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>> more than a hundred people are killed after a military plane crashes in indonesia. ♪ you are watching al jazeera. coming up in the next half hour egypt's president promises a major crackdown one day after the country's chief prosecutor is assassinated. queueing for cash in greece. a 1.6 billion euro payment is now due. the government says it won't pay. and we look at the challenge of preserving all computers and
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data for the ages. ♪ all 113 people on board a military plane sl been killed when the jet crashed shortly after takeoff. at least three others died when the jet hit the ground. the military is grounding all of its planes until it finds out why the jet crashed. stephanie decker reports. >> reporter: it's a grim task finding the dead along the pieces of this shattered aircraft. the plane was carrying soldiers and their families in what should have been a routine trip. it had been in the air for just a few minutes before it crashed. >> translator: it was about 10:00 pm the plane appeared to lose power and started to descend. i was at home at the time and
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saw the flight crash. >> reporter: we're told shortly after takeoff the pilot radioed in stating there was a problem with the plane and asking for permission to return to the airport, but they never made it. it's indonesia's third largest city the plane crashed on empty buildings, otherwise the death toll would have been higher. the air force announced it will not longer fly this type of plane until they find out what happened. this is not the first time a military aircraft crashed into a civilian area here. it has prompted calls from some politicians requesting why the military is operating planes that are too old. the investigation could take a couple of months. stephanie decker al jazeera. egypt's president is
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promising tougher laws following the murder of the prosecutor general. sisi says current legislation is not working, and that trials for those suspected of terrorism will be speeded up. >> the hands of justice are chained by laws. we will not wait. we will change laws in order to allow us to implement law and justice as soon as possible. within days criminal laws that can face new developments such as terrorism should be presented. we face terrorism, and we need the right laws to deal with it. and try the killers. the orders get implemented immediately, but we wait to implement the law. >> amnesty says egypt is arresting thousands of people. activists say there has been a
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sharp rise in the number of people going missing. >> reporter: this was [ inaudible ] before the 2011 revolution. during the protests she was hit by a bullet and became paralyzed, but she kept on with her studies and stayed vocal against the egyptian go. it has been a month and the 23 year old activist has not come home. >> translator: on june 1st she hung out with her friends. she left around 5:00 pm and her female friend was in touch with her until around 9:00 pm but she did not come home. >> translator: what kind of heart do these people have. do they not have children? i want them to tell me the whereabouts of my daughter. >> reporter: she is among the 153 reported missing in egypt. all are critics of the government. their families insist they are being held by egyptian
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authorities. amnesty international has released a report that it calls generation jail. it says 41,000 people have been detained and are facing military charges since the military deposed president morsi in 2013. promises by the international community have been subdued by arms deals and trade. >> instead we have seen egypt's partners make ready to sell new arms and equipment to the egyptian authorities, ignoring gross human rights violations like torture, unlawful killing of protesters and disappearances. >> reporter: some students have been found but not alive. this is the mother of one boy. she has seen her son's body. she says it is broken in many places. they say there were security
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cameras at the university at the time and want to know why they can't be used to find the killers. >> translator: victims of forced disappearance do not usually end up in prison. we have two stories of people who disappeared and turned up dead, some as a result of torture by the interior ministry. >> reporter: it has been two years since tens of thousands of people marched in the streets. since the many of the same activists have found themselves a target of the new government's crackdown on its opponents. many have been arrested. others have just gone missing. there are reports that greece has rejected a last-minute proposal by its creditors on a new bailout package. by midnight on tuesday the agreement will come to the end. and the government has announced it won't make its payment.
