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>> rising waters taking their toll... we go to the threatened marshall islands... to talk to the peole affected most >> is there a plan? >> no more money. europe's finance ministers refuse to extend the bail out. hello, i'm barbara serra. al jazeera from live from london. >> foreign tourists flee as this man killed people at a beach resort. >> still optimistic iran's foreign minister meets his u.s.
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counterpart just days before a nuclear deal deadline. >> i'm in india's oldest toy store. we'll look at how the story involved over the years while staying close to its roots. >> hello there, thank you for joining us. time is running out for greece because the europe finance ministers have announced there will be no extension of the country's bail out. it had been intenses for a final we have correspondents in the key locations. let's go to andrew simmons in brussels first. i guess eurozone finance
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ministers made no street of the fact that they were disappointed when the greeks announce this referendum which was due to be on july 5th, five days after the end of the country's bail out. i guess the gamble on behalf of the greeks have not really played out. >> well, you're right in saying that your row finance ministers were well, taken aback would be an understatement. they were shocked. they didn't expect this to happen. and they were pretty resolveed to really stand firm. absolutely no way it would seem that there was going to be any acceptance of going back to the negotiating table because greece had made it clear they say they have been declared this referendum, no discussion that the referendum would take place in any discussions private and public here in brussels. ahead of it, and there was a
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resolution amongst all of finance ministers that they were not happy with this. this has come to the point whereby they could no longer do business with this left-wing government with greece. they were categorical in saying that no way would they move further down the road. now the way this works now is that without the money coming--without the actual aid package continuing by tuesday there will be no money to pay the international monetary fund of $1.6 billion euro pay back, and they will be technically in default although it could be argued if the imf was not to move on this, they could move it for a month and they could be in arrears. there could be movement there. but it does appear that greece could be on the way out of europe, that all the predictions, all the fears that this might happen one day are finally arrived. it's an historic moment here in
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brussels. and this is how the announcement was made. >> the process was not finished as far as we're concerned. the proposals weren't formerly discussed or decided upon. the yet the greek government has broken off the process, has rejected the proposals, and is now putting them, which is also an unfair way to put it to the greek people, putting them now in the referendum with a negative advice. given that situation i think we must conclude that however regretful that the program will expire on tuesday night. >> now, they have focused on the finance minister who came to brussels. he had a list of demands. he wanted a one-month extension
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of the bail out. he wanted a return of $1.9 billion ecb holdings to pay the imf on tuesday. no chance that there would be an agreement to that. there was an absolutely unanimous view held by all 18 of the euro finance ministers here. the 19th finance minister had this to stay. >> the accuser of the euro group today to endorse our request for an extension of this agreement for a few days, a couple of weeks, so as to allow the greek people to deliver their verdict on these proposal, and especially given it is given high probability that the greeks would vote in favor of the proposal. that refusal would certainly damage the credibility of the
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euro group as a democratic union of partner member states and very much afraid that that damage would be permanent. >> when he left brussels he was asked if this is if bad day for you. is this a bad day for greece? he replied that it is a bad day for europe. they will make--start a meeting in due course. it has to example how it's going to tackle the potential chaos with the markets open on monday, and the question is will the ela be used to the point whereby the emergency assistance will they keep pumping billions into the greek economy will that continue or will it reach a point where the government potentially becoming insolvent it has to stop. that is a decision for the european--that's a situation that may not be political it
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may be technical. it could be that it would go against the rules of the european union to keep on pumping billions into an insolvent government. that could be the crunch point. it could happen within a matter of days potentially. it's unclear quite how this is going to be averted and no one really knows what's going to happen next. >> thank you for that. now let's go to athens and speak to al jazeera's john, the greek parliament was in session. they were debating this referendum scheduled for the fifth of july. what was the reaction from them? what is their response from what we heard come out of brussels? >> well, the government has just issued an official response to what was said earlier who said that it was the greeks who
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walked out on talks rejecting a lot of it on the table even though talks had not concluded. clearly very irritated at the greek stance in bruce else. the greek government has issued an statement saying that the institutions submitted an unreasonable proposal, that no greek government could accept. sometimes it said ultimatums are turned around and sent back where they came from. in other words this is the greek government saying to the europeans saying if your proposal is a reasonable one let the people judge. we will hold you to the quality of your proposals. it isn't necessarily the most diplomatic approach. it is a stance that is, in fact as defiant as ever this tsipras government since elected in january. there have been many strong words exchanged during the negotiation period, but today tensions are running very high in athens as the opposition in parliament behind me openly
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accuses the ruling leftists of having a secret agenda to take greece out of the eurozone since before they were elect: now they say the government is seizing the opportunity to bring about the conditions of instability unpredict ability and an environment in which greece may very accidently trip out of the eurozone. we shall see. in the coming hours the majority by which parliament agrees or doesn't agree perhaps to hold this referendum, but the government does have a majority of 162 seats in the house of 300. it only needs 151. it appears therefore to have the vote in hand, and we expect that tomorrow the president will receive this order from parliament to proceed to issue the referendum instructions. >> john live for us in athens. thank you.
