onto greece, what do you make of this?obond sale? onto greece, what do you make of this? 3 million eurobond sale7m onto greece, what do you make of this? 3 million eurobond sale? it is an encouraging sign if you are the greek finance minister because if you are the greek finance minister you are the greek finance minister you are the greek finance minister you are aware that injuly you are the greek finance minister you are aware that in july 2018 your current bailout programme ends, so you have to either refinance yourself in the market, or wait for a bailout programme, which at this point in time is not something that athens wants to go for, given it has beenin athens wants to go for, given it has been in the past led to tussles with the imf and the eu and these monies have come with strings attached. the fa ct have come with strings attached. the fact that they could price it lower than in the shelley, than the initial yield, at 4.6%, was better than what they got when they have a short window in the market in the; i";

is greece worth the risk?here european equities are trading, stocks rising for the first day in four. look at these currencies against the dollar, euro i will come to in a second. sovereign bond yields are gaining today, that is why banks are rising and commodities is your final column. akzonobel, planning to split into with second-quarter earnings reporting today that missed estimates, a tumultuous time for them. they left relations with some investors in tatters. the former chief executive suddenly resigned last week for unspecified health reasons. to repair relations, they created a committee for shareholder relations vowing to hold more meetings with investors. and strengthen and maintain a constructive dialogue. that is the news today from akzonobel. the euro against the dollar, the 63 -- too watches 116. 16.63.is 1 a board member from ecb said the central bank can be more assured about meeting its inflation goal but still too soon to tell -- to say mission accomplished with price pressure in the early st

operated from their family that might be elsewhere in greece or in the e.u. and you know at this while greece is not proud of this they have for the past two years now been begging the e.u. to offer more aid and more help to deal with this refugee crisis because they're really running low on resources that a twelve year old is being cast as an adult are we talking someone said well i'm not happy yeah so it's sixteen years of age and they're being you know they're saying they're eighteen or nineteen and they're not you know they're just doing the best they can to bring everyone in and keep everyone alive of course it's not negatively intend intentionally but that's you know it's a big problem that's going out it's going to there and of course the economic problems thank you so much for the bust down. time after a quick break stick around though when we get back my guests to medical research says the u.s. economy is slipping you can prove it as we go to break check out the numbers the closing bell. just stand in this is this you need to be the first one on top

"we need free movement in greece." the one tap is out in the bush.rced to bear the brunt of the migrant one. the number of new arrivals is a fraction of what it was and the media has somewhat moved on, but the problem persists. crowds of migrants in an increasingly permanent camp, battling long asylum procedures. thousands stuck here in greece, caught in europe's forgotten crisis. we get self—harming. we get drunkenness, drug addictions, things that we didn't used to see here. obviously, i think, are directly the results of the depression and frustration. and to be honest, the greeks, i know they feel frustrated and they feel abandoned. the island feels abandoned by the mainland, and all of greece feels abandoned by the eu. europe's most bankrupt country has become its waiting room. lives are on hold here and greece is overwhelmed. it is an explosive mix. mark lowen, bbc news, in lesbos. a major clean—up effort is under way in new zealand's south island, where a month's worth of rain has fallen in two days. it is one of the region's worst floods on r

greece is a turnaround story and we like it. interested in your comments when he talked about the importance of the first step, reentering the global market and the financial aspect. in your experience, is there a country you can point to and say this is how it typically works, the model to follow? hans: how far back should i go? joe: as far as you want. hans: i remember mexico coming back. by the time you launch a bond issue, whether it is small or large, that is usually the first up. be -- step. behind the scenes, there has been architecture put in place to support the deal and start the transition from greece accessing the official sector to the private sector for funding. joe: and it is not too late. if you had just been holding the existing stock of greece out there, doing extraordinarily well the last few years, so the fact they have returned to the market does not mean that is the peak. there is room to run. hans: i think you can still make money, trading at about 150 basis points. on the fixed income side. if you look at

so this is helping greece. greece is back as a fully fledged member.on the outskirts for several years. peter: we have this economic swing. it is only right that countries such as greece, they are given the opportunity to go into this, whether or not this is a full on reintegration of greece into the eurozone. it will still be a reintegration that could easily reversed. the political risks have significantly shrunk. matt: thanks very much to professor mark gilbert, bloomberg gadfly columnist, and peter chatwell. you can click on any of the three panels we have got up for panels.tive you can see although the functions and we use as well as taking part in the conversation by clicking on the blue link at the bottom of your screen and writing in. latest developments on those reports of collusion of german automakers. it is a big deal and another piece of a very difficult story for this key german industry. this is bloomberg. ♪ manus: 22 minutes into the trading day. nejra cehic has everything from information to making trading day, to chocolates. >> let us

