>> welcome to the news hour. of greece's prime minister said a no vote is about deciding to live with dignity in europe as thousands gallon for rival rallies in athens. boko haram launch a major attack in maidugari. many are dead. solar impulse lands in hawai'i after a record-breaking flight powered only by the sun. and in sport in wimbledon the

top seed nearly lost it against the british opponent spurred on by her home crowd. thanks for being with us. no ultimatums, and no to those who terrorize you. that's from greek prime minister alexis tsipras. tens of thousands turned out for rally and whatever result the economy is on the brisk of collapse. >> the word no the no campaign backed by the government wants a future in europe but with a better deal. less austerity. >> the vote no means that there is a possibility that the

country will have a future. >> not far away the yes crowd met in greek. they're four a new bail out and quickly one that will allow the banks to reopen. >> they're all here to show that we want to be european citizens, and that a possible return to drachma would be a total disaster. >> sunday's referendum called constitutional by some and a dangerous gamble is the next act in a drama already five years old. the conclusion has never been less certain. >> the no vote will right history. our people will move on within an europe of democracy and solidarity. >> they believe that a no vote will demand more for less. a yes vote would in effect be a

no to him and his party. >> actually many are voting yes and voting against the government. >> the yes vote will continue with the members of europe. >> what strikes me on the two sides, the yes and the no camp not just the strength in which they defend their position but it has been driven much deeper this week between the largely middle class voters of the yes camp willing to sign this country up to more austerity measures to defend what they've got, and many of those here workers with no jobs, with little or nothing left to lose. >> a vote for the people of greece says that we have to stop all negotiations with the european union. we have to take our lives back and fight for our money, our jobs and our democracy. >> we're not enemies of the

other party. i have friends who belong to them. but tomorrow they will still be my end. >> on this square why greeks have so often demonstrated their anger in the past, the no crowd stands with the government of the day. if they win on sunday there is not one person here who truly knows what will happen next. >> we're joined via skype. you've written articles suggesting that greeks should be voting no in this referendum. why should they do that? >> yes i'm a friend of the finance minister. we were colleagues for two years. i have written about the referendum. i would like to demur a little

bit not advising greeks how they should vote. but it seems to me that the yes vote has been sold under two grounds. the finance ministers in brussels are withdrawing that threat and letting it be known that they'll continue continuations the result is what drove the economy into a terrible depression

a. >> even if of alexis tsipras gets his no vote, will he continue negotiations as he gets to that stage. all of his creditors are accepting a large part of the conditions that have set out and then going on for this referendum. >> well, he accepted a great many conditions, this is true. it wasthe compromise never came, and it was concessions that always went in the direction of returning to the original memorandum which the government elected to change.

that was atennible for alexis tsipras and then he was driven to this resort calling for the referendum. >> how much has this been less about the debt and more about the ex-orange the the external politics. it clearly is the mood of the enormous crowd this evening. i was with them. it was a very impressive gathering and impressive, i thought, for the calm demeanor of the people. this was clearly a crowd that had not been the tactic of fear and intimidation it had not had any significant affect. >> i wanted to ask you why greece can't be like portugal. for example, portugal was in a similar situation a couple of years ago and yet it was not

severe austerity measures. and it's got large cash reserves. in a seems to be a poster child for the way these things work. why is greece so against that? >> grue greece's austerity measures were three times of those accepted by portugal. and the greek economy was weaker for a number of reasons to begin with less industrialized. less competitive and more subject to mismanagement vast indebtedness. a huge military budget which helped to build up an enormous debt. the greek position was bankrupt from 2010. and then it was subjected to an astonishing degree of austerity even if portugal had been subjected to the same austerity

it would have suffered much more than it did. but the economy broke under the strain. rather than falling 5% as italy fell 8%, greece fell 25% and there has been no resilience, no capacity to recover. that's why the greeks are asking for a change in the policy. >> the debt and democracy can greek democracy actually survive this? >> there is no doubt that the greek democracy will survive this. the greek commitment to the democracy is extremely strong. one of the remarkable things about this country that drew me to it in january was the willingness of the voter to take a chance with the politico application which had never been in power before. to move away, basically to move

the democracy. that's an act of democracy and requires a certain amount of courage to go with it. >> professor at the lyndon b johnson school of public affairs at the university of texas. thank you very much, indeed, for your input. thank you. >> my pleasure. >> there have been a series of attacks on the outskirts of maidugari. many people are believed to have been killed in suicide-bombings and gun battles lasting several hours. joining us now from abuja what is the latest there? >> so far what we're hearing from borno state is that the nigerian army has repelled the attacks on the villages.

