opean court of human rights rules that doctors can stop treating french national. little sign of pro mize. the greek prime minister addresses parliament on talks with the country's creditors. he calls their proposal absurd and unrealistic. agreeing to sit down with talks , they are set to attend numple brokered negotiations.

>> good evening. the european court of human rights has upheld a ruling by france's top court allowing for the life support to be unplayinged for a man in a coma for seven years. he was severely injured in a car accident back in 2008. since then he has been kept alive with intravenus feeding and hydration. the case has torn the family apart. it could influence future verdicts on houston noesi ya in europe. >> brain damaged and confined to a hospital bed for the last seven years. this 38-year-old frenchman has been kept alive by machines since a car accident in 2008. his wife wants to switch off his life support saying it is what he would want. and the european court of human rights agrees.

in a landmark ruling it said such a decision does not violate european rights laws. >> there is no relief. there is notice joy to express -- no joy to express. to use an expression of one of his half sisters we would like his wish to be fulfilled. >> his parents have been stefanily opposed to ending his life support for years. they say their son is not tying. -- is not dying. >> it is like a death sentence for my son. we are here to take care of him and will continue to do so. we are shocked and stand by the court's decision, but we will continue to fight day and night if we have to. >> in 2014 doctors nephew and six siblings decided to take him off life support. his parents took it to france's

supreme court, but it ruled against him. at which point they asked the european lemieux rights court to intervene. he has become the symbol for france's debate on the right to end life. in march lawmakers approved a bill for terminal sedation. >> the greek prime minister has been briefing his parliament on the talks with brussels. he has told his m.p.'s that he is unpleasantly surprised by the proposals put forth by the troika. he is proposing bundling four sets of payments into one later on this moment. our reporter in athens tells us more about that proposal and how it may work. >> greek will oversee the

bundling. so all the installments due today and another few days would all be repaid on the 30th of june. now greece wants to use this as extra time to bargain. it is also kind of putting the noose around the european bargaining position. after all the economy minister said we actually did have cash to repay thism m.f. i don't know how to settle this bargaining tactic and if it will pay off for greece. what they want, and he just said that in palment, he wants lower budget area restrains. he said we are struggling here. don't ask us to hit greeks with too much taxation. they want the e.u. and the

i.m.f. to both agree restructuring the huge public debt greece. there is no way it is viable. help us reduce it somehow. in the end and crucially help us create a strong investment program, because at the moment greece with all this stuff said there is no way we can attract any sort of investment in this country for the foreseeable future. we need to help our country and restart this economy. >> the u.n. security council is calling on all sides to respect the terms of the fragile cease-fire in the ukraine. fresh fighting has claimed the lives of around po people, among them a small child. hot tilts around the rebel stronghold could up again.

they are warning of the threat of a full-blown russian invasion. >> the german city of dress deny is set for vote this weekend in elections, election ngs which the anti-islam movement is hoping to gain a political foot hold. the numbers are steadily dwindling. the candidate is unlikely to secure it% of the vote. our "france 24" team filed this report. >> we are far from the mass mobilization that took place in january. back then 25,000 protestors marched through the streets. there are now only a few thousand activists, a core group that believes in change. >> we still have not achieved our objectivities. politicians have not heard our demands.

>> all hopes are now pinned on tatiana. shelves appointed to represent the organization in municipal elections. she is backed by the controversial leader, who gained notoriety for his racist tendencies for a photo he took of himself dressed as adolph hitler. >> in dress deny, very few people voted in the election acres. if we can mobilize, the result could be very surprising. >> the move muffs translate that into electoral success. it is the members of the upper middle-class that havoc tiffle participated in the local demonstrations. they want representation. >> the more it ig demands the

more it strengthest its others. it wouldn't surprise me if they march on berlin. >> the future remains uncertain, but 40% of people in dress deny believe the movement have forced politicians to consider their concerns. >> he was known across the world as the international face of the regime of saddam hussein. but officials in baghdad announced that saddam aziz has died at a hospital in the south of iraq. he was the highest ranking christian in sadam's regem. he served as deputy prime minister as well as foreign minister of iraq. he was 79 years old. claire williams tells us more. >> he made himself world-famous by defending saddam hussein for decades. saddam aziz was the only christian in the dictator's inner circle. he spoke fluent english and became the regime's international face.

