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♪ amazing grace ♪ >> president obama's eulogy. the greek prime minister alexis tsipras has called for a referendum on whether his nation should accept a proposed debt bailout. the vote will occur ton 5th of july. he will ask for an extension of the current debt bailout which ends on june 30. >> translator: tomorrow with a letter i will ask officially from the european leaders and institutions an extension of the program for a few days so that the greek people can decide free are pressure and blackmail as the constitution of our country dictates and the democratic tradition of europe. >> barnaby phillips has the update from athens. >> alexis tsipras gave the statement to the nation at 1:00

in the morning local time. humiliating and a violation of european rules he said. there seems little doubt from the tone of his remarks he will be recommending a no vote whether the greek people vote on sun, july 5th on whether to accept the terms. what would the consequence of a no vote be? many unknowns that are difficult to answer at this stage but perhaps mr. tsipras is is is hoping with such a no vote he could return to european creditors and the imf even at this late stage and say look, i have the greek people behind me l and you have to give us berm he terms. maybe he feels if greece is expelled from the euro zone, his position will be firm. greece is due to pay back to the

imf on tuesday close to $2 billion, money which the greek government says it does not have. and in his address mr. tsipras was extremely disparaging about the imf. any type of rapport the greek government has with its creditors so badly frayed is break down now. also we'll have to see what happens to the greek bangs in cominggreek banks.greek banks have been surviving on a drip feed of money from the european central bank. will the funds be forthcoming now that mr. tsipras has taken the extraordinary gambit? many questions unanswered in the greek debt crisis. >> mike westborrow says greece's decision to call a referendum is

a smart move. >> european authorities have not been bargaining in good faith from the beginning. that was clear you know ten days after syriza was elected. well you know within a week and a half of the election, is on february 4th the european central bank started to restrict credit in a ways that they didn't do to the previous government, and they had no reason to do that soarn to other than to undermine the government. they are fighting over pensions and something that shouldn't concern the european union central bank at all. they are in a situation where they have a nuclear weapon which is to scut off credit altogether and force greece out of the euro. they can't do that, but they can undermine directly to restrict

credit so they will get a new government that will do what they are told. alexis tsipras still has two-thirds approval rating but if this goes on indefinitely and given the media is biased against the government eventually he would lose support. so it's better to have the confrontation now while he has the support of the people. >> tunisia is to boost security at tourist resorts after an armed attack. ordered the closure of 80 modification for nighing violence. nouri s he beues nazanine moshiri reports from the capital tunis. >> on a sunny hot day this mediterranean result was full

when this gunman started shooting. his weapon was held in a breach umbrella. he took his time. some ran for their lives into the sea. are others for safety of their hotels. many were taken to hospital still wearing their be swimming costumes. >> when i come out there was a lownd explosion. i said oh this is really happening now. >> reporter: the victims are from a number of european countries. the resort in suess is one of the area's most popular. the government has called this a cat stroas for thecal strove forcatastrophe

for the government. tunisia's democracy has escaped the worst of the region's violence. it has held free and fair elections. its political process has been inclusive. ridges and secular are in government together but there are a minority much tunisians who want a so-called islamic state here. thousands of young tunisians are fighting for is abroad equality. >> angry against the state and do not accept the tunisian state and pledged to wage jihad against tunisian government.

>> reporter: tunisian security has already stepped up are patrol but nows it's talking aboutnow it's talkingabout are security on the ground. nazanine moshiri, al jazeera be tunis. >> president obama has delivered a eumg eulogy for a victims of the shooting in charleston, south carolina. ♪ amazing grace ♪ >> he's renown for his speeches but president barack obama used his voice to convey his

feelings. ♪ that saved a retch like me ♪ >> a man he knew, the reverend clementa pinckney was killed along with eight others, in a church he led. the president wanted everyone to know what they lost. >> he was on the pulpit at 13,. >> a call to action. >> the shooting spurred a debate about the confederate battle flag that hangs on the capital. it seems likely to be taken down. the president says that is not enough. there needs to be racial parity. deja thompson watched the speech. >> educate people more. i work with a lot of people that they might have certain

attitudes towards other races and i'm thinking that education is the key to actually making people more tolerant of other races. >> reporter: the president also called for action to end income inqueament inequality and extreme poverty. justice brown believes in: >> yowbl in giving up on anything. >> the president also called for gun control but the crowd seemed pretty doubtful about that. >> not as long as you have the lobbyist with the money and the opposing party it is not going to happen. >> reporter: once all nine victims are buried and the memorial is taken down the president said the conversation especially about race has to continue. >> there would be a betrayal of everything reverend pinckney stood for i believe if we

allowed ourselves to slip into a comfortable silence again. [applause] >> reporter: as the president left there was not silence outside of the church. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> reporter: there was a harmony that for now to many here, seems like a change. patty culhane, al jazeera charleston, south carolina. >> kuwait has claird what it calls an all out confrontation with terrorism. he suffered a mosque bombing which killed 22 and injured more than 200. at kuwait city, mohammed jamjun reports. >> a suicide attack at a shia mosque has shattered a society's sense of security left dozens dead and hundreds wounded. >> some pictures have been shot

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the be message at a was reinforced by the country's cabinet. officials have been placed on high alert. reassurances that were taken to heart. by day's end a remarkable display of solidarity. shia and sunni side by side in worship praying it would are create peace. mohammed jamjun, al jazeera. white house takes on an array of colors. as gay marriage becomes legal in every state in america. more on that. stay with us.