greece is going to welcome a record 30 million visitors of this year.t is all from the business desk. a strong offshore earthquake has hit a number of holiday resorts inin greece and turkey. two tourists have been killed and another 200 are injured. the 6.5 quake struck overnight in the aegean's the. --a gen -- the aegean sea. correspoent: this greek island was hit the hardest. there is damage on every street. restaurantnts, shops and h homee devastateded the centerer of the island, usually buzzing with people at night is covered in rubble. holidaymakers were enjoying themselves here when the earthquake struck without warning at 1:28 a.m. the quake also caused a minor tsunami, flooding the harbor. those whwho witness it werere sn by t the expxperience. >> pretty surreal, like a movie. ran downstairsnd joinedd everyone else. >> the floor wasas still shaking violently, we hadad to cling ono the wall and then it s stops, everybodody gravitated outside into the corridors and there are people screaming, quite a bit of commission going on. correspondent: many

. >> you are visiting greece in a special way. >> i know that.cial days. >> yesterday and today. >> the day that greece is coming back to the markets in a successful way. and i think that this is the most important message, and the most significant step. >> griese returned to the european bond market, selling 3 billion euros worth of five-year bonds, yielding 4.625%. it is hoped the sale will help win grease off external aid. -- greece off external aid. >> and so we must be a very serious, conscious, collective, grand approach of the rest of the program. but i'm quite confident that we have made more difficult things. but let's not relax too much. let's concentrate, let's focus, let's work together. reporter: greece is still receiving bailouts while its creditors are calling for further reforms. there is still a lot to do before the debt ridden country will be able to stand on its own two feet. helena: back over now to brent. brent: for diehard fans of composer richard wagner, it's arguably the years against event. germany's annual festival is un

on the day greece return to the bond market is greece coming back to the markets. you have successfully later. and i think that the this is the most. importance. messes and the most significant is that. in order to to feed busines. unpleasant adventure of. cree says it sold three billion years worth of five year bonds after rate of just over four point six percent. it's an important milestone for the country. as it seeks to ensure can fill the funding gap left when its beta program ends in august twenty team. within the scene the greek economy. is i hear it now. greece is now a. on it so reform and fiscal commitments. and i was started. to. return to. and we'll talk. greece lost it bonds in twenty fourteen. but it's been broadly shot out from the markets since the start of its financial crisis and twenty ten. the staff right since then it's received three international bailouts. in return for wide ranging reforms of its economy. the recently things have been looking up for athens. the annual budget position is much improved. and economists say the country is close

little gray shouldn't processing the spark angry protests in thousands of migrants in limbo in both greece and also in italy is the latest refugee crisis in gold you. are there this is art international with me kevin owen for the morning for me it's just turned ten in the morning here in moscow now first on this thursday the american military says it's concerned for the safety of troops after a turkish news agency released him up showing the location of u.s. bases in northern syria in a comment to r.t. the u.s. central command said that the sources which contributed to the story can't be independently verified but went on to add that it would be very concerned if officials from its nato ally would purposefully danger forces by releasing such sensitive information reports this is how america's military presence in northern syria allegedly looks as according to turkish state news agency on a dollar it claims to have detected america's hidden outpost scout across kurdish held areas the agency reports there are as many as ten including two air bases one in on me leon. which is large enough for

greece is back to the bond market after a three-year hiatus.re looking to sell five-year bonds and expected to be priced today. the founder of thought for action joining us. the greeks are back in the bond market, good news, good signal? guest: that is what anybody wants to hear, there is a great demand for yields right now, there is worries all the time about the greek debt. it seems that it looks like a good signal for today and i hope for a little longer. anna: what does this tell us about the overall level of borrowing in greece and i understand the imf has put a limit on the level of debt that greece is allowed to take on. what is happening underneath the surface? guest: one should look at this as a financial traders point of view. looking at the yields right now, and one should look at the ratio of debt to gdp. if this bond issuance would represent and that is a challenge, a reduction of borrowing costs for the economy, this would be fantastic. the economy should make sure that doing business in greece structurally and the incense vocatio

greece has sold its government debt to international investors for the first time in three years.ged to raise 3.5 billion dollars in a move which could signal the end of austerity in the country. since 2010, greece has received around 380 billion dollars of emergency funding, but this has come with certain conditions attached. greece's creditors — which include the international monetary fund and the eu — have insisted that the government raise taxes and slash pensions in order to improve its public finances. our economics correspondent andrew walker explains why today's sale is significant for the country. this is a tall in the water. there we re this is a tall in the water. there were offers to buy more than twice that amount. i think this is a view that amount. i think this is a view that greece has done an awful lot to improve the position of its public finances. back in the red this year. but not a large deficit. think they recognise things a great deal. they ta ke recognise things a great deal. they take the view that probably if it comes to the crunch, the rest of the euroz

