. >> greece's cash crisis - customers queue at bank machines as european bosses debate cutting off the supply of money. joop i'm ghosh rsh in doha also coming up. kuwait's government says a saudi arabian man carried out the suicide bombing at a mosque coming into controversy, a black female activist is arrested in south carolina for pulling down the confederate flag. and a burning issue for pal awe.

we tell you how the tiny nation is getting tough on illegal fishing. worried greeks have been waiting in line at cash points as the european central bank continue to discuss whether to provide cash. the emergency funding is separate to the bailout. meghted by the greek government. ministers have been locked in an increasingly bitter argument with european lenders over the terms of the bailout deal. the government called a referendum on that deal. on saet parliament gave its backing after a long and angry debate. the pro european parties voted against. but prime minister alexis tsipras's parties past the votes needed. >> translation: this game has finished with a verdict of the greek people on 25th and will end next sunday.

>> translation: this is not a yes or no on the austerity proposed by the troika nor the austerity proposed by the alexis tsipras government. the greek people are called on to decide a yes or no to europe and the europo i say it from the beginning and clearing. we want us greeks to be in the heart of europe. correspondents at the european central bank in frankfurt. dominik cane is there, and first john psaropoulos in athens. alexis tsipras got his way there'll be a referendum. a lot are asking why he made this decision and what it means for greece. >> well if you ask the zv opposition, he's made this decision because he wants to opt out of a difficult task of putting the memorandum the

austerity package presented to him to his parliamentary block, because he knows it will create a division within the party and doesn't want to risk bringing down his government after five months. if you ask people on the street he is somebody who has fought hard to negotiate, harder than his predecessors he has not got what he wanted and because he had red lines, he stuck to his words and his electoral promises and decided to go back to the people. he's a prime minister sitting on a 36% majority and feels that he doesn't have the authority to reject the package because it would take grease out of the eurozone. neither does the finance minister have the authority to accept it. he'd bring home a package. this government distinguish

itself making it difficult for presidents to cut them across. those are the two views broadly speaking. thank you for that. a lot of greeks are worried about what this means, and a lot are queueing up at atms and withdrawing money, let's go to dominik kane in frankfurt. the question is dominik, whether they will continue to fund the banks. i6789d . >> well what is the question. the teleconference is under way did you saying emergency liquidity assistance - e la. there has been several received 80 billion, 90 billion have been pushed through. the problem faced is that the

terms of its rules are to make loans of any kind it has to have collateral, like an individual seeking a loan in the normal sense may be expected to put up collateral. can the greek economy do that. the doubts are strongly expressed in certain political circles and amongst the media, one of the newspapers or the bigger newspapers clear sign of alexis tsipras and lee merklinger game over. and says bankruptcy for greece is at hand and the german government is considering humanitarian assistance to greece. that gives you a sense of the way that the feeling has grown here about the potential of a gretsket. what the ec b, the central bank the decision in the meeting going on behind me as we speak. what that will be we have to wait and see. it may have a moments us

significance to those pouring cash out of the aths. thank you dominik kane in frankfurt tunisia put 1,000 extra police on tourist sites and beaches after friday's attack on a popular resort. a gunman killed 38 people mainly tourists before they were shot dead by police. tunisians denounced the attack. a crowd chanted against organizers, and voiced concern over the security crackdown by the government, which is closing down 80 mosques. accusing them of in citing violence. >> the tupnisia ready to face terrorism is the democratic tupizia. it will never be achieved through oppressing people and

their rights. >> a vigil was hold. hundreds marched with banners condemning extremism. >> what was happening doesn't - never present tunisia. it is hospitality, we are very sorry what is happen yesterday. sorry for the families, the victims, they are our guests, our principals, our education doesn't education to treat the guests of tunisia like that. a member of the tunisian political party, and joins us now from tunis. good to have you with us. there is some worry in tunisia about the new security measures which are being put in place, including the closure of mosques and religious organizations. people are worried their freedoms will be impacted. why is the government doing

that. >> first, our prayers and thoughts for the victims and the families of the victims in these heinous attack of the islamic state. now and today we know that the islamic state killings are challenging our transition in this democracy and will fight them with all the force we have today ass tunisians. -- as tunisians. our government and partners are working together to fight and to fight with the islamic state, and with what they want to do for tunisia. cap i ask, doesn't closing

mosques and religious organizations risk inciting more anger and resentiment. >> today we have to know that it's war against terrorism and we have to be focussed on that and the government told all the tunisians to be very closed and to work on citizenship. and to help the security forces to denounce all the terrorists and to denounce them on all the country, it will be the affair of all of tunisians. the air of terrorism is the agar. >> what about tackling the root causes of dissatisfaction in your country like poverty and income divides in some parts of

