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Haram. Pope francis is back in south america. A Million People are expected to watch the first mass of his tour. And in sport the usa become the first country to women the womens world cup a third time. Japan on the receiving end of five goals including a hat trick from u. S. Captain carly lloyd. The leading figures in the greek debt negotiations are trying to figure out their next move as voters rejected the proposal in terms for bail out cash. European figures say theyre expecting new proposals from greece. Now greece urgently needs a deal. There are concerns that the banks could be just days away from collapse. If the emergency funding is not greed, theyre supposed to reopen on tuesday after being closed for more than a week. Jonah hull reports from athens. On this day there is one sentiment above others on the street. Im proud of my people. Also confused because we say no to the proposal of europe. We want a better proposal. But pride in greeces leaders leaders, the banks are still shut, and theyll likely remain so. The 60 euro per person per day limit may have to be reduced. To that end the greek finance minister Yanis Varoufakis resigned monday morning but there is no guarantee that his head will be enough to secure a deal. The negotiations are going to be incredibly tough not least because of the ill feelings that has built up between greece and creditors in recent months. Theyll be negotiating with people like this, the german finance, hated by many greeks as the architect of their pain sucking their blood they say for the past five years. Thats hardly the basis to get along now, something that i put to a greek minister. Within the week i will not predict that it will be tomorrow or the day after tomorrow, but there is no reason why within the week we cannot exit there very, very dangerous moment. Not only for greece, but for uniform. What would that take . It will take neutral compromises. It will take putting at the heart of the negotiations the good of the people of europe, and of the European Union the stability of the European Union above other kinds of priorities and interests that prevail now. Meanwhile, the drip, drip, drip of cash from the banks continues making a bank rescue harder by the minute. People want the banks to open, and they want a peaceful life. That can only be achieved as part of europe. Well, i wouldnt say im really positive. I hope that they find a solution because im really terrified and i dont know whats going to happen. Greeks are proud, and by saying no more many will feel theyve won their dignity back. But they may not be allowed to enjoy the moment for long. Jonah hull, al jazeera, athens. Well, the next bail out talks begin on tuesday. The head of the International Monetary funds say it is ready to assist greece it requested. But the president of the euro group has warned that the no vote will make negotiations with creditors much more difficult. Greece must take difficult measures otherwise the country wont make it. Otherwise the government wont function. Otherwise the economy wont work. And if the government of people reject difficult measures, were going to get into a very difficult situation. Well, in a moment were going life to Jacky Rowland in paris. But first to barnaby phillips. Barnaby, so mr. Tsipras has spent the day in meetings for political leaders and gaining cross Party Support . Yes, thats right. Confirmation that his position domestically is extremely strong after yesterdays referendum. Weve been talking to opposition politicians, and they told us, look we cant argue with the figures from the referendum. It was an extraordinary achieve achievement. 6040 roughly in his favor. Therefore as opposition we have to fall in line, support our Prime Minister at a time of national crisis, and he needs to carry that message with him into these crucial european negotiations that he is speaking for all greeks or perhaps i should say virtually all greeks, all the parties in the Political Center are signing this document saying that mr. Tsipras will be speaking for them. On the extreme left the communists and on the extreme right the golden dawn were not involved. Mr. Tsipras will hope that this will give him a fair wind, if you like, as he goes into these curb negotiations. It is not going to hurt, but is it really going to make european governments and european institutions and the imf more flexible . Im not sure that it makes a big difference to them. But domestically he is king, absolutely. What about the bowing out of mr. Varoufakis, who resigned earlier in the day. Does it make a difference in how mr. Tsipras is planning to address these talks . Well, i think it will help mr. Tsipras. Mr. Varoufakis has been seen as an irritant within the eurozone group. He had an an acrimonious relationship, but the real issues are issues of substance not personalities. Were talking about greece owing 300 billion euros. Getting rid of a finance minister who was unpopular with the creditors is not going to resolve all those problems and differences about the greece austerity measures that they feel they should be taking or should not be taking and the credit that greece should or should not be granted. Now lets go to paris and talk to our correspondent there Jacky Rowland us because there is a there is a flurry of meetings taking place all around europe, but in paris is where mrs. Merkel, the chancellor of germany, and mr. Hollande frans frances president , are meeting. Thats right. Theyre meeting to present a common front at this time of crisis. In recent days theyve really been sounding quite difficult notes. The germans taking a very firm line. We heard earlier on monday from mrs. Merkels spokesman in which he hinted to the idea of greece leaving the eurozone pretty much saying that it was in their own hands if they did so. He syd that for now greece is a member of the eurozone, around its up to the government to act within a way that it will remain a member of the eurozone very much putting the ball in greeces court. The french on the other hand have been sounding a more conciliatory note. The french finance minister said that an idea of the whip write down of the greek debt should no longer be a taboo subject. It is not uncommon for these two economies to be sounding different messages when you bear in mind that the French Economy and the German Economy put together equal to 45 of the eurozone. Thats why theyve come out with a common line that they can hold at this time of crisis. Were live there in the french capital. Now we can go to berlin and talk to a political scientist. Thank you for talking with us here at al jazeera. Now mrs. Merkel chancellor of germany, is widely seen as the champion of austerity. How far is she personally involved with this success or failure of these talks regarding greece . Well, i wouldnt call