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york goodnight. greek parliament votes for a referendum on its bail out. is the country heading for a default? hello, i'm darren jordon you are watching al jazeera live from doha. hundreds gather at a tunisian resort to pay tribute to the victims of friday's massacre houthi rebels in yemen set fire to a major oil refinery as heavy fighting continues across the country. >> a football shock from brazil a year after winning the world
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cup, it crashes out of the copa america after marathon talks in greece, the parliament voted to hold a referendum on the terms of the european debt bailout. that referendum is scheduled to take place on sunday. greece is facing a default that could push it out of the euro by tuesday. greece's partner sent a strong mess in and they are refusing a request to extend a credit life line. greece has to pay back 1.6 billion euros, or face bankruptcy, and that would spell disaster for its banking system. barnaby phillips has more from athens. a momentous and acrimonious debate in the greek parliament. at one stage opposition m.p.s walked out. but it ended with a vote in favour of the governing syriza's
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party motion that there should be a referendum on july the 5th. the prime minister alexis cyprus said the referendum was a chance for the greek people to take back control of their own destiny. >> this verdict intended with the vote of the people and will end with a verdict of the greek people on next sunday. >> earlier opposition leader was withering. he argued that the government is recklessly endangering greece's membership of the eurozone. >> in the central market we found support for the prime minister. the weekend is always busy here as athennians stock up for the week ahead. for pensioners these are anxious times, no one can be sure what the next few days have in store. or whether a referendum would
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solve greece's problems. let's leave europe now, we have had it with all these agreements. >> how am i meant to answer the question when no one is explaining it. what happens if we go back to the drachma, and what happens if we stay in the euro. >> it's a great mistake. if you owe so much funny, you cannot afford to be so arrogant. meanwhile, unusual queues building up at the cash machines. some greeks are getting nervous. >> it's not yet panic, but a significant number of greeks are taking no chances with their own money. the government is trying to sound reassuring but the remorseless logic of the situation is this. the more greeks take fright the more trouble the banks will be in. >> the government is appealing for unity. the danger is that greeks are
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polarized as to how their country can emerge from this crisis. fighting in yemen escalated with a houthi attack on a major oil refinery in aiden. witnesses say 14 people have been killed in the area victoria gatenby has the latest. >> witnesses say houthi fighters fired missiles on the refinery a shell hit a fuel tank. smoke billowed over the city. the refinery has not received oil through the port. but has 1.2 million tonnes of storage. what happened today is a heinous crime, trying to seize the city of aden targetting the refinery which considered the only source of income for the city. >> reporter: aden has been the
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source of fighting. artillery hit a military center two days ago. the location is important. it's near the golf of aden. it became a base of operations for yemen's president in exile. after he was forced from the capital this year. both the port and refinery are controlled by pro government fighters, they'd been battling houthi rebels and forces loyal to salah. despite months of air strikes, the houthis control large parts of yemen, and they are well armed. >> i ask our brothers from the coalition to help us. right now we live in dicircumstances. and people are wondering how long the fighting will last when will it stop. >> reporter: behind the front lines there are unarmed people suffering, and the humanitarian
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situation is worsening, with the lack of food and essentials like food and water. >> in the yemeni city of tiaz seven fighters have been killed 16 injured. they've been engaged in battles with fors loyal. residential neighbourhoods have been targeted. kuwait detained the driver of a car used by a man in a suicide attack in a mosque. he is a bedun, a community which the government doesn't recognise as citizens. saturday, mass funerals took place for the 27 people killed. we have this report from kuwait city. a furniture procession unlike any before it. demonstrating defines and sorrow
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in equal measure. mourners prayed for the dead. and prayed through their pain. >> our whole lies in q 8 have been united one hand one hart. this though is like a nightmare. this man lost several in suicide bombings, and said it's too hard to take. why, why. for what seen did they die, were they killed did this-en to them. if the attack was meant to sow religious strikes, it had the opposite effect. bringing two communities closer. the attack was more than one sect or another.
