Tuesday, February 17, 2015

Greece stocks fall after Monday Eurozone talks fail.

Greek stocks have fallen more than 4% after talks among Eurozone finance ministers failed to reach an agreement with the Greek government about its debts on Monday night.

Greece's borrowing costs rose more than 10% as pressure mounts to agree to an extension of a bailout beyond its March expiry, without which Greece could see financial chaos. 

Our Europe correspondent Sandra Gathmann reports:

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Two West Virginian towns evacuated after oil train crash


Two towns in the American state of West Virginia have been evacuated after a freight train carrying crude oil derailed and burst into flames.

The state governor has declared a state of emergency following the massive fire.

Its thought 27 train cars were affected and one plunged into the Kanawha River.  

The rail company CSX said in a statement that one person was being treated for potential inhalation however no other injuries were reported.

West Virginia's public safety spokesman is Lawrence Messina. 


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West Virginia's public safety spokesman Lawrence Messina says the Kanawha River may be contaminated.


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Osborne warns the EU and Greece to find agreement over debt

Britain's Finance Minister has warned that its crunch time for Greece and the other European Union members to find a solution to the deadlock over Greek debt. 

EU finance leaders are meeting in Brussels today with Greek debt situation set to dominate talks. 

On Monday talks between Eurozone ministers and Greece broke down after Athens rejected an offer to extend its bailout  under the same austerity conditions. Greece's 240 billion euro loan runs out in March. 

Britain's Finance Minister George Osborne said EU members expected this situation to be resolved. 

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Greek debt continues to dominate EU meetings in Brussels


EU finance leaders are meeting in Brussels today with Greek debt situation set to dominate talks. 

Negotiations  over Greece's debt crisis reached a deadlock on Monday after Athens rejected an offer to extend its bailout but under the same austerity conditions.

However Greece's Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis declared he was ready to do "whatever it takes" to reach agreement. 

Officials from the Eurogroup meeting of eurozone finance ministers as well as the European Central Bank and International Monetary Fund now say it's up to Athens to take the deal before its 240 billion euro loan runs out in March.

Speaking Tuesday morning Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis said he remained confident a deal would be reached.

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Ex-Nazi guard charged with 170,000 murders

German authorities have charged a 93 year-old man with 170,000 counts of accessory to murder for his alleged role as a guard at the Auschwitz concentration camp during the second World War. 

The charges come as part of a renewed push to prosecute ex-Nazis.

Our correspondent Ira Spitzer reports from Berlin.

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Sides in eastern Ukraine break deadline for removal of heavy weapons

Both Russian backed militants and government forces in eastern Ukraine have failed to begin withdrawing heavy weapons from the front lines, breaking a deadline set in recent peace talks.


The government says it isn't in a position to pull back its artillery until the militants stop their assaults on the town of Debaltseve.


Tom Barton reports.


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Australian drug smugglers execution delayed: Indon Attorney-General

Indonesia's attorney-general has delayed the jail transfer of Australians Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran.
Plans to transfer the two convicted drug smugglers to an island prison in preparation for their executions were postponed on Tuesday.
Arthur Stevens has more

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Monday, February 16, 2015

Greece talks fail after Athens rejects bailout extension

Talks in Brussels over Greece's debt crisis reached a deadlock on Monday after Greece rejected an offer to extend its bailout but under the same austerity conditions.

Officials from Eurogroup meeting of eurozone finance ministers as well as the European Central Bank and International Monetary Fund now say it's up to Athens to take the deal before its 240 billion euro loan runs out in March.

Greece's leftist government swept to power last month on the promise of ending its loan program and accompanying austerity measures which have crippled the country's economy and driven unemployment.

But eurozone creditors say Greece must abide by the same rules for financial assistance that were handed to countries like Portugal and Ireland who faced similar debt problems after Europe's financial crisis.

Speaking after the meeting Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis said his team was unable to accept a preliminary deal that continued a program he said has not worked for his country.

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White House to host summit on countering violent extremism

The White House is set to welcome officials from around the world for the first ever summit on countering violent extremism

The meetings come just days after the shootings in Denmark and weeks after the attacks on Charlie Hebdo magazine in Paris which paralyzed France

Our US correspondent Priscilla Huff has a preview:

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Eurozone Finance ministers continue Greece bailout talks, work towards compromise

Eurozone Finance ministers are meeting in Brussels to make progress in debt talks with Greece, whose government has refused to accept further austerity measures that would accompany an extension to its 240 billion euro bailout program which ends in March.

