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another day of queue queues outside greek banks as the country misses an i.m.f. payment. ♪ ♪ from al jazerra's head quarters in doha, i am sami zeidan. also ahead human rights watch calls for an investigation in to saudi-led air strikes in yemen it says war crimes may have been committed. thousands of police on stand by in hong kong as the territory marks 18 years since its hand over to china. plus. >> reporter: i am andrew thomas diving on australia's great
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barrier reef. what is down is there spectacular, it's at risk. i'll explain why it's what farmers are doing on lands that is largely to blame. ♪ ♪ first to greece where for a third day people are queuing outside banks to withdraw crash. greece has failed to pay 1.6 billion euros due to the i.m.f. the first developed country to do so. the failure to pay has plunged the country in to earther uncertainty. let's get the latest from barnaby phillips, he's live for us in athens, what's also happened barnaby as i am sure you know sort of another proposal from greece that the european leaders are going to consider, finance ministers at least. any hope of a breakthrough there? >> reporter: a tiny bit of hope, sami. the french in particular say they would like a deal before
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sunday's referendum. that seems unlikely. and angela merkel the german chancellor has poured cold water on that possibility. she is saying that the referendum should go ahead. frankly, there is a reason why five months of negotiations, protracted negotiations failed, and that is an enormous gulf between greece and its creditors and a gulf that seems even bigger now than when this government took for you are in january. the new greek proposal is thin on details perhaps there is more being said behind the scenes that we don't know about. but when it comes to the kinds of spending cuts that european creditors have been demanding they are not there on the piece of paper itself. so i am a little bit pessimistic. i have been capturing the political mood, the popular mood, on the streets of athens over the past day. they fear their country could
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slide out of the euro zone. they call themselves the pro-europeans, they want a yes vote in sunday's referendum. there is much talk of last-minute negotiations. whatever the outcome many in athens see no good options ahead. he is a typical 29-year-old greek, unemployed and lives with his parents and dismayed by growing divisions in society. >> i have seen a lot of people fighting over should we vote yes or vote no. are we supposed to make deal with the creditors. i don't feel optimistic about it at all because if people turn against each other, they are not going to -- we are not going to get out of this. >> reporter: in this office, margo, a psychologist, counsels the long-term unemployed. a joint government e.u. project she's had 100 new clients this month alone. >> we see a lot of anger. why? there is a big why.
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why happen this to the country? to me? to my family? because many times the mother and the father are unemployed at this moment. and depression. >> reporter: in this crowd many put the blame for greece's production. on the prime minister alexis tsipras. they say he's playing a dangerous game. that he's putting his patriot's interest above that of his country. there are wildly different prediction on his how greeks will vote in a remember run dumbrememberreferendum. all we do know is the divisions are growing deeper and deeper. >> barnaby the european central bank's board is meeting today. how much concern is there about what will happen in greece in the c.d. imposes new conditions to continued emergency funding? >> reporter: well, that will be very bad news for greece. it's clear now that the greek
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government is insolvent, if we were in any doubt about that much the failure to meet the i.m.f. payment confirms that to the entire world. greek banks are very tightly linked to the greek government. and with the greek government in such financial trouble in practice the european central bank should not be lending money to commercial entities in this country whether when there is every reason to doubt their solvency as well. however, what we have seen throughout this crisis, is that the european central bank has been forced reluctantly in to a political role and has carried on assisting greece, perhaps when, according to its own rules, it should have pulled the plug on this country. none of that sound very reassuring many greeks worrying about labarbera their banks worrying whether, in fact, their binges will reopen now.