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>> reporter: greece is now in the last few hours of its financial assistance and oversight program with its european partners and international creditors. when the clock strikes midnight legally and politically greece will be outside of any formal arrangements with which it can come back to its creditors and say it wishes to continue its austerity program and receive cash for reforms. the finance minister was as assertive as ever that the referendum will happen. >> translator: the most important thing at this time is to secure with soebty and harmony, the right of the greek people to express themselves on sunday in the referendum. it's a right the euro group [ inaudible ] by closing the banks. that's our goal to allow the greek people to express their
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view. on monday we'll start a formation of the greek economy. >> reporter: with the greek banks being closed for a week and possibly longer the prime minister is said to be considering a new overture from the european union. >> this would require a move from the greek government which the president asked to see before midnight last night. as we speak, this move has not yet been received registered, and time is now narrowing. >> reporter: german chancellor angela merkel also says there is no sign of such a deal yet. >> translator: this evening at exactly midnight the program
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expires, and i'm not aware of any real indications of anything else. beyond this it's clear we'll not close the channels of communication after midnight tonight, otherwise we would thot be the european union, that means the door remains open to talks, but i cannot say more than this. >> reporter: tsipras on monday night signaled he was still open to a last-minute deal but he sees after a no vote on the creditor's plan but instead of a no vote. it's not just the media who have turned against him, public opinion is divided between a no vote and a yes vote. all may not be lost and a last-minute deal could still happen. if it doesn't, the euro dilemma
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threatens to tear greek society apart. the referendum is in a very real sense dividing society here as people try to decide whether they can resolve the country's economic malaise, by voting yes or no. those fear that a no vote would signal political problems as well. >> dominic kane has this update from frankfort. >> reporter: this is frankfort's [ inaudible ] the heart of the business and banking district. in this part of the city people are used to making big financial decisions that have a profound importance. if greece is to fall out of the euro zone it could cost the german taxpayer a great deal of money. as the people contemplate their choices, we wanted to get a
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flavor of how much they were prepared to pay for german solidarity with greece. >> translator: we feel completely fooled as a taxpayer because i'm not getting the impression that greece is seeing the light. this is why are i see only one option, exit. >> translator: i think it would be okay to spend more money on greece. it would be better for the team spirit that we show the people we want to fight for it. >> reporter: but how much will that fight cost the german taxpayer. angela merkel says she wants to show solidarity with greece but the greece government must fulfill the promises it made for tough reforms. the decision the voters will make in athens on sunday will have profound importance. at least one person has died and 22 others have been wounded
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in a taliban suicide car bomb attack in kabul. the blast occurred in the diplomatic area around 500 meters from the u.s. embassy. witnesses say at least two military vehicles have been damaged. the united nations has accused the south sudanese army of human rights abuses. allegations include the abduction and sexual abuse of women and girls some of whom were reportedly burnt alive. they collected evidence from 115 victims and witnesses. the report alleges that some of the atrocities were committed by groups associated with the army. still to come here on al jazeera, south africa closes a shelter for people who escaped violence against migrants. making a slash, a new ex-bigs highlights the work of a pioneer of action painting. ♪
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♪ welcome back. the top stories here on al jazeera, all 113 people on board a military jet have been killed. after a crash shortly after takeover in indonesia. three others died on the ground. it's not clear why the plane crashed. egypt's president is promising tougher laws following the assassination of the prosecutor general. he says trials for those suspected of terrorism should be speeded up and new measures will be presented within days. and there are reports that greece has rejected a last-minute proposal by creditors on a new bailout
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package. by midnight on tuesday, it current financial aid will come to an end. iran's foreign minister says only a deal that is fair and balanced will be acceptable to the iranian people. he is back in vienna for talks on iran's nuclear program, and negotiations are set to continue past the tuesday deadline. let's cross live to james bayes live in vienna. the deadline is expected to pass without an agreement. describe the mood in the discussions >> reporter: i think the fact that the foreign minister is back here after spending one day in tehran for negotiations and back around the negotiating table and at the end of a meeting with secretary of state john kerry which lasted 1:43 the -- both sides actually sounded very positive. i think that's giving a reasonably positive mood to
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these discussion. listen to what he said. >> translator: i didn't go to get a mandate. i already had a mandate to negotiate. i'm here to get a final deal, and i think i can. >> reporter: so those very positive comments there from the iranian foreign minister i have to say, earlier on when he arrived at the airport, he still said there was a great deal of detail to work through, and certainly that's what i'm hearing as well from diplomats from the group of countries negotiating with iran on behalf of the international community. what we're hearing from them is there's no way there is going to be a deal taking place today, which is supposed to be the deadline, and it may take a few more days to work through all of the details. some of them still quite tricky points that they have to agree on. >> james thank you. syria's government says it has made gain against isil in
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one area. soldiers have taken a residential area in north of the city days after it was captured by isil forces. kurdish forces control other areas of the city and have come under renewed shelling. turkey is concerned about the advances in syria. they held a meeting to discuss the growing threat along the border with syria. they are sending more troops to the southern border. the president says he will never allow the formation of a kurdish state in the area. the turkish government calls the kurdish ypg force a terrorist organization. the group now controls 400 kilometers along turkey's border, where from zana hoda now reports. >> reporter: turkey is concerned about the growing strength of its neighborhood. the syrian kurdish ypg has made
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dramatic gains in northeastern syria. u.s.-lead coalition air strikes, helped the kurds, their only partner on the ground in syria capture territory. but turkish officials believe the ypg, which it considers a terrorist organization, has another agenda. >> translator: the u.s.-lead coalition is giving the ypg a lot of help. they help the kurds, and the ypg is a threat to all people. the turks are trying to create a state they are ethnically cleansing areas. >> reporter: they have pushed deep into this province the group's main strong hold in syria. the capture of the border crossing was praised by u.s. officials who said it was a main supply line from where isil brought in foreign fighters and supplies.