her a champion of austerity because we all know that austerity is only part of a bigger package. And the package includes also to restore competitiveness and to restore institutions. So to describe it just as expenditure on everything which is important for a country like greece really does not describe the role of the chancellor properly. How closely then, is she related to the fortunes of this particular episode in the eurozone drama . Well, not only in german, but in the European Union and the world, the whole thing is simply hard to extend as if the European Union does not exist as a complex institution and run by a single person. She has a clear position. Shes defending it. She has a position that she has made clear several times but it is certainly not her personal opinion or what she thinks is the right thing to do for greece. Is there much sympathy then among the rank and file of politicians and, indeed even the german public, is there much sympathy for the situation that is now besieged greece, particularly on the human level . Well, it is a very complicated situation right now because it sounds like a blame game no matter what happens there will be high costs and risks. And its more a question of storytelling and if the narrative will make germany responsible for whatever is yet to come. And it will be very careful. People dieing in greece if there is a problem with the supply of medicine or humanitarian problems. Then it will cause major damage not only to the reputation of germany as as a single country but the European Union as a whole. What do you think or do you think, i should say whether there is much room for compromise from the german perspective because the finance minister has been seen as one of the most hawkish of the eurozone members. Well, there is, of course, room for a compromise because the European Union as such is an institution that reduces compromise on a permanent base. If you have a radical opponent on one side you cant expect the European Union or german as a large member to just respond to a hawkish position of a debtor to expect that everything that tsipras wants will be immediately fulfilled because that trigger response from other members of the european states. Good to talk to you live. Thank you. All right from greece and now to vienna where another deadline looms. Were be live on Irans Nuclear program also coming up. Find out why china is trying to attract more Foreign Workers as well as the chinese expats to return to work there. And bringing something new to the Tour De France. First to nigeria where boko haram is being blamed for the bombing that has killed 44 people. One bomb exploded at a restaurant. The other went off at a crowded mosque where a cleric known to be critical of the armed group was preaching. Now hours earlier at least five people were killed by suicidebomber who targeted a church. The latest violence brings the number of People Killed in suspected boko haram attacks to more than 200 in the past week alone. Our correspondent has more now from the nigerian capital of abuja. The reports suggest that one of the targets of the attacks just was a popular cleric who heard denounced activities by boko haram and preached peaceful coexistence between muslims and christians in the area, which has been a flash point of religion violence for many years. Its not clear whether he was killed or injured in the attack. Were still trying to establish that. The other blast which happened at a restaurant that was frequented by local politicians and welltodo businessmen, it is unclear what this all means for the authorities and how they will handle this latest violence. It comes at the end of days of violence in the region, which has seen more than 200 People Killed by boko haram when the new president was sworn in at the end of may. Remember, he came in to power promising to defeat the group. He moved the command of control center fighting boko haram to the northeast from the capital. He ordered 20 million to support soldiers fighting the group. There have been diplomatic efforts. He traveled to the g7 g7 summit in german, and the african summit in africa. And he traveled to niger and cameroon, and to the United States to meet with president barack obama and boko haram will be the main topic of discussion. But there is a sense from people on the ground that even with all the efforts that the government seems to be making it is not filtering down to communities. Communities are not being protected, and these attacks for many are just evidence that boko haram is still a force to be reckoned with go, indeed because there has been a series of recent attacks against places of worship villages and markets. On tuesday 48 men were shot in a raid after prayers in villages close to the town of mongona. Thethe following day 55 stormed close to lake chad killing up to 100 people there. On thursday two girls edit made the suicide bombs. And then on friday a group of suicidebombers blew themselves up in a village outside of maidugari. Weve seen what the attacks in recent days it is increasingly boko haram makes increasing use of suicide attacks. Is it possible to counter with military strategies . I think what we see is yes boko haram is there. Maybe it does not hold or not enough but not as much territory as this did lets say in january of this year, but we have also seen and mentioned before theyre spreading regionally. When you look at the region there is enough ground for them to position themselves and the people supporting them. What weve seen in the years and decades is exactly the probable problem. It needs to go much deeper, and this is what is necessary in order to really counters an organization that is not just militarily quite strong, but also has almost the ideology of blaming the government for being absent and marginalizing. The strategy to counter boko haram needs to be much bigger. More information is emerging about the bombing of civilians by the Iraqi Military as it steps up its offensive. Dozens of people were killed when airstrikes hit the isilheld city of fallujah on saturday. They say almost all of them were women and children. And the Iraqi Military has admitted that it accidently dropped a bomb on a neighborhood in eastern baghdad. There are reports of at least seven people having been killed. The military says that a fighter jet has technical problem which cause the bomb to drop. It was returning to base when the accident happened. Iraqi military leaders say it was mechanical failure that caused the bomb to drop from the russian fighter jet. Over a baghdad neighborhood. Theyre investigating what the casualty toll was and why exactly it happened. But there was fierce fighting in other areas of iraq on supplied. In the province of anbar iraqs biggest province isil has launched suicidebomb attacks in the west and near haditha close to the Syrian Border as well