a country divided. >> many people that are voting yes are voting against the counter government. >> we have to take our lives back greeks rally ahead of the vote to accept or reject a financial bailout foreigners dying in the fight against i.s.i.l. >> i believe the world is not doing enough to help the latest an australian man. what drives vigilantes to volunteer to risk their lives preserving history - the effort to save one of the world's oldest cities now at risk of falling into the hands

of i.s.i.l. catching up with a convicted spy after six months of freedom. his controversial release a key to restoring ties between the united states and cuba and welcome to al jazeera america i'm tony harris in tonight for antonio mora. we begin in greece where in less that 48 hours voters will decide whether to accept the terms of an international bailout, or face exit from the eurozone. today clashes erupted between police and demonstrators in athens. it came while thousands were attending rallies ahead of the austerity referendum. prime minister alexis tsipras appealing to greek voters to relate the plan. european leaders say a no vote would certainly push greece out of the eurozone. sunday's vote is crucial to

rejuvenating greece's stagnate economy. banks are closed. people are finding it harder to get food and medicine. jonah hull explains why greeks are so divided. >> reporter: the word olli means no. the no campaign gathered in front of parliament backed by the government wants a future in europe, but with a better deal for greece less austerity, less money lost to debt repayments. >> a no vote for me means there's a possibility that this country will have a future. >> not far away the yes crowd met in greek. they are for a bailout, and quickly, one that will allow the banks to reopen. >> we are here to show that we want to be european citizens and if possible return to drachma would be a total disaster. >> sunday's referendum called unconstitutional 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 write history. our people will move on. within a europe of democracy and solidarity. >> the left wing prime minister believes a no vote will strengthen greece's hand in future negotiations a national mandate to demand more for less. a yes vote effect would be a no to him and his party. >> actually, many people are voting yes, are voting against counter government. definitely a yes vote continues with the membership of euro. >> what strikes me about the two sides, the yes and no camps is not just the strength with which they are willing to defend their position but the way they illustrate a division in greek's society, one driven deeper this week, between the largely middle

class voters of the yes camp willing to sign the country up to more austerity measures to defend what they have got, and many here workers, with no jobs little or nothing left to lose. >> a no vote for the workers and the young people in greece says that we have to stop the negotiations with the european union, take our lives back and fight for our money, jobs and democracy. >> we are not enemies with the other party, of the yes. i have friends belonging to yes. tomorrow they will still be my friends. >> on this square where greeks so often demonstrated anger in the past the no crowd stand with the government of the day. if they win on sunday there is not one person here who truly nose what will happen next and earlier i spoke with dmitri a political analyst and

director of bridging europe - that's a think tank committed to the advancement of youth leadership in europe. i asked him how the referendum will go on sunday? >> well there has been many surveys and polls in the media lately, this couple of days, with no gear outcome for the referendum. the latest was before the national rally, tugging that it was no and the option no was around 60%, and option yes was around 40%. on top of that i think that after the release of the i m.s. report yesterday, i think things are clear, which is that we'll have a big no on sunday and the prime minister will have the

chance to identify the negotiations. >> so let me stop you there. you think there'll be a big no vote. what would that mean for greece? what would that mean for the government? >> well, i think that as the prime minister said a couple of days before a big no will strengthen the voice of the government in the eurozone. i'm not sure if this will have a direct effect or it will influence the behaviour or the stance of the creators but it's certain that it will solidify the position of the government. >> so budgets are out of whack, they have been out of whack for four years. pensioners are taking more out of the system than they put into the system. how does this ultimately end? >> well, paradoxically, it was the first time that you have controls in greece and second

member state where we have captive controls. the greek people behave in a calm way. i couldn't expect something like that, because greeks are quite tempered, as you may have heard, but i think that so far things are good. i was thinking that as we go on towards the referendum that the debate will be intensified by the other side by the yes camp but so far i haven't seep something like that doesn't a no vote mean no to the euro? >> not at all. definitely not. no means yes, actually to a different kind of negotiation, which means that the creators have to come closer to the demand of the greek government. i don't know if this is possible. greece has to deal with 18 more member states of the eurozone

