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>> and now, "bbc world news." >> welcome to "newsday" on the bbc. >> here are the headlines. a grim warning for greece. the eurozone leaders say that the latest plan might not be enough to guarantee another bailout. nearly 100 people are killed on the sixth day of bombardment in the syrian city of homs. >> and china's secret crackdown, security forces tried to stifle a new wave of protests by tibetan campaigners. drug haul, ord of the army seizes 15 tons of methamphetamines worth about four billion dollars. >> this is "newsday.'

>> the eurozone finance ministers meeting in brussels have said that more work is needed before they can give greece another 130 billion euros in bailout funds. after weeks of negotiations, the leaders accepted a new austerity plan demanded by the eu and the imf. it requires a ferocious spending cuts and tens of thousands of more job losses. the european ministers want more evidence that it will actually be implemented. >> relief among politicians that a deal is done but on the streets, the protests have begun. thousands turned out in the depths of winter to vent their anger at the new wave of cuts announced to qualify for much needed bailout funds. the unions have called a strike

as the demonstrations go on. the greeks are tired of punishing austerity. >> the new measures that have been agreed upon between the coalition government and others will apply to workers and society. they will see the demeaning of greek society and it will be a third world country. at the same time, benefits have been given to bankers and businesses. >> the deal was reached after days of talks and missed deadlines. political leaders agreed on a 22% reduction to the minimum wage, 15,000 civil servants are to be laid off, there is to be a cut in social security contributions by employers. all of this to persuade the eu and imf to release the bailout that greece needs within weeks to avoid defaulting on its debt. government officials said they were aware of the pain caused

by the measures. >> we know for certain that there are going to be consequences from the public for the decisions we have taken. on the other hand, this is a road that we must absolutely what. >> this debt-stricken country will wait to hear whether the cuts are enough to secure their bailout lifeline the specter of bankruptcy still stalks the path ahead and the public mood is turning ever bleaker. >> our correspondent in brussels. he has been keeping a close eye on the details are emerging from the eurozone meeting. it became very clear that there is now a distinct lack of trust among eurozone ministers that greece can actually live up to the promises it makes. they looked into some of the details of the plant which those leaders had reluctantly signed

up to and they decided that not enough had been done. the chairmen of the meeting set three more conditions which he said that greece has to meet by next wednesday when the ministers will meet again. >> the greek parliament should approve the policy package agreed between greece and -- approved the policy package agreed by greece. we should ensure that the deficit target is achieved. we will need to obtain a strong political assurances from the leaders of the coalition parties on the implementation of the program. >> that means that they want those parties to continue to sign up to the details after any

election in greece. it also means that the european union, the european commission in particular, will strike a much more robust monitor of what is going on inside greece and sending in technical inspectors to try to speed up progress on things like tax evasion, privatization. promises that greece has made in the past. greece has made promises they have not kept. this looks pretty painful for greek ministers because they say they are doing an awful lot already. >> the syrian city of homs has suffered a six successive day of shelling by government forces. >> activists say that the latest attacks have killed up to 100 people. homs is despairing that they will not get any international help. president obama has decried what he called the outrageous

bloodshed. there is still no international response. >> the terrifying on slot that homs is under at the moment. no one is immune from the shells and rockets it seems, according to this amateur footage. twisted metal, rubble, and polls bear testimony to the bombardment. the syrian government says that it is fighting armed rebels but what about the civilians? a child carried to safety. some victims were buried in their own homes. these frightened children, parts of the city are virtually under siege and outside action blocked at the u.n.. who is protecting them? a question for the foreign secretary. is it time to help arm the opposition? >> it has never been our approach to arm either side.

