[02:09.70]In the statement the European commissioner Olli Rehn says there are only hard choices left
[02:14.37]but help from the EU he said can help minimize the economic damage.
[02:18.50]The Euro Zone is offering a ten-billion euro loan while insisting on extra cash from Cyprus itself.
[02:24.26]It’s struggling to agree how to raise that money but appears to be moving towards some sort of contribution from bank’s customers.
[02:30.70]Exactly what form that will take is still undecided.
[02:33.90]But it’s likely to put more of the burden on customers with balances over 100,000 euro.
[02:38.96]France says it can confirm the death of one of the most senior commanders of Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb, Abou Zeid.
[02:46.12]He was reported to have been killed last month by French-led troops in northern Mali.
[02:50.20]And the French presidency says DNA tests have now made it possible to identify Abou Zeid formally.
[02:56.58]World News from the BBC
[02:59.75]The American Secretary of State John Kerry is meeting the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
[03:05.77]following talks with the Palestinian president in a bid to revive the stalled peace process.
[03:10.77]The meetings follow President Obama’s four-day visit to the region during which he urged the two sides to return to the negotiating table.