they were engaged for hours. they tried to attacks on these two villages. as you may know the last 48 hours has seen several attempts by boko haram trying to attack or launch suicide missions in maidugari. >> in february the international coalition was saying it was making gains against boko haram are you seeing that these are stopped against the gains? >> i nigerian military along side its allies from niger and chad have told the world that they have made significant gains over the past few months we've seen how boko haram has returned

to its old ways of using suicide-bombers. actually the attack on the military has diminished over the last few months or so, and what we're seeing now is boko haram suicide-bombers and latest attempt targeting isolated villages so what we're seeing now is boko haram trying to reassert itself in areas why they don't feel a lot of pressure. but we saw on friday evening what happened. they're trying to take these two towns orvilleages or villages now we're hearing from maidugari that people have fled in the hundreds to the city of maidugari trying to take refuge

there. >> thank you very much indeed. >> at least 25 people have been killed in an explosion at a mosque in idlib province. the monitoring group said that the dead were members of thal news is a front. it happened in the northwest of the country. the syrian army has carried out airstrikes and launched raids in the northern city of aleppo. it followed a major assault by an alliance of rebels. activists say that they had managed to capture a military base in the west of the city. but a syrian military source said that the attack had been repelled. the government controls the west as syria's largest city while different rebel factions own the east. turkey is stepping up security along the border with syria. a military convoy carrying high ranking soldiers have arrived in the eastern conference. they have deployed military

equipment needed to contain the heavy fighting north of aleppo. u.s. officials say talks on iran's nuclear program may go beyond july 9th deadline. both sides say that the progress has been made and they're optimistic that they will reach a final agreement. our diplomatic editor james bays has more from vienna. >> negotiators have been working around the clock. we understand that there was one meeting from the lead eu negotiator and two deputy foreign ministers of iran that went on until 3:00 a.m. some of the foreign ministers who were here on thursday have left. european foreign ministers and the chinese foreign minister, but the words of the french foreign minister i think is significant. he said he'll be back with his colleagues on sunday evening. what we're hear something that it's likely that the foreign ministers from the p5+1, the six

countries negotiating with iran, will probably stay here from sunday working through, trying to get a deal remember the interim deal has already been extended. extended only until tuesday. so time here is running out. certainly european diplomats say that they don't see any prospect for negotiation beyond tuesday. we really are in the final part of this very long process of negotiation to try to find final deal, a deal of ten years first and then the period beyond ten years to deal with iran and making sure on behalf of the p5+1 their aim that iran has only a civilian nuclear program. >> lots more to come. long distance love. a mysterious pregnancy led to the birth of u.s.-cuban relations. >> and a drug scandal. thousands falling ill and many dying from fake or expiring medicines.

and in sport. where the tour de france gets under way where the dutch will turn the love of cycling to success on the bigger stage. >> now a plane powered only by the sun's rays has landed in hawai'i. it left abu daby on the 9th of march. it continued to mandalay. setting the world record for the fastest solo man flight. the then crossed china from there first an aborted attempt to get to hawai'i meant that the plane had to land in japan.

the pilate was at the controls for nearly five days. that means he's broken the world record for the longest solo flight. gerald tan has more. >> a graceful glide into history. the solar impulse two lands in hawai'i after 120 hours of flying. [applause] the pilot could only express elation after the journey across the pacific now the longest solo flight on record. this was not just a feat of time but also one of science. he flew the plane without a drop of fuel. the solar impulse two is powed by the sun. it has 17,000 solar cells that can charge batteries to keep it going through the night. it tested the endurance of the vessel and that of the pilate that didn't have much room to move in the cockpit and was allowed only 20-minute naps.

