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In his first big speech before parliament the Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has said he will raise the minimum wage and rehire public servants who were sacked as part of the previous government's austerity measures. Damian Grammaticas reports.

Alexis Tsipras told parliament he will rehire thousands of sacked public-sector workers and reopen the state broadcaster which was closed to save money. He said Greece wanted to pay its massive debts but under a new deal. Germany is Greece's biggest creditor¹. The nations who have given massive loans to Athens insist it must stick to reforms. And they weren't to be pleased either by Greece's new Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis. In an interview with Italy's Rai television he described the euro as fragile and said the single currency was like a castle of cards, adding if you take out the Greek card the others will collapse².

The leaders of Ukraine, Germany, France and Russia are planning to hold further talks on Wednesday to try to find a diplomatic solution to the conflict in eastern Ukraine. Emily Buchanan reports.

The proposal appeals to be broadly a resurrection of the previous Minsk deal reached last September. It would likely involve an immediate³ ceasefire and a creation of a demilitarised zone to keep the warring sides apart. The problem is Russian-back rebels have advanced since last September, and their new troop positions would mean Ukraine losing control of yet more territory. Even if a deal is agreed many wonder if the rebels on the ground will stop fighting.

Iran's Supreme⁴ Leader Ayatollah Khamenei has said he firmly supports the negotiations⁵ with western powers aimed at securing a compromise on Iran's nuclear programme. The comments came as the Iranian foreign minister met the US Secretary of State John Kerry in Munich. Jonathan Marcus reports.

The signals are increasingly positive that a deal on Iran's nuclear programme maybe in sight. Mr Zaref said afterwards "we're reaching the point where it is quite possible to make an agreement and I do not believe anything will be different a year down the road." There's a reference to the possibility of extending the current interim⁶ agreement beyond the end of June. But the most significant comment probably came from Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who's reported to say he would go along with a deal that is in the making. The hope is for progress on the central issue - the scope of Iran's enrichment activity - and if the movement can be achieved here, then it could be the key to resolving other area's disagreement.

Egyptian state television says at least 14 supporters of the Zamelek football club have been killed and many others injured in clashes with police outside a stadium in Cairo. Other reports say the casualties are much higher. Fighting broke out before a premier⁷ league match against the ENPPI team. Police used tear gas to disperse⁸ the Zamelek supporters.

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Jordan says it's carried out 56 air strikes in three days against Islamic State militants⁹ in Syria. The head of the Jordanian air force General Mansour al-Jbour said the attacks had degraded nearly 20% of the group's fighting capabilities¹⁰. Jordan intensified¹¹ its air campaign in revenge for the killing¹² of a captured pilot whom IS burned alive.

United Nations envoy¹³ to Yemen has said all the political parties there have agreed to resume talks on the future of the country. Jamal Benomar said the negotiations will include the representatives from Shia Houthi militia¹⁴, which recently took over the government. President Hadi resigned last month after Houthi rebels tightened¹⁵ their military control on the capital Sanaa. The Secretary General of the United Nations Ban Ki-moon said the Houthis had created a government vacuum.

"The situation is very, very seriously deteriorating¹⁶ with the Houthis taking power and making this government vacuum in power. There must be restoration of legitimacy¹⁷ of President Hadi."

A researcher in England has discovered a forgotten copy of the Magna Charta, the political charter that established the principle of the rule of law eight centuries ago. Agreed by King John in 1215 the Magna Charta set limits on the power of the English monarchy¹⁸ and inspired the American Declaration of Independence centuries later. Only 24 copies are known to exist.

The final of Africa's most prestigious¹⁹ football tournament, the Africa Cup of Nations, has gone into extra time. No goals were scored in 90 minutes of play between Ghana and Ivory Coast in Equatorial Guinea. The two African footballing giants also met in the final in 1992 when Ivory Coast won on penalties. Ghana has won the competition four times but not since 1982.

