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>> tsipras brings back an agreement with brussels with austerity on e.u.'s terms. this is al jazeera live from london. also coming up. >> are you making progress? >> positive signs from vienna where iran and six world powers are trying to seal a deal on tehran's nuclear program. plus iraq's launched an offensive to take anbar province from the islamic state in iraq and the levant. >> we'll look at the fight over the state government decision.
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>> after 17 hours of marathon talks in brussels a new multi billion dollar bail out deal has been made for greece, which aims to keep it in the eurozone. athens will receive 86 billion euros of finances, the third bail out the country has received since 2010. greece will agree to reforms the deal is not secured yet. the greek prime minister has until wednesday to pass the reforms. without that the deal dies. jacky rowland reports from brussels. >> a deal at last, after talks that lasted all night eurozone leaders emerged to announce that they have avoided the worst
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scenario. a greek exit. >> we had one objective. to reach an agreement after 17 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 need to adapt a large package of reforms in the next two days and agree to sell off 50 billion ire euros of state assets. a clearly exhausted alexis tsipras spoke. >> we prevented the plan of financial asphyxiation under a plan of financial collapse. finally we achieved in this hard
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fight for the debt a meeting of terms. >> they would look at restructuring the debt but angela merkel was categorical that none of it would be written off. this success comes despite the facts that over the past few weeks and months over important currency trust was lost. but we all know that paper is patient. going forward the most important thing would be to implement what we agreed during the night. these were grueling talks for everyone who spent the night at the european council. but this process is far from over. the idea is that half the money raised for the privatization would be used to privatize the greek banks. a quarter would be to pay off the greek debt and the rest would be reinvested into greece. but eurozone leaders have made it clear that talks on the bail out cannot even begin until the greek parliament passes the
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whole package of measures into law. so the european leaders drive away into the gray light of morning. most of them can now catch some 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 people of greece. jacky rowland al jazeera. brussels. >> well, we'll bring you the latest from athens and brussels. simon mcgregor wood is live in athens. how big of a task does tsipr as have to get this through? >> well, it's absolutely crush. the big issue for him is that he has absolutely no flexibility at all. the deal is on the table only for as long as he's able to deliver this legislation by midnight wednesday guaranteeing the prior actions the increase of the tax and moving forward of
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various other key legislative issues that have been imposed upon him. he has to deliver those votes or the whole deal is taken over the table. the immediate political challenge for him is to try to sit down this evening. we understand with the defense minister who is the leader of the union coalition party the greeks, a right wing party for him. he is in coalition to try to keep him on side. and then tomorrow to have the slightly more difficult task within his own ranks where we know that there are at least two dozen people who may not vote with him. the technical delivery of the vote wednesday he's probably okay because the opposition parties so far are signaling that they'll vote with him. but in the medium term next week and beyond, most of the smart money here lauren, is on him reaching the government in some comprehensive way to keep this process moving forward.
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but what of the people? there is a cartoon in one of the newspapers of him coming off the plane today naked accept for a barrel around his midriff. that is very much the image that he has got to confront from a very angry and bewildered greek population. even a week ago voted so defy defianly referendum. my colleague has been out on the streets testing the popular temperature. >> the debt deal may be done, but there is certainly no surplus of relief. at least not yet. >> this is the worst day i've had here in 30 years, christof tells me. for decades he sold his lottery tickets while staring out at the square. he said now things have change: there is simply no justice. but these days life in greece has turned into one big bad
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debt. the big fish eats the small fish, he tells me. tsipras went to stand up to merkel, if you but it was not possible. the lottery is more reliable than the german government. that sentiment that germany was enthusiasticcally hauling greece over the coals echos bitterly throughout the square. >> we have to make a plan, and then with his money to do whatever he wants to an europe that's not with capital. >> but not were pointing the finger of blame in an outward direction. he believes his own government previous finance minister had more than a little to do with the current crisis.
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>> the man was a writer of many books of imperial gains. i believe when you're gaining with a country it's a little risky. you may lose banks dollars or euros. but in the country you might lose more than that. >> a healthy dose of skepticism also permeated the proceedings. >> i'm still doubtful about the agreement, did they just agree to agree? nothing is finished yet. many here feel their very existence has become little more than a numbers game. despite the deal here outside of parliament there is a sense of spaces. that's a greek word. it means among other things stagnation. people here feel stuck worried that their fiscal fates are tied to forces wholly out of their control. with life suddenly seeming more dependent on the luck of the
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draw than ever before. mohammed al jazeera, athens. >> tell me what is happening to the banks? >> well, nothing, which is more disappointment to the greek people. it's a sneaking home, lauren, that there might be some easing of this very restrictive of liquidity from the european central bank. well, that's not going to happen. so the greeks have announced that the banks will stay shut. capital controls will stay in place 60 euros a day until at least thursday probably beyond to be honest. immediate term financial needs of the greeks are to the tune of 7 or 8 billion euros. tomorrow they have japanese bonds that will pay back. more imf money at the end of this this week. crunch day that's 3.5 billion euros has to be paid back to the ecb itself. so no easing of the pressure there.
