there has been a lot of trust between berlin and athens. and we have one opponent of today's deal even asking fellow parliamentarians would you buy a used car from varoufakis and tsipras? it is a strange climate despite the fact that the german parliament voted for the package in the end. >> is berlin prepared for the possibility that greece might not pay back the loans that they will not do what they said they are going to do? how much money does greece actually owed germany? >> how much money precisely. the german loans are wrapped up in all these other international funds. greece's totaled that is about 320 -- total debt is about 320 billion euros, and the german share is about 60 billion euros. given the weakness of the greek economy, it seems likely the greeks will come back and apply for another loan. or they will ask for a debt write-down. don't forget, the greeks have already had more than 100 billion euros of their debts written off before. so we are bound to see more debate on this, more discussion, and no doubt more argument. >>

in berlin, facing one of berlin's toughest critics. greek banks will no longer be able to use government debt at collateral for loans. >> jair, shelling has hit damascus and other nearby districts. syrian state media reports 50 are dead, dozens injured and are being teen surrounding hospitals. rockets came from a group known as the army of is slam. the leader of the group of said the she will is in response to government attacks in eastern syria. stephanie decker reports from beirut in lebanon. >> a significant attack on the syrian capitol, 50 rocket and mortars landed around 7:30 in the morning. people telling of a real sense of fear. this is unusual the capitol has been relatively safe throughout this conflict, the occasional mortars raining down, but a washing on tuesday that damascus was now a military zone and there would be retaliation for the government besieging and bombardment. the fighting around the capitol intensified also along the lebanon border, having a significant impact also on the syrian rev gees seeking shelter hera

tens of thousands visit for the annual berlin marathon. plus, the city boasts top football, handball, volleyball and basketball teams. >> i think if you consider the success and the sheer number of teams here that few cities in europe compared to berlin. you must have over 120 clubs in the top flight of their respective sports. >> berlin would aim to host a compact olympics, utilizing many of the city's existing venues. the most famous of those is the olympic stadium with what of sports' most storied arenas. >> olympics took place in august 1936. 49 nations came to berlin, more than ever before but there was a dark cloud over the games. >> the nazis staged a seemingly perfect event. it was, though, a facade for a regime that had already begun in turning and murdering political opponents. war was only three years away. >> the knots is wanted to appear as apolitical and cosmopolitan as possible. the radio was told not to play military music, and they asked troops to where civilian clothes rather than uniforms whenever possible. >> the star o

north korea got the city of berlin and about her lib film festival confused. it described the showing as terrorism and vowed vengeance for the humiliation. the exact words were merciless punishment. queue some rather hasty moves this man had to race to the north korea embassy saying it is just a coincidence that it's opening on the same day. pyongyang did eventually pull back albeit privately. aside from that drama, there is plenty more to see here on screen over the next week and a half. the golden bear is the big prize they're competing for here, with everything from that i am about her made to say cinderella on show. iran is doing it without the director even being here. he is bound from making films until 2030 after he upset his government. tax see is in with a real shout for the top prize as he watches from home in tehran. >> he doesn't stop, because that's what he's doing making films. he's expressing himself via film so he needs to make them and he will never stop. the films he makes are great and for us a great way of promoting his work to the world. >

he is in berlin. wednesday, they visited the european central bank to try to gain for its government new anti-government support. it will no longer allow greek banks to use the collateral for loans. jonah hull has more. >> greece is looking for support and running out of places to find it in europe at the greek february minister. they would meet with the german opposite number looking for a plan to restructure the enormous debt burden the billions accumulated. they need a means as a way back to economic growth. they are likely to find it not effective. germany has been involved in the bailout association, and will not be black mailed to help finance greece by a threat to throw all of that away. he is likely it is thought, to insist this greece continue to adhere to terms. as a minimum condition for german assistance. of course he does that knowing that he has broad public support in germany. 68 are against any debt release for greece. >> the iraqi prime minister haider al-abadi has ordered a baghdad c

the film goes on general release in berlin thursday, but north korea got the city of berlin and the berlin film festival confused seeing them as one single entity. it described the showing at terrorism. it vowed vengeance for the humiliation. the exact words were merciless punishment. this man had to race to the north carolinaen embassy and say you've got this all wrong it has nothing to do with me, it's just a coincidence it's opening on the same day. pyongyang did eventually pull back albeit privately. there is plenty more to see here on screen over the next week and a half. the golden bear is the big prize, with everything from chile to chamber maids to cinderella on show. iran is doing it without the filmmaker being her taxi in for the top prize as he watches home in tehran. >> he doesn't stop, because that's what he's doing. he's making films expressing himself. he needs to make them and he will never stop. the films he makes are great and for us a great day of prompting his work to the world. >> over the next 10 days, the movie world will watch the crowds will freeze trying to watch

