>> as more than 2,000 refugees reach the greek islands, turkey asks for another $3.3 billion to take back all future arrivals. >> hello i'm maryam nemazee. you're watching al jazeera live from london. u.s. claims more than 150 fighters killed in a base in spal yah. 53 dead after fighters attacked tunisian with barracks near the boird.

and palestinian teachers demanding a pay rise refuse to back down despite leaving a million students out of school for a month. now, despite turkey doubling its price the eu is reported to have made good progress with ankara in talks about curbing the flow of refugees into europe. turkish prime minister ahmet davutoglu surprised participants in brussels by demanding another 3.3 billion from the eu which has already pledged that same amount about turkey also wants visa free travel for its citizens and accelerated eu membership talks. let's get the latest now from jonah hull, he's following these talks in brussels. and just getting a line dropping about hungary saying it will

veto plans to relocate asylum seekers directly from turkey. that shows how difficult it will be to get all these eu leaders to agree on a plan. >> reporter: yes, that's one of the issues, certainly, that will be providing them with difficulties as we go late into the night here in brussels. it is quite difficult to be honest with you to know what's going on. we're not being properly briefed from anybody. we are relying on tweets and reports of people coming close to the reports, the latest we're hearing maryam is that there may be a new draft proposal either tabled or about to be tabled by the turks because of difficulties with the existing one, despite an eu official calling the existing one ambitious and credible but saying clarifications are required on it and possibly work being done on it that may last

several days and clear that there were strenuous objections to parts of it. as you pointed out there the spokesman of victor orban, president of hungary, saying it would veto any deal taking syrian refugees districtly from camps in turkey. you recall, hungary the first country to install razor wire to keep refugees out. a country that so recently has been publicly trampling on media freedoms, turkey shuttering its newspaper, and matteo renzi saying italian media, it would veto, information from a country

that doesn't allow press freedoms. there may be another draft coming out and eu councilmembers are about to resume meeting any moment now. >> so the talks go on, clearly there are still obstacles to a deem being reached, jonah, difficult to gauge this but could they reach agreement in the coming hours? >> reporter: well, that's been very much toned-down. the possibility of that. in the last few hours as i say based on the existing draft that may have required further talks, further clarifications, further work over the coming days. really, it is now a matter of guesswork as i say, as we enter perhaps a new stage of the talks this evening, prapg with a new drafperhaps with a newdraft prot some of those objection he. >> jonah hull at the summit in

brussels which continues. mohammed jamjoom has spent the day in the turkish coastal city of ismir, mieg rafnts makinmigrants makingthe journeyn sea. >> even if they do get this additional money, it's going to be hard to stem the tide of crossings. they cross in these rickety makeshift boats. it's about a half hour boat ride from here. it's been extremely tough until now for turkey to try to stop these crossings. there is a vast and thriving human smuggling market that is going on here. tall time. those smugglers are powerful, in order to try to really lessen the number of crossings every day they're going to have to see much more increased patrol by

the turkish coast guard, much more increased patrol by the gendarmery here. over the weekend they said they had stopped two smugglers from crossing, 120 syrians. that is just a drop in the bucket, a tiny number considering thousands cross every day. >> more than 30,000 refugees are currently trapped in greece, anxiously awaiting the outcome of the summit. >> we are expecting the best and they open the gate, and let these people in. some are sick and with children. some don't have any moneys left. some are being sent back because of the name of their cities. >> we hope this is the end of this ridiculous situation. yesterday they had a fight over wood, it hit me in the face,

look, a fight ownership wood! >> at the area of macedonia, there is a humanitarian crisis. hoda abdel hamid is there about. >> reflecting the miserable mood, that would reflect the 14,000 people who are stranded here, some as long as two to three weeks. i'm going to show you behind me now it's raining quite heavily we've heard some thunder. people are trying to coat their tents. most of these tents are summer tents. water seeps in all the time. since this morning everybody has been asking us, do you have any news about brussels, is there any outcome yet? are we hearing anything? people are petrified that they will be sent back to turkey. also whether the restrictions at the moment at the macedonian borders, restrictions that change on a daily basis or

become more and more daily basis, will still hold after the summit. all answers -- all questions that go unanswered for at the moment while the living conditions are becoming worse and worse. >> now, the u.s. military says it's killed more than 150 al shabaab fighters in an air strike in somalia. somali government officials though are saying that the number was 27. the pentagon session it attacked a training camp used by the armed group 190 kilometers north of the capital mogadishu on saturday. the attack was conducted with the use of fighter items and drones. >> the fighters who were scheduled to depart the camp pose an imminent threat to the u.s. and african union mission forces in somalia. the removal, the removal of those terrorist fighters degrades al shabaab's efforts,

including recruiting new members, establishing new bases and planning attacks on u.s. an amazonian forces. >> earlier i spoke to mark kimmit. he says there's debate over the effectiveness of these types of strikes. >> there's a great controversy as to the ef ceation an efficact these types of strikes. government authorities would say this allows us to attack leadership targets that will eventually cause the downfall of these organization he. on the other hand, some would say that there's very little evidence that cutting off the head of the snake causes the collapse of these organizations that in fact they're able to replicate leaders very, very quick and replace them. so in fact the efficiency of these drone strikes doesn't really bear out in the long run. to conduct a drone strike

conducts a number of layers of authorities and approvals. in this case, they were very clear, that there was an imminent risk to the amasom and the force necessary there so that probably affected the decision making process. on the ground, the intelligence indicate id they were going to attack, very quickly the information would have gone up to the highest level of government, the decision was played to move the forces over that area and the decision was to bring in people on the ground. gun battle between an armed group and security forces in the tunisian border town of ben gardan. they targeted an army barracks with rocket propelled grenades. nazanine moshiri reports.

