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crop makes a comeback after one of its largest industries was destroyed by civil war. ♪ ♪ ♪ hello, we begin a new twist in the greek debt crisis saga. the international monetary fund has threatened to withdraw support for greece's bailout unless european leaders agree to considerable debt relief. the creditor says the country's public debt has become, in their words, highly unsustainable. the greek prime minister alexis tsipras is facing a revolt in his left wing party and workers calls for strikes ahead of wednesday's parliament vote. in fact, debate is underway in parliament this hour where m.p.s have to vote on tough new austerity laws before the end of the day. tsipras will need opposition support for the vote because some members of his own party have already said they will not support the deal. now, assuming the new laws are passed they will silva to go

through a vote in the german parliament on friday. simon mcgregor wood reports from athens on the effort to his bring his party in to line for that vote. >> reporter: on tuesday night alexis tsipras chose a television interview to try to build consensus for his controversial deal. he argued that despite the intolerable pressure greece, this was the best deal he could achieve. >> translator: i take full responsibility for all of my my mistakes for signing a document that i don't believe. but i will not shirk my responsibility. i want to be sure the country and the people are not in danger of a collapse of the economy and the banks. >> reporter: he spent the day trying to persuade political allies to tow the line and support the passage of make-or-break legislation in parliament on wednesday. first stop for his finance minister was to persuade members of the ruling party.

they were elected to reject austerity, but on wednesday their m.p.s will be asked to support more of it. and not all of them will. mr. tsipras' most immediate challenge looks achievable, getting these very difficult laws through parliament by wednesday night he'll manage with the help of the opposition party. but with his own party he should has a bigger problem. leftist factions within it are now in open revolt. and the fact that he appears to have made such a comprehensive u-turn in accepting more austerity, will damage his credibility. outside parliament, the loyalists repeat mr. tsipras' line, that this is the least bad option. >> translator: i repeat that what is important today is that the government gives an answer to the coup and that the country is saved from the attempts to bankrupt it economically. >> reporter: economically things have never been worse. businesses close every day. brother and sister running their furniture business are clinging

okay but customer confidence has disappeared. >> now they are afraid to spend some money to physical purchase a new chair or a new desk or even starting a new business to take some furniture to purchase office furniture chairs, sofas and everything. >> reporter: how much have you sold in the last month? >> nothing. >> reporter: wednesday's laws will pass and the detailed negotiations for the third bailout will almost certainly proceed. but the government here is creaking under the strain. alexis tsipras urged a skeptical nation to get behind this deal. but maintaining that support through the pain of implementation will be a herculean task. simon mcgregor-wood, al jazerra, athens. >> john is live in athens for us. and, john, just going back to

the i.m.f.s statement that it may pill out of any future brailleout dale if the debt isn't significantly restructured. is that affecting the debate in greece at all right now? >> reporter: the debate in greece concerns with grease will remain in the euro principally. that's why roughly 70% of greeks polled by a major nationally daily in the last 24 hours said they want the measures to pass through parliament. now, two-thirds of greeks are saying they don't want an election. if there is a change of government because of political instability stemming from the difficult poll tippings are having dealing with the measures that should stem from the current parliamentary a imaginement. in other words that the party should discuss a different sort of coalition amongst themselves.

their desire to remain in the eurozone and stay with the elected government. one of the things people here are afraid of is a collapse in governance followed by a puppet government effectively dictated by creditors as happen ed in november of 2012. people still remember that period. as a very difficult one for greece because measures were passed which essentially the greek people had no say in and no control over. that period in greek politics still holds the country both its economy and political system. >> we heard the greek prime minister in a little bit of that tv interviewing a he had no choice here and he had to do what was his responsibility as prime minister. how is that playing out? i understand there are more protests planned for today.

>> reporter: on a moral level people are furious at the humiliation brought upon their government. and that was partly the doing of the government because they passed the measures that creditors had been asking for in advance of going to talks. well, that encouraged the hard liners to push even more measures upon them when they got to brussels and i think that came as quite a shock. but on the practical level there is a great deal of consternation too. you saw that couple running the furniture shot that simon mcgregor-wood stoke to. there are businesses like that all over the country are you small and medium-sized enterprises form the backbone of this economy. when we talk about raising corporate tax from 26 to 29% you are talking about that kind of business. you are talking about businesses with up to 50 employees at the maximum. they can't ford that thing. neither can they afford to pay next year's tax up front they don't have enormous cash reserves or enormous financial

