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atriots, they wanted their country back >> from the best filmmakers of our time, the new home for original documentaries al jazeera america presents only on al jazeera america >> this is al jazeera america. i'm del walters in new york with a look at the top stories. they are celebrating in greece. the voters saying no to that international bailout. the u.s. sending a signal that it could walk away from the iranian nuclear talks. rolling out the red carpet. rock star treatment in latin america. and the ladies are the champs. the u.s. beating japan in the
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finals of the world cup. we begin tonight with that decision in greece to up the antein its standoff with the european union. the overseas markets already reacting to today's vote of no. in sunday's national referendum 61% of the country voting against accepting that bailout from the european union. the result was decisive and clear cut. a stark contrast. alexis tsipras meets with his cabinet. barnaby phillips that is story glch european leaders were lining up over the last six days urging them to vote yes and warning this this was a choice between the euro or the
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drachma. the greeks didn't see it that way. they saw it as a vote on what they perceive to be five years of ruinous policies imposed on this country which have brought about ang an extraordinary contraction. but what happenscontraction. alexis tsipras believes he will go back into negotiations with european partners, with expanded powers. they hoped this referendum would result in the downfall of the alexis tsipras and the syriza government pay see things differently. they will be reluctant to talk about debt relief. they are of course answerable to their own parliaments and don't forget there is an awful lot of bad blood and lack of trust between this government and
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angela merkel and the other key players in international financial institutions. over the past few days the greek government have said that these other european union governments are trying to blackmail it, speaking about humiliation and somehow, it has to come to agreement very quickly in a time when greek banks are on the edge of collapse. >> the nikkei the hang hang seng sang. ali velshi set the scene. >> you know del i was in grease a couple of months ago speaking to greeks and government officials and i have to tell you this is a master stroke by alexis tsipras and the syriza party because a number of international analysts have been saying that europe is overplaying its hand. the greeks are in trouble and i saw that first hand when i was
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on the ground. the idea that there is no potential for economic growth in the greek situation right now. so it is continuing to squeeze the greeks for more is like squeezing a dry lemon at this point. the idea is that the greeks if they didn't come to a deal as barnaby just said would push out this far left government. this referendum was really a vote of confidence in this government so tsipras and his party can go back to the government particularly the germans, and saying you're not going to get us kicked out. you are going to have to negotiate terms with us. when the greeks had its recession in 2008, we weren't sure what would get us out of it. there were various tools that the u.s. had to dwriend out of grind out of this recession. the greeks, it will never ever
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be -- not never ever, i'm grow hair before that happens. they will have negotiating power. >> the hang seng, the nikkei down. what happens with my 401(k) whrt tomorrow morning when the dow opens. >> it doesn't really matter that it's reacting different. the drop is not precipitous. about 1.7% still early in trading, it will spread into europe. it is really what matters is how the europeans tend to see this when the markets open. if the dow market is down in the 2 to 2 and a half percent if there's a particular reaction today it's not main driving force in your 401(k) right now so i wouldn't worry about it. in fact if you oar stock buyer you may want to consider the
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fact that they might be a bit of a dip. but i think at this point the market has figured out something going to happen one way or the other and are now these are traders responding but knowing it is a long term phenomenon. >> ali velshi following all things greek from tehran. thank you very much. as you heard barnaby phillips, there is bad blood between greece and the eu. dominic kane joins us. >> the german chancellor angela merkel is going to be holding a meeting withen francois hollande to discuss the greek crisis and determine policy in the coming days insofar as any bailout and any negotiations, the germans said flatly no negotiations, and
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the french said there could be some. but the question then will be what will the european central bank do about this result? the greek government seems to suggest that this referendum result is a mandate for a further negotiation to strengthen their hand but it's word remembering that the ecb is still owed around 3.5 billion euroeuros, and as has been suggested there's no chance that that will happen. we'll perhaps hear from the european central bank tomorrow, a suggestion that there will be a teleconference from the bankers of the euro zone. and that will give us some more clarity perhaps of how this situation will unfold. marred by violence at least people were killed. 40 injured.