the country. >> no tunisia is not divided. >> no there are big social divides there. there's unemployment, and there is poverty, what about tackling some of those. >> you know today the big challenge for us will be to have a good balance between liberty, between freedom and between democracy and terrorism, and what they want to do to democracy, so it will be hart work for us to challenge this and to succeed and achieve this democracy in tunisia, and all the tunisians are very aware of

that and will work hard to fight this killings. and this islamic state here in toupizia. >> thank you for joining us i.s.i.l. fighters have stormed village near kobane. on saturday kurdish forces announced they pushed them from the up to. they are going door to door searching for fighters left in hiding. the latest battle is in the villages south and east of the activists say 200 have been killed since i.s.i.l. launched the assault kuwait says a man who carried out the attack was a saudi national. he was named. he landed at kuwait airport at dawn on friday hours before he

detonated explosives. 27 were killed. mass funerals were held for the victims. this update has been september from kuwait's city. >> kuwait's interior ministry identified the suicide bomber killing 27 people as a saudi citizen. the interior ministry said that he entered kuwait through kuwait international airport. took a flight op friday and entered the movings, blew himself up. the interior ministry announced other arrests in relation to this attack. on friday hours after the bombing it was announced that several suspects had been detained and were questioned. on saturday it was announced that the driver of the vehicle

used in the attack and the owner of the vehicle had also been arrested, and that the kuwaiti government tried to reassure citizens from the am ear, all the way up to the amir of the country to the parliament, cabinet and others they said that kuwait must stand united. this is a resilient country and will fight this terrorism as they call it fighting this time of terrorism with every resource. already, we have seen security forces. not just that but maritime forces. still to come here on al jazeera - hundreds of people are sent fleeing for their lives as a fire tears through a party at a water park in taiwan. and the russian villages in trouble for printing their own currency. that is coming up.

welcome back let's get the top stories on al jazeera, there's queues at cash points in greece as the european central bank debates whether to provide emergency funding. the cash injection is separate to that provided by the government and european lenders. kuwait says a man that carried out a suicide attack on a mosque was a saudi national. on saturday there were mass funerals for 27 people killed in the attack. and tunisia - put 1,000

extra police on tourist sites and beaches after a massacre at a popular restart. tunisians rallied to denounce the attack. 38 people mainly tourists were killed. now, to the nuclear talks in vienna, and we hear that iran's foreign minister zarif is returning to tehran for further consultations. let's cross to james bays in vena. the talks at a sensitive stage. >> absolutely days before the deadline let me tell you the source of the reports. the iranian delegation as they normally do briefed the iranian media, so it was the iranian farsi-speaking journalists briefed about the man for the minister to return to tehran. first things first, during the talks for the interim deal this

was a report and it was reported that the foreign minister was going to return, but he stayed. there's a possibility this is a negotiating tactic he's threatening to walk away. if he is going to leave, the other possibilities is that either things have hit a snag and he needs to speak to the president and the supreme leader, or there's a new part of the proposal coming from the other side from the international community. the iranian foreign minister as they prepare to leave, others are arriving in vienna. we understand mr zarif will meet some of the other foreign ministers to arrive. the foreign secretary of the u.k. arrived in the last hour and the first arrival was a high representative of the european union. >> it will be tough.

it has always been tough, but not impossible. it's all about political will. the reason for having this reason done is there now more than ever. most of all, a nonproliferation agreement, so it's our security security of the world at stake, and i think that all the sites are aware of the fact that this is the closest that it originated from the u.n. security council resolution. let me remind you a deadline for the talks is supposed to be midnight on tuesday, on 30 june. happens to be the same deadline that greece is facing. they will happen at the same time. the difference here i can tell you is diplomats are talking about an extension of this and most people believe it will go on a few days. >> thank you very much for that. james bays updating us on the

iran nuclear negotiations in vienna. >> more than 500 has been injured after a fire broke out at the a music event in taiwan. flames erupted. many suffered burns. erica wood reports. around 1,000 people were dancing to a d.j. at a water park when coloured theatrical powder thrown at the stage ignited. ignited. amateur footage shows within seconds members closest to the stage were engulfed in a massive fireball. they ran to get away. more than 500 suffered burns, especially to the lower legs. >> everybody was running and pushing each other. we saw a lot of people whose skin was burnt.

