Franciss message during his south american tour. It is only four years, almost to the day actually since south sudan was created and the newest country is in the grip of a bitter civil war and both sides fighting as ever and no progress on peace talks but al jazeera has been inside rebelheld territory for what is happening on the ground. Before we show you that we want to put context in 2011 when the line was drawn for independence and south sudan became a country following a peace deal to end africas longest running civil war and the peace was short lived because war broke out in 2013 after a power struggle between the president and his deputy and look at the resulting numbers, 10,000 people killed, 1. 6 Million People internally displaced. Now last month while peace talks were underway rebels captured the capitol of Upper Nile State. Its an Important Oil center. This town has been retaken by the army just recently but much of the rest of the state remain in rebel hands and catherine
Hello. An emergency summit of e. U. Leaders is about to start with no signs so farover how they might resolve the greek debt crisis. The Prime Minister wants some of greeces debt written off, but its not clear if he has any new proposals to present to the summit. The french Prime Minister said france was doing everything it could to keep greece in the euro zone. Events are being closely watched in greece. In a moment well go live to our correspondent in brussels and athens but first Barnaby Phillips sent this report from the greek capitol. Reporter at the foot of this mountain, this man examines his win yard and worries about the coming weeks. His grapes wont wait for greece to solve its financial problems. If they are not picked in september, they will be ruined and so will he. And right now he cant get money from the banks to pay his suppliers. Translator time is precious. Very soon the harvest starts and then everything needs to happen. I hope a solution will be found very soon. Rep
Killings in new york state. The governor appoints a special prosecutor after in thiss fail to indict officers for killing unarmed black men. After more than a half century, the Confederate Flag will soon no longer fly on the grounds of the South Carolina State Capitol. A bill to remove it from the statehouse grounds was approved by state representatives overnight. The bill cleared the state senate early this week. We are litsch in the State Capitol this morning. This vote marks a stunning reversal for the state. Absolutely, randall this is a state thats very proud of its history and particularly its role in the civil war. Theres a real reference here for a lot of the monuments and icons surrounding that period, but over the past few years theres been a movement to take the flag down. People feel that its a very divisive symbol and that sentiment was galvanized last month when those nine people were shot in charleston. Youre right this has been really a stunning reversal. One republican
Their own. First to greece where the government has met a midnight deadline and submitted new plan to creditors. Its design today save the country from financial collapse. The 13page document will be studied by e. U. Ministers and on sunday theyll decide if greece has finally done enough. The greek government is promising to race taxes and clamp down on tax evasion. It will discourage people from retiring early and also seek Higher Health contributions from pensioners. Greece will sell off its remaining shares in telecoms giants o. T. E and its going to privatize the. [ inaudible ] it also oftenerring to cut 300 million of eights military budget by next year. This is the scene ever familiar now in athens. Once again people queing to try to get their money out of the atms. Later on the greek mime perimeter could face opposition from some hard line members of his own party who reject any austerity. Lets go to athens and speak to john, who is there for us this morning. This plan, is there
Forgiveness in bolivia. First to greece where the government has met a midnight deadline and submitted a new plan to creditors. Its designed to save the country from financial collapse. The 13page document will be studied by e. U. Ministers and on sunday theyll decide if greece has done enough. The greek government is promising to raise taxes and clamp down on tax evasion. Its going to discourage people from retiring early. And its also going to seek Higher Health contributions from pensioners. Now, greece is set to sell off its remaining station in telecoms giants o. T. E. And privatize the ports. Its also offering to cut more than 300 million from its military budget by next year. There have been scuffles outside one bank in athens as once again people cue queued to try to take money out. Later today the Greek Parliament will be asked to authorize Prime Minister tsipras plan but you could come under secure any from mechanics of his own party who reject any austerity. John, whats the