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>> wow, these are amazing... >> techknow, where technology meets humanity! only on al jazeera america appealed. egypt's president abdul voteing yes orvoting yes or no in greece.for its financial future and its blaisplace within the euro zone. hotel there i'm shiulie ghosh. this is al jazeera live from doha. also coming up a state of emergency declared in tunisia. eight days after 38 tourists were shot dead in their beach resort. >> they are also trying to hack into anything that doesn't move in america.
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>> hillary clinton accusing china of stealing government information. plus celebrations in chile as the national football team wins the copa america for the first time. greeks are voting yes or no. in a referendum to decide their financial future. and effectively where they stay in the euro zone or not. it's been a hectic few days of campaigning but the greek prime minister alexis tsipras urging a no vote. in the past half hour, he has been casting his vote. it will decide whether or not greeks choose to protect more austerity in exchange for rescue loans. greece needs those loans.
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a troik troy troika of debt. on the eve of the referendum the greek finance minister accused of europe of fear mongering. the dreaded grexit. antonin zamaris is urging a support of the referendum. >> today our greeks are deciding on the fate of our country. we are voting yes to greece, we are voting yes to europe. >> john siropolous is joining us from athens.
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what is the mood in greece right now, what are people saying to you about what might happen? >> well, people are really governed by the insecurity of the times. at the moment you've got boast the no camps and the yes camps worried about what's going to happen the next day whether there's a yes or a no majority. i called up one accountant yesterday and asked her how her clients have been reacting to all this week of bank closures and how they have been reacting to the political uncertainty engendered by the week of negotiations before, you remember the week beginning june 22nd we had almost dam euro group meetings in brussels whether there was going to be a are survivable solution at the
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survivable solution at the end. other things greeks were doing interestingly enough was breaking up their deposits into several bank accounts. people have been worried that there may at one point a haircut on deposits in banks. something that is now openly being talked about. because if next week we don't have a solution bankers may be cut off from european central bank liquidity and may resort to taking their clients' money in order to buy shares with them and hand over their shares and ask them to become shareholders in the banks. otherwise they won't generate liquidity to keep those bank accounts afloat. what has happened in the last week when intarchtion are banks have been closed people have been taking no action on their taxes. if they have been in an installment scheme, they haven't
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been filing their taxes for 2014 income which is something they should be doing because the deadline is fast approaching. therefore in the past two weeks in the way people have based with respect to their wealth, the be expression of insecurity shrilly. shrilly. shiulie. >> if there's a no vote it is to the government's liking because it release enforces the government's opinion what was on the table should not be accepted, and the government did not accept it, saying it was too recessionary, on the contrary, took out too much money from the marketplace.
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so the government will feel vindicated. it won't feel challenged by the opposition which is backing the yes vote. if mr. tsipras will be taken at his word he will hop on the plane on monday morning to brussels and say to them let's talk about this package that's been on the table for over a week now let's see if we can improve it following the strong authorization i've now received from the greek people to do so. he has promised that within 48 hours of a no vote he will come back with a deal greeks will like more than they've seen in this referendum. that remains to be seen shiulie. >> thank you john siropolous in athens there. >> in solidarity to greeks who are against austerity measures. hundreds took to the streets of lisbon carrying vote no banners.
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implementing massive spending cuts. >> i'm here to show so many dater withshow solidaritywith the greeks. it's important to have courage if it's not recognized at an international level it will necessarily have the strength omake us win. >> tunisia declaration of state of emergency from the president he's warning another similar attacks could lead to the collapse of the country. peter sharp reports. >> announcing the emergency measures to the nation the president says tunisia is now in a state of war. >> islamic state carries the black flag and wants to establish a cam fate.
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tunisia needs international support. there is not a country in our state or in europe that is not in a state of emergency today. the announcements comes over a week after the tragedy in sousse. the new emergency legislation will give the tunisia government more flexibility and at the same time will hand the parliament more authority. state of emergency is being into force after tunisian forces continue to track down other militants involved in organizing and coordinating the attack. a suspect questioned by the security said the gunman was just one member of the sleeper cell. be made a public promise on
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friday to guarantee the safety of future visitors to tunisia. >> there is big danger facing tunisia these days and a state of emergency is something that is quite legitimate to impose in such a situation. the problem is that a state of emergency in such a new and young democracy is a double edged sword. it is from one side going to stop to certain extent the danger and the threat of terrorism but also it is going to play in the hands of those who advocated return to authoritarianism who be advocated the return to the police state we had after 2011. >> the last of britain's 30 dead were finally flown home. peter sharp, al jazeera. >> residents in tunisia had mixed responses to the president declaring a state of emergency.
