we spoke exclusively to alexis tsipras, and he said this is not going to go away quickly.onsiderr: we need to whether the crisis and any other big crisis will be dealt with in a collective spirit. require challenges european solutions. that is a problem from glenn merkel -- maria: that is a problem for angela merkel. she has to present something back home that makes her look good, but at brussels we will tell you solidarity is not enough. we need to see more comprehensive immigration reform in europe. allies from the various sides of her party have said they are not interested in making the government fall. they are working on an active solution. we might get more details later. anna: various people making the point in europe that there is a and the germans, political crisis has driven migration onto the agenda. let's talk about trade. what are we likely here -- what are we likely to hear from the europeans around trade this time. do they want to be confrontational? maria: that's right. we have seen a draft, and we understand that european leaders will say today that wto r

prime minister alexis tsipras has argued that the pact will stabilise the region.he deal is due to be signed at the border between the two countries on sunday, although more demonstrations are now planned to take place outside that ceremony. andrew plant, bbc news. there have been extraordinary scenes in the afghan capital kabul where taliban militants have joined eid celebrations — embracing security forces.

prime minister alexis tsipras has argued that the pact will stabilise the region.n the two countries on sunday, although more demonstrations are now planned to take place outside that ceremony. andrew plant, bbc news. there are renewed calls to legalise a form of medicinal cannabis oil in the uk after the british home secretary stepped in to allow a boy with severe epilepsy, to be treated with it. billy caldwell‘s mother bought the oil in canada to help control his seizures, but it was confiscated on her arrival at london's heathrow airport. richard lister has the story. charlotte and billy caldwell flew back to britain on monday after taking the law into their own hands. to treat billy's epilepsy, they bought cannabis oil in canada containing an ingredient banned in the uk. the drug which had kept billy's seizures under control for almost a year was confiscated and four days later billy was back in hospital. he's still there but today charlotte was told the home office had backed down and licensed billy's cannabis treatment, leaving her relieved but angry. my expe

prime minister alexis tsipras has argued that the pact will stabilise the region.between the two countries on sunday, although more demonstrations are now planned to take place outside that ceremony. andrew plant, bbc news. the migrant rescue ship the aquarius, is heading for the spanish port of valencia where it's expected to dock on sunday. it follows italy's refusal to accept the vessel which has 600 people on board. meanwhile, a further 900 people have been rescued by spanish coastguards in the waters off morocco. bill hayton reports. spirits are high for the rescue ship to get aquarius and its people on board. a week ago, they almost drowned off the coast of libya and they have been sourcing italy's political battles. now they are headed to safety in spain. on the quayside in valencia, hundreds of humanitarians getting ready to receive them. translation: vulnerable people are travelling on aquarius, and now on the italian vessels including children and pregnant women. there is also a group of people have suffered burns, some of second—degree burns are due to t

prime minister alexis tsipras has argued that the pack will stabilise the region.een the two countries on sunday, although more demonstrations are now planned to ta ke demonstrations are now planned to take place outside that ceremony. andrew plant, bbc news. the migrant rescue ship — the aquarius is heading for the spanish port of valencia where it's expected to dock tomorrow. it follows italy's refusal to accept the vessel which has six hundred people on board. france has now also offered to help by taking in some of the migrants. jon donnison reports. unwanted, homeless, but at least safe. turned away by italy and malta, more than 600 african migrants aboard the aquarius are now heading to spain. the coast of libya as their boats broke up. —— they are due to arrive in valencia tomorrow, and now france has offered to take some of those on board as well, and process their asylum claims. finally, something to celebrate. after what has been a terrifying journey, they were rescued off the coast of libya as their boats broke up. and even now they have had to face diff

prime minister alexis tsipras has argued that the pact will stabilise the region.ies on sunday, although more demonstrations are now planned to take place outside that ceremony. andrew plant, bbc news. there have been extraordinary scenes in the afghan capital kabul where taliban militants have joined eid celebrations — embracing security forces. it's the result of the ceasefire which the government would like to extend. the peace was broken however after an attack by islamic state killed 20 in eastern afghanistan earlier on saturday. here's anbarasan ethirajan. for many afghans, these are extraordinary scenes. taliban militants crossing over front lines to celebrate eid with officials and soldiers. the two sides were fighting each other just a few days ago. the unprecedented development was due to a three—day ceasefire declared for the muslim religious festival of eid. in some places, soldiers were hugging taliban fighters and exchanging eid greetings. dozens of unarmed taliban fighters also entered the capital city, kabul. the interior minister, wais ahmad barmak

