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Hello, I'm Julie Candler with the BBC News.
Russia has vetoed a U.N. resolution that would have condemned the Srebrenica massacretwenty years ago as an act of genocide. The killing of eight thousand Muslim men and boys byBosnian Serb troops in the town was the worst massacre since the Second World War. TheAmerican Ambassador to the U.N., Samantha Power, said reconciliation in the region wouldonly be possible by acknowledging the genocide.
“Only by recognising this genocide, the gravity of this genocide, and how we outside failed toprevent it, will we be able to help the region move beyond such a dark part of its history, helpit walk toward greater reconciliation, which we all seek, and live up to the promise ofpreventing genocide in our time.”
The Greek Prime Minister, Alexis Tsipras, will present new reform proposals to Brussels onThursday. As Greece has submitted a request for new bailout, the Head of the InternationalMonetary Fund, Christine Lagarde, said it was clear that Greece's debt would have to berestructured.
“In the context of Greece, we have always advised that that programme walk on two legs. Oneleg is about significant reforms and fiscal consolidation. And the other leg is debtrestructuring, which we believe is needed in the particular case of Greece for it to have debtsustainability. That analysis has not changed. Greece is in the situation of acute crisis, whichneeds to be addressed seriously and promptly.”That comments come as US TreasurySecretary Jacob Lew, said the debt relief was important as a Greexit from the Euro will bringhuge risks for the global economy. Greek banks will remain close for the rest of the week, anda sixty-euro limit on withdrawals will remain in force.
The Police Commissioner in the American city of Baltimore has been fired two and a half monthsafter riots sparked by the case of Freddie Gray, a black man who died from injuries he receivedin police custody. The Mayor, Stephanie Rawlings Blake, said growing criticism of the PoliceCommissioner, Anthony Batts, was preventing the city from moving ahead.“I think it'simportant that we understand we cannot continue to debate the leadership of the departmentand we are going to see, you know, the profit that we want to see in the crime fight. And youknow, I think, I would say the Commissioner understands that.”
Legislators in the U.S. state of South Carolina are deciding whether to remove the Confederateflag from the grounds of the Capitol. The bill was introduced following the killings of nine blackchurch goers in Charleston by a gunman who'd opposed to the Confederate flags. It hasstarkly been seen as a symbol of the troops who died fighting to preserve slavery.
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Pope Francis, who's touring three of the poorest countries in Latin America, has arrived inBolivia, in the city of Al Aoto. He will only stay a few hours because of concerns for his health atthe high altitude before leaving for the low-land city of Santa Cruz. Earlier, in Ecuador, he calledfor more to be done to protect the environment.
The Colombian President, Juan Manuel Santos, has welcomed a new month-long unilateralceasefire announced by the FARC rebel group. From Bogota, here's Nata Newcosoy.
“The FARC said it expected that the ceasefire would make it easier to discuss a bilateralceasefire with the Colombian government. The statement was released in Havana, where thegroup has been holding peace talks with Colombian officials since 2012 to try to stop aninternal conflict that has been running for more than half a century. The new unilateralceasefire will be the second one in the past few months. The previous one ran between lastDecember and May.”
The former Italian Prime Minister, Silvio Berlusconi, has been found guilty of bribing a senatorin an attempt to bring down the government. But he will not have to serve any time in prisonbecause the statute of limitations were kicked in before his appeal can be heard.
Reports from Guinea say the former military ruler, Moussa Dadis Camara, has been indictedfor his role in the 2009 massacre in the capital, Conakry. More than a hundred and fifty peoplewere killed when security forces opened fire at thousands of protesters. Mr. Camara lives inexile in Burkina Faso.
The German Chancellor, Angela Merkel, has assured Balkan countries there will be no delay innegotiations over their attempts to join the European Union. Speaking in the Albanian capital,Tirana, at the start of a two-day tour of Albanian, Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina, Mrs.Merkel said it was in the E.U.'s interest to make sure western Balkan countries have, what shecalled, a European perspective.
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