the film goes on general release in berlin thursday, but north korea got the city of berlin and the berlin film festival confused seeing them as one single entity and was not happy at all. it described the showing at terrorism and vowed vengeance for the humiliation the exact words merciless punishment. the boss here had to race to the north korea embassy and say you have this all wrong, it is just a coincidence that it's opening on the same day. pyongyang did eventually pull back albeit privately. aside from that drama, there is plenty to see on screen over the next week and a half. the golden bear is the big prize they're competing for here with everything from chile to chamber maids to cinderella on show. an iraqi filmmaker is banned from making films but taxi is up for the top prize as he watches from tehran. >> he is expressing himself. he needs to make film and he will never stop. for us, it's a great way of promoting his work to the world. >> over the next 10 days, the movie world will watch. the crowds will freeze trying to watch and even north korea will be keeping an eye to make

the reaction from berlin was no. the german finance minister said the request lacked a proposal for a solution and accused greece of trying to keep the bailout without meeting the terms. >> there is only a week left until greece defaults on its debt. >> it was a previously unthinkable move. in accepting continued supervision by the ecb, imf, and eu the greek government recognized financial obligations to its creditors, but in talks to eurozone finance ministers athens called on its partners to show understanding for the country's financial difficulties. >> i believe all the conditions are there for a mutually beneficial solution tomorrow. and i believe this will be the result at tomorrow's euro group. if any case, if there is a negation of this huge effort that has been made, each person will have to take responsibility. >> but in a frank statements, for german finance -- statement the german finance minister did not hide his disappointment. the letter from athens is no substantial proposal. in fact, it targets bridg

. >> in berlin, where this year's film festival is getting underway find out what the organizers here did or rather didn't do, to upset north korea that's coming up later. hello there, thank you for joining us. diplomatic efforts are underway to end the crisis in eastern ukraine which has killed more than 5,000 people since last april. the french president and the german chancellor are in kiev to push their new peace initiative. and present a solution that is acceptable to all. the u.s. secretary of sate is also in kiev where he has met leaders and urged russia to crease support. he has called for an immediate cease fire in the east. meanwhile, nato defense ministers have also. discussing ukraine the alliance is seeking to bolster it's military presence, in eastern europe, with the creation of a new rapid reaction force for 5,000 troops. fission if secretary of state u.s. banking and pointing a finger at moscow. terrorizing. refusing to participate. >> spread the peace deal. >> significantly. >> the site whether or not to supply ukraine with he that will weapons. >> thursday and with

>> live from the dw studios in berlin, this is your news. >> coming up, today's news. >> greece's new prime minister face-to-face with one of his country's biggest creditors. did the european union give him anything but a warm welcome? correspondent in brussels has the answer. >> jordan executes two militants and promises and earth shaking response that the islamic state confirms jordanian pilot alive -- burns are jordanian pilot alive. >> stunning images of a with 58 passengers crashing into a river in taiwan. >> hello again. greece's new political leaders have added brussels and paris to their whirlwind tour across europe. >> you could get the impression that all the talk of a showdown between athens and its creditors has been, well, mostly talk. >> greek prime minister alexis tsipras today met with eu leaders in brussels and then french president francois hollande in paris. as he has been doing all week, tsipras pushed for a rethink on his country's debt burden. >> he emerged from the talks of the. areis he winning his creditors over? we will ask our correspondent in brussels in ju

>> welcome to the journal coming to you live from dw here in berlin. thanks for joining us. >> troops and separatist launched offensive on the eaves of peace -- on the eve of peace talks in minsk. anwar ibrahim jail for five years after losing his final appeal against a conviction for sodomy. and once a contender for french president, dominique strauss-kahn takes the stand for on charges of aggravated camping -- pimping. welcome to the show. tensions are high and talks are aimed at the escalating the ukraine crisis. the german foreign minister saying he hopes there will be no explosion of violence in the hours before the wednesday meeting. next the leaders of russia, ukraine, and germany will be in that city to hammer out what they hope will be the details of a lasting cease-fire for eastern ukraine. just ahead of the talks, both separatists and government troops launch new offensive to gain territory. ukraine's president has called the minsk talks the last chance for a true cease-fire. >> separatist challenge the ukraine headquarters. a second salvo s

