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it's crunch time. he mergency talks due to begin in brussels. can greece be saved from defaulting on its debt? you are watching al jazeera live from doha. more than 20,000 people sign a petition calling on the german chancellor to release al jazeera journalist ahmed mansour. thousands of people form a unity bridge in charleston south
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carolina to honor the victims of last week's church shooting plus . >> i am adam rainey in a heyatian neighborhood. many struggle to go decide whether they should stay or go. brim minister alexis tsipras has made a last minute offer. if greece doesn't repay a $1.8 billion loan by the end of the month, it could lead to a disastrous exit from the eurozone. john psaropolus. >> after years of aust air tee,
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these people believe they have a government that's on their side weighing in at more than 600 people greece's public servants represent one in six greeks still in work. >> our government is negotiating an honorable compromise. it wants europe divided. we want to stay in europe as an equal member. >> reporter: is some are from the private sector. >> we came here to support our government's efforts and to tell europeans that numbers aren't everything. there are people here they are suffering. we don't want the same social classes to continue to lift this weight. >> century old laws have begin state laws tenure for light. the state she had 300 since it began. deals not available in the private sector.
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>> this is the most powerful and well organized labor force in greece capable of swinging elections at more than a bill quan dollars a month. it is also the most expensive claiming more than a 5th of the budget but these people have had their salaries and benefits clipped already. they do not want to also lose their tenure. the ruling leftists agree saying with the economy as fragile as it is, laying them off now would cause further recession. >> there is little sympathy for these people. the private sector which has taken the brunt of unemployment still at 25% last thursday private sector workers took to the streets to express anger with those they feel was imposed on them for the sake of maintaining the state. this and mentioned are the government's biggest expenses red lines it has vowed to defend as the government heads in for a showdown with its creditors, its popularity seems vindicated. 47% would relocate it today,
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less than % more than it got five months ago but the greeks desire to remain in the eurozone in turn out to be two income patible positions. athens. >> this is a crucial week for greece and europe in a few hours time prime minister alexis tsipras will sit down in brussels. he will meet with leaders from the european central bank and the imf. june 25th and the the 26th could offer another opportunity for more talks at the regularly scheduled eu summit in brulsz when leaders fromssels when leaders from. all of the states will be there. june 30th is when greece's bail-out problem expires. on the same day, greece has to pay $18,000,000,000 or default on its debts. a professor at the university of east london is a co-author on
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greek debts. he says the ramifications of a no deal with greece go far beyond europe. >> there is a political dimension here tsipras comes from brulszssels for a new gas pipeline joined with turkey who wants to see greece outside of the european union and then that will be a major disruption for nato and people security as a whole in a zone in which you have greece the it is very possible if grease steps out, that will be the first step towards a bigger catastrophe for
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eurozone and nato. it is immense. nobody meksz that. >> egypt's attorney general asked mansuer to be ex tra indicated to. he is spending his second night in custody. he says the accusations against him, which include torture are absurd. 20 people have signed a petition demanding his immediate release. paul brennan has more from berlin. >> he was detained on saturday at berlin's airport as he was about to board a flight to k qatar. it was made by germany's federal please who handed him over in berlin. berlin. he issued a video mention criticizing the police action. >> unfortunately, the german authorities are handling this case in a very suspicious manner. >> raises a lot of questions on its involvement and how they are collaborating in egypt. >> he was sentenced in abstenia
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to 15 years in prison on the charge of torturing a lawyer in tahrir square in 2011. when egypt asked interpol to issue a red notice international arrest warrant, interpol refused. now it appears cairo has taken a direct group. >> an in the man, doing his job. two leading programs on al jazeera. >> al jazeera's acting director general said in a statement, the crackdown ol journalists by egyptian authorities is well known. our net working is the arab world's most watched has taken the brunt of this. other countries must not be tools of this media oppression, at least least of all. germany. he must be released immediately. >> this is becoming an international diplomatic incident. mr. mansour homes joint
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citizenship. the uk consul has been involved. germany have to explain why their police issued an arrest warrant. >> an online petition has been signed by thousands of people. german politicians have come out in support of mr. mansour. the leader of the green party tweeted german government must explain arrest in berlin. highly questionable. >> the international federation of journalists, the arab organization of human rights and dozens of other rights organizations have condemned his arrest. protesters gathered in berlin to show solidarity. there will be no further process until it goes before a judge later on monday. >> paul brennan reporting. he sent us this update on monday's court proceeding. >> we had a preliminary hearing
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on sunday to go through the paperwork and just to dot the i's, cross the ts action make sure the documents had been gathered that were necessary. it wasn't a substantive examination or the allegations which the egyptian authorities have placed against mansour. >> will take place on monday. what's going to happen on monday is that at 9:00 a.m., the attorney general will arrive at his office documents rubber stamped today will wait for him. at 9:00 a.m. local time he will start to read them. after that he will call mr. mr. tormar his local lawyer here, call him and say, i have read the documents, let's convene a formal hearing to look in substance at the allegations that's that's the reason why timing of monday's hearing is up in the air. we are not exactly sure when the hearing will take place it will
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take place at some point on monday. >> that's the process it would go through. one big question is just how much leeway does the attorney general have to throwing this case out if, for example, he might believe it to beblic politically motivated or does he have to push it through just as long as the paperwork is in order? is this purely a bycratic exercise? all of those questions will be answered when the hearing convenes. >> land minds have been planted in palmera. syrian observatory for human rights say it's not clear whether the group plans to use the bomdz or to destroy the site use the bomdz to destroy the site or to stop government forces from tie to go advance. the syrian government continued its airstrikes in and around
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palmera on sunday. two prison guards have been arrested accused of torturing inmates. lebanon's justice minister said it was a crime against the nation and humanity. a warning. you may find some of the pictures in the report disturbing. this video provides a rare glimpse inside lebanon's prison on the outskirts of beirut. it shows prisoners with their hands tied behind their backs being beaten with a plastic rod. in another video, a man is receiptedly hit and kicked. the guard asks him what he's accused of. he replies, transporting terrorists two prison sfrerz been arrested. leb no hope's justin minister describes it as a crime against humanity. >> we will continue the investigations until the end. the crime cannot go unpunished.
