>> egypt's state prosecutor dies after an attack on his convoy. hello there i'm felicity barr and this is al jazeera live from london. also coming up: support for syriza as the greek government confirms it will not pay back its imf loan on tuesday. european ministers play tribute to the victims of the teuns.yah attack. several people have been arrested.

>> and israel interrupts an international aid ship seeking to break the blockade of gaza. hello, egypt's prosecutor general has died after a car bomb targeted his convoy as it passed near a military academy in cairo. hashem barakat. he also oversaw the acquittal of former president hosni plu barack. al jazeera abdullah al shami shami has more. >> believe the explosion was set up by remote control. scattered better than debris

over wide area. five others were injured. hashem baraka tfertionkak has referred members of the muslim brotherhood and others to trial. hundreds have been sentenced to death or life imprisonment as part of a crack downed in support of the muslim brotherhood. barakat has been assassinateed. ab lu al shami. al jazeera. >> one of mass killings and violence. killing is unacceptable and there is no way to end the bloodshed unless the military

coup and the empowerment of revolution is broken. joining me in studio is mahah mazar co-founder of the group egyptians. >> difficult to say i don't think anybody has claimed responsibilities they withdrew their responsibility to the act. it's one of many small groups or groups associated with activities in sinai. what was seen is an increase in the violence. we're seeing fringe groups emerge as we've seen before in the '90s and again in syria and iraq. the situation is very worrying because the democratic process is blocked and the resort to violence has become more and more justified the region is in danger and internationally of course the threat of violence,

increasing violence is something that is extremely worrying, especially in a country like egypt where the economy is suffering, where the regime has famed to provide safety. but simply increaseing repression. the regime has failed and to provide security. there are no political freedoms and this coming on the eve of the 30th of june and just days before the anniversary of the 3rd of july coup is a very strong message from those who carried out the attack, but a message also that is going to echo with egyptians, that the regime has not provided stability or any kind of well-being for the egyptians. and it's going to continue of course if it continues its policy. >> the egyptian government has

found need omake a statements, why, because fingers are pointed in their direction? >> they are committed to peaceful protest and have not changed that stance, and they know that the regime will point to them, as well as others, the brush of terrorism is being used by the regime to justify its be perception. as if the egyptian council those opposed to the regime and what we are seeing is state terrorism that is breeding violence and this needs to be stopped because the regime of general sisi is a liability and all military regimes somewhere tend oincrease their repression whether they feel weam weak. >> what do you think the sons is likely to be though? >> i think particularly that, it feels as if it's on the back

foot and attack on such a high pro time figure such as the general prosecutor today is going to make the regime resort to its usually tactics and that's why the public needs to speak up. >> thank you for coming in. and egyptian court has announced it will reveal its verdict on three al jazeera journalists on july the 30th. the journalists sentenced to 7 to 10 years in prison. peter greste is tried in absentia and have is mohamed fahmy and baher mohamed were released on bail but the pair cannot leave egypt and must check in daily with police. journalists and al jazeera reject the charges.

greece has confirmed it will miss its deadline to repay a $1.8 billion loan to the international monetary fund, giving the chance for an exit from the euro zone closer. jean claude junkertrt shut in order to avert financial collapse frp ecollapse . from athens, barnaby phillips reports. >> we saw about a third of stations were closed. the result of panicked buying over the weekend. but without the free flow of cash the greek. >> there's no shortage of petrol there's plenty in the country but petrol stations need

to pay up front for it in cash now that the banks closed. >> and for now the banks are firmly shut. with confusion on the streets outside, some people could take the daily limit of 60 euros from the machines. others weren't so lucky. most vulnerable the pensioners many of whom don't have bank cards. anton unius 82, waits outside the bank to collect his funds. he heard a report it would open at midday, iltz didn't, he waited an hour then gave up. so there are a lot of questions for the greek finance minister although he wasn't answering them on his way in to work. instead we heard accusations of betrayal from the european commission in brussels.