as near fallujah and possibly others areas. It will try to make gains in places that it has lost such as parts of beiji north of baghdad. It has responded with intensified airstrikes and artillery. Many of those are launched on the outskirts of cities including Fallujah Andrea mad di. And along with that there seems to be increasing civilian casualty. Political leaders and hospital sources are saying that Iraqi Air Force is using barrel bombs banned under international law. Weve asked the Iraqi Government and the Defense Ministry denies that it uses barrel bombs or it has in the past, but there do appear to be increasingly civilian casualties as the fight for anbar and particularly the cities intensifies. Syrian Government Forces have launched dozens of airstrikes against rebel air fighters. This is the last rebelheld city close to the lebanese border. Thats just one of several battles that are raging around the country. As raging forces rival rebel groups and isil fighters of vye for control. In syria the conflict continues. An unending barrage as fierce as this fire as suffocating as this smoke. As the violence escalates an regional threat of spill over from syria has never been so real. On the move still is isil. Fighting to keep control of its main stronghold and to take over the areas on the border with turkey. On other Syrian Borders this one with lebanon the government is fighting with rebels and to gain the upper hand. With hezbollah having entered the fray once more the fighting has grown fiercer on the ground as syrian planes dropped barrel bombs in the air. They are not the only group using makeshift munitions. Running low on weapons rebels in aleppo use what they can. Here transforming a gas canister into a bomb. Complicating the conflict even further the presence of kurdish fighters. And until now the most effective fighting force against isil. Driving deeper towards the front lines, kurdish ypg forces are attempting to stop the Islamic State in iraq and the levant. More battle lines are drawn and more fighting fronts are open. As the war in syria gets far more complicated and dangerous every day. Al jazeera. Foreign ministers from the u. S. And five other world powers are in vienna for a final round of talks of iran and its nuclear program. They say that there is still a lot of work to do ahead of tuesdays headlines. We go to our diplomatic editor james bays in vienna. Do you get a sense that the diplomats are working to this final deal . Is it imminent, would you say . I dont think its imminent yet, and i think you always have to remember that in this process weve had deadlines that weve gone past many times before. In fact, the deadline for this phase was last tuesday. Its now extended to tuesday, 24 hours from now. But were told by all sides both from the negotiating countries that there are only a few remaining sticking points on the table. What has happened in the last couple of hours is all the Foreign Ministers from the p5 1 countries, the five permanent members of the u. N. Security council plus germany will arrive behind me. Theyve had meetings among themselves looking at the various problems that still exist. Their view of the problems, and also their view of their negotiating strategy. That happened at their meeting. That meeting ended a couple of hours ago. And most importantly in the last few minutes another meeting has started, and this is the important one. The meeting of all of those p5 1 Foreign Ministers and iran all in the same room trying to resolve all of these issues. That meeting under way as we speak. It sounds constructive at the moment but 4 hours ago we saw john kerry hobbling out on his crutches to address all of you assembled outside of the venue and he made a point didnt he, of emphasizing the fact that they want is a good deal. What they consider a good deal, and they will not settle for something that they dont consider to be an allaround comprehensive deal. Absolutely. And he said its up to the iranians to make some difficult choices in order to try to get a deal this week. I have to tell you last couple of hours ive been to a briefing by a Million People<\/a> are expected to watch the first mass of his tour. And in sport the usa become the first country to women the womens world cup a third time. Japan on the receiving end of five goals including a hat trick from u. S. Captain carly lloyd. The leading figures in the greek debt negotiations are trying to figure out their next move as voters rejected the proposal in terms for bail out cash. European figures say theyre expecting new proposals from greece. Now greece urgently needs a deal. There are concerns that the banks could be just days away from collapse. If the emergency funding is not greed, theyre supposed to reopen on tuesday after being closed for more than a week. Jonah hull reports from athens. On this day there is one sentiment above others on the street. Im proud of my people. Also confused because we say no to the proposal of europe. We want a better proposal. But pride in greeces leaders leaders, the banks are still shut, and theyll likely remain so. The 60 euro per person per day limit may have to be reduced. To that end the greek finance minister Yanis Varoufakis<\/a> resigned monday morning but there is no guarantee that his head will be enough to secure a deal. The negotiations are going to be incredibly tough not least because of the ill feelings that has built up between greece and creditors in recent months. Theyll be negotiating with people like this, the german finance, hated by many greeks as the architect of their pain sucking their blood they say for the past five years. Thats hardly the basis to get along now, something that i put to a greek minister. Within the week i will not predict that it will be tomorrow or the day after tomorrow, but there is no reason why within the week we cannot exit there very, very dangerous moment. Not only for greece, but for uniform. What would that take . It will take neutral compromises. It will take putting at the heart of the negotiations the good of the people of europe, and of the European Union<\/a> the stability of the European Union<\/a> above other kinds of priorities and interests that prevail now. Meanwhile, the drip, drip, drip of cash from the banks continues making a bank rescue harder by the minute. People want the banks to open, and they want a peaceful life. That can only be achieved as part of europe. Well, i wouldnt say im really positive. I hope that they find a solution because im really terrified and i dont know whats going to happen. Greeks are proud, and by saying no more many will feel theyve won their dignity back. But they may not be allowed to enjoy the moment for long. Jonah hull, al jazeera, athens. Well, the next bail out talks begin on tuesday. The head of the International Monetary<\/a> funds say it is ready to assist greece it requested. But the president of the euro group has warned that the no vote will make negotiations with creditors much more difficult. Greece must take difficult measures otherwise the country wont make it. Otherwise the government wont function. Otherwise the economy wont work. And if the government of people reject difficult measures, were going to get into a very difficult situation. Well, in a moment were going life to Jacky Rowland<\/a> in paris. But first to barnaby phillips. Barnaby, so mr. Tsipras has spent the day in meetings for political leaders and gaining cross Party Support<\/a> . Yes, thats right. Confirmation that his position domestically is extremely strong after yesterdays referendum. Weve been talking to opposition politicians, and they told us, look we cant argue with the figures from the referendum. It was an extraordinary achieve achievement. 