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the perpetrators will be held accountable judicial investigations have already started. >> lebanon's largest prison is overcrowded. former inmates have said they were routinely tortured. in april, there was a riot in block d. lebanon's interior minister says the video appears to have been filmed during that time he for whatever reason. romnant fighters is it holds several of taking part in the 2007 battles against the lebanese army. civic leaders say they have documented many. one of the many things happening inside the jail. we have recorded several cases
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but we have been reluctant to reveal them to the public. >> these videos have left people in lebanon deeply concerned about what is happening inside lebanon's jails victoria gatenby, axis. >> the afghan taliban captured another province. it follows heavy fighting with the army. the district army says afghan forces have had to retreat. still to come on the program, why thousands of people in nepal are at risk of land sliendz following april's quake. antagonizing choice. hatians could leave everything if they try to stay in the dom i hope can republic
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accused of torturing inmates on the outskirtsbeirut a crime against a nation and against humanity. >> thousands of people have formed a unity bridge in solidarity with the emmanuel church where nine black people were killed on wednesday by a 21-year-old white man named dylan roof. the crowd held hands and ond served 90 an hor of silence. gabriel was there. >>gies is mine. >> you have heard -- the historic emmanuel ame church has seen a lot but never a day quite like this. a service that was somber but uplifting in gospel worship and
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song a congregation that doesn't want to be defined by the shooting at that killed nine people including the church's senior pastor and most of the ministerial leadership. >> the doors of mother emmanuel is open on this sunday. it sends a message to every demon on hell and in earth. ♪ >> the emotion inside harkined back to the truest history of the church in black america, a refuge in the most difficult moments going back to slavery, outside the church the pain of the events raw, several hundred people who could not get a seat listened. >> our families grew up in this church. i am here today to let everybody know that this is the holy city. we are not going to let any evil take this city down.
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>> elsewhere in charleston, there was a moment of silence. several dozen churches told their bells -- tolled their bells, black, white, strangers consoled each other after a painful week. >> this brought to the forefront deep divisions that remain in the south of america, whether it is how to deal with a confederate flag, gun control or inherent racism. those are things that will be discussed but just not today. people today said today was abouthoning those who lost their lives . >> i am here because i couldn't think of any other place to be. to pay homage to the congregation. >> it surprised nobody here that a large number of white people came out to support the church. >> i think that charleston is a community that rallies when our
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neighbors need us. >> coming together as a community. we are trying to do the right thing, trying to move forward. >> as the service ended, they hugged, hoping to spread the spirit of resilience not only here but beyond. al jazeera charleston south carolina. >> reverend john paul broun is the pastor of mount zion in charleston. that's just four blocks from where wednesday's shooting took place. he says emmanuel church's reopening is sniffing can't for the community. >> any time through threats and violence that the doors of the church is closed it takes away the hope of a lot of people. a lot of people get inspired and come, just knowing that the church doors was going to be open today, createdina super charged atmosphere. the chufrnlingdz have been under attack ever since existing. he manuel ame was burned down
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during the insurrection of veasey in the 1800s but if you look at the structure, it is tremendous. the church is always defined not how it falls down but how it gets up and we have always been getting up whether it was black church, whether it was the love of god through other churches and faith-based community. we are did he have finand pennsylvania border after two fugitives were reportedly spotted there. the two men used power tools to escape from prison earlier this month. they have been convicted of murder. investigators have charged a prison officer for helping them escape. pope francis has criticized the global powers for inaction during world war two when jews were taken to death camps in europe. the pontiff says intelligence
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gathered then had indicated right arm routes took to auschwitz where millions were killed. he condemned the repress of christians under joseph stalin. china has defended it's controversial construction work in the south china sea. beijing now says its building facilities to improve weather forecasts. the chinese easy government has been constructing an air strip in the stratleys islands claimed by neighboring countries including vietnam and the philippines philippines. china says it has a responsibility to provide better weather forecasts for the rehmon to monitor storms and improve mayor time safety. beijing is due to hold talks on tuesday with the u.s. which has been tracking expansion on the island. two more people infected with middle east respiratory syndrome have died in south korea. the latest death bring the total
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who have died in south korea to 27. the health ministry indicates there are three new cases bringing the total of mers cases to 172. more than 130 people have died in an intense heat wave in pakistan. most of the casualties were in the southern port city where temperatures have soared 30 to 45 degrees setsous. doctors say the majority of deaths were from heat stroke. weather forecasters say the heat wave is likely to continue for a few more days. thousands of people in nepal are facing continuous landslides after april's devastating earthquake. villages have been asked to move all of their residents to safety. without any concrete relocation plan, people are now living on the edge.