stamina. people are very angry. but the protests you are going to see on the scar today are square today are a different story. that's not the private sector, that's the public sector that you will see tonight. and they have their own particular interests in this debate. they want to make sure that they stick to its election promise to protection their jobs and protect their salaries from further cuts. and that is something that they are now increasingly worried about. because the latest memorandum of saw tear at this measures the one that is going through parliament hopefully tonight is going to particularly single out the public sector for further spending cuts. it does have clauses that call upon the government specifically to lower the public wage bill. the public wage bill currently costs the government just over a billion dollars a month. it is the government's second biggest expense after the topping off of pensions. the subsidizing of pensions pensions and therefore it is going to be

targeted. how easy it will be politically remains to be seen. >> certainly does. all right, john, thanks for that. john respecting to us from athens. now, a japanese parliamentary committee has approved the set of security bills that could expand the role of the country's military. opposition m.p.s try to stop the vote in parliament as hundreds frosted outside the building. prime minister abe's ruling coalition force the count setting in motion a full house ballot on thursday. one of the bills could allow japanese troops to fight abroad for the first time since world war ii. harry fawcett is live for us now in seoul in south korea. harry, just how significant is this for japan given its 70 year history of passiveism? >> reporter: well, it's very significant and that's why it's a hugely controversial and divisive issue and why you have

seen the scenes that we have in the japanese diet earlier on wednesday. there is a great deal of opposition on the other side of the diet to prime minister abe's ruling coalition because they see him as ramming this through. this was a decision adopted by the cabinet to reinterpret the constitution in this way last year. but these are the bills which will actually see that enacted and so there has been a great deal of debate has to how exactly japan's armed forces, itself deposits force would perform in this new world. and they see it, the opposition figures, as being unduly ran through by the ruling coalition. and there is opposition as well in the public at large to these bills, 56% against, according to one poll. there is some questioning even of the prime minister's coalition ally, about some of the language that's been used. but prime minister abe during a

visit to the united states a couple of months ago did promise to barack obama the u.s. president that japan would get these bills through this summer and that japan would stand ready to use its collective self-defense right in the a sit taps of the u.s. forces by you want i understand of the year. that itself, of course, proving continue versecontroversial they are saying he should never have done that. >> what's the effect of you would of this going to be going forward? >> you said there is a lot of opposition to this evening in the public. >> reporter: as far as abe is concerned it's a necessary thing in a new world in which japan sees itself next to north korea. in the same region as china which is expanding its influence and so its -- prime minister abe

sees a need for japan's defense policy to be more muscular to presents more of a deterrent against phone shall enemies in the future for that he says it needs to be able to come to its aid of the main ally the united states and others in the future. this decision was made already in july of last year. the question is exactly how it will now be implemented. and that is what is being debated right now. there are various scenarios being put forward such ago japanese forces coming to aid of the united states even if the parisian gulf if there was a mine-swing operation there the japanese government says that it's required to keep the flow of oil going to japan and other countries of course around the world, then under this new legislation, japanese forces would be able to participate in that. that is hugely controversial for a country which has seen itself defense force limited not just in terms what have they can do, but where they can potentially fight on a geographic basis as

well extremely contentious but abe, prime minister abe is very keen, he sees the real urgency in push this is through as quickly as possible. >> harry fawcett report to go us there from seoul. now, the land mark nuclear deal between iran and six world powers has been widely welcomed. iran's foreign minister has now arrived back in teheran after those mammoth negotiations. the agreement will see iran limit its nuclear activities in return for the lifting of crippling sanctions as patty culhane reports from washington not everyone is happy with the deal. >> reporter: americans woke up to an unusual early morning address from u.s. president barack obama. detailing specifics of the deal for the public while sending a warning to the u.s. congress. >> precisely because the stakes are so high this is not the time for politics or posturing. tough talk from washington does not solve problems. >> reporter: congress now has 60 days to review the deal.

opponents would need members of the president's own party to go against him to succeed in stopping him from lifting u.s. sanctions. and that seems less likely now after one of the most powerful democrats, hillary clinton, who is running for president endorsed the deal. >> this is an important step in putting the lid on iran's nuclear program. >> reporter: but republicans intend to put up a fight. >> it's going to hands a dangerous regime billions of dollars in sanctions relief while pitching a way for a nuclear iran. this isn't about democrats or republicans it's not a partisan issue at all. it's about right versus wrong. >> reporter: the pro israeli government lobby in washington is expected to push very hard in congress against the deal and the scheduled lifting of u.s. sanctions, but even opponents admit it is going to be very difficult to scuttle this land mark agreement. >> it would be a transformative events in the middle east and a way that camp david almost 40

years ago was a transformative events in the middle east. it is a very big entry in president obama's legacy book. >> reporter: a win for the president's legacy, now he just has to convince the country and congress it's a win for u.s. national security as well. patty culhane, al jazerra washington. and we are getting reports that 27 isil fighters have been killed in fighting in anbar. it happened south of the provincial capital romadi. they are trying to recapture anbar from isil fighters. we are going to take a quick break now, but when we come back. >> i >> translator: i would feel like i am betraying my home if i go. i will sit here until they bomb me. >> we speak to civilians risking thattheir lives to keep their homes in ukraine's conflict zone.