>> live from the dw studios here in berlin, this is rolled news. >> good to have you with us. here is what is coming up. >> europe's two most powerful leaders pushing a new peace plan in ukraine and russia. we will go live from key spirit >> an exclusive interview with the -- live from greece. >> put on a parka. the 65th berlin film festival opens with a movie about two women struggling to survive in the arctic. >> it is a glaring symbol of how close the conflict in eastern ukraine is to exploding into a full-blown war. >> three international leaders from the united states, germany, and france travel to kiev emergency talks. u.s. secretary of state john kerry brought more financial aid. he said president obama will soon decide on sending aid to ukraine. >> german chancellor merkel and french president francois hollande arrived with a new peace plan that they will put on president putin's desk tomorrow. >> we begin with the fighting on the ground. >> fighting continues unabated in eastern ukraine. at least 20 people reportedy died wednesday in the rebel stronghold of donetsk. o

city of berlin and berlin film festival confused. it described the showing as terrorism. it vowed vengeance for the humiliation. in fact, the exact words were merciless punishment. this man is the boss here. he had to race to the north korean embassy and say you've got this all wrong. it has nothing to do with me, it is just a coincidence that it's opening on the same day. pyongyang did pull back, albeit privately. aside from that drama, there is plenty more to see on screen in the next week and a half. everything from chamber maids to cinderella is on show. they are doing it without even the director being here. he is banned from making films until 2030 after he upset his government. taxi is in for a real shout for the top prize as he watches from home in tehran. >> he doesn't stop, because that's what he's doing. he's making films expressing himself via film. he needs to make them and will never stop. for us, it's a great way of promoting his work to the world. >> over the next 10 days, the movie world will watch the crowds will fr

nick spicer, al jazerra berlin. >>> well the u.k.'s royal television society has honors al jazerra journalists peter greste mohammed erred fahmy and ba lahr mohamed all three remember falsely accused of supporting egypt's muslim brew hood and impressed more than a year. greste accepted the award on behalf of his colleagues who remain on bail until the next court hearing. >> we came to understand that this was about something far bigger than three of us alone. it was about the universal principles of freedom of expression. about the public's right to know. and we knew you were there right with us. but i also know that we really had no idea of just how broad that sense of purpose turned out to be. a this matters not just because of the impact on us and our case, right now the very idea of a free press is increase big under attacks from groups who take the heads off journalists who individuals who shoot up a magazine office in paris or a free speech conference in denmark to governments trying to limit the scope of our work withdraw cone

>> live from berlin, this is your world news on dw. good to have you with this. >> welcome. our top stories -- >> new information points to the real identity of the islamic state soldier known as g hottie -- jihadi john. and a german nurse who confessed to killing more than 30 patients is sentenced to life in prison. in his former life, he was described as gentle and extremely humble. now he is believed to be the ruthless executioner in the propaganda videos of islamic state. >> the computer programmer from west london has been identified as the i.s. killer known as jihadi john. the revelation has shocked many, especially those who knew him. >> for many, this man is the face of islamic state. now, several organizations claim they have identified the man beneath the mask. independent analysts and journalists say he is a kuwaiti-born british citizen rom and affluent family. he moved to britain at the age of six. members of a british muslim group who have worked with him say they are shocked by his apparent radicalization. >> you might be surprised to know that the mohammed tha

. >> and a film called taxi shots eagerly and iran captivates our correspondence at the berlin film festival. in russia, england merkel and francois hollande have arrived in moscow. >> the two leaders were in kiev with their proposals and john kerry was also in the ukrainian capital for talks. they say focus should be on a diplomatic solution. >> it shows how high the stakes have become in the ukraine can't act. it is far from certain they will succeed. she sought to play down expectations and ruled out negotiating when it came to ukraine's territory but said it would bring german and european values to the table. >> it's about peace in europe, maintaining it, and national self-determination which is part of that european order. as german chancellor, i will never concern myself with territorial westerns over the head of another country. in this case, ukraine. that is out of the question. >> they were laying the groundwork in kyiv. he expressed his support for reviving the peace deal. he emphasize it must be in accordance with ukraine's territorial integrity. in eastern ukraine, fighting has

husband locals, he joins us from a berlin -- honda nichols, he joins us from berlin. they may be playing hardball. >> says what it looks like. these two stories could be related. the ecb could not force the greek central-bank to impose controls. that would have to come from greece. if they only have so much breathing room to the emergency equity assistance that could have the effect of forcing them in effect to impose capital controls. it is report at the frankfurt newspaper, which is very well sourced in german circles. it's unclear if this view that german ship -- greek should impose as pan-european or just a german view and they want to help make it a reality. we are waiting this morning on the submission from greece to the eurozone group on what they actually want in terms of an extension of the bailout program , of the loan agreement. last night, and optimistic note from mr. yanoufikas. he said it would satisfy the greek side and the president of the greek group, the finance minister for the netherlands. one other note is that what we got out of athens yesterday

