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>> talks on the second bailout deal to prevent greece from going bankrupt are still continuing in brussels. this is the scene live. the group will come up with that all decisive decision on whether or not the second bailout is going ahead. this scene has not changed in the last 60 minutes. very quiet there. that might be masking the behind-the-scenes struggle. euro zone finance ministers appeared pretty confident they would be able to reach an agreement to release the loans totaling 113 billion euros. finalizing a deal is clearly taking much longer than expected. >> deal or no deal?

finance ministers and officials are arriving in brussels to decide if greece gets a second massive bail out to stop it going bankrupt. >> i am optimistic, but we need a clear political approval from the euro. >> after hours of talks, there is still no agreement. questions remain about how to bring the huge debts down to a sustainable level and make sure it carries out promised austerity measures. the rescue deal would give greece 130 billion euros. 100 billion euros of a greek debt would be written off. to get down to 120% of gdp. in greece, there has been a huge opposition to the costs. jobs, pensions, and the minimum wage will all be slashed. >> i do not see life on the horizon.

if we do not start producing something to stand on our own 2 feet, we will never have recovery. >> at some point, the europeans and politicians should tell us the truth. this situation is not leading to reform. >> increase is already in recession. -- greece is already in recession. >> are europe correspondent is following developments from brussels. >> euro zone finance ministers working to express optimism at the beginning of these talks. i think the key focus clearly for them during the meetings has been to try to reach a magic figure. trying to bring about a plan, put a plan in place. it would bring a break that down

to 120% of the predicted size of the greek economy and eight years' time. a debt to gdp ratio of about 122% -- 120%. that is based on an unknown. that explains why countries like the netherlands have been very keen to say, what they want to seek is an eu-appointed figure in place in athens who has oversight of the greek government expenditure. >> we will keep you updated with any developments as soon as we get there. the organization which controls britain's borders is -- the revelations of thousands of people were led into the u.k. without proper checks. the border agency will handle visa applications, but the

border force will become a separate body directly accountable to ministers. >> the uk border agency, it is meant to stop terrorists, criminals, and illegal immigrants from entering the country. an official investigation and found the proper checks of not been carried out on hundreds of different occasions. >> the report reveals that security checks carried out at the border have been suspended regularly and applied inconsistently since at least 2007. >> the problem started when labor were in power. the report of the independent chief inspector and highlighted a series of failures. it criticized core communication, poor managerial oversight, and a lack of clarity. this led to the so-called war

earnings index, extra checks with people -- on people with questionable immigration status. fingerprint checks were suspended on 480 occasions. no records were kept of how many people who should have been checked but were not. the report found that together with those on -- 500,000 people had escaped the proper border controls. >> it reveals the border force that suspended import checks without commission, spent millions on new technologies, but chose not to use them. managers did not communicate with their staffs. >> i spoke to the author of today's report after he had watched the home secretary statement. >> is a not fit for purpose?

>> the border agency has a long way to go in order to ensure it is a law enforcement body which can be relied upon. >> the government is splitting off those in uniform to police the border from those who make and run the rules. all of this reaction to the revelation that last summer, a border checks were suspended at heathrow to avoid lengthy cubist -- queues. the opposition said the government is blaming others for its mistakes. >> it is time for her to stop -- to take responsibility for things that have happened on her watch. for the policy decisions to downgrade our border control. >> the biggest test of the u.k.'s border controls have come

this summer as huge numbers headier. most to watch the olympics, but some for reasons that ought to mean they're kept out. >> news of a possible breakthrough against one of the world's most worry hangs crippling diseases. he'll have more information on that for us. >> scientist think they could be close to eradicating polio altogether. in the late 1980's, there were 350,000 cases. last year, that number fell to fewer than 650 cases. thanks to immunization, india has been polio free for over a year. our medical correspondent has been looking at the progress so far. >> just to drops is all it takes to prevent polio. imagine repeating about 117 million times, tracking down