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roxana saberi reports a situation that shows no signs of easing. >> reporter: people across chicago this weekend celebrated america's independence but for some the festivities ended in violence. seven-year-old imari brown was playing outside on chicago's west side just before midnight on saturday when his father said a gunman appeared and started firing. the shots hit brown in the chest and wounded a woman nearby. she survived but brown did not. his relatives want the shooter to turn himself in. >> you might as well turn yourself in because this seven-year-old our family member did nothing to you. >> he was a clown man. just like me. >> reporter: police say the boy's father was the intended target. >> his father is a ranking gang member with 45 previous arrests who is not cooperating with this investigation. >> police say imari brown was just one of seven people killed in shootings over the 4th of
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july weekend. it is a reminder of the violence seen in chicago over the same period last year when four people were shot to death and 30 others injured in shootings. back then chicago's police superintendent blamed gang violence and illegal guns. >> it all comes down to these guns. there's too many coming in and too little punishment coming out. >> police packed cops into high vinyls areas. like the neighborhood where brown was shot have seen violence rise. people are calling for violence to end. >> and until that happens all you ought to be back out here next week on another corner. filming the same thing. from somebody else saying exactly what i'm saying. >> roxana saberi, al jazeera. >> david sweat the inmate who survived three weeks ton run is back in prison.
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transferred to a maximum security prison he won't be going back to the clinton correctional center he and richard matt broke out on june 6th. in vancouver it wasn't even close, team u.s.a. winning the world cup japan taking the last world four years ago. it was the first time the american women's team has won the world cup since 1999. allen schauffler, i'll let you tell us the score. >> del, pretty amazing. 5-2 was the final. and most of that scoring, most of that action was over in the first half of the first half. three minutes in carly lloyd scores a couple minutes later she scores again. 16 minute mark she puts in her third genome for a hat-trick. lauren scores as well, 3-0 u.s.
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japan struck back, didn't have a sense of a blowout as all. the japanese team very strong team back to make it 4-2. tobin heath second half goal, 5-2 u.s.a. that was tremendous news for tens of thousands of americans all the games of the tournament but especially for this final in vancouverbeck. they will be partying and sphwreating oncelebrating ton streets of the city all night long del. >> are the parties i guess going on even as we speak? >> reporter: oh yeah, that chant of u.s.a u.s.a u.s.a will be echoing on robson street for many with days to come. we did talk about one fan who admitted he was a little bit tired hearing those chants after sitting all day next to u.s.
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fans in the stadium but for the most part everything had been congenial with their cross-border cousins. yes they will be partying long and late in vancouver. it was essentially a home field advantage for the u.s. here. world cup international the canadians got bounced out earlier. stub hub saying 89% of the tickets they sold in this game went to americans 1% to people described themselves as japanese or japanese supporters. big american crowd here del. >> i can stale still hear those from the men's side as well. the question is, is this going to be an impact on women's soccer in the u.s? >> the current version of women's professional soccer in the u.s. certainly hopes so.
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the seattle reign owner is certainly hopeful that they can exams. on thecapitalize on the kind of energy, from this win which will not be forgotten soon. two women's pro teams have been started and failed within the last 12 years so we'll see if this one stays on track and really gets a boost that can carry on. remains to be seen del. >> allen thank you very much. today's race at daytona international speedway, is the first since urging fans not to display the controversial confederate flag. nascar complied but the fans didn't. andy gallagher has the toy.
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>> in the annals of racing, there are few place more important than daytona national speedway. fans have flocked for years to watch their favorite drivers to stay to the track. this year the sport overwhelmingly followed by white fans has an image crisis on its hands. officials asked long time nascar fans richard thompson to leave his confederate flag at home but it's not a consession he's prepared to make. >> i'm proud of my flag. i'm proud of being in the u.s. and able to display whatever flag i'm be of a mind to display. >> this is seeming to be a sign of oppression and slavery. they banned it a decade ago and can't stop fans from displaying it. thehector fernandez says.