of course with sonia what we have certainly heard from the greek prime minister alexis tsipras was very much a sort of a history lesson in terms of the what's three decades old frozen relations between the two countries the real chance to overcome fear and obstacles to get to this point it's very much in his interest to have a positive foreign policy on is. perhaps what woeful domestic policy but is rather shaky domestic standing at the moment. absolutely and as has been mentioned in in reports about the fact that there is this fierce opposition on both sides from hardliners and especially who would seek to one do that as well i mean of course this is going to go through are going to have to be ratified by both parliaments by the greek parliament and the macedonian parliament but there are plenty of opportunities for this to really dissolve in their own respective political issues as well and cause instability within their own countries there is still that sense that they need to be able to secure the support on in both countries to be able to carry this through once the ratification pr

prime minister alexis tsipras has argued that the pact will stabilise the region.e two countries on sunday, although more demonstrations are now planned to take place outside that ceremony. andrew plant, bbc news. students from a school in the us state of florida which saw a group of students in the united states has sued harvard university for allegedly discriminating against asian—americans in its admissions policy. the group, students for fair admissions, says the prestigious university preferred applications from whites, blacks and hispanics at the expense of academically more deserving asian students. it also said that harvard itself had come to the same conclusion in its own research in 2013 but had buried the report. the university denied the allegations. the data seemed pretty damning. the idea that as coal—fired applicants grow exponentially, their number or their ratio is maintained at a certain level. —— qualified applicants. and it seems there are certain qualitative scores based on personality or sociability, likeability, these sorts of things, and the

well, the greeks say, the greek prime minister alexis tsipras said at this signing ceremony, "we areme, to open a path for peace, fraternisation and growth for our countries, the balkans and europe". it's very important for prime minister alexis tsipras in greece because he really wants this to be a signature of his time in office. so far, he's been associated in greece with austerity and grim times. he wants to go down in history as the man who solved a 30 year dispute. it has to be said, though, a lot of his compatriots don't agree with what he's done. they say that macedonia is a greek province, populated by hellenic people, whereas macedonia, the country to the north, is populated by mainly slavic people and shouldn't have any rights to the name, because, guess what? they've only been there since the sixth century. right, in macedonia the country, what's the view of this? it's just a bit tricky remembering which macedonia is which! chuckles. yes, it is. i think you will find most people are in favour of this agreeement. just to take an example, 70% of macedonians want to join the

of thousands of greeks once again hit the streets of athens to campaign against prime minister alexis tsipras says austerity measures in return for bailout funds the greek government has had to agree to implement at times severe cuts to social benefits and pensions. now though it seems the country may have survived the worst starting this august greece will no longer be on financial life support the e.u. and i.m.f. bailout will have seemingly done their work. after eight long years greece will finally be graduating from its financial assistance from greece joins. spain cyprus in my own country portugal in the ranks of your area countries that turned around their economies and once again stand on their own feet as greece prepares for the end of its third international bailout there are a few more sweeteners including another fifteen billion euros of credit to detain your deferral of interest on a line chunk of its debt. to solidarity from the euro area for greece in exchange for the reforms of adjustment is unprecedented it's the biggest solidarity the world has ever seen and who doesn't want

vote in parliament over a deal to change the name of its northern neighbor macedonia minister alexis tsipras had been accused of making too many concessions for the accord which will be signed on sunday macedonia will now change its name to the republic of north macedonia ending a twenty seven year long dispute with greece. at least eight people have been killed in the capital managua the violence breaks a truce between president daniel ortega government and protesters more than one hundred seventy eight people have been killed during two months of unrest and independent investigation into the deaths has been given the go ahead but the opposing sides remain unable to find a solution to a political divisions and have on hand has more. mediators from the catholic church were brought in to try and break the deadlock and there's been some progress nicaragua's government and opposition activists agreed to allow an international investigation into months of political violence. the government will invite international organs the un the e.u. the general secretary of the organization of american stat