every young child across india. you begin to get an idea of what it has taken to get rid of polio. the mark on the thinker shows they have received the vaccine. -- fingers as they have received the vaccine. india used to have more polio cases than anywhere else. political will resulted in its finally being wiped out. members of rowntree, the global network of professionals. rowntree has been at the forefront of the fight against polio for a generation. raising money and awareness. >> my dream is to have a polio- free world. we have done it with smallpox. we're very close now. >> i am a nurse clinician, is doing this is an extension of that. i love people and i want to see

healthy children worldwide. >> this hospital still has a backlog of patients paralyzed by the virus. he caught polio as a baby and will need repeated surgery before he can walk. >> it is painful to see the suffering. >> that will be the greatest thing. >> polio used to spread cheer by contaminated water and raw sewage. but the virus is disappeared because enough people are protected. india has shown global eradication is possible, but the board is not over yet. pakistan and afghanistan and nigeria saw an increase in cases last year. this virus respect no borders.

that is why it is vital campaigns like this continued until every child in every country is protected. poorly abroad immunization programs and families to refuse the vaccine are what is preventing the countries from matching india's success. >> a team of experts from the united nations nuclear agency is making a visit to iran. the second such trip and a month. it is not known whether the team will be permitted access to the nuclear facilities. iran says it is holding military exercises in the south of the country to boost protection of its nuclear sites. international committee of the red cross says it is trying to broker a limited cease-fire between the syrian authorities

and opposition groups to get humanitarian aid into the areas that have seen the worst violence. a spokesman said they hope to get emergency access to people in need in flashpoints like homs and the outskirts of damascus. the director of a mexican prison for 44 inmates were killed has been sacked. the officials are suspected of colluding in the escape of three inmates who broke out during the riot. a new movement of extremists gathering support. the defense of pakistan is an alliance of right-wing religious organizations. many of them are operating under the new names. we have been speaking with one of the movement he figures and a former close ally of osama bin

laden. >> he is making an entrance. these trappings may fit a pakistan politician, but this man is a former friend of osama bin laden. the founder of a major islamic militant group accused of killing hundreds. he refuses to discuss the order, but he does have other words for the united states. >> we do not care to carry out the 9/11 attacks. the question is why they were targeted, why did the attacks take place thousands of miles away. the american public should think about this. that is due to american

policies. that to be the real question. >> is right here at this intersection that one of the first -- took place in 2002. since then, pakistanis have died. the ordinary public -- a fact of being exploited by this extremist group. >> it is not just this man who is leading the charge. the group operates under aliases, giving them more protection against the security crackdown. >> our leaders have brought us together and we want to tell the

entire world. we will be at the forefront in jihad. >> the return of men are an indication that the u.s. is losing the battle for the hearts and minds here. a majority of pakistan is view americans with suspicion. >> you are watching "newsday." the test tube burger, but at what cost? we talk to the scientist and the consumer. we start with -- the paper says

it cost 350 million euros to bail greece out. the political maneuvers under way in germany to select a new president. angela merkel says despite having many differences, they both grew up under communism in east germany and are connected by experience. immigration -- reporting on the speeding up of the country's border agencies. there is some uncertainty in the world, one in five companies in the united states have bothered to release predictions along with their quarterly results. these are the headlines around the world. >> good to have you with us.

euro zone governments are locked in talks in brussels trying to agree on an economic rescue package for greece. no deal has been announced. >> the uk border agency is to be split into after independent investigation showed thousands of people had come into britain without the proper checks being done. last year, a filipino -- a law banning foreign aid from seeking permanent residency was unconstitutional. three judges on the high court will decide whether to overturn that decision after an appeal by the government. for more on this story, i am joined in hong kong. if the high court keeps this rolling, what will it mean for the hundreds of thousands in

hong kong? >> in theory, it would open up 1/2 to citizenship for them. hong kong is not like other places. for the national to live and work here legally, for more than seven years, have the right to apply for residency rights. that means you get more than the rights of people who just live here. you can vote, you can run in an election yourself. you're fully eligible for public services. it is more like residency rights. all of them are clamoring to move to hong kong. -- not all of them are clamoring to move to hong kong. they say many of them have lived here for a longer than seven years. the woman who won that case last year has lived here since 1986.