>> i got messages all the time in the cockpit. it gave me so much energy. there was no way to stop oregon to fail. we were carried, the project was carried by the people who believed that that's the way to go. >> in they had been taking turns flying the solar impulse two around the world since march. it's a culmination of a 12-year project that aims the highlight the potential of solar energy. >> this is why today it's history for aviation and for renewable energies. >> the solar impasse now heads from honolulu to phoenix as it continues to break ground in the air. >> now a flight in its own way jetblue the first flight to fly

from new york to havana. they began operating the flights on friday. american citizens are still not allowed to visit cuba as tourists but the u.s. has eased other restrictions. the two countries have agreed to open embassyies in each other's capital.s. >> the man you see arriving in havana seems an unlikely central character in a drama that changed diplomatic history. cube be intelligence officer had been sentenced to two life terms. the last thing he expected was to suddenly arrive home to a hero's welcome. >> i learned about it the day

before. >> hernandez had spent the last 16 years in max security prisons. a cuban spy implicated in the killings of four american pilots shot down by cuban fighter jets. his wife had repeatedly been denied a visa to travel to california to visit him in prison. so cubans were dumbfounded when they saw that she was nine months pregnant when her husband arrived. >> i had frozen my eggs anticipating that by the time came it would too late. >> her child was born six months after he had arrived. she was allowed to undergo federal fertilized eggs in

panama. >> i've instructed secretary kerry to immediately begin discussions with cuba to re-establish diplomatic relation relations that have been severed since 19 61. >> two years earlier both governments had explored ex-pour tore talks but cuba demanded a release of its agents as a condition of moving forward. >> for us it was big news. >> hernandez's release has outraged many in florida's exiled community. but at home he's treated as a hero. still loyal to his government after spending 16 years in prison. >> i see myself trying to recover time with my family.

my little girl and my wife and the rest of my family. >> i see myself serving my country, which is my only goal. my only dream. >> a country that is ending a half century cold war with its northern neighbor. a landmark decision in which they inadvertently played a role. lucia newman. havana. >> it's been more than five years since the deep horizon disaster killed 11 rig workers and dumped millions of barrels of oil in the gulf of information. 25,000 mexican fishermen who sued the company in may for ruining their livelihoods are still waiting for compensation. we have reports from tuxpan. >> fishermen hernandez heads out

to sea but he doesn't expect to catch anything, and predictbly his net comes up empty. >> in all my years of fishing i had never seen anything like this. there has always been plenty of wish, but since 2011 we've seen a dramatic decline. it's a disaster and enough to make you cry. >> this is what tens of thousands of mexican fishermen blame the shortage on, the 2010 bp oil spill. around 5 million barrels of oil spilled into the gulf of mexico that summer. u.s. fishermen received $1.8 billion in compensation. the mexican fishermen zero. now 25,000 mexican fishermen are suing bp in an u.s. court asking for $50,000 each. it's the first lawsuit against the british company by someone outside of the united states.

>> we're asking to be treated the same. >> bp refused to comment on the case but fishermen say that there is evidence everywhere. >> it's simple. we're seeing turtles fish and dolphins with oil inside. >> fishermen have long shared these waters with mexico's national oil company. they admit there has been contamination before but they say it never affected their catch. until recently fishermen said that these waters were so rich they could go out for a couple of hours and bring back a ton of fish. but now it's so hard to catch fish here that some don't bother to go out at all. >> man is one of those fishermen who stays onshore. his wife asks if he has brought home food. >> she gets upset and says what is wrong? as much as i would like to have something for her what can i do?

>> he has two disabled grandchildren to care for. whether it's at sea or doing odd jobs at land he heads out every day looking for something to bring home. >> a judge in florida had a reunion with a childhood friend when he stood in front of him for burglar charges. >> did you go to nautilus middle school. >> i'm sorry to see you like this. i always wondered what happened to you sir. this is the nicest kid from middle school. he was the best kid in middle school. i used to play football with him and all the kids. and look at what happened. >> oh my goodness. [ sobbing ] >> good luck to you sir. i hope you're able to come out of this okay and just lead a

