the muslim brotherhood calls for an uprising in egypt after security forces kill 13 of its members. ♪ you are watching al jazeera, coming up in the next half hour europe's leaders say there will be no more negotiations with greece on a bailout plan until sunday referendum is over. top leaders meet in tehran as negotiations continue for a deal on iran's nuclear program. and a gay couple in china

risks arrest as they push for the recognition of same-sex union. ♪ egypt has launched air strikes against fighters in the sinai peninsula. the sinai peninsula has been the scene of intense fighting over the last couple of days. more than 150 people have been killed. the muslim brotherhood meanwhile is calling for a revolt against the government. security forces killed 13 muslim brotherhood leaders in a cairo apartment on wednesday. the victims families say they were unarmed and were killed after being arrested. >> reporter: as the dead were taken from this morgue in cairo, the families say their loved ones were killed in cold blood. they say they had been taken bo custody earlier in the day.

>> translator: they fingerprinted them when they were alive. they were arrested alive and got killed later. they were hit inned that chest, and side with multiple bullets. >> reporter: the egyptian government says the muslim brotherhood members were killed because they were fugitives plotting terror attacks. the muslim brotherhood says the leaders were members of a family support group. >> translator: i blame the killing on sisi and everyone who authorized and supported him. i hope they taits -- taste the same by losing their loved ones. >> reporter: the muslim brotherhood has become the state's main enemy and was designated a terrorist organization. thousands of leaders, members and supporters have been killed arrested jailed and sentenced to death. other government opponents have

also gone missing. after the killing of egypt's top public prosecutor in a car bomb attack on monday the egyptian cabinet imposed new laws to oppose what sisi calls terrorism. various opposition parties are blaming president sisi for the escalating violence. some figures warned against pushing egypt towards civil war. >> translator: we must keep the revolution peaceful. ex >> reporter: one of egypt's biggest security threats is in the sinai, place the prime minister has said is in a state of war. groups such as this which later became known as province of sinai and has warn allegiance to isil has carried out a devastating tack on wednesday,

where more than 100 people were reportedly killed. it has demolished hundreds of homes on the border with gaza and israel to create a buffer zone and end weapons smuggling. this has added to claims that they are margelized and treated as second-class citizens but it appears the government's policies are only getting tighter across the country. the u.s. navy yard in washington, d.c. remains on lookdown after a security operation. police responded to unconfirmed reports of a shooter on the complex. a navy yard spokesman says there are no casualties as of yet, and no shooter has been found. survivors have been telling how they were trapped under a

fairy that capsized in the philippines. the disaster occurred just a killometer from the port. the captain and some of the rescue crew are being questioned by police. >> reporter: ferry boats regularly travel between the islands of the philippines. this particular stretch of water is known to get quite rough and there have been many similar accidents in the same area in the past. one survivor said the waterers were calm when they first left. local authorities are saying they are doing all they can to help the survivors. the captain of the boat is now in custody, and the coast guard will be launching an investigation. bp has agreed to pay $18.7 billion over the gulf of mexico oil spill in 2010.

this is the largest single settlement in american history. more than 3 million barrels of oil spewed into the gulf when the rig exploded. tom we know that this has been a long drawn out war between the both sides, the u.s. justice department and bp have now reached a settlement. tell us think significance of this case. >> reporter: first of all it's the largest environmental damage settlement in the history of the united states, as well as the largest civil settlement. this is an agreement in principal, because it still has to be ratified by a u.s. court, to settle the economic damages and the natural resource damages that were inflicted on those states in that territory as the result of the spill in 2010. now the -- the government says

that this will be monitored by the -- the justice department as it -- as it plays out, because bp will not have to pay out this money, which ultimately will amount to about $20 billion for 16 years, and that understandably produces a sigh of relief on the stock markets because bp's share price rose as a result of this announcement. nevertheless it is a big blow to the overall revenue, long term of bp and this goes on top of individual settlements given to people who had made claims about -- that they individually fishermen, land owners and the like, had filed claims against bp over the past few years. one other point to mention, although there were criminal charges also as a part of the case against bp only one person

has actually gone to trial. he is appealing that conviction of faultfying documents and nobody has spent a day in jail as a result of that oil spill. >> tom thank you for that update, bp agreeing to pay $18.7 billion over the gulf of mexico oil spill in 2010. diplomats in vienna are trying to reach a final deal with iran over its nuclear program. mohammed says progress will require political will and a lot of work still needs to be done. a diplomatic edder to james bayes is following the talks. >> reporter: meetings continue here in vienna are foreign ministers arriving to join the u.s. secretary of state and the iranian foreign minister. mohammed zarif is here. he said you have to be hopeful.

other foreign ministers arriving. the u.k. foreign secretary, the french foreign minister and the german foreign minister, all very much taking the same line saying there has been progress but no break through. and also the arrival of the chinese foreign minister, who perhaps gave a little bit more away when i asked him this question. can you get a deal before the 7th do you think? >> translator: i think there is high possibility, but still i need to consult with my colleagues. >> reporter: meanwhile important developments also taking place in tehran where the head of the energy ministry has been meeting with senior officials. if there is a deal done in vienna they are the organization that will have to police it and there is still controversy of where they will be allowed to inspect.

