Battle for the port city of aden. Up close and personnel n. A. S. A. Releases the first pictures of an historical flyby near pluto Greeces Parliament has approved tough economic measures needed to open the door for talks on an 86 billion euro bailout package. Prime minister Alexis Tsipras struck the controversial deal with International Creditors on monday in brussels and the end to 290 m. P. S voted in favor, 64 against, and 6 ab stained. Half of the no votes came from within the governing syriza party. We have this report from athens. Reporter at the end of a long day greek Prime MinisterAlexis Tsipras pleaded with parliament to mass austerity measures he didnt believe in. Translation i will admit that the measures we are tabling are harsh and i dont agree with them. I dont believe they will help the greek economy. I say so openly i say that i must implement them that is our difference. And parliament obliged. 229 voted it through. An overwhelming majority of m. P. S. The memorandum, as controversial as it was, was expected to pass. Alexis tsipras cant breathe easily yet. He must go from worrying about whether greece will go bankrupt to worrying about the fractures this his own party. Dozens of Alexis Tsipras m. P. S voted against it underscoring how difficult economically and politically the road ahead will be. [ chants ] reporter earlier in the evening as demonstrations in athens began, a sense of exhaustion was apparent, with thinner crowds and quieter chants than expected. Marching behind me is the communist block. They are calling for revolt. They want out of the eurozone, out of europe and out of n. A. T. O. They are converging around the square, and although there are riot police, they want the situation to remain calm. So far its been more volatile inside parliament than it has been outside parliament. As the sun went down the anger built up. Inside parliamentarians hurled insults, while outside protesters hurled molotov cocktails. Crowds dispersed as fast as the tear gas fired at them. Protesters departed by the time m. P. S voted. Now the question will there be a collective sense of relief or has the struggle just begun so what does the bailout bill many for greece . For the 86 billion euros, the government will have to return valueadded tax. Taxes on Small Company and luxury taxes will have to go up. Theyll have to reform the Pension System cutting payments and increasing the retirement age, and transfer 50 billion euros worth of its assets into a fund supervised by the e. U. Jacob is a senior fellow from the Peterson Institute of economics and says the vote will help the banking system. First of all, the vote passed with threequarters of Parliament Support that is good news for greece. I think it makes it virtually certain that the euro Group Tomorrow will have a teleconference and approve this and send a signal to the European Central bank that it is okay for it to increase the assistance to greek banks, which may mean that may be as soon as tomorrow, maybe only friday that the limits on government withdrawals, which is currently 60 euros a day, will be raised somewhat to maybe 150 or 200. Who knows. That will be big news for the average greek. The europeans knew that when they struck the deal this weekend, because the managing director of the i. M. F. Was at the negotiations in brussels and the other thing is that therefore, the fact that they struck the deal signals to me that they are prepared to give greece debt relief probably as early as 2016, provided that Alexis Tsipras does his part of the homework so that the i. M. F. Can agree to join a new deal which, from the perspective of the i. M. F. Begins march next year so in that regard i dont think there is a big, sort of confrontation brewing between the europeans and the i. M. F. They are actually coordinated, and debt relief is coming to greece. Lets move on to other news. U. S. President obama is defending a landmark nuclear deal with iran saying it makes his country and the world safer. The agreement is expected to be fought over in congress for the next two months. Patty culhane reports. Reporter a confident u. S. President. I think theres a helicopter that is coming but i really am enjoying this. Reporter he kept talking long after the News Conference was supposed to end. The focus selling the iran nuclear deal. Arguing that if the u. S. Congress prevents him lifting sanctions iran will not be isolated. The sanction system unravels. And so we could still maintain some of our unilateral sanctions. It would be less effective. Maybe they dont 100 billion, maybe they get 60 or 70. Reporter hes not the only one making the days. Israeli president Binyamin Netanyahu was all over tv warning about the deal. For them we are the little seed. A. P. A. C. Made it clear that it will do all it can to kill the deal in congress. The president indicated hell take them on directly. For all the objections of Prime MinisterBinyamin Netanyahu, or for that matter, some of the Republican Leadership that has spoken none of them have presented to me or the american people, a better alternative. If the alternative is that we should bring iran to heel through military