and greece is the word.n returns to debt market after a three-year hiatus in what could be a big win for the government. good morning, everyone. this is "surveillance." i'm francine lacqua in london. tom keene is in new york. we have an interesting day. we're two months away from the german election. we look at politics, and, of course, we look at dollar movement and dollar dynamic. tom: dollar dynamic front and center in washington. later, we have a weaker dollar call. we begin the two-day meeting, we go to the fed meeting tomorrow afternoon. within it all, in part maybe even of the debate in europe, it's no inflation. francine: yeah, no inflation, certainly something that we'll be watching out for. chief economist of the d.o.e. is speaking. now let's get straight to news. taylor: as you were mentioning, in washington, a dramatic turn of events for senate republicans preparing to take up healthcare legislation. senator john mccain will return to washington days after being diagnosed with brain cancer. today

away from china, greece, the imf has decided tojoin the away from china, greece, the imf has decidedthe party, lending money. has there been dancing in the streets in greece this week?|j money. has there been dancing in the streets in greece this week? i think not. imf is only provisionally joining the party. they have agreed a programme of1.6 joining the party. they have agreed a programme of 1.6 billion euros in the context of a bailout from the eurozone that is up to 86. it is a small contribution, moving towards the imf result of some of the doubts that it has about the programme. they are also saying they are not actually going to handle money over until they have more assurances about debt relief for the future. nonetheless, christine lagarde, going to her board and saying i think we should make this commitment in principle and board has said yes. that represents the imf‘s member countries. let us know when they hand it over. now it is time for the next in our series of million—dollar ideas. now we look at the family favourite, the frisbee. summer is here! get to the beach! que

. >> as soon as my brother's in greece, i'll send him your passport.s soon as he's in germany, i'll call you and give it back. nobody will notice. >> but if your brother messes up, it'll come back to me. >> once you've sold something and received the money, you are no longer responsible. i need the passport for my brother. as soon as he's here, you'll get it back. really. >> how will he get from greece to munich? >> he'll fly to france, and from there to munich. the checks on direct flights from greece to germany are getting tougher, but flights coming from france or italy aren't checked as often. reporter: what does law enforcement know about this? we enquire with europol, but they won't give an interview on is known to europol. original documents are in high demand with illegal migrants europol mentioned a growing business trend but doesn't cite any exact figures. we head off to the netherlands. on a facebook forum, we've contacted a syrian who made it into europe by plane on a real passport. he's a syrian chemist in his early thirties. it took him o

the reality for most migrants in greece is a far cry from the situation here. many are in basic camps, destined to return to turkey to seek asylum from their as part of the eu's migration plan. but aid workers are hoping the tilos project will work elsewhere. if this works here, why can't it work in other societies, in other small societies? it is not a matter of tilos being an island, it can be a village in peloponnese, it can be a village in italy, i mean, this can work everywhere. the key to the tilos plan being a success is how the younger generation of refugees settle here and whether they continue to feel welcome and part of the community over the years to come. wills recorded on voicemail or text message could be deemed legally binding by a judge, thanks to new proposals from the law commission. it says it is the first step in updating the victorian law, unchanged since 1837, and could pave the way for the introduction of electronic wills. it wants it to be easierfor a court to decide when a person's intentions were clear. with me is jane whitfield, chai

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activists have protested against refugee policies and violations if they're human rights while in greece angry demonstration has been held against delays in the immigration process. i. was a hundred refugees migrants protested outside the german embassy in athens delays have left their eyes and separated from their families and stranded in greece divisions between different ethnic groups have also been in the overcrowded camps. problem which is there. most of the just waiting sort of decisions. african people sometimes if they are just says start by saying they want to get their rights by their hand and floyd's some of the. fundamental think considers to syrian people they get assigned him quickly and it's also not true it will be. not only funky spots of. people coming from africa feeling neglected when they are arrived suddenly they faced the. different treatment because of their skin and skin color or because of different other right and when you feel that not receiving your interview in a couple of months but in four five six months you're seeing that there's a longer rejection rate

