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>> we will be able to see change. >> the greek parliament votes for a referendum on its bailout but is the country heading for a default? hello i'm darren jordan, you're watching al jazeera live from doha. also on the program. hundreds gather at a tunisian seaside resort to pay tribute to those lost. and taking the race debate to new heights a female activist is arrested in south carolina for pulling done the confederate flag.
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>> after american talks in greece the parliament is holding a vote for the referendum bailout. that is set for next sunday but greece is now facing a failure of the bailout that could push it out of the euro zone on tuesday. credit life line past the june 30th deadline, greece has to pay back $1.6 euro zone euros back to the european central bank by tuesday or face bankruptcy. barney biphillips has the story. >> an acrimony using debate in the greek parliament. at one point part walked out.
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but the syriza vote that there should be a referendum vote on july the 5th. alexis tsipras says the referendum is a chance to take back their own destiny. >> this verdict is finished with the greek people on the 30th of june and a vote of the greek peep people next sun. >> withering in his attacks he argued that the government is recklessly endangering greece's membership in the euro zone. >> the matter you are proposing is an exit from the euro and euros. do not mistake. >> we found support from the prime minister. the weekend is's busy here as as
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athenians stock up. whether a referendum will even solve greece's problems. >> translator: let's leave europe now. we've had it with all these agreements. >> translator: how am i meant to answer this question when no one is explaining it? what would happen about the we go back to the drachma and what happens if we stay in the euro? >> i say it's a great mistake when you owe so much money you can't 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
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greeks take fright, the more trouble the banks will be in. the government is also appealing for unity but the danger is that the greeks are increasingly polarized how their country can emerge from this crisis. barnaby phillips, al jazeera athens. >> major oil refinery in southern port city of aden. vaightvictoria gatenby has the latest. it is. >> shell hit a fuel tank which then ignite. ons thick smoke billowed over the city with residents fearful the fire would spread. the refinery hasn't been receiving any oil through port but it has 1.2 million tons of crude in storage as well as gas tanks. >> translator: what happened today is a heinous crime committed by criminal militias who are trying to seize the city of aden and target its oil
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refinery which is considered the only source of income for city. >> reporter: aden has been the source of sustained fighting, artillery reportedly hit a military center two days ago. its location is important because it's near gulf of aden and offers easy access to the red sea. it became a base of operations of the president in exile head abd rabbu mansour hadi. despite months of air strikes from the saudi led coalition the houthis stilt are still are well armed and chrome large section of the
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country. behind the front lines there are many unarmed people who are suffering and the humanitarian situation is only worsening. with the lack of fuel and lack of essentials like food and water, victoria gatenby, al jazeera. >> loyal to the government in exile near the mount jarrar area. tanks and heavy artillery. kuwait says it detained the driver of the car used in the be shia mosque attack. he is a bedoon part of a community the government doesn't recognize. mohammed jamjun reports from kuwait city. >> a funeral procession unlike
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any before it in kuwait. demonstrating defiance and sorrow in equal measure. mourners prayed for dead. and prayed through their pain. >> translator: our whole lives in kuwait we've been united, one hand one heart. so this is like a nightmare. >> lost several relatives in a soviet bombing and says it's too much to take. >> why? why? for what scene did they die for what scene were they killed for what scene did this happen? >> if this was for religious strife, it had the opposite effect.
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bringing the two sides together in a feeling of optimism. >> we are all one here. there is no sunni no shia, we are all one and this is about all of us. >> reporter: one by one the bodies went by. as men and women tried to process something they never could have imagined happening. the prevailing sentiment of this graveyard here today shock and grief. a society so accustomed to feeling secure. now contending with a horrible new reality. above all else the bereaved wanted to honor the memories of the dead. is. >> translator: my tears haven't stopped flowing from yesterday till today. i haven't stopped crying. >> reporter: their grief this woman tells me will last for a long while. but their resilience she assures me will remain forever.