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>> translation: we are all one here, there's no sunni or shi'a. >> reporter: one by one the bodies when buy as men and women processing it they could not acknowledge happening. shock and grief, a society accustomed to feeling secure contending with a new reality. above all else the bereaved wanted to honour the members of the dead. >> translation: my tears have not stopped flows from yesterday until today. i have not stopped crying much >> reporter: their grief, this woman tells me will last for a long while. the resilience she assures me will remain forever. a vigil has been held in sousse where dozens were
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massacred on friday. 38 were killed. including a gunman after opening fire. on sunday hundreds rallied outside the hotel against extremism. they gathered in the capital to denounce the kill i'm, and some voiced concerns over a crackdown by the deposit. dispute security on the beaches, plane loads of tourists have been heading home. european travel companies bring back close to 5,000. at the scope of the attack most tourists left, but the owner of the hotel was determined to keep its doors open. from sousse here is hashem
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ahelbarra. >> reporter: this man is dealing with the biggest crisis in his career. his family owned the imperial hotel where 38 tourists were killed in an attack. he shows me where the gunman came from and started randomly firing at the guests. he says he's determined to keep the phone running to honour the memory of those killed. >> as you can see, there is maybe 50 tourists who are still at the hotel. i would say that even if we have zero tourists in the next week. or in two days, we are not closing the hotel. this woman has been a waitress of the hotel since it was 22 years ago. she knows the victims and treats the guests as if it was members of her family. >> translation: as the bodies of victims were laying on the ground, i was rushing from place to place to see if they were alive. i never treat people as clients. we are one family. >> most of the tourists left the hotel. only a few chose to stay. the impact on tourists is felt
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everywhere. this man had a business. it was a good business. when sousse was battling with tourists. now he barely makes a few dinars to buy food for the chin. -- children. >> translation: business is almost gone, i spend hours waiting for clients, and hardly anyone shows up. i have five kids. bad times. >> reporter: bad times indeed. for investors, the only way to protect tourism is have the government beef up security across the country. >> it's a tough climate. it's a tough time for this country. all that is under threat after tourists were shot as they lay on the beach
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greek could be faces a default on tuesday. earlier a request to extend was refused houthi rebels attack an oil refinery in aden. 14 people have been killed in and around the area. and a vigil has been held in the tunisian resort of sousse. hun dreth gathered outside the hotel. it's announced what they called extremism. >> it's been 11 address since a gunman shot and killed nine church members. protesters have been mobilizeing around an activist who pulled down the confederate flag. she has been hailed a hero. tom ackerman has more. bree newsome, a 30-year-old activist climbed up a 90 meter high flag pole outside the carolina state house on saturday
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and removed a piece of cloth, symbolic of a wider debate. she and supporters said they were taking down the confederate state battle flag, a mark of white supremacy inspiring the killing of 5 bible study workers. police put the flag was put up, she was released on a bond. a crowd fund raised more than 60,000 more her. some civil rights groups praised her move, others say it could delay exchange. the authority is scheduled to debate the issue in two weeks. newsome said action needed to be taken now. >> there's doing the right thing and the wrong thing. >> it's time for people to have the courage. everywhere has to step up and love, else it will not stop. every day that flag is there is an endorsement of hate. >> the protest follows president obama's eulogy in which
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-- for one of the victims on friday, in which he he called the flag a reminder of subrogation. in nearby alabama whose governor ordered flags down. several turned out several white supporters turned out. ♪ i wish i was in the land of cotton ♪ they sang the song of the confederacy, the slave holders that fought and lost the civil war 150 years ago. those objecting to the flag say it's more than a symbol. >> for many in the country it represents oppression, not just from the oppressed side, but the side of people who choose to oppress. >> the funerals of three victims of the gunmen were held in charleston. . >> in this community of prayer and love set a desperately needed message to the world, and
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that is you respond to hate with love. the world needs that message and it's coming from you and this community. >> the state's republican governor pledged to join the campaign for the flag's removal ja a search continues in the u.s. for a prisoner on the run after his accomplice was shot dead. the pair broke out of prison. two prison workers have been arrested on charges of helping them escape. >> western diplomats trying to reach a nuclear deal have three more days until the self-imposed deadline. negotiators are in vienna for a critical phase of the talks. they have to decide how to allow iran to have a civilian programme, while ensuring it doesn't develop nuclear weapons. kurdish forces say they have
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wished i.s.i.l. fighters out of syrian town of kobane for the second time. activists say battles are tong south of the down. it is close to the border with turkey. nearly 180 people have been killed since i.s.i.l. stormed the town two days ago. zeina khodr reports from the turkey-syria border. >> kobane yet again, was an urban battle ground. five months after i.s.i.l. was forced out, the group sent the fighters in. the hospital was one of the buildings where fighters took up positions after tricking their way into the town in a surprise attack on thursday. syrian kurds of the y perform g-force fought fierce battles for two days before managing to restore peace and stability. it came at a price, around 200 were killed the majority civilians, randomly shot in the streets.
