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i.s.i.l. says it was behind an attack on a tourist beach in steuns yah. attunisia. at least 38 people are dead. i'm shiulie ghosh with the world news from al jazeera. also coming up let the people decide. greece's prime minister calls a referendum on the bailout deal. united in grief. sunni and shia muslims pray together. on an attack.
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plus. >> we will marry free. >> the american supreme court legalizes same sex marriage across the country. a group linked to the islamic state of iraq and the levant is claimed responsibility for friday's deadly attack in tunisia. the prime minister has ordered 18 modification to be mosques closed down. 38 people were killed in sousse. most of the dead were british nationals. nazanine moshiri reports. >> reporter: on a sunny hot day this mediterranean resort was fuld when full when this gunman started shooting. onces say he tookwitnesses say he
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took his time. some ran for their lives into the sea. others for the safety of their hotels. many of the injured were taken to hospital stilt still wear their swimming cost costumes. >> i was running away, they shot me, i have a broken fibula. i can't explain anything else to you. >> when i came out on the landing there was a loud explosion, i said this is really happening now. >> reporter: the victims were from a number of different foreign countries. the ministry of tourism has called this a catastrophe for economy. the attacker was shot by police.
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there are reports he was a young tunisian student. in march where foreigners were killed in a museum in the capital of tunis. they were trained to fight in libya. tunisia's economy has escaped most of the violence. it's held free and fair elections, religious and secular are in the government together. its government has called for unity and calm. it's under pressure to attack. >> it's not only the responsibilities of the security forces and army but also our national duty. we should unite to fight terrorism. >> are but there are a majority of tunisians who want so-called islamic state here. thundershowers are tunisians are
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fighting for armed groups abrade broad. >> a lot of tunisians are angry with the state and do not accept the state as a democratic and secular state. claim to wage jihad against the tunisian state. >> reporter: now it's talking about more police and soldiers on the ground but there are thousands of tourist spots and hotels around the country. many of them an easy target for someone intent on killing. nazanine moshiri al jazeera you tunis. >> martin way is with me now good to have you with us, martin. the last time we saw something as bad as this was of course the attack on the bardo museum. as far as the security in tunis has nothing been learned from
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that? what are the issues here? >> i think bardo was looked at as a same tack. i.s.i.s. has been continuously saying there's more to come in tunisia. tunisia's economy is built around economy and when you lock down the tourists don't come. >> the rise of extremism, there are reports that the killer in this case was a young tunisian student. why is extremism increasing in tunisia? >> a number of things. at least 3,000 of the fighters in tunisia are actually tunisians and have returned to tunisia. you have a major conflict in libya and the western part of
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tunisian that has always been a hotbed of extremism. opening for the more conservative some would say radical imams v who now have an in with some mosques to push more radical ideology. >> reporter: the tunisian prime minister of course saying he's stepping up security, sending more security to the isolated sites. this seems like a piecemeal way of dealing with these groups across the country. >> the global strategy it is going to be global to the extent of those countries that feel i.s.i.l. a threat or extreme civil a threat. they'll be involved. the big threat right now is the home turf of i.s.i.s. iraq and syria. that's where the emphasis is right now. if it's going to switch to
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tunisia and other countries you're talking about potentially the introduction of foreign troops into those countries. >> what do you think about the government shutting down 80 mosques is that going to calm down or cause some inflammation. >> it is going to cause some inflammation but the mosques because of the democratic reforms of the last four years they have taken advantage of the openness and now they're going to push the more radical views shut them down or keep a better eye on them. >> thank you for your views martin riordan. months of talks have failed to produce agreement for greece.