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>> i deal with it all the time. something you adapt to, you keep on moving. if you be ignorant like them then you just have a bunch of ignorant people. >> officials are so eager for people not to fly confederate flag, they started an exchange program, offering them a free american flag in exchange. but only afew have taken them up on their offer. they will continue to work with fans in the years ahead. >> any business that wants to look to the future, voluntary program, policy changes in the future, we have to think to the future. the key at the end of the day we want fans to join nascar events and be comfortable doing it. >> on recent years it's been on the decline but for many this symbol of so-called southern pride will always have a place. andy gallagher al jazeera daytona, florida. >> the clock is sticking on the
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iranian nuclear talks. why america is sending signal it will walk out on the talks if a consensus is not made. and food for syrian refugees.
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>> secretary of state john kerry says theist will walk away from those nuclear talks with iran if it can't get a deal its likes. with just two days to go before the july 7th deadline kerry says there are no guarantees. james bays files this report from vienna. >> time is of the essence. u.s. secretary of state john kerry spoke to reporters after two days of negotiations with his iranian opposite member. >> we are not where we need to be on several of the most difficult issues and the truth is that while i completely agree with foreign minister zarif that
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we have never been closer, at this point this negotiation could go either way. if hard choices get made, in the next couple of days, and made quickly, we could get an agreement this week. but if they are not made, we will not. >> foreign ministers have been arriving again in vienna. they are now expected to stay until the 7th of july, the new deadline. but what happens if they don't reach a zeal by then? do you have a plan b if you can't get a agreement? >> no. the rule is if you work on plan a you stick to plan a. so the -- that line stays the 7th. >> i'm told we've got to the stage where all the sticking points can be laid out on one sheet of paper for the foreign ministers. some of these are technical issues but all require political
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decisions. and without those decisions there can be no deal. james bays, al jazeera vienna. >> now to syria. the u.s. led coalition against i.s.i.l. carrying out one of their most intense attacks yet on the rebels of that country. the coalition launching as many as 18 air strikes overnight in and around the city of raqqa which serves as a i.s.i.l. strong hold. the targets by the coalition remain the vehicles and bridges at least ten people were killed, dozens were injured in those attacks. and in western syria gaining ground against the rebels in the suburbs of damascus. the government dropped dozens of barrel bombs on the city of zabadani, from the al qaeda offshoot the el nusra front.
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meanwhile, the refugee crisis gross dimmer by the day. some people will be facing starvation. met with a family living in jordan struggling just to put foot on their table. >> most families have feasts during the muslim be holy month of ramadan. he worries what he's going to feed his family when they break their fast at sunset. they were taken to azra camp but they couldn't stand living in the unforgiving desert and escaped. don't receive any aid from any agents. >> there is no electricity and we had to walk for ages to get water and carry it back. i'm an old man. i couldn't walk to the shop without breaking down on the way. >> no u.n. assistance means no
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education for his daughters or health care. jamal is diabetic and goes days without his pills. his wife has been forced to find work as a house plaid. >> imaid. >> i work so we can afford water. if we can't afford water how can we live? this life is too difficult. >> life has forced many families like jamal's getting food to eat. during ramadan generous neighbors sometimes drop off meals right before iftar but if they don't the family has to eat whatever is available. this is what they have in their kitchen. they never eat meat unless it's from the neighbors. it's moments like these that
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make them feel there is some good in the world. their neighbors have sent them an iftar meal. the refugees in exile seem to be more basic. >> all we ask the world is to look after syrian refugees. there are so many like me and some worse off. we just need money to eat and drink that's all. >> jamal didn't expect syria to become so ruined. he doesn't expect it to go back to the way it was. al jazeera autismman. >> in iraq, the u.s. led coalition conducting at least a dozen air strikes against i.s.i.l. over the weekend. officials say a dozen people were killed in and around baghdad. killing at least 25 civilians and injuring dozens more. jane arraf has the story.