6040 roughly in his favor. Therefore as opposition we have to fall in line, support our Prime Minister<\/a> at a time of national crisis, and he needs to carry that message with him into these crucial european negotiations that he is speaking for all greeks or perhaps i should say virtually all greeks, all the parties in the Political Center<\/a> are signing this document saying that mr. Tsipras will be speaking for them. On the extreme left the communists and on the extreme right the golden dawn were not involved. Mr. Tsipras will hope that this will give him a fair wind, if you like, as he goes into these curb negotiations. It is not going to hurt, but is it really going to make european governments and european institutions and the imf more flexible . Im not sure that it makes a big difference to them. But domestically he is king, absolutely. What about the bowing out of mr. Varoufakis, who resigned earlier in the day. Does it make a difference in how mr. Tsipras is planning to address these talks . Well, i think it will help mr. Tsipras. Mr. Varoufakis has been seen as an irritant within the eurozone group. He had an an acrimonious relationship, but the real issues are issues of substance not personalities. Were talking about greece owing 300 billion euros. Getting rid of a finance minister who was unpopular with the creditors is not going to resolve all those problems and differences about the greece austerity measures that they feel they should be taking or should not be taking and the credit that greece should or should not be granted. Now lets go to paris and talk to our correspondent there Jacky Rowland<\/a> us because there is a there is a flurry of meetings taking place all around europe, but in paris is where mrs. Merkel, the chancellor of germany, and mr. Hollande frans frances president , are meeting. Thats right. Theyre meeting to present a common front at this time of crisis. In recent days theyve really been sounding quite difficult notes. The germans taking a very firm line. We heard earlier on monday from mrs. Merkels spokesman in which he hinted to the idea of greece leaving the eurozone pretty much saying that it was in their own hands if they did so. He syd that for now greece is a member of the eurozone, around its up to the government to act within a way that it will remain a member of the eurozone very much putting the ball in greeces court. The french on the other hand have been sounding a more conciliatory note. The french finance minister said that an idea of the whip write down of the greek debt should no longer be a taboo subject. It is not uncommon for these two economies to be sounding different messages when you bear in mind that the French Economy<\/a> and the German Economy<\/a> put together equal to 45 of the eurozone. Thats why theyve come out with a common line that they can hold at this time of crisis. Were live there in the french capital. Now we can go to berlin and talk to a political scientist. Thank you for talking with us here at al jazeera. Now mrs. Merkel chancellor of germany, is widely seen as the champion of austerity. How far is she personally involved with this success or failure of these talks regarding greece . Well, i wouldnt call her a champion of austerity because we all know that austerity is only part of a bigger package. And the package includes also to restore competitiveness and to restore institutions. So to describe it just as expenditure on everything which is important for a country like greece really does not describe the role of the chancellor properly. How closely then, is she related to the fortunes of this particular episode in the eurozone drama . Well, not only in german, but in the European Union<\/a> and the world, the whole thing is simply hard to extend as if the European Union<\/a> does not exist as a complex institution and run by a single person. She has a clear position. Shes defending it. She has a position that she has made clear several times but it is certainly not her personal opinion or what she thinks is the right thing to do for greece. Is there much sympathy then among the rank and file of politicians and, indeed even the german public, is there much sympathy for the situation that is now besieged greece, particularly on the human level . Well, it is a very complicated situation right now because it sounds like a blame game no matter what happens there will be high costs and risks. And its more a question of storytelling and if the narrative will make germany responsible for whatever is yet to come. And it will be very careful. People dieing in greece if there is a problem with the supply of medicine or humanitarian problems. Then it will cause major damage not only to the reputation of germany as as a single country but the European Union<\/a> as a whole. What do you think or do you think, i should say whether there is much room for compromise from the german perspective because the finance minister has been seen as one of the most hawkish of the eurozone members. Well, there is, of course, room for a compromise because the European Union<\/a> as such is an institution that reduces compromise on a permanent base. If you have a radical opponent on one side you cant expect the European Union<\/a> or german as a large member to just respond to a hawkish position of a debtor to expect that everything that tsipras wants will be immediately fulfilled because that trigger response from other members of the european states. Good to talk to you live. Thank you. All right from greece and now to vienna where another deadline looms. Were be live on Irans Nuclear<\/a> program also coming up. Find out why china is trying to attract more Foreign Workers<\/a> as well as the chinese expats to return to work there. And bringing something new to the Tour De France<\/a>. First to nigeria where boko haram is being blamed for the bombing that has killed 44 people. One bomb exploded at a restaurant. The other went off at a crowded mosque where a cleric known to be critical of the