>> translator: egotism populace games after all my efforts and the efforts made by the commission and by other institutions involved in the process i feel a little betrayed because due consideration is not being given omy personal efforts and the efforts of others that are very numerous and made a sustained effort. >> doesn't want to go down in historical as the leader who presided over the breakup of the euro zone. >> translator: if the euro fails, europe fails. we have to fight or our principles. we could forget them for a second maybe. but i say in the replied or long term we will suffer damage. we will suffer because we will not be a key player in the world anymore. that's why we have to call for principles in europe again and again. >> reporter: at dusk, thousands of government supporters came to central athens. oxi they say greek for no.

it resonates with defiance. these protesters say if anyone has been betrayed it's the greek people who have endisoourd is five years of austerity and seen no economic recovery in sight. the consequences of defying auto could be catastrophic but these people are prepared to take that risk. in theory, there's still time for a last minute zeal between the greek government and its creditors. in practice, there is is so little chance for compromise thatthat the alternatives are slipping away. >> john siropolous joins me from the capital right now. >> the crowd you are seeing behind me tonight is the no crowd. these people some 10,000 at some point earlier there evening are

here to tell the government at a they're on its side. they disagree they should vote no not only against the austerity measures that have been imposed by creditors but against anything that might forced further austerity forced down the greeks' throats. because they believe they will only lead to more cycles and eng spending cuts. the greek has to make its own decision they are even prepared to leave the euro zone, in order to produce financial stability at home. the young people i spoke to earlier on the square feel that is only way they have any hope of either being hired in their area of expertise not being forced to emigrate abroad or to

have the sort of money that will dignify their lives possibly something that isn't related to their university degrees or field of expertise. they want to be able to have families, to get married to pay their mortgages. they don't see thamg that happening right now. this is not an economy that allows apeople to get together and start another part of life. tomorrow it is going to be a yes vote country but at the moment felicity that doesn't seem like the probable outcome. >> john siropolous, thanks john. still on the count down, burundi's ballots get counted. and day after a taxi strike is

becomes violent france detains two people of the low cost tax service.

>> hello again a reminder of the top stories here on al jazeera. one of the key figures in the egyptian judicial system has died after a car bomb targeted his convoy in cairo. hashem barakat played played a key roll on the crack down on the muslim brotherhood. syriza the government has confirmed it will miss its tuesday deadline to repay $1.6

billion roirs or $1 much 8 million to the european banks. >> hour before the polls opened. election follows weeks of violent depositions against president pierre nkurunziza who is seeking a third term in office. are haruharu mutasa is is on the story. >> translator: i'm really satisfied with today.

everyone in burundi exercising their democratic right to vote. we will keep consolidating democracy in burundi. >> reporter: police began checking everyone into polling stations but the numbers are that big. many say they are scared even if they support the ruling party. >> they're using other ways afraid to leave your house. >> violence and intimidation by members of the ruling party has made it difficult for them to compare. campaign. >> unfortunately any time that is challenged, could be cause for violence, killing people. people are demonstrating for a right cause and he says these

ones are rebels, kill them, shoot on them and people have been killed. >> reporter: ruling party officials deny the allegations saying they can't understand why some people even wand to postpone the vote. normally won't do, could imply african leaders are tried to distance themselves from president pierre nkurunziza. nkurunziza says the presidential elections will happen on july 15th, that despite a constitutional limit of two presidential terms and weeks of violent demonstrations. people are bracing themselves for another potentially contentious battle. hawrmsareharu mutasa

al jazeera bujumbura. intoor mints of britain and tunisia have visited the railroad scene. hashem ahelbarra has the latest from tunis. >> french german and english pay their respects, the victims are mainly from europe. their governments say they will help teuns in its fight against

armed groups. >> we have had a meeting this morning with my interior minister colleagues, which has shown the determination that we all have to fight against this perverted ideology that is causing this death and destruction. we are very clear that the terrorists will not win. we will be united in working together to defeat them, but united also in working to defend our values. >> reporter: more than thafl victims are british. prime minister david cameron had this to say. >> these were innocent british holiday makers, people who had saved up for a special time away with their friends and family. suddenly became victim of the most brutal attack in years.