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>> there is fighting near fallujah and ramadi. continues what appears to be a pattern of iraqi air strikes including according to local forces banned barrel bombs that have been increasingly killing civilians. as iraq tries to dislodge i.s.i.l. from the cities they are controlling, it launches air strikes against those cities. they appear to be in populated civilian areas. one of them was in fallujah, in ramadi rather. near a football field a football pitch where young men had gathered after midnight during ramadan. they were playing football and other games when air strikes hit. the iraqi government said, local fighters on the ground said there were some members of i.s.i.l. in the area but most of the young men who died were in fact civilians. >> jane arraf in baghdad.
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still ahead what pope francis plans to accomplish in his trip osouth america and how life is in the world's most populace country.
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>> welcome back to al jazeera america. here are your top stories this evening. in a national referendum held today more than 60% of greeks opposing the deal that would have meant more belt tightening and tax hikes. there are fears that greece could leave the euro zone. in chicago at least search people were killed 40 others injured by gun violence this weekend. among them a seven-year-old boy playing outside on the 4th of july. they're the latest victims in a crime epidemic, police blaming armed street gangs there. in vancouver it was a victory for the u.s. women's soccer team, u.s. 5 japan 2.
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carly lloyd scoring a hat-trick. the tourney's most valuable player. millions watching worldwide. it's sunday nighttime for the look ahead. srebrenica, more than 8,000 bosnian men and boys killed in a massacre as serbian soldiers trying to ethnically cleanse all of the muslims. chowrnlt has the story. >> the massacre of more than 8,000 men and boys in
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srebrenica, a war that lasted over three and a half years. over ran the u.n. designated safe haven in july 1995. thereafter bosnian serb president were indicted for crimes twens humanity. >> i was a 25-year-old reporter in bonlz bosnia i admit that i did not expect bosnian serb forces to set out to exterminate all the bosnian men and boys that they held in custody. and i was not alone in underestimating the events unfolding. >> on july 11th, 1995, mlad
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mladic's forces separated the women and children and murdered thousands of men and boys. a few days later serbian television broadcast footage with ominous footage. also shown muslim prisoners calling out to others to surrender. the massacre of over 8,000 muslim men and boys, the worst episode of mass murder in europe since world war ii, helped to galvanize the conscience of the global community. >> translator: there were those people who did not find their loved ones, it's hardest for them, at least for mine, my grandmother and others will have their graves with plaques. i know they existed. >> accord in 1995 brought the bosnian war to an end.
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>> let me simply resolve to all those gathered here, this horror commemorated not only for the past but do far more to prevent genocide and mass atrocities in the present. >> but 20 years later the wounds still run raw and deep, courtney kealy be the, al jazeera, the hague. serbia asking the united nations not to adopt that resolution referring to it as a genocide. it was drafted by the u.k. to mark the 20 year anniversary and is expected to be voted on this week. on saturday, heads of state are set to gather at a memorial in very veryverysrebrenica welcomed by mayor of
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srebrenica. be former president bill clinton is expected to lead the delegation. bureau chief for al jazeera balkans an attorney who witnessed the massacre at srebrenica as a child. she's joining us from sarah sarajevo. >> some don't want to call it genocide. >> this is definitely a shame on international community that we cannot stand together and actually call it genocide. what happened in srebrenica in july of 1995, the systematic murders that happened, in a span of a few days, that were premeditated, deliberate murders, if we cannot call that by its rightful name as has been established by years of testimony and evidence and witnesses reliving the horrific events during the trials, it's been established by icj and icty
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as genocide. today the international community should respect the victims and respect the be suffering and call it by the proper name genocide so we can begin some kind of a process of reconciliation. >> fact that they are not calling it genocide does that deepen the wounds and worsen the tragedy 20 years later. >> oh absolutely. not only deepens the wounds but revictimmizes the survivors one way or the other without calling what happened in july of 1995 genocide by not acknowledging the pain and suffering in such an egregious way this would not want to say that it is okay but these were not just random murders. these were systematic executions of 8,000 over 8,000 men and boys in a span of a few days with bulldozers coming in digging up mass graves for the
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burial of these bodies and these corpses. this not calling it by genocide is -- doesn't recognize the weight and impact of these mass murders and it revictimmizes the people who live through it and it basically tells them that their pain is not real, their suffering is not real. and that the people that they've lost somehow were taken away by some random acts and not premeditated deliberate act of systematic murder. >> mr. poljit, i want you to listen to the sound bite of ban ki-moon. >> the united nations was founded to prevent such crimes from recurring. has responsibilities to protect the lives of innocent civilians seeking protection from the conflict and violence around them.