lawful life. >> in court for the bond hearing the judge went on to set his bail at $44,000. now counterfeit and out of date misses are killing thousands every year. the government said stopping the illegal trade is one of the top priorities. we go to the capital mogadishu and look how the drugs find their way into pharmacyies. >> this woman had serious reactions to medicine given to her. she said she will never go to hospital in this city. >> the medicine they gave me nearly killed me. it turned my body into blisters and white marks. i can't feel anything even if i stepped on fire. >> doctors hearsay thousands of patients are given fake or expired medicines in somalia. this doctor has seen firsthand what these bad drugs can do to

patients. >> expired and counterfeit medicines kill thousands. these are worse than bombs because they kill 10 or 20 people. but these drugs will kill hundreds of people and no one will hear about it. >> there are official pharmacies and clinics like this one. but pharmacies put patients a lives in danger. >> first when they tell us that they have a problem we tell them to see a doctor. we only sell the medicine if they show a doctor's prescription. >> most people here often go to these pharmacies without the prescription. the lack of proper clinics and hospitals have made it difficult for many to receive treatment. more than 30 years of civil war have left somalia with no public hospitals. the few private that are operating in the country are too

expensive for many, but the government said that that will soon change. it has built this new warehouse where medicines are stored before they're distributed to the hospitals in the capital. and they'll be able to money those who are involved in illegal trade of drugs. >> we have before parliament a drug policy bill which passed by parliament will solve all this issue. >> many doctors and health workers have welcomed the government's intervention and attempts. but for many patients, it may have come too late. al jazeera mogadishu owe somalia. >> the call for a humanitarian truce in yemen. we report from a city that is relatively peaceful in a war-torn country. and moralities before politics. message for leaders of america

and japan from one woman used as a sex slave by japanese soldiers during world war ii. and after scoring goals galore in spain he moved to a new signing for falcao. brawl

>> this is the connection that connects the museum to the crisis. >> when the single currency was created it was meant to bring europe together. as the economies converged so they would benefit from being part of one zone with one interest rate and one economy policy. and in some countries notably germany it has brought prosperity greater

competitiveness has often given german firms the edge. but those same shared policies have brought problems in southern europe as one by one countries have had to be bailed out. they're divided about why the policies of the eurozones are to blame. >> the euro was a good decision. in general i would always support a common currency. >> it was a bad idea. the german move could have been better. we support poor countries. >> the german government has repeatedly stressed its solidarity across europe and one leading member of the ruling cdu party said that the eurozone could survive a so-called gekest

gekest. >> the economic cribbs to greeks to the eurozone is about 2%. that means that the you row zone could live without greece but how will greece progress economically. the situation as it is now cannot continue because there is no perspective for growth. >> although sunday's referendum will provide a clear view of what voters want from the eurozone, it won't be the end of the matter. another vote could be held at the bundestag and a yes-vote here is far from certain. dominic kane, al jazeera. at the german particlement. >> there will have been three car bomb attacks killing seven people. it's believed two isil car bombers made their way into the neighborhood. civilian has been killed during a protest rally in cairo

in support of former president mohamed morsi who was overthrown two years ago. they say that military forces open fired on protesters. former editor of an egyptian newspaper from new york. >> i believe with all these things that we have been seeing in egypt during the last two years wins what happened, the two years before that since the military was ruling egypt what we've seen over the last four years were reoccursers of a meltdown and implosion of egypt. i believe that we're moving fast track towards explosion now. and i hate to say that from where i am now i appeal to the

leadership in egypt to reconsider and i appeal to the president himself personally to stop listening to the bad advisers and start taking seriously about reconciliation. egypt is not just any country in the area. it is a pivotal country. if it sinks, and hopefully it won't, it will drag many countries behind it. >> they're still hopeful that a cease-fire can be regioned. the comments come after the united states called for a humanitarian pause in fighting during the months of ramadan. but on the ground the fighting shows no sign of easing. the saudi-led coalition launched more airstrikes in the yemeni capital sanaa in the early hours of friday morning. but one city in yemen has managed to keep the fighting to the outskirts. troops and local tribes have

joined together to fortify against outy forces. a bustling market is a rare sight. it's rush hour during ramadan. there has been heavy fighting in the city. they call themselves popular resistence forces and say they represent houthi fighters were closing in on their city. they establish checkpoints and monitor all traffic in and out of the city. >> where the fighting goes on we're still resisting. it's happening 20 kilometers from marib city. it's safe except for some shelling. in marib the power of the resistence comes from the army. and thank god there is the support of tribes from within and outside marib. >> tribes in marib warned the