now on his country would be known as the republic of north macedonia his counterpart in athens alexis tsipras presented the deal to greece's president athens had long objected to the name macedonia because it is also the name of a greek province greece is now expected to drop its opposition to north macedonia becoming a nato member and beginning the process of joining the e.u. . the french president emmanuel mccrone has denounced italy's refusals to take in more than six hundred migrants stranded aboard a rescue ship in the mediterranean president mccrone accuse the italian government of quote cynicism and said that it had an obligation under international law italy has sent ships to help transport to the migrants to spain which has offered them refuge the french island of corsica has also offered to take the men. after more than two days a stop to see the six hundred twenty nine migrants on board of the rescue ship. are finally heading to a safe haven european n.g.o.s u.s. military rescued them off the libyan coast on saturday night among them unaccompanied minors and pregnant women. the shi

there's some breaking news just coming in that we want to share with you we're rec'd prime minister alexis tsipras says that his government has resolved the dispute with neighboring macedonia over the country's name suppress is expected to provide details in a state address later this evening greece has objected to the name macedonia because it is also the name of a greek province and it has been a major major issue between these two countries we'll bring you more in our next bulletin but for now i want to bring you up to speed with some of the other stories making news around the world. the u.s. has unveiled a controversial new office in taiwan it's referred to as an american institute well it's widely seen as a de facto embassy on the self ruling island china claims taiwan as its territory and criticize the opening of the institute as harmful to us china ties israeli police have begun evacuating jewish settlers from fifteen homes built illegally in the west bank two protesters were arrested after scuffles broke out during the operation israel's supreme court ordered the of actions because the ho

the agreement between prime ministers and alexis tsipras is the fruit of six months of negotiation that ends a twenty seven year standoff between the countries both men heralded the deal as a new era for the whole of southeastern europe renamed savannah macedonia the republic of northern macedonia he says neighbor takes a step closer to e.u. and nato membership see for me i've got the league summit. in the grave in that we reached and all the neighbors have nothing to do with the ancient greeks civilization of macedonia and i cannot claim any commission is to eat in the future . someone. who. i call on all citizens to seize the future twenty five years of being stuck is enough so many generations have been lost macedonia must go forward and be equal with the west to compete with them and to have the same quality of life. the heart of the dispute is a question of identity slav macedonians have lain claim to ancient macedonian heritage since world war two the greeks see that as a vital component of their own sense of nationhood and cultural heritage so the agreement makes it clear that sa

more with greek prime minister alexis tsipras. bloomberg. ♪ is bloomberg. ♪ yvonne: this is daybreak asia. i am yvonne man. .athleen: i am kathleen hays leaders have yet to find a solution to the migration crisis, but they could get help from the continental longtime problem children. as greece climbs out of its debt burden, alexis tsipras is offering to help in a problem he said his country had no help in creating. he spoke to john mickelthwait. the migration crisis is here to stay. it is not a crisis we will overcome easily. it has to do with big causes behind it, the wars and inequality and demographic imbalance. we need to consider whether the crisis and any other big crisis and challenges faced by europe will be dealt with in a collective spirit. as european challenges that require european dilutions. or whether each country will deal with them separately by building fences or looking only at its own backyard. i support the former approach your the latter could at the end of the day not only make the problem bigger but also l

there've been protests in greece after prime minister alexis tsipras survived a no—confidence vote broughty the opposition after he struck a controversial deal over the renaming of neighbouring macedonia. in an extraordinary intervention by the british home secretary, a twelve year old boy with severe epilepsy is receiving treatment using an illegalform of cannabis oil. billy caldwell‘s mother bought the oil in canada to help control his seizures, but it was confiscated on her arrival at london's heathrow airport. the move was described by a former drugs minister as cruel and inhumane. sajid javid said he used "an exceptional power" to issue the licence for what he said was a medical emergency. richard lister has the story. charlotte and billy caldwell flew back to britain on monday after taking the law into their own hands. to treat billy's epilepsy, they bought cannabis oil in canada containing an ingredient banned in the uk. the drug which had kept billy's seizures under control for almost a year was confiscated and four days later billy was back in hospital. he's still there, but today

this agreement but mr polys i guess what about greek politicians we know that prime minister alexis tsipras is for this but he has a lot of opposition and this does need to get through the greek parliament doesn't it it does indeed yes look generally. people tend to think that a fair solution is one that vindicates them on all points of course really the truth is that a good solution is a compromise solution and there will be points lost on both sides and that these i think a valid observation for both countries as for greece now. there is a bit of a paradox because the governing coalition is split the major coalition party the seat is a left wing syriza are all in favor of the. agreement that this preliminary agreement they are the ones who brokered it after all the junior coalition partner right wing independent greeks are dead against it and they have made it absolutely clear that they're going to vote against it in the parliament and in order for this agreement to be ratified by the greek parliament some votes from the opposition will be needed the first indications that we have from co