that if we do believe we can to leave italy or greece on its own. like to say that it want to help address this issue there is anger that we are left alone czech republic has taken twelve poland and hungry have taken exactly not good enough you know live from geneva with us now william spend who is a spokesman for the un's refugee agency the un. thanks for joining us on r.t. international today do you think other european states should be more involved in solving the humanitarian crisis unfolding in italy. yes we do because we don't think that italy on its own can handle the situation but we think that europe as a whole would be able to. respond to this situation the crisis that we saw in two thousand and fifteen and two thousand and sixteen where greece was basically left on its own was the result of this failure of responding in a coherent way by by the whole of europe the same thing is happening again we cannot leave one country with greece with a reason germany with a research italy to deal with tens of thousands of our rivals. to their shows ev

yvonne: live out of greece, the imf agreed to this new conditional bailout for greece, approved for allion conditional loan. this is ending two years of speculation on whether they would be participating with of this rescue program. david: it is almost a stamp of approval. it just to verify they have agreed, in principle, contingent on support from other euro zone economies. frome getting comments lagarde. it is also on the imf website. a greek deal would only be effective if it meets -- makes the debt sustainable and faces more structural reforms. it urges greece to open up its products and services market. it comes back to rehabilitating the economy and financial sector of the economy. $1.8 billion. yvonne: given how this is just a point,onal deal at this this issue could arise again when we have german elections in the fall. there is the question whether the greece will receive -- whether greece will receive funds from the imf. in a roundup of stories daybreak. subscribers go to dayb . it is also available on your phone or at. find the assets you care about. this is bloomberg.

more suspects expected in court today in the case of the u-s man killed while traveling in in greece. as many as 15-men are suspected of killing 22-year old bakari henderson at a bar friday night in the greek city of lagana.. police say the fight all began because of an argument over a selfie. henderson, a graduate of the university of arizona was vacationing in greece with friends at the time. 9-people have been arrested and charged with international homicide. right now crews busy fighting the farad wildfire near the nevada-california state line. that fire began monday afternoon and is already responsible for burning over 650-acres. as of now, no evacuation orders monitoring nearby buildings and structures in the area. so far the fire is 20-percent countained. after 5 years-- there's a new king when it comes to youtube. charlie puth and wiz khalifa's video for "see you again" is now the most watched video on the site having been viewed 2-point-8-billion times. the song, appearing on furious-7 honors late star paul walker. of course, it passes "gangnam style" by korean pop star psy.

a deadly quake rocks greece. what emergency crews are seeing on the ground-- as the death toll climbs. plus, another hot and humid start to the morning. and this weekend-- expect is to get even worse. your complete forecast coming up when we come back. hot and humid through the weekend - tracking storm chances (strong/severe poss. this weekend) - heat wave breaks tuesday today: hot and very 10am to 8pm. feels 105+, at times. pm thunderstorm possible. highs: 94-98 winds: wnw 5 mph tonight: partly cloudy. warm and very humid. lows: 71-79 winds: n 5 mph saturday: still hot and humid. pm thunderstorms more likely. some strong to severe. highs: 91-97 winds: sw 5 mph a shocking discovery. the front man for park"- found dead in his home. coming up-- the latest on the investigation into his death. plus, an iconic artist is exhumed for a paternity test. and there is more on the line than just peace of mind. why this test could be worth millions.. coming up. confirmed dead dead, after a powerful earthquake jolted the islan

they are still stuck in greece.ing is that the longer this goes on, the more likely that these children will go missing and fall into the evil hands of traffickers. according to 0xfam, 28 children every single day of going missing in italy alone. will this government step up continue to ignore the plight of these desperate children? what we are very clear about is that making sure that we do not create a pull factor but, at the same time, we did the right thing, as we have done with the £2.46 billion of support make us one of the biggest contributed with the biggest humanitarian aid project this country has ever conducted to look after the people who need our care the most. and instead of playing politics with children's lives, we should get on with looking after them, and i wish he would join us in doing that. the house understands the government's preference to take unaccompanied children directly from the region, but i've visited the camps in france and greece, and the minister needs to be reminded those children

then, i am disgusted at what has happened in greece. man's life has been taken away over a selfie. >>> let's face is, it is hot out there. and unfortunately not everyone has air conditioning. that's why the up cooling centers. across the area people can go to recreation areas, libraries, senior centers, other air conditioned d.c. public buildings. spray parks will also be open until 8:30 at night. here are a few ideas from fema to make things more bear able today. keep the shade and blinds closed over windows that get morning or afternoon sun. if you must go outside, wear loose fitting clothes. wear light colors. wear a hat with a wide brim to protect your face and head. we always remind you to wear sunscreen, at least 30 or above. make sure you apply it properly. don't just spray it on and walk away. spray on, rub it in, reapply. >> this is the sort of heat where you have to actively cool yourself. >> dehydration. >> it was 106 when i was playing softball. two jugs of ice water. one was for drinking. the other one i put some head every

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