government of possible attacks from houthi fighters. that has give the resistence firepower to fight off the attacks. in m a rib in marib they remain loyal to abandon. >> the city is different from other cities. there are a lot of fronts here and thank god all the fronts are resisting the enemy with the help from the army. we have support and anyone who tries to attack the city will be defeated. >> houthi fighters have captured some areas. the saudi-led coalition has carried out several airstrikes to target houthi held areas in

marib. there is tension the people of marib continue to hope for peace and prepare for war. al jazeera. >> france has rejected an asylum request by julian assange. he said his life is in danger following the publication of leaked documents accusing the u.s. of spying on france. president front françois hollande has rejected the question. >> the company hopes that this will defuse an escalating legal dispute with taxi drivers. hundreds of taxi drivers in paris protested saying that uber

is unfair competition. dutch police have conducted mass arrests detained 200 people for ignoring a ban on public assembly. it follows rioting in the hague following the death of a man in custody. an investigation shows that he likely died from oxygen deprivation after an arrest at a concert. several african-american churches have been damaged by fires. now the authorities want to know why. kimberly halkett reports from north carolina. >> at a church in charlotte north carolina, community members gathered to discuss what to do about the rash of fires that predominantly african-american churches in the american south.

>> no one can tell us that eight churches burn consecutively and there is not something behind it. >> at least two like this one in charlotte have been confirmed as arson. so far they have not been categorized as hate crimes. another three such fires in the same part of the country are also under investigation. >> the atf one of the government agencies responsible for investigating the string of fires say there is no reason to believe that the fires are related or racially motivated. still even if the church burnings are not racially motivated the fires have rekindled memories of a painful past for southern blacks where emotions are already raw. last month nine members were shot dead while faking part in a bible study. further back dozens of black churches were torched some by white supremacists prompting the

creation of a federal task force to stop such fires and jail those responsible. >> the they string these things together. it's not that far of a stretch to have that fear. >> beautiful loving wonderful people. >> which is why these church members and activists are discussing how to increase security while promoting racial harmony. >> one day i would like to go beyond race, but that took hundreds of years and it took hundreds of years for us to get here. >> if there is any hopes in america attempting to solve the crimes of today which may be rooted in the country's racial past. >> kimberly halkett, charlotte north carolina. >> a woman kept as sex slave during the second world war demands japan apologize for the role that it played.

thousands were kidnapped and forced to work in brothels. one of the few women still alive has traveled to the u.s. in the hope of applying pressure on tokyo. >> this was the 1,184th wednesday that protesters have gathered outside of the japanese embassy in washington, d.c. to demand an unequivocal formal apology for the enslavement of women by japanese forces during the second world war. but it was unprecedented. >> 89-year-old woman was in attendance. one of 49 women kidnapped by japanese still alive. >> and to boost the spirit of their soldiers they drafted young girls like myself. they conned us. told us that we would be working in a factory making military supplies, however we were taken

to battlefields. i was only 14, and i was taken as a sexual slave. i had to live an agonizing life for eight years. [singing] >> the protesters want a sincere and uncanyon apology from the japanese prime minister and compensation to coincide with the 70th anniversary of the end of the second world war. a prospect that seems ever more unlikely as the administration distances itself from past statements of regret. >> the following day they visit the comfort women peace garden in virginia. the butterfly has come to symbolize not just the women kidnapped by the japanese but all women kidnapped around the world. but she refuses to be an anonymous victim. she was clear that the u.s. should put morality against

political interests. >> i think president obama is wrong. he should deny abe's request to expand the security alliance. korea is a small country but it is still a nation. president abe should tell its administration to resolve un unfinished business. >> there are only a handful of survivors still alive. the reason i'm still alive is i'm waiting for abe's apology. >> al jazeera, virginia. >> a ten-month-old baby who drifted a kilometer out to sea has been rescued off the turkish coast. footage released by the cost guard shows the baby girl floating on an inflatable crib. the parents who were sun bathing at a beach said they had forgot they left their daughter in the ocean. beachgoers cheered when the baby was brought back to shore

unharmed and reunited with her family. and lots more to come here in the news hour. rosberg running fast while his teammate hamilton is struggling with technical glitches. we have more to come in the sport after the break. >> you have kids here who've killed someone? >> award winning journalist soledad o'brien takes us inside the violent world of kids behind bars. will a new experimental program be their last chance? >> i have to do my 100 percent best so i don't end up in a place like this again.