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the u.n. secretariat the security council and member states share the blame. >> so we are talking about this now from ban ki-moon. but we could be saying the same thing about boko haram we could be saying the same thing about i.s.i.l. what does it mean now that we are still talking 20 years later? >> it's a lack of political will, first of all then we didn't have chance to put this on the table. practically u.n. is formed two tribunals, war crime tribunal for war crimes in the hague for war crimes in yugoslavia. you during 2004 bosnian general and then in 2007 international crime tribunal also based in the hague also did the same thing.
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the u.n. never did that. that is just an ineffective team from united nations, nothing surprising for me. >> after the war i was in coast voakosovo. , i met with children, one with a long scar on her face, now they are adults. the world is still debating what happened 20 years ago, it knows what happened just doesn't want to call it what it is. >> absolutely, absolutely, they are right and they feel that people are so hurt, she was like a kid during that unbelievable crime in srebrenica. people feel just betrayal you know, it's all over this region, especially people from srebrenica. couldn't find any kind of justice for them all these years. they are expecting united nations does something in their behalf.
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>> ms. dudic, i apologize in advance for mispronouncing your name but milosevic died during trial, is it justice is denied 20 years after the crime that there isn't a verdict? >> i must admit that the trials are slow. but the srebrenica people are grateful that their trials are happening. we have 14 war criminals that have been convicted. the trials are still ongoing. there are many family members there are many families who have lost tens, hundreds of people from their families. justice for example i've lost 50 plus family members during the srebrenica genocide. and 255 from my village that were lost during this -- during july of 1995. it's a very small village not
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that many people. it's a huge chunk of people that are missing. justice in that, in this -- in such an enormous crime it's actually very difficult to put the number of years that would be adequate to punish those who are responsible for these crimes. but at least through the trials, a record can be established history can be written properly. so we do want the trials to proceed. we do want the people that are responsible to face their trials to actually hear the testimony of these witnesses. we want them to feel the pain. >> so let me ask you this: do you want them to feel the pain financially as well? money talks. should there be compensation for the victims ams families and if' families
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and if not why not? >> i don't know how you would put a price yes there would be, i'm all for financial compensation but i would not want us to debate how much would be adequate compensation for these victims. however, the debate should be that a lot of the families, a lot of the mothers sisters daughters, sons, they're left with absolutely no way of feeding themselves, bosnia is still in disarray. so we have a lot of srebrenica people who are basically in financial ruin. this may actually help provide an education for somebody, start over their lives one way or another. but there is no way to actually put a price on the pain that they are suffering and they probably will continue to suffer for the rest of their lives. >> mr. poljic i want to close with you.