Today's meeting comes after an extraordinary session last Thursday which failed to reach a compromise with euro countries reluctant to relax conditions for Greece. 

Walking into the meeting German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble said he was skeptical a deal would be reached on Monday considering talks over the weekend with the European Central Bank and International Monetary Fund also failed to reach common ground. 

Irish Finance Minister Michael Noonan said he was eager to understand Greece's specific requests. 

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European Commissioner for Economic and Financial Affairs Pierre Moscovici said he plans to come out of the meeting with a positive solution. 

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Egypt claims 50 IS militants killed in strikes on Libya

Egypt claims that up to 50 Islamic State militants have been killed after the Egyptian Air Force conducted air strikes in Libya.


The move follows the beheadings of 21 Egyptian Christians, whose gruesome murders were depicted on a new Islamic State video.


Egyptian state TV says the dawn strikes targeted training sites, IS camps and weapons storage centers.


Oliver Miles is a former head of the North Africa department of Britain's Foreign Office.


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Father Antonious Thabet is with St. Mark's Coptic Orthodox Church in London.


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Danish PM: Gunman not part of "terrorist cell"

The Prime Minister of Denmark says there is no indication the suspect in the Copenhagen shootings was part of a wider terrorist cell…

Helle Thorning-Schmidt says the events of the past 48 hours will not easily be forgotten.

Two men have been charged with helping the gunman who murdered two people in two attacks, one at a free speech debate the second at a synagogue.

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UK growth forecasts increased for 2015


The UK's economic growth forecasts have been increased by a British business lobby group.


The Confederation of British Industries, CBI, believes the UK economy will expand by 2.7% in 2015, that's 0.2% higher than previous forecasts.


Our UK Correspondent Natalie Powell reports…


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German parade cancelled over attack fears

German authorities cancelled a parade in the city of Braunschweig [BROWN SCHVIGE] due to a "concrete threat of an Islamist attack." 

The announcement came just hours after Danish police in Copenhagen killed a man responsible for the shooting deaths of two people.

Our correspondent Ira Spitzer reports from Berlin.

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Eurozone ministers meet in Brussels for crunch talks on Greece

Finance Ministers from the single currency eurozone are meeting in Brussels for crunch talks as Greece's attempts to renegotiate its bailout programme with international lenders.

The new left wing Syriza government in Athens wants a whole new repayment deal while remaining within the Euro currency bloc.

Our Europe correspondent Jack Parrock reports.

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Bali Nine ringleaders prepare to be moved to place of execution

Officials in Bali have confirmed that Bali Nine ringleaders Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukamaran will be moved from Kerobakan jail to an island in Central Java in readiness for their executions.
Arthur Stevens reports from Melbourne.

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Fighting continues around east Ukrainian town despite ceasefire

Observers from the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe are trying to reach the eastern Ukrainian held town of Debaltseve.


Russian backed militants prevented them from monitoring the new ceasefire in the area on Sunday, while claiming that the agreement doesn't apply to the town.


Tom Barton reports.


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Danish police charge two suspects with helping Copenhagen gunman

Danish police have charged two men with helping the gunman suspected of carrying out the weekend's Copehagen attacks.

Two people were killed in shootings at a debate on free speech and outside a synagogue in the Danish capital on Saturday.

Police shot the suspected gunman dead in the early hours of Sunday morning.

Dennis Meyerhof-Brink was at the free speech event on Saturday - he described the attack.


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Egypt bombs Islamic State in Libya

Egypt says it has bombed Islamic State targets in Libya, hours after the group published video showing the apparent beheadings of 21 Egyptian Christians.

State TV in Egypt said the dawn strikes had targeted camps, training sites and weapons storage areas.

Islamic State expert Dr Natasha Underhill says the murders show how much IS is expanding into North Africa. 


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Australia signals citizenship crackdown

Australia's federal government is reportedly considering suspending the citizenship of anyone involved in terrorism or revoking the citizenship of dual nationals.
Arthur Stevens has more from Melbourne

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