there's a fear that the banks may run out of cash much barnaby phillips has more from athens much >> reporter: a momentous and abbingry moanious de -- acrimonious debate in the greek parliament. at one stage opposition members walked out. buteneded in a vote for a referendum. the prime minister alexis tsipras said it was a chance for the greek people to take back control of their destiny. >> this game finished with the verdict. greek people on 25th and will end next sunday. >> reporter: earlier the opposition leader was withering in his attack arguing that the government is recklessly endangering greece's membership of the eurozone. >> translation: the no debt you are proposing an equal to an exit from the euro and eurozone. do not be mistaken it's suicide. >>> in the central market we found support for the prime minister. the weekend is always busy here as athenians stock up for the week ahead. nobody can be sure what the next few days have in store. whether it would even solve greece's problems much. >> let's leave europe now. we've had it with these agreements. >> how am i meant t

barnaby phillips reports. >> the napoleon is inspecting his army. the future of france and all of europe depends on what happens next. but the great man said the army marches on its stomach. his military seem more interested in their stomach than the upcoming battle. >> waterloo was the end of a dream. the dream of a great french empire. france has never been so powerful as it was at that moment. it's not that i'm nostalgic for that but i enjoy being part of recreating that part of history. >> after lunch the french are put through their final drills. some of these brave soldiers now suspect that a ferocious battle is soon to come. but that the british are waiting for them. with their german and dutch allies led by the duke of wellington who has never lost to the french. >> it doesn't get better than this. more than 6,000 enthusiasts in the field behind me recreating the battle of waterloo, with artillery with uniforms with horses, meticulous attention to detail. bringing bake to life the history of the battle in urine. wave upon wave of attacks. th

barnaby phillips, al jazeera athens. >> and john siropolous joins me. alexis tsipras is set to speak very shortly. what are people expecting him to say? >> he's going to be interviewed on national television and we expect that he will rebut the points made earlier today by the commission president jean claude yunker who delivered a stinging rebuke to the greek et cetera. he said they were playing tactical and even pop even populace games. he said i was preparing to give the greeks a 35 billion euro stimulus package out of the funds of 315 billion euros. an enormous chance more than 10% for greeks and he said the greeks have not been represented in a worthy fashion by their elected leaders. i think mr. tsipras will come back with a point for point rebuttal on the substance of the plan. that's what his office issued a short while ago saying what creditors presented to the greeks were full of recessionary measures, cuts to pension subsidies for low earning pensioners half a percent of gdp cut new taxes on vat consumer tax and there was an attempt to raise

barnaby phillips, al jazeera athens. >> hospital sources in the iraqi city of fallujah say government strikes have killed ten people and injured at least 12 others. strikes carried out in three neighborhoods in the city. a number of children are among the dead and injured. >>> and iraqi army's chief of staff has been forced to resign. general babaka, has been occasionally at odds with the political leadership. military sources say the kurdish general anwar.hamin is expected to replace sabar iferg. still ocome. burundi's parliamentary election boycotted by the option. >>> u.s. territory governor of puerto rico says the island cannot pay its $73 billion of debt. >> welcome back. a reminder of the top stories on al jazeera. one of the key figures in the egyptian judicial system has decide after a car bomb targeted his convoy in cairo. hisham barakat played a key role. and alexis tsipras says he will not cling to his post if his country rejects the referendum on sunday. >>> former imf economists say major reforms need to be made to cut its 73 billion debt, it is suggested cutting the sala

barnaby phillips tell us what the main points of disagreement are. >> well, disagreements have been there for five years shiulie. on the whole outside creditors the eu, the imf have pushed tough austerity policies and in greece the feeling is that those policies have only caused the economy to contract, and increased the overall debt burden. on the other hand there has been frustration internationally that successive governments that perhaps this one in particular were not prepared to embrace tough structural reforms that greece needs ultimately to return to growth. these issues, they sound so dry but they have become increasingly emotive. extreme percentage of greeks now rely onen pensions for all or some of tear income. that's because so many young people are unemployed. so ton of grandmother is effectively or the grandfather is effectively supporting the children the grown up grandchildren who can't find works. this syriza government has resisted the as austerity programs very fiercely. it says workers should put higher contribution he to pensions, but cutting the fat out of pensions g