force, then those critics should say so. Reporter the Obama Administration is going all out to keep his own Party Members from defecting, sending the Vice President to capitol hill, and the defense secretary to israel with words of reassurance. Its clear that will not be enough to stop israel battling the president in congress. A day after the deal was announced battle lines were drawn. We may not know for two months which side will win. To iraq now, where at least 23 soldiers and an i. S. I. L. Fighter has been killed in an attack north of baghdad. It happens in baiji, laying on the main road. Government forces are moving closer to ramadi and the battle to retake anbar from i. S. I. L. In syria at least 13, including children have been killed in Government Air strikes. Helicopters reportedly dropped barrel bombs in aleppo province in the north. I. S. I. L. Fighters have been gaining ground around aleppo. Elsewhere rebels are trying to make inroads into the governmentheld city of latakia. Its one of a few cities under full government control, and has seen months of fighting. Photos of alleged torture and executions by the government has been shown to the u. S. Congress. Pictures were taken and smuggled out. They were put on display as critics of the Obama Administration accuse it of abandoning attempts to end bashar alassads role. Tom ackerman reports. Reporter these are images of horror leaving little to the imagination, a body scarred by am pew takes amputation gouging and starving. They were taken in two damascus military hospitals on the order of the Syrian Government intelligence services. The unidentified man who claimed to take the photograph is code name assessar, a former seizar a former military photographer. He defected with more than 50,000 images of torture. Syria dismissed them as forgeries, the fbi and others are convinced they are authentic. A sample on display by the Holocaust Museum was put on exhibit in the capitol building. A former detainee described how he had to walk over dead bodies on the way to be questioned and tortured. It took them five hours of beating me it get tired, before carrying me to my cell. He identified two photos a doctor and a neighbour who were never involved. A senior public politician said america lost its moral clarity by backing off action in response to the first confirmed reports of Syrian Chemical Weapons attacks. That was a moment in time for us as a nation to step forward with an operation that could have greatly changed the momentum. Another condemned the decision to restrict u. S. A. To Syrian Opposition fighters. We are training people. The plans are to train more. Send them to syria to fight i. S. I. S. And not vow to protect them against bashar alassads barrel bombing. That, my friends, is a shameful shameful policy. Reporter its feared the u. S. Iran nuclear deal will enable the iranian republic to support bashar alassad. The iranian guard operate on the same base i was arrested. We know their effect. When i talk to extended family in damascus they tell me they see iranian, iranian officers like, at the checkpoints, standing there. Reporter u. S. Military action may fall short of what is demanded by some. 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Good to have you with us im Elizabeth Puranam in doha. These are the top stories on al jazeera. The Greek Parliament has approved the controversial bailout deal struck with eurozone nations on monday. 229 m. P. S voted in favor, 64 gains. Prime minister Alexis Tsipras faced revolt from his own syriza party, with 30 members voting against the deal president obama says the nuclear deal with iran will make the world more secure. Obama made his case during a News Conference responding to critics at home and abroad and urged congress to ratify the agreement. Congress say theyll oppose it. In yemen supporters of the exiled president celebrated as houthi forces were overtaken, they were pushed back from adens main airport lets go to japan where the lower house is debating a contentious set of security bills, that could change the defense policy. These are live pictures of the debate in tokyo. Wednesday, there were protests in and outside parliament. Opposition m. P. S tried to stop the vote but a key Parliamentary Committee approved the legislation. Lets go to our correspondent Harry Fawcett now, he has been following this closely, and is in sole for us. Prime minister shinzo abe, why is he so keen to move on this to change the constitution here . Well, this has been a long held ambition for shinzo abe to in his point of view normalize japan 70 years after the end of world war ii. The passivist constitution held up until now, which has constrained japans military to the terms of defending its own territory. As far as shinzo abe is concerned, this security situation changed in his neighbourhood, and the rise of china, the more assertive nature of china, in terms of territorial disputes with japan and others means that japan has to play a muscular role in terms of military capabilities. That is why last year he saw the cabinet, led the cabinet to change the interpretation of the constitution to allow Japanese Forces to go to