brent: this is dw news live from berlin. cautious optimism for the first time in five years. an end to greece's economic paralysis could be in sight. greek lawmakers are set to vote on the government's latest reform proposals. parliament must sign off on the plan even though it means raising taxes and cutting pensions. also on the show, the world knew him best in dr. zhivago and lawrence of arabia. actor omar sharif has died at the age of 83. and in tennis, the world number one djokovic books his place in the final. he has defeated andy murray and will face the king of centre court, roger federer.

it is good to have you with us. greek lawmakers are set to vote on sweeping reform proposals that could unlock a new bail out for the cash strapped country. the main point thanks in taxes cuts to pensions, slashes to , defense spending are exactly the measures that greek voters rejected in a referendum last weekend. the greek prime minister is walking a political rope, and the greek economy is on a knife edge. at least the country's creditors are taking this latest offer seriously. >> proposals from athens are still too fresh for a response from european creditors. >> they arrived last night. the institutions are going to look at it for us and they will do the math and see if the figures add up.

they will look if they bring structural improvements to the economy. then we will see what the bottom-line is in terms of support for the coming years. >> there is relief across europe that greece has finally put forward serious proposals. french president francois hollande welcomes the news. >> the greeks have just shown they are determined to stay in the euro zone. the program they are presenting is serious incredible. the fact they will submit it to parliament shows power and courage. we must now discuss this with will and reach a conclusion. >> thriller in the week this blistering attack on alexis tsipras went viral. now he is optimistic a solution can be found. >> you had no other choice . the other choice is to leave the eurozone and that could have been a catastrophe. a catastrophe for the greek people. >> as the creditors examine the

new proposal, the conciliatory tone from athens is raising hopes that the solution to the greek crisis can be found. brent: the parliament is debating the package right now and is set to vote on it later tonight. the prime minister has conceded to a number of measures, under pressure to international creditors and what he is proposing resembles the very measures that voters rejected in last sunday's referendum. thousands of people demonstrated outside of parliament, chanting we are staying in europe. let's go down to our correspondent in athens. he is on the story for us. good evening to you. what is tsipras telling members of parliament to get a yes vote? is he saying it is do or die? jannis: this is also the case but apart from that, what he

the prime finance minister said today in parliament is that this an improved version of the draft proposal given last week by jean-claude juncker. the finance minister says this had nothing to do with the one voters rejected last sunday. brent: is that true? new and improved? or is that just what he is telling members of parliament to get a yes vote? jannis: i think the latter is the case. certainly a strong resemblance with what jean-claude juncker has proposed last week. but apart from that, they have another point, this is a new clear reference to a debt settlement for greece which is a new element to debate.

brent: i want to go back to the fact dealing with something very similar to what was rejected last weekend, in terms of pension cuts for example. do you think the greek people, are they aware of what is being voted on right now in parliament? jannis: i think what is most important for most greek people is that a deal, a compromise with international lenders is necessary. it is absolutely necessary to for the country to stay in the euro. according to all polls, that is what the greek people want. that is what they passed today in the parliament. that is probably the majority he required, but there may be a surprise. at least five left-wing members of parliament have agree with him on that. another former finance minister said he would be absent due to family the reasons.

then we have those who have been collision partners who have expressed their own reservations. we will have to wait and see. there is a long delay in the decision-making process. in the last minutes we hear the debate may start after midnight. brent: it could be a very long night. the greeks have endured a full week with closed banks and no cash. has that changed public opinion? jannis: partly. many people say it is not a disaster for the country if the banks remain closed for a few days. this is what the government says. no problem. but i am afraid if there is no deal during the weekend, the

banks may stay closed for weeks or months. brent: jannis, thank you very much. here in germany police have arrested the 18-year-old suspect in a shooting that has left two people dead. an elderly woman and a male cyclist were shot and killed in drive-by shootings in neighboring villages in the state of bavaria. police say the suspect shot at other people, but no one was injured. authorities earlier released details of the cars registration numbers. to help local residents help police tracked down the suspect. it was 100 years ago that germany's imperial troops crushed an uprising of tribes in what was then called german southwest africa, today's namibia. a spokesperson says the german

government now recognizes the massacre as a genocide. more than 75,000 were killed. the recognition of the genocide may improve the current round of talks between berlin and the capital. an important part of the talks is financial restitution. it was a historic day in the u.s. state of south carolina. the confederate flag is flying no more. in a solemn and joyful ceremony state troopers lowered the flag from the state capital grounds for a final time. it was earlier this week that the state legislature voted to remove it and lawmakers argued that its symbolic association with slavery meant it had to go. but it took a racist macros massacre in a church to push politicians to act. >> it has flown here for more than 50 years. now the confederate flag is being permanently removed from the grounds of south carolina's state house.