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one such village: >> reporter: driving there is not easy at the best of times. along the way, small landslides and flattened villages look like wounds on the mountainside. this is a little market where the dirt road ends. four villages further up can be reached only by foot. the furthest takes five days to reach. people have walked for days to receive aid here we are the first media team to arrive two months after the quake. since the quake, locals here are very nervous. on april 25th, as villagesers scrambled out of their falling houses, they found the land shifting and splitting below their feet. >> i ran out with my granddaughter and i sat here my house was crumbled. i was afraid i was going to be buried here along the village, a deep crevice has arrested. it has been falling
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continuously. >> this used to be levelland. this, too, has come down and the government has instructed the villagers that this village and the villages around are way too dangerous to live in now. >> an estimated 43villers have to be permanently relocated according to surveyors. a key 17 villages are from the geological team has not completed the final report yet. across the river, villagers from higher up mountain sides set up temporary camps. >> no time to mourn her daughter. already village is unliveable. landslides block the trail. she made a treacherous journey and joined her sister-in-law who lost a daughter. everyone has left our village. the ones who are left have goth
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further up the mountain where there are trees. i don't know where to go. we thought about building here but the landslides are continuous. besides the after shocks, the locals say loud bangs of falling rocks wake them up at night. residents here have the memory of 97 people being swept away when a landslide took with it a part of their village. with continuous landslides and mon soon around the corner they fear for their lives once again. animal activists are up in arms over a dog meat festival being held. thousands have been slaughtered for the annual festival to mark the peak of summer. some animal lovers have resorted to buying dogs to save them. >> many hatians are facing an uncertain future weighing
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whether to wait for the government to rule on the residency status or head over the border to hatai before they are deported two families now on two different paths. a thriving small business. that's what john has built here on the dominican republic's northern coast, but as a hatian migrant, he is at risk of losing his internet cafe. he's been waiting seven months for a response to his citizenship application. if the government keeps delaying or rejects it, he says he has one choice. we are going to have to return to hatai on their own. ifthy they deport me my family could be split up. my mother could lose all of her things. back at his family's house, his mother said she applied to stay too. the costs for additional
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paperwork keep adding up. she says she is running out of options. >> i am having problems with these papers buff you have to spend so much money on them. i register but i have to go back to hatai because i don't have enough money to keep filing paperwork. >> what i will many families are waiting for official word from the government, thousands of people across the country are having conversations trying to decide if it's better to pack up all of their belongings and leave the country or hold tight and wait for a decision from the government. benny swatiban feels he can't leave even if he wanted to. he was born in hatai but his wife and daughter were born in the din can republic. they have birth certificates to prove it. neither country recognizes his wife or daughter as citizens effectively making them stateless. >> if they deport me i don't know what i would do with my wife and daughter. they would be separating us.
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his wife says she can't pronounce her last name and is scared she will be sent to a country she doesn't know. >> i hardly ever leave the house. i carry my documents everywhere even though officials might say they are useless and pick me up and take me over to hatai. i don't let my daughter go out either. >> stay at home or prepare to leave it forever. it's hard to see either option as much of a choice in the north of the dominican republic. >> india has set two againis world records on the first ever world yoga day. people from 84 countries took part at a mass yoga session led by modi in new delhi. some sports news and american golfer jordan spieth is the new
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u.s. open champion. it means the 21-year-old has won back to back majors after victory earlier this year. mistakes on the second to last hole looked like they could cost him title but his nearest rival s couldn'tcal capitalize. he took the title by one shot. >> baltimore's sandtown neighborhood. the heart of west baltimore, and one of the city's poorest areas. this is where freddie gray grew up -- known to friends as pepper. >> why was his nickname pepper? >> i never heard of pepper being bad for nobody, salt is bad for