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bridging finance. that's what's being discussed potentially in bruce he wills. will the greeks get anything in the short term to tie them over for that $7 billion. again that's being made contingent on the greeks being obedient in the parliament and passing the laws they need to on wednesday. if they do that they'll get that money. it's absolutely no wiggle room at all, no easing on the financial pressure, or down to how he proves himself in that parliament by pushing through these crucial laws on wednesday night. that's the key. >> thank you very much for that live update from athens. what is the next move for the european end on all this? >> well, firstly for the eurozone country all eyes will be first and foremost on athens on wednesday as to whether or not tsipras is going to back this whole wrath of austerity measures. if that is the case then it goes
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to each of the eurozone countries independent government who will then have to ratify it before any talk of releasing billions to billions of dollars in bail out funds can even begin. i can tell you unofficially that this week has seen the longest summit in european union history that began, of course, on saturday. the meeting of eurozone finance minister was then taken over, of course, by how eurozone leaders who finally early this morning came up with that agreement and an agreement that perhaps the greeks a week ago never expected they would actually want to sign up to. so there is perhaps some deep concern among some eurozone countries that maybe within 72 hours we could possibly go back to the drawing board once more. >> thank you very much.
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>> iraqi government says it's making gains against isil as part of a new military offensive in anbar province. shia militias are all taking part in the organization to retake iraq's largest province from isil fighters. [ gunfire ] >> the announcement came early on among morning. the military spokesman said security forces were beginning a new operation to defeat isil fighters. >> the military operation began at 5:00 this morning. our armed forces along with shia militias, special forces federal applies are now advancing towards the targets. [ explosions ] >> military operations have been continuing in anbar for months, but predominantly have been concentrated on the city of ramadi.
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10,000 troops will be used in this offensive. the operation will focus on liberating fallujah, the second city in iraq's largest province. by retaking fallujah iraqi military commanders hope to reopen a corridor to cut off isil from ramadi. but isil has the advantage are allowed to use safe havens in syria to great advantage. iraq's real challenge on its hand to defeat isil, but this operation is notable because it does involve pro governments in fighters who are key to defeating isil. the prime minister has control over the army units and the military and the individual militia leaders run these individual militias, and there are a half dozen really big ones and half a dozen small ones. the federal government i think is trying to do is capitalize on this essentially make the best it can of a very disorganized
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situation. >> the iraqi air force is also involved in the new offensive. an iraqi air force has just been given the boost. it has received the first four of the consignment of 36 f-16 aircraft from the u.s. now they've arrived at the air bass, and the iraqi air force will be hoping hoping that they will help to deliver a decisive blow to isil fighters. but in anbar province they have empathy from some of the sunni tribes there. because of that they've proven to be a very tough fighting force. >> ongoing iran nuclear talks france foreign minister expects some statement between iran and world powers within hours. the deadline to reach an accord expires on monday. they have been trying to reach a deal to limit tehran's program in the easing of sanctions. james bays is in vienna. what are you hearing about the possibility in managing to conclude this on today on
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monday? >> well certainly the optimism about an imminent deal on monday i think is fading away as the hours go on here. it's now after 6:00 p.m. on monday evening here in vienna. all the foreign ministers are in place. all the foreign ministers iran's foreign minister and all the six international countries negotiating with iran. one of those meetings that took place for some 50 minutes was with the u.s. secretary of state with foreign minister of iran, and with the e.u.'s high representative of foreign affairs. now at the end of that meeting we didn't get a proper reed out of what happened, but frederica marogurini came out on her balcony of the hotel and i was
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able to conduct a brief interview. >> are you making progress? >> so that was what we heard from frederica margarini. i can tell you that similar balcony appearances have happened. perhaps shedding more light on where we are in terms of the timing of any deal if they managed to get a deal. we're told that there are tough final points to resolve. reporters shouted will there be an iran talks deal today? moonmonday? he replied no. he was asked if there would be iran talks deal tuesday? he said possibly. i tried to follow up with a question and he said he was tired and overworked.
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>> good bellowing there. thank you very much, indeed, james. still to come, protests in phnom penh as the country's ruling party passes laws regulating ngos which some say are to sometime dissent. and forced to leave the place where they were born. those leave the dominican republic haitian migrants are being deported.
