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facilities in tennessee has any link to international television -- terrorism. angela merkel called on lawmakers to vote in favor of the great debt deal. it would open full negotiations for a third a lot. they are expected to approve it. they do not want to give athens anymore money. merkel said it would be irresponsible not to help greece and warned of the alternative area --. >> let's imagine what it would mean if people were queuing in front of closed banks for pensions. this gives you an idea of how
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dramatic the situation is in grace and how much mistakes are in their country. eve: we can go to our correspondent in berlin. we are hearing the parliament is in session and it's going to vote in this deal. listening to angela merkel this morning after getting a reputation of being cold as ice when it comes to greece talks she is pleading in parliament to help them. why that change? jessica: this debate started at 10:00 this morning in berlin. it's still going on it. it's a sign of how emotional and heated this issue is here in germany. she was in the center of it. she
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reminded germany of the human aspect of the crisis. this is very important. she wants to get this passed. she knows there is no other alternative for greece. she said there were three options. the first would be to allow the treaty changes and allow for a debt haircut. germany has drawn a line through this. the other option would be to give up which would have led to chaos. the third option is to provide them more aid it. this comes with responsibility. they agreed to put tougher reforms in place. they accepted the conditions. she has to convince the parliament to be on her side and approve this bailout. 631 parliamentarians will be voting a shortly.
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it is expected that they will vote to let the bailout go through. merkel has something in common with there is a lot of resentment. there only voting yes because at this stage, a no vote would lead to more harm than good. i think that is what she is trying to underline today in her speech. eve: you say there are divisions within her party. there is a harsh line from the finance minister. he was still mentioning the gre xit. debt restructuring will have to take lace. i haircut is another question. are they on the same page as to
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what happens next? jessica: i think they are on the same page when it comes to the debt. facebook today. he is on the same page. this is the man who has been most effective with the term gre sit. he had that in mind as a plan b for greece. we must approve the bailout. greece will be a big challenge moving forward. we must have this attempt at trying to save the country. he ruled out any debt haircut. he reiterated this several times a day. i think debt restructuring on the germans side is clear. from the left-wing party they have been particularly vociferous in this debate. he reminded parliamentarians
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that germany had debt written down. we own in germany to do the same for other european members. i think that fell on closed ears. that's just something that germans are not interested in. eve: thanks indeed for that. she is reporting from berlin. meanwhile in greece, other problems. a fire has broken out on the mountain that overlooks central athens. a second blaze is 300 kilometers from those images you are now seeing. water dropping planes have been called into the area. one of the seven firefighting aircraft has had to make an emergency landing at the pilots are ok. three villages have had to be evacuated.
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these are live pictures. that mountain just behind us there are some serious plumes of smoke across the country. this would not be the first time greece to suffer severity from forest fires. we will keep an eye on those images for you. moving on the for now, it's a year since the malaysian airlines flight was downed over ukraine. services are being held in memory of the victims. most of them were australian and dutch. controversy over who was responsible continue. >> a broom trap in time. everything is just as he left it where it. he was aboard the flight with his fiancee. one year after the crash his
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parents pain is just a strong. >> the world stops with a bang. everything around you continues and you try to participate, but it is hard. >> that morning has been tainted. they had been fighting to find the truth of what happened to flight mh 17. >> the investigators are operating to carefully. i think it's politically too sensitive. economic interests outweigh others. they want to import russian gas. >> who shut down the plane and why? dutch families are still searching for the answers. some close to the victims have met with separatists. they want to find out what happened to the flight.
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for those in charge of the inquest, the weight is justified. >> i understand the frustration. i would like the investigation to be over. you have to remember that investigations like this are not easy and circumstances are complicated. you can spend more time and fish with correct results. >> the conclusions will be made public in mid-october. eve: the investigation is due to release information in october. russia denies that they fired the missile. gulliver is in ukraine. we are a year on. gulliver: yes. it's true. the official results of the investigation are not due to be published until i over.