to solve a decades old dispute with the former yugoslav republic of macedonia prime minister alexis tsipras cools the agreement an historic victory for greece under the deal greece's neighbor would change its name to the republic of northwest but nationalists on both sides see it as a humiliating defeat government leaders and opposition activists in the colorado have agreed to allow an international investigation into the killing of at least one hundred seventy people during two months of protests the catholic church is mediating and wants president danielle otaiba to call the elections more tools to do on saturday donald trump is describing the decision to daly's former campaign manager as tough and dumb fat a judge over the detention of manifold and until his trial in september prosecutors accuse him of trying to tamper with witnesses in the investigation into russian meddling in trump's election. and the u.s. president is trying to distance himself from attorney michael cohen he's facing an f.b.i. investigation into his business dealings donald trump says cohen isn't his lawyer anymore a

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neighbor macedonia police fired tear gas at protesters outside parliament where prime minister alexis tsipras is expected to survive the vote it comes after three days of debate macedonia is to officially change its name to the republic of north macedonia ending a twenty seven year dispute with greece but nationalists on both sides see it as a humiliating defeat john psaropoulos is following events for us in the greek capital athens outside the parliament building there john anger the anger of the crowds around you i guess spilling out quite spectacularly a short while ago what's the scene there now. much come. as you can see behind me people have reconvened on the square they had previously been sent packing by waves of tear gas that had been fired by the police around parliament and that was because some people had tried to storm the compound now. as you can see most people here are just normal citizens a lot of them have come with their families there are elderly people there are children and this went down extremely badly but people didn't lose that and they didn't abandon the protest in

confidence vote in parliament ever deal to change the name of its northern neighbor macedonia or mr alexis tsipras had been accused of making too many concessions for the deal which will be signed on sunday as a tony it will now change his name to the republic of north macedonia ending a twenty seven year dispute with greece. ports from athens. by the evening ended in acrid smoke and acrimony protesters who tried to enter the parliament compound were met with tear gas that sent hundreds of peaceful demonstrators running for cover some were overwhelmed as what had begun with a crowd which included children and the elderly ended with rights the government has agreed to allow the former yugoslav republic of macedonia to call itself northern macedonia but that's not what the opposition finds most dangerous our main objection is not that about the name it's about the macedonian language and the macedonian nationality that it's been recognized by this name. and this stuff and then acceptable from the flow from the greek people is something that nobody in the past has had there except that there is no mu

confidence vote in parliament over a deal to change the name of its northern neighbor macedonia thanks alexis tsipras his opponents had accused him of making too many concessions in the agreement survive the motion and the deal will now be signed on sunday the agreement will see macedonia change its name to the republic of north maps macedonia ending a twenty seven year dispute with greece. more from athens. the governing coalition of the city's a party and the independent greeks has survived a vote of no confidence those two parties mustered their majority in parliament to vote effectively for themselves to stay in power and this government now looks forward after signing the agreement with the former yugoslav of macedonia on sunday to a week of developments in the euro group in brussels where it expects to receive the green light to finally wean itself off euro paean handouts money handouts to re enter markets and borrow from markets and also to receive some sort of restructuring of its debt obligations to its european creditors and therefore the government hopes that by the end of next week it can

country would be known as the republic of north macedonia his counterpart in athens meanwhile alexis tsipras presented the deal to greece's president athens has long objected to the name macedonia because it also has that name for a greek province greece is now expected to drop its opposition to north macedonia becoming a nato member and beginning the process of joining the e.u. for. more let's bring in journalist anthony. who is standing by in the greek capital athens for us welcome to you we know that these two countries they have spent a quarter of essentially a century essentially wrangling over this what is so special about the name macedonia. well greeks it is an integral part of their history and they have long believed and claimed that their neighbors states clane or usage of the name harbors territorial as in the list a. leader who inflamed passions on the other side and claimed that they were descendants of greece's greatest ancient warrior alexander the great and even came now in the last year a new reform western minded prime minister's daughter and zajac who changed that rhetori

