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how the internet could change the lives of cubans. the greek parliament has decided to back i prime minister alexis tsipras' call for a referendum on the european bailout. planned for next sunday. the decision hasn't been welcomed by greece's euro zone partners. they have refused to extend the bailout of june the 30th. greece needs to make a $1.8 billion repayment to the international monetary fund by tution. thereby
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tuesday. there is a real fear that the banks may run out of money. barb biphillipsbarnlbarnaby phillips reports. >> the prime minister, alexis tsipras, say the referendum was a chance for greek people to take back their own destiny. >> this game is finished by a verdict of the greek people the 25th of january and it will end buy vote of the greek people next southern. >> he argued that the government is recklessly endangering greece's membership in the euro zone. >> you know that what you are proposing is an exit from europe
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and the euro. make no mistake. >> reporter: in the central market we found support for prime minister. the weekend is always busy here. as athenians always stock up here. these are anxious times no one knows what the next few days has in store. >> 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 if we go back to the drachma and what happens if we stay with the euro? >> i think it's a great mistake if you owe so much money you can't afford to be so arrogant. >> meanwhile unusual queues building up at the cash machines.
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some greeks are getting nervous. it is not yet panic but a significant number of greeks are taking no chances with their own money. the government trying to sound reassuring but the remorseless logic of the situation is this, the more greeks take flight the more problems it will be in. they are increasingly polarized as to how their country can emerge from this.crisis. barb biphillips, al jazeera. >> forcing party goers to run for their lives many suffered serious burns as erica woods reports. >> reporter: about a thousand people were dancing dancing to floousk
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music from a dj. when the crowd were engulfed in a massive fire ball. they ran to get away but more than 500 suffered from burns especially to their lower legs. >> translator: everybody was running and pushing each other. we saw where people's skin had been burned, it was like hell. >> some are in critical condition. one 18-year-old was said to have burns to 90% of his body. >> there was blood everywhere. >> many others made their own way to closest hospitals.
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>> as we have to keep changing dressings for the burn victims we have called in all our doctors from their dorms. >> the exact cause of the situation is still being investigated. erica wood, al jazeera. >> saudis have been killed and wounded, information loyal to ali abdullah saleh. .witnesses say 14 people have been killed. be vibtis victoria gatenbyvictoria gatenby reports. >> the refinery hasn't been receiving any oil through the port but it has 1.2 million tons in storage as well as gas tanks.
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>> translator: what happened today is a heinous crime committed by criminal militias. the only source of income for the city. >> reporter: aden has been the source of sustained fighting, artillery reportedly hit a military operations center two days ago. its location is important because it's near the gulf of aden and offers easy access to the sea. it became a base of operations of abd rabbu mansour hadi abd rabbu mansour.despite months of air strikes by the saudi-led coalition the houthis still control large parts of yemen and they are well armed. >> translator: i asked our brothers from the coalition and
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king salman to help us. right now we live in very difficult circumstances and people want to know how long the fighting will last,. >> the humanitarian situation is only worsening lack of fuel and essentiallies like food and water. victoria gatenby, al jazeera. >> candles have been lit to remember the 38 are victims of the attack on friday in sousse. relatives of the seaside town say that what happened there on friday goes against everything it has meant to represent. >> we are very sorry what was
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happening yesterday, sorry for the families the victims they are our guests, our pringz principles do not allow us to treat our guests guests of tunisia. >> hashem ahelbarra reports from sousse. >> mohammed is dealing with the biggest crisis in his career. his family owns the imperial hotel where 38 tourists were killed in an tack. he shows me where the attack happened but mohammed says he is determined to keep the hotel running to honor the memory of those killed. >> today you can see there is maybe 50, 50 tourists who are still at the hotel. i would say that even if we have
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zero tourists in the next week, or in two days, we are not closing the hotel. >> reporter: latifa has been a waitress since the hotel opened 22 years ago. she knows the victims. she says she treats the guests as members of her own family. >> as the bodies were laying on the ground i was desperately running from place to place to see if anyone was still alive. i never treat the.visitors as guests but members of my own family. >> it was a good business when sousse was bustling with tourists but now he makes only a few denars to spend on his
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children. >> i stay here for hours without a single tourist. bad times. >> bad times indeed. the only way to protect tour civil to have the government beef up security across the country. it is a tough moment for a country that has been trying to restore its image to boost its economy. all that is under threat as tourists were shot as they lay on the beach. hashem ahelbarra, al jazeera sousse. >> kuwait says it has detaind detained the man was car was used for the
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bomb involved in friday answer bombing. mohammed jamjun reports. >> demonstrateing sorrow and pain in full measure. >> our whole lives in kuwait we have been united. one hand, one latter. this though, this is like a necessitatenightmare. >> says it's far too much to take. >> why why? for what scene did they die for what scene were they killed? for what scene did this happen to them? >> reporter: if the attack targeting a shia mosque was meant to sow strife it had the
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opposite effect. bringing two sides together in a very clear object of secularism. >> we are all one here. there is no sunni no shia, we are all one and this is about all of us. >> one by one the bodies went by. as men and women tried to process something they never could have imagined hatching. the prevailing sentiment of this graveyard here today shock and grief. a society so accustomed to feeling secure now contending with a horrible human reality. above all else, the bereaved wanted to honor the dead. >> from yesterday till today i haven't stopped crying. >> their grief this woman tells me will last for a very long
