daniel griffith, bbc news. >> a european union official told the news agency that we have the essentials of the deal. let's get the very latest from steven evans, our correspondent in brussels. they are there, aren't they? >> from what it seems. they have not actually appeared in front of a microphone and camera and said we have got the deal but officials are saying that the deal is there. and what they have been doing inching away over the last 12 hours at that burden of debt in the ratio to the size of the economy if, you like. greece came bearing promises to cut the debt down to 129% of g.d.p. by the year 2020. that is now apparently come down to just above 120%. the difficulty is that the deeper the cuts you impose on the greek economy, the more the tax revenue falls. so the fear will be that in the longer term, not immediately, not before this tranche of money is owed in march, but in the longer term, the calculation is changed so that the patient doesn't get better but the patient actually gets worse. >> what was this about? the survival of the eurozone and ensuring that they had t

daniel griffiths has the latest. >> heading for iran, iaea inspectors making their second journey to tehran in less than a month. looking for answers to growing international concerns about iran's nuclear program. >> we hope to have a certain date in tehran. certainly the spirit with which we are going there. important to have some concrete results after this threat, and the highest priority remains, of course, the possible military, so iran's nuclear program. >> but it's not clear whether they'll have access to iran's nuclear facilities. two days is hardly enough time to get answers about tehran's nuclear ambitions. the visit comes amid growing tensions between iran and the west. on sunday, iran said it halted oil sales to france and britain. in retaliation for a european union ban on iranian oil, which begins in july. the e.u. and u.s. have also imposed financial sanctions on iran, and israel suggested that it might consider a military strike again iran's nuclear facilities should diplomacy and pressure fail. something that america's top soldier, general martin dempsey, has warned

daniel griffiths reports. >> as the politicians debated, athens burned. cinemas, shops, cafes and banks all set on fire. earlier outside the parliament, police and rioters clashed. most protesters have been peaceful. but this violence, a sign of the anger felt by many about the scale of the austerity measures. and inside the parliament, passions were also running high, with many unhappy about having to agree to more cuts, after hours of debate, the measures finally passed, but not before this stark warning from the greek finance minister . everyone must realize, he said, that the dilemma is whether we'll save the country with great sacrifices or if instead we'll march towards catastrophe. to get another bailout from the eurozone worth 130 billion euros, the greek parliament was told it had to pass another austerity package containing 3.3 billion worth of cuts. the public sector jobs, pensions, and the minimum wage. greece needs money before march 20 to meet debt repayments of 14.5 billion euros or it will go bankrupt. but greece is already in recession, w

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