armed group was preaching. Now hours earlier at least five people were killed by suicidebomber who targeted a church. The latest violence brings the number of People Killed<\/a> in suspected boko haram attacks to more than 200 in the past week alone. Our correspondent has more now from the nigerian capital of abuja. The reports suggest that one of the targets of the attacks just was a popular cleric who heard denounced activities by boko haram and preached peaceful coexistence between muslims and christians in the area, which has been a flash point of religion violence for many years. Its not clear whether he was killed or injured in the attack. Were still trying to establish that. The other blast which happened at a restaurant that was frequented by local politicians and welltodo businessmen, it is unclear what this all means for the authorities and how they will handle this latest violence. It comes at the end of days of violence in the region, which has seen more than 200 People Killed<\/a> by boko haram when the new president was sworn in at the end of may. Remember, he came in to power promising to defeat the group. He moved the command of control center fighting boko haram to the northeast from the capital. He ordered 20 million to support soldiers fighting the group. There have been diplomatic efforts. He traveled to the g7 g7 summit in german, and the african summit in africa. And he traveled to niger and cameroon, and to the United States<\/a> to meet with president barack obama and boko haram will be the main topic of discussion. But there is a sense from people on the ground that even with all the efforts that the government seems to be making it is not filtering down to communities. Communities are not being protected, and these attacks for many are just evidence that boko haram is still a force to be reckoned with go, indeed because there has been a series of recent attacks against places of worship villages and markets. On tuesday 48 men were shot in a raid after prayers in villages close to the town of mongona. Thethe following day 55 stormed close to lake chad killing up to 100 people there. On thursday two girls edit made the suicide bombs. And then on friday a group of suicidebombers blew themselves up in a village outside of maidugari. Weve seen what the attacks in recent days it is increasingly boko haram makes increasing use of suicide attacks. Is it possible to counter with military strategies . I think what we see is yes boko haram is there. Maybe it does not hold or not enough but not as much territory as this did lets say in january of this year, but we have also seen and mentioned before theyre spreading regionally. When you look at the region there is enough ground for them to position themselves and the people supporting them. What weve seen in the years and decades is exactly the probable problem. It needs to go much deeper, and this is what is necessary in order to really counters an organization that is not just militarily quite strong, but also has almost the ideology of blaming the government for being absent and marginalizing. The strategy to counter boko haram needs to be much bigger. More information is emerging about the bombing of civilians by the Iraqi Military<\/a> as it steps up its offensive. Dozens of people were killed when airstrikes hit the isilheld city of fallujah on saturday. They say almost all of them were women and children. And the Iraqi Military<\/a> has admitted that it accidently dropped a bomb on a neighborhood in eastern baghdad. There are reports of at least seven people having been killed. The military says that a fighter jet has technical problem which cause the bomb to drop. It was returning to base when the accident happened. Iraqi military leaders say it was mechanical failure that caused the bomb to drop from the russian fighter jet. Over a baghdad neighborhood. Theyre investigating what the casualty toll was and why exactly it happened. But there was fierce fighting in other areas of iraq on supplied. In the province of anbar iraqs biggest province isil has launched suicidebomb attacks in the west and near haditha close to the Syrian Border<\/a> as well as near fallujah and possibly others areas. It will try to make gains in places that it has lost such as parts of beiji north of baghdad. It has responded with intensified airstrikes and artillery. Many of those are launched on the outskirts of cities including Fallujah Andrea<\/a> mad di. And along with that there seems to be increasing civilian casualty. Political leaders and hospital sources are saying that Iraqi Air Force<\/a> is using barrel bombs banned under international law. Weve asked the Iraqi Government<\/a> and the Defense Ministry<\/a> denies that it uses barrel bombs or it has in the past, but there do appear to be increasingly civilian casualties as the fight for anbar and particularly the cities intensifies. Syrian Government Forces<\/a> have launched dozens of airstrikes against rebel air fighters. This is the last rebelheld city close to the lebanese border. Thats just one of several battles that are raging around the country. As raging forces rival rebel groups and isil fighters of vye for control. In syria the conflict continues. An unending barrage as fierce as this fire as suffocating as this smoke. As the violence escalates an regional threat of spill over from syria has never been so real. On the move still is isil. Fighting to keep control of its main stronghold and to take over the areas on the border with turkey. On other Syrian Border<\/a>s this one with lebanon the government is fighting with rebels and to gain the upper hand. With hezbollah having entered the fray once more the fighting has grown fiercer on the ground as syrian planes dropped barrel bombs in the air. They are not the only group using makeshift munitions. Running low on weapons rebels in aleppo use what they can. Here transforming a gas canister into a bomb. Complicating the conflict even further the presence of kurdish fighters. And until now the most effective fighting force against isil. Driving deeper towards the front lines, kurdish ypg forces are attempting to stop the Islamic State<\/a> in iraq and the levant. More battle lines are drawn and more fighting fronts are open. As the war in syria gets far more complicated and dangerous every day. Al jazeera. Foreign ministers from the u. S. And five other world powers are in vienna for a final round of talks of iran and its nuclear program. They say that there is still a lot of work to do ahead of tuesdays headlines. We go to our diplomatic editor james bays in vienna. Do you get a sense that the diplomats are working to this final deal . Is it imminent, would you say . I dont think its imminent yet, and i think you always have to remember that in this process weve had deadlines that weve gone past many times before. In fact, the deadline for this phase