barnabie phillips al jazeera athens. >> palestinian leaders have submit add file to the international criminal court about the illegal settlements in the west bank. they are also hoping to bring war crime charges against israeli officials. the palestinian authority joined the i.c.c. this year, a move rejected by israel. the i.c.c. chief prosecutor has told al jazeera the court now wants to hear from israel as well as the palestinians before deciding on the next step to take. >> i am encouraging everyone, all sides of the conflict, to provide my office with information. it is a phase that i need information to be able to make a determination. either way. on determining the next phase. so i am just continuing calling for that, it is absolutely important that this information is provided to my office. >> barack obama's legacy healthcare reforms were at risk, have lifted after the u.s. supreme court upheld crucial tax subsidies. anna fisher has more from the supreme court in washington, d.c. >> barack obama wanted a win and he got it. >> so this was a good day for america. >> protests out

barnaby phillips has more from athens. >> this petrol station on the edge of athens is closed until ar turns up with new supplies. as we drove around the city we saw about a third of stations were closed. the result: panicked buying over the weekend without the free flow of cash the greek economy could grind to a halt. >> there is no shortage of petrol. there is plenty in the country. but stations need to pay for it up front in cash now that the banks are closed. >> for now the banks are firmly shut with confusion on the streets outside, some people could take the daily limit of 60 euros from the machines. others weren't so lucky. most vulnerable the pensioners many who don't have bank cards. antonious, i didn't 2 waits outside the bank to collect his pension with friends. he heard a report it would open at mid day. >>. it didn't. he waited an hour then gave up. so there are a lot of questions for the greek finance minister although he wasn't answering them on his way in to work. instead, we heard accusations of betrayal from the european commission in brussels. >> egotism took preced

barnaby phillips. >> they fear their country could slide out of the eurozone. he they call themselves the pro euro group and the most important player in europe the germany chancellor is giving nothing away. >> it's clear that we'll not close the channels of communication after midnight tonight. otherwise we would not be the european union. that means that the door remains open to talks but i cannot say any more than this. >> whatever the outcome many in athens see no good options ahead. a typical 29-year-old greek unemployed, lives with his parents. and dismayed by growing divisions in society. >> i've seen a lot of people fighting over should we vote yes? should we vote no. otherwise it's a deal with the creditors. i don't feel optimistic about it at all because if people don't turn against each other they're not--they're not going to get out of this. >> in this oh office, a psychologist counsels the long-term unemployed. a joint government eu project she has had 100 new clients this month alone. >> we've seen a lot of anger. why? why, there is a big why. why

. >> barnaby phillips is live for us in athens now. aby, as you were saying there, the greek prime minister trying to reassure the greek people. they don't seem very reassured. >> reporter: no, they don't. a lot of people are pretty frightened. and are pretty worried. and that puts pressure on the prime minister. if you would have told him that he would be going in to this situation calling this emergency referendum with banks having been shut for the entire week up to the vote, he would have balked at that i would imagine a week ago. and he is very much on the back foot now. ultimately if there is a vote next sunday in greece, and that's a long way away still many things could happen before then, i think the greek people will have for evaluate who they believe, do they believe their opposition parties who are saying greece, this is a vote to stay in the euro or in the drachma, make no illusions about that. or do they believe alexis tsipras, when he says no, no, no, this is a vote on whether we want more austerity or not. and a no vote