the greek prime vista, alexis tsipras, has survived a parliamentary vote of confidence over a deal madepute with macedonia. outside parliament, police fired tear gas at protesters angry with the government. a signing ceremony tomorrow will see grease's northern neighbour renamed as north macedonia. the spanish port of valencia is preparing to welcome more than 600 migrants who have been at the centre ofa migrants who have been at the centre of a major european dispute since they were rescued from the mediterranean sea last weekend. it follows italy's refusal to accept the vessel. france is now offered to help by taking in some of those migrants. john dobson reports. unwanted, homeless, but at least safe. turned away by italy and malta, more than 600 african migrants aboard the aquarius are now heading to spain. they are due to arrive in valencia tomorrow, and now france has offered to take some of those on board as well, and process their asylum claims. finally, something to celebrate. after what has been a terrifying journey, they were rescued off the coast of libya as their boats brok

his country would be known as the republic of the north to macedonia his counterpart in athens alexis tsipras that. you'll see shortly presented the deal to greece's president athens have long objected to the name macedonia because it is also the name of a greek province greece is now expected to drop its opposition to the north macedonia becoming a nato member and beginning the process of joining the e.u. . we got this reaction from one member of the european parliament who is happy to abandon the cumbersome former yugoslav republic of macedonia. so i think it's really great that we don't have to use this this word or this name few or anymore and i'm really glad that after years of discussions the kates of discussion. was reasonable enough to find a compromise with not to know. french president emanuel lacan has denounced italy's refusal to take in more than six hundred migrants stranded aboard a rescue ship in the mediterranean president mccrone accuse the italian government of quote cynicism and said that it had an obligation under international law italy has sent ships to help transport t

the greek prime minister, alexis tsipras, has survived a parliamentary vote of confidence over a dealia. earlier, outside parliament, police fired teargas at protesters angry with the government. a signing ceremony tomorrow will see greece's northern neighbour renamed, as north macedonia. the migrant rescue ship — the aquarius — is heading for the spanish port of valencia where it's expected to dock on sunday. it follows italy's refusal to accept the vessel which has 600 people on board. france has now also offered to help by taking in some of the migrants. jon donnison reports. unwonted, homeless, but at least save. turned away by italy and malta, for more than 600 african migrants aboard the aquarius, they are heading to spain. they are due to arrive in valencia tomorrow and now france has offered to take some of those on board as well and process their asylum claims. finally, something to celebrate. after what has been a terrifying journey, they were rescued off the coast of libya as their votes broke up coast of libya as their votes broke up and even now they have had to face diff

to solve a decades old dispute with the former yugoslav republic of macedonia prime minister alexis tsipras cosi agreement and historic victory for greece under the deal greece's neighbor would change its name to the republic of north macedonia but nationalists on both sides see this as a human humiliating defeat to go live now to the greek capital athens and talk to our correspondent there listen john so clearly not everybody is as enthusiastic about this deal which is not yet been signed up to everyone's happy with it as the prime minister himself. know and i'm standing outside the greek parliament for the third day there is an extremely acrimonious debate going on inside we expect a vote about eight or nine hours from now which i think if it goes as expected will fall along party lines the government voting for itself and surviving the vote of confidence and the opposition unanimously against it in the meantime there is a protest here outside and if the camera swings to my right you can see that small numbers of people still gathering with lots of greek flags among them. a spar as we've

in parliament over a deal to change the name of its northern neighbor macedonia prime minister alexis tsipras had been accused of making too many concessions for the accord which will be assigned signed on sunday macedonia will now change its name to the republic of north macedonia ending a twenty seven year dispute with greece. at least four people have died in nineteen had been arrested and southern turkey after election campaigning erupted into violence the clashes started when a politician from president reggie type burden was ruling party campaigns in a kurdish town near the syrian border opposition groups say the politicians security opened fire after he received a hostile welcome at least eight people have been killed in iraq was capital managua the violence breaks a truce between president daniel ortega government and protesters more than one hundred seventy eight people have been killed during two months of unrest an independent investigation into the deaths has been given the go ahead that the opposing side remains unable to find a solution to political divisions egypt has increased

