>> more than 2,000 refugees reach the greek islands, turkey asks for another $3.3 billion to stem to flow into europe. anxiously awaiting news from brussels. thousands stranded in the rain and mud on the greek-macedonian border.hello i'm maryam nemazee. you're watching al jazeera live from london. also coming up, 53 zed after police attack near bolivian border.

palestinian teachers demanding a pay rise refuse to back down despite millions of students out of school for a month. and we look back at the life of ray tomlinson, the man who gave us e-mail. turkey wants the eu to double the amount of money it originally offered in return for stopping so many refugees crossing the sea to greece. the demand was made by turkish prime minister ahmed davutoglu who is in brussels on a eu summit on the crisis. stopping refugees leaving its shores and taking back those whose asylum requests are refused. last year a million refugees and migrants crossed by boat,

landing in greece. the vast majority of them from syria. we have correspondents covering developments from the countries directly involved. jonah hull is in brussels where that eu summit is staying place. mohammed jamjoom is in the main departure point for refugees, and hoda abdel hamid is in the greece -- macedoni-macedonia bo. we begin with jonah hull on the day's events in brussels. >> reporter: they had thought that with turkey's help they were about to fix europe's refugee crisis before the summit diplomats had indicated that a deal had been struck and turkey's prime minister signaled an optimistic start. >> the only way to respond to these challenges solidarity.

solidarity, again the day our continent is our continent altogether and we have to see the whole picture not just irregular migration but the whole future of our continent is on the table. >> reporter: the european union had hoped that turkey would agree to readmit thousands of economic migrants and failed asylum seekers currently building up in greece. that along with an announcement about the closure of the so-called balkan route for refugees into europe were meant to be two pillars of success at this summit. not so fast! turkey did not come here to can a pitccapitulate to europe. if this will be a success, it wants more money, more and quicker access to eu citizens, and if turkey is to help the european union of its unwanted

migrants then turkey wants european union to help relieve it of migrants sitting in turkish camps. >> translator: in response to the question of how we can reduce migrants for not only a few countries but all countries including greece it can't just be about closing something. we need to find a sustainable solution together with turkey which is what we will look into today. >> reporter: despite the language of closure pearnl beiny being well-known to the germans in the past, mrs. merkel says she won't hear any talk of closed european borders. and with that, both pillars of success here are in doubt. >> and jonah joins us live now. it looks like haggling in ankara and brussels will go into the

night. where do we stand at the end of the first day jonah? >> what we understand maryam is that european leaders are probably pouring over a draft proposal put to them by turkey, a new deal that replaces whatever understanding there might be at the beginning of the day. reuters has put it out. it talks about turkey agreeing to readmit all so-called irregular migrants, that's the term being used to include all refugees, economic migrants and others who made that journey from turkey across the aegean sea, turkey would take them all back in terms of the doubling of the money, a $3.3 u.s. dollars being paid until 2018 to help turkey on its territory, wanting to obtain schengen visas to

visit europe, and a key provision here, a one to one resettlement plan being proposed by the turks terms of which the eu would admit one syrian refugee currently in a camp in turkey for every syrian refugee turkey takes back from greece. that was the nature of the proposal on the table at the moment. it is going to be an extremely hard sell for all 28 eu nations to agree on. because of course not all will agree to the idea of doing business with turkey on this level at all. >> we've already seen despite this real attempt to put on a show of unity that many countries within the eu are each going their own way and dealing with the refugee crisis. the draft proposal as it stands thousand, is it likely to be acceptable to the majorities of them? >> well, unity of course is a

precious commodity here in the european union and all the more so when it comes to the refugee crisis. will they accept this? as i say, turkey has been in the headlines of course recently for all the wrong reasons, in terms of breaches press freedom, human rights, so on, having shut down its nation's largest national newspaper among other things. there are likely to be countries that will not want to do business with turkey on this level, strofg wholesale evolve e admission of citizens into the european union. perhaps there's too much money on the table, we don't know. anyway, there are clearly going to be problems. matteo renzi, the italian prime minister, is said to have quoted unat a named citizens within

them, he's not going to put his name to paper that doesn't include talks and provision towards press freedom. that's something turkey does not want to talk about at all here in the european union. >> looks like those talks are going to go on. thank you very much, jonah hull, live for us in brussels. as we have said, turkey is already hosting a human nudge of syrian refugees, mohammed jamjoom on the ground there. between 2.7 and 3 million mohammed, in brussels they are talking about doubling the amount of eu cash to turkey. how much difference is that likely the make to the millions of refugees there? >> reporter: welt, maryam no matter how much money turkey gets, it's going to be very difficult to try stem the tide of refugees leaving turkey and

