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a u.s. judge rules there is >> thousands ral yir in athens asrally in athens asgreece prepares to vote for a referendum on its future. a backlash on america's south. and cellular similar solar impulse
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arrives in hawaii.(f) international hawaii.shawaii. .jonahhawaii. hawaii. >> jonah hull reports from athens. >> less austerity less money lost to debt repayments. >> a no vote for me means that there is a possibility that this country will have a future. >> reporter: not far away, the yes crowd be be. >> we're all here to show we
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wand to be european systems. and if possible, a return to drachma would be total disaster. >> unconstitutional to some and a dangerous drama is the next act in a drama already five years old. the conclusion has never been less certain. >> translator: the no vote will write history. our people will move on within a europe of democracy and solidarity. >> reporter: the left wing prime minister believes a no vote wit will strengthen greece's hands in future negotiations. a national mandate to demand more for less. a yes vote would be a no to him and his party. >> actually, many people who are voting yes are voting against the current government. >> yes continue with the membership of europe. >> what strikes me with these two sides the yes and no camps
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are not just the strength with which they are willing to represent their two sides but one that's being driven much deeper this week between the larger middle class voters of the yes camp, willing to sign this country up for more austerity measures, and many of these workers here with no jobs, little or nothing left to lose. >> a no vote for the workers for young people in greece, says we have to stop all the negotiations with the european union. >> we are not enemies of the is other party of the yes. i have friends who belong to yes. tomorrow they will still be my friend. >> on this square sintagma where greeks have so often demonstrated their age are in
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the past, if they win on sunday there is not person here who truly knows what will happen next. jonah hull, al jazeera athens. >> arguments for a yes vote are misleading. >> it does seem to me that the yes vote has been sold under false premises. on two grounds, first of all it's been basically a threat that the is nothat the no vote will lead to an exit from the euro zone. this evening according to an article i just saw, that the finance ministers are withdrawing this senior possibility. things will get better if you
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accept a continuation to the current conditions. the reality is that the current conditions are what drove the greek economy into a terrible depression, if they are intensified as the creditors continue the demand, there's a reasonable proposition that the conditions will continue to get worse. many are not affected by this but a large majorities of the greek citizenry have been protected very badly. supporters of the now banned muslim brotherhood say security forces opened fire on protesters santa rally in cairo. yehe ganan says the current situation does not bode well for egypt. >> i believe that with all these thaings we have beenthings that we
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have been seeing since july 2013, the two years before that since the military's cast was a result egypt ruling egypt was an implosion of egypt. i brief we are moving fast track towards explosion now and i hate to say that and you know 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 advisors and start thinking seriously about reconciliation. egypt is not just any country in the area. it is a pivotal country and if it sinks and hopefully it won't it will drag many other countries behind it. >> the syrian army has carried
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out air strikes and launched raids in the northern city of aleppo. major assault by an alliance of rebel groups. activists say the rebels have managed to capture a be base north of the city. the government controls most of the western part of syria's largest city. elsewhere in northern syria kurdish fighters are just five miles from be i.s.i.l. answer defacto capital raqqa. syrian arabs are questioning that cooperation. zeina khodr reports from the turkish border. >> are syrian airbus nor longer arabs are no longer welcome in raqqa.