there have been protests in greece after that prime minister alexis tsipras survived a no—confidencebrought by the opposition after he struck a controversial deal over the renaming of neighbouring macedonia. now on bbc news, it's dateline london. hello and welcome to dateline, where each week some of the uk's best known columnists debate the week's big stories with journalists whose dateline is london, as they report those events to the world beyond. my my guests around the table this week. we have the north american writer and broadcaster geoffrey coffman. british coal in at —— political commentator steve richards. a warm welcome to all of you. at westminster, my goodness, particularly turbulent week around all things around brexit. there was an amendment put forward about giving parliament vote on any meaningful brexit deal. earlier in the week, the secretary of state decided not to. so much remains uncertain. one thing we know is that the white paper won't now be published in time for the european council summit later this month. it is hard to know where to begin after the week we

vote in parliament over a deal to change the name of its northern neighbor macedonia prime as alexis tsipras had been accused of making too many concessions for the quarter should be signed on sunday. the u.n. envoy to yemen is in the capsule found off the talks to stop fighting over the port city of her data around but who fighters say they're still in control of the airport dismissing claims by government forces supported by the saudi and alliance . and car bomb attack as was celebrations of a temporary ceasefire between the afghan government and the taliban at least twenty six people were killed. with all the headlines more news continuing here on al-jazeera off to people and power. getting to the heart of the matter if. the supreme leader calls you today and says let's have tools would you accept facing realities what do you think reunification would look like there are two people think the peaceful unification is the only option for prosperity of south korea hear their story on talk to al-jazeera. for over three years isis control to terrorize lawless calls move in iraq it was driven ou

greek prime minister alexis tsipras has survived a no confidence vote paving the way for an historic agreement with macedonia under the deal.

it's extremely important for alexis tsipras in greece because he wants this to be a signature of his to go down in history. a lot of his compatriots don't agree with what he's done. they say macedonia is a greek province populated by hellenic people whereas macedonia the country to the north is populated by mainly slavic people and shouldn't have any right to the name because they've only been there since the sixth century. in macedonia the country, what's the view of this? it's tricky remembering which macedonia is which czechs i think you'll find most people are in favour of this agreement —— which macedonia is which! most macedonians want to join the european union. they can't start negotiations because greece has been blocking access in talks over the issue of the name. if they are going to be north macedonia they can start accession negotiations. i think 70% macedonia's people are looking forward to the start of the negotiations. i think the majority will be favour. we've seen some scenes of people protesting so clearly feelings are running high. the home secretary, sajid javid,

forget even all says the deal violates the constitution in greece the government of prime minister alexis tsipras may face a no confidence vote on the issue of speed between the two neighbors has been an obstacle to macedonia joining nato and the e.u. chance droplets has the latest from the greek capital athens. the conservative opposition leader in athens has called this a bad agreement he believes that accepting the master in language and a master in an ethnicity are simply not acceptable national concessions that is what he said in a statement after the agreement was outlined by the prime minister he believes also that the government doesn't have the political with just a mercy to conclude this agreement internationally because it is not supported by the governments junior coalition partner without that the government doesn't have a majority in parliament over in school the president has said he would not sign this agreement if parliament passed it and sent it to his office for counter signature but that is not the intention of prime ministers or in macedonia what he has said he intends to do

the agreement between prime ministers and alexis tsipras is the fruit of six months of negotiation that ends a twenty seven year standoff between the countries both men heralded the deal as a new era for the whole of south eastern europe renamed savannah macedonia the republic of northern macedonia greece's neighbor takes a step closer to e.u. and nato membership see for me a look at the league summit. in the agreement that we reached and all the neighbors have nothing to do with the ancient greek civilization of macedonia and cannot claim any commission to it in the future. somebody asked. i call on all citizens to seize the future twenty five years of being stuck is enough many generations have been lost macedonia must go forward and be equal with the west to compete with them and to have the same quality of life. the heart of the dispute is a question of identity slav macedonians have lain claim to ancient macedonian heritage since world war two the greeks see that as a vital component of their own sense of nationhood and cultural heritage so the agreement makes it clear that savanna

police have fired tear gas at protesters outside parliament where prime minister alexis tsipras is expected to survive that vote which comes after three days of debate macedonia is to officially change its name to the republic of north macedonia if the deal goes through ending a twenty seven year dispute with greece but nationalists on both sides see it as a humiliating defeat well john psaropoulos is following events for us in athens outside the parliament where there's been some trouble he joins us on the phone now and john opponents to the deal making their feelings felt yet again on the stand what's the situation. the situation on the square outside parliament is still tense look from now it's peaceful the police and the longest firing that tear gas there are rumors of an impending invasion by an accused who always like to clash with police that hasn't happened yet inside we're in the final stages because the debate the prime minister has now taken the stand he will face a counter argument from the leader of the opposition after that he gets a chance to speak again and after that they w