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>> a reminder of the top stories here on al jazeera. tsipras brings back a bail out
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from brussels. the bail out deal is conditional on greece passing a greek reform by wednesday. iraqi troops backed by mainly shia militia to recapture anbar province from the islamic state in iraq and the levant. and growing expectations that a comprehensive deal following negotiations of iran's nuclear program will be announced in vienna. representatives from the organization of american states have been visiting haiti to investigate the situation surrounding haitian migrants now facing deportation. many people of haitian descent say they've been deported from the dominican republicked a are now living in migrant camps in haiti. adam raney is in one of those camps. adam, what are people there telling you? >> well, the organization of american states delegation has just left this camp. but as you can see dozens of people around me are holding
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cards like this one. some small some large. these are identification cards issued by the dominican government when these officially applied for permission to stay in that country despite that, despite the fact that they were given a 45 day window to complete their application many people holding these cards say they were deported, others say they left on their own because they faced death threats. they said that they were afraid that mobs of people who were angry about their presence would do harm to them. there is a history of violence on this border where up to thousand of people were killed by massacre. so these fears are not necessarily unfounded but it shows the psychology of this situation. you have many poor desperate people who have been working for years in dominican republic. they in good faith applied for this program. some say they were deported. others say they left on their
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own, but they left behind a life they had built because they were fearful for their lives. there is no basic running water here. they there is very little food. they rely on going into town a half hour walk from here or to a river, a half hour walk to get supplies. the delegation that were hearsay they were unable to say whether they believe any of these people's claims, that they were deported. there are other organizations looking--there is a lot of international pressure on the dominican republic, on haiti because both governments are basically trading accusations but really neither doing much for these people. we see hundreds at this camp, but the number may be in the thousands of other camps around the border area. this is a pretty desperate situation. people are having a hard time. they're wondering where they're going to go to next. right now it's not clear at all. >> thank you very much, indeed, for that live update there.
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>> at least 12 civilians and italian soldiers have been killed by suicide-bombers in northern cameroon. the attack happened across the border in nigeria. the attackers are suspected of being boko haram fighters. the armed group has attacked cameroon and niger in recent months. in afghanistan an attack killed 23 people. troops and civilians are among the dead including 12 children. jennifer glasse reports from the capital of kabul. >> they're mourning the dead in the province after a car bomb hit a military base. women and children were killed along side civilian men and afghan security forces. the injure ready recovering in several hospitals. from an attack that took them by surprise on a busy road after a long day of ramadan fasting. >> i was on my way home when
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suddenly a bomb went off. i found myself here. >> the intended target was the base. in 2009 was the site of the worst attack on the u.s. intelligence organization cia in decades. the camp is still home to international forces. in this attack like so many others in afghanistan it's civilian who is suffer the most. the united nations said that civilian casualties and injuries in the first quarter of this year are up 16% compared 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. >> cambodia's politicians have approveed a draft law which gives governments sweeping power to crackdown on civil society groups.
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european union could withdrawal development aid as a result of the vote. >> tight security around the national assembly means this is as close as the demonstrators are allowed to get. the police have cordoned all around this area. the demonstrators and the opposition groups believed this was an attempt by the long-term prime minister to try to stifle dissenting voices in the elections a couple of years from you no. the government denies that and say they're regulating an unregulated sector of ngos and organizations. the european parliament passed a motion condemning the introduction of this law a couple of days ago. and there is a feeling that after billions of dollars spent by the international community that cambodia is still falling far short of the ideal of a
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liberal democracy in the heart of southeast asia. >> romania's prime minister has been charged as part of a corruption allegation. he's accused of fraud and money laundering dating back when he was a lawyer. he denies the allegations. the collapse of a military barracks in russia has left 23 soldiers dead and many more injured. 19 people have been taken to hospital after the roof of the barracks near the barracks caved in late last night. one line of inquiry is that the repairs two years ago may not have been carried out to a high enough standard. flights cancelled and delayed after a protest on heathrow airport. around a dozen people cut through a wire fence and then chained themselves together on a tarmac. they were protesting the plans of building another runway at
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health row and it has raised questions about security. a massive manhunt is underway in mexico for the head of a drug cartel. he escaped through a tunnel from his cell that ended at this abandoned property. the >> india's government will not give recognition to islamic schools. >> the state government has taken away recognition from this and other islamic schools in the state as being educational institutes. saying they don't teach an
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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 part for ourselves and our country. >> some students on that path have had problems finding work after graduation such as gentlemanjamal khan. unable to find a teaching job he's now learning his family's business. >> when i left i spent months looking for a job. but after a year i decided to work in this shop. if i had gone to an english or indian school i would have found a job. >> the government said that no longer recognizes the schools because of cases like this. it wants traditional islamic schools students to be caught the same subjects as students in government and private schools along with their islamic education. >> our goal is to bring the minority citizens in to the main treatment,mainstream.
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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. >> many have graduated from traditionalist islamic schools and each school should be assessed for their education rather than removing all of them. >> the government can't just stacey they're not going to recognize them. >> 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 islamist schools. as the debate continues on whether they are giving students a proper education they say
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they'll raise the issue as state assembly session begins. al jazeera, mumbai. >> and a quick reminder that you can always catch up with all the news and the sport by checking out our website. the address for that is www.aljazeera.com. iswww.aljazeera.com web. and you can watch by clicking on the "watch live" icon. >> greece gets a financial lifeline from its creditors while the markets soar on the news. but not every is happy about it. plus, the waiting game in vienna as diplomats try to limit iran's nuclear program. and wisconsin governor scott walker joins the list of republicans already seeking his party's presidential nomination.