even in libya where we were in military action. but we provided the opposition was body armor, medical supplies, things that save lives. >> does this mean that this diplomacy will not be enough? >> diplomacy is what we work with unless we want to invade syria, which would be a vast undertaking, by the way. we are intensifying sanctions, working with the arab league and so on. those are the tools. >> according to syrian state television, life is getting back to normal in much of homs despite the gunfire you can hear in the distance. this is a surreal contrast to the mounting alarm abroad. the secretary-general said the failure to speak with one voice disastrous. >> the appalling brutality that

we are seeing in homs is a grim harbinger of what is to come. such violence is unacceptable for humanity. >> on the ground, opposition fighters showed no sign of giving up their unequal battle. who knows how long any slow diplomatic squeeze to increase president assad's isolation will have any effect? >> a key to that and brothers have reportedly been shot dead -- two tibetan brothers that have been on the run have reportedly been shot dead. there have been protests continuing in a day of solidarity. they are calling for tibetan

freedom and a return from exile for the dalai lama. we have been in the province which borders tibet. >> it is china's latest crackdown. we were caught up in it trying to reach tibetan areas. a massive mobilization of security forces. an area the size of england cordoned off power to the police -- an area the size of england cordoned off. the police told us that we were not to enter tibetan areas again. when we refused, they threaten us. they said that our visas can be canceled. what unnerves china is the new and shocking form of protests, people setting themselves on

fire to protest religious and cultural oppression. this is a nun burning herself a life? among those who did this is a l ama. -- this is a nun burning herself alive. footage shows angry tibetans besieging a police station. the chinese response has been an even harder crackdown targeting what they call separatists intent on splitting tibet from china. we flew higher, close to the roof of the world. china says that the immolations are terrorism. police warned tibetans not to talk to us and they watched us everywhere. this is another of the police cars that has been trailing us.

i can count one, two, three, four who followed us all of the way around this village. one of them has been into our taxi. we found this, his police badge. our taxi driver does not want anything more to do with us. >> then the police moved in. they seized a tibetan villager who just walked up and down to just walked -- who just walked up. the police tried to get us to hand over what we filmed. even here, china is a state obsessed with security. they are trying to keep its repression hidden from view but tibetan grievances seem to be growing. >> our correspondent who is in beijing has more details of

those and conform to reports that two tibetan brothers have been shot dead. >> they were on the run from the police after taking part in demonstrations in near to where we were a few days ago. they were on the run and surrounded by the police and apparently shot. there are unconfirmed reports. there are reports that another month, this time in another province, set fire to himself. -- there are reports that another monk set fire to himself. the problems are continuing in tibetan areas in western china. the government here is continuing in response to try and keep a lid on it and to crack down hard on what is going on. >> now, as you say, certainly a

very hard crackdown by the chinese authorities. why now? >> it is a very difficult question to answer that because this particular area is a tibetan area. it has been quiet for a very many years even when there was unrest in tibet itself but what seems to have happened is that the chinese authorities introduced hard-line policies that were already in tibet proper which included forcing monks to publicly denounce the dalai lama. that has entered the civilians and monks in this particular area. -- this has angered the civilians and monks. perhaps, the chinese government will look back and wonder if it

had not made a mistake. this was an area that was relatively quiet. now, the authorities have a big problem on their hands. >> you are watching "newsday" on the bbc. to beat thea's bid recession. the president releases a plan to boost the economy and jobs. >> the english lottery winners rethinking their plans for the future. let's have a look at some of the stories making headlines around the world. the european union flag is flying over the acropolis in athens. and there are possible moves by the arab league to recognize the syrian national council as a legitimate representative of the country's people.

tax breaks for hiring help. david cameron would like to copy a plan to cut domestic costs as a way of encouraging the economy and also to stamp out the black market for hired help. the mercury continues to drop across europe. this is a barge on a canal in paris as it goes through the ice. this has killed homeless people right across the continent and also produced a higher demand for power. >> this is "newsday" on the bbc. >> the eurozone finance ministers say that greece needs to make further cuts in its austerity package before it can get another bailout. >> activists in the syrian city of homs say that up to 100

people have been killed during the sixth successive day up bombardment by government forces. storyget more on our top on greece. joining me is a professor from the center of asset management research and investment from the university of singapore. this program is a package of reforms delivered by the greek leaders but a lack of trust it seems by eurozone leaders as well as investors here in asia because we are seeing the market slightly lower. "i think that it is partly due to the fact -- july >> i think is partly due to the fact that the markets have a lack of agreement about the greek acceptance of the program and government implementation. you are probably seeing some of that in the markets. >> you also see it in trade as

well. south korea did not report particularly good numbers and we have seen china trade numbers and their exports went down. it seems like all of this in europe is having some sort of effect in asia. >> let's not forget that the world almost came to an end in 2008 with the global financial crisis. we have still not worked that out. we see a lot of that going on. there are fiscal problems adding to the pressure. we are still in a state of limbo in terms of financial and economic stability. i am not surprised with the data coming out of korea and china. >> how do you manage to keep that in check? everyone is looking to asia. >> that is the good news, you just said it. asia has still seeing some growth.

