Freeze palestinian prisoner after a 55 day Hunger Strike. Mexicos top drug lord, El Chapo Guzman escaped prison for a second time. A massive manhunt is underway. Euro zone finance ministers are meeting to reach an agreement on a greek request for a third bailout trying to come up with a deal before euro zone leader summit scheduled to tart soon. The greek government 24 hours to convince creditors. Lets take a look at the size of the debt mountain that it is trying to deal with. Heres some in connection. That is equivalent to more than 175 of greek g. D. P. Or national income. Repayments will last 40 years. Greek is asking creditors for 54 billion euro, including a 1. 6 euro repayment that should have been paid to the i. M. F. At the end of last month. Its next repayment is coming up fast to the European Central bank by july 20 if that greece cant pay without another injection of cash. We have the extensive coverage of this story for you here on al jazeera. We are in athens and brussels
Hello. European leaders are battling it out in brussels to try to find a way to keep near bankrupt greece within the neurozone. They suspended talks after bitter debate between finance ministers. Ministers. Ministers. At the heart of the problem, a lack of trust by some countries in whether the greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras can delinwideranging economic reforms. Germany is skeptical and says en if he can, the measures do not go far enough. However, france, which is considered greeces closest ally is pushing for a deal that would allow the European Central bank to intervene once again. Jackie roland has followed those events and joins us from belgium capital right now. Jackie the euro Group Leaders are in a meeting after the finance ministers met earlier. Reporter yes, they are. Its really a situation of rolling talks at the moment a marathon first with finance ministers and now with the leaders of those actually 19 eurozone countries. Clearly, the objective is to establish whethe
And boosting the countrys milk production. Sport novak shines at wimbledon, djokovic wins his second title on center court. Hello, european leaders are battling it out in brussels to find a way to keep near bankrupt greece within the eurozone. Talks were temporarily suspended while bilateral discussions continued. At the heart of the problem a lack of trust between some countries whether the greek Prime Minister, Alexis Tsipras can deliver his wide ranging reforms. Hard liven countries line countries are skeptical they say his measures dont go fur enough. A deal at a would allow the European Central bank to intervene again. Jacky rowland has the report. The leaders of the European Countries need to decide by sunday whether the conditions exist for greece to remain in the European Union. Whether the reforms will be implemented. Im here for another compromise. We owe that to the peoples of europe who want europe united and not divided. We can reach an disagreement tonight if all parties
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