live, from berlin. >> great to have you with us. our headlines for you at this hour? the eurogroup finance ministers meet in brussels to discuss the greek bailout but go home early after athens ejects the proposals. >> gunfire instead of a cease-fire. outbreaks of fighting in eastern ukraine threatening peace deal. >> the people in copenhagen hold a vigil for the victims of this weekend's deadly rampage. >> it is over and it is over early. the face-off in brussels between greece and the euro zone's other finance ministers. >> the new greek government has said time and again that it will not accept any continuation of the indebted nations bailout terms. the proposal put forth was for athens to agree to extending its bailout by half a year and successfully conclude it. the greeks called the proposal irrational and unacceptable. the government was elected on promises to radically change the deal. gail in brussels for us. no deal again. are we getting closer or further away from an agreement? >> that is a really good question. i just came back from the european council. a

the skypes are not at the moment in berlin. >> john live in athens jonah hull live in berlin. >> time for an update on the heavy rain in southern africa. >> yes, a couple of weeks ago we talked about the big floods across marts of madda gas ger. it rained for a time. heavy rain for madagascar at the moment. we see a massive cloud over madagascar. it's been swirling away for a couple of weeks. look how the thunder headser upt. signs in the sky. we have had reports of a drought on. extending across a good part of the country, the west of the country. 126mm of rain in 24 hours. there's more to come over the next few days. take a look at friday's picture. circulation is in place. more downpours. as we go on through friday into saturday. going on into saturday. we can see little difference in conditions. sheltered by the mountains, still a little dry. you can follow the showers. more big downpours right across into the gulf of guinea. sun is making it further north. it's heading back into the southern parts of the west here. you know what further north it is fine and dry. there's a few sho

. >> in berlin, with this year's film festival is getting underwayen find out what the organizers here did or rather didn't do. to upset north korea. that's coming up, later. they have arrived off of their vision that the town conflict should be stopped. the trip is part of a diplomatic push to end the fighting. the u.s. secretary of state offered his support to the ukrainian president. he is calling for an immediate cease fire, but rush are sha isen waying that it's security will be under threat, if the u.s. sends he that will weapons to ukraine. and nato has a meeting in brussells to decide on a new rapid reaction force. the military is planning to strengthen it's eastern. where the later meeting is taking place. this is a key meeting of nato defense ministers over response to the crisis the ukraine. has anything come out of it yet. >> well, the meeting has fin thished a little bit earlier than it was first planned so they have made certain agreements. the center piece will be this so called spearhead force. which have up to 5,000 troops that will be ready to from deployed. which wil

but got the city of berlin and the berlin film festival confused. it described the hearing as terrorism, vowed vengeance and the exact words wesh were merciless punishment. peter costa was the bos boss. he says it's not anything to do with the berlin, pulled back albeit privately. there is plenty to see on the screen over the next week and a half. the golden bear is the big prize they are competing for here. doing it without the director even being here. jeffar penalhe is banned from make films until 2030. taxi is in for a ream shout for top prize as he watches from home in tehran. >> he doesn't stop because that's what he's doing. he's making films. he's expressing himself vie films and he needs to make them and he will never stop. for us it's a great way of promoting his work to the world. >> over the next ten days the movie world will watch. the crowds will freeze trying owatch and even north korea will be keeping an eye to make sure the crowds look at this and not this. phil lavelle, al jazeera berlin film festival. >> and for what's up the next

>> live from the dw studios in berlin, this is your world news. >> good to have you with us. our top stories at this hour -- a jordanian pilot burned alive in a cage. islamic state releases video timing to show its latest act of revenge against the west. >> another lone attack on french security forces -- three soldiers stabbed in niece. >> claims of genocide dismissed in the balkan wars. >> jordan has just confirmed a pilot kidnapped by islamic state has been killed. earlier, the jihadist group posted the video online which showed the man being burned alive. >> he was captured in late december after his jet crashed over northern syria. relatives and supporters show their solidarity and jordan plus capital. islamic state threatened to kill the pilot unless they handed over a jailed is rock -- a jailed failed suicide bomber. >> let's get the latest on this from a middle east analyst live on the line from oman. we know the jordanian king has cut short his visit to the u.s.. what is the sentiment? >> there is anger. people are calling for revenge not only the family and tribes b

