so you have three bogeymen at the moment. you have got the troika. you have, indeed, god germany.all, you have greek's own politicians. >> what is going on in brussels? what is the general mood among greeks? is there hope that these talks will actually improve people's lives? >> i think most greeks are expecting another shoe to fall, because the full details of these new austerity measures from of the last week have not been fully revealed to greeks. so i think they are preparing themselves for more austerity, even above what they're dealing with at the moment. >> ok, thank you so much for that update from athens. >> more consequences from the standoff in the persian gulf. the price of crude oil has surged to a new nine-month high after iran's move to shut off deliveries to france and britain. a barrel of benchmark north sea crude now cost $120. tehran is threatening to cut off oil to the entire european union and less economic sanctions are lifted. a europe -- european oil companies say they will be able to make up for any halt in iranian supplies. iran currently supplies of arou