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♪ i once was lost ♪ >> ist president barack obama has developed the eulogy for those killed at a black church last week. obama urged those to confront the uncomfortable truths of racism. decapitated body was found. accused of ramming his car into the factory his employer's severed head was located. france raised its terror level to the highest after the attack. an escaped prisoner has been killed. the other man is still on the run. >> we have no reason to believe

that mr. sweat was not with mr. matt at the time. but we don't have any confirming evidence that he was either. there are several leads that are being tracked down as we speak. to -- about mr. sweat and his possible whereabouts. but we don't have anything to confirm where mr. sweat is at this time. the white house has been transformed into a rainbow to commemorate the legalization of same sex marriage. before the historic ruling gay and lesbian couples were only allowed to mayor in 36 is states states along with washington d.c. allen fisher has the report. >> reporter: a decision of 5-4 majority that bans on same sex marriage were illegal and had to go.

>> i'm glad that everyone can love who they want to love. >> the rights for all people, all people of all gender identities and sexual orientation. this is just amazing. >> reporter: 14 states mainly in the south and midwest will now be brought into line with the rest of the country. the four justices are all conservative and were scathing in their criticism of the ruling. justice john roberts celebrate the availability of new benefits, but do not celebrate the constitution. it had nothing to do with it. president barack obama whose views on gay marriage he says have evolved spoke his delight with the verdict with the hashtag, "love wins." >> offering to all same sex couples the dignity of marriage across this land.

>> the most important ruling corveg marriage tocovering marriage to come from the supreme court since the 1960est. when interracial marriage was legal. >> we also need housing protections and a whole host of other issues that we're combating today. >> all opinion polls indicate most americans support same sex marriage now the court has made it clear: it does too. >> we will marry free ♪ >> alallen fisher al jazeera at the supreme court in washington. >> that ruling on gay marriage followed another major victory for president obama. on thursday u.s. supreme court upheld tax subsidies that are crucial to give affordable

health insurance to americans. it was the second time that the court has ruled against major challenges to the policy. a scandal over stolen social security funds in honduras. around $350 million from the fund was allegedly used to fund the governing political party. adam rainey are reports. >> the capital of honduras, all in the wake of a corruption constantly at the public social security system, a social security system that had been robbed of some $350 million by officials charged with running that organization. the president admitted that his party received donations from corporations tied to that

scandal but he has now said he wants to negotiate with those people who are really calling for his resignation and for officials to come in here and investigate, but people here have no desire to negotiate with the president who they say is a criminal and a member of the corrupt political class and they will keep marching until he steps down and until the commission is convened here. (v) floria phillipo, says he doesn't recognize the charges filed against him. qatar filed the lawsuit after phillipo publicly accused them of corruption in the charlie hebdo attack. fifth night near the

presidential palace hoping to pressure the government to try oreverse the rate increase. controlled by russian electricity company. the united nations is calling for elections in burundi to be draid until delayed until the political issues are resolved. president pierre nkurunziza has decided to run for a third term. the philippines has been campaigning against china's construction of artificial islands in the south china sea. some filipinos in china say they want to see more friendly relations. marga ortigas reports. >> this service from china radio international 50 years old but it's facing challenging times.

>> the filipino survey aims to bridge cultural divide among chinese and filipino people. and to enhance their friendship and mutual understanding. >> reporter: that might be the mission at cri's editorial meetings but the divide between china and the philippines has never seemed wider. china is shaking up the region by be building controversial islands in the south china sea. it's been over a year since the philippine government brought the lawsuit. china has refused to participate in the process insisting it has indispoous annalindisputable rights to the water. speak country to country without what it calls outside interference. filipino classes have recently

been added to the beijing university a school known for creating diplomats. it aims to develop an entire course. >> it would be easy to stop the problem if you so speak the local language. >> reporter: when he's not at work at china radio leo teaching his native martial arts. doing his bit for racial relations. >> politics is not so pleasant hmm? so focusing on the more beautiful aspect, if we only focus on the things we enjoy more, the things we couldn't agree more then we can resolve the political differences. >> reporter: it's an

optimistic perspective not shared by up. beyond these walls political relations continue to fray, attacks at application discussions flown diser and out in the be ocean china is still building islands. marga ortigues, al jazeera south china sea. >> china appears to be surging ahead on its construction of these islands. is it all about this area? >> i think so. china is spearing ahead with its reclamation efforts its is following quite in the past 15 months or so and this is going

on unabated. >> does chien have to have sea lanes for example? >> a large quarter of the chinese establishment feels it is good to have have the land if you like. it feels like it would be more secure if it had sovereign control over these waters rather than to share these waters with other parties. >> and china says it's not doing anything wrong that it's finished most of the work but the intelligence seems to suggest otherwise. >> that's correct. i think there is clearly a disjunct chur between what the chinese are saying and what the chinese are doing. they are wrapping up they say the final bits and bobs of reclamation and now building

some be infrastructure, but it appears that activities continue over the pace they have followed in the last few months and this is causing concern by the united states in particular and other parties telling china to stop these activities and turn towards diplomatic and negotiational channels to resolve the disputes. >> many of these countries like fill peens andphilippines and china cannot have relations with china correct? >> these states are caught in a bind. they understand the realities of joe economics that child ais a dominant player, a lot of

economic dividends participating in china's sway over that rise. at the same time it's there business in the south china sea and intense certifying in the leas 18 months simply because it refuses to take heed from other parties in stopping those activities and turning towards other channels and instruments to resolve the dispute. thank you for speaking with al jazeera. angry with the government answer response to a heat wave that has killed many people. many public hospitals are struggling to cope as well as is patients continue to pour in. in indonesian, some farmers have refused to abandon their land because of an impending

volcano. more than 10,000 people have been forced to evacuate their homes. told. access -- >> today's ruling that gay and