was last tuesday. Its now extended to tuesday, 24 hours from now. But were told by all sides both from the negotiating countries that there are only a few remaining sticking points on the table. What has happened in the last couple of hours is all the Foreign Ministers<\/a> from the p5 1 countries, the five permanent members of the u. N. Security council plus germany will arrive behind me. Theyve had meetings among themselves looking at the various problems that still exist. Their view of the problems, and also their view of their negotiating strategy. That happened at their meeting. That meeting ended a couple of hours ago. And most importantly in the last few minutes another meeting has started, and this is the important one. The meeting of all of those p5 1 Foreign Ministers<\/a> and iran all in the same room trying to resolve all of these issues. That meeting under way as we speak. It sounds constructive at the moment but 4 hours ago we saw john kerry hobbling out on his crutches to address all of you assembled outside of the venue and he made a point didnt he, of emphasizing the fact that they want is a good deal. What they consider a good deal, and they will not settle for something that they dont consider to be an allaround comprehensive deal. Absolutely. And he said its up to the iranians to make some difficult choices in order to try to get a deal this week. I have to tell you last couple of hours ive been to a briefing by a Senior Iranian<\/a> official who said exactly the opposite. It was up to the p5 1. They needed to make difficult decisions. Iranian Officials Say<\/a> that iran still has red lines that it will not cross, but in irans view those red lines are compatible with the deal. Even though there are ways they can make this deal work in the coming hours as we say the deadline is on tuesday. Everyone suspecting that possibly it might go past tuesday, but we are really getting, i think, to the church crunch moment of all of this. Thank you very much, james bays, our diplomatic editor. A second person is being treated for the middle east respiratory syndrome mers. He arrived in manila from dubai and traveled to saudi arabia. They are tracing people who may have come into contact with him. Last saturday around 11 30 in the morning we received a referral from the Research Institute<\/a> for tropical medicine about a foreigner from the middle east who was suffering from coughs. By 5 00 p. M. The test yielded a positive result. The patient was immediately confined inside the Research Hospital<\/a> for tropical medicine and is now under care. Some visitors have been attack. Groups in turkey has been holding rallies outside of chinas embassy. Theyre angry over the treatment of Muslim Uyghur<\/a> people. They have been banned from worship and fasting during ramadan. Well, china has responded to the protest saying there is no ethnic problem in its far west. And its Foreign Ministry<\/a> said that Muslim Uyghur<\/a> minorities enjoy freedom of religion. The eager uyghur ethnic group there are over 10 million uyghurs who live and work in peace and contentment the socalled ethnic problem you mentioned that has been raised simply does not exist. Still to come on the al jazeera news hour, ignoring a regional meeting burundis president continues to campaign for an election that has been condemned worldwide. And the debate to remove the Confederate Flag<\/a> from Southern States<\/a>. And the crash that did not result in serious injuries. As greece plunges deeper into financial crisis. Greeces choice, a bad deal. And no deal. World markets react. Its a grim picture. The consequences could be catastrophic. For continuing global coverage, stay with Al Jazeera America<\/a>. The technology is there. Why isnt being done more . How to make recycling work. When these different plastics are blended then the recycling becomes difficult, to impossible. Can we fix americas plastic problem . We cant unscramble an egg. Techknows team of experts show you how the miracles of science. Im standing in a tropcal wind storm. Can effect and surprise us. Wow, these are amazing. Techknow, where Technology Meets<\/a> humanity only on Al Jazeera America<\/a> lets have a look at the top stories. The greek government has named the lead bail out negotiator. Hes due to be sworn in later today. And other politicians have assured of their support in talks with creditors. The Union Officials<\/a> have warned sundays novote has made the talks more difficult. At least had 4 people have been killed and dozens more wounded in nigeria during two separate attacks. The first blast went off in a restaurant and the other in a crowded mosque. Boko haram is being blamed for the attacks. And okay more now on that top story, and the situation in greece. The greek Prime Minister<\/a> has spoken with the russian president on the phone. Now this, of course, has he works out what his next move in this bail out negotiation is going to be. We can talk now to the russian political analyst, who joins us live from moscow. Dmitri, thank you for talking with us. They say with every crisis is there is an opportunity. Does a beleaguered greece create an opportunity for mr. Putin . Well, the Russian Foreign<\/a> minister said that they have not received any requests from the greek government to give them money. I think russia will give greece moral support. It may give it some diplomatic support, but i wouldnt expect that the russian government to bail out greece. Greece is a problem of the European Union<\/a>. The European Union<\/a> created that mess. Russia should not be obliged to sort it out. And russia does not have very much to give away because its burdened by sanctions itself. Well, russia certainly has a huge stabilization fund, which is still in our hands but bearing in mind that the greek debt is more than 300 billion euros, i dont think anyone can pay that amount. Even European Union<\/a> would not be able to come up with that. Many people in europe and beyond, in fact, looked at the pictures plaintiff tsipras to moscow when he was warmly welcomed by president putin. Do you think they have started a relationship a warmer relationship than perhaps was experienced between russia and greece in the past . Well, there is a warm relationship because greece is certainly very angry at germany and its other European Partners<\/a> but in general greece has never been inside the russian sphere of influence. Russia sympathizes with greece, but russia is not ready to pay billions of dollars to bail it out. Also, i think the western media when it says that putin could use greece to have a vote inside nato to make nato immobile, well russians do not believe this is a decision already made by consensus. I dont think if greece objected nato would listen to if, and mr. Putin understands that very well. Geopolitically it would help mr. Putin to have a close ally on the southern