consumption has been rising. there is a lot more regional trade going on. a very good balance sheet, public and private sectors pretty high. there is more control. as much as we are free market, there is a little bit more government intervention by fiscal and monetary policies in more important countries. >> if we should see a worst-case scenario for greece, seeing something of a disorderly defaults, what happens here in asia and the rest of the world? >> it is important for the agencies like the imf and the ecb to come together and make sure that they can help the europeans fire wall these problems. companies default all the time.

we can have an odd situation even after default. the question is how will asia be effective? we have enough going on here within asia that we cannot deny the impact that we should keep our eyes on the economy, unemployment, on our own fiscal austerity programs. we have to be spending on the more productive sectors of the economy. >> thank you for that. in other news comes at the mexican army says they have seized 15 tons of methamphetamine in the western state of jalisco. this is the largest amount ever seized in mexico. they also seized equipment but no arrests were made. >> mexican soldiers stand guard over one of the largest drug

hauls in the country's history. in this house, they found a drug laboratory with a barrel after barrel of white and yellow powder. all of this is part of a drug stockpile of a street value of around $4 billion. >> we found the lab thanks to an anonymous tipoff for which we think the population. also, to our own patrols. >> so far, there is no information on the final destination of these drugs or even who might be behind them. some officials think it could be one of the most powerful drug cartels and mexico. mexican cartels are well known for dealing in cocaine, they are increasingly influential players in the methamphetamine trade. the new challenge for the authorities in the long and bloody drug war. >> campaigning officially gets

underway in burma. the pro-democracy leader aung san suu kyi is standing as a candidate. we're joined from bangkok on this hour. what can you tell us about campaigning? has iit began in earnest? >> it should began today. there has some -- there has been some tentative campaigning ahead of the official start. this is when it gets down to the serious business when the candidates will be out in the stock. we are hearing that a senior dissident monk, shin gambira, was detained for questioning. we are hearing this from sources on the ground who have been

talking to the bbc burmese language service. we don't know the reason for his detention but that is a potentially worrying sign. >> you say that is a potentially worrying sign, we know that shin gambira led the saffron revolution. he has expressed deep skepticism about the reforms. could that be a reason for him being taken away? >> we don't know the reasons because the authorities have not said but it comes at a very sensitive time. you are right in saying that shin gambira was one of the leaders of the 2007 anti- government protests. he was only released last month as part of a general amnesty. he is one of hundreds of political prisoners that were freed. he has remained defiant and skeptical saying he does not reform -- he does not think that the reform does not know enough

-- does not do enough. the outskirts of ran to and have been closed since 2007. -- the facility on the outskirts of rangoon have been closed since 2007. the monks broke again because they said they needed someplace to stay put to the government came and forced them out. this is a potentially tricky issue at a very sensitive time. we have no idea whether shin gambira will be released shortly after being questioned for a while or whether he will be held for a longer time. >> thank you for that update. >> now, two people thought they had won a giant lottery jackpot

but they were not quite so sure. they had to wait through the night and then they called to confirm and suddenly they were multimillionaire's. >> and nervous smiles from a couple who have just won a fortune after checking their numbers on tuesday evening. they spent a sleepless night waiting for the phone line for open when they would knew it -- when they would know that their lives had changed forever. >> we had one, two, three, four. it was a bit of a shock because it was real. >> top of the shopping list, a new washing machine. first, they plan to spend on friends and family. >> just to say, you can be in a comfortable place for the last years of your life. it is nice to help them.

>> the couple is getting married in september, today, the champagne was already on ice. they need advice on how to spend this money, they could get some tips from another couple but also won 40 million pounds just a few weeks ago and a few miles down the road. what are the odds of two winners in one county in quick succession? >> no, that would be nonsense. the chances of winning the lottery are independent of where you buy your ticket. it just so happens in this case it is a one in 22,000 chance. >> the check is very very large. >> you have been watching "newsday" from the bbc. >> a reminder of our main news. the finance ministers are

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