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forced to pledge allegiance to the group after the the kurdish rebel group,. >> they give us 24 hours to leave or else they would behead us. they are afraid of the kurds and they are worried about losing raqqa city. i.s.i.l. has been digging trenches around the city's perimeter. >> the ypg closed the main route that i.s.i.l. uses to be come from turkey. the ypg has no plan to advance towards the mainly arab city. they say any future battle in raqqa would have to be held to avoid ethnic tensions. activists operate secretly inside raqqa believe i.s.i.l. can be easily defeated if the
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coitioncoilingscoalition cooperates with the rebels. >> they need air support and the coalition doesn't seem willing to support them. the coalition only supports the kurds. >> many yrnlz have started syrians have started to question the gains taken by the ypg, only fighting i.s.i.l. in territory they consider part of what they call western kurdistan. for now the kurds are being treated in the west as the only reliable partner on the ground in syria. there is only so much the ypg can or is willing to do. zeina khodr, al jazeera on the
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syrian turkish border. believed to be two i.s.i.l. bombers made their way into the neighborhood. may go beyond july 9th deadline of iranian nuclear talks. our diplomatic editor james bays has more from vienna. >> negotiators have already been working around the clock here. we understand there was one meeting with the lead u.s. negotiator the lead eu negotiator and two dispute form ministers from iran that went on until 3:00 a.m. some ministers have left. the european union and chinese foreign ministers but the words of laurent fabeus, the french
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foreign minister said it is likely they will return. 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 union diplomats say 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 and find a final deal. a deal for ten years first and then the period beyond ten years to zeal with iran and make sure on behalf of the p-5 plus one their aim that iran has only a civilian nuclear program. >> there have been a serious of attacks on the outside of
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maiduguri. >> the army has repelled these attack. boko haram attacked those villages around the time muslims who are breaking the fast and then sustained battle for hours engaging the nigerian military. right now they have post that the insurgent as they try olaunch attacks on these two villages. as you pay know, at least on the next 24 hours or 48 hours accounts by boko haram to attack or trying to launch more attacks on maiduguri and its environs. still to come. many are dying from failed or expired medicines. more on that stay with us.
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>> 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.
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>> as greece plunges deeper into financial crisis. >> greece's choice, a bad deal... and no deal. >> world markets react. >> it's a grim picture. >> the consequences could be catastrophic. >> for continuing global coverage, stay with al jazeera america. >> welcome back. a quick reminder of the top stories here on al jazeera. tens of thousands have taken part in a rally in athens, on the eve of a bailout referendum. whatever happens banks are running out of money. raids in the northern city of aleppo, major assault by an alliance of rebel groups and a u.s. official says that talks on iran's nuclear program may go
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beyond the july 9 deadline. both sides at the negotiating table in vienna say they are optimistic that they will reach a final agreement. germany's reaction to what happens in greece will be crucial to what happens next. >> reporter: relatively simple exhibits the museum seeks to explore the issues raised by one of europe's dominant ideologies. while the museum's overall theme suggests a left wing ideology. >> the euro zone crisis is not a crisis of people if the south it is a crisis of capitalism, and capitalism is what makes people suffering. this is what connects the museum to the crisis. >> reporter: when the single currency was created it was meant to bring europe together. as economies converged so they
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would benefit from being part of one zone, with one interest rate and one economic policy. and in some countries notably germany, it has brought prosperity. greater competitiveness has often given german firms the edge over eu counterparts. but those same shared policies have brought problems in southern europe as one by one countries have needed to be bailed out by the eu institutions. in germany opinion is subdivided about whether the policies of the euro zone are to blame. >> the euro was a good decision. what the greeks now make of it is a different matter and that could end up being problematic. i would always support a common currency. >> translator: it was a bad idea. the german mark would have been better. through euro we finance all the poor countries. >> reporter: the german government has repeatedly
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stressits commitment to solidarity across europe and that if the euro fails europe fails. but one leading member of the ruling cvu party said the euro zone could survive a so-called grexit. >> howl which grease progress economically? the situation as it is now cannot continue because there is no perspective for growth. it will not be the end of the matter. the crucial vote on any more money for greece may well be held at the bundeszag. a yes vote here is far from certain. dominic kane, al jazeera, at
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the german parliament. >> julian assange says his life is in danger because of the possibility of extradition to the u.s. where he may face the death penalty. but president francois hollande rejected his me. ignoring a ban on public assembly. follows four nights of riding ride roitding. rioting. it seems that have the person was likely to have died of asphyxiation. al jazeera's hamza mohammed reports from mogadishu how
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illegal drugs find their way into pharmacies. >> given to the hospital near their home in moaghtdz. mogadishu. >> 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. >> reporter: doctors here say thousands are given fake or expired medicines. what these fake trugz drugs can do to patients. >> expired medicines kill more than bombs an rockets. they continue to kill thousands. a bomb kills ten or 20 people but these drugs kill hundreds of people and none will hear about it. >> reporter: everywhere you look in mogadishu, there are unofficial pharmacies and clinics like this one. but pharmacies deny putting
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people's lives in danger. >> translator: first when they come to us and tell us they have a problem we tell them to go see a doctor. only then we sell them the medicine and only if they show us a dorktd's prescription. >> the lack of proper clinics have made it impossible for people to go to a clinic. few private ones operating in the country are either too crowded or expensive for many but the government says that will soon change. it has built this new warehouse where donations are stored before they're distributed to hospitals in the capital. a new bill to punish those in the illegal drugs is also before parliament. >> we recently made it compulsory for all those importing medicines and those who sell it, to register.
