Welcome. It could be the final act of a greek drama, with eurozone finance ministers due to meet in a couple hours time and try to reach a deal on the countrys bailout. Lets have a look at some of the figures in play here. In total, greece owes more than 320 billion euros in debt. Thats a huge 175 of the countrys gdp, its annual economic output. And as a proportion thats one of the highest in the world, because if you were to split up greeces mountain of debt over its entire population each person would owe almost 30,000 euros each. And so far, greece has received 240 billion euros in bailout deals. But those agreements as we know, have been tied to strict austerity measures. And those measures is have hit the economy hard. The majority of young people are unemployed. So, greeces Loan Agreement will expire on the 28th of february. And without a deal it would be unable to pay its bills within a matter of weeks. In a moment were going to hear from the street of athens. But first, heres t
I support the constate occupation of constitution of alabama, which says marriage will be between a man and woman. Reporter what was the last week like for you . It was sort of sure reel, i never thought id see gay couples coming out of the courthouse. Im joie chen. A state of confusion surrounds samesex marriage in alabama. The 37th state to allow gay marriage, in a fight that pits the Supreme Court against a federal judge. There has been a back and forth over the last few address. The bottom line is alabamas chief justice is determined to hold the ground against samesex marriages despite the full courts innocencesistence that its not a state row to do so. Pulitzer prize travels to alabama to see the show down on the court steps. Anything that could happen. Reporter these women say theyve been spiritually married, but like many they wanted more. To be legally wed. They spent a cold night camping out on the courthouse. Not knowing what the day would bring. Gay marriage will happen. It
Operatests say they now control the railway town in eastern ukraine. The withdrawal is a serious blow to the ukrainian force. Paul brennan is on the front lines of debaltseve. Theyre beaten and in retreat. Ukrainian soldiers finally gave up the defense of their position on wednesday pushed out by relentless bombardments and ground assaults. And all this happened four days after a ceasefire supposedly began. The ukrainian wounded were taken in and spoke of a gauntlet of fire. There are no words to describe it. Along the entire way we were blanketed with shots. They used everything. We left debaltseve at 5 00 a. M. And until this morning we were still under fire. The bombardment was carried out by separatest unites like this one southwest of debaltseve. We found the fighters confident and bullish. There was no shortage of tanks and armor. Many of the fighters believe the ukrainians should be forced to withdraw from the whole donetsk region. In my opinion the first task is to push the ene
Areina kirsh inner. Battle is getting worse near debaltseve. The rail railway junction, near the rebel stronghold of donetsk. There is also shelling in luhansk. This is not just an attack of the ukrainian sector, but the minsk result. After minsk the offensive operation of russia, intensified significantly. At least 25 have been killed since the ceasefire was signed. Charles stratford reports from the front line there. Ukrainian tanks behind me are in a support position for what is believed to be 8,000 ukrainian soldiers in the town of debaltseve. Separatists say they have surrounded the town. Become a major stronghold, if the separatists take control of debaltseve, it will give them a direct route via rally way to russia. Ukrainian fighting close by. Everything is destroyed said this ambulance driver, you cant get into town and there are dead bodies on the road. We pushed up further towards debaltseve. Were here at a Ukrainian Army check point. There is a lot of heavy weaponry going t
Year and celebrating the year of the sheep. Good evening and welcome to the International Hours of al jazeera, im antonio mora. Im stephanie sy. All but conceding an important railway town to proRussian Forces. About 2500 forces withdrew from debaltseve coming under fire as they departed and six soldiers died. This happens three days after a ceasefire went into effect. 80 of the troops are out. The separatist takeover is being widely condemned internationally. The u. S. Joining critics Vice President joe biden saying, if the procedures continue to violate the ceasefire. Military vehicles taking over residential areas. Most forces have been right retreated. Pushed out by relentless bombardment from separatist artillery and ground assault from separatist fighters. All this happened four days after a ceasefire supposedly began. The ukrainian wounded were taken to arteminsk. There are no words to describe it. Along the entire way we were blanketed with shots. They fired at us with machine