and generally there's a feeling it may last as long as angela merkel is steady in her position. >> a threshold section, is greece's exit from the euro inevitable? >> well i will say yes. if negotiations keep going like that, if we reach another series of deadlock in the - in the week or the weeks that will come i am sure that we - the government will be in front of such a big dilemma. there's a small door of hope which means that the government can go back and renegotiate any debt cut for greece. in exchange for a big third bailout plan. >> good to talk to you. thank you for your time. >> the deadlines to reach a deal to limit the nuclear programme is approaching. one of the top officials

together to the internet to deliver a cautious message. foreign minister mohammad javad zarif said the p5+1 have never been closer to a deal and cooperation, not sanctions could lead to a deal. meanwhile u.s. officials say that talks could run past this tuesday's deadline. james bays is in vienna with the latest. >> reporter: negotiators have been working around the clock. we understand there was one meeting with the lead u.s. negotiator, the lead e.u. negotiator, and two deputy foreign ministers of iran that wept on until 3am. some of the foreign ministers here on thursday left european foreign ministers and the chinese foreign ministers, but the words of the french foreign minister is significant. he said that he will be back with his colleagues on sunday evening, and what we are hearing is 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 been extended only until tuesday, so time here is running out. certainly the european diplomats, don't see prospects for negotiation. we are in the final part of this long process of negotiation to try to find a deal a deal for 10 years, and dealing with iran and making sure that their aime is iran has a civilian nuclear programme. >> a new wave of attacks leaving 150 dead. fighters have been on the rampage in the nearby state of borno. as our correspondent reports, many were gathered for evening

prayer. >> more details are coming out about the nature of the attacks. a suicide bomber was behind the attack, it happened a few meters from the checkpoint. in relation to where many were killed wednesday, vigilantes supporting the operations tell us on friday morning a contingent of soldiers left maiduguri, the capital of borno state heading there to investigate what happened. eyewitness accounts are emerging, and what we are getting is a sense of extreme violence a picture of violence that took place. apparently when boko haram attacked, they stormed a mosque where they killed men and boys praying. they went on to burn the corpses of those they killed. they attacked women and

children. setting homes ablaze. the latest violence about be a worry to the government who came to power on a ticket. it's a dramatic move by the president. to work out a strategy. it will make many feel all the efforts made by the new government are not felt on the ground if boko haram is able to launch the attacks the the french president is providing aid to cameroon to fight boko haram. francis hollande made the announcement on his final trip to africa saying they'd provide training research and intelligence. cameroon is part of a force fighting boko haram. tribe utes to the tunisia tourist attack victims, from a

memorial, and across europe plus a message from a fallen fighter. what an australian man wanted the world to know before he gave up his life - fighting against i.s.i.l.

there was a moment of silence in tunisia for the victims of last friday's deadly shooting. a service was healed at the imperial hotel in sousse. mourners sent tributes flowers on the beach where 39 people were gunned down by a man connected to i.s.i.l. a separate ceremony in the u.k. mourners honoured those killed and there were commemorations across the country with flags flying at half mast.

the same show of solidarity took place in british embassies across europe paris, madrid rome - the union jack flying at half mast. it was the worse attacks against british citizens since the july 7th, 2005 bombings. libyan officials believe i.s.i.l. is behind three separate suicide bombings killing 7 and injuring dozens more. in the durna district. among those killed was a city council member. two targeted a residential neighbourhood, the third in tobruk video of an australian man killed fighting i.s.i.l. in syria, reece harding said he volunteered to fight because he believed the western world was not doing much. courtney kealy takes a look at the foreign fighter that risked his life to help the kurds. >> reporter: a video tribe ute