hong kong is the second time for them and want to be treated not like second-class citizens. >> why is the government opposing this move to grant permanent residency on the island? >> the government's position is that they believe they have the right to decide who can apply for residency rights. the former security chief has told me that the law was negotiated a certain way. when hong kong was returned to china by the british. there is also a sense this move, it is fairly unpopular. there is a sense that hong kong is a tiny city bursting at the seams. you saw a bit of this -- there is a feeling that the city does

not have been of service is even for the people live here. the government is considering how unpopular this would be. the hong kong government to appeal directly to beijing to decide this case instead of allowing it to go to the local courts. if that were to happen, that is very controversial. >> thank you so much. as we approach the first anniversary since the earthquake struck christ church in new zealand, and we will be bringing you a series of special reports. . could destroyed large parts of the city and is considered one of the worst disasters in the country's history. the christ church mayor sat down with a bbc and told her where she was when the quake struck. >> i was at the top of the council building. between meetings, taking a short break on a sunny day across my city.

it turned out to be a very unpleasant place to be. i was drawn blount, i broke three ribs and hurt my back. -- i was thrown around, i broke three ribs and i hurt my back. i looked out at the city and saw a cloud of dust rising. i heard the screams and calls from the streets below and the sounds of many sirens. it is a day i will never forget. i am so amazed at the progress we have been able to make some such a catastrophic moment in our lives. >> what were your thoughts when you first saw the devastation? >> i realized it would be a lot of casualties. i knew the forces of the earthquake far exceeded anything that had ever been predicted for this area. we were amazed that more lives were not lost. that says a lot about the quality of the environment. so many people escaped unscathed. of course, we've lost many beautiful souls.

just a sense of shock in those first few hours. the realization we had an unprecedented task in terms of the scale. as the weeks went by, that task -- it is a massive job and continues to be so. the news team will bring you full coverage of the anniversary events on wednesday. a rapid fall has brought chaos to the river danube in the serbian capital of belgrade. the ice covered of one of the earth's busiest waterways, but began to break up on sunday as temperatures rose. you have a detail for us from canada. >> we usually think of perverse is cheap fast food, but what is the environmental -- we usually think of hamburgers as cheap

fast food, but what is the environmental cost? it is created from artificial need grown from stencils and a laboratory. -- stem cells in a laboratory. >> in a few months' time, it will be part of the world's first synthetic hamburger. this is one of thousands ground in a lab in the netherlands. researchers plan to mix these with layers of fat. to produce the most expensive, most high-tech fast-food meal in the history of the world. for now, the scientist behind the project will have to make do with today's fast food. he is in vancouver at a scientific meeting to sell his vision of the future. >> my dream is to produce meat that looks exactly like this, city will not be able to extinguish this -- distinguish

this from the livestock meet. and the that is produced in an environmentally friendly, in animal from the web. >> stem cells can be taken from any farm animal. it israel meet. it to look, taste, and have texture of the real thing. what do they think of the plan? >> i do not think it is a good idea. it does not make sense to me. >> this is how we have been raised. we know what form it comes from. >> in the future, natural meat is likely to become too expensive. buying meat in supermarkets is something we take for granted. not for very much longer. they believe the rising demand from india and china, meat

prices will soar. most of us will not be able to afford it. >> we have a billion people that are undernourished on the planet. as they push towards 9 billion, we will need to produce a lot more food. right now, there are a number of countries that are developing. as the economic situation improves, their demand for meat improves. >> this professor hopes the technology is developing will one day help feed the ever- growing world. >> a reminder of the main news this hour. talks on a second bailout deal to prevent greece from going bankrupt are still continuing in brussels. euro zone finance members portrayed confidence to be able to reach an agreement.

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