there has been a huge campaign to remove the flag and a national debate about its use as a glorification of racism. >> i'm 50 years old. that flag has always represented hatred. i was born in south carolina and when there was something about hate there was always that , flag. >> many believe the civil war banner of the slaveowning south would fly here indefinitely. but that changed nine black worshipers were gunned down in a church in charleston. the man charged with the killing, 21-year-old dylan roof was seen in photos online posing with the confederate flag. authorities have called the killings a hate crime. >> i miss my mom, but i know she is smiling down from heaven with the other victims. this is an important day in history. >> too many the flag is an

emblem of southern pride and heritage. >> it is not racism. it is my family. it is my grandfather. he fought for that flag. >> the flag has been moved to where many say it belongs, a museum. brent: still to come a , revolutionary 3-d printed car. you heard that right. but first, here is a round up of stories making news around the world. newnegotiations on iran's nuclear program are set to continue in vienna after another deadline has passed. six world powers have joined negotiations about its future. they are offering to ease sanctions in return for guarantees they will not develop

nuclear weapons. attacks on towo hotels in the somalian capital of mogadishu. gunmen rushed the hotels as they were preparing to write the ramadan fast. some reports say a number of the attackers were killed in a firefight with security forces. extremist al-shabaab rebels claim responsibly for the assaults. the assyrian army says it is closing down islamic militants of and control of palmyra. video shows them firing on targets in the distance. if you have seen the films dr. zhivago or lawrence of arabia, you'll know why he captivated moviegoers during hollywood's golden era of cinema. omar should sharif, the egyptian film legend has died. he was 83. he suffered a heart attack in

cairo. he started acting in the 1950's and won international fame playing the title role in dr. zhivago. >> with his dark soulful eyes, he was destined to become a global star. in a career is spanning seven decades he acted in more than 70 films. but his performance as the doctor/poet remains high point of his career. he came onto the international scene a decade later with lawrence of araba. his ability to slip into the most diverse of roles kept him

in the business into his 80's. though he never regained the star power of his younger years, his work was continually recognized by critics and colleagues alike. late in life he told interviewers his global fame had come with a lot of loneliness. he said he never intended to become an international star. he might have been happier if he stayed in his native egypt with his family. he remained a national treasure there throughout his career. omar sharif died of a heart attack at a hospital in cairo. he was 83 years old. brent: pope francis has visited a notoriously overcrowded high-security prison in santa cruz, bolivia. he brought a message for hope for the the lost and left behind. it is home to some 5000 inmates, most of them still awaiting trial.

the pope's visit drew attention to bolivia's corrupted judicial system. the pontiff has now arrived in paraguay, where he will spend the last three days of his latin american tour. a massive volcanic ash cloud is causing travel delays in indonesia. is coming from a mountain on the island of java. hundreds of people have been stranded after the international airport and three others in the region were closed. the mountain erupted three days ago, the 3000 meter volcano has been spewing ash since june. still to come, mark cavendish grabs victory n stage seven of the tour de france. only two men in history have one more stages. -- won more stages. stay with us.

brent: you are with dw news live , from berlin, our top stories. lawmakers in greece are set to vote on new reform proposals for the country's creditors. the latest offer includes compromising on what had been red lines for the government, raising taxes and cutting pensions. let's talk a little bit more about the proposal. >> let's take a look at that proposal. it includes some of the main sticking points thataused previous bailout negotiations to fail. and which word rejected by 61 percent of greek voters in last sunday's referendum. taxes, pensions, and defense spending as well. athens says it will look at raising the sales tax rate to 21%. hotels to be excluded from the tax hike.

athens also wants to scrap earlier retirement and as far as defense spending goes, the previous proposal was 200 million euros in cuts. the greek leaders have now signed a 300 million euro reduction, but creditors what ant 400 million euros slashed. a compromise there. the question is, will it be enough to reach a new deal? greek businesses are waiting for a solution before it is too late for them. >> for everyday purchases like watermelon, cash transactions are fine. but for most other things in life, a functioning economy needs banks. this brewery dared to dream of a future. it offloaded all of its old equipment and installed a brand-new bottling machine. it cost 4 million euros. the brewery was getting ready to boost production, but since capital controls were introduced, output has been declining instead.