to a fallen fighter, 23-year-old reece harding an australian killed in the kurds battle against i.s.i.l. he died during a skirmish in syria, the tributes include these words "thank you for your sacrifice, brave warrior, you are an immortal hero." the group welcomes foreign volunteers like harding. >> i believe the western world are not doing enough. the kurdish people are lovely people. i never met such a nice group of people. >> he joined up to fight i.s.i.l., or d.a.e.s.h. in may. >> if anything happens to me i love you. brother, i love you, and isabelle i love you alongside the online tributes were these words

hashtag kick turkey out of n.a.t.o. hashtag terrorist turkey reminders how foreign volunteers can end up inadvertently choosing side like the kurd fight against turkey for recognition. >> i'm here to do what i can to help kurdistan, and everything that has been going on keith bloom felled likely the first -- broomfelled likely the first maern, dying in early june, near the syrian town. his body was received by a family member of the turkish border, days after he tied. his family and friends launched a campaign to bring his body home. the syrian observatory for human rights said more than 500 foreigners joined the fight against i.s.i.l. it's illegal for kurd to join. some have been turned away from joining. it's unlikely to deter

volunteers from joining the battles. >> let's bring in matthew van dyk. he's the founder of sons of liberty international. an organization training iraqi christians to fight i.s.i.l. good to have you on the programme. you have done some fighting in libya. do you feel an affinity for someone like reece harding who went to fight i.s.i.l. and gave his live? >> sure as a former fighter and likely to be fighting in the future sure i understand the motivations, and what is takes to leave your home and go overseas. it's unfortunate that he died he died a good death. >> what was your motivation for fighting in libya? >> i spent several years in north africa i saw the effects

of authoritarianism i had good friends. it was personal to fight there. >> how did you come to train iraqi christians to fight i.s.i.l.? >> well, after fighting in libya, i went on to support the syrian revolution. i did some work in syria, and following the deaths of my friends, james foley, and sotloff i turned my attention to i.s.i.s. i had good contacts in iraq living there in the past. and the u.s. veteran community. i put them together and formed a contracting firm to provide free training to forces fighting i.s.i.s. >> how is it going? >> it's going well we have trained 330 iraqians. we provided three training programs for them and we do them at no cost to taxpayers, funded by the public. we are giving people the opportunity to be part of a fight against i.s.i.s. they can go to the website, make a contribution.

we had over 500 volunteers who want to be trainers most u.s. military veterans. >> reece harding's group didn't have much if any, military training, i'm curious as to how much real military training you had before going in to libya and what is it that you are offering in terms of real professional training to iraqi christians? >> before fighting in libya i had no formal military training. i had shot weapons before i shot weapons at the range with u.s. soldiers. no formal experience. all my experience was combat. as far as the training that we do, i run the company. i do advising and consulting for the leadership of militias but mostly i don't do the training i bring in trainers the recent course was taught by a west

point instruct juror, a lot of people were former green beret, who express a dire to train iraqis. we have qualified personnel that we recruit. i participate in training i don't lead it. >> give us a sense of what is happening on the ground. why is its inry necessary? >> the iraqi army is better runners than fighting. the iraqi community has high moral, eager to fight and train. they study what we teach them. ask to get up early and do physical training. this is the things we don't find. they have the qualities and apt attitudes to be an incredible fighting force. >> what is your take on this. reece harding says the west was

not going enough. do you have a few on this. >> it's right, the rest is not doing enough. the iraqis get no support from the west it's astonishing. they have been abandoned by the western world. it's tragic. but people on the ground will have to handle this with or without western support. hopefully it increases. threat there's air support. that's making a huge difference in the fight. >> matthew van dyk with us from philadelphia. >> i.s.i.l. fighters in syria say they have destroyed archeological its from the ancient city of palmyra. they caught a smuggler at a check point. and an islamic fighter ordered the busts to be destroyed.