european finance ministers have rejected talks on a new bailout for greece until its referendum on sunday. hundreds of pensioners have been queueing outside of banks in athens to withdraw cash. there are strict controls. pensioners are only allowed to withdraw 120 euros for the week. george is the greek deputy interior minister and he is accusing some political groups in europe of wanting to remove the governing power from power. >> we wanted to strike a deal from the beginning. we have made a number of very important concessions, many of them painful for us. last monday they have said to us, your proposals are a very good basis for discussions, and then they presented us an ultimatum, and not only that they refused to increase the liquidity of our banks, and

therefore, they pushed us to close the banks with holiday banks, and they have created by this way a climate of terror in greece, that does not allow the calm expression of the political will. this is psychological warfare. i have just given you an example. when we have the chancellor of austria making a favorable statement for us five minutes later, his minister of finance who belongs to the same coalition that is a conservative, a social democrat is making inflammatory statements against us. so practically the division is not along national lines. it's along political lines. and now in greece we are becoming the mirror of the future of europe exactly

because of these two different visions of europe oppose each other. we have a battle here but it's not just a battle for greece. it's a battle for europe. >> john i'm curious to take you -- well to get your take on the interior minister's accusation that the sir resa party is being pushed out by the troika. >> well, as you heard him say in that long sound bite there syriza is very much isolated. not only has it bungled its strategy to force creditors back it has failed to make any demands. the austerity package is one that is largely of its own making. so it's demonstrated how far back it has been pushed itself. but the push -- the -- the

isolation of syriza comes from abroad and domestically. of course we have heard the leader of the euro group today tell the dutch parliament that if the greeks vote no they have no place in the euro zone tomorrow. french fundamental made a similar statement saying if you vote yes, we'll come back to the table, if it's no you are on your way out of the euro zone. this amounts to an enormous amount of pressure on greek voters, as they go through their own insecurities here in greece because they don't have access to their money, and they are very worried about the future. they are also very worried about shortages in the marketplace even if they have money at home they are not sure they are going to find groceries in the stores next week. so there is a great deal of insecurity, and all of these warnings from abroad do play

on -- on an already worried public here. >> all eyes now, of course john are on sunday's referendum. at this stage is there any indication as to which way the nation may be leaning? >> it's very difficult to call. the government friendly newspaper yesterday came out yesterday with a figure of 46%, which it felt was on the decline. it had fallen by about 10 points since the referendum was announced four days previously. of course the key event in that period was the closure of banks, and that has greatly worried people. not poll that was taken today -- well taken yesterday and published today on another news website, still shows the no vote coming out ahead at 51%. there is a lot of domestic media pressure on the no vote as well as foreign statements.

this is the front page of just about the only government friendly newspaper other than the official mouthpiece of syriza it's got a big headline saying the fear machine. you have got the greek media pictured inside cogs along with european leaders. a lot of people here feel that a lot of greek people, greek media and political leaders are in cahoots with their creditors to force them into a yes vote. so with so much being said about the pressure on the no vote with so much being written and said about what may happen to greece the day after, it's very difficult to gauge the precise level of feeling in favor of no at this point. >> john thank you for that. that's john psaropoulos speaking to us from athens. still to come isil issues a threat against hamas in gaza.

we'll be there live. also empty airports and vacant hotels tunisia is set to lose millions of tourist dollars because of the massacre. and we'll have the story of disappearing doctors in bangladesh's rural communities. stay with us.

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security forces on wednesday. their families say they were unarmed. european finance ministers have jekted talks on a new bailout for greece until after a national referendum on sunday. greeks will vote on whether to accept or reject a range of spending cuts and tax rises recommended by creditors. bp has agreed to pay $18.7 billion over the gulf of mexico spill. more than 3 million barrels spewed into the gulf as the deep water horizon rig exploded in 2010. isil is promising to end hamas's control in the gaza strip. they posted a video condemns hamas. the announcement follows accusations by israel that hamas is helping isil linked fighters in neighboring sinai.

put all of this into context with our correspondent in rafa. now that we know you are in rafa with isil's declaration, can we expect more violence in rafa then? >> reporter: hi, yes, well here it is a very tense situation following the violence. just over my shoulder in what is egypt, that has caused a lot of alarm in the gaza strip but perhaps more for hamas. hamas is under a lot of pressure, not only by egypt, again, egypt has also accused hamas of not being hard enough on various armed groups inside the gaza strip, but also as you mentioned you have this threat now from the islamic state of iraq and the levant to take over the gaza strip much like they

have taken over the refugee camp. the spokesman said he wanted to end what he described as hah ma's tyranny here in the gaza strip, and he is alluding to the fact that hamas has been cracking down heavily on a number of people who have said that they are at the very least inspired by the islamic state of iraq and the levant. we understand that there have been a number of bombings across the gaza strip by these individuals, these bombings of course have been in empty areas, described as threats more than anything, but the concern is that these groups could grow in influence, so hamas, certainly under a lot of tension right now. >> you are here the site of cent fighting. give us an understanding of what is happening on the ground right now. >> reporter: well, we have been here for fwheter part of an