, like here in berlin. fans burned the midnight oil to see the nfl'game -- nfl's game of games. >> it's another world. i think it is cool. it is the biggest sport on my radar. >> my father is american, so i grew up with it. i have not missed a super bowl in 28 years. >> it brings people together, a bit like the world cup. >> around 1000 fans came out to watch the patriots take on the seahawks. it was also a good excuse for a party and to sample a bit of american culture. there were plenty of refreshments on offer of course, and some typical american cuisine. patriots fans were in the majority, cheering on superstar tom brady and a german born player. the excitement reached fever pitch. >> what a great game. super! >> they played well. i'm satisfied and happy. >> despite the excitement, some spectators missed the dramatic end to the game, but perhaps that is understandable. in germany, super bowl sunday can be a long night. >> i don't know about you, i'm very tired. i did not catch the game, but i did catch

. >> let's catch up with damien mcginnis in berlin for us. damien the hard line that's being taken by wolfgang schauble and the rest of the german government, does that have the german public in lockstep support behind it? >> well, what's interesting is that the vast majority of public opinion supports mr. schauble's tough line. according to a tv poll which has just been conducted on a german news channel here in berlin 94% of german voters want mr. schauble to stick to this tough line. and that's because the feeling here in german that there's no point throwing money at the problem. what you have to do is think about the long-term solution. in berlin's minds, the long-term solution is economic reform. that means austerity, how much austerity, how fast that's the big question. but for berlin there's no question of accepting this letter this deal that athens offered yesterday. because there's no commitment in berlin's eyes from athens to firm commitment to push through economic reform. you have to remember of course german voters and the germa

. >> from baghdad to berlin, trying to break stow yo types. >> we begin in yemen where houthi fighters have staged a coo in what is seen as a unilateral move. the fighters announced the formation of a new presidential council tasked with writing the country's new constitution. opposition parties are calling it a coup. >> the houthi movement, fighters ever essentially taken control of the capitol and government buildings by force and now attempt to constitutionalize their takeover. their only partner it appears are members of the former regime. that ousted by the 2011 ref looking. their the members of the ruling political party. this is said to amount to a coup d'etat and refuse to recognize it. politically speaking, the u.n. special envoy went to saudi arabia just before this constitutional declaration was made to meet with ban ki-moon and the saudi government. some believe the saudis hold responsibility for what has taken place because of political support used to edge on the houthis to forcibly take control of the country. all of this is making the situation very precarious, making y

-- how much appetite do you think there is in berlin? is there really appetite amongst those in government in berlin to allow parts of the eurozone to leave? >> no, there is no appetite. part of the problem being they don't want the haircut. it is much easier to give new loans and kicked the can down the road. on the other hand, the people in the german government are beginning to see their approach to solving the problem is not really working. the mood is changing. >> thank you for joining us. >> another of our top stories, hsbc is under fire for helping customers avoid taxes. bloomberg spoke to the director for his analysis. >> the problem for hsbc is it is a bank and banks have been unpopular since recession. we are looking years into the future and are rebuilding the banking industry. i am a director of the pr agency working the financial services sector. i have worked in the pr industry for 25 years. i work for lloyd's of london. i think what hsbc has done so far is what any good business would do in a situation with solid pr behind

at the meeting in berlin. while mr. shribler the minister insists the new greek government is working together with the european union and troyca and sticking to the terms of the bailout. the new greek finance minister insists his government is not going to accept the terms of the current bailout and also what they want is a bridge program until the end of may so they can have debt talks and think about broader reform program for their economy. the bottom line from the meeting here in berlin is that germany has not moved a centimeter and the pressure is ever so high for greece to really present viable program for their economy and also for their society. for "nightly business report," i'm annette in berlin. >> and now julia chatherly with the reaction. >> reporter: returned to athens with the defiant message that he's given the greek people their voice back. now changed the narrative in europe a way from austerity. for european leaders, that message was already filtering through in the past month, but there's

that crucial meeting between them taking place today in berlin. the rest of the world, we saw a tiny bits in the bond markets yesterday because of positive at a at a out of the u.s. and positive services pmi out of europe. that's been slightly unwound today. german yields are lower than japanese yields which is the big story of a couple of days ago. the euro has been rangebound in the 113 handle for the last couple of sessions. it has been moving but not as much as people might have expected. the bigger moves focused in greece. the yen is at 117.3. the aussie dollar had a couple of good sessions following the declines earlier this week. let's look at the oil price because yesterday saw a big sell off in the oil price after a strong start to the week. it erased this weeks gains but not all of the bounce back since it's lows a couple of weeks ago. >> back to our top story the ecb announced it will no longer accept greek government bonds as colal collateral to borrow. the greek finance minister said the central bank put pressure on the euro group to

the reforms will be watched in brussels and berlin. the eu and germans have been hoping the french would make these. >> germany has said no to a request by greece to extend its bailout. athens wanted a six-month rescue package without extending the current deal on cut to public spending. they show that wanted to bring the country to its knees. >> six months for that is how much time greece asked for in a letter to lenders. as the clock runs down on a joint european bailout due to expire at the end of the month. >> he sees the letter is a positive sign, which could pave the way for a reasonable compromise in the interest of the financial stability in the euro area as a whole. >> the new greece government came to power on promises of ending austerity it blames for many living people on the edge of poverty. they want to focus on economic growth rather than reducing debt. that is not enough for berlin, which has been insisting athens sticks to its agreement. >> the contents of the letter are not to lead to an agreement. in a court must be