they may have destroyed fake its as a cover for the sale of antiquities. a city in iraq is under threat. a village 82 miles north-west of baghdad, and fighting between i.s.i.l. and iraqi government forces reached its doorstep. >> reporter: 1200 years ago, this was an architectural achievement. the great mosque had room for 80,000 worshippers. openings in the wall designed to echo sound in the minor et cetera. >> we have big challenges. especially in the security situation. thank god it is secure. it needs maintenance and repair. >> reporter: because the capital

was abandoned in the ninth century, most is intact. samarra is on the edge of a battle ground. i.s.i.l. fighters kilometres from here. modern samarra is divided. a mostly sunni city surrounding a holy site. the shrine. the city has become a staging ground for former shia militias under demand of the iraqi government. they left their mark. there's evidence of target practice. it was once the most glorious city in the world, most iraqis don't know it. now essentially the only visitors are off duty fighters. asked what was here. it was a mosque. the iraqi government hopes to restore some of the buildings, but doesn't have the money or the staff. this was one of the palaces in what was a huge city stretching

40km along the river, and is considered the best preserved city of its type. there's parts occupied by security forces. >> reporter: this was pilot in the golden age of the the empire education, art and science spread from here to other parts of the world. these are baths, water brought in from ceramic pipes from the river and heated. before i.s.i.l., the site was listed as endangered threatened by military activity and neglect. with fighting on the doorstep and 80% of the city buried it's protected mostly by earth and sand sand syrian rebels and fighters from al qaeda's branch launched an offensive on the largest city. rebels and fighters from al nusra front formed a coalition aimed at eliminating aleppo. government forces responded with

air strikes and shelling killing at least 35 militants. the rebels and government forces divided the city since 2012. >> israel is facing a new threat. find out who is facing responsibility of a round of rockets across the borders. plus, what people were protesting in india when police broke up this rally with tear gas.

welcome back to al jazeera america. coming up in this half hour of international news where the relationship between egypt and the united states stands. two years after democratically elected president mohamed mursi was overthrown from the military first a look at the stories making headlines across the united states. americans celebrate the 4th of july, law enforcement steps up

security. the government warns of a heightened risk of terror attacks. the warning based on recent attacks by i.s.i.l. and the group's call for violence during ramadan. >> the debate over the ruling on same-sex marriage is far from over. the only employees in tennessee resigned, saying the court's ruling conflicts with religious views. clerks are required to issue marriage licences to same-sex couples, but do not have to perform the ceremonies. in fridays coe, colorado a pilot of -- fridays coe, colorado, a pilot was killed in a crash taking off from a hospital. the helicopter exploded and burst into flames. two crew members, a hospital worker and paramedic are expected to recover there were no patients on board at the time. >> israel is confirming claims

by an affiliated egypt that it fired rockets. the rockets landed in southern israel. finding the rem plants of two rockets. no one as injured at the time. an affiliate from i.s.i.l. pictures were shown showing rockets launched. tonight, an incontext look at an historic anniversary, mohamed mursi was overthrown by the military. the united states had an up and down relationship with egypt, trying to hold the country to a certain standard of democracy. bisi onile-ere reports. >> reporter: it's been two years since tens of thousands of egyptians rallied in the streets demanding change egypt's first democratically elected president mohamed mursi spent a single year leading the nation. that brought more division and

unrest, seeing opposition to mohamed mursi's leadership grown. on july 3rd, the egyptian military responded. abdul fatah al-sisi, at the time the chief of the army ousted mohamed mursi. >> translation: the head of the supreme constitutional court will manage the affairs of the country until the election of a new president. >> once the military took control, the u.s. cut back 260 million of $1.3 billion of aid, a sign at the time of how the administration felt about mohamed mursi's removal. >> we'll continue support in areas like education, that benefits the egyptian people. we have not proceeded with the delivery of certain systems, and our support will depend on egypt's progress in pursuing a pass. >> many were concerned cutting the aid would sour a

decades-long relationship. >> the united states will resort to their interests. if they find out their interest is with the regime they'll resort to it. if the interest is with the people, they'll back down. >> the obama administration insisted the goal was to be sure there was free and fair elections. last year abdul fatah al-sisi was elected president after receiving 93% of the vote. international observers said the election fell short of international standards of democracy. abdul fatah al-sisi's win was supported by washington. >> he gave me a strong sense of his commitment to make certain that the process he has put in place, a re-evaluation of human rights legislation, a re-evaluation of the judicial process, and other voices available, are very much on his mind. >> when the u.s. cut military aid, egypt turned to france