flank of europe. Well, of course it would be pleasant. But it would not have much effect. These are not democratic organizations. We know very well that not only greece but many other countries in the European Union<\/a> oppose their sanctions against russia. But still formerly the sanctions are approved by consensus. Why . Simply because the e. U. Knows how to apply pressure to its members. So i dont think that greece is friendlier to russia than say montenegro serbia, these countries are probably friendlier to russia, but its very difficult to have words on its European Union<\/a> even for its members or the countries on the south side, except for the United States<\/a>, of course. Good to hear your thoughts, as usual. Thank you. Now india has accused pakistan of violating a peace fire by firing at its india kashmir. Some chose to leave the town with their families. Last october scores of people were killed during border tensions. Local Officials Say<\/a> that the indian army is working to protect the border. Pakistan have a lot of tourists theyre trying their best, and theyre responding pretty well. Theyre desperate and trying time and again with the border force attacking them effectively. In the coming days well take a similar approach. Now the burundian general who backed the failed coup in may, has asked the president to step down. He is accused of dragging the country back into civil war. This comes as east African Leaders<\/a> are meeting in tanzania to discuss the political crisis in burundi. But the president is staying home. Hes campaigning for the upcoming president ial election. There have been months of unrest as he announced plans to run for a third term, which his opponents have called unconstitutional. Now the president of burundi has been increasingly isolated nationally and internationally. Pools have been dismissed as not free, nor fair by the u. N. African union the European Union<\/a> and the United States<\/a>. International donors have pulled some of their aid of funding to burundi thats pretty bad news that receives 42 of its income from foreign aid. 80 of the population lives in poverty. Patricia daily is author of agenda and genocide in burundi. Its obvious that violence will escalate. There are reports that the government is really searching out for armed opposition. Particularly. The hope that the president will actually listen to the International Community<\/a> and enter into dialogue with the opposition parties, and really with the wider burundi for the good of the country. I thigh people have suffered long enough, and i think there is still time for more effective democratic solution to the problems in burundi. Lets go to ecuador where more than a million and a half people are expected to turn out for an mass led by the head of the Roman Catholic<\/a> church. Pope francis has is on a weeklong tour of his home continent. We go to writer and journalist profession at the International University<\/a> at ecuador. He joins us live. Thank you for talking with us. It seems very much as if pope francis is a popular figure in ecuador today. Yes, thats true. Hes from latin america and he is very loved in all of our continents. But especially in ecuador he has come several times to ecuador. He is very wellknown and very much loved. Do the huge numbers of people who are turning out for this mass do they represent a strong catholic following in ecuador . Yes well, 80bers 80 declared themselves catholic. And 30 say they go to mass every sunday and are very active in the church. The other 30 say that they go occasionally. Even the number is going at this time because the pope is here. But we expect to have more than million and a half people. It seems very much as though the negative associations made with the Catholic Church<\/a> in recent years has not been do to the enthusiasm of the ecuadorians of the Catholic Church<\/a>. I would say that every one of us is concerned about that. Has been to the point. He has set up this problem. And the problems of the vatican bank. Theyre hoping that the problems will soon be investigate and taken in account. Thank you very much for talking with us live. Thank you. Thank you to you. Now to california, an its multi billion agriculture industry, which is really taking a financial hit because of the ongoing drought. Researchers say that a major water shortfall will cause a billion dollar shortage. There is a level of drought but this drought this summer is worse than the drought were last year. In fact, the university of californiadavis put out a report that losses are expected to be 2. 8 billion, and half a million fields like this one will lie fallow. 20,000 jobs. Almost 20,000 jobs will be lost. We spoke to mike wood, one farmer and his family, they own 1900 acres and this is what they had to say. Well, 1900 acres, as i told you before, 700 acres is fallowed. And what is planted other than Permanent Crops<\/a> was a lot of research that went into things that would not take a lot of water. Weve grown garlic for a number of years. On this ranch normally this time of year if we were in full production we would be employing 25 to 30 people. And presently we have seven people in employ. Well explain more because its not just about an economic down turn and fallow field be the situation is more complicated than that. Even though weve lost 20,000 jobs there are farmers complaining about a labor shortsage. So what is going on in the worlds bread basket. Well take a closer look. Well, staying in the u. S. Politicians in the state of South Carolina<\/a> are expected to debate whether to bring down the Confederate Flag<\/a>. The killing of nine people inside of a black church in charleston last month has revived the 150yearold controversy about the use of the civil war era banner. You dont have to leave washington, d. C. A few blocks from the u. S. Capital joining those of the other 49 states waves the flag of mississippi. In its upper left corner the same cross and bars pattern that has aroused so much controversy in South Carolina<\/a>. There the legislature will decide whether to remove the rebel battle standard from the capitol grounds. In 2001 mississippi citizens decided by a landslide to leave their flag unchanged. Thats going to be talked about again. And the decision belongs rightly to the people of mississippi. In the movie bit of a nation in 1915 the flag stood as a narrative of the agreed Southern States<\/a> as some southerners still insist their fight against the union was for states sovereignty honor and chivalry, not slavery. Hollywood pulled the same flag later in the 1939 blockbuster gone with the wind while that film romancizeed the loss of plantation life it addressed the lethal war. All weve got is cotton, slaves and arrogance. The stars and bars flag was part of the day core in 1948 when southern democrats opposed to racial integration broke