>> welcome to the "journal" coming to you live from dwp berlin. >> here are our headlines at this hour -- >> a service in dresden commemorates the attack that leveled the city and killed tens of thousands of civilians 70 years ago. >> fighting continues in eastern ukraine just hours before a truce is set to go into place. >> and the last day of the main competition at the star-studded berlin film festival. we go for a live update of the film everyone is talking about. welcome to the program. commemorations have been under way here in germany to mark the destruction of the city of dresden by american and reddish bombs. >> the allied attack created a firestorm that left 33 square kilometers in ruin and at least 25,000 civilians dead. the number could be far higher, as dresden was home to thousands of refugees fleeing the soviet advance in the east. >> 70 years later the memory of february 13 still haunts the city and those who managed to survive. >> 70 years after allied bombing reduced dresden to rubble, the church of the virgin mary stands once more. the house of worship is a proud sym

is like berlin saying not so fast. the state department giving a briefing just today saying that they are still committed to seeing a full implementation of the minsk agreement, not ready to abandon it yet. mixing criticism of the breaches allegedly by russia with some positive observations saying there are signs of heavy weapons being moved out of some areas and some signs violence may be dipping in some areas. there he much a wait and see mode, not talking at this point about taking the next step and abandoning the minsk agreement not least because if the u.s. did say it was giving up hope that would be seen as a fateful step likely to lead to some kind of escalation, including a return to that debate over supplying arms. >> more wait and see. thank you very much. the nigerian military says it has killed more than 300 boko haram fighters in air strikes in recent days. >> islamist militants from the group have attacked cities in northeastern nigeria in an effort to prevent presidential and parliamentary elections getc

i think russell's is as important as berlin. -- brussels is as as berlin. this is merkel's strategy. she doesn't want to get into a one-on-one negotiating. there has to be a moving at some -- meeting at some point. if they meet later next week, that's going to be remarkable. we don't have a plan yet. we have pieces of a plan floated in the press. there is not a firm plan that has been offered by the new reit government -- greek government. it is remarkable that the markets are reacting to a plan that isn't even formal or will be accepted by brussels or berlin. >> i think we are missing another capital. the ecb is playing a quiet game at the moment. we are waiting to see if they will issue t-bills for intermediate financing to keep this show on the road. i think there is a liquidity story as well. epb is a big part of that story. >> all we know is they are monitoring the banks. they were not concerned. this is as of last night. what we have is a good number, 12 billion in euros. that is all before the election. we don't know what happened after. that is 11 i

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standing by on the phone in berlin. hans, is enough being done to resolve what mohammed correctly described as a trust deficit between greece and some members of the eurozone, particularly germany? >> he try to address that leak. it is not just germany. their other." -- eurozone countries. -- there are other eurozone countries. building more trust in part because we will go back to brussels. we're in the first game of a potentially seven-game and nine game series and 12 game series. if something like that exist there has to be more conversation because every step of the way will be the old soviet cold war doctrine. trust but verify. that is clear from the germans and that is why the greeks are not getting any bailout money if and when they successfully submit this list later today or tomorrow. tomorrow, they are saved from a banking crisis here to actually get additional more money, that will not happen until april or there will be more meetings and verification and more oversight of how they're trying to fix their econ

the interview goes on genre lease here in berlin on thursday but north korea the berlin film festival confused. and it was not happy at all. it describe the showing as terrorism. i vowed vengeance the exact words were merciless punishment. from this man, he is the boss here he had to race to the north korean embassy and say look you have this all wrong it has nothing to do with me, it is just a coincidence, the it is opening on the same day. he did eventually pull back, albeit privately. iside from that drama, there is still plenty more to see here on the next week and a half. the golden bear is the big prize they are competing for here with everyone to chamber maids to send relative are la on show after he upset his government. taxi is in with a real shout to the top prize. as he watches from home in tehran. >> he doesn't stop, because that's what he is doing, he is making films, he is express aring himself so he needs to make them, and the films he make are are great and for us it is a great way of promoting his work to the world. >> over the next ten days the movie world will watch