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mohammed jamjun, al jazeera kuwait. >> in tunisia dozens of tourists were massacred. tunisians also gathered in the capital to denounce the killings. some voice concern over security crack down by the government which is closing down schools of mosques accused of insighting violence. plain loads ever foreign tourists have been heading home bringing back close to 5,000 on sunday night. the hotel owner that was targeted said he is determined to keep his doors open. hashem ahelbarra reports. >> family owns the imperial
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mahaba hotel where 38 tourists were killed in an attack. he shows me where the gunman came from and started randomly firing on the guests. but mohammed says he is determined to keep the hotel run to honor the guests. >> there are around 50 tourists who are still had he 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. >> reporter: latifah has been a waitress at the hotel since it was opened 22 years ago. she knows the victims. she says she treats hotel guests as if they were members of her family. >> translator: as the bodies of the victims were laying on the ground i was desperately 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 have
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left the hotel. only a few chose to stay. but the impact of the bloodiest attack on tourists is felt everywhere. abood has a horse cart. it was a good business but now he barely make a few denars to make a living for his family. >> i have five kids, bad times. >> reporter: bad times indeed for tunisia's tourism pr. for where the residents it's only to have the government beef up security. a 61 trying to boost its economy all that is under threat. after tourists were shot as they
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lay on the beach. hashem ahelbarra, al jazeera sousse. >> still to come, tapping into the digital revolution. and brazilians humiliated at home at the world cup. more on that, stay with us. >> rising waters taking their toll... we go to the threatened marshall islands... to talk to the peole affected most
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>> "inside story" takes you beyond the headlines, beyond the quick cuts, beyond the sound bites. we're giving you a deeper dive into the stories that are making our world what it is. >> ray suarez hosts "inside story". only on al jazeera america. >> welcome back. a quick reminder of the top stories here on al jazeera. greek mps have voted to back a bailout for a referendum next
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sunday. the european partners refused to extend the credit life line after the june 30 deadline. houthi rebels have attacked an oil refinery in aden. and in sousse, dozens of tourists were killed by a gunman on friday. hundreds gathered to denounce what they called extremism. the it's been 11 days since a gunman shot and killed nine church goers in the state of south carolina. the alleged shooter was used the confederate flag and it is being pulled down. tom ackerman has more.
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>> reporter: bree newsome climbed up the 30 foot flag pole at the south carolina state house early on saturday. she and her supporters say they were taking down the confederate state battle flag, a mark of white supremacy that inspired the killing of nine black bible study members night charleston church. police put the flag back up and arrested newsome on 3,000 bond but within hours a crowd funding campaign had raised more than $60,000 for her. while some praised her move, some said it could delay the momentum for change. the state house is scheduled to debate the issue in two weeks but newsome said action had to be taken now. >> it's time to do the right thing and time to do the wrong thing. we have to do the right thing
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or it won't stop. every day it flies that's an endorsement of wrong thing. >> president obama spoke the eulogy at one of the victims' funerals on friday. >> i wish i was in the land of cotton old times there are not forgotten. look away look away sthoat ♪ >> the southern slave holding states which fought and lost the u.s. civil war 150 years ago. those who object to the flag say it's more than a symbol. >> for many in this country it still represents oppression, not only fre owe processed side but from people who choose to oppress. >> meanwhile funerals for three more of the victims were held. >> send a desperately needed
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message to the world and that is, you respond to hate with love. the worldneeds that worldneeds world needs that message and it's coming from pu. >> tom ackerman, al jazeera. >> a search continues or the a prisoner on the run after his acomeaccomplice was shot dead. two are being held in custody for helping them escape. the kurdish town of kobani has been recovered for the second time this year. kurdish activists say nearly 180 have been killed since i.s.i.l. stormed the town two days ago.
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dishorddishoartdzeina khodr reports. >> the group sent its fighters back in. the hospital was one of the buildings that fighters took up position he after they tricked their way into the town after a surprise attack on thursday. syrian kurds of the ypg force managed to restore peace and stability. it came at a price. around 200 people were killed, the majority of them civilians randomly shot in the streets. kobani is in mourning. it is also in shock. i.s.i.l. didn't just kill civilians. it took many of them hostage. >> translator: they entered my house. we were so scared, especially my own children. they took me with my family and they placed us in another house. we were 32 hostages in total.
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>> reporter: the attack is a blow to syria's kurds who have been boasting about their recent military gains. many believe i.s.i.l.'s intention was not to capture kobani. the sawld was assault was more about sending a message. i.s.i.l. lost strategic territory to the kurds. days before the kobani offensive they said we play lose battles but we cannot be defeated. i.s.i.l. is now taking the fight to the kurdish.yg kurdish ypg stronghold. the kurds and i.s.i.l. are at war on many fronts had syria. for now the kurds can claim victory in kobani but only after i.s.i.l. breached the defenses of a town. zeina khodr, al jazeera on the be turkish syrian border.