trying to cross into greece. we are in one of the main crossing points, that's greece across the aegean. thousands of refugees try cross in these rickety makeshift boats. turkey is saying with this money they will try to ensure that the refugees that are currently in turkey or the refugees that are returned to turkey will have more opportunities, will have a better life. they want to invest in the health care for refugees, in education, in bigger camps for refugees that are here. but there are millions of them here. there are 2.7 million syrian refugees that have been here since the start of the syrian crisis, what turkey needs to do according to turkey is increase the amount of coast guard patrols, naval patrols, increase the number of patrols by the

gendarmery here, over the weekend we heard turkey say they had caught some smuggling rings, stopped about 120 syrians if crossing into greece, that's really a drop in the bucket. even with increased patrols it is going to be very hard to stop that flow, that flood of refugees, no matter what the weather, warm or cold, try to cross into greece. the eu is going to try make sure that turkey meets their demands, that turkey really invests the money that they may be getting in the right ways, that they really try to do more to contain the crisis. but so far everything that they've done hasn't stemmed the flow and it's going to be very difficult weefn a even with an d amount of money to make sure this flow stops. >> thank you very much, mohammed jamjoom, at the departure point

of many who are leaving turkey coming to europe. many are trapped awaiting the outcome of the summit. >> translator: we're expecting the best and that they open the gate and leave these people in. people are tired. some people are sick and have children some do not have any more money left and some are being sent back because of the name of their cities. >> translator: we hope that they open the instigate and end this ridiculous situation. yesterday, people had a fight over wood. look it hit me in the face. look at it. they had a fight over wood! >> many of those stranded in greece are at the border point with macedonia. the humanitarian crisis made worse because of the weather, hoda abdel hamid reporting there. >> reporter: the miserable

mood among the 14,000 people stranded here some for as long as two to three weeks. i'm just going to show you here behind me now, it's raining quite heavily, we have heard thunder. people are trying to cover their tents. most of these are summer tents. water seeps in all the sometime. since this morning everybody has asked us, have you heard any news about brussels, is there an outcome, have we heard anything? people are petrified that they will be sent back to turkey. anyone who is coming to us also whether the restrictions that at the moment at the macedonian border, restrictions that change on a daily basis, more and more daily basis, will still hold after this summit. all questions that go unanswered for at the moment while the living conditions are becoming worse and worse. ♪

>> now, u.s. military says it believes it's killed more than 150 al shabaab fighters in a drone strike in somalia. somali government officials though say the number was 27. the pentagon says it attacked a training camp used by the armed group about 120 kilometers north of the capital mogadishu. for more on this we'll speak to kimberly halkett dmm washington, d.cin washington,d.c. what are you hearing over there? >> well indeed that's a massive discrepancies isn't it? we did get some clarity by the press secretary of the pentagon peter cook but he is sticking to those numbers of 150 saying that in fact this was an attack that occurred on sunday night by the united states military against a camp of up to 200 fighters that were training there. and we are told this is rasso camp and the u.s. saying it was conducting this mission in self

defense of the united states as well as the african union mission in somalia. we are also told it was carried out by manned as well as unmanned aircraft. the white house press secretary josh earnest speak going it a short while ago. >> the fighters who were scheduled to depart the camp pose an imminent threat to the u.s. and african union mission in somalia. the removal of terrorist fighters degrades al shabaab's efforts, including recruiting new members, bl establishing base and undergoing attacks on u.s. and other fighters. >> the u.s. is going to release another statement that might provide some clarity on why there are differing numbers. this is not the first time that the u.s. has conducted such an operation as this. there are many ongoing, the most

recent december 2nd when an al shabaab leader was targeted along with two associates. the goal of the united states has been for some time now, ever since an al shabaab force pushed out in 2011 and continuing to claim responsibility for attacks. very recently of course we have the attack on the somali airliner that occurred as well as an hotel attack in mogadishu. the position of the united states is that it is attempting to dismantling al shabaab and will do so through financial,.diplomatic or military means. >> thank you very much kimberly halkett. two years after the mh 370 disaster, families file lawsuits in beijing. first u.s. band to perform in havana since the renewal of

diplomatic ties with washington.

>> welcome back. let's take you through the top stories. turkey has asked the european union to double the $3.3 billion it originally offered to it deal with the refugee crisis. eu leaders are 60sing proposals from turkey aimed at curbing the flow of refugees into europe. but the flow of refugees shows no sign of slowing. greek officials say more than 2,000 arrived in the aegean

islands on monday. off of.lesbos. of lesbos. somalia officials say u.s. raids killed 27. at least 53 people have been killed after a gun battle between an armed group and security forces in the tunisian border town of ben gardan. they target ed an army barracks with rocket propelled grenades. nazanine moshiri reports. >> the people of ben gardan woke up to this, a sound of heavy gun fire. the attacks were coordinated on national security forces. some reports dozens wandering