minister has called a debt relief deal that ends the country's bailout program a historic step alexis tsipras has said when the debt was gone he would wear a tie on friday he put one on euro zone states declare the severe debt crisis that struck greece in two thousand and ten to be over ending some of its creditors supervision of rescue packages of up to three hundred and seventy billion dollars if you know the state humor i fulfilled the bet i put the tie on but i have to tell you that all these years i fought the battle with my work uniform without the tie the market the never in the middle as i was part in the battle without a tide turning the official and unofficial events i will continue fighting just because the great people still have a lot of big battles to win. well still ahead here on al-jazeera pumping up production the world's top all producers agreed to increase output by one million barrels a day. was leaked to the united kingdom marks the seventieth anniversary of the arrival of caribbean migrants known as the windrush generation and inspired projects that drive places in on hi

parliament over a deal to change the name of its more than a neighbor macedonia prime minister alexis tsipras had been accused of making too many concessions for the accord which will be signed on sunday macedonia will now change its name to the republic of north about sedona ending a twenty seven year long dispute with greece. yes presidents used his weekly radio address to blame democrats for not closing loopholes that allow gang members into the country donald trump says the democrats are protecting emigrant criminals connected to gangs such as m.s. thirteen as a ministration has adopted a zero tolerance policy to immigrants crossing the border illegally one of his policies is separating children from parents and it has been heavily criticized castro has more from washington d.c. facing mounting criticism over his new policy of separating children from their parents who are caught crossing the border illegally president donald trump sought to offer another justification for his so-called zero tolerance policy saturday the president says this policy which aims to criminally prosecute every

in parliament over a deal to change the name of its northern neighbor macedonia prime minister alexis tsipras had been accused of making too many concessions for the accord which will be signed on sunday macedonia want to change its name to the republic of north macedonian a twenty seven year long disc you with greece. young children some barely old enough for school are being paid a dollar a day to work in cigarette making factories in bangladesh that's according to human rights groups have been urging the government to do more to enforce child labor laws they admit though that it's difficult as the children's families are so poor they rely on the money they earn just to survive. reports this is a cigarette manufacturing factory in bangladesh but there are a few if any machines working. al-jazeera secretly filmed these pictures the reason the factory owner refused to spray mission to film is because of the children working here the bangladesh government says it's doing all it can to crack down on child labor but there is little evidence of that in this factory. some of the children making th

a major turning point away from austerity achieving that relief has been a long term goal for alexis tsipras back in two thousand and fifteen he joked that when he did chief that he would mark the occasion by pushing on a time i and he did just that. it be you know surplus to him or are fulfilled the bet are put the toilet but i have to tell you that all these youth are thought the battle with my work uniform without the toy the much. as i was part of the battle without it's hard to wring the official and unofficial events i will continue fighting just because the great people still have a lot of big battle to win. just a quick reminder of the headlines now donald trump has defended his tough immigration policy following criticism over the separation of thousands of families on the mexico border speaking in washington alongside members of the so-called angel families that's relatives of people affected by migrant crime trump said he was highlighting an issue which has been ignored these are the stories that democrats and people that are weak on immigration they don't want to discuss that don

there've been protests in greece after prime minister alexis tsipras survived a no—confidence vote broughtopposition after he struck a controversial deal over the renaming of neighbouring macedonia. now on bbc news, it's time for politics europe. hello and welcome to politics europe. your regular guide to the stock —— top stories in brussels and strasbourg. after the migrant crisis in the mediterranean takes a new turn, what solution can europe offer? we look at the latest twist in the brexit row between britain and the eu over the satnav system. and after meps decide not to call fred diplomatic boycott at the world cup —— are they big questions that a host, russia? —— not to call for a diplomatic boycott. so, all that to come in the next half an hour and joining me for all of it, butjupp —— commentators. first of all, our guide to the latest from europe in just 60 seconds. the european parliament kicked the idea of a diplomatic boycott of the world cup, calling instead for the eu to simply condemn human rights violations in russia. angela merkel may be facing a coalition crisis after clas