>> this is your world news on "the journal." live, from berlin. >> great to have you with us. our headlines for you at this hour? the eurogroup finance ministers meet in brussels to discuss the greek bailout but go home early after athens ejects the proposals. >> gunfire instead of a cease-fire. outbreaks of fighting in eastern ukraine threatening peace deal. >> the people in copenhagen hold a vigil for the victims of this weekend's deadly rampage. >> it is over and it is over early. the face-off in brussels between

greece and the euro zone's other finance ministers. >> the new greek government has said time and again that it will not accept any continuation of the indebted nations bailout terms. the proposal put forth was for athens to agree to extending its bailout by half a year and successfully conclude it. the greeks called the proposal irrational and unacceptable. the government was elected on promises to radically change the deal. gail in brussels for us. no deal again. are we getting closer or further away from an agreement? >> that is a really good question. i just came back from the european council. a very strange atmosphere, dare i say. it's a great -- greek government is still playing poker, they are running the risk that they will be alone at this table, so let's use the official phrasing of slightly disappointed. that is why we now have a

situation where there is a take it or leave it offer on the table with literally, as the dutch finance minister put it, no alternatives. he said that now the timeframe is one week to two pilot tear -- parliamentarian rules and regulations in degrees once an extension, the german parliament for instance has to agree to that, so there is a limited timeframe now. if they would file a request the group could meet again on friday. >> take it or leave it it has not been taken, obviously left on the table. the dutch finance minister explains it in that he says there is just no common ground in these talks. phere he is. >> there was a very strong opinion across the entire group that the next step must come from the greek authorities. they must make up their mind to what they will ask for an

extension of the current program. using the flexibility and at the same time giving off the main commitments. >> would you say that that leaves the door open to the greeks? >> i am not so sure. i spoke to a member of the greek delegation minute -- moments ago in he shot me the official document that the negotiations were based on. particularly one line that was about the commitments on the part of greece, that what the eu offers his flexibility of terms and conditions and that is where the greek delegation felt trapped by the commitment of the old government, saying that that is something he was outraged of, the idea that they have to file officially a request born extension of a bailout program that his government has rejected. so, the greek delegation here really rejected this idea. we put this question to the dutch finance minister, who said that this was not the case that

there is room for flexibility and the message from brussels is to be logical but not ideological. >> the greeks obviously seal it as a bailout trap. thank you great much for following these developments for us. >> greece has a renewed hard-line stance that made investors nervous, prompting a selloff that eliminated early games and had markets across europe in negative territory at the closing bell. our correspondent sent is this summary from rank for. >> all eyes were on greece, the mood was pretty tense. traitors did not get to make any move forward ahead of the meeting and with the still unsolved greek debt drama in mind, skepticism was rising compared to the week before. nobody spoke of a breakthrough anymore, only the small compromise. after more than one third of the investors were convinced that greece would leave the euro within the next 12 months leading to insecurity but not

the panic of a few years ago. in athens the market was really bad. >> we can stay for a closer look at the numbers, the dax was off by nearly 4%. no trading in the united states today. wall street closed for the presidents' day holiday. 13 to 28. other international news right now, we take you to eastern ukraine, where the siege continues at the flashpoint town of baltimore. >> the fighting continues to -- a cease-fire deal broken by the european -- broker just last week. they are now demanding that observers have unlimited access to ukraine. >> government forces remain on high alert.

according to the sources on the ground, fighting continued on monday. thousands of soldiers and civilians were largely surrounded inside the town. on a visit to bulgaria, the foreign minister accused the russian separatists of violating the cease-fire. >> unfortunately in the past 24 hours there have been 112 attacks by the terrorists. these include all -- artillery attacks, mortar attacks, and attacks with rockets. >> separatist forces claimed they came under fire despite the truce that was reached last week. civilians 50 kilometers to the north say that forces were attempting to take the town.

>> despite talk of the cease-fire for two days, we have not felt it. >> the ukrainian army started an offensive on sunday with 36 tanks and 1500 troops. what kind of cease-fire is it when they launch offensives against us? >> in moscow president putin and his security council described the fragile peace as a positive development. despite tensions between, angela merkel and victor pershing co the leaders driving the cease-fire talks says that key ever continue to do this as tensions simmer on the ground. >> yuri is in kiev for us. how desperate is the situation there? rebels still have the government troops surrounded and i guess the residents cannot get out either? >> most left weeks before. it has been hard-fought by the