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>> thank you very much, barnaby phillips there. 1200 prisoners have escaped from a prison in southwestern yemen. guards reportedly fled from their post during heavy fighting between houthi rebels and pro-government forces forces in taiz. suspected al qaeda members are thought to be those among those that have escaped. it's the third major jail frank since the saudi-led air campaign began in march. human rights watch is calling for an investigation in to the attacks led by saudi arabia. they appear to violate international law. kristen saloomey has more from new york. >> my wife and -- >> translator: my wife and four daughters died, all of them. >> reporter: he lost a total of 27 members of his extended family, most of them children, when his home in sadder city was hit by a bomb. >> on that night someone came to ask for my daughter's happened in marriage. i didn't even have time to be
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happy for my daughter before the strike happened. >> reporter: he was introduced viewed by human rights watch as part of their investigation that found at least six homes in sad asada were instruction. they found no information that they were housing fighters. >> the military target would have to be of such a high value that it would justify a high level of collateral damage with, a high number like 27 civilian kills it's very hard to see how that could being justified. >> reporter: five markets, an empty school and a crowded petrol station were is also hit in sad arc the focus of the investigation. the coalition is attempting to prevents the houthi rebel group from taking over yemen's government. if there was a legitimate reason to strike these targets sauce saudi arabia has yet to reveal it. neither they nor the united
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states, a country that supports the nine-nation coalition, have yet to respond to human rights watch's request for an investigation. nor have they responded to al jazerra. with no functioning government in place the united nation says its focus is on finding a political solution to the conflict. >> from the perspective. united nations all the lines the destruction that we have seen is serious. which is why we are trying to get the parties to have a ceasefire or at the very least a humanitarian pause. >> reporter: all sides in a complex and now long-running conflict must follow the rules of war. with no end to the fighting in sight, the hope is to spare civilians. kristen saloomey, al jazerra the united nations. a professor of political science at kuwait university in
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beirut he says houthi rebels are also committing atrocity. >> the report by the human rights. [ inaudible ] we have heard this before since the beginning of the operation. there has been numerous reports by human rights about the civilian casualties. but in wars collateral damage takes place. all the time. especially now that the war has been going on for over three months, and the houthis they are not regular army, they resort to gorilla warfare by using human shields and they have drawn condemnation against the coalition forces by raiding their arsenal and the the result is
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civilian casualties unfore i. hong kong is marking the 18th anniversary of the territory's hand over to china. the security has been beefed up. pro-democracy rallies are planned but the numbers expected to be much lower than last year. rob mcbride is live for us in hong kong. how have the protests been shaping up so far rob? >> reporter: well, people are stream until here to the starting point it's called victoria park, a large open space in the middle of hong kong from where they will start the march and go to government office says. it has to be said this is a day i think of the mixed emotions. those who are still campaigning for full democracy can claim some some respects this is a victory parade. after all they have forced the rejection of the reforms that were proposed by beijing which pro-democracy groups here have branded them as fake democracy. but it's tinged by the knowledge that 18 years after being passed over from british colonial rule this city it still as far way as
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ever from being able to rule its onaown affairs. last year as we mentioned over half a million pima tended this july 1st rail. this year the organizers are telling me maybe 100,000. it is just out the time when the rally is due to start. these soccer pitches have been furnished to holding pens should by now be full of people and they are not. everybody that estimate of 100,000 people is looking very optimistic right now sami. >> you mentioned there the rejection by lawmakers in june of beijing's proposals where does the political process stand now then? >> reporter: it seems to be stuck at the moment and both sides i think after an exhausting tumultuous political year seem to accept the fact that they are stuck at the moment. it seems to have drawn eye lawn under it, certainly the administration here which is obviously pro-beijing speaking
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ato visual events marking the hand over to chinese rule are saying for now the political reforms are off the table and we should concentrate on economic reforms and people's livelihood. they see this waning support as being possibly the end of this political sag is, but still people here would tell you that this is a fight that has gone on for decades not only under chinese rule but under british colonial rule and will not stop just because of this one setback. but seeing how they will ever get the beijing authorities to sit down and listen to them seems very difficult at this point in time. sami. >> thanks so much, rob mcbride. tunisia's government has shutdown dozens of mosques following the beach-side massacre. many say mosques like this could play a crucial role in promoting tolerance. that story is coming up. and also ahead once more -- one small parcel food for five days, we take you inside a mar grant
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♪ welcome back, let's recap the headlines now. greece has missed a 1.6 billion euro payment which was due to the i.m.f. people have been crowded outside banks in athens, around a thousand banks are being opened on we understand to allow pensioners without bank cards to make withdraws. human rights watch is calling for an investigation in to the killing of civilians in yemen. it says saudi-led coalition air strikes in saada appear to be violateth laws are war.
