>> a blast through iraq. many killed while families celebrate the end of ramadan. hello there you're watching al jazeera live from london. germany's parliament approves bail out talks with greece after chancellor merkel warns the alternative is chaos. blasts in egypt. remembering the mh 17

airliner shot down over ukraine a year ago. >> the islamic state in iraq and the levant has claimed responsibility for a bomb in iraq that has killed more than 100 people including children. the car bomb exploded just outside of the town 30 kilometers northeast of the capital baghdad. the market was full of people celebrating the end of the muslim month of ramadan. a hundred people were also wounded in the attack. isil issued a statement saying that the suicide-bomber was armed with explosives. imran khan spoke to us earlier about the attack. >> in 2008 when iraq was at the height of sectarian violence and

al qaeda and iraq now isil. when isil would come under pressure which they are at the moment, what they would do is now mount attacks outside of the area that they were under pressure in to say we can still mount these kinds of attacks. now the operation against them in anbar province is using coalition airstrikes that bring a tremendous amount of pressure. and saying we still have the capability of attacking you. >> germany's lawmakers have give

the go ahead for the eurozone to negotiate the third bail out for greece despite strong opposition in its own parliament. a fifth of mps of angela merkel's ruling party ruling no, but the germany chancellor successfully argued that the alternative is chaos with the greece exit from the euro. they stage a cabinet kicking out rebel ministers who voted against the reform package, we have been following events in per lynnberlin. >> less than a week after marathon talks that paved the way for a third bail out the bundesliga expressed its opinion. friday was angela merkel's 61st birthday, but publicly at least her thoughts were on the present, and the potential for a

rebellion among her own supporters. she sought to soothe the fears of those who did not want more money to go to greece. >> i know there are many doubts that this path won't be successful, and if greece will have the strength to pursue this path, but one thing is my conviction we would lead responsibility if we don't at least try this. >> but there is a vocal minority in the bundestag that is actively opposed to any more austerity to be imposed on greece. chief among the opponents from the left wing party. he said that the proposal would be the end of democracy in greece.

the greek government needs permission for the public discussion about the draft and only after this can they discuss it then they need another permission to bring it to the full parliament for the vote. that's the no, sir that you have organized. >> but in wider society there is growing unease about germany's continuing financial commitment to greece. recent opinion polls suggest that three-quarters of germans don't trust the current government in athens. >> i don't trust them much. if you take the last little incident in to consideration i feel sorry for the greeks but it's hard to sort out. >> i must honestly say that it was not agreeed on will be honored. >> that is a doubt shared by 69 members of the ruling coalition. they failed to vote for this enabling proposal. but two-thirds of the bundestag did support it.

now the government will flesh out the details of the bail out before bringing the ensuing document back for final approval. dominic kane, al jazeera, berlin berlin. >> well, the greek debt crisis has been having an impact on german's internal politics, as we've been hearing. >> first of all what the imf is saying is important for germany. they only trust the imf as an institution able to deliver an analysis. they don't believe the european union can do that. it's crucial that imf is on board. but how do they square that with imf calling for massive debt relief. i think what's crucial to understand is that germany does not want to be the leader. because of germany history they're reluctant to go into a

direction that would dominate the debate so they don't want that, but at the same time they do. they've got a lot on that front. >> staying in greece, two separate wildfires are pouring more misery on the country's economic woes. strong winds and high temperatures caused the flames to spread quickly. helicopters, planes, and dozens of firefighters have been sent to the site. residents from three villages have been told they have to leave their homes. prime minister tsipras paid a visit to the control center. police in egypt have shot six protesters among hundreds of demonstrators. they're calling for the restoration of former president mohamed morsi who was deposed in a military coup in 2013. nadine barber reports. >> a violent confrontation.

this footage shows anti-government protesters squaring off with security forces on friday morning. demonstrations against the rule of el-sisi erupted after prayers in several owealations here. [ gunfire ] in giza province six people including one woman was shot dead. they were among several anti-cue activist who is took to the streets. the banned muslim brotherhood have blamed the police for the latest deaths. the interior ministry said that 1500 members of the brotherhood were arrested. >> they knew that after the prayer, which is a time when a lot of people can gather take to the street. they were trying to send the message that we're not facing

any protests. >> the country has been hit by a series of high profile attacks. on thursday a rocket wasfied at an egyptian naval vessel. an armed group in egypt's sinai peninsula said that it launched the missiles. it came two weeks after a major battle between the egyptian army and the self-named sinai province, which killed 100 people. but the violence has spread to egypt's capital. a car bomb hit and last week a car bomb hit the italian consolate in cairo. several activists have been jailed but the instability and violence continue. al jazeera.