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plans to raise prices by 22%. the president says the tariff rise will go ahead and the government will cover the extra burden of the like. maria tatisian has the latest. >> it is more than the rate hikes here. the problem is the process. the russian-managed armenian network, they felt they were being asked to pay for mismanagement of the russian company in a country that's suffering tremendously under economic disparity poor governance in general. so i think that was more than the pay like itself, it was the process, the lack of accountability lack of transparency. when the public services
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regulatory commission unanimously approved the commission it really sent shock waves across the country and it was probably the final straw that broke the country's back here. protesters don't want president pierre nkurunziza to run for a third term. mass protests which have forced more than 100,000 people there their homes. the final vote is due on july 15th. fire at an amusement park outside of taipei. more than 90 people suffered severe burns. the blaze was quickly put out. the investigation into the collapse of a garment factory two years ago in bangladesh has been completed.
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the building came crashing down, a court is about to decide whether it will put the building owners and a number of government officials on trial. maha satar reports. >> still not getting better. she was working inside the rana plaza building when it collapsed. her arms were crushed under piles of debris. two years later she still has to make regular hospital visits. >> reporter: >> translator: the rest of the world play be ready to forget, but i'm in pain every day. it's not easy for me to forget. >> the rana plaza disaster has been sling from public conscious here. lackconscience here. not as much attention is paid for bills of disaster and their lack of punishment so far.
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>> translator: the garment owners knew better but yet the management forced the workers to enter the day it collapsed, so many resumes were flouted that resulted in so many people dying. >> reporter: but justice has been far from swift. it's taken more than two years just to complete the police investigation. criminal negligence trials involving powerful businessmen can take years in bangladesh. even in cases where there are large numbers of debts. fordeaths. for instance a trial looking into the deaths of 300 children who were given state medicine in 1991 was only settled 20 years later. delay was inevitable. >> translator: we are talking about a crime of immense proportion. we've had to interview thousands of witnesses this takes time so
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for us it's not abnormal delay. >> this doesn't go down well with survivors. >> doesn't look like the government wants to punish these people at all. i want justice. i want those responsible to be handing. i want them to understand what my suffering is. >> while the police investigation has been completed, people feel the trial could take many decades. it is a tough situation they believe their government owes it to them to do better. mayer satar, al jazeera bangladesh. >> temperatures in karachi are in the mid 30s after soaring to 45° sells 45° cells 45° celsius.
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thousands of people have protested in a shanghai suburb over fears that the government plans to build a petrochemical plant there. similar protests have been held around china in recent years to highlight the health risks posed by petrochemical plants. an oil spill has left hundreds of thousands without drinking water. manuel sanchez is blaming the farc rebels. cuba has one of the lowest in are internet connectively. only 3% of households are online. lucia newman reports from havana. >> wherever you go, people in cuba are carrying smartphones.
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they can take photos and text messages. but internet? >> translator: no, no, internet no, e-mail yes but not internet. >> reporter: cuba is one of the few countries where mobile phones cannot be connected to the internet. we are behind the rest of the world totally disconnected says alejandro. cuba's only venue for free wifi, an experimental project, people bring their smartphones and laptops to connect to internet even if it takes them till dawn. the signal is weak but their will is strong. >> translator: to connect with other cubans on facebook to make friends? to find out so many things we know nothing of. >> reporter: this is the alternative, the telephone company's navigation center
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where people can come to surf the web. you have to buy one of these little cards. it costs $2 and it allows you to surf for one hour. though cheaper than before the price is still exorbitant on the cubacuban salary. the average cuban has to pay to buy himself a line, a painfully slow outdated phone connection. in the meantime, there's the cell phone clinic where cubans go to download local apps called inside the island. a restaurant guide to restaurants night clubs and much more. >> the database is included on the application on the phone because people don't have internet on the phone.
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>> reporter: but that is said to change promises the government. according to the government's first vice president the state will guarantee secure and widespread internet for development of the nation and will strive to make this resource available 16 and affordable for all. it's a major shift for a government that's been ultimately until now to grant unfettered access for millions of cubans who are impatient to join another revolution the one that links them to another world. lucia newman, al jazeera havana. >> brazil is out of the copa tournament. got off to a strong start holding onto their lead well into the second half. and that's when a hand-ball gave parparaguay in penalty king.
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