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more than 25 hound people have been killed in the last two months. hong kong make the 18th anniversary of the territory's hand over to china. thousands are expect ed in take part in annual pro-democracy protests. the greek debt cries sit by no means unique, argentina serves as a cautionary example after default on the ground nearly $100 billion in sovereign debt back in 2001. just a year the economy that rank by 11%. unemployment soared to more than 20%. people rioted as their pensions vanished and the cost of living spiked. a report from ba there at the time and says what happened. >> reporter: a massive uncertainty was the biggest problem. people couldn't get access to their money. the banks were closed. there was a great limitations in what people could take out. there were daily riots. many people marching through the
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streets. bashing pots and bans it was a symbolic gesture people with wooden spoons hitting their tin pots mostly as a sign of how bad things were domestically. thousands of people here simply didn't see a future. we mentioned the very hyun employment. many runs of young educated people left the europe, mostly spain and italy to start new lives there. but argentine tina dug dug out of that crisis after a couple of years of great uncertainty and turanturmoil. it had been link today the u.s. one peso, 1 dollar. the government cut that by one-third, 1 dollar became three pesos so people automatically lost two-thirds of their savings. egypt apps' cabinet is meet to go discuss new anti-terror laws president sisi announced new measures while attending the tune ralph prosecutor general.
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he was killed by a car bomb on monday. one law is expected to impose the death penalty on those found guilty of financing fighters. meanwhile, a car bomb has exploded at least three people killed in cairo, two of those killed in the car at the time a second device killed a passerby. it happened on tuesday near a police station near giza. another three people were injured. tunisian authorities say the gunman who killed 38 tourists last week were trained by militia's in libya. they say he traveled to tripoli at the same time as the two gunmen who carried out the attack on the national museum in tunis in march. huh >> reporter: tunisia is in the spotlight. the party one of the organizations the government accuses of promoting violence and sedition. the party's leaders say the government is exploiting the attack on tourists to stifle did
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crept and sideline conservatives. >> translator: the president should take on those who kill tourists instead he's targeting religious leaders and parties exactly the same way his predecessor repress the his opponents. >> reporter: this is a gathering of. [ inaudible ] which was ban today decades. the party is an off shoot of a banned islamic movement that calls for the reestablish. of the caliphate or the rule of the islamic law. it rejects democracy as a western invention and says capitalism is a threat to islam. >> translator: we have a government that has failed at all levels, those in power are a joke, that's why we say the only solution to our problems should be through embracing islam. >> reporter: the leaders insist they are determined to change tunisia's political reality. but despite all the challenges that they face, the their movement is gaining momentum.
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the tunisian government seems determined to fight extremism and crack down on religious organizations it accuses of spreading violent ideologists a fight officials here say they can only win if they have enough international support and backing from all tunisians. the government has also ordered the closure of unauthorized mosques. but many people are concerned. they say mosques like this one one of the oldest in tunisia could play a crucial role in promoting tolerance. the mosque is one of the most renowned religious centers in the muslim world. >> translator: this has been one of the greatest places promoting the true message of islam. islam calls for peace and unity. >> reporter: thousands of young tunisia januaries have joined al qaeda and isil in iraq, syria and libya.
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there are hundreds more fighting against the government here. these are delicate times for a country that launched the arab spring four years ago. al jazerra tunis. indonesia's president has promise aid review of the country's aging air force fleet. at least 130 people are confirmed dead after the military transport plane crashed. the president says he's ordered a thorough investigation in to the cause of the accident. stephanie deck has dierker has morestefanie dekker has more from i understand year a. >> reporter: they said it was there were 113 people on board now the number is over 120. all of them presumed to have died in this crash. the rescue operation is ongoing they are trying to get the bodies out of the wreckage. horrendous stories really we are hearing body parts, this will be a lengthy process trying to
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identify them and get the bodies back to the families. it is extremely concerning this is the sixth fatal military crash in the last 10 years so it raises questions of concern as to how this could have happened. there has bulls been political reaction already in parliament on tuesday politicians questioning whether the military was flying planes that were too old them particular aircraft from 1964, however having said that the hercules c130 is an aircraft with an extremely strong safety record. this is something that needs to be addressed while did go down? we have had a statement from the air force saying they will stop flying the hurricane close c130 hercules craft 130 until the investigation is done. indonesia has a very safety record. now we have had six military aircraft going down in civilian areas in the last at the point years, so very serious questions that will need to be address today trying to figure out how this will never happen again. protesting ferry workers
