♪ >> tunisia's president said that there will be a state of emergency just over a week after an armed attack on foreign tourists. 38 people were killed by a gunman who open fired in a beach resort. most of the victims were british nationals. the police killed the gunman, eight people have been arrested in connection with that attack. i understand that the president's address will be played out. >> the sudden declaration of the state of emergency announced by the tunisian president comes a week after the beach massacre. 38 tourists died. 30 of them from britain.

the new legislation will give the tunisian government more flexibility and give the army and police more authority and restricts the right of public assembly. the state of emergency is being brought into force as the tunisian security forces continue to track down other militants in organizes and coordinating the attack. the suspect interviewed by police said that the gunmen was just one member of the sleeper cell. part of a network, which is believed stretched from london, tunisian and on to libya. the president has openly criticized the secure forces in responding to the shootings it comes on the day where the the last of britain's 30 dead was

flown home. >> we will be going back to tunisian television. we understand that the president is scheduled to make his address at the top of the hour. it has not begun yet but we'll go back to it as soon as we can. the greek finance minister has accused initial creditors of terrorizing the greek people into accepting more austerity. they'll have to decide yes or no. the yes being whether to accept the proposal put forward by the international lenders. the no to reject that kind of deal. and the many of those involved in the lending process, a vote for know would be a vote against being part of the euro.

well the voting starts at 7:00 a.m. local time. the time official result expected late on monday. we're going to our john sporo po sporopolous. how discuss it feel to be in athens right now? >> very uneasy. people are not entirely sure what they're voting about. i talked to a lady who runs a kiosk, and asked her how she was going to vote. she said she's veering towards yes.

of the no vote heavily backed by government supporters who don't want to see the conservatives come back. after all they lost two and a half years in power. this is now reflected in the press. you can see here on the front page especially glossy cover has a pick of the map of greece landing back into europe something that if hopes will happen with a yes vote. the implication being that greece is departed temporarily and it's a period of temporary insanity. this is a government-friendly paper.

reminding people of unemployment. shortages of being fear gassed. that is the mood of polarization in athens at the moment. >> what we're going to do is come back and wrap this up. i know we've got several of our team out in the greek capital and around the country as a whole. we'll be back after we hear from jonah hull. >> outside of the hotel where she worked until it was shut down a week ago and she was fired. >> three years here. it's a family. it's not a job. >> olga is struggling to make sense of her country's sudden referendum. >> i female sad because i see our society split in two. some say yes some very shroudly say no. that's not right.

we know for sure that the fallout of a yes vote will be a situation even worse than we had before. and by saying no there is the fear of uncertainty. we don't know what will happen the next day or how we will deal with it. >> marcus is a graduate economist who knows he'll be voting yes but knows that the choice is not an easy one. >> i think it's the last chance to bring sanity back to the table. >> our government claims 48 hours after a no they'll go in and sign a deal. i highly doubt that. i can't see where the credibility because credibility has been lost from all sides. >> marcus and olga are among a generation that did nothing to cause their country's problems but must some how carve a future out of confusion and

uncertainty. the referendum is being portrayed by europe's media as a contest. that's not the case. yes is there is a question. and it could turn out to be a referendum on the future of this government but make no mistake an overnumber of greeks on both sides of the question do want this country to remain inside the eurozone. but time is not on their side. within days of the bank closures. business also shut down and there will be shortages of food supplies and medical. >> greece gives us hope. it gives us faith. all of us young people we have our dreams. i don't think any one of us will stop dreaming. >> in the end the ire row goes

on or the drachma returns. hope is one thing that will continue. the medicines pharmaceuticals the food banks does greece feel like a country on the verge of collapse? >> well, there is a shortage of money in every area. in a press release that was put out yesterday that subsequently took down is indicative that said that greece's inability to honor its bonds to the initial military fund on tuesday is a

default by greece. that of course using the "d" word therefore being controversial because the imf has been very call careful they are interpreting it as an default inability to pay. greece' position could become rapidly worse. if it's declared to be in default then the banks will have to take a haircut from their depositor's savings. and that's the amount of money that the public sector owes it's suppliers, and then they'll find itself even greater difficulty because the market here will have--will collapse even further. there has been a slow down so

farburg the bank closure. people have been call with their money. there is not a lot of consumer spending. this could rapidly come worse. if you don't have an agreement early on later on in the week you'll have difficulties in the public finances, difficulty in the banking sector. >> we'll talk to you later on. e.now to other news, the egyptian president el-sisi has been visiting troops in the sinai peninsula. it is some of the bloodiest fighting to take place in years. on wednesday. isil fighters launched a an attack. they laid siege to a police station. they're saying 17 soldiers and 100 fight percent killed.

syria has launched an offensive. this is to try to catch you to capture it. barrel bombs have been dropped. if successful, the supply root to the al nusra front rebels will be cut off. the saudi led coalition has led more airstrikes. the continued fightings humanitarian situation particularly for the civilians and it's home to thousands who escaped fighting elsewhere in yemen. we have this report. >> she said her house was destroyed in an airstrike in northwest yemen. she escaped to the tap calf

sanaa and is living in a disused school with several other families. >> there is a war. we do the best we can. we work together as a group to bake the bread and we thanks god for that. >> this woman walked to escape the fighting. >> we were short of water gas everything. we were living in fear. there were missiles every night shelling. >> saudi-led coalition airstrikes have charged houthi rebels and fighters loyal to ali abdullah saleh. but the houthies continue to control large parts of yemen including the capital. she is also an evacuated from saleh. >> we left because of the constant attacks the shelling. we wouldn't sleep day or night.

things to koch we have sock >> only hope is the end to the fighting. >> stay with us here on al jazeera. because coming up world powers in iran going to the final days of new york deal talks. that coming up in the ancient country of celebrating the inca roads 500 years after it was put down.