born into a catholic family in 1936, he joined sadam's political party in 1957. sadam took charge of iraq 22 years later, and aziz served as his foreign minister his prime minister and on his revolutionary command council. aziz was instrumental in restoring the ill-fated diplomatic relations with the u.s. in the mid eights. in the early 2,000s, he became iraq as front man in dealing with weapons inspectors. aziz was the ace of spades in the deck of cards used to identify the most want supporters of sadam. aziz was arrested and jailed when baghdad fell in april of 2003. seven years later, the iraqi supreme court sentenced him to death. he had been found guilty of

persecuting shiites and kurds. a famous cigar smoker, as he had long suffered from diabetes and high b.p. he was transferred from his jail cell to hospital, where he died at age 79. >> now both sides in ongoing conflict in yemen have agreed to attend u.n. brokered negotiations in geneva. violence has claimed the lives of more than 2,000 people. they are set to meet on the 14th of june. >> these soldiers from yemen's popular resistance militia are ready to die. they remain loyal to their leader in exile in saab raburn. they have launched repeated efforts to capture the second

largest city. the bombing raids have been targeting shiite held positions, naval base and various armed goes. on friday, the rebels announced they would be attending u.n. brockered peace talms -- talks. the talks are due to take place on the shallth of june and aimed to secure a cease-fire agree on a withdrawal plan and step up humanitarian aid. >> forces to the assad regime in sir why are reportedly locked in fierce battles day with the islamic organization. the loss of this city would mark the latest in a series of major defeats for the president, bashar al-assad. >> hundreds of meters away from

their next target target, islamic state militants are seen fighting their way into the southern gates on thursday. battling with regime soldiers, who tried to hold on to the position. each side lost more than two dozen men. months of u.s.-led air strikes have been unable to stop the mill fans. they have captured territory around palmira, and ramadi. now they are look to go get their second pro vention capital. amateur footage reportedly showed a suicide attack next for a prison. islamic state jihadist launched their battle on saturday. simultaneously they attacked another front in aleppoo. several united rebel groups are shooting at jihad itses and

what is described as an islamic state group drone. >> the death toll from a chinese cruise ship has now risen to more than 100. only 14 survivors, and among them the captain have now been found. there is a growing anger from the public own their handling of the matter. claire murphy has more. >> first light revealed progress in the salvage operation. the capsized eastern star has been righted. its depthed cashed roof above the water line in the river. but below the surface, the recovery of the remains of hundreds of mostly elderly passengers from four decks of cap ins. officials confirmed the boat would be raised completely to complete the work with no more survivors expected to be found. >> the next step is to

concentrate on doing a good job , including removing the wall, raising the ball, salvage and looking for the victims' bodies. >> then a dramatic intervention. a relative storms into the press conference. her distress and anxiety highlighting the gulf of mistrust that has sprung up between the atargies and the government. >> we absolutely believe that human error was the maim cause. >> many refew to accept claims that sudden high winds were responsible for turning the boat over. the boat didn't dock in the storm. the crew had time to put on life jests but didn't sound the alarm. beijing has promised there would be no cover-up. >> authorities have responded

angrily to claims by washington that china was behind cyberattacks on thursday. they placed blame at hackers in china for stealing sensitive information for details surrounding four million federal workers. beijing is calling on that as irresponsible. the white house said that china -- for the time being there is no conclusion surrounding that matter of cybersecurity. the romanian prime minister is refusing to step down despite a brewing corruption scandal in which he is implicated. they say the allegations of money launder and tax equation are putting romania in an impossible situation. here more. >> victor called in for

questioning over corruption allegations. romania's prime minister is the most prominent suspect in the vegas so far. behind him, a close friend and minister, don shova, also a suspect. >> i am a suspect in mr. shova's case. >> money laundering, embezzlement, tax avillegas and other things used be to rampant month government officials. last year prosecutors had is,051 people convicted -- had 1,051 people convicted including seven foreign ministers. a rival of the prime minister called on him to resign. >> the anti-corruption body has revealed that the prime minister is accused of criminal

acts. i consider this to be an impossible situation for romania, that the prime minister is accused of this. >> the prime minister doesn't seem to aye. asked if he prance to resign, he said this. >> here at the prosecutor's office we don't do politics. that is done in parliament, thank you. >> lawmakers have unmanute, they can't be removed from their jobs unless the parliament does it. >> the british artist anishikori kapur has been raising eyebrows when his worker was unveiled. he is refusing to say what it represents. he calling it the dirty corner.

