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>> in more exit. a decision has been made in one of thewhat has been described as the worst crisis in history. i'm richelle carey: edging closer to signing a deal on the future of iran's nuclear program. >> i'm john hedron in madison wisconsin, where scott walker is now a serious contender for the republican nomination. >> and a prime minister indicted
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in in corruption. his assets have been seized. after hours of tense negotiations and months of arguments in emergency summit, finally a breakthrough in the bail greece's bail out. there will be a new loan package worth $82 billion to 86 euros. the reforms include streamlining the pension system. boosting revenue especially from sales tax. liberalizing the market, and extending shop opening hours. greece will transfer 50 billion
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eurs into a fund to be prepared for the eventual privatization of athens. >> a deal at last. after talks that went through the night they discussed the scenario of the greece exit. >> after 70 hours of negotiations we have finally reached it. someone can say that we have an agreekment. >> but it's no laughing matter for the greeks. they will sell off 50 billions" of state assets. >> the deal is difficult but
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we're prevented the plan of financial asphyxiation, and and a plan that recentry started to be implemented. we achieved the restructuring of the debt and financing in the medium term. >> chancellor merkel concerned that they would look at restructuring the debt, but was categorical that none of it would be written off. >> the success has come in spite of the fact that in the past weeks and months the currency namely trust was lost between us. but we all know that paper is patience. we went forward and will implement what we've agreed upon during the night. >> these are grueling talks. but this process is far from over. the idea is that half the money
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raised for the privatization is used for greet banks. a quarter will be to pay off greek debt and the rest plea bargain invested in greece. but the talks on the bail yacht cannot gun until the greek parliament passes the whole package of measures into law. so the european leaders drive away into the gray light of morning. most of them can now catch badly needed sleep. but not the greek prime minister. for sure the night was bruising for him and he can only expect another bruising when he returns to face the parliament and the people of greece. jacky rowland al jazeera, brussels. >> here's what some of the people the streets of athens are saying. >> i feel relief because we had to have a deal. we couldn't help it.
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it would be a big shake to go to the drachma. as the americans say, we would go down. >> i was disappointed. they were very dynamic at first. there was a glimmer of hope. we were prepared for something to happen, but then the worst happened. >> listen, it is some sort of victory, but it is apparent victory. the measures are very district. people have suffered the past five years and more have come down. we wanted to stay in europe. it goes without saying that we did, but what about the terms. it is it difficult for us. this hope will make it. francisa deadline to reach an accord has been extended to monday. diplomatic editor james bays has
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more from vienna. >> there has been optimism here that after two weeks of talking perhaps we were on the verge of a deal. we have all the foreign ministers in the luxury hotel behind me all the countries negotiating with iran. they're close and closer than they have ever been before. but there are still some difficulties. listen to iran's prime minister. >> the talks have reached a final phase very good progress has been made in the last two or three days. of course, some issues still remain, and as long as they're not resolved we can't announce the agreement. >> he went on to say that perhaps it's not possible to conclude a deal today monday, or even on dues. what's not clear what the sticking points are whether there are further details to be ironed out or whether they are significant problems.
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>> suspected boko haram fighters have launched two suicide attacks killing at least 12 people and injuring a soldier in cameroon. the first explosion happened at a bar close to the military camp. then the seconds bomb went off minutes later behind the settlement. there has also been a bomb blast at a checkpoint outside of a nigerian city. one person was killed when a suicide attacker detonateed the bomb on the bus. three others were hurt. no one has claimed responsibility although it is described as the birthplace of boko haram. and recently elected niger januaryelect nigerian president has fired the chiefs of army, navy and air force. a car bomb targeting a u.s.
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army base has killed 33 people. afghan troops, civilians including 12 people are among the dead. we have reports from kabul. >> a morning after a suicide car bomb exploded near an u.s. military base. women and children were killed along with women and men of the afghan security forces. the attack took them by surprise on a buzzy road after a long day of ramadan fasting. >> i was on my way home when suddenly a bomb cut off. i found myself here. >> the intended target was on the base of the host city. it was the site of the worse attack on the cia in decades. the camp is still home to international forces. in this attack like so many others in afghanistan it's civilians who suffer the most.
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the united nations said civilian casualties and injuries in the first quarter of this year are up 16% chaired to the same period last year. that's before the fighting season began. afghan security forces are also taking high casualties as they fight without the substantial support they used to get from nato. jennifer glasse al jazeera, kabul. gains have been made against isil. the government said that the operation in iraq's largest province began early monday morning. shia militias, sunni forces and government are all taking part. we have this update from baghdad. >> the operation was announced on state tv, they said that it began at 5:00 a.m. now this involves at least 5,000 troops within the province,s are they're saying there are 6,000 troops surrounding to stop isil
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fighters were getting out of the province and towards baghdad. now, it is a little bit confusing because they've been fighting in ramadi for a number of months now. that town fell to isil fighters in mid-may. and there has been an operation to retake it from isil fighters. they are likely to come towards the town of fallujah under isil occupation for a number of months. the iraqis will be looking for propaganda victory to announce. this may be it for them. but while all of this was happening coalition airstrikes reportedly hit an isil radio station and media base west of ramadi as well. so there is a number of things happening. this operation does seem like it's quite big bigger in nature than perhaps we've seen in recent months to try to retake anbar province. take a look at the type of fighters involved in this as well. we're seeing mainly shia
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militias sunni fighters, iraqi military forces and police forces. >> activists in syria say that 35 people have been killed after the government bombed the town of al bab. barrel bombs hit a market and residential area in isil-controlled town. >> a russian military barracks collapsed trapping 23 men inside. 19 others were injured. it was renovated just in 2013. the cause that have collapse is still under investigation. still to come on al jazeera. anger in cambodia as it's parliament votes on a law that
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they say will strangle dissent.