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barnabie phillips reports. there's omuch talk of last minute negotiations. german chancellor is giving nothing away. >> it is clear that we with will not close the challenge of communication after midnight, otherwise we would not beat the european union that means the door remains open to talks that i can not say more than this. >> whatever the outcome many in athens see no good options ahead. a typical 29-year-old greek unemployed lives with his parents. and dismayed by growing divisions in society. >> i have seen a lot of people fighting over -- we vote yes and no, are we supposed to make a deal with the creditors i don't feel optimistic because if people turn against each other, they are not going to -- they are not going to get out of this. >> margeaux counseled the long term unemployed. she has had 100 new clients this month alone. >> we are seeing a lot of anger. why, there's a big why. why happen in the country to me, to my family. because many times the mother and the father are unemployed. at this moment, and depression. they say he is playing a dan

from athens barnaby phillips reports. protesting. >> their country could slide out of the eurozone.hey call themselves the pro europeans. they want a yes vote in sunday's referendum. there is much talk in last-minute negotiations. but perhaps the most important player in europe, the german chancellor has given nothing away. >> it's clear that we will not pull communication off until midnight tonight. otherwise we would not be the european union. that means that the door is open for talks. >> whatever the outcome many in athens see no good options ahead ahead. a typical 29-year-old greek unemployed, lives with his parents, and dismayed by growing divisions in society. >> i see a lot of people fighting should we vote yes should we vote no. should we make a deal with the creditors. i don't feel optimistic about it at all because if people turn against each other they're not going to get out of this. >> in this office margo counsels people and see 100 new clients this month alone. >> why this this is the big question, why. why is this happening to my country, my family, oftentimes the m

barnaby phillips reports. >> they have come to the european union office in athens oshout their defiance. these left wing protestors say no to a bailout no to the imf. but this crowd is small. the majority of greeks simply are frightened what is going to happen in the coming days and the prime minister is trying to assure the people. >> deposits in greek banks are fully ensured as are pensions and salaries. the more coldbloodedly we face these difficulties the quicker we will overcome them. >> reporter: even as the prime minister spoke more people were rushing to the cash machines. sophia waitfor three hours waiting for the machine to be restocked. she says she never thought it would get like this, the government has to go. so are we really talking about a return to these? drachmas on sale at the athens flea market. beautiful old money but doesn't bring much nostalgia. greek people are now in a very difficult position. their government is telling them to vote no to what it says are insulting terms from foreign creditors. the opposition warns it it is the government that has brought them

from athens, barnaby phillips reports. >> this petrol station on the edge of athens is closed until a tanker shows up with new supplies. after we drove around the city we found about a third of stations were closed, the result of panic buying around the weekend. without the free flow of cash the government of greece could grind togrind to a halt. >> there's no shortage of petrol, but stations have to pay for it in cash because the banks are closed. >> reporter: with confusion on the streets outside some people could take the daily limit of 60 euros from the machines. others weren't so lucky. most vulnerable the pensioners, many of whom don't have bank cards. antonius age 82, waitsouts the bank with his friends. he heard a report it would open up at noon, it didn't, then waited an hour, then gave up. lots of questions for the finance minister, he wasn't answering them when he went to work. we heard accusations of betrayal from the european commission in brussels. >> translator: egotism, after all my efforts and the efforts made by the commission and other institutions involved in the p

this coming thursday. >> barnaby phillips reporting from london. >>> north korea sentenced two south koreans to hard labour for life. they were accused of spying for soul. north korea says the punishment should be a lesson for anyone who conspires with the u.s. and south korea. seoul denied the charges and called for their release. some analysts say the sentencing is retaliation for the opening of a u.n. office in seoul that will monitor the north's human rite record. pyongyang calls it a grave provocation, activists say it's a step forward stopping human rights abuses in north korea >>> now to armenia, where hundreds of protesters took to the streets some to be beaten back with water canons their concerns rapidly rising prices. andrew potter has more. >> reporter: riot police move in on hundreds of protesters in the armenian capital. backed by water canon, plain clothed officers arrested many on tuesday. the crowd had been part of a larger protest on monday that attracted 5,000 people. they are angry at the government decision to raise the tariff on electricity prices by 17 and 22%.

for more on this let's speak to barnaby phillips in athens. tsipras is full of surprises.ould think that it would take time, but that's one thing that there isn't anything of. >> no, there isn