>> fighting continues in aden. gun battles have been taking place between saudi backed yemeni fighters and houthi rebels in the city streets. al jazeera's correspondents in aden said that 5 fighters have been killed in the mountains of taiz. a local armed resistence group said that they managed to stop infiltration to areas in the north of the city. and dozens of houthis have been captured in yemen's province. a local group said that they launched an attack where the houthis were holed up. syrian state tv has shown footage of bashar al-assad visiting a mosque in damascus. he was shown performing prayers

accompanied by government officials. battling an four-year up rising against his family. more than 24 people have been seriously injured in a train crash in south africa. police are launching an investigation into the incident. earlier i spoke to our reporter who gave us this update. >> according to the passenger here in johannesburg 239 people have been injured and 100 of which have now been discharged from hospital. emergency services say that there have been no fatalities on the scene and 100 other people have been treated and discharged from hospital. what we understand so far is that two trains were traveling in the same direction, and one of the trains rear ended the other. but how that happened exactly is

not clear, and the investigation will now be carried out. there were accidents just last month. seven people were injured when a train derailed also in johannesburg. in april a train driver was killed when a train derailed after he was hit by an express train. >> still more to come on the program including police in the u.s. confirmed that they're still treating a shooting at a tennessee recruiting center as a potential terrorist act. and a dinosaur with wings dubbed the dragon is unearthed in china.

>> a reminder of the top stories on al jazeera. [ sirens ] the islamic state in iraq and the levant has claimed responsibility for a mortgage bomb in iraq that has killed more than 100 people including children. it happened outside of 30 kilometers northeast of the capital baghdad. the german parliament has voted to allow its government to negotiate a bailout with greece. in south africa two trains collided. saudi arabia has welcomed tuesday's landmark nuclear deal with iran. that's according to the white house. that view is said to have been expressed during a meeting between the u.s. pratt barack

obama and the saudi foreign minister. the pair also discussed ways to enhance their relationship. patty culhane has this update from washington, d.c. >> in the administration official tells me that both president bush barack obama and saudi foreign minister spoke for over an hour. both countries welcomed the joint plan of action basically the iran deal. signaling that they have the endorsement of saudi arabia. what we know is that the king of saudi arabia asked the president to take this meeting. they want to iron out the details. they want more assurances and they want military equipment. what they're talking about is help with special training for their special forces, and also helping the gcc as a whole build some missiles defense system. that's what they've been pulling talking about. we don't yet know what the u.s. has promised to sell to saudi arabia and other

government countries. we should have a better sense of that in the coming weeks when the secretary of defense and secretary of state travel to the region. >> while ordinary iranians are looking forward to the change that will occur in their lives. >> many irans are hesitant to talk politics but eagle for tell us that given a choice between iran's nuclear ambition and the country's economic prosperity he would choose integrateing iran back into the world economy. >> in this very unique moment in time iran needs to move away from its oil exporting dependency and move towards a production-based economy. >> the auto parts economy is part of iran's auto industry, one of the largest in asia. in terms of production output it's second only to iran's oil

and gas industry. he said the sanctions forced him to make parts instead of importing them. now that sanctions are about to be lifted he thinks that iran is ready to export cars to the world. in addition to oil and cars sanctions have taken a bite out of the persian carpet industry. a trader working from a small shop inside tehran's carpet bazaar. a few years ago business was so good that he was sending a shipping container full of carpets to the united states every week. but the sanctions stopped that. >> 20% of our population is involved in this industry. we have workshops sellers dealers. we can't export our product abroad we have to depend on local demand, which is impossible to rely on by itself. if sanctions get lifted we'll see a boom in our industry. >> the sanctions imposed on iran are amongst some of the toughest ever imposed on a country and the effect has been rampant inflation. in my hand i have 3 million riya

riyal. 3million of the currency units. this is worth $100. three years ago this was worth $250. one way irans try to hedge against rampant inflation is to buy gold. that's why this man's jewelry business tends to do well in good times and bad. but still he said that iran's plummeting currency poses challenges to doing business. >> 18 carat gold, sometimes in one hour we have so many different prices. it causes many problems. >> despite the hardship sanctions pose for most iranians local high tech entrepreneurs told us that it offered opportunities that otherwise would not have been there for us. mohammed is founder of saba idea a technology firm that's taken off with a youtube-like product that is a hit with

iranians online. >> sanctions increased are research and development because we were not allowed to collaborate with foreign companies abroad, but we benefited from the sanctions because they forced to develop products on our own targeting a captive market. once sanctions are lifted we'll be able to deliver our product with nor efficiency. >> now the deal on iran's nuclear program is in place many in iran are hopeful that a chance for economic prosperity will only grow. ali velshi, al jazeera. >> memorial services are being held to mark one year since malaysian airlines flight mh 17 was shot out of the sky. the two of the passengers and crew nearly hundred from dutch.