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we are talking about 20 years after the massacre. you are in washington d.c. they are not talking about srebrenica, they are talking about iraq and syria. does it bother you that they are not talking about that, there is that old saying, failure to heed history's warnings makes us repeat it. and we are repeating it again. >> it bothers me, 20th anniversary of srebrenica, in focus, even u.s. congress is preparing additional resolution about the genocide in srebrenica they did it ten years ago, they are doing it right now. and to say that all -- to all people who are denying that something happened, in srebrenica, what we call genocide that denial actually the last stage of genocide, and actually that was put on the people in document by former
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u.s. official, and founder of the general side vote organization. i believe that is the big message for all the people on bosnian serb side, who are denying that genocide was committed, a yen a genocide was committed. they have documents about that. >> the washington, d.c. bureau chief for al jazeera balkans. thank you for being with us this evening and i thank you for being with us as well. >> thank you so much del. elsewhere pope francis returning to his south american roots. the pontiff who was born in argentina aarrive in quito today today. visiting argentina bolivia and
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paraguay. lucia newman has the story. >> the pope is coming to three of the four poorest countries in south america. ecuador bolivia and paraguay. in keeping to his determination ogive priority to those often considered on the periphery. >> translator: pope francis reaches out to people. he is with the sick, with those who need him and ecuador needs him. >> reporter: these countries have something else in common. at a time when the catholic church has suffered mass defections in the face of sex and construction scandals, ecuador paraguay and bolivia have large indigenous populations and the pope has said he wants to acknowledge them. the theme of the pope's trip is reconciliation. which is very timely here in ecuador because there has been
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mass protests. the church has intervened calling on both sides the opposition and the government to call a truce while the pope is here. >> 65,000 people from the seventh day adventist church with debating whether to ordain women and clergy, whether different regions of the church disagree on this issue. this is happening at a general conference in san antonio. they are going to be voting on the issue of women in the clergy on wednesday. foreigners making up less than 1% of the population in china, now the chinese government says it wants to change that. it's hoping to lure foreign talent to make it more competitive. marga ortigas has the story. >> one of only 8,000 people who
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has what is called a green card. this gives foreigners permanent residency. access to social services as a chinese national. >> it gives you a feeling of being part of the community. and not having the hassles that i used to have when i came here, show your passport. >> getting the green card weren't easy. the ways to get it were put in place in 2004. exceptional contributions to china were even considered. it is now easing those qualifications. of the 1.4 billion people in china less than 1% are foreigners. without green cards they're issued special visas these visas only allow them to work for a specific job in a specific company for a given period of time. the chinese government wants to increase the number of foreigners to at least 10% of the population. and the main target is getting
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chinese immigrants to come home. >> the government realizes they have not just top skills in their profession. but also, they have knowledge of chinese language, chinese culture. chinese business practices to make them ideal candidates to attract back to china. >> marvin mao came back from new zealand and he successfully launched several internet companies. >> i got a global perspective under and the world is flat. basically for me, internet startups in china they want to go public or go global right? it's even more the benefit for those like us to do business here. >> reporter: the government might be succeeding in making the business climate attractive for returnees like mao, outthere are so much more to do to get all foreigners happy to reside
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in china. marga ortigas, al jazeera beijing. trying to arrange oceasefire with saudis targetingtargeting positions around the country. the humanitarian situation is becoming more serious. abdullah al-shami has the story. >> a daily scene in ta'izz. also hit the central security building that's where houthis and fighters loyal to former president ali abdullah saleh are stationed. air strikes targeted the presidential palace in sanaa. fighting in support of a
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president abd rabbu mansour hadi abd rabbu mansourhadi. >> one saudi soldier was killed when his base was attacked with artillery and rocket fire on the borders. the u.n. has been opposing fighting until the end of holy month of ramadan. allowing for humanitarian aid. >> translator: i've been pushing hard to find a solution for crisis. today i've come to find a quick solution for the sake of the yemeni people. we are looking for a peaceful solution that gets everybody back to dialogue to solve all the problems. >> reporter: the u.n. had labeled the war in yemen a level 3 humanitarian crisis its most severe category. means children had been missing out of ordinary activities. out of school for months now many have been killed or injured. nonetheless they keep smiling hoping for a new future without war.
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abdullah al-shami, al jazeera. >> milestone to the newest addition to convene elizabeth's family.
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>> because i was african american i was trying to fit in. >> misty copleland's journey wasn't easy. >> dancing gave me the opportunity to grow into the person... i don't think i could be without it. >> now, this trailblazer is opening the door for others. >> i wanna give back to ballet what it's done for me...