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the crucial deadline date is days away. barnaby phillips tell us what the main points of disagreement are. >> well, disagreements have been there for five years shiulie. on the whole outside creditors the eu, the imf have pushed tough austerity policies and in greece the feeling is that those policies have only caused the economy to contract, and increased the overall debt burden. on the other hand there has been frustration internationally that successive governments that perhaps this one in particular were not prepared to embrace tough structural reforms that greece needs ultimately to return to growth. these issues, they sound so dry but they have become
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increasingly emotive. extreme percentage of greeks now rely onen pensions for all or some of tear income. that's because so many young people are unemployed. so ton of grandmother is effectively or the grandfather is effectively supporting the children the grown up grandchildren who can't find works. this syriza government has resisted the as austerity programs very fiercely. it says workers should put higher contribution he to pensions, but cutting the fat out of pensions greece said no more. vat, it doesn't sound very exciting but this is areas where creditors were pushing the greek government to crack down ton deficit. the greek government did budge
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and said it would raise vat to 23% from hotels and that sarkt. but greek bis was not interested it should have been said that the imf have not always dealt with the greek debt cries its in a consistent way. the high vat rates and higher corporate tax which the syriza government was saying would stifle the country. mr. tsipras flew back to greece last night and made the extraordinary announcement in the early hours of this morning that the greek people win going to the polls in what, seven days time if parliament votes on it and they're due to meet in about 40 minutes from now. >> and what do the greeks make of all this barnaby? >> i think it depends where they stand on the political spectrum.
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as you would imagine after five years of economic contraction the flavor of the papers, the paper on the right wing, in other words they're no friends of syriza government, a referendum of bankruptcy. the euro or the drachma and make no mistake, that is what they will be telling the greek people over the next week is the choice before them. and ominously we're on our way to exam controls it says. big doubts whether greek banks can see out the next week. theap they've been surviving on life support of the european union central bank. see if that can continue. longer queues at bank machines
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as greeks try work out how many euros they can pull out and how much longer ultimately the euro will remain the currency. the paper on the left supportive sympathetic to the government, and they want to make us a colony, and there is a strong nationalist urge if you like although it's coming from the left that has said, we the greeks have been humiliated, staiches used thatalexis tsipras used that word last night and he will be urging the voters to vote against it but where it will end up is anybody's guess. >> barnaby phillips in athens. suicide bomb are killed 23
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people this a mosque in kuwait. after groups with links to i.s.i.l. claimed responsibility. mohammed jamjun reports. from kuwait city. >> violence snuffed owf lives of the faithful. suicide attack at a shia mosque has shattered a society's sense of security and left dozens dead and hundreds wounded. >> some pictures being shown of the suicide coward that walked into the place of prayer today wearing the same robes that i'm wearing now. it's very difficult to be able to stop that type of activity. we are investing or we will be investing in metal desterkts and detectors and the like but even that can be
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overcome with the use of different type technologies. >> this is third attack of its kind within a relatively secure gulf arab nation in the last few weeks, two consecutive fridayless in may now kuwait. an attack apparently led to sew terrorism in a country where shia and.sunni interact relatively peacefully. niem russnumerous officials vow to do what is necessary to ensure kuwait and kuwaitis are protected. by day's end a remarkable display of solidarity. shia and sunni side by side in
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worship. praying it would appear for peace. mohammed jamjum, al jazeera kuwait city. a man rammed his car into the gates of a factory in lyon. his employer's severed head was pinned to the instigate. the accused is a 35-year-old father of three. still to come, iran and six world powers meet for talks with another deadline just hours away. more after the break.
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>> welcome back i'm shiulie ghosh. let's remind you of the stop stories. an attack on tourists in tunisia, been blamed on an attack by islamic state of iraq and the levant. ordered the closing of 80 mosques for the violence. 27 worshipers were killed after friday's prayers in kuwait, a day of mourning has been declared. an all out confrontation terrorism. staples is calling for aalexis
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tsipras is calling for a referendum on sun the 5th of july. secretary of state john kerry is in have vienna for negotiations with iran. james bays is in vienna. >> let me tell you who's here and who's not here. u.s. secretary of state john kerry arrived late at night some hours ago. he arrived in the hotel behind me in the last 15 minutes came in in the back of the hotel we understand right now in the back of the hotel mohammed javad zarif is arriving here for start of talks. also the u.s. energy secretary is here as they continue these
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nuclear negotiations. let me make these quite clear shiulie, this is supposed to be, we have had so many phases of this long running saga but this is supposed to be the final phase, because the deadline is just 30 days away. that explains to you why these are crunch talks and this stage of the negotiations still key caps between the two sides. >> what happens if that deadline slips? >> well, they'll work through all of these issues and they know that the main sticking points include the issue of how they lift sanctions. the iranians want them all removed straight away, the western powers would like the see them staggered and some automatic procedure if iran was to breach the deal for sanctions to be reimposed also disagreements about inspections we have the supreme leader in iran saying no way they'll be
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allowed to inspect all sites. if they can't resolve the problems 5030th i think everyone is expecting there could be a few days of then further negotiations. but no one is publicly announcing that yet because they want to keep the pressure on and try and get the deal done this time. i have to tell you some diplomats i've spoken to say if they don't get the deal done on the 30th or the days after maybe there could be an extension of months but i don't think anyone wants that because i think if there's another extension there is a real problem with all of this unraveling. >> thank you james. james bays keeping us up to date with the negotiations in vienna.