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have forced the closure of the channel tunnel link think france and england for a second time of the ferry workers are striking over job cuts. they have been blocking the tunnel entrance and setting fire to tires on the railway tracks. a mag inapt for migrants who use it as a jumping off point to try to get across from britain laurence lee reports on the french charity stepping in to help those stranded. >> reporter: what do you say about this, this sight of lines of men and women from countries like eritrea or sudan being given food parcels not in africa, but in calais. they queue the patiently in the baking heat for their plastic bag. inside, some fruits, some biscuits some milk. this ethiopian was both to make it last. >> i eat this. for four days. >> reporter: four days? >> four days or five days. i am hungry. >> reporter: this was courtesy of the catholic charity islamic
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relief and solidarity international. more used to emergency work in africa. this is the first time the first day they have ever had to do this in france. >> that's the first time in 35 years of existence that solidarity international an international ngo is working in the french territory. for us it's kind of a failure to have to work if our own territory. >> reporter: of course much of this would be unnecessary if the u.k. allowed some of these people to seek asylum. that's the reason why they are stuck in calais, after all. but there no chance of that. of course if people were suffering like this in other parts of the world the french or british government might express concern, might even offer some money to help them. but not here. not in calais. the reason why charities are having to do all of this for these people is because neither the french nor the british governments wants to lift a finger. many of the men here have foot injuries from jump on the ground to loris they try to stowaway
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signed to get to england, this man is at risk of losing his foot to infection from the conditions in the camp. gangrene. without treatments he will get gang are you. >> yes. it's infected. >> reporter: she's saving your foot. for something almost religious about this, the help some are prepared to to gift disposed the injured man didn't want to show his face, but just listen to his thoughts. >> human rights, how you say human rights, mean human. either you are black white asian, european, whatever, you have human. you are equal. but you are not equal here. >> actually, we need with other organization to his implement. [ inaudible ] with migrants in term of food, in terms of medical, medical components, and in terms of sanitation as well. >> reporter: the police keep
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watch on all of this while around the camp the diggers move hill to his create more and bigger fence to his keep the migrants in. dignity is in short supply here. they need to be resilient to cope with this sense of a life without answers in no man's land land. many on both side of the english channel will say their bandaged feet and full stomachs will only make it easier for them to jump on more loris, but such is life in this small european hell. laurence lee, al jazerra, in calais. the governor of new jersey chris christie has joined the race to be the next president of the united states. he announced his bid for the white house at a halle at his old school in livingston, new jersey, christy is the 14th republican to seek nomination. >> america is tired of hang ringing and inning diseaseness and weakness in the only offers. we need strengths decision making and authorities in the
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overral office that's why today i am proud to announce my candidacy for the republican nomination for president of the united states of america. there is growing concern about the held the of australia's great barrier reef. the world heritage site is under threat from pollution and climate change and may soon be lis listed formally as in danger by the u.n. andrew thomas took a dive to find out what's causing the damage. >> reporter: when you are driving on it. most threats aren't that on be justice to the great barrier reef. although half of it has disappeared over the last 30 years, choose your spot carefully there are still bright corals and plenty of fish, you don't notice the subtle change of water temperature due to climate change and the coal port being built along the reef's closest point. are out of sight. but it's all too obvious the spikey crown of thorn star fish, there is playing of them down here, they feed on coral and can be toxic to fish.
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scott is one of the team of people fighting back injecting the star fish with poison. it works but is a huge effort. >> the am of damage that they can do to the coral and i have seen it firsthand is quite amazing. and the coral is "america tonight" facing enough threats as it is. the crown of thorn star fish at least is something that we can actively do something about. >> reporter: the star fish are thriving because there is an increase in the sea of the my row plankton that their lahr vie feed on. one staff fish can produce as many as 60 million eggs a year, far more are surviving than should. there have been outbreaks of crown of thorn star fish in the past. but this latest one is the worst and it's human activities on land that are largely to blame. growing sugar cane is big business. its farmers use fertilizers but when the excess washes off the lands in to rivers and down to
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the sea the fertilizer feed the flanker tonight tone hayes changed his farming practice plying further liesers much more responsibly than did he. >> we are only applying chemical on 40% of the area. >> reporter: once you would have put it everywhere. >> yeah. yeah. >> what we do on this land does effect the reef. >> reporter: but he is a relatively young farmer around here getting his older neighbor to his change their practices too, isn't easy. when barack obama came to australia last november, he told students he was worried about the great barrier reef and wanted it to be there for had his yet to be born grandchildren. his concern echos the united nations, action globally and locally is need today the reef to survive. andrew tom, al jazerra on australia's great barrier reef.
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