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drug policy bill which when passed by parliament will solve all this issue. >> reporter: many health workers have welcomed the government's attempts to intervene. but for this woman and others like her it may have come too late. be al jazeera mogadishu somalia. chaimns >> chileans have been on strike for over a month and has cost the education minister his job. spotlight on growing racial tensions. since then several be african american churches have been damaged by fire and authorities want to know why.
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kimberly halkett reports from south carolina. >> no one can tell us that eight churches burned consecutively and there's not something behind it. >> at least two like this one in charlotte have been confirmed as arson but so far they have not been categorized as arson. string of fires at predominantly black churches since right now it has no reason to believe that any of the fires are related or racially motivated. still, even if the church burntionchurches burnings are not racially motivated, nine members of a
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historic black church were shot dead taking part in a bible study. prompted the creation of a federal task force to stop such fires and jail those responsible. >> largely, connecting these together, that attacks in the past have something to do with what's happening now. it's not too far of a stretch to have this fear that maybe this is actually repercussion. discussing how to increase security. >> i would like for us one day to be able to go beyond race. that is going to stay countries years. it's taken us years to get here and i'm a realist. >> being real ink is vital if there's any hope to attempt to solve crimes today rooted in the country's racial past. kimberly halkett, al jazeera
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charlotte, north carolina. cash makes a vital contribution to the country's economy but now the government says the number of people seeking work abroad is in mar moorg marga ortigas has more. >> now she stays because she no longer has to be away to support her family. >> translator: throor lot more jobs. there are call centers here, there are jobs you just have to work hard. >> tense% of the population. in 2005, a number of filipinos leaving the country for work hit the 1 million mark and that number grew higher every year.
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last time the philippine government says there was a decline in the number of filipinos leaving the country for work. investments are up and unemployment is down. >> these point to the signs of greater job opportunities here, economic growth, also means a better climate for investment, more market reforms and gons, et cetera. so we are looking at a very positive picture. >> reporter: while many workers are returning the government's overseas processing center is still full. jocelyn cabral used to work for government but has just gotten a job as a seam stress in saudi arabia. the. >> it seems easier to save money over there. >> reporter: people here are still looking for opportunities
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but returning migrants say these issues will change their views before going home. any way to earn a living at home is better than being away from her family. marga ort ghast, alga ortigas, al jazeera. fastest manned solar flight, then crokd china with stops in chung ching and yanging. then in nagoya, japan. then it took offer across the pacific. solo pilot andre was at the helm
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for nearly five days. >> a graceful where flies into history, the solar intellectuals lands in hawaii after 120 thundershowers hours of flying. the pilot could only express elation. now the longest solo flight on record. not just a feat of time but also one of science. he flew the plane without a drop of fuel. the solar impulse 2 is charged by the sun it has 17,000 batteries that can keep it going through night. the pilot didn't have much room to move in the cockpit and was allowed only 20 minute naps. >> extraordinary experience but
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the demonstration that this technology works. >> fellow pilot have been taking turns flying the solar intellectuals around the world since march. a culmination of a 12 year project that aims to highlight the potential of solar energy. >> this is why today it is history first for aviation and history first for renewable energies. nobody now cannot say that renewable energies cannot do the impossible. >> jerald tan al jazeera. >> an extraordinary journey. now an international animal charity has rescued two lion cubs from the gaza strip. they were bought by a family in the crowded rafa refugee camp. now they will be released into a sanctuary in jordan.
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they ran into a bit of trouble on friday when they got stuck in no man's land as they waited for permission to cross into israel. now in a hotel in gaza, waiting to make the crossing. quick requirement you can keep up to date to all the news on our website aljazeera.com. 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.

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