rebels and the ukrainian government forces days and weeks before. up to 8000 ukrainians have and are obviously surrounded by pro-russian rebels. the rebels offered to leave the city without any weapons, which is too late. they want the ukrainians to leave the city without technical or military devices. that cannot be accepted by the ukrainian forces, of course if they are going to defend the city. >> what about the pulling out of heavy weapons in general? any sign of that briefly starting to happen at least? >> unfortunately not. according to the peace agreement , heavy weapons must be removed into the so-called buffer area

which is about 50 kilometers away from the current frontline but instead of that meanwhile both sides of the armed forces and the pro-russian rebels have been breaking the cease-fire after yesterday. there has been fierce fighting everywhere in eastern ukraine. even close to the one big city that was quite peaceful after the cease-fire had taken effect yesterday. >> thank you very much for your coverage from kiev. >> a danish court has ordered two men ask suspected of ordering the gunman over the weekend to be held in jail. shootings described as an act of terrorism by the prime minister have shocked the normally placid copenhagen. flags are flying at half mast as they hold a vigil for the victims. >> the people killed in the attacks were at a free speech event and a synagogue. that is where our next report begins.

>> flowers, candles, honoring the remembrance of the jewish security guard shot dead on saturday evening. investigators called it a selfless act, that warning the worshipers inside prevented a larger bloodbath. copenhagen is now in morning. >> i was born and raised in copenhagen, a city and country of freedom, it breaks my heart what has happened here over the last few days. we need to take a moment to think about a new world, a new copenhagen. >> flags across the country were at half mast on monday. all danes were called upon to remain steadfast in the face of terrorism. >> the freedom of speech and assembly are for the danish people rights and values that we see as fundamental.

they are irreversible. let me be clear, the attack on the jewish minority in denmark is an attack on all of denmark. >> the alleged gunman, a ticking time bomb in the words of the local press. police knew the 22-year-old well. he was only released from prison two weeks ago after being convicted of a stabbing in 2013. police have now arrested two men suspected of being accomplices of his. the danish media claim that they supplied him with know-how and the weapon used in the attacks. terror and fear have arrived in denmark. an estimated 10,000 are taken to the streets of copenhagen tonight to show unity in the aftermath of the attacks. >> for more we are joined by

julia from copenhagen. strong words from the prime minister. tell us about that atmosphere. somber, angry, defiant? >> tens of thousands are here at the memorial service and i would describe the atmosphere as somber, people are -- people are quiet and thoughtful. they have sent roses and candles. this is clearly a memorial service and not a political demonstration of any sort. people want to demonstrate unity. some people have said -- we are dan -- we are danish, we will not let one person part our society in any way. the people are very quiet and thoughtful in a way, i would say. >> a large presence on the streets as the investigation continues. we are hearing now that two individuals have been taken into custody. what more can you tell us about that? >> these individuals were taken

and were brought before a judge this morning, but the public was not allowed to be there. we know of these suspects starting in their 20's one of them supposedly supply the shooter with a weapon. the other supposedly gave him shelter. but we do not know more. we know that they will be in the prison for the next 10 days. isolated from the public, that is what we know so far. >> thank you very much, julia. still to come here on the journal, reporters without borders, the freedom of the press is increasingly coming under pressure. the latest from the berlin's own festival, we will talk to scott roxborough he does not mince words when talking about movies. much more after a short break.

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courses in the dw media center. >> welcome back, the objection air force is carried out strikes against targets in libya after targets beheaded 21 coptic christians. this is the first time that the egyptian government has a college air strikes the battle torn libya. they have come out in support of the retaliation, vowing to win the battle. >> the bombastic music accompanying the footage shows just how determined the country is to hit back hard against the islamic state. officials say that injection planes launched airstrikes in eastern libya, hitting eastern targets, including islamic date camp's and bases, avenging the deaths of these men -- 21 coptic

christians beheaded i militants on sunday. their community is in mourning, as is the whole of egypt. the country's president visited the leaders of the christian community. his presence a sign of solidarity but also a reminder that for those fighting the islamic state the battle is not about religion. the arab league came out in enormous support of egypt. >> we should cooperate together. it is incumbent on all governments in the region to work together and to ensure that such vile acts will never be repeated. >> bound to be difficult in libya, the country where lone gunmen are in the streets and terrorist attacks are in the increase.

it has created a power vacuum filled by rival militant groups. >> does this public acknowledgment of airstrikes mean that egypt has joined the fight against the islamic state? to answer that question, let's bring in kareem, our correspondent there. does this marked the beginning of a sustained campaign to help the embattled government regain control of the country? >> well, we simply do not know the answer to this question yet. it was clear after this video was shorn here -- shown here in egypt last night that the egyptian government and the military had to react. this was a first retaliation strike, but the egyptian military does not elaborate about whether this was a one-day show or if this is going to continue, but it is clear that there are no easy military fixes. the political landscape here is extremely complicated and more or less atomized.

