BBC News with Iain Purdon

The head of the Eurogroup Jean-Claude Juncker says he's totally opposed to Greece being forced out of the single currency. Mr Juncker said the priority was for the country to come up with a robust and critical strategy for closing the gap on its debt.

"I'm totally opposed to the exit of Greece from the euro area. This would be of no help for Greece, and this would

entail

major risks for the whole euro area. And if those who are advocating day after day the exit of Greece would keep them off, it would be easier to make the progress that's needed in the privatization of those enterprises which have to be privatized."

Police in Kenya say almost 50 people have been killed in clashes in the east of the country. The victims who were burnt or

hacked

to death were mainly women and children. It's the most deadly outbreak of violence in Kenya since disputed elections five years ago. The fighting between rival communities is reported to have begun over land and

grazing

rights. Grant Ferrett reports.

Kenya suffers sporadic violence between ethnic groups, often related to grazing rights for cattle. But this is thought to be one of the deadliest clashes since a wave of killings that followed disputed elections five years ago. The exact number of casualty is still unclear. Most of those who died were women and children. They were hacked and burnt to death. The confrontations took place in a town of river area between villages from the Pokomo community and Orma