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>> scott walker is a frontrunner nomination pap minister's son and a college drop out he was little known and little noticed milwaukee county executive when he game governor. he eliminated bargaining rights he earned determined enemies and a national following that has propelled him into the top tier of republican candidate. >> it has helped him soar in the presidential run that he is now watching. it has been helpful on the national stage. on the state level it got him into controversy very quickly and contributed to that polarization that has net and has not let go during hits time in office. >> in a rare recall election. for months demonstrators protests outside of the capital calling for walker's resignation. in the end he won that battle.
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>> taking on the image whether it was right to work, i think that's something that shows that he's not scared. >> political allies say that walker's breezy style masks a stubborn streak. >> what you see is what you get with him. very down to earth. straightforward, decisive. he has a calm demeanor about him, but at the same time anybody that boo misinterpret that would find out differently. he's decisive. >> union leaders watched in dismay as walker won re-election in 2014 and then went one step further signing a bill making wisconsin a right-to-work state. one that bars all unions, public and private from forcing members to pay do yous. >> the u.s. economy needs to be fixed. and he has broken wisconsin's economy. he is not the right leader for the mission. >> he has not produced the 250,000 jobs he promised when first elected. but he has cut taxes passed a
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law requiring vote tours have i.d.s and passed concealed weapons. all moves that would rally republicans in elections. >> the second break for the sinaloa cartel. there is investigation about weather a prison guard helped him break out. london's airport had to close one of its runways for three hours after demonstrateors breached it's fence. anti-climate change activists have been protesting the airport. people should expect delays and flight cancellations.
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pope francis is on his way home after his tour in south america. lucia newman reports. >> reporter: it was fitting perhaps, that pope francis and his tour of south america's poorest nations. if he offered solace to the ill very poor. we have no land. we can't afford to buy proper homes on our salaries, said this woman. >> with every leg of his trip, pope francis added a new layer of his gospel. his defense of the poor his crypt simple of political intolerance and political order that creates widespread inequality. here in paraguay where a million
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people turned out his final mass he calls corruption the gangrene of society. >> it's muddy and wet but none of that matters for the tens of thousands of people who came, they spent the entire night to hear and see pope francis. they said they want a message of hope for themselves but to hear from the pope directly. >> we would like them to tell them to pay more attention to the humble, to the poorest because our government doesn't. it solvers from gangrene as the pope says. >> but the pope acknowledges some of the catholic's church's since. in bolivia he asked forgiveness for the crimes against the indigenous people in the conquest of america and he acknowledged that in america the church has driven many people away.
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>> i ask for hospitality with those who do not think the way we do with those who have no faith or have lost it. >> the pope's personal appeal especially here in his home continent is undeniable. the expectation is that his message will be heard but heeded. >> ethiopia to try to boost efforts to boost prosperity in the developing world. we explain how financing countries create overseas development aid. >> how do you encourage the world's richers nations to invest in the world's poorest ones, and it has only become tougher as governments tighten their belts during financial
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crisis. it was only a decades when they said that rich nation was spend zero percent on overseas development aid. but only five nations actually exceeded that target. the united kingdom norway, sweden and luxembourg. over all money from rich nations has increased. it was $84 billion and went up to $134 billion by 2013 overrer although the data suggests that it could fall again. but the thing is overseas development aid cannot pay for all the work that needs to be done. alternative routes are required. take the solidarity levy on airline tickets. countries can choose to take part of it, and nine of them have. it's a small tax applied to airline tickets and it goes towards those countries. it helps to pay for the development of drug for hiv
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a.i.d.s. and tuberculosis. there is 22 trillion-dollar in savings globally. the task for delegates at this conference on financing four development is to get that money working. >> in india they're threatening to take legal action over schools. the state said that children in 2,032,000 schools were not getting a proper education and stopped recognizing them. they say it amounts to discrimination. >> dedication and resuscitation are corner stones of learning at this traditional islamic school. but that's not enough for the state government. it has taken away recognition from this and other islamic schools in the state as being educational institutes saying they don't tv an acceptable curriculum. students here disagree. >> all i know is that we learn here so in life we can
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strengthen our faith and make a good part for ourselves and our country. >> some students on that path have had problems finding works after graduation such as jamal hahn who studied for nine years at an traditional muslim school. unable to find a teaching job he's now learning his family's business. >> i spent months looking for the job. but i decided to work in the shop. if i had gone to an english school i would have found a job. >> the government said that the government no longer recognizes the schools because of cases like this. it wants islamic traditional school students to be taught the same subjects as public schools along with religious education. >> our goal is to bring our minority citizen noose the mainstream, but the there is no progress.
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we only have one police officer in the police that are muslim. why should they only be doing manual labor labor jobs. >> they say is that each school should be assessed for its quality of education rather than removing recognition from all of them. >> now we have several who are working. the government cannot just stand up and say we're not going to recognize this school. >> 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'll challenge in court the government's decision to stop recognizing traditional islamist schools. as the debate continues if these schools are giving their students proper education they say they'll raise the issue as the state assembly session
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begins. >> a reminder to stay up-to-date on all of the stories that we bring here on al jazeera. we'll visit the website at www.aljazeera.com. www.aljazeera.com. do keep it here. >> financial relief, greece reaches an agreement to hold off bankruptcy. now markets around the world are rallying. now there may be an agreement in vienna soon as negotiators say they're close to a deal over iran's nuclear program. plus yet another republican is running for president. how wisconsin governor scott walker promises to set himself apart from the crowd.