And for today′s top international news headlines, we now turn to Lee Sun-ho at the news center.
Today′s focus: Greece finally agrees on a bailout with its creditors,... China devalues its currency,... and Japan restarts its first nuclear reactor since the 2011 Fukushima disaster.
Sun-ho,... let′s start out in Greece.... It seems Athens can let out a sigh of relief with this deal?
What did they agree on?
Aside from some minor details, Greece and its lenders finally reached a consensus, after long, winding talks held throughout the night.
The grueling 23-hour session ended Tuesday with Greek officials emerging from an Athens hotel... to announce the outcome.
″There are one or two small issues, but we are almost there.″
The package is expected to be worth nearly 95 billion U.S. dollars,... in new loans for Greece.
The officials say they expect this third accord to pass in parliament,... on either Wednesday or Thursday, and then be sent to euro zone finance ministers... who will review it on Friday.
If passed,... it will pave the way for Greece to pay back its debt of three-point-five billion dollars... to the European Central Bank... by August 20.
Greece has fought austerity terms laid out by creditors for much of the year... before finally giving in to the pressure of being expelled from the euro zone.
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