we would expect berlin would hold the line. it looks like they have support from eurozone counterparts but this is playing out very european-style. what we are seeing is a prolonged protracted investigation. i think markets are taking comfort that we are still in that negotiation. >> who has the leverage? will this come down to the wording of the agreement? it seems as if the greeks want to write down. the rest of greeks don't want to call it a write-down. will it be a write-down in all but name at the end of the day? >> technocrats have had a lot of practice at this. they want to see around 30% of the bailout agreement taken off the table. what we don't know is what is in that 30%. there is room for negotiation. what the technocrats end up with remains to be seen. if we look at how european negotiations take place over previous rounds typically we go right up to the wire and slightly beyond. it is unclear as to what exactly the nature of the bailout deal might be. it is something we should be comforted by, the fact that we hav

>> this is the "journal" coming to you live from dw in berlin. >> out of stories. key leaders are just about to meet about the european -- the ukrainian crisis in minsk. >> morning former president richard von weizsacker. >> the great prime minister says there is no turning back -- the greek prime minister says there is no turning back. >> a key summit on ending the conflict in ukraine is due to be started in the belarus capital of minsk in a couple hours. >> the leaders of france, germany, and ukraine are making a fresh attempt after a previous attempt failed. >> the german chancellor's office spoke ahead of the summit, saying the talks offered only a glimmer of hope. fighting intensified in eastern ukraine, both sides limning the other for trying to grab as much territory as possible. >> once again, people are dying in the city of donetsk. a rocket exploded killing civilians. government forces have launched an offensive along the city in an attempt to fight off separatists. president petro poroshenko visited the city last night. 50 people died there in a rocket a

they saw first hand the peaceful revolution in 1989 that brought down the berlin wall. he says it has absolutely nothing to do with it. >> as long as you can't talk to them and as long as the things that are really wrong and bad are not gotten rid of there will always be people who are unhappy. the question is where is it going? and i think we're heading towards violence, not a peaceful dialogue. >> the latest demonstration attracted 15,000 people, which is fewer than in past weeks. because the media is here in such high numbers, he feels safe coming here. annette also takes a look. >> it's very uncomfortable to be here and see the people clapping to all these dumb slogans and these generalizations and then all these battle cries. >> they both hope the anti-islam movement will soon fizzle out, and that dresden will become a more open and friendly city once again. >> what's ironic is that this anti-islam movement is only really taken off in areas where very few muslims actually live. it's a very controversial topic so i'd love to hear you opinion. do get in touch. but no

and i think people here in berlin are very aware about that. >> damien mcginniss in berlin thank you. >>> a prominent bangladesh american blogger known for his atheist views have been hacked to death during a visit in dhaka. relative who is lived in the united states had traveled with his wife. he had been criticized as being anti-islamic. police are still investigating the killing. more details from dhaka. >> it happened last night. when the blogger along with his wife were coming out of the book fair in dhaka, they were coming out of the affair they were attacked in the middle of hundreds of people around and attackers, they went on they hacked them and they just left the scene. and in the rush to the hospital rushed immediately by the people around, and the doctors declared the bloggers dead. and his wife she received serious injuries. since then hundreds of bloggers and activists, online activists, that joined the rally in dhaka in the morning and they're demanding punishment of the killers who attacked on the blogger. >> relatives of western hostages who were beheaded by islamic

they saw first hand the peaceful revolution in 1989 that brought down the berlin wall. he says it has absolutely nothing to do with it. >> as long as you can't talk to them and as long as the things that are really wrong and bad are not gotten rid of there will always be people who are unhappy. the question is where is it going? and i think we're heading towards violence, not a peaceful dialogue. >> the latest demonstration attracted 15,000 people, which is fewer than in past weeks. because the media is here in such high numbers, he feels safe coming here. annette also takes a look. >> it's veryhere and see the peg to all these dumb slogans and these generalizations and then all these battle cries. >> they both hope the anti-islam movement will soon fizzle out, and that dresden will become a more open and friendly city once again. >> what's ironic is that this anti-islam movement is only really taken off in areas where very few muslims actually live. it's a very controversial topic so i'd love to hear you opinion. do get in touch. but now to serbia, a country which has