inking a 5.9 weapons deal, and signed a 3.5 billion deal with russia. even with the tensions the u.s. and egypt depend on each other. egypt gives the u.s. preferred access to the suez canal to equip u.s. bases in the gulf. in recent months the u.s. recommitted sending aid to egypt. lifting suspension and hoping to boost counterterrorism effort. now egypt and the u.s. are facing a new enemy. i.s.i.l. this week the group launched deadly attacks in the sinai peninsula, days after the attack of egypt's top posterior. while the relationship will continue, the ending the military equipment on credit may meet with resistance a move that will further complicate the efforts for further cooperation.

now to our incontext segment. we have a professor of political science at lon island university and a member of egyptian rule of law federation programme. good to have you on the programme. you have taken a look at the security laws passed in egypt. and a couple of them here the president can sign off on national security rules without dependents being granted an appeal. first of all, what do you make of this law, and, at this point is abdul fatah al-sisi every bit the dick dater that hosni mubarak was. >> the laws were introduced on tuesday, they've been in the works since february. essentially they want to

expedite the rule of law. there has been obstacles put before the judges, and they need to remove them so people can be tried, rulings can be carried out. meaning that if you get a death sentence, not only can you not appeal it it can be carried out quickly. the rule of law is under attack. that is the fear where people get recourse. you see the rule of law is absent in a place like egypt. comparing him to hosni mubarak is interesting. i think he's redefining authoritarianism in the middle east and making it more totalitarian. >> really. >> right now egypt does not have a parliament. since abdul fatah al-sisi came into power there hasn't been a power. when you don't have a legislative assembly, the president rules. he is the one coming up with the

laws passed. and a democratic system of checks and balances you need the assembly to speak on behalf of the population that goes for it. >> when it comes to the judiciary, when it's a rubber-stamp, what happens is the executive or president is emerging as a supreme executive. >> come on isn't this just crushing the opposition in egypt right now, and if you believe that's the case where is the international outrage over this? >> before abdul fatah al-sisi came into power, there were over 40 political parties. today there aren't viable parties. not only is the opposition crushed or imprisoned or in exile, civil society is being impacted fundamentally. when you can't have forces there are 41,000 prisoners. since april. 200 have disappeared, not to mention the torture in some of

the detention centers. when you have civil society crushed. it's not just where is the opposition, but where are the voices of dissent heard, when the public sphere is under pressure. have you been disappointed by the reaction to all of this from the international community? >> so the international community, right. >> right. >> most of our countries are not unfortunate hedging their beghts bets -- their bets but seeing where their interest lies. secretary kerry, withholding aid, he said that this would not be reinstatuated until democratic measures were met. >> that has not happened. >>. >> the roadmap has not been met and it has been withdrawn and the flow of aid has gone back to egypt. that signals to the regime that we are okay with the status quo, but unfortunately that signals

to the shans that the democratic -- egyptians is that the democratic experiment is over. same for germany, france and russia. >> let me try to nail this down a bit. is the international community more concerned with the muslim brotherhood, and what it feels it represents that it is with abdul fatah al-sisi sort of authoritarian instinct here. >> i think the international community is concerned with terrorism. in the name of that they are willing to interact with the age eem that they see will -- with the regime that they see will generate behaviours or mechanisms under war and terror. the muslim brotherhood was an opposition to the previous administration, and came into power. it serves as a threat to the regimes in the u.a.e.

