flowing streets had to be rescued. >> two homes are now without power. no injuries have so far been reported. now, in the u.s., the race for the white house is in full swing on the republican side and unlikely frontrunner for the party's is emerging. from madison, wisconsin. >> scott walker is an unlikely frontrunner for the republican presidential nomination.
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>> good ebb, wisconsin. >> a minister's son and a college dropout, he was a little known and little noticed milk county executive when he became wisconsin's governor in 2011. when his first budget eliminated collective bargaining rights for most public united states he earned determined enemies and a national following that has propelled him to the top tier of candidates. >> it's made him a hero nationally among republicans. it has happened him soar in the presidential run. that's help helpful. it got him into controversy quickly and contributed to that polarization which has ♪ and hasn't let go during his time in? >> the attack on unions led to daily protests and a rare raul election. >> for months demonstrators protested outside the capitol calling for walker's resignation. in the end, he won that battle and it's that stance on unions that makes him so popular with core republican voters?
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>> whether it was signing right to work, that's something i think shows he is not scared. political analysts say his breezy style masks a stubborn streak. >> what you see is what you get with him. very down to herthearth, straightforward, decisive. a calm demeanor about it but at the same time, anybody that would misinterpret that would find out differently. like i said he is sdooifs. >> union leaders watched in dismay hasas he won rely in 2014 and went one step further signing a bill making wisconsin a so-called right to work state, one that bars all unions public and private from forcing noerz pay dues. >> i has broken wisconsin's economy. he is not the right leader for the nation. >> he hasn't produced the 250,000 jobs he promised when first elected but he has cut taxes, passed a law requiring voters to have ids and shroud gun owners to carry weapons.
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