. >> sandwiches not going to waste in berlin. they are being used to feed the hungry. >> back on the sheet for royal madrid. we'll have the latest news from the champions league in about five minutes. >> 80 sandwiches were unsold, food gets wasted in many cases but in germany a foot sharing website, yeah, food sharing is helping to make sure that food reaches the right people. nick spicer explains. >> riding to the rescue. this berlin student is dropping off fresh bread a bakery couldn't sell before closing and some leftovers from his home fridge. >> i'm going away for the holidays and i still have a lot of food left. i can't take with it me, because it's too much. >> this tea shop is one of scores that drop off and pick up points in berlin for food that would otherwise go to waste. rafael is a founder of the food sharing website. he says the focus is not primarily on helping poor people, but on saving food with volunteers or food savers. >> you don't have to be poor, you don't have to be rich, the only thing you have to be is a

al jazeera at the berlin filling. festival. >> more than 400 movies will be screened between now and the finale on february 15th. >> and then there is this, in the skies over israel a large flock of starlings put on a dazzling show, the birds are known for these curving formations when they move together in groups of hundreds. they are heading north. >> that's spectacular. >> a and are minder tomorrow night, we will speak with former nato commander about who hi believes america's success in the ukrainian crisis critical to it's entire to the u.s.' entire global strategy. >> that's it for this hour. >> thank you for watching america tonight is coming up next, have a good night. on america tonight. >> how do you describe yourself? is. >> a mad junk yard dog. >> are little pieces of god's green acre here. >> that green acheser here in the valley of western pennsylvania. in the lake night teen 50's the local steel mill was taken over by a company contracted to build nuclearle bos. >> it was a nice town, and then this indu

that is berlin. we are joined by hans nichols. what exactly is the plan? a lot of reports. >> what we know is the presentation with 100 people and here is the proposal swapping existing debt owned by the ecb for the new securities and having that link to longer term growth inside of greece. it trickles out and it would avoid the haircut. instead, you have them looking to restructure the ecb and leave the imf and private sector debt loan. there is a specific about how the restructuring will take place. the greek government will present the plan by the end of the month. they still want to defeat -- get to the surplus on the deficit after they pay their debt. remember that the creditors want to see that. we do not know if there are plans to visit berlin and the prime minister enrollment today. they will be an brussels later. >> the monetary policy if they exit the bailout program has anything changed? >> what we got from the briefing is that they want to have a bridge financing and a four-month reprieve. in that time, they want 1.9 billion and they calculate

the message we're going to send from berlin to stuttgart is usa. if we send this out in the clear to stuttgart it will get there but it will also fall into the hands of any number of people who are monitoring our frequency. so we're going to encrypt this message before we send it to stuttgart. so i'm going to hit the u, then i'm going to hit the s, and then the a. and this is indeed what we would send to stuttgart. using our imaginations again we're no longer in berlin, we're in stuttgart now, we're in a different place later in the day. however, our rotor setting has not changed. so in stuttgart, i'm bringing the message back. my machine in stuttgart is set to 010104, that's not the setting for the day. i'm going to go back, and now in stuttgart i'm going to decrypt the message. here's the f, the u, the y, there's the s, and finally the c. and there's the a. so you can see it works very nicely. a lot of people are not impressed by this, they say things like, well, my grandfather gave me a little orphan annie decoder ring, so what's the big deal. t

. >>> returning to that breaking news from berlin and german parliament's approval of greece bail out extension crossing over to berlin and bringing in nick spicer to talk about approval nick, was it expected? >> it was expected and it was massive, 542 votes in favor, 32 again with 16 extensions and those nay and hesitant voices coming from angela merkel the democratic union for a large extent the german finance minister and driving the hard line agenda with athens over these past years said it was time for greece to realize that it had to convince the financial markets, not germany that it was able to continue achieving competition without any kind of external support. it was up to the greeks to realize the standard of living and minimum wage and other european countries was actually lower in other parts of europe and that they needed to achieve some kind of reform if they expected solidarity from european countries and germany approving the extension here and this is the last hurdle for it all to be approved to go forward for the new greek government. >> speaking of other european c

there are connotationsultations in bur berlin. the russians and ukrainians will have to hammer out a new agreement to finally get a cease-fire. i would not say there is an air of optimism but they are saying right now, all sides are talking to each other and trying to hammer something out. of course in the backdrop of that ukrainians have seen cease-fires in the past and those have lane in shatters days after being signed. that is why they want what they call defensive weapons from the u.s. a big topic here in the ukrainian capital. >> indeed. so many agreements have been broken. frederik pleitgen in kiev. thank you. fred mentioned eu leaders are moving forward with a new round of sanctions on 20 individuals. the highest is the deputy defense minister. let's go live to moscow a bring in cnn correspondent matthew chance. >> reporter: the russians say they are in favor of peace. they already agreed to a cease-fire that was broken in minsk in september. they blame the ukraine government side for failing to uphold that truce. both sid