it is like hell. almost 200 were reported to have been injured, some in a critical condition. an 18-year-old is said to have burns to 90% of his body. everyone was screaming and bleeding, blood was everywhere. >> reporter: paramedics were called to the scope, many were treated on the ground where they lay. others made their way to the hospitals. in the morning, some of the parents arrived to be by their bedside. >> translation: just a small child that went out to have fun, now on the verge of death. >> reporter: his 18-year-old daughter suffered burns to 90% of her body. >> translation: today it's with a feeling of sorrow that i visit these people injured by the powder explosion. the main purpose is to encourage relatives that we'll do our best to investigate who should stake

responsibility. >> reporter: many from the crowd are suffering lung injuries, the cause of the fireball is being investigated, but police are questioning the organizers of the event. taipei's mayor announced a ban on the coloured powder used at public events it's been 11 days since a gunman killed nine black church members in carolina since then protesters have been mobilizing over the symbol held by the shooter. a demonstrator who pulled down a flag is being hailed as 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

and removed a piece of cloth, symbolic of a wider debate. she and her supporters said they were taking down the confederate state battle flag, a mark of white supremacy inspiring the killing of 9 black bible study members in a charleston church. police put the flag back up, she was arrested on a $3,000 bond. a crowd fund raised more than 60,000 more her. some civil rights groups praised her move, others say it could delay momentum for change. the state legislator which has sole authority to remove the flag will 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 who knows what the right thing to to, we have 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 -- for one of the victims on friday, in which he called the flag a

reminder of systematic oppression and racial 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 anthem 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 people 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 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 the tai pacific island nation of palau is fighting back against illegal fishermen plundering its waters. they want to send a strong message to passengers poachers. psh psh >> reporter: the vietnamese boats were spotted in palau waters last month. on board eight tonnes of sea cucumbers and fish destined for the market. the vessels were towed out to open waters, never to be used again. palau is clamping down hard. on illegal fishing. in the last year 15 vietnamese boats have been captured with 25 tonnes of protected species on board. >> there are four vessels vietnamese boats burning right now, and the message is palau is no longer an option for

poachers, it has a marine line enforcement team, and we guarantee that you will return with nothing if you are caught stealing. >> reporter: palau is a tropical archipelago, lying in the midst of vast unpatrolled waters, an easy target for illegal fishing boats. it is seeking to protect rich seas, creating a marine conservation zone, putting 80% off limits to commercial fishing. for a nation calling itself an ocean state rather than an small island state, palau is defending its lifeblood. >> everything that drives palau's economy, food security, national security, involves the ocean in some way. with porous borders in the philippines and indonesia, it's easy for the vessels to slip in and out of palau's waters. because there's a rich history in conservation, there's a lot to poach. >> vietnamese fishermen were released and sent on their way on two boats loaded with fuel.

are for the journey home. the captain remains in custody. palau hopes the billowing system of defiance has the desired effect to keep the poaches out. you won't find it in a currency exchange or outside of one tiny russian village, the collion is a currency invention having authorities in a flap. rory challands followed the money. >> reporter: three hours out of the moscow and the epicentre of a strange fiscal controversy. this work shed, is a version of fort knox or the federal reserve. a battered metal box holding cash stashed. the village currency, ipp invented, minted and printed.

>> people exchanged things among each other. we didn't create the process, we made it difficult. in russia, you used to get a bottle of vodka for village work. we are doing the same thing. we are doing the same thing.c we don't use vodka, we print pieces of paper. >> reporter: he and friends use it for loans and to trade goods and labour with each other. it can be saved for more ambition things like building a village bathhouse. for anyone interested in the cut and thrust of currency trading, the vital question is what is it worth? 10 eggs, two colions. this bucket of potatos, five. and a goose here, a not unreasonable 60 thus the collion proved resilient to the storm buffeting the rouble. when purchasing power is pegged to the potato, it doesn't matter what is happening in the money markets.

this is a man with anarchist leanings, making it difficult for authorities in the past. and they are non-too impressed. >> translation: they came last summer and winter and in spring and wanted to see the collion. i made them chop wood to earn it. we laughed. a month ago i was summonsed to court with words like urgently withdraw this money and destroy it because it threatens russia's economy. his lawyer says the case against him is hopelessly confused. >> translation: the prosecutor himself, when i asked him, or the central bank representatives, no one explained why they think collion was money, or what criteria there was or that's what the claim was about. also, they couldn't explain where they received the threat to the payment system of the

russian federation. >> the next appearance in court is july the 1st. until then, he's staying on the farm, looking after his animals and relishing all the fuss. . >> and you can find the latest on the top stories on the website aljazeera.com. [ ♪♪ ] hello, i'm sirbarbara standing in for