sun flowers from taken from the crash site and planted at home. [ bells ringing ] >> a day of morning that we'll never forget. the service was held in warmer reasons of the 298 men women and children found dead in the surrounding gardens and fields. >> we must end the hatred. life it zoo short. it can be so beautiful. >> as music played they quietly thought about the horror that they had seen on a similarly

sunny day one year ago. >> i could see a seat with a passenger sitting in it falling from the sky. her body was discovered. my neighbor found four bodies including a child in her garden. i cannot control my emotions and tears even now. >> thethey say that the investigation must continue. he said that ukraine fighters shot down mh 17. he said ukraine forces are to blame. after poems were read people let go of the symbols they were holding in their hands. the white balloons symbolizing 298 people who fell to their deaths in the surrounding fields and country side. hundreds have come out to pay

their respect and to mourn the dead. the hills are quiet now. the fighting in this area at least has stopped. flowers lie by a marble stone that reads in memory of the dead 298 innocent people victims of civil war. charles starter ford al jazeera, eastern ukraine. >> a triple bomb attack in nigeria has killed 13 people. the blast targeted muslim worships on friday morning. u.s. investigators say that there is no evidence that the man who carried out the gun attack in tennessee was working with anybody else but they continue to investigate the case as a potential terrorist attack. the gunman, a 24-year-old was shot by police.

south korea's biggest conglomerate will merge with a hedge fund. >> the future of the con gospel rate is in the hands of its shareholders. >> this is the first time i have attended a shareholder meeting. it's such a big issue i decided to participate. >> the merge has been strongly opposed. eliott has been trying to convince shareholders that the terms are against their interests. samsung calls it a foreign

corporate raider. >> behind all the pressure for the deal the future of this man heir to the samsung empire with his father still in hospital after a heart attack last year, i major shareholders. giving control of the entire group in particular its crown jewel samsung electronics. >> the vice chairman has a small equity in the samsung electronics, however it would create very favorable conditions for him to succeed. >> so this is the packed pressroom we await the result of this result. thea number of the shareholders

say that a vote in favor does not mean that they feel that it is fair. but most shareholders fell in line. samsung, used to getting its way, this was an unusually tough fight. >> finding asylum in pittsburgh, pennsylvania their freedom comes under attack. >> this is going to be our new alphabet city literary center. >> 11 years after establishing a refuge for international writers called city of asylum henry reese is thinking expanding. >> these walls will come out.

>> a restaurant, book shop will be built here. they will soon have a new cultural center. a few blocks away houses that have become landmarks after the first writer to seek refuge here. he would write his poetry on the walls. the murals have multiplied. >> this man has spent time in jail because of characters he wrote about in his novel. he then fled to the u.s. >> i write about problems in iran.

i hate writing about terrorism. >> there is irony for his complaint. he comes at a time when u.s. forces say they feel the opposite pressure the writer's advocacy group penned over 520 american writers 85% were worried about u.s. government surveillance. one in six of fiction and non-fiction writers avoided writing or speaking about particular topics because they thought it would bring surveillance. charles shield was so concerned he abandoned his research on the cold war. >> i began looking at the civil defense. in terms of googling words like bomb and polluted atmosphere and

radiation. i thought this was candy for anyone interested in terrorist types. >> freedom of expression is something that needs to be actively defended and not assumed. >> you think of an utility of running water you think it's always there but it could disappear like that. >> the symbol of the act against censorship. >> new horizon appropriate passed blew foe. back here at earth the fossilized remains of a dragon dug up in northeastern china. at 1.8 meters long it's the

largest known dinosaur with wings. scientists believe it lived 125 million years ago and despite it's plumagge it was incapable of flight. with much more of those stories on our website www.aljazeera.com. this week on talk to al jazeera, explorer and environ mentalist jean michel cousteau. >> we're the only species on the planet the only species on the planet that has the privilege not to disappear... it's our choice. >> he spent more time under water than any living person. as the son of the legendary jacques cousteau he was drawn to the ocean at tan early age. >> i would take my bag and i would go to the coastline, almost everyday, on my way to school. and one of the things i wanted to do was to catch octopus.