the streets. tunisian forces say three killed many including this man, accused of firing a rocket pro pelted grenade at a police station. this was one of the targets, security forces in the heart of ben gardan. organized well armed group operating in this border region and capable of hitting strategic targets. some call ben gardan, it's markets and shops are now closed. tunisians have traveled from here to site or the groups like i.s.i.l. around libya and many people here think i.s.i.l. is behind what happened. >> translator: they are dirt, we are not afraid of them. all the people in ben gardan are in solidarity. they don't representative us,

they don't represent tunisia. >> of course i'm afraid, we are all afraid in ben gardan because it is the first time that this has happened. >> reporter: one possible reason for the attack is revenge for a u.s. air strike in western libya. most were killed were tunisians. it was thought the attack happened with help from tunisians. this time, it was a much larger group. >> translator: is this is an unprecedented attack, planned and organized, goal is to take control of this area and to announce a new 'e emirate. >> stopping arms fighting and passing in. this fighting also shows a

threat isn't just coming from libya, it's already within tunisia, it's from within libya itself, nazanine moshiri, al jazeera. >> alex badir pleaded not guilty to taking $15 million and using it to buy a mansion in abuja and other properties. he's been accused of fraud, breach of trust and money-laundering. a group affiliated with the pakistan's taliban says it carried out a suicide bomb attack which killed at least 13 people, including children. suicide bomber had explosives strapped to his chest and detonateit at the court building. the action says it was in retaliation for the execution last week of a man convictof killing a provincial governor.

kamal hyder is live.. >> now, just 29 kilometers from the city of pesc peshawar. a splinter group of the taliban in pakistan took responsibility for attack. saying that this was a revenge attack for the killing of a police commander, mr. kadri quhom had killedrr,dri whothis n punjab. this is not the first time he has been targeted because of his proimenitsproximity to ahman.

government informs backed by russian air strikes have committed what he called a massacre of civilians in idlib province. part of a pattern of breaches of the ceasefire. and left them wondering whether to attend the peace talks in geneva. thousands of palestinian teachers have held a sit in near the prime minister's office in ramallah. left millions of students out of school across the occupied wang. nadim baba is on site. >> reporter: center of ramallah, despite reports that many were turned back at checkpoints in different parts of the occupied west bank by palestinian security forces. the teachers are angry because they say they haven't been given

a pay raise for years. some are getting by or trying the get by on just $500 u.s. a month. they have second jobs to make ends meet, some say they have to rely on charity handouts. >> if my two girls relied on me they'd hardly get any clothes. but our neighbors give us hand me downs. that's the definition of bit areness. >> reporter: there were talks on sunday between a temporary committee representing the striking teachers and politicians. but crucially, the government wasn't involved. it says it will only deal with the official teachers union but many of the striking teachers reject that union e-union saying it's too close to the palestinian authority. the head of the union has accused some of those ploiblessing these protests -- mobilizing these protests of being politically motivateby many parties. many we have spoken to say they

are not interested in politics, they just want to get a decent living wage. what is clear is this is is largest grass roots mobilization of palestinians for a long time. north korea has threatened to launch more tests against south koreans. pyongyang says the drill which will last until the end of april is as a result of holding possible invasions of the north. in advance of a long range launch from february. can you imagine no e-mail? e-mail is a big part of our lives. now the world's saying going to the man who's credited an inventing it, ray tomlinson.

caroline malone has more. >> ray tomlinson invented the first message in 1971 pnl he also worked on e-mail standards and to avoid confusion, chose the at symbol to separate the user's name from the host name. more than 200 billion e-mails are being sent every day. tomlinson from 2012. >> i'm often asked do i know what i was doing? and the answer is: yeah, i knew exactly what i was doing. i just had no notion whatsoever of what the ultimate impact would be. what i was doing was providing a way for people to communicate with other people. >> well, he certainly did that. and his work has inspired others

to create yet more messaging systems. giving us the many options we have these days to communicate with people all over the world. >> huge crowds turned out in havana to see the first american band to perform there since the u.s. and be cuba reestablished dploikdiplomatic relations last. lucia newman has the report. >> a sign of the times, thousands of young americans, to celebrate the most popular electronic music. it was built specifically in front of the u.s. intersection, today the american embassy, on the orders of former president fifidel castro. in order to facilitate protests, in frornlt of the american mission.

front of the american mission. but that's far from the minds of those here today, bringing the generations together and the smoousk what is takinmusic is we center stage. >> translator: i've come to the anti-imperialist tribunal, without caring what's behind it. >> this is something we have been waiting for for a long period of time. thank goodness. >> i've come to enjoy diplo. >> just ten days before president obama comes forward on a state visit. what will become the norm rather than the exception? >> now a spectacular display of the aurora borealis, they are a

regular sight in the nordic countries but rarely seen this far south. there's more on everything we have been covering in this program, right here, aljazeera.com. >> i'm russell beard in barbados meeting the islanders who are buiding a green ecomomy.