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>> today the u.n. u.n.adding u.n. adding the alamo to its list of historic places. safeguarding the most culturally and significant areas on the planet. >> green mountains dotted with old fortresses and palaces, more than 500 years old they've been recognized as culturally and historically significant by the u.n. heritage body. the baktar region of south korea has also been given unesco status. one of its earliest kingdoms.
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>> translator: bakchi established ties with china japan thousand it can be shared with the world and recognized internationally. >> reporter: singapore's international gardens were also given international status. >> come and visit. >> reporter: and in europe, the vineyards of champagne and burgundy. producing the most famous and exportable vintages from france. not only for global recognition also to give recognition to most important global locations. i.s.i.l. recently captured
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palmyra, blowing out monuments over 250 years old. other sites are designated as endangered. three in yemen including the old city and the capital which is being bombed by a saudi led coalition trying defeat houthi rebels. and the home of the rare mountain gorilla endangered by poaching and other environmental dangers. brings with it more tourism which is criticized as being detrimental to some sites' survival. unesco also hopes it encourages peace and cultural understanding. erica wood, al jazeera. britain's princess charlotte was christened today. she wore the same gown that her big brother georgeie georgie wore.
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still ahead this hour, the social media reaction to today's referendum in greece.
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>> taking another look at our top story the greek referendum but this time how it played out on social media. youth in greece were expected to favor no vote. holding signs and writing the word no. they also received support from greg sabad. taking to the streets of athens and other cities. and once those results came in many of the no supporters celebrating in sintagma square, where thousands gathered waving
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flags and chanting no. nicholas economedes is joining us from san francisco. thank you very much for your time. thank you. >> the polls showing the greeks voted no which a very large margin. if those numbers hold out, what happens now? >> well, now the situation has become much more difficult. the europeans would have liked a yes vote, which would be an affirmation of greece's position in the euro and then the negotiations would have been her. noweasier. now the griek prime minister has promised in the campaign for the referendum that he will have a solution in 48 hours after the result which means tuesday evening. and i find it very hard to believe that there will be a solution by tuesday evening. >> let me ask you this: will in your opinion the european central bank lend the country the money and if that doesn't happen, what happens to those
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greek banks? >> if the ecb doesn't give any more money the banks are going to run out of money on monday. so monday morning monday evening, i don't know exactly when on monday but they're going to run out of money and that means that even the 60 euros that people get out of the cash mngs willmedicines will not be available. that puts a great pressure on the greek government to try to find and issue a new currency or ioious or some other way to make the economy move. that would be in fact a disaster for grease because it brings greece one step closer to being out of the euro. >> one month from now nobody priblghting a quick fix but -- predicting a quick fix. but one month from now do you predict that greece will still
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be part of the euro zone? >> the probability is less than 50%. it is still there, there is a prawnlt that it will be part of the -- probability that it will be part of the euro zone. it all depends on the negotiations of the next two or three days. to what extent mr. tsipras is willing to accept something like the deal that he rejected a few days ago and to what extent the europeans are willing to negotiate with him when he proved to be a non-credible negotiator. >> we're talking about an economy that by all estimates is about 2% of the euro zone. why is it being felt so strongly? >> well, the europeans have certain rules which apply to everybody. and they cannot make a big exception for greece, just because greece is a small country. if they give some more money to greece the other european countries are going to ask for the same. they're going to break the rules. and if they break the rules a
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lot, then suddenly, the whole european experiment of the euro is going to fall apart. so they're constrained by the adherence of the rules. and therefore they cannot treat greece too much as an exception. they will make some exception but they won't make too much of an exception. >> nicholas economedes, professor of nyu joining us from san francisco, thank you very much. >> thank you. >> and now to our photo shot of the day. a moment of saying yes to no. a photographer capturing this image in athens had evening. the people reacting to word that greece had rejected eu bailout offer. 60% were against it. that's it for tonight. i'm del walters. you may want to check your 401(k) tomorrow, it ali velshi
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