not everyone is amused by it. the conservative mayor has tweeted his disapproval. but the artist sees unfazed. >> it is ok because it does speak to the fact that art is not an innocent bystander and needs to enter the consideration. >> top business stories. marcus joins me in studio. we are going to start with the latest from greece. those debt woes won't go away. absolutely we are seeing the greek dotel crisis in investors' spotlight. stocks taking a nose dive on friday on the news that grease was delaying the debt repayment. instead of $ million on friday, they will bundle this payment

and three others on june 30. the prime minister is sticking to his guns in negotiations to secure a bailout. he called a proposal from greece's creditors this week absurd. he said that debt relief must be part of a deal. he said greece's debt load needs to be dealt with. but that has been a no go area for the eurozone and the international monetary funs. >> what is crucial is this virgs cycle ends. but this can only be achieved with a change to the failed recipe and an end to the harsh austerity that leads to recession. >> he was quoted this evening saying there is no deadline for the debt talks between his country and the creditors, but of course there is that is.a billion euro payment coming up

at the end of this month. despite his rather defiant message to parliament, he says he believes a debt deal is closer than ever. they big league that talks will be held with the german prime minister. these talks will rumble on. economists say the decision to bundle all four payments at the end of the month, they say it is a negotiating tactic. >> it is more likely to be paid overall than otherwise because it gives the negotiating hand to the greeks. they say we are not going to pay it unless we have some money coming through. but it highlights the need for getting a solution as quickly as possible. >> let's move on now. oil prices have been fluctuating this friday. it follows a key meeting in the

opec group of countries. the organization got together in vienna, and they decided to keep production prices steady. >> saudi arabia shock therapy looks at the oil market until at least the end of the year. opec will keep production unchanged at $30 million bares a day. >> they agreed keep the ceiling which we agreed on previously. >> some members have been pressing for cuts for production. but the saudis maintain the market has stabilized. but the market rebounding 40%. >> all industry experts say the meeting failed to address issues that could increase supply in the near term.

iraq is looking to turn on the taps. >> within one or two months, we can increase to half a million. in seven months, increasing to 1 million dollars. opec decided to stop it's role of cutting prices. analysts warn the strategy may not last much longer with u.s.a. shale continuing to flood the market. >> hiring in the united states surged last month. figures show that 280,000 jobs were added last month a stronger figure than forecast. it follows an economic slow-down earlier in the year. the unemployment ticked higher in may at 2.5%.

that means there are more people entered the labor forse. average wages in the united states bounced higher in may, which may help contention. the fed is looking at raising interest rates. >> let's take a lock at how the stock market has been faring on the back of the news. the shares are trading in a narrow band around the flat line. the thinking is that strong jobs report could spur the federal reserve to hike interest rates sooner rather than later that seems to be putting pressure on u.s. stocks to some extent. we did see the indexes blow the flat light.

greece will bundle all its debt payments to the i.m.f. at the end of the month. stocks are down bakely 5%. stocks in europe ending lower over the concerns about greece. however, they did recoup some of their earlier losses towards the end of the trading day as that strong u.s. jobs figure came out. next we are going to take a look at crowd funding. asking perfect strangers on the internet to fund your business venture. it is exacted to pick up further with the rifle green. french praurns want to use it to bring their dreams to life. nicolas has more. >> marie has spent three years in the advertising industry, but dreamt of going into business for herself. she aims to set up her own

label for wear. >> all my designs are inspired by the needs of really women, who all have different psychological profiles and body part. the starting point is the woman herself. >> with kick starter starting in france, i thought it was a chance to get some free publicity. i don't have a budget for that kind of thing, and being on their site is a help. >> his aim for raising the final funds he needs for an animated movie strip about a holocaust survivor's son. >> you still have that number on your arm dad. have you washed probably? >> around 8 1/2 million people are aware of kick starter.

the launch is under way in europe, and we hope that people in the u.s., canada and asia will be interested in what we are doing here. >> the number of french crowd funding

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