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dozens of people have died, kurdish officials say i.s.i.l. typers have taken civilians hostage and using them as human shields. zeina khodr reports now from seruse on the border between turkey and syria. i.s.i.l. fighters attacked the mainly kurdish town on thursday. the survivors are still in shock. mahmoud says he saw i.s.i.l. fighters randomly killing civilians in the streets. >> we heard gun shots at 5:00 a.m. we went out on the street and saw people lying on the ground,
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bodies and blood everywhere. my father was shot. >> others remained trapped. kobani's residents are still searching for loved ones not knowing if they are alive or dead. a number of i.s.i.l. snipers have taken up in buildings and using civilians as human shields. >> my family can't go out because of the snipers. i have been speaking to them. i.s.i.l. has laid siege to neighborhoods. >> kobani is on turkey's border with syria. turkish border guards say they are only allowing the wounded to enter because of the continued fighting. violence has returned to kobani. i.s.i.l. was forced to leave the town after months of fighting
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with kurdish forces, who were backed by u.s. air strikes. if they wanted to retake town they succeed. >> they set off explosions they killed many civilians. >> reporter: i.s.i.l. struck back after a series of recent defeats at the hands of the kurds. i.s.i.l.'s intention pay not be to capture the town but to send a message it can't be defeated. zeina khodr the town of seruz on the turkish border. when president pierre nkurunziza announced he was running for a third term in office, that violates the
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burundi constitution. residents blame the government for power crisis, severe electricity cuts in pakistan have left many wide electricity or water. nearly 1,000 protesters in the yearn armenia armenian capital. hundreds of journalists and students have taken to the streets of caracas to protest against media censorship. they say a shortage in paper supplies is endangers newspapers across venezuela.
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also want academic independence and increased wages for professors. who are having their licenses revoked. the head of the u.n. refugee agency in haiti says it's not classifying haitians, leaving the dominican republic as refugees. the government of the dominican republic says it's part of a crack down on undocumented immigrants. the u.s. president barack obama ended an yooulg eulogy with singing "amazing grace." he urged everyone to not accept
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racialth equality. >> once the eulogies have been delivered, once the tv cameras move on to go back to business as usual. that's what we so often do. to avoid uncomfortable truths about the prejudice that still infects our society. that's how we lose our way again. >> a passive manhunt for a prisoner on the run is continuing after his fellow prisoner was shot dead. matt was shot dead in the woods by authorities.
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before historic ruling gay and lesbian couples were only allowed to wednesday in 36 states and washington, d.c. allen fisher be reports. >> reporter: as the verdict is made public, cheers outside the u.s. supreme court. that bans on same sex marriage were illegal and had to go. >> everyone can finally love who they want to love. >> i want to live in a country for all nationalities, sexual orientation, this is just amazing. >> reporter: 14 states mainly in the south and midwest will be brought in line with the rest of the country. the four justices who oppose the lifting of the ban are all conservative. chief justice john roberts writing, celebrate the commitment to a partner
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celebrate the influence benefits but don't celebrate the constitution. it had nothing to do with it. president obama responded with a tweet, hashtag love wins. >> this is a hugely significant decision, perhaps the most important ruling covering marriage to come from the supreme court since 1967 when it ruled that interracial marriage was not illegal. outside the court there are those that believe this is not the end for the fight for same sex couples. >> we want to make sure we can continue to fight. because our country needs housing protections and a whole host of issues that we are combating today. >> most americans support same sex marriage, now the court has
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made it clear the law does, too. allen fisher al jazeera at the u.s. supreme court in washington. >> we will marry free today ♪ >> and you can keep up to sedate with all the news on our website, be aljazeera.com. >> this week on talk to al jazeera katrina adams, she sits atop u.s. tennis as chairman of the board, ceo, and president of the united states tennis association. >> it's been 133 years since we were founded, so it is an honor to be the first... i don't think i have to fight for it uh...i was just being me. >> adams' climb to the top took a decade, and now the first

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