away from their party and nominated their own president ial candidate on a White Supremacy<\/a> platform. Today South Carolina<\/a> sons of confederate say removing the flag is an inappropriate protest against racism. It would dishonor not only white confederate soldiers, but it will dishonor black confederate george most historians call that a distorted account of the few black soldiers admitted to confederate ranks once offered their freedom but only when their army was close to surrendering. Today reenactors play act the battles of a century and a half ago. But bull run looks different because the original design flown during the first stages of the war before the confederates went on to defeat. On this battlefield where hundreds died from both sides this statue honors the general that led the confederate troops. But on these battle grounds only the banner of the ultimate victor now flies. Still to come well have all the sports news with andy including a game of football and the worlds number one golfer. Now of the almost 1. 4 billion people who live in china fewer than 1 are foreigners. Now the government wants to increase their number to 10 to try to improve the countrys competitive edge. That strategy also involved encouraging chinese expatriots to return home. From beijing we have reports. Edwin is a recognizable face in china. Hes the first nonasian to deliver the news. He has been living in beijing for 12 years and one of 8,000 people who has what is called a green card. This gives foreigners permanent residency with similar rights and access to social services as a chinese national. It gives you a feeling of being part of the community and not having the hassles that i used to have when i came here. Show your. Passport and all this sort of thing. About. But getting the green card was not easy. The rules were put in place in 2004, but only for those who what the government calls exceptional contribution to china are consider now theyre easing those qualifications. Of the 1. 4 billion people in china less than 1 are foreigners. Without green cards they are issued special visas. These visas only allow them to work at specific jobs in a specific company for a limited time. But to further development and competitiveness in the world market the Chinese Government<\/a> wants to increase the number of foreigners to at least 10 of the population. And the main target is getting chinese immigrants to come home. The government realizes they have not just top skills in their profession, but also they have knowledge of chinese language, Chinese Culture<\/a> Chinese Business<\/a> practices to make them ideal candidates to attract back to china. Marvin mao came back from new zealand, and he successfully launched a several internet companies. Basically for me, to be able to go bubble or global, its even more the advantage to do business here. The government might be succeeding in making the business chime climate attractive. Time for sports news. Thank you so much. Well most of the big names in action in wimbledon with action in both the mens and womens tournament, there have been a meeting of the william sisters. This is their first competitive match in six years. They played first in wimbledon 15 years ago. Sharapova also going to the quarterfinals. Begbeing given a tough work out winning 64 64. The United States<\/a> have won the womens world cup for a record third time. Thee they beat 2011 winners japan, 52. Finals can be tight and tense. Not at this womens world cup. They threw in to the lead in vancouver. Carly lloyd scored twice in the first five minutes. This was a remark of the 2011 final japan won on penalties. But they found themselves three down and Lauren Holiday<\/a> scored. And then they completed a hat trick with a strike from the halfway line. Team usa after just 16 minutes. The u. S. Had not conceded a goal in their previous five matches but finally let one in when they pulled one back, 41 at halftime. There were thoughts ever a japanese come back but the threegoal advance was quickly restored. 52 the final score. Its a surreal moment. Its been amazing. We just rewrote History Today<\/a> and brought this trophy home, which is unbelievable. It is not vindication. It just feels really really good. I could not be more proud of this group of players and this staff because i knew they had it in them. And im just so happy that the world gets to see. In the absence of sepp blatter, the u. S. Champions for the third time. Rory mcilroys performance at the british championship is in serious doubt. He has torn ligaments in. Hes wearing a moon boot injuring himself after playing a game of football with his friends. He has just nine days until the open gets under way at st. Andrews. Pakistan could be set for an unlikely win in the test match of their series against sri lanka. Pakistan require 147 more runs to win this third test. Nowthe first twothirds of the stage effectively counted for nothing when racing did resume they won the race with the taking of the leaders yellow jersey. Hopeing to make a basket is the firstever african team. We spent time with them in the build up to their historic adventure. The Tour De France<\/a> finally has an african team. Theyre already on the long road to paris. 21yearold is also the youngest rider in this years event. Multiple African Champions<\/a> already a star in eretrea. Hes at the front of the campaign by the team to get more people from all over africa. We want more riders, so many strong riders. Yes. Were working hard, and i think we can make it. Why not if you look at the endurance running that this continent has had over the last 30 years why not . Its been a long journey for the first eretereans to compete. If they finish it theyll cycle 330 kilometers or twothirds of the way from amsterdam to eretreia. Keeping traditions alive since opening a restaurant in amsterdam 25 years ago. Theyre the same age as my daughter. So these two riders are like sons to me. Having an impact in europe having won the king of the mountain jersey. Theyll have another chance when they reach the pyrenees. Some pretty incredible pictures coming up from the final lap of sundays nascar race in daytona. The car you see taking off belongs to American Driver<\/a> austin dillon. Three fans were hit by flying debris but required only minor treatment. The driver was able to walk away unharmed that does not always happen, but in this one no one seriously injuried. Thats all from anthony and from me. Lauren taylor is coming up next. Running out of cash. Greek banks will stay closed until friday. The greek leader is backed by opposition in search of new aid deal to save greece from economic abyss. Im lauren todayer. Also coming up, an attack in central nigeria killed 40 people. Boko haram is suspected. The Iraqi Military<\/a> set off its offensive. 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