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♪ ♪ held going, the top stories on al jazerra. it's decision day for the greek parliament as it prepares to vote on tougher austerity measures. paved the way for a third bailout. the i.m.f. says unless greece is offered significant debt relief it could walkway from the deal. iran's foreign minister has landed in teheran after signing a nuclear agreement with six

world powers. the landmark deal has been widely welcomed with celebrations held in the capital overnight. japanese parliamentary committee has approved a set of security deals that expand the role of japan's military opposition m. ps tried to prevent the bill from passing which could allow japanese troops to fight a broad for the first times since world war ii. china has leased date on how much its economy has grown in the last three months. gdp figures are steady at 7% and that's lightly better than expected. its retails sales have gone up a little more than 10% that's a slower rate of growth in the last quarter. industrial output has also improved but investment in the property market has been below expectations. chinese premier had announced a growth target of around 7% for the year. that's the weakest growth target in 25 years. all that comes amid a dramatic fall on the chinese stock

markets. uncertainty over the health of the economy has pushed them down. 30% since mid-june. scott heidler has this report from the financial district, one of china's many ghost towns that has suffered from the economic slow down. >> reporter: china's economic growth numbers out on wednesday slightly better than analysts expected but not by that much. 7% growth in the second quarter and the first half of 200015. now, this is on track with what the premier who is in charge of the economy here in china, this is what he expected the growth rate to be. he wants the growth rate to be for this year. that is because he wants a more sustainable economy in china. i am standing in front of an example of unsustainable economy of the past years. massive growth, massive expenditure on infrastructure that sits say can't. he's trying to orchestrate a more sustainable economy. even though it is slowing and that could have a knock on

effect to other economies rerights on china's economy. one other thing the premier is trying to do, policies implemented so far this year and also going forward in the balance of the year and, that is keeping the money inside chin actual lower the he can port numbers, increasing consumer confidence and increasing consumer spending here in china that will help this economy be more sustainable. and less scenes like what i am standing in front of. the government in nepal has announced it lands to spends almost a billion dollars rebuilding areas hit bay the earthquake in april. but some of those left homeless have told al jazerra they are worried it's not enough. >> reporter: we are in the district, one of the 14 districts badly damaged by april's earthquake. more than 300 people died here. almost half the houses over here have been badly damaged. locals estimate that just to rebuild the hows they need around $1 billion. now if the finance minister just

announced the bum feed 2015 and '16 and the budget is $8 billion. around $700 million has been allocate today reconstruction of places like this. the finance minister said nepal would rebuild within five years. with the priority of this year's budget being relief, rehabilitation and reconstruction. earlier we met a gentlemen who talked about thousand her not quite sure how the budget will answer the needs. >> translator: our houses a been destroyed and we are living in camps. if. [ inaudible ] of our broken houses they sit. [ inaudible ] to help us in the time of need. how will the budget help us in this are these times? >> reporter: people's needs are urgent very little is going to be covered by the government's bullet. the finance minister said people that lost their houses will get $2,000 from the government and up to 25,000 loan at a reduced rate. the government estimates that it needs around $6.7 billion for the initial stage of

reconstruction. last month, more than $4 billion was committed by international donors. the government has said that is will form a special authority to fast track programs to spended money. the authority has not yet been formed. and the pledged money is not here. even if the planned fast track process is used. economists tell us that it's going to take at least six months to finalize project meant for reconstruction. under the current system, it is unlikely the government will be able to spend even $700 million allocated in this budget. al jazerra nepal. a protest in bang los bangladesh are demanding the death people penalty for five men accused of killing a 13-year-old boy in an attack captured on video. police brought two of the suspects to court. the 28-minute video of the teen aimer's lynching went viral. if it the boy bags for water and asks his torturers not to beat

limits not clear who filmed the attack although police say one of the suspects may have captured the killing on a smart phone. the u.n. says nearly 1.4 million people have been displaced in ukraine. since the conflict began last year. a ceasefire agreement signed five months ago between the ukrainian government and pro-russia separatists now seems longer for gotten. charles stratford reports from donetsk where some people are living close to the frontline. >> reporter: 76-year-old valentina has gotten used to the gunfire and shelling close by. she built her house with her mother. and she's lived her more than 50 years. >> translator: the house will cry for me if i leave. i would feel like i am betraying my home if i go. i will sit here until they bomb me. the house looks at me and sees that i am still alive. and so it lives on too.