>> 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. >> these are the fop stories at this hour. eight days after 38 people were killed by an armed gunman on a tourist beach tunisian government declares a state of emergency. there are less than 24 hours to go as people in greece get ready to vote on a bail out referendum that appears to have split the country in two. egypt's president visiting troops in the northern sinai peninsula. it had a seen some of the bloodiest fighting in years. the united nations atomic agency claims iran secretly developed nuclear weapons could

be athleted by the end of the year. we have more from vienna. >> the iaea chief is just back from iran. they've been asking iran some questions and wants to know how it got the know-how and components for their nuclear program. these issues are slightly related to the talks ongoing here in vienna. it is clear that both sides now are looking to how to sell a deal. which is why it was in the interest of the iranians and p5+1 for the iaea chief to make this statement. >> i think we can issue a report by the end of the year on the assessment of that the issues

related to the military die mention. once an agreement is reached the iaea is ready to implement the nuclear related elements when requested. >> expecting more foreign ministers back here in vienna on sunday evening. they're then expected to stay in this city joining negotiations which are going on around the clock. western diplomats say the 7th of july tuesday is their final deadline. >> one member of the opposition in burundi has been shot dead. a couple of days after disputed parliamentary elections. police have carried out raids on the homes of suspected supporters. >> it has been a difficult week. usually at night they hear

gunfire and in the morning they count the number of the dead. we're not seeing protests any more because that's when the opposition members feel scared. now the police want to know what is going opposite? what are they so seemingly quiet quiet. they alleged that militant opposition have been arming themselves, and they've been going door to door looking for weapons. opposition deny this. people are concerned people who boycott the polls are concerned that the president will try to cook the votes. people who have been killed opposition members say that lie log may not be the way to go because as far as they're turned they are the one who is are

suffering on the ground and they're still determined to run for. >> well, police in the netherlands have arrested it 3200 people. there have been four days of rioting in the immigrant neighborhood of the reagan. after a man died in after being arrested during a festival. russia has had a rise in asian tourists. >> 25-year-old connie liu is on holiday in moscow. she's here with a group of fellow chinese tourists and she's loving it.

it is really different from china. >> it is the height of the tourist season but there is no longer the mix of foreigners that there used to be. the russian tourist relations mean that there are future fewer westerners are comeing to russia. this. >> this group has come to moscow and they're coming to see the architecture and mep bell i memorabilia. >> with fewer westerners coming, the russian tourism industry is

working on attracting more visitors from asia and china in particular. chinese tourists coming in groups don't need a visa. this is around 15 hotels acontracted by tourism managers. >> we have two chinese channels both english and china. >> the guests are offered accommodations. tourism experts say that the government realizes the potential of the chinese market. >> this is a time to adjust the market. and requires a lot of work. it was hoped that it would not take too much time.

before the government did not even consider tourism as a market. >> for connie and her fellow travelers this trip has been one they will never forget. al jazeera moscow. >> south korea has reported case of middle east respiratory syndrome. mers. the total number affected by the virus is up by 95. the outbreak of mers has been the largest recorded outside of the middle east. the nation of ton go tonga has a new king. he was crowned on saturday. the 5-year-old has been the acting monarch since 2012.

the coronation include makes of week-long festivities. in the united states several african-american churches have been suffering fire damage following last month's national shooting. kimberly halkett reports from north carolina. >> personally i was mortified. >> at a church in charlotte north carolina, community members gather to discuss what to do about the washer of fires in the american south. >> we've seen this before. 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. but so far they've been not account gorized 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 fires at predominantly black churches. they say right now it is not clear that they were racially motivated. >> the fires have rekindled memories of a painful past for southern blacks when emotions are already raw. last month nine members in an historic black church were shot dead while taking part in a bible study. in the 1990s dozens of black churches were torched some by some white supremacists. >> logically we'll connect things things together. the it's not too far of a stretch to have that year. >> which is why these southern

church members and activists were did you go racial saying they were racial. >> kimberly halkett al jazeera, charlotte, north carolina. 3,000 kilometers of road runs through six south american countries built 500 years ago. the indigenous people of the region still use it as both a transit root and a spiritual resource. tom ackerman reports. >> near the u.s. capital a group of peruvian villages offer a

prayer and offer this handy work. this bridge only made of natural fiber which they reconstruct every year. >> we prepare more than a thousand the road built in the 15th century at the height of the inca empire and still traveled today. it's revered by the 9 million natives of peru, bolivia ecuador, argentina elay and if. >> what it marines to the people to be able 20 walk the road. >> they spent seven years researching and collecting incan artifacts for this display. >> this is perfect future to

connect the dern to the pass to under cultural communityish and understand how after 500 years. >> they never use the wheel or writing yet they formed an highly form of society using agriculture achievement. this displays the road couriers who could deliver messages is to deliver them ape where in

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