>> we get a lot of our raw materials and packaging from abroad. since we cannot make any bank transfers to our suppliers there is a danger we may have to halt production. >> he is not just the brewery's owner, he is also vice president of the german greek chamber of commerce. he's certain the economy will collapse if greece leaves the eurozone. he is not at all happy with the greek government. >> we cannot avoid the fact that those who left their assets in greece and did not transfer their money abroad they are the , dupes right now. our money is anan c c c c c contrs. that means the government is hitting small businesses the hardest. >> this transport company may

soon have to fold. the freight arriving here was paid for before capital controls were imposed. once these containers are on their way to their final destinations, there will be no more coming in. >> so how was all of this playing out on wall street? we are watching from across the atlantic and a deal may be in sight. how will this influence traders on wall street today? >> hope is the word of the day. there is hope of a happy ending regarding the greek debt drama. we did see the euro trading higher in comparison to the dollar at some point, even up by about 1.5%. this is good news for the u.s. exporting companies. overall, a good day on wall street. they were up by about 1.2%. you can see a positive week

overall here on the new york stock exchange. brent:>> sounds very good. greece is not the only one seeing turbulence, china is also facing it. is the federal reserve going to take any more active role in this to ease the global tension? >> there is also hope with this extreme intervention from the chinese government that those turbulences at least for now might calm down in china. the federal reserve chairwoman janet yellen came out on friday, talking for the first time since the crisis escalated in greece and china. she is pretty upbeat that she wants to see higher interest rates this year. it looks like the federal reserve is ready to increase the rates later this year. that also did not stop the market from trading upward. >> it seems to be a very happy friday.

earnings season has also kicked off. how does this influence traders could this be another option? >> we will have to wait and see how happy that earnings season will be. this week we got numbers from have the goal o pepsi-cola and alcoa. what we did see is that the turbulences in the energy market and the higher u.s. dollar does hurt profits. next week we can numbers from the u.s. banks and big technology companies like intel and google. general electric also comes out the earning season will get to kickoff next week, but expectations are not too high because of the higher u.s. dollar and the turbulence in the energy market. >> thank you very much. now, telecommunications giant telefonica has snapped up does

mastic football rights in spain. they are paying 600 million euros to broadcast all matches of spanish football league in the season. they regard football as the key to increase subscriber numbers for their channels a. they have marketed on their own in the past, but for the very first time the league has sold broadcasting rights as a whole. here is a very sweet way to make money. a single bunch of grapes has just finished a record ¥1 million in an option in japan. that is more than 7000 euros. how is that possible? like so many absurdities in the world of business, it is all about marketing. >> this is what really expensive fruit looks like. 26 roman grapes weighing in at 800 grams. they went under the hammer at an auction, and a local hotel chef

was willing to shell out 300 euros per graape/ . the total came to 7500 euros. he is hoping the publicity will draw more visitors to the region recently made accessible by high-speed train. all of japan should know what delicious fruit we have, he said, after winning the produce .rate he told japanese reporters e. he told japanese reporters he will use the grapes for a special dessert to be served at the restaurant. >> that is it from the business desk. back to world news. brent: expensive fruit. the stages set for a showdown of the top two men's players -- tennis players in the world.

djokovic and roger federer will lock horns just as they did last year. djokovic looks to take revenge and do something no man has done before. >> roger federer could make history on sunday by becoming the first man ever to win eight wimbledon championships. he the scotsman andy murray in three straight sets. the brilliant performance from the swiss star proves he still has what it takes at the ripe tennis age of 33. but it will be no walk in the park on sunday when he faces world number one djokovic. he had little trouble knocking out his opponent in three straight sets. he punched his ticket to his fourth wimbledon final. with djokovic on fire and federer with a chance to make history, sunday's final should be a match to remember. brent: turning now to cycling,

friday's seventh stage of the tour de france. and after a week marred by accident and injury, a british rider sprinted to success for the first time in almost two years. >> mercifully there was no major , crash on friday. the breakdowns were limited to a quick tire change. that is in stark contrast to thursday when the german cyclist tony marchant broke his collarbone and had o withdraw from the race while wearing the yellow jersey. in friday's stage 7, 1 of his fellow riders found a gap and powered past the stage six winner in the final 15 meters on an uphill finish to win by half a bikes length. cavendish, who dedicated the win to tony martin is now third overall.

another brits is staying in the overall leader's yellow. brent: barely a day seems to go past without the pop band one direction trending on social media. singer harry styles would have preferred that this mishap went unnoticed. he took an epic tumble onstage in san diego last night. he sent fans into a twitter frenzy. the #ohnoharry been tweeted more than half a million times. the singer himself was not hurt except for a little bruising to his ego. just a reminder of our top story, lawmakers in greece are debating new reform proposals for the country's creditors. the latest offer includes compromising on what had been red lines for the government raising taxes and cutting pensions. egyptian actor omar sharif has

died from a heart attack at the age of 83. sharif was best known for his performances in the films dr. zhivago and lawrence of arabia. you're watching dw news live from berlin. i will be back at the top of the next hour for more news. i hope you can join us. see you then.

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