they symbolize a politicized islamist not keeping about what they believe will keep their powers intact. it's an interesting way to blame a certain organization. i think when we look at the relations between the united states and egypt. france and egypt, russia and egypt, it's about the counterterrorism narrative. >> now the sponsor of i.s.i.l. and the sinai peninsula. a game changer? >> absolutely. we should look at when did this occur. historically egypt had a problem the past. this was the prisons of the former president. by the 1970s, it was eradicated from the country. if you remember the january 25th revolution, what it symbolized i remember writing a piece saying what we are seeing happen

is the death of the terrorism narrative. people are seeing that changes are coming peacefully and through the call for democracy. unfortunately today, when you have democracy on the backburner and eliminated from society, the danger is that the call for violence might re-emerge. >> thank you for being here. >> thank you for having me. >> in other news. police on the indian-administered side of kashmir used tear gas to break up protests today. hundreds of pro-pakistan demonstrators gathered and threw rocks, chanting slogans, claiming that the security forces decimated a mosque. it is the only indian state with a muslim majority. the others hindu rescue teams are still searching for survivors of a ferry accident.

it capsized moments after leaving a central philippines port. bodies were recovered. 50 people were killed. more than 140 survived. three are still missing. >> my sister is still missing. there were four of them. three children and a mother. one child survived. we are hoping to find my sister dead or alive. >> the ferry was transporting passengers heavy construction materials and bags of rice. coast guard officials say shifting cargo may have played a role. cap feign and crew -- captain and crew members are in custody pending an investigation. returning to the u.s. spy swap. what life was like after 16 years in an american prison uber backing down in france after protests that turned

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negotiations to restore ties between the united states and cuba part included the release of a cuban spy, surfing two live terms in the united states of the lucia newman showed us how he played a role in the fall of washington and havana. >> the man you see arriving in havana seems an unlikely character in a change of diplomatic history. cuban intelligence officer had been sentenced by a miami court to two life terms. the last thing he expected was to arrive home to a hero's welcome. >> i learnt about it in december 16th the day before. >> hernandez spent the last 16 years in u.s. maximum security prison. a cuban spy implicated in the killing of four pilots shot down by 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. and i had frozen my eggs anticipating that when the time came, it might be too late. >> jemaah was born after her father's return to cuba. what no one knew was she was conceived as a diplomatic gesture of goodwill. the u.s. government allowed mrs. hernandez to underio fertilisation treatment with her husband's sperm flown in from prison a small part of top secret negotiations leading to a startling relations. >> i instructed secretary kerrry to re-establish discussions to establish relations. >> reporter: two years earlier both governments under wept

exploratory talks. the freedom of the cuban intelligence officers and the american contractors imprisoned in cuba alan gross had become key to ending decades of hostilities. >> for us it was big news that we not even realized the consequences. the release outraged many. at home he's being treated as a hero. still loyal to his government, even after spending years in prison. >> i see myself trying to recove time with my family my wife and the rest of my family. and i see myself serving my country, which is my only goal, my only dream. >> a country ending a half a century war with its northern

neighbour, a landmark decision in which this family ipp advertently played a role hernandez's freedom is hard for families of the pilot. the parents spoke in may, they say their son was part of a humanitarian mission. he was just 24 when his plane as shot down in 1996. his parents say when they learnt hernandez was free it opened old wounds. >> it was like finding out that our son had been murdered over and over again. it was like a slap on the face. >> we feel the shoot down and the murder of our son was an act of terrorism. >> he is part of a community not celebrating newly restored ties.

they are angry over the remove of cuba from a list of state sponsors of terror a general non weekly is releasing charges that it was spied on. the c.i.a. informed germany's spy services of a source inside german chancellor angela merkel's government. this comes as the german media reports the n.s.a. spied on several senior government members. today, germany's government spoke up saying this must be resolved, and quickly. >> translation: the most important thing is that we will as quickly as possible get clarification of what is true with regards to reports we read these days. i wish the american side would be helpful in this clarification. whether it's the case we'll see in coming days. >> snead have revealed the u.s. was smiling on french allies.

the french government denied an asylum request from al jazeera. they released a statement saying that: the french newspaper published a letter where he appeals for protections from the political pertion accusations i face. the julian assange lawyers deny it was an asylum request. uber is acting to protect drivers from act of violence. taxi drivers nationwide took to the streets to protest. cars were set on fire passengers attacked. the service continues to operate. uber is appealing that ban. meanwhile, in toronto, a superior court rejected the city's request for an injooungs against uber.

