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
Wimbledon in the center stage as men pushed for a stage on the final but the womens final at the all england club and williams will be there and details coming up. Well, we begin this news hour in yemen where the countrys government in exile and Houthi Rebels agreed to a ceasefire, the weeklong truce was brokered by the u. N. And allow aid agencies to deliver humanitarian supplies and its the latest tackle of the crisis since houthis took control of the capitol sanaa forcing president hadi out of the city and a Saudiled Coalition of arab states launched air strikes against the houthis so with civil casualties mounting they warn that yemen is on the verge of total collapse. 21 Million People need humanitarian assistance. And the u. N. Backed negotiations to find a solution to the conflict have so far failed and the fiveday ceasefire in may was violated. Well the u. N. Say that both sides have now promised to respect this latest ceasefire. And we have the report. Reporter humanitarian ai
Indonesia shuts airports and grounds thousands of passengers. Yemens government in exile and Houthi Rebels agreed to a ceasefire until the end of the muslim month of ramadan and the truce was brokered by the u. N. And will allow aid agencies to deliver humanitarian supplies. And we have the report. Reporter humanitarian aid trickled into yemens capitol sanaa and provide desperately needed assistance to hundreds of families forced to leave their homes and temporary ceasefire means aid will reach other areas and most of the road access is under the control of houthi fighters. During the humanitarian pause humanitarian agencies and partners aim to reach people in need with essential medicine vaccination, food and water and if they have the adequate access aid agencies plan to stockpile supplies throughout yemen including supplies for nutritional assist and for children and emergency shelters and water and sanitation and medical supplies which could benefit over 2. 3 Million People and foo
So concerned over food safety, theyve decided to grow their own. Theres cautious optimism that greeces creditors may accept a plan which could pull us back from the financial brink. E. U. Ministers are discussing the proposals which greece put forward ahead of a midnight deadline. The greek government promises to raise taxes and clamp down on tax evasion. It will discourage people from retiring early and seek Higher Health contributions for pensioners. Greece will sell off its remaining shares in telecoms giant o. C. E. Its offering to cut more than 300 million from its military budget by next year. Lets get the view on the ground live from athens. John how is this playing out there in greece . Is there much support for these reforms . Well, the government is now accelerating the passage of those measures that you outlined and of course a lot more. Its a 13 page document. There are cuts there for the public sector, which you talked about. Theres also pain for the private sector. There
Chapter in u. S. History, South Carolina lowers the confederate flag. [ cheers and applause ] theres cautious opt schism that greeces creditors may accept a plan which could pull it back from the financial brink. E. U. Members are meeting to discuss proposals that greece put forward. The greek government is promising to raise taxes and clamp down on tax evasion, discourage people from retiring early, and greece will sell off its remaining shares in ote and privatize two ports. It is also offering to cut more than 300 million from its military budget by next year. Lets go to John Psaropoulos live for us in athens. All right. John lots of reforms there. Definitely signalling more austerity in the country, among them privatizing two ports. How will this affect the workers there . Reporter well the port shouldnt affect the workers. The port privatizations, in fact we have been told by people involved in the process is well underway. It has not stopped under syriza contrary to for example,