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>> going to tunisia now where the government is dismissing reports that a group linked to isil is behind fighter's attack on a resort. officials say that he had never traveled abroad and was unknown to police. pictures have emerged from the attack. moments of sheer terror for dozens of unsuspected terrorists in the area. 39 people were killed including the gunman, who open fired on sunday on a beach outside of two hotels. we have this update with more on who might be behind the attack. >> the claim of responsibility appeared on social into under the name of the islamic state in iraq and levant saying that the gunman is someone called who was
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acting on behalf of isil. but then the security forces, the security sources also saying that they doubt that. they don't have strong evidence to suggest that this is someone affiliated with isis. i think they're following different leads particularly knowing that one of the suspects was arrested yesterday by security forces. but if you look at the armed groups who have had an up rising particularly in the past four years, all groups affiliated with isil. athletes groups have been accused of killing opposition leaders in tunisia targeting security forces and killing members of the army, particularly in the mountainous areas. for the time being the government are saying they're following some of the leads established by the gunman. in this building that you can see behind me was where he was
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acting as a lone wolf, or was he acting with al-qaeda. >> well, 15 of those killed were british nationals saying that number could well rise. >> the attack is most significant involving british people since the attacks in london. in july 2005 and the numbers keep rising. >> sadly i can confirm that 15 british nationals were killed in yesterday's atrocities. but i should stress that the number may well rise. as several more have been seriously injured in this horrific attack. >> the targeted hotel was filled with british tourists. saturday morning some of the 20,000 british tourists still in tunisia began to leave. holiday companies sent flights
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to evacuate them and extra staff to deal with the bereaved still on the ground. >> i stayed at the hospital to gain safety from the hospital. but it's a complete-- >> he just started shooting, randomly shooting. you could see when the bullets were hitting the sand. >> the front pages of the british newspapers were dominated by the story and prime minister david cameron held an emergency meeting to discuss the attack and how best to respond to it. security has been raised in a number of events in the u.k. on saturday. >> these savage terrorist attacks are a brutal and tragic reminder of the threat we face around the world from these evil terrorists. this morning i've chaired a second cobra meeting focusing on the attack in tunisia. i would ensure that we do all we
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can to help those effected and to protect people from those terrorist threats. threatsterror they have been inundated by callsed worried relatives trying to contact those who have been caught up in the attack, but there has been a lot of criticism of how they've responded so far. >> tunisia has become popular and frequent destination for british. but this attack has created financial damage, it's not clear how long it will last. >> a nation mourns, thousands pay their respects to the 27 people killed in friday's suicide attack on a mosque in kuwait. and also coming up, kurdish forces push isil fighters from a key syrian border.
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>> al jazeera america, weekday mornings. catch up on what happened overnight with a full morning brief. get a first hand look with in-depth reports and investigations. start weekday mornings with al jazeera america. open your eyes to a world in motion. >> youthe move is in response to greek prime minister alexis t tsipras decision on the bail out deal. they will ask greek people to vote on reform that was row posed on thursday. tunisia's prime minister has
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dismissed reports that a group linked to isil is behind the attack on a tunisian beach resort. the funerals for 27 people killed in a suicide-bomb attack in kuwait have been held. thousands of people turned out for the funerals calling for national unity. the government of kuwaitis are facing the blast with solidarity solidarity. now top officials including the u.n. secretary of state john kerry are meeting in vienna for final negotiations. but there is still major
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obstacles to overcome. all powers want a tough inspection regime. they also want strict limits on the number of centerfuges permitted, and they want the removal of iran's existing stock piles of nuclear fuel. in turn iran says it wants to produce nuclear power for energy and medical purposes. it wants sanctions lifted as soon as a deal is agreed. that would give access to financial markets from which it has been cut off james bays now has more from vienna. >> back to the negotiating table for what is supposed to be the final round of talks. >> i think everybody would like to see an agreement but we have to work through some difficult issues. >> we're determined to do
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everything we can in order to be able to make this decision. >> but earlier he used tougher language when he spoke with reporters. >> the other side needs to implement and abide by its commitment particularly on the removal of sanctions. all of the sanctions. and sanctions security council sanctions must also be terminated immediately. >> detail technical negotiations are also under way. >> are you confident you might be able to get a deal? >> no answer, but he, like all the delegates know there is a great deal of work before the deadline now just days away.