hour and since then we have heard what we believe is egyptian tank shelling. i'm going to show you what we see right over my shoulder. what you are looking at over there is egypt, and sort of where that -- that area that green area where the trees and low-lying buildings are. we have seen and heard a number of tank shells be fired. we have seen dust clouds and the people who have been here for the past several hours have told us they have also seen and witnessed a number of egyptian military air strikes. this area saw extraordinary fighting around a day ago when groups aligned with the islamic state of iraq and the levant carried out coordinated attacks resulting in a number of deaths but what you are also seeing is something that is no longer there as well. you are seeing a lot of empty fields. this is significant, because if

we were standing here about four months ago, what you would have seen was an egyptian neighborhood on that side of rafa. but the president al-sisi ordered these neighbors, and many neighborhoods across the board we are gaza to be knocked down and reduced to rubble to make way for what he described as a buffer zone. a buffer zone which he obviously wanted to present the kind of violence that we saw just 24 hours ago. thank you for that update. speak tougs-- speaking to us from rafa. 38 people were killed last week when a gunman opened fire at a beach resort in tunisia. hundreds of police are now patrolling tourist areas. >> reporter: more policemen and

soldiers are expected to patrol tunisia's beaches. their task is to prevent attacks on tourists like the one that killed 38 people in the coastal city the worst in tunisia's history. but totel owners and travel agents are already seeing what could be the long-term impact of the attack. tourists have canceled their holiday plans, and those already in the country are cutting their stay short. >> translator: tourism will face a crisis following the attack on the hotel. this zeus alone, 20,000 job opportunities. restaurants won't even make profits, now they'll suffer. >> reporter: prime minister visited the island one of tunisia's top tourist destinations. his top priority now is to win tourists' trust. he has ordered the army to join

the police in securing the hotels and beaches. tourism generates almost $2 billion a year. >> the immediate impact will be strong. already after the bardo attacks, we saw a decline in tourism entries, tourists coming in tourism receipts by about 20%. we would reckon that another 30% decline is likely. all together for the whole year in terms of revenues you could see minus 50%. it's a big shock to the industry no doubt about it. >> reporter: that's about $1 billion in losses. tunisia is a poor country, but it's rich in cultural sites and natural beauty. it relies heavily on its tourists. tunisians have been campaigning to reassure tourists that their country is a safe place to visit. but after the recent attacks and here, that's becoming a

difficult task. the u.s. isn't planning to hand over its naval base at guantanamo bay in cuba. the cuban government insists the oldest u.s. base outside of the united states must be returned if relations are going to normalize. >> we will find new ways to cooperate with cuba and i have been clear that we are also continue to have some very serious differences, that will include america's enduring support for universal values like freedom of speech and assembly and we will not hesitate to speak out when we see actions that contradict those values. a french court has rejected the suspension of the founder of the national party.

marine le pen succeeded her father as party leader in 2011. he has vowed to disown his daughter for leading the suspension move last month. two former leaders of the khmer rouge have begun their appeal of their sentences. they were sentenced last august for crimes against humanity. an estimated 1.7 million cambodians died during the reign of the khmer rouge. the plane crash in february is expected to have crashed because of pilot error. an earlier investigation found the pilot shut off the remaining engine after one went idol. investigators say the engage was

technically still capable of providing power to the aircraft. and the pilot failed a flight simulator test in may last year. two women in china have risked arrest by holding an informal marriage ceremony. same-sex unions are illegal in china, but the couple say they were motivated by last week's supreme court ruling to validate marriage. two girls in wedding dresses wouldn't normally turn heads, but in china it amounts to a public display of defiance. such unions are yet to be legalized here. but the couple exchanged vows and put on wedding rings. [ cheers ] >> reporter: it was a celebration rather than a ceremony. stheting was the back room of a beijing restaurant. such events have happened

before, but the two brides say the timing of this ceremony made it significant. >> in china all of the people celebrate the supreme court in the u.s. yeah. they celebrate gay marriage is legal in the u.s. but in china, what is going on? nothing. >> reporter: lee was expecting trouble today, but in what may have been a deliberate move there were no police to be seen. earlier this year she spent a month in detention for her activism on behalf of woman's rights. china's government regards the campaign for sam marriage as just another unwanted foreign influence, which has why it just passed a law which many fear could lead to a renewed clamp down on cyberspace. stigma and discrimination i continue in china, but attitudes among the young are changing fast. so could gay marriage one day happen in china?

>> maybe 30 years later, 50 years later, who knows. >> reporter: but you'll keep trying. >> yeah keep trying. step by step yes. >> reporter: this was not an historic day, but another milestone in the campaign for gay rights in china. adrian brown, al jazeera, beijing. all clear in the nation's capitol, no injuries no shots fired. a train derails forcing thousands from their homes, the cargo on board that is toxic and flammable. and $18 billion, bp finally settles with gulf sta