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the evidence suggests the plane was drop -- down by a surface-to-air missile fired in separatist territory. it is very compelling. there is a lot of information in the public domain, including photographs. analysis of the trajectory of the debris suggests the missile was filed from there. there is circumstantial evidence. there were separatist who bragged about having brought it down. that was on social network. it was very rapidly deleted when they realized it was a civilian aircraft. there are separatist fighters arriving at the scene horrified to did discover that it was a civilian plane and not a military plane.
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the russians and separatists have said it was the ukrainians who shot the missile. that presentation of analysis has been run with contradictions and sometimes has relied on falsified documents. eve: meanwhile, the war continues in eastern ukraine. there is a draft law to give greater autonomy to separatist regions. is this them fulfilling part of its side of the minsk agreement? gulliver: it is supposed to be. that's why the assistant secretary of state and the ambassador were present in the ukrainian parliament to persuade and vote for this bill. he tried to present and more as a countrywide seat -- decentralization that would give more power to all regions. separatist leaders in eastern ukraine have already said that
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means it does not go far enough towards giving the areas of a control a special status. a lot of ukrainian mps, the bill was passed by small minority. eve: thanks indeed for that reporting area --. the fbi says there is no sign that the shooter involved in the tennessee attacks had links to any international terrorism groups. to military officers were targeted and former aides killed. the gunman died. we have more. catherine: police tape marks off the scene of a deadly shooting in chattanooga. former aims were killed when a lone gunman opened fire. police have identified the shooter as a 24-year-old and a naturalized u.s. citizen born in kuwait. earlier, he targeted a navy
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recruitment center located in a strip mall. witnesses describe the damage. >> someone drove by and shot to the windows. the place was like something on it tv. there were bullet holes. catherine: he was shot dead after a gunfight with police at the navy center. three other people were also injured. police of sealed off the area around the house in which the gunman lived. they are attempting to piece together what led to the attack. the fbi has taken control of the investigation. it's too soon to determine if the rampage was an act of terrorism or a criminal act or it >> we have no idea at this point what his motivation was. we are just beginning the investigation. we look forward to that option. we don't have anything that ties them to international terrorist organizations.
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catherine: the president will promise a prompt and thorough investigation. the white house's been in touch with the pentagon to make sure security is tightened at military installations. eve: privatizing a public each and cementing over sand he has come under fire from locals on the french riviera. alexandra: this public beach on the french riviera next door to the king of saudi arabia's residents. late last week, a new concrete slab was illegally laid in the sand. a new gap in the wall of the property. locals were not impressed with construction or the fact that they are forbidden from using the public reach. the police intervened. >> we made a complaint about the planning laws.
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the installation of a staircase or whatever else was carried out without permission. alexandra: these a lot has been unoccupied for several years. it will now house 500 members of the saudi court. >> i spoke to the contractor on the phone. he thought the secretary had permission. this was not the case. i don't know if the request is on its way. the locals complained. alexandra: the king and his entourage are expected on the 20th of july. security members will be taken. locals and the public will be banned from going to the beach. eve: ramadan is coming to a
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close. celebrations are beginning. millions of muslims visit mecca. they are planning to take part in the last prayer of that holy month in which fasting and charitable donations are observed. a quick reminder of our top stories. german lawmakers vote on the greek that deal. angela merkel is calling for yes. she is convinced it is the way forward. the alternative would be chaos. flowers outside the dutch embassy in kiev. it's been a year since mh 17 was downed in ukraine, killing all on board. the fbi says there is no sign that a shooter who attacked to military fists -- facilities in tennessee has any links to international terrorism.
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it's time for a look at the business news. kate moody is with us. we've been covering the german parliament vote. we are waiting to see what will happen. most lawmakers are concerned about the loan of being repaid here it kate: they have been the most resistant that restructuring great debt. about 57 billion is supposed to go to berlin. merkel said a haircut or production of greek debt is out of the question. creditors are looking to some restructuring or be profiling of the debt, this could include lowering the interest rate or at winning -- extending the timeframe. the debt load needs to be more sustainable.