>> and welcome back. now here is lee with the sort. >> thank you. well serena williams has come through some tough matches in her long career, but tougher than her third-round game at

wimbledon. a close call for serena. >> another sunny day but it was anything but a relaxing one for top seed serena williams. she had to battle to the deciding set to beat heather watson who was roared on by her home crowd on center court. the win means that serena will face her sister venus in the next round. >> she is my sister today next week next year. that's more important than the match. we'll leave everything out on the court. then when it's done we'll go back to regular life. >> in the men's competition it was another easy win for french open champions wawrinka. he quickly saw what he calls the third perfect match in a row.

>> you have to win and the match was great. >> it was much the same for the defending champ. djokovic would make swift work of the australian thomas winning in straight sets. al jazeera. >> well, one aspect of wimbledon is a very strict all-white dress code. but player who broke the rules was australian he started the match wearing a branded head band but it's purple and green strikes were too colorful for the friend club. >> you were told to turn it back around, that was a wimbledon issue head band and told to turn it inside out. what is your general thought about the dress code here? >> i like it. what question is that? >> what is the situation with

the head wand. >> they told me to turn it around, so i turned it around. >> thanks. >> no problem mate. >> champions chelsea signed colombian falcao. he spent last year at manchester united but scored four goals in 29 games raising doubts he had not fully recovered from a knee injury. at chelsea he'll be joining madrid teammate diego acosta. and new milan coach saying its time for the club to be feared again. they finished tenth last season. >> we will be a bunch of devils, and our colors will be read as the devil. and the black is the fear we'll

give to our rifles to achieve this target we have to work hard and be real professionals. >> european football governing government uefa say that clubs have met their spending limits. $22million fine will move these two wealthy clubs to spend more on players and wages. back stan's bowlers in the deciding test. sri lanka in their first match they made a good start in the century, but pakistan is having a good series. pakistan need to get the remaining wickets for that win. for the practice mercedes

quickest. it was rosberg who posted the fastest time in both sessions they recorded the second fastest lab in the opening session but struggled in the second. hamilton is facing his third victory with a ten-point lead in the standings over rosberg that's after eight races. the tour de france gets under way on saturday in the dutch city of eutrecht. >> the dutch are never far away from the saddle of their likes and it's a relationship that last as lifetime. rides a few hundred kill matters are not unusual for 72-year-olds to celebrate the start of the tour tour de france.

33% of travel here is done by bike. but the mether land's love affair for the bicycle has not translated to the biggest race of all. the last dutch winner is nearly as old as tim. >> sometimes we're in the big race but no jell-o jerseys any more. why is that? i think that the dutch may be do not have the winning mentality you know. >> 198th elite riders are there for the start of the tour, but the city is having to find room for its commuter bikes. with the finding the space here can be very difficult. despite their love affair with cycling the dutch have had two tour de france winners and they haven't had anyone wear the jerseys since 1979.

>> definitely all the dutch journalists are asking about t definitely all journalists. it will be very special if that happens, and for sure for me as a dutchy. i think that the wish is bigger than the reality. >> the reality was in 1980 while jan n n n nnext jansson. it's more international its more difficult to win than in the old times. >> the dutch cycling the wait continues to be a long one. >> that's all for sport back to you. >> stay with us here on al jazeera. more on the run up to the greek referendum in another full bulletin of news in a couple of

minutes. bye for now.

>> this is his, i'm del walters in for john siegenthaler. >> a country divided. tens of thousands fill the streets have athens in dueling rallies days before a vote that will decide greece's economic future. >> we have to take it back and fight for our democracy. >> it's yes or no for austerity measures. >> iran nuclear talks a weekend for negotiators to hammer out the nuclear