toronto arguing that it should be reg eye lated the same as text companies. a leopard attack in south africa, a national park visitor captures the animal chasing and biting a safari guide. >> plus how the restoration of the historic tower is bringing a guided cyprus together.

rosealee andy rose >> 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.

a safari guide is recovering after he was attacked by a leopard. it happened at kruger national park in south africa. the images show the leopard biting and clawing the guy's arm. the guy backed away but the leopard chased his vehicle. the leopard may have been agitated by a fight before the incident. they had to put the animal down now our global view segment. a look at how news outlets are

reacting to various event. the writer asking is i.s.i.l. at war with british grans on their sun lounges. most of the dead were u.k. tourists and it's been called someone running amok amongst a beach towel with kalashnikovs shooting gran grand dads and young couples. the qatar paper said the focus on the greece's debt crisis o overshadowing the refugee crisis. record numbers cross into greece. the country is so focused on its debts resources to deal with refugees are unavailable. >> and new from germany that the n.s.a. spied on it. the paper says that the obama

administration has a reputation for pursuing journalistic forces. they have filed a complaint taking further investigation. and the cyprus tower reopened with a performance of a shakespearean tragedy, after performers feature greeks and others. organizers hope it will spread unity among long-divided communities. >> reporter: greek and turkish cypriots in a rare show of unity on the divided island. the actors perform shakespeare's play for an audience celebrating a year-long project. work that also involved specialists from both sides of the island. >> we actually work together. there's not anything we can't do

together and succeed in. >> a fellow tower was named after the play including scenes from the historic site. it started to crumble after 600 years from different rulers. the republic of cypress was formed after troops left the island after turkish innovators thwarted a coup. they recognised cultural importance. >> it was a chance for us. it's a value of cypress. we share it took. as delegates from the european union which founded the project gathered in cypress, the leader spoke in brussels of progress and peace talks, saying it may be a matter of months before differences are resolved. >> there are talks taking place

in a positive atmosphere. it gives you a renewed call. and we celebrate a clear example of cooperation and reconciliation. >> reporter: a fellow tower is open to the public. renovations work started as measures to patch up work was neglected. the project grew into more focussing on the importance of saving a part of the past for future generations. >> it is one of the best field-good stories born out of a natural disaster. tsunami waves swept over a 6-year-old boy 11 years ago. hundreds of thousands died including his mother and siblings. 21 days later he was found alive dressed in a knock-off port call soccer surgery, look now. he has a real one. portuguese soccer club lisbon

signed them to his academy. he says he dreamed of bombing a soccer player. it was a record-breaking flying 120 hours without using a drop of fuel. a solar powered airplane is flying the longst history. >> a glide into history. the solar plane history. the pilot could expression elation after the journey across the pacific. this was not just the feat of time but one of science. the plane was flown without a drop of fuel. it is powered by the sun, and has 17,000 solar cells that can charge batteries. the journey testing the endurance of the vessel and the

pilot, who didn't have much room to move and was allowed only 20 minute naps. >> there's so many message from so many people all the time. it gave me energy. there was no way to stop or to fail. we were carried. others believe it was the way to go. >> they had been taking turns, flying the solar impulse to around the world. it's a culmination. it highlights the intention of solar energy. >> this is why it's history first for renewable energies. nobody now can say they can do the impossibles. >> hits from honolulu to phoenix, as it breaks ground in the air. >> that is all we a time for

this newshour. thank you for being with us. i'm tony harris in new york. "america tonight" is next. [ ♪♪ ] on "america tonight"... >> i wanted to be seen, i wanted people to hear me. it wasn't an easy thing, it motivated me to feep pushing -- keep pushing. >> reporter: the philadelphia freeway and his rush to move forward. sara hoy with a voice committed to dropping the truce. also - quick draw. >> graffiti as a fast medium is meant to be fast. if you slow you'll get caught. >> a new orleans ar