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christina: it could be a significant rescheduling. there could be an extended grace. it can be a haircut. it can be budget transfers. i think we are being realistic and the euro members are not keen to do haircuts. that was clear. it's important to make sure that the country is on track. that the debt is sustainable and there's a chance of reimbursement. kate: there are some see drove hurdles to be clear before banks can reopen on monday. the greek central bank must give approval to the debt. the emergency liquidity assistance was raised. capital controls are expected to be eased slowly. customers will still seat
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restrictions on how much money they can withdraw at a time. european markets reversed their earlier gains. we are seeing a flat session as we wait for that vote from berlin. companies have been driving the company news. general electric is offering concessions to eu regulators. frankfurt is focused on that vote in berlin. there is an in dollar merger of two affiliates or it this despite opposition from a u.s. hedge fund. two thirds voted to allow samsung to merge with its construction and trading arm. that will give more control to the heir apparent who is expected to take over from his ailing father.
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let's take a look at some of the other business headlines. china's estate owned rank invested $200 billion to reverse a three-week selloff on the chinese market. that is according to the financial times. lenders were instructed to buy shares. reforms halted the freefall last week. traded is up 3.5%. erikson saw its shares dropped 6% and reported better-than-expected earnings after nine months of decline. net sales grew 11% since april. they expect the rest of the main yes -- year to remain stable. ebay and paypal will part ways on friday. they want to focus on the growing battle against amazon and other online retailers. payment is one of the fastest-growing segments.
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paypal will have to compete with apple paid. how do you become a millionaire in two weeks? i gaming app has managed to do that. they launched a new smart phone game called a fallout shelter last month. it is free to download but uses things to speed up. the packages cost between $.99 and $20. gamers were more than willing to pay up. they made $5.1 million in the first two weeks. it's the most downloaded app in 48 countries. that's not a bad strategy. eve: i would retire after that. thanks. it's time to take a look at what's covering the front pages of the daily press.
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we are taking look at those international. we're going to start with the one year anniversary of the downing of the malaysian airlines plane. >> you can compare the ukrainian papers to the russian papers. this is a ukrainian paper that says there is no doubt about it. russia is the obvious culprit. there is a pool of clear and convincing evidence that the plane was shot down by a russian service to air mitchell from territory controlled by the kremlin backed separatists. it's very clear who is responsible. if we look at new footage, it does seem to back up that claim. this is footage that was released by news corp. australia. you can read about it in the australian paper.
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it's incredibly disturbing. it was shot by the separatists themselves. it shows them arriving on the scene of the plane crash. according to subtitles, you hear them expressing dismay that this was a civilian plane. it seems like they thought they shut down a ukrainian fighter jet. eve: they've been accused of doing that. what does the russian paper sent? >> it's a very different position. it points out that the kremlin's position is that the plane was shot down by a non-russian air to air missile fired by a ukrainian fighter jet. the moscow times points out the details. they have a key eyewitness. he backs up their position on this. you can see in the headlines the official position of vladimir putin. he is rejecting calls for a u.n.
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tribunal. eve: we will just have to wait and see. let's move stateside. people are reacting to this visit by president barack obama. >> it's a historic visit. the editorial of the new york times applies the president for what they say is taking on the prison crisis. lots of papers are calling it a crisis. the washington post looks at the statistics, they are eye-popping. the u.s. has 5% of the worlds population and 25% of its prison population in large part due to the way drug crimes are sentenced in the united states. the u.s. locks up way too many people. that could change. there could be reform after the way low-level drug offenders arsons.
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eve: moving on to another prison situation, another crisis, this escape in mexico. it still getting coverage area >> this was the drug your -- lord l chap oh. it's turned the spotlight on corruption in x can presence. -- mexican prisons. he used a modified motorbike. it seems like he got some help. they are all over this story as well. they talked about how the story is so crazy it sounds like fiction. it sounds like a book by don winslow called the cartel. sales have gone through the roof. it is good timing for that
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author. eve: i had not heard about the motorized motorbike i have to say. we have something about cows and pigs. >> the christian paper talks about eight state of emergency with a cow on the front page. they are taking a closer look at the french livestock farmers on the break. they are facing tough competition and volatile prices. 10%
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