A controversial security law that will remove restrictions on the military. And picture perfect, the planet pluto as it has never been seen before. We begin with latest developments on the greek debt crisis. Euro zone finance ministers have given them the green light for former talks on a boilout to begin. And they have agreed to give greece a shortterm loan so it can pay its bills. Greek banks are also being given a lifeline. The ecb raising emergency funding for banks by 978 million. Now things have changed now. We had a series of news with the approval of the bridge financing package, with the vote, the various votes, in various parliaments to begin with in the Greek Parliament which have now restored the conditions for a raise in the ela. Lets go to simon mcgregorwood live for us in at thens. He was talking about raising ela, thats the emergency liquidity assistance. How does that help greece . Reporter well, it gives the greek banks a little bit more cash basically, to continue op
Im rob mcbride in the rice pad ice of hong kong with being farmers for a day. We begin in syria where for the first time, president Bashar Al Assad acknowledged that his army is tired and lacking man power. During a televised speech in damascus, Bashar Al Assad said that his army is struggling to contain isil and rebel groups. He said that his army must define key regions to hold on to during the conflict. The military is carrying out the mission but the syrian army is sometimes required to give up areas in order to hold on to more important areas. We are in a fateful period and there are no compromised solutions. Lets go to an expert on this a retired Jordanian Air force general and analyst. Thanks for being with us, sir. What do you make of president assads comments . Well, dictator always want to show strength and theyre certain and confident but really hes facing great challenges and he faces a lot of setbacks on the operations. If you want to win war you need to have enough soldie
Visit to his father says homeland. On patrol in el salvador, police say theyre increasingly under attack as the country experiences a historic wave of violence. President Bashar Al Assad has vowed to win the long running civil war bur and would hit his troops are struggling to hold on to territory in syria due to a lock of manpower. We have this report. Since the war began, for the first time, the president admitted problems. We do have no recruits every dave. The military is carrying out its mission, but the syrian army is required to give up areas in order to hold on to more important areas. We are in a fateful period and there are no compromise solutions. Assad trying to put a brave face. In order to win, everybody gets tired. It is quite normal that the state, the army get tired, but the word defeat does not exist in our dictionary or in the language of the syrian armed forces. For four years, he relied on the military backing of iran and fighters from the shia muslim Group Hezboll
Adam raney. They are increasingly under attack as they experience an historic wave of violence. And all the Sport Team Day for chris froome in the Tour De France and a nightmare for f1 Lewis Hamilton. The ferrari classic wins the grand prix in a fitting tribute as we begin the programme the latest ceasefire in yemen has just come into force. The saudiled ceasefire has come into force. 11 houthis and two fighters have been killed reportedly on the mountains close to tiaz. The houthis are believed to be sending reinforcements to the area. This is not the first attempt to end the fighting in yemen, its the third ceasefire since bombing began. The aerial campaign started on march 26th. A 5day ceasefire in may allowed aid groups to deliver food fuel and medicine. There was some fighting between rival sides. A weeklong truce failed almost immediately after saudi arabia said it was in the asked to stop raids. Joining us on skype is the head of mission. Thank you for taking the time to talk to
Mh370. Celebrations in egypt as the president unveils the 8. 5 billion expansion of the suez canal. New research as people are being diagnosed with dementia at a younger age. Well look into the reasons why. We start in saudi arabia where a Suicide Attack on a mosque killed 13. The interior might be industry say the bombing targeted a mosque used by the army in the southwestern region close to the yemeni border. Nine others were injured. In recent months, saudi arabia has been the target of attacks by the Islamic State of iraq and the levant. On the 22 of may, at least 21 people were killed in a suicide bomb attack at a shia mosque. In the same week, four people died in damam when a car bomb exploded at the entrance of a mosque. On the 16 of july, a car bomb went off at a checkpoint near the highest security prison, can i go the driver and wounding two Supreme Court guards. Two days later, saudi arabia carried outer an anti terror raid and arrested over 400 suspects linked to isil. A po