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>> the state of emergency is beneficial for the country at least for security because terrorism has increased. it is the only efficient solution. >> i asked mr. president beji caid essebsi freedom of opinion and acceptance of the opposition. >> 23 people including women and children are dead after air strikes hit a cafe on the outkids ofoutskirts of ramadi. this is the latest of a series of strikes as iraqi security ramp up owner strength to fight i.s.i.l. strongholds. u.s. led opposition carried out skein air strikes on raqqa
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which is i.s.i.l.'s de facto capital in syria. restricted movement of i.s.i.l. fighters. egypt says it's carried out an air strike in northern sinai killing 25 fighters loyal to i.s.i.l. destroyed weapons and egypt's president abdel fatah al-sisi insists the situation in egypt is stable. he made the comment to troops stationed in north sinai. the palestinian faction hamas, around group behind the sinai attacks. the spokesman behind the campaign, said they would never direct their weapons towards egypt. still to come here in the program, elections in ghana empower citizens of african
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dissent. families who died in pearl harbor 70 years ago a new technique is helping them find closure. dealt a setback. fast bowler ryan harris
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>> "inside story" takes you beyond the headlines, beyond the quick cuts, beyond the sound bites. we're giving you a deeper dive into the stories that are making our world what it is. >> ray suarez hosts "inside story". only on al jazeera america. appealed. egypt's president abdul fatah al-sisi has been visiting >> welcome back. i'm shiulie ghosh. a reminder of the stop stories. the greek prime minister has cast his vote in a referendum which feflt effectively decides whether greek stays in the euro zone or not. tunisia is under a state of
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emergency. security forces have been given extra powers. the declaration from the president was made eight days after 38 europeans were shot dead in their resort. operation in raqqa i.s.i.l.'s defacts to capital in syria, restricting the movement of the fighters. so back to our top story the greek referendum. the polling has begun but the question is what happens next? if greeks vote no on the bailout terms, tsipras can reach better deals with the european creditors. if creditors disagree though, greece may end up not paying its loan back to the european central bank. the greeks vote yes in this
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referendum tsipras hirnted hinted he will stip down. yafnis kutsumitasas has comments. >> it is not absolutely clear that prime minister tsipras well leave if a yes-no vote prevails. what it's most likely outcome it would be either the deputy prime minister mr. drogasakus will take the prime minister post but in any case, i don't think the syriza government will resign if there is a yes vote today. in the initial period i think there will be negotiations after all even if a no vote prevails but it will be in a much more bitter environment in greece's relationship with its partners,
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its euro zone partners. but it will be at the end the decision of the greek gof if government if it wants to maintain a position in the euro zone and if it wants to come back to a national currency. i give it a 50-50 chance that after a no vote if greece exits the euro zone or not. >> foreign ministers from major world powers are meeting in vienna to thrash out a deal on iran's nuclear program ahead of tuesday's deadline. ministers say the final agreement will have three phases. >> translator: the first day we collectively draw up a deal and the united nations security council will issue a resolution on that day. then we'll wait for legal resolutions to be carried out in these countries and finally when these procedures are over and the countries are ready, it will be a day of agreement. iran would begin to implement
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its commitments. >> it's been 70 years since japan attacked pearl harbor and drew united states into world war ii. be as jacob ward reports new technologies are helping victims families find closure. >> on a sunday morning december 7th, 1941, japanese planes appeared without warning over pearl harbor. lowell valley, a sailor aboard the u.s.s. oklahoma died along with 400 of his shipmates. bob valley said news of his brother's death was the hardest part of his life. >> the biggest frustration is the navy that fought us all the way and i'm going to call it
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like it is. >> it is important to understand how the sailors on the oklahoma died on december 7th. >> the oklahoma has sustained anywhere from 9 o11 torpedo hits. she has had her guts shot out of her and the crews are at general quarters. >> the bodies of the crew were left the for years. punch bowl, ray emory when he discovered the navy could not tell him who was buried where he began to catalog the lost bodies himself. >> i had a clipboard and anything close to december 7th, i spent many moons up there. i went through all navy, everything from world war ii that was buried in that cemetery. >> after 40 years of work,
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emory's work, disband its existing department for handling the dead and create a new lab in hawaii for identifying remains through dna. still the crew of the oklahoma will be an enormous challenge. >> we exhumed one casket in 2003. there were five skulls in that casket. however from dna analysis an analysis we know there are more than 100 individuals represented in that casket. we know these remains are highly commingled. >> perhaps lowell valley will be one of them. >> i want to bring him home. i don't want any thank you i just want the story to be out the true story. i don't care who the heck don't like it or who gets stepped on. >> jacob ward. al jazeera honolulu.