there is no real state power, it is easy for militant groups to operate there in the name of the islamic state and it is difficult to operate against them. of course we know from the lessons that we learned that a few airstrikes alone will not make it. >> which indicates that there will probably be more. egypt has been battling its own homegrown militant group that has pledged allegiance to i asked and has launched a state of attacks in recent months. are we witnessing the beginning of a larger regional conflict? >> well, the islamic state is all over the region. egypt is in a particularly precarious situation. here on the western side we have groups that have pledged allegiance to the islamic state operating there. on the other hand in their own country the egyptians on the northern peninsula also have

groups that a few months ago pledged their loyalty to the islamic state. a very difficult situation, a very difficult security situation for the populous aerobic state. >> thank you for much, kareem. as the situation and libya deteriorates the number of people trying to flee from there to italy by boat has surged. they say they have rescued just 2000 migrants on sunday. the coast guard released video footage of migrants arriving in the port in the early hours of the morning. over 3000 people died trying to get to italy from north africa. in france the police are investigating the desecration of hundreds of jewish graves. they have already drawn the president, who called the incident barbaric and against french values. >> a monument to the holocaust

was defaced. the government is once again urging french jews not to leave the country, even as the anti-semitic attacks increase in europe. the northeastern u.s. is digging out yet again after another weekend of heavy snow. >> boston is clearing over 30 fresh centimeters of snow that fell over the weekend. this will go down as the cities snowiest month on record. the sheer amount of snow has caused property damage as well such as this row of businesses -- are we getting a picture of the rooftop with the snowblower? the storms have been accompanied by bone chilling cold, 30 degrees below zero celsius, in some areas. wow. one billion euros has recently been stolen over the internet from banks around the world. that is the claim of a report from a russian cyber security firm.

they said that the wave of sophisticated attacks started in 2013 and are still going on. russia, the united states, berlin, and china have been targeted. >> bits, not bullets reuse. stolen up to $1 billion from banks around the world the computer security company says that this is one of the biggest banking heists ever. they sent infected e-mails to bank employees and when they were opened it allowed the hackers to gain access to the system. they use the knowledge to transfer money to accounts set up in other countries. the criminals were also able to program cash dispensers to dispense money at specific times and an accomplice only had to wait nearby to collect the cash at the right moments. 100 banks were infiltrated by pthe hackers, including some in germany.

they did not identify the financial institutions, as they are still working to investigate the attacks. >> a major parade was canceled on sunday after authorities warned of an imminent terrorist threat. >> the cancellation caught them by surprise. organizers went ahead with their parade, but not before weighing the risks. >> carnival celebrations are in full swing. these revelers refuse to let terrorism or extremism get in the way of their annual party. growing back after being cut down, a tribute to the victims. >> we should not let ourselves be intimidated. it is useless to dwell on what might happen. everything will be fine. >> further to the north the parade was filled with anti-terror messages, including

another tribute to those killed in the charlie hebdo attack. it appears that satire cannot be killed. they included a reminder that carnival will go on the matter the god you pray to. the growing anti-islamic sentiment was also addressed. as was the plight of migrants trying to reach europe. >> whether you are into carnival or not, cologne has proved to things today they will not just be scared by terrorism in general and by reintroducing floats the controversy is still part of the game here. >> ok, sports, high drama for court citing in the bundesliga over the weekend. the big winners after wrapping their first victory since november, but in berlin there

was another setback on home turf. >> the coach witnessed a wretched performance. his team was reticent and short on ideas. on the other hand he looked lively, making it one nil after 14 minutes. after halftime maximilian philip hit second deep into the relegation mire. later he gave himself some breathing room. they went behind after marcelo scored for the holy city and converted the cross. completing the come back with a brilliant three -- brilliant free kick. >> the rest of the weekend's results look like this -- thrashed hamburg, eight to nil winning a nine thriller with bremen beating house berg.

the 21 winner for stuttgart in the dying minutes, that was the winner. >> on friday they lifted themselves finally out of the relegation zone with a four to two victory. let's see how those results have impacted the table. in the top half leaders have pushed up their goal difference and tightened their grip on second-place remaining in the mix for european action. >> they have escaped the relegation zone for now but stuttgart stayed rooted to the bottom. flex updating our top story for you, the people of copenhagen have been holding of big -- vigil for the victims of this weekend's deadly rampage here. we have live pictures coming from denmark of those commemorations.

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