Protests culminated in the deaths of a dozen people, this square, the maidan. Hello greece will battle with its european creditors later and possible exit from the euro zone. Greece has asked to extend its bailout for six months. Germany has rejected that. And demands more austerity. John vop siropolous reports. Be alexisalexis tsipras sounded as,. War of words with hard liner jernlg any which is worried about tsipras hard line spending policies. Translator the greek proposal is the first step but we have to say this offer is not sufficient because its lacking hard line measures taken in greece. We cant ease things in greece and have german and european taxpayers pay for it. This hasnt been addressed at all. Greece has said to get tough on tax collection. The Sticking Point is, he doesnt want the next six months to see a continuation of the austerity policies it trying to renegotiate. The time has come for those who want a solution to reveal themselves. The government has issued a stat
Implications . Well again, to the extent that the struggle seen in the context of a zero sum gain between sunnis and shia between sunni aligned forces in iran you see it in that regional context. I dont think well see reaction elsewhere, based on what is happening in yemen. Robert we are seeing saudi arabia leading the coalition against the Houthi Rebels in yemen. Is this the start of saudi arabia perhaps becoming a military might in the region . Well, again we have to be realistic about this. So far as we know only saudi aircraft had been involved in strikes in yemen. Yes, they are the head of the coalition, i think the g. C. C. And some of the other countries that added their names to the list provide political cover for the saudis to go what is in their interests. I dont look for military involved. Its true for some time that the saudis have an effective air force, the land forces are not nearly as effective. I suspect the saudis would be reluctant to get involved in a Ground Campai
Is always the last resort. We have tried to mediate the situation in yemen. We have are put fort the gcc we have put forth the gcc initiative and worked on the National Dialogue in yemen in order to have a peaceful transition to a new yemen. Now the saud state news agency has released a joint statement by saudi arabia, qatar, the uae kuwait and bahrain. It reads the military operations in yemen will continue in order to achieve its objectives. The crisis in yemen has been many months in the making. Houthi rebels overtook the capital sa nsa in sanaa in september. The situation deteriorated in december when the houthis rejected a draft proposal, forced hadi to resign in what is called a coup. Escaped to the southern port city of aden, rejected the houthis and maintained he was the legitimate president of yemen. Backed an intervention to stop houthi fighters. Omar al sala is here in the nud roox withnewsroom with us. What objectives are there . I think mainly to degrade and weaken the hou
Stressful circumstances. A. Sickened, that was the reaction of North Charleston police chief eddy driggers. Wound up dead sparked fierce nationwide protests. Latest flash point, South Carolina, we spoke to the officer in North Charleston. Also been terminated from the Police Department. A lot of reactions that the, lot of the protesters and activists who wanted answers. Unfortunately what they felt is they didnt get those answers from the police chief. The police chief did point out that the local department is not handling the investigation income it infact it is the South Carolina Law Enforcement, wanted to know about other officers who may have witnessed the shooting. Did other officers who arrived perhaps attempt to perform cpr. What we learned from the mayor is that we do plan to equip all of the officers in the North Charleston Police Department with body cameras. Thats from North Charleston, South Carolina. Fellow citizens about violent racially charged encounters with police. T
Two women on charges in relation to a bomb. The women were inspired by a designated terrorist group that the United States targeted in yemen. Both were targeted by an undercover investigation into homegrown terrorist plots, in philadelphia, a woman was arrested on charges that she tried to join i. S. I. L. , another group, that america is targetting in iraq. Details in both cases are unfolding, they involved joint federal bureau of investigation and local police. In some circles the joint task force comes under intense criticism. Since 9 11, 40 of the budget has been allocated to counterterrorism organizations. The number of confident ial plots have risen to 15,000. Its been said that it creates and has phoney terrorist plots so the federal bureau of investigation can justify counterterrorism. Those efforts have achieved some successes, but the question is at what cost . Reporter when it comes to funding effort to root out terrorism the United States is virtually unmatched. Americas In