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>> u.s. diffract presidential hopeful hillary clinton has accused china of hacking and stealing sensitive government information. warns washington needs to be vigilant. >> they are also trying ohack into everything that doesn't move in america. stealing commercial secrets blueprints from defense contractors. stealing huge amounts of government information. all for advantage. make no mistake they know they're in a competition and doing everybody they can to win it. >> there are calls for americans to stop displaying the confederate flag after nine members of a black church we killed last month in south carolina. andy gallagher reports from daytona speedway in florida
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where nascar fans are feeling pressure to ditch flag. >> there are few place as historic as the daytona international speedway. it was instrument in formation of stock car racing known as nascar. fans have flocked here to watch their favorite drivers take to the track. this year the sport has an image problem on its hand. they asked fans like richard thompson to leave his flag at home. but it's not a concession he's proud to make. >> i'm southern, proud of my family and in the u.s. and having the freedom to display whatever flag i'm allowed to display. >> a flag increasingly shown as a sign of oppression and slavery. they can't stop fans from displaying it. >> tickets tickets tickets. >> that makes hector contreras
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easy. >> i deem with it all the time. so it's something you just adapt to and you keep on moving because if you be ignorant like them you have a bunch of ignorant people. >> officials are so keen for people not to fly their confederate flag they started an exchange program offering people free american flags. so far only a handful of people have taken them up on their offer. despite that officials keen to attract a more diverse fan base say they will continue to work with fans in the years ahead. >> any business, any company wants to look for the future. so if it's a voluntary program the key is that we want them to attend nascar sporting events and have a good time doing it. >> on recent years it's been on the decline but the symbol of so-called southern pride will always have a place.
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andy gallagher, al jazeera florida. >> a lack of rain in the country has meant many fields have gone unplanted. thailand is already impoverished. farmers forced deeper into debt. they're calling on the government as without rice they have no income. >> mers bringing the total number of people affected to 136, 37 people are currently undergoing treatment 33 others have died from the affliction. a woman treated in the sam sunday medical center in seoul. one of the biggest 18th corruption protests. demonstrators say three want an
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independent investigation into a $200 million constantly involving social security officials. president juan hernandez has admitted using money from authorities linked to the scandal in his reelection campaign. historic change in power two months ago. the predominantly east india peoples party of ghana racial tensions reemerging as virginia lopez reports. >> it's been more than a month since david grainger was sworn in as gien guyana's new president. to those of east indian dissent
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it could mean being displaced from all positions of power. >> ethnic parties when one party win it's one ethnic party that wins. once you govern in that way the other groups are left out of the process. african guyana residents. >> under what conditions. poor drainage bad road conditions and crumbling infrastructure playing this neighborhood, they benefited very little from state resources during the last two decades. in an indian community the cons conditions are drastically different. neighbors feel change was long overdue. >> people put in place and then i can see well i'm in a
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situation where things are hang for me or us in guyanese. >> the feeling are almost diametrically opposed and fear retaliation. >> translator: positions ask them to go and most of them, all of them have to go. they want to terrorize them, bully them, make them go. >> these century old racial tensions a legacy of colonial rule are for many like economist dr. maurice odo at the crux of the caribbean nation's ability to flourish. >> we have a chance but we still need to bring everybody on board. we will still be walking on one leg instead of two legs. >> unless the guyanese will,
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vehenia lopez, al jazeera guyana. >> when pope francis leads mass on tuesday the pontiff has just left vatican for a week long tour of three south american countries. after ecuador the pontiff will travel to bolivia and paraguay. football fans in chile victory is sweet they beat their arch rivals. in a shootout. >> another chance for lionel
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messe to win. copa america in argentina. shot from the side, extra-time penalties were needed. when argentine midfielder was stopped by claude yo gravo that allows sanchez to net their kick for chile 4-1 in the shootout. >> that we should have got before, i don't want to be irresponsible with what i've said because i've not analyzed the match but i think the purpose was more with chile than argentina. >> quite frankly i would go to the grave with these boys because they give it their all. they need it, they didn't get it, but we will keep trying without any doubt. >> only the second time chile
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has beaten argentina in 39 competitive matches but crucially it's their first mple copa america title. >> there's more on our website all the news and sport at aljazeera.com. where >> wildlife poaching is big business... worth more than 17 billion dollars a year and growing. the slaughter is being fueled

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