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kobane is in mourning, and is in shock. i.s.i.l. didn't just kill civilians, it took many hostage. >> they entered my house. we were so scared. they placed us in another house. we were 32 hostages in total. >> the attackers belong to the kurds, boasting about their recent military gains. >> many believe i.s.i.l.'s intention was not to capture kobane, it was about sending a message. in recent weeks i.s.i.l. lost territory to the kurds. i.s.i.l.'s spokesman said we may lose battled, but we cannot be defeated. i.s.i.l. is taking the fight to the kurdish y.p.g. stronghold. it's trying to catch a city in the kurdish province in the north-east. the kurds and i.s.i.l. are at
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war on many fronts in syria. the kurds can claim victory, but only after i.s.i.l. breached the defenders of a town a symbol of resistance. protesters in the armenian capital rejected the president's offer to suspend a hike in electricity prices. tens of thousands have been out on the streets as part of a government approved plans to raise rices by 22%. the president said the rise will go ahead and the government will cover the extra burden of the hike. we have the latest. >> it's more than a rate hike here, the problem is the process. the russians managed armenian networks, had accumulated massive debts, management, and the armenian population felt
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they were being asked to pay for the mismanagement of the russian country. in a country suffering under economic disparity, government in general. that was more than the pay hike itself, it was the process, lack of accountability and transparency. when the public services commission approved the decision, it sent shock waves, and was probably the final straw breaking people's back. >> parliamentary elections are going ahead despite months of violence and a boycott in burundi. protesters don't want president pierre nkurunziza to run for a third term. there has been attacks and protests forcing 100,000 from their homes. the vote for the presidency is due on july 15th. in taiwan almost 500 have been injured in a fire outside
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taipei. up to 1,000 people were being sprayed with powder during an event when the blaze began. more than 90 people suffered burns. the fire was put out. >> the investigation into the collapse of a garment factory has been completed. 1200 workers were killed when the plaza building came crashing down. a court will decide whether to put building owners and officials on trial. >> translation: this woman is not getting better. she was working in the rana plaza building when it collapsed. her arms were crushed under piles of debris. two years later she has to make regular hospital visits much >> translation: the rest of the world might be ready to forget what happened. you can't forget if you are suffering. i'm in pain every day, it's not easy to forget.
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>> the disaster has been slipping from consciousness. few turn up at the memorial site. lack of public pressure means not as much attention is paid. to shows responsible for the disaster, and their lack of punishment so far. >> translation: garment openers knew better yet forced many to enter the building. they nouted so many rules with so many dying. >> justice has been far from swift. it's taken more than two years to complete the investigation. >> criminal negligence involving powerful businessmen can take years and in cases where there's a large number of debt. a child looking into the deaths of 300 children given tainted medicine in 1991 was settled
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last year 23 years later. delay was inevitable. >> we were talking about historic crime of immense proportion. we have had to interview thousands of interviews. so from our point of view this is not an abnormal delay. >> that doesn't go down well with frustrated survivors. >> it doesn't look like the government wants to punish these people at all. i want justice, i want those responsible to be hanged. i want them to understand what my suffering is. >> while the police investigation has been completed survivors and activists fear that a trial could take many decades it's a tough prospect for survivors who believe their government owes it to them to do better the death toll from
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pakistan's week-long heatwave has rich to more than 1200. textures are down to the mid 30s, after soaring to highs of 45 degrees. 2,000 patients with heat-related ailments are treated across the province in columbia a major oil spill into a river in the south of the country left 150,000 people without drinking water. president santos said the spill was triggered by an attack on a pipeline, and blames f.a.r.c. rebels for the force environmental disaster in colombia's history. peace talks between f.a.r.c. and the government continues. brazil is out of the copa america after losing a quarterfinal match with paraguay. the 5-time world champs got off to a stroke start with a goal in the 15th minute. holding on to a lead. that's when a handball by tee
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argo silva gave paraguay this gik. scores levelled at 1-1. it went to penalties this the end. gonzalez holding his nerve to clinch a victory. paraguay face argentina in the semis on tuesday. >> many shops struggle to compete against large he tails. it's been run by the same family for five generations. in the latest of our series from new delhi. in one of new delhi's famous markets. this toy shop looks ordinary. inside, the small shop is exceptionally cramped with all kinds of toys, giving children a wide choice, even if they know what they want. >> it would be long, very, very long truck that would get out
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long truck that would get out steam. >> reporter: but in case they change their minds, they are free to rummage around all they want. >> children are allowed free play. if a child breaks a toy i do not charge them. >> reporter: this 78-year-old's great-grandfather started the business in 1890. he took over as a teenager, and still hands-on with the business, helping customers. >> this is not. hot. >> moderate toys sell, the classic ones sell. he says toys today do not compare to the ones ago. >> i'm a toy man, i like to talk to the toys, they talk to me. this is my toy story. and the toys i sell now, that bond is missing. >> reporter: the store is a bond for many families, some of whom have been coming here for
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decades. it's not only the classic toys, but the modern electronic ones that keep customers coming in generation after generation. they have toys, some costing $2 all the way to a few hundred. so people people with all types of budget feel welcome. for those that can't travel to the store, his con handles online. it accounts for 15% of sales. the business would modern ice to -- modernize to a point. >> fundamental approach should be fun. i want to translate it online. online is boring. >> reporter: the sense of fun and loyalty is why he's adamant he will never sell the prime location of the shop. >> i don't have customers, i have a family of the customers treating me with respect and love. they want me to lose that for a few rupees. i don't lose it. >> reporter: that's why as modern india grows, the small store in the capital aims to sell toys for generations to
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