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the u.n. resolution would deal with the issue of angels. oneof sanctions. >> it can be presented to diplomats in new york by a document for political leadership that all capitals have approved, and then you move without having to jump through hoops that are unnecessary. >> french foreign minister has now arrived in vienna. his counterparts from russia, china and the u.k. are thoughts to have plans to meet soon all needed in the hardest part of the process. >> activists say battles are continuing south on the town on the board for turkey-syria
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border. >> five months after isil was forced out of kobane, the group sent its fighters back in. the hospital was one of the buildingings where fighters took up positions in a surprise attack on nurse. syrian kurt of the ypg force fought fierce battlings for two days before managing to restore peace and stability. and it came at a price. around 200 people were killed. the majority of them civilians. randomly shot in the streets. kobane is in morning mourning. isil not only killed civilian, they took many as hostage. >> they took me with my family,
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and they took 32 hostages in total. >> the attack is a blow to syrian kurds who had been boasting about their gains. the assault was more about sending a message. in recent weeks isil lost strategic territory to the kurds. days over the kobane offensive isil spokesman said that we may lose battles but we cannot be defeated. isil is now taking the fight to the kurdish ypg stronghold. it's trying to capture the region in the northeast. for now the kurds can claim victory in kobane, but only after it has rid isil from the
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town. >> fighting in yemen has escalated can late houthi strikes. a shot hit a fuel tank which ignited. it was believe that one was killed in the attack. >> an african-american woman has been arrested after climbing a flagpole at the south carolina state capital and removing the confederate flag. the woman and the man were taken into custody and charged with defacing a monument. there are growing calls for the confederate flag to be removed in public places after the massacre of nine in a church. president obama said that the flag is a symbol of racial
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oppression. staying in the u.s. in new york state police are continuing to search for a man who escaped from a max security prison three weeks ago. convicted murderer richard matt was shot and killed by police on friday, but david sweat is still on the run. the search area has narrowed near where matt was found. china says giving up its territorial claim over the south china seas would shame its ancestors. the foreign minister said that japan needs to accept its neighbors' rise as a major power. something that he says japan has benefited has. they said there would be no change of china's territorial claim to the spratley islands disputed by several of the countries. more than 200 people have been injured in a blast at a taiwan water park. the explosion caused a fire that spread into a crowd of people in
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new taipei city. 83 people have been left with serious injuries. the cause of the blaze is still under investigation. in sri lanka the president resolved parliament, paving the way for an earlier than expected parliamentary vote. vote willing now be held on august 17th. >> more than a thousand people have now died as a result of the heatwave in pakistan. the city of karachi has been the worst affected. the heat has now subsided bringing relief to the millions who have been affected. emergency relief continues to arrive in affected areas in
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india where 50 people have been killed. flash flooding triggered by seasonal monsoons have destroyed bridges and houses. there's been no rain in the region for the past two days, and relief workers are now trying to reach people who are stranded. despite competition from new retailers, india's oldest toy store is going through the fifth generation family owned store. it began business in 1890. we visited the shop in new delhi as part of the still going strong series. >> in one of new delhi's most famous markets rcs toys look fairly ordinary. but inside the small shop is exceptionally cramped with all kinds of toys. giving children a wide choice even if they already know what they want. >> it would be a very, very long track that would give out steam.
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>> but if case they change their minds they're free to rummage around all they like. >> 75-year-old great grandfather started the business in 1890 taking over when he was a teenager he still hands on with the business helping customers. >> you although modern toys sell sell toys of the classic kind still sell. he said that the toys today do not compare to the ones sold years ago. >> i love to talk to my toys. my toys talk to me. the toys that. >> the store itself is a bond for many families. some of whom have been coming here for decades. it's not only the classic toys but the modern electronic ones
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that keep customers coming in generation after generation. and they have toys that cost as little as as dollars that going up to hundreds of dollars so all feel welcome. >> his son handles the online side of the business. that accounts for 15% of sales he said the business will only modernize to a point. >> fundamental, the toy store should be fun. that will not change. i want to translate that online also. >> that sense of fun and loyalty is why he's adamant he'll never sell his shop's prime minister prime location. >> i don't have a shop, i have a family. >> that's why as modern india grows this small store in the capital aims to keep on selling
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toys for generations to come. al jazeera, new delhi. >> well, more on that and all the other stories we've been covering on our website the address now www.aljazeera.com. >> june 2010, fighting erupts between the uzbek and kyrgyz communities of southern kyrgyzstan. the violence spreads from osh to nearby towns. >> they came and started looting houses killing people. systematic theft, destru
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