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but captures the area the ypg didn't just close an isil supply route, it opened a land corridor between two kurdish administered districts. this has raised concerns in turkey. the president has said turkey would not accept any move by syria's kurds to create their own state. this is believed to be the kurd's next target. it is the last isil-controlled crossing on syria's border with turkey, and its fighters are seen in the distance planting explosives. the coalition is likely to provide air cover in a battle that would weekend isil but syrian activists are questioning notetives of the kurds and the u.s. >> translator: the ypg is now on the doorsteps. if they capture that crossing, they will then push south. >> reporter: the turkish government wants a military
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intervention to stop the kurds. but already the pkk which has been involved in an armed conflict with turkey for decades said any intervention would mean war. in south africa the only remaining camp who housed people who fled is now being closed. they can no back to their communities or their home countries, both of which they fled. our correspondent sent this update. >> reporter: three temporary shelters very much like the one behind me, housed up to 5,000 people in recent months followingfollow agency know phobic violence. up to 200 of them have until the end of the day to decide whether or not they'll be retee
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-- reintegrated into the areas which they fled or return to the countries. for a lot of them that is not an option. they say they want to remain in south africa but they are also concerns that communities here are not safe enough. the minister in the area has said they can indeed return they have put in place structures to support them ensuring they will be kept safe once they return. the united nations says nearly 10,000 burundians have fled the country. haru mutasa is in the capitol. >> reporter: officials are tallying and a verifying votes.
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they say 65% of people who were registered to vote actually turned out to vote. 4 million people voted in the parliamentary elections nationwide. opposition members say that is not true. because opposition supporters boycotted the election. that said some of the results put up shows the ruling party is leading, and some of the other parties who participated are also on the list but people are concerned about violence. they vehicle up to news that a young girl was shot and killed by stray bullets moments before the polls opened. people are concerned what could happen after the results are released. as many as 300 inmates have rioted at an australian prison. they are angry at a ban on smoking due to come across the state on wednesday.
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one group broke into a control room. armed police used tear gas to quell the riot. all staff are reported to be safe and accounted for. at least eight people have been injured after a man set himself on fire on a bullet train in japan. he pored a flammable liquid over himself and then died. the train had to make an emergency stop on its way from tokyo to osaka. police in india are investigating how nearly 80 children became sick after offering a government-provided meal at a school. they have all been treated in the hospital. the midday meal scheme provides a free lunch to more than 100 million people. but the food is often stored and cooked in poorly equipped schools with staff with little training. french police have detained
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two executives from the private car booking at uber for questioning. france has been investigating the unlicensed taxi service for alleged illegal activity. from scrapbooks to digital photo albums the way we store memories is rapidly evolving. as part of our series, tom akerman reports on the challenges posed. >> reporter: a family collection of snapshots going back almost a century. they have been transferred to a portable hard drive for the benefit of generations to come. but will the data be available for generations to come? >> how long will the mia survive, and how long will you have software which can take the
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bits that have been read and interpret them successfully. >> i tend to be an optimist as far as digital preservation goes. >> reporter: matthew's collection of computer antiques includes this 1982 vintage apple 2 2e. >> there we see sea dragon the same game on the apple 2. >> reporter: but new forms of software can enable one computer system to behave like another. so this video game can be played on other operating platforms. >> reporter: here we're duplicating that apple 2, on a web browser running on a mac laptop laptop. >> reporter: the aim of the olive project which is still in the pilot stage to further
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development the emulator technology for long-term preservation of programs. but the sheer volume of different evolving formats mayproof overwhelming. here at the u.s. library of congress, the information specialists say their challenge will be to define and limit the kinds of data to be preserved for the ages. no one can predict what hardware and software we'll be using in the year 2100. >> once we move to holographic cloud storage or whatever is next on the horizon, somebody is going to have to take an active interest in migrating that content and moving it forward. >> reporter: a mission for computer companies, governments, and individuals. a new show devoted to the later works of of jackson polak
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opens on tuesday in the u.k. it represents a different stage of his style. jessica baldwin reports. >> reporter: summertime number 9a. the paint literally splashed dripped, poured on to the canvas. polak was a pioneer of action painting. a frenzy of throwing paint, but it was controlled chaos, ending with beautiful competitions. as a founder of abstract expressionism, his paintings are worth millions. and they are fragile now. tiger is ensured for $140 million. >> there is life or art before and after jackson polak. so if you have one of those works in your collection it's really -- it's a centrifugal point where a collection can develop and grow because a lot
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of the roads in modern art lead back to jackson polak. >> reporter: polak abbankruptly gave up on the drip paintings and moved on. there are only 37 black-pouring paintings, and they managed to amass 20 of them for this show. it's not what you would think of. almost exclusively black, they weren't popular when he first showed them. they were made with sticks and bubbled surringers used for basting food but the style is still there. as polak's alcoholism worsened his output slowed. portrait in a dream is considered the painter's last great work. again, a departure from previous. the artist who's name is synonymous with abstract expressionism, brings back a figure. because he died so young, just
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44, and with so few works, they are highly valued. organizers say it is unlikely so many of them will ever be gathered in one place again. and for all of the latest news analysis, and opinion pieces, you can always check out our website at aljazeera.com. greece is back at the negotiating table as the clock ticks down towards a huge payment to the imf, and possible default. >> we're just working and it's too early to make any judgments. working passed the deadline over iran's nuclear deadline. and new jersey's outspoken governor is announcing his presidential run, but will his
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