>> reporter: valentina talks to her friends who brings her bread every day. there has been no electricity here for months. she has no cellar to hide in when the shelling starts. is that firing coming in this direction or going out she nervously asks. she says when her neighbor's house was hit shrapnel from the breast shot through sure wall narrowly missing her sister who was lying on her bed. >> translator: sometimes the shrapnel is filing and i think where do i hide? do i stand in the corner or stand in the street? they are bombing. sometimes they shell for four to five hours nonstop. >> reporter: virtually every house in valentina's neighborhood has been damaged in the fighting. thousands of families once lived here now only stray dogs roam these streets. a ceasefire was signed in february. valentina is the only person still living on this street. everybody else has either been

evacuated or left on their own accord. now it's been five months since that ceasefire was signed. and the fighting in this neighborhood and the surrounding area continues almost every day. the fighting may be lessons tense than before the february ceasefire was signed, but people are still forced to leave their homes and areas where the violence continues. tamara her daughter anna and grande granddaughter sasha have fled the shelling where they live. they show us the room they will move in to at this shelter. tamara's other doubter and her 7-month old baby will join them in the come is days. >> translator: it's terrible. we are innocent. and have never hurt anybody anyone. we live peaceful and i now we are homeless. i had a simple house and it was mine. but now i am old and i have nothing. >> reporter: the pro-russian is he tests are increasingly nervous about talking to journalists. a fighter at the check point said tell the world there are no russian soldiers here, but we wish they would come.

the united nations says more than a million people have been forced to flee their homes since the fighting in ukraine started. there are only a few people like valentina prepared to die rather than abandon the little they own. charles stratford, al jazerra don everything, eastern ukraine. so-called bookkeeper of auschwitz has been found guilty of being accessory to the murder of 300,000 people. 94 year old oscar was sentence today four years in jail. the charges date back to 1944 when hundreds of thousands of jews were gassed to death in nazi occupied poland. after more than two decades of no production so somalia's cash crop is making a comeback. the country was once the largest he can porter of bananas. but the industry cass destroyed by civil war.

>> reporter: it's a scramble to get the fresh banana as to mogadishu, these farmers work six days a week to meet the growing demand in the somali capital. >> you cut banana as for one to three vehicles every morning and we sent them to the city. we are very busy. >> reporter: but the industry employed 10s of thousands of people but the start of civil war in 1991 destroyed it all. no one had worked the land on this farm for almost 25 years but that's changing. >> translator: the place was a bush a year and a half ago we cleared the bush and now more than 100 people work here every day. >> reporter: the demands for bananas as has never been hired trade is export today the countries in the middle east. within somalia demand for bananas as always been high, it is perhaps the most. [ inaudible ] in fact, no meal

is complete without a banana or two. it means bananas are cheaper than they used to be, but not everyone is happy. local traders say the low prices are hurting their trade. they say things are so bad now they have stopped keeping track of their losses. >> translator: which we buy it from the farmer they sell it to us expensive because they count the weight and not the number of bananas and we sell it cheap to customers because of competition and large supply. >> reporter: farmers and traders are now looking for he can pants their businesses. and. [ inaudible ] they pray the good times continue. al jazerra. somalia. drivers in the u.s. state of new jersey have had a different kind of traffic to deal with on their morning commute after an emergency landing on a busy highway. the sky diving plane delicately

navigated on to the grass median strip narrowly missing both lanes of traffic it had five students from a nearby sky diving school on board when power to the en i think cut out boat the pilot and passengers walked away unharmed. >> this week on "talk to aljazeera": chocolate expert angus kennedy. >> so my whole life has been rescued, literally, by candy so you're absolutely right, i owe my life to chocolate. >> he's been nicknamed the real life willie wonka, a character in one of author roald dahl's most popular books. >> i drop the kids off at school, the other kids saying "hey look! it's... it's... it's his dad! look! has he brought more chocolates?" and you've almost got a following. it's amazing. >> for years he's been tasting chocolate and lots of it several pounds on sundays. >> i do eat a lot of chocolate.