With more sanctions. We have won the battle but not the war. Greeces Prime Minister warns of tough negotiations ahead with the eurozone. The coup in yemen was illegal. All appointments since then were against the law. Thats the message from the man who says he is still yemens president. In a statement obtained exclusively by al jazeera, he calls for International Assistance to protect the countrys political process. He insists he remains committed for a unified yemen. He also calls for the withdrawal of all armed militia and for the Prime Minister as well as other political figures to be released from house arrest. Mohammed vall has more from the southern port city of adin. The president was expected initially to give a speech on the local area but he decided today give a written statement. Written statement was obtained by al jazeera. It included quite a few points. One of them is that every decision, every appointment, every change that took place since september 21st, the date when
Talks ever undressing greece and the eurozone. Athens presented its new and improved economic reform plans and it only took 30 minutes for the group to give their approval. That means it greece will begin the technical and possibly painful work of crunching the numbers and identifying what about its economy will be help and will not be helped. The reform puzzles from athens remain vague and were met with a lukewarm reception in brussels. They include using on professional tax inspectors to crack down on invasion and the sale of lotto licenses. The feeling among many eurozone governments is that they are insubstantial and do not offer a Solid Foundation for further funding from brussels. It was a welcome contribution but progress has been made. We can really start the talks now seriously. That means its time for athens to Start Talking with its International Lenders again. The last meeting with greek officials was last october. The eurozone finance miniatures see access to greeces Econo
Chinese village 19 months after a devastating flash flood and doubts remain about the official government story about what happened here. The Iraqi Government is now confident that victory in tikrit is just days away. The iraqi army backed by sierra malitia and tribesmen have been advancing on several fronts and wednesday they captured some western neighborhoods and it focuses on the president ial palace and pockets of the city center and we report. Reporter pounding enemy targets on the outskirts of tikrit on the fourth day of a huge offensive. About 3,000 iraqi soldiers and police have been attacking positions held by i. S. I. L. As they try to reach the city center and backed by 20,000 malitia men known as the Popular Mobilization forces and sunni tribesmen and not lacking military hardware they have been slowed down by snipers, suicide bombers and boobie trapped buildings and this shows stopping i. S. I. L. Suicide bombers in a vehicle from reaching the barocks and that are in the
Of consequence, david brooks on happiness, humility, and the road to character. So one of the things, they woodruff those are some of keep moving. Woodruff those are some of the stories were covering on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by lincoln financial committed to helping you take charge of your life and become youre own chief life officer. And with the ongoing support of these institutions and. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Woodruff cuba is being taken off the u. S. List of state sponsors of terrorism. President obama informed congress of his plan today. It takes effect in 45 days unless lawmakers vote to block it. Cubas been on the list since 1982, but its removal was expected as part of the diplomatic warming between the u. S. And cuba. The president met in washington today with iraqs Prime Minister haidar alabadi, an
Of consequence, david brooks on happiness, humility, and the road to character. So one of the things, they woodruff those are some of keep moving. Woodruff those are some of the stories were covering on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by lincoln financial committed to helping you take charge of your life and become youre own chief life officer. And with the ongoing support of these institutions and. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Woodruff cuba is being taken off the u. S. List of state sponsors of terrorism. President obama informed congress of his plan today. It takes effect in 45 days unless lawmakers vote to block it. Cubas been on the list since 1982, but its removal was expected as part of the diplomatic warming between the u. S. And cuba. The president met in washington today with iraqs Prime Minister haidar alabadi, an