>> the people of ben gardan woke up to this, the sound of heavy gun fire. the attacks were coordinated on the national army and security forces. some local people report seeing dozens of fighters roaming the streets. tunisian authorities say they have killed many.of including this man whom they accuse of firing a rock the he propelled grenade at the time security station. the heart of ben gardan, what this attack shows is there is an organized well armed group operating in the border region and capable of hitting strategy targets. some call ben gardan the world west of tunisia. known for smuggling of goods from nearby libya its markets and shops are now closed. tunisians have traveled from

hire to cite for groups like i.s.i.l. many feel i.s.i.l. is behind what happened. >> they are dirt, we are not afraid of them. all the people in ben garda information are in solidarity with the government. all of us are in toll dater with the government. we hate them. they don't represent tunisians. >> we are all afraid in bevin gardan. this is first time this has happened. >> one possible reason is for retaliation for a u.s. attack on a camp. it is felt the strike happened with help of tunisian intelligence. last week around a dozen armed fighters crossed the border close to ben gardin. this time a much larger group. >> translator: this is an unprecedented attack, planned

and organized and whose purpose was to announce a new emirate. >> to try stop arms trafficking and fighters from crossing in. tunisia clearly needs better intelligence to protect its borders. this fighting also shows a threat isn't just coming from libya. it's already within tunisia itself. nazanine moshiri, ben gardan, tunisia. killed out a suicide attack, suicide bomber had the munitions strachestrapped to his chest. in retaliation to the execution last week of a plan convicted of killing a provincial governor.

there's more to come this half hour. we tell you the bitter reaction of the missing mh 370 is tearing a familiar apart and maria sharapova says she failed a drug test. test.

>> "inside story" takes you beyond the headlines, beyond the quick cuts, beyond the soundbites. we're giving you a deeper dive into the stories that are making our world what it is. >> welcome back. a quick reminder of the top stories. despite turkey doubling its price, it's said that eu

countries have made good progress. turkey has asked eu countries for an additional 3.3 billion, on top of the 3.3 already pledged. u.s. says it's killed 150 al shabaab fighters in somalia but somalia says it was 27. armed group and security forces in the tunisian border town of ben gardan. now the main syrian opposition coalition says it will decide later this week whether it will take part in the talks due to resume in geneva on wednesday. despite the cessation of hostilities, now reported to have captured a village and two hill tops in the city of aleppo. our diplomatic editor james bays reports from geneva. >> the cessation of hostilities in place for well over a week

has significantly reduced the level of violence. but it is very fragile, with all sides reporting violations. this was the aftermath of an air strike by the government on an opposition controlled area in idlib, with at least 10 people reported dead. in aleppo, this is where a building was destroyed by shelling. here local people said opposition forces were to blame for death of at least 13 people. in a local clirchg clinic, two e women badly injured in the attack. and it was the suffering of the women, staffan de mistura recorded a message to mark international women's day. >> i met many syrian women inside and outside of syria and i have seen in their eyes in how they based during this terrible faif years o -- five years of ct how enormous has been their

suffering and their dignity. >> the stalled syrian talks were said to have resumed in geneva later this week however that is in some doubt. the head of the negotiations committee has told u.n. and including al jazeera that right now they are not ready to return to g7, he said there have been too many violations in the cessation of hostilities, and too many areas that are still besieged and have not received humanitarian aid and want to see the release of detainees. everyone knows there's a risk in further delay yet more violations of the cessation of hostilities could derail this entire process. james bays, al jazeera, at the united nations in geneva. thousands of teachers have held a sit in in the west bank.