希腊总理阿莱克斯·齐普拉斯首次在议会发表重大讲话，他说他将提高最低工资，重新雇佣此前政府紧缩措施下被解雇的公务员。达米安报道。

阿莱克斯·齐普拉斯告诉议会，他将重新雇佣数千名被解雇的公务员，重新开放为省钱而关闭的国家广播台。他说希腊希望在新协议下支付其巨额债务。德国是希腊最大的债主国，给希腊提供过巨额贷款的国家坚称希腊必须坚持改革，而且它们对希腊的新财长雅尼斯·瓦鲁法克斯也不满意。在接受意大利国家电视台采访时，这位新财长称欧元很脆弱，称这一单一货币就像纸牌做的城堡，如果将希腊抽出来，那么整个城堡就坍塌了。

乌克兰、德国、法国和俄罗斯领导人计划周三继续进行会谈，希望找到解决乌克兰东部冲突的外交途径。艾米丽报道。

该提议在很大程度上是去年9月份明斯克协议的翻版，可能包括立即停火，并建立非军事区来分开交战双方。问题是俄罗斯支持的叛军从去年9月开始就在向前挺进了，他们的新军事据点将意味着乌克兰要失去对更多领土的控制。即使能达成协议，很多人仍担心战场上的叛军是否会停止战斗。

伊朗最高领袖哈梅内伊表示，他坚决支持与西方大国进行的协商，以确保就伊朗核项目达成妥协。此时伊朗外长正在慕尼黑与美国国务卿进行会面，乔纳森报道。

这些信号越来越积极地表明，有关伊朗核项目的协议可能近在眼前了。Zaref后来表示，“我们很可能要达成协议了，我认为未来一年不会有什么不同。”这是在指可能会将目前的临时协议延长至6月底，但最重要的意见可能来自伊朗最高领袖哈梅内伊，据悉他表示赞同正在达成的一项协议。目前希望能就核心问题取得进展，也就是伊朗浓缩活动的范围，如果谈判就这一点取得进展，那么这可能就是解决其他领域分歧的关键。

埃及国家电视台称，开罗一座体育馆内Zamelek足球俱乐部粉丝与警方发生冲突，至少14名粉丝丧生，多人受伤。也有报道称伤亡情况更严重。冲突发生在与ENPPI球队的联赛之前。警方使用催泪弹来驱赶Zamelek队的粉丝。

BBC世界新闻。

约旦称三天内对叙利亚的IS武装进行了56次空袭，约旦空军领袖曼苏尔将军称袭击削弱了该组织20%的战斗力。约旦加大其空袭力度，是为了向被IS逮捕并烧死的飞行员报仇。

联合国赴也门使者称各政党已同意就该国的未来继续谈判，贾迈勒·班诺马尔称协商者包括最近接管政府的什叶派胡赛民兵的代表们。上月在胡塞叛军加强对首都萨那的军事控制后，哈迪总统就辞职了。联合国秘书长潘基文称胡赛派军导致了政府真空。

“由于胡塞叛军夺权，并导致政府权力出现真空，因此局面非常糟糕，必须恢复总统哈迪的合法性。”

英格兰研究者发现一份被遗忘的大宪章副本，也就是8世纪前确立法治原则的政治宪章。大宪章是国王约翰1215年批准通过的，为英国王权设立了限制，数世纪后启发了美国独立宣言的诞生。目前只有24个副本存在。

非洲最重要的足球锦标赛非洲国家杯已经进入加时赛阶段，在赤道几内亚，加纳和科特迪瓦的90分钟比赛中没有进一个球，这两大非洲足球强国在1992年的决赛中也对决过，科特迪瓦赢得点球。加纳赢过4次，但自1982年后再也没有赢过。

1 creditor   

n.债仅人，债主，贷方

参考例句：

• The boss assigned his car to his creditor.那工头把自己的小汽车让与了债权人。
• I had to run away from my creditor whom I made a usurious loan.我借了高利贷不得不四处躲债。

2 collapse   

vi.累倒；昏倒；倒塌；塌陷

参考例句：

• The country's economy is on the verge of collapse.国家的经济已到了崩溃的边缘。
• The engineer made a complete diagnosis of the bridge's collapse.工程师对桥的倒塌做了一次彻底的调查分析。

3 immediate   

adj.立即的；直接的，最接近的；紧靠的

参考例句：

• His immediate neighbours felt it their duty to call.他的近邻认为他们有责任去拜访。
• We declared ourselves for the immediate convocation of the meeting.我们主张立即召开这个会议。