>> president promised to crack down. arrested a group of suspects. >> we started to arrest a number of individuals who we will not identify but we will say they are not tunisian. everything is still open and all questions are still valid. we are in the beginning of our research that's why we can't give journalists all the information yet as our information is still inplit incomplete. >> reporter: an operation is underway against being protesters in the shambi mountains. in march 22 tourists were kilt in an attack at a museum here in the exam tunis. i.s.i.l. said it was behind that here

in tunis. they want to know if he had links to local or international armed groups, hashem ahelbarra al jazeera tunis. >> hospital sources in iraqi city of fallujah say government air strikes have killed 12 people and injured at least 12 others. a number of children are major the zed and injured. the syrian army says it's captured territory from the islamic state of iraq and the levant in the naivete city of hasaka. launched an offensive on thursday but kurdish forces say they are making gains in the east. the u.n. says more than 60,000

people have fled the fighting so far. houthi rebels in yemen have shelled a major oil refinery in yemen for second time in three days. a massive fire broke out witnesses say more than 14 people were killed. rebels are battling for control of yemen against forces loyal to the president abd rabbu mansour hadi. the u.s. territory of puerto rico is facing economic troubles. report by former imf economist says major reforms need to be made to cut its debt. raising property taxes and cutting the number of teachers. the island is facing collection of bond indebtedness. al jazeera am andy gallagher is live for us in the puerto rican

city of san juan. just house serious sit andy? >> we stood here about three weeks ago talking about the possibility of this government basically shutting down. here we are just a few days after that, and it really seem as if puerto rico is on the brink. it's $72 billion in debt we have that astounding statement from president, he even used the term puerto rico is heading towards a death spiral. they can't pay those debts and just one example power company there that owes $9 billion in real terms what that means for the three and a half million people that still live in puerto rico is job cuts. we're going to look at suspension of the minimum wage, paid holidays cut in half and as you said teachers being laid off there. all this against the background of about 50,000 people leeferg leaving this commonwealth island.

puerto ricans are citizens leaving for better jobs on the mainland of the united states. but puerto rico is facing a serious situation. we have about an hour and a half before the governor addresses the island to speak to people about how bad situations are. it is not good for the long term future. either the creditors who have loaned this island country money, agree to restructure, we don't know if that's going to happen or not or puerto rico face some serious cuts. either way it's not a good thing. $72 brl in debt is a huge amount of noifn and in the paste couple of administration efers have just kicked the scan down the road. they've failed to address this issue and are now at that time breaking point. they have to restructure those loans and ton paying them back. but no matter what happens the floral working people of puerto rico will suffer, higher taxes less holidays and even losing

their jobs which is bound to force more people to leave the islands. each time the people raise the islands, the tax base goes down, and making it harder to raise the money the island needs so badly. >> thanks andy. intercepted by israeli navy in international waters. those on board were protesting the eight years of blockade. the boat was towed to the israeli city of ashtab. 800 migrants, fishing boat that sank in the mediterranean most from subsaharan eask and syria. almost 3,000 were rescued over the weekend by italian navy and border police vessels.

lull after closed door negotiations over iran's nuclear program. the u.s. secretary of state john kerry says it's too soon to see whether a nuclear deal is possible. he went back to tehran on sunday, and expected to return on tuesday, that is the debt line for an agreement to be reached between iran and the six world powers. james bays has more. >> the atmosphere of these talks is like a roalzer roamer roarl roller coaster. they have left because the iranian foreign minister zarif is in tehran. even though there there aren't fnl meetings today he is speaking

to the leadership including the supreme leader and the president. i asked one expert who has covered this whole processing very closely what he thinks is going on in tehran. >> one explanation is the requirements for the deal that was acceptable for the p-5 plus one was pushing against red lines of the supreme leader of iran and he had to go back for consultations and see if there is any more flexibility that iran could show at the negotiating table. the second possibility was there was a new proposal from the p-5 plus one that descreech didn't have instructions for and had to go back for is consultation. the third overlapping with the other two is that zarif may feel compelled to ohave consultations with the spreed leader. supreme leader. so they don't have

accountability for the outcome failure or success. >> tuesday will be an important day with the rival of the russian foreign minister sergey lavrov and the return of the be minister zarif. french government is cracking down on the private unlicensed taxi service uber, filed a complaint against it on friday. demonstrations were held in paris where taxi drivers burnt cars expected to be used by uber uber. a solar powered plane has taken off on its final leg of journey passed the point of no return and will now have to complete the five day flight across the pacific. the plane landed in nagoya a month ago after it was forted to cut short a previous statement

to cross the pacific. its departure has been delayed several times due to for weather. and you'll find much more on our website. the usual address is aljazeera.com. aljazeera.com, the best place to get your break international news. possible and is the present. what's going to happen to our grandmother? she can't even walk. she crawls. who's going to carry her up and out when the waves come. >> people wonder how long can we stay when sea levels rise or do we flee and become some of the world's first climate change refugees. a number that some say could