nadim baba was at the protest. >> well a big crowd of palestinian teachers did manage to gather here in the center of ramallah, and that was despite reports that many were turned back at checkpoints in different parts of the occupied west bank by palestinian security force he. the teachers are angry because they say they haven't been given a pay raise for years. some are getting by or trying to 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. >> translator: if my two girls had to rely on me they would hardly get any new clothes but they rely on neighbors hand me downs. that is the definition of bitterness. >> there were talks 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 be official teachers union but many of the striking teachers reject that union, saying that it's far too disclose to the palestinian authority. the head of the union has accused some of those mobilizing these protests of being politically meaptd by different parties. but many people we've spoken to say they're not interested in politics, they just want to get a decent living wage. what is clear is, this is the largest grass roots mobilization of palestinians for a long time. >> now former new york mayor michael bloomberg says he will not enter the u.s. presidential race. he had considered running as an independent but says he fears that could lead to donald trump or ted cruz being elected. meanwhile diplomats from at least four countries have complained to the u.s. government about republican candidate donald trump. anonymous government officials say india, south korea, japan

and mexico are among countries alarmed by trump's outspoken remarks. they say it's highly unusual for foreign nations to give their opinions on a presidential campaign. the deadline has now expired for relatives of those board the missing malaysia airlines flight 370 to file compensation claims. the plane which had 239 people on board vanished two years ago. it took off from clum kuala lumr but never arrived at its destination beijing. the wait for answers as to what happened is taking its toll on some families. as al jazeera's adrian brown reports now from northern china. >> reporter: the world's greatest aviation mystery has touched so many communities, rich and poor. this village is one of them. aadverts still call for some men

to apply owner for work. he was one of the passengers on mh 370. last march on the first anniversary of the plane's disappearance his younger brother says he believes the plane was hijacked. he still believes it today. >> this has had a huge impact on our family. we will remain in this abyssive pain until the truth is discovered. >> family home was adorned with happy memories. but lu ling his wife has soon left the house, after a row with his parents. the result is their child is effectively a pawn in the bit are family feud over money. >> translator: she wanted to accept the compensation but my parents did not want to. so she took the son away and did not let my parents visit unless

they gave her money so we grabbed the son back. >> this means his sister-in-law could now end one nothing. time has almost run out. the deadline for families to file a claim against malasian airlines is march the 8th, two years since the plane disappeared, now on the eve of this anniversary this family has finally lost a claim seeking compensation of almost $1 million. multiple lawsuits have already been niel filed in australian, chinese, malasian courts, will also not know the cause of their real grief. adrian brown, al jazeera in northern china. >> russian tennis star maria sharapova has held a news conference saying she failed a drug test at the u.s. open.

she had been taking a prescription prescribe ud by her family doctor which has now been banned. >> i take great responsibility of professional in my job every single day. and i made a huge mistake. and i -- i have left my fans down. i let the sport down that i've been playing since the age of 4 had a i'd loved so deeply. >> two years of erratic weather and declining production has taken a toll on the tea industry in north india which produces two-thirds of the world's tea. >> acceptable. good point. >> meet a professional tea taster. his job is to assess quality. but he says, tea is subjective. like whiskey or wine. mun man answer drink is another man's poison.

he said he's seen big changes in his 25 year career. >> growing conditions have become more challenging. earlier in areas where you didn't need irrigation, today you need irrigation so that's an added cost. >> he has devoted his life to studying tea. he says global warming is having a serious effect on the industry. >> climate change is impacting the productivity in times of the distribution of crop. and secondly, the climate change is also impacting the quality. >> reporter: there was a time when these sprinklers weren't needed. when the rainfall and sunshine were just right. but the tea plant is sensitive. unlike annual crops which dominate our food system like corn, wheat and rice, tea is a perennial crop which means it's grown all year round. you plant the saplings once and you can harvest the leaves for 50 or 60 years.

but that makes it especially vulnerable to changes of temperature and water levels. a senior member of the indian tea board and a fifth generation tea planter says unpredictable rainfall has forced tea gardens to install irrigation. >> so we are completely dependent on nature, we cannot rain, we cannot have good harvesting. will not give you leaf -- i mean you cannot get your production from irrigation. it is only from rain god, when there is rain, generally you get good harvest. >> indians excuse me a third ofn anywhere in the world. looking anxiously at the crop searching for the sign of two leafs and a bud. al jazeera, on the tea estate in

northeast india. finally the library at cambridge university in the u.k. is celebrating its 600th anniversary. >> part of an ain chen koran. handwritten sometime -- ancient koran, one of the many treasures at the cambridge university library. and they're coming out of storage to celebrate the library's birthday. 600 years of collecting heady thought from religion to politics. >> the people who these materials were put in the collection were inspired by those before them. and we're asking those people to do likewise, take what they see and be inspired by it. >> charles darwin's notebooks are here.

>> this is the most lavishly animated book. >> arguably the world's first popup book a 16th century medical textbook for teaching anatomy. not only does the library have a collection of rare manuscripts but it's a working library. scholars from across the globe come here to cambridge to access thousands of rare manuscripts. jasmine trun runs the near eastn department. she's responsible for 3500 manuscripts. every week a scholar knocks on her door. there's nothing like peteing the author in person. >> understanding it's real and perhaps being able to mang thate that someone actually wrote that many hundreds of years ago. the material itself has a smell

as well and all of that is very much an item of history. >> this fragment from a second century koran has now been digitized. eventually it is hoped all the works will be online. those who can't come to cambridge, can still access from afar. can change lives. the science of fighting a wild-fire. we're going to explore the intersection of hardware and humanity and we're doing it in a unique way. this is a show about science, by scientists. tonight, techknow investigates the ivory trail they've tried to seize it, burn it, but nothing has stopped the terrible trade