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while. but their resilience she assures me will remain forever. mohammed jamjun, al jazeera kuwait. kurdish force he announced they pushed i.s.i.l. forces from kobani for the second time on friday. the latest fighting is in villages further south and east. activists say since thursday 200 people have been killed on i.s.i.l. supports near the border with turkey. still to come. an act of die type answer as a demonstrator takes down the confederate flag in south carolina. and cracking down on illegal
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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. >> welcome back i'm shiulie ghosh. let's remind you of the top stories. greek mps have backed prime minister alexis tsipras's request for a referendum. but the europeans will not allow an extension of the debt, that leaves them closer to a default. houthi rebels in yemen have
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attacked a refinery in the port city of aden. 14 people have been killed. cross-border shelling from houthis and forces loyal to ali abdullah saleh. since the shooting of nine victims in charleston, south carolina a demonstrator who pulled down the confederate flag over the state house has been labeled ohero. tom ackerman has more. >> reporter: bree newsome climbed up the 30 foot flag pole early on saturday, she and her supporters say they were taking down the confederate state battle flag, a mark of white
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supremacy that inspired the killing of nine bible study members. within hours a crowd campaign raised more than $60,000 for her. others said it could delay the momentum for change. state legislature which has sole authority to remove the flag. in yoursomein newsome says action needs to be taken now. >> in nonviolence, we have to do the right thing or it won't stop. >> newsome'ssome'ssome's protest followed the president's eulogy of one of
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the victims. several hundred turned out. they sang the anthem of the confederacy. those who object say it's more than a symbol. >> it represents oppression not just from the oppressed side but from the side of people who choose to oppress. >> meanwhile funerals of three additional victims were held in charleston. >> this community of are prayer and love has sent a desperately needed message to the world and that is you respond to hate with love. the world needs that message and it's coming right from you and from this community. >> reporter: the state's
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republican governor pledged to join the fight. >> authorities believe it is difficult for david sweat to be out much longer. >> he's been on the road for a week he's endured some bad weather, he's fatigued and going to make a mistake. >> in bangladesh, the trial of the officials who were involved in the factory fire has
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recessed. >> two years later she still has to make regular hospital visits. >> you can't forget if you're still suffering. i'm in pain every day. it's not so easy for me to forget. >> the rana plaza disaster has been slipping from public conscience understandness here. lack of public pressure means not as much attention is paid anymore for those responsible for the disaster and their lack of punishment so far. >> the garment owners knew better yet the officials be forced the workers to enter the building. >> is justice has been far from swift. it's taken more than two years just to complete the police
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investigation. criminal negligence trials involving powerful businessmen could take years in bangladesh. even when there are large number of deaths. for instance, the trial of those responsible for 300 children given tainted medicine, was only settlelast year, 23 years after the situation. >> we have are talking about an investigation of thousands of witnesses. this is not an unusual delay. >> it doesn't look like the government wants to punish these people at all. i want them to understand what my suffering is.
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>> reporter: while the police investigation last been completed, survivors feel that a trial could take many decades. it is a tough prospect for survivors such as mamida who believers their government should do better. be. the toll of the rising heat wave in pakistan has risen. to highs of 45 degrees celsius. still be treated across is province. the tiny pacific island nation of palao. nick clark says sending a smart message to potential poachers.
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>> reporter: the veed ma'am ease boats were spotted in palao last month. the vessels were toed towed out into open waters. 25 tons of protected specious on board. >> there are four vietnamese veflts that are burning right now.and this message is really, palao is no longer a are location for poachers. >> palau lies in the midst of vast uncharter waters. now it's seeking to protect its
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rich seas. 80% off-limits to all commercial fishing pfn for a nation that calls itself a big ocean state rather than a small island state, palau is defending its life blood. >> everything food security national security involves the ocean in some way. with porous borders with indonesia, it's easy for poachers to slip in and out. >> the captain remains in custody. palao will help its bem lowing signal of defiance nick clark al jazeera.
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>> sharing selfies have largely passed cubans by. that's because only 3.4% of all cuban households are online. lucia newman reports from havana. >> wherever you go people in cuba are carrying smartphones often gifts from relatives and friends living abroad. they can taid pictures take purse. >> no no no not the internet. >> we are totally behind the world, says al allejandro. people bring their smartphones
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and laptops to connect to the internet each though be the signal is weak their will is strong. >> to connect with other cubans honor facebook, to learn so much of what we don't know. >> you can standing here for hours waiting to get inside to use a computer and you have to buy one of these little cards it costs $2 and allows you to surf for one hour. though cheaper than before, the cost is still larger than manualable. this source pays a foreigner who is eligible to buy him a line. through the only option available, a formerly slow
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outdated internet connection. in the meantime, there's the cell phone clinic where people go to down load apps called estr estroroment centro. >> according to cuba's first vice president miguel diaz cannel they will are strive to make this resource available accessible and affordable to all. it's been a major shift for government that has in the now been unable to grant unfettered access to the internet, the one that links them to a digital world. lucia newman, al jazeera
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havana. >> it's good to know we'll be getting more selfies from people in cuba, excellent news. we've got logs from our reporters out nut field all on our website all the news all the time sat aljazeera.com. fest this is techknow. a show about innovations that can change lives. the science of fighting a wild-fire. we're going to explore the intersection of hardware and humanity and we're doing it in a unique way. this is a show about science by scientists. tonight, techknow investigates the ivory trail they've tried to seize it, burn it, but nothing has
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