what is called the collective selfdefence of an ally if that ally is under attack. Now we have this legislation, which is debated, as you can see, heartily again in the diet in the Japanese Parliament on thursday. We saw the chaotic scenes on wednesday, pushing through cabinet. It seems it will go further than coming to the aid of an ally under mortal attack. This will be labelled Japanese Forces to work closely in cooperation with their main ally, the u. S. In the region, in northeast asia allowing them to come to Logistical Support of the allies further afield. One scenario is mine sweeping in the gulf. If there was to be an oil blockade, allowing Japanese Forces to act in humanitarian crises and disasters under the auspices of the u. N. So as for as his opponents are concerned, its a deep change to the way japan handled the military. If there is so much opposition to the bills, are they out of touch here with what the public wants . Well his argument is that he won an election at the end of last year won it handilly. The opposition was in disarray. It was cast as a referendum on abenomics. They have been performing well in the months since, and will perhaps see hes in a position of power. The opposition has been growing rapidly as the reality of all of this really does bear down on the japanese public. Anywhere between 56 to 80 , depending on which poll you read, of japanese citizens are against the bills going through, theres some disquiet within the party and his main ally in the Ruling Coalition about the tactics used. Most of that within the politicians, as been about the way he promised to his main ally in the United States during a state visit, that he would get this through parliament by the end of the counter session, september 27th allowing Japanese Forces to work in the new way by the end of the year. The opponents and allies are saying he should never have made a pledge before the legislation had been published or debated. We are seeing the opposition within and without. He has the numbers in the lower and upper house to get this through and is determined to do so. Whatever the political cost at home. Harry fawcett joining us live from seoul there to yemen, where Houthi Rebels are suffering a setback in the Southern City of aden. Supporters of the exiled president have celebrated the losses. Houthi fighters have been cornered in the citys port and lost control of the airport on tuesday. We have this report. Reporter with no movement on the diplomatic front in yemen, its on the battlefield that developments are happening. Fighters loyal to Abdrabbu Mansour hadi have taken control of adens International Air force, or what is left of it. They have been making significant advances to recapture the southern port city which, if they do will tip the balance. They call this operation golden arrow, the first time fighters on the ground engaged with a joint operation with a saudiled opposition which has been conducting air strikes for almost three months. These pictures show new reinforcements including armoured personnel carriers driven by proAbdrabbu Mansour hadi fighters. They captured areas home to compounds, and the special forces military base. Translation we are going to focus our attention on other areas in the city and by the bravery of young fighters well recapture all of aden. Aden is the second city taking control of it would allow for president Abdrabbu Mansour hadi and his government to return to the country and potentially launch a campaign to recapture the capital from Houthi Rebels and allies loyal to deposed president ali abdullah saleh. Theres fierce fighting in tiaz which is on the road between aden and sanaa. There proAbdrabbu Mansour hadi fighters propelled an attack by houthis and their allies, who attempted a raid on the main prison compound. Most of those fighting for president Abdrabbu Mansour hadi never fought a war, but have the advantage of air cover from a saudiled coalition, which is ade a plant about defeating the houthis and salah. Almost three months of air strikes failed to change the situation on the ground. Now that the fighters are coordinating their efforts, and in the absence of peace talks, this could be a decisive battle for yemen libya has accused the United NationsSecurity Council of hampering effort to combat i. S. I. L. Affiliated fighters. Libyas ambassador to the u. N. Says the Security Council is yet to respond to a request to import new weapons. Libyas internationally recognised government had the councils approval. Translation regrettably, and i would say this frankly, mr president , the committee indirectly contributed to continuing instability, as well as entrenching terrorism in libya, beinsisting on an undeclared veto. A cost of National Accord can be the only interloquitur through which the growing threat of d. A. E. S. H. And groups can be tackled the Egyptian Government modified part of a draft antiterrorism bill. Under the proposeded law reporting an attack is a criminal offense if contradicting the governments version. It imposes financial penalties instead of prison terms. Egypt gaoled a Record Number of journalists in recent years, and theres restrictions on