4 supreme   

adj.极度的，最重要的；至高的，最高的

参考例句：

• It was the supreme moment in his life.那是他一生中最重要的时刻。
• He handed up the indictment to the supreme court.他把起诉书送交最高法院。

5 negotiations   

协商( negotiation的名词复数 )； 谈判； 完成（难事）； 通过

参考例句：

• negotiations for a durable peace 为持久和平而进行的谈判
• Negotiations have failed to establish any middle ground. 谈判未能达成任何妥协。

6 interim   

adj.暂时的，临时的；n.间歇，过渡期间

参考例句：

• The government is taking interim measures to help those in immediate need.政府正在采取临时措施帮助那些有立即需要的人。
• It may turn out to be an interim technology.这可能只是个过渡技术。

7 premier   

adj.首要的；n.总理，首相

参考例句：

• The Irish Premier is paying an official visit to Britain.爱尔兰总理正在对英国进行正式访问。
• He requested that the premier grant him an internview.他要求那位总理接见他一次。

8 disperse   

vi.使分散；使消失；vt.分散；驱散

参考例句：

• The cattle were swinging their tails to disperse the flies.那些牛甩动着尾巴驱赶苍蝇。
• The children disperse for the holidays.孩子们放假了。

9 militants   

激进分子，好斗分子( militant的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The militants have been sporadically fighting the government for years. 几年来，反叛分子一直对政府实施零星的战斗。
• Despite the onslaught, Palestinian militants managed to fire off rockets. 尽管如此，巴勒斯坦的激进分子仍然发射导弹。

10 capabilities   

n.能力( capability的名词复数 )；可能；容量；[复数]潜在能力

参考例句：

• He was somewhat pompous and had a high opinion of his own capabilities. 他有点自大，自视甚高。 来自辞典例句
• Some programmers use tabs to break complex product capabilities into smaller chunks. 一些程序员认为，标签可以将复杂的功能分为每个窗格一组简单的功能。 来自About Face 3交互设计精髓

11 intensified   

v.（使）增强， （使）加剧( intensify的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• Violence intensified during the night. 在夜间暴力活动加剧了。
• The drought has intensified. 旱情加剧了。 来自《简明英汉词典》

12 killing   

n.巨额利润；突然赚大钱，发大财

参考例句：

• Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。
• Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。

13 envoy   

n.使节，使者，代表，公使

参考例句：

• Their envoy showed no sign of responding to our proposals.他们的代表对我方的提议毫无回应的迹象。
• The government has not yet appointed an envoy to the area.政府尚未向这一地区派过外交官。

14 militia   

n.民兵，民兵组织

参考例句：

• First came the PLA men,then the people's militia.人民解放军走在前面，其次是民兵。
• There's a building guarded by the local militia at the corner of the street.街道拐角处有一幢由当地民兵团守卫的大楼。

15 tightened   

收紧( tighten的过去式和过去分词 )； （使）变紧； （使）绷紧； 加紧

参考例句：

• The rope holding the boat suddenly tightened and broke. 系船的绳子突然绷断了。
• His index finger tightened on the trigger but then relaxed again. 他的食指扣住扳机，然后又松开了。

16 deteriorating   

恶化，变坏( deteriorate的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• The weather conditions are deteriorating. 天气变得越来越糟。
• I was well aware of the bad morale and the deteriorating factories. 我很清楚，大家情绪低落，各个工厂越搞越坏。

17 legitimacy   

n.合法，正当

参考例句：

• The newspaper was directly challenging the government's legitimacy.报纸直接质疑政府的合法性。
• Managing from the top down,we operate with full legitimacy.我们进行由上而下的管理有充分的合法性。

18 monarchy   

n.君主，最高统治者；君主政体，君主国

参考例句：

• The monarchy in England plays an important role in British culture.英格兰的君主政体在英国文化中起重要作用。
• The power of the monarchy in Britain today is more symbolical than real.今日英国君主的权力多为象徵性的，无甚实际意义。

19 prestigious   

adj.有威望的，有声望的，受尊敬的

参考例句：

• The young man graduated from a prestigious university.这个年轻人毕业于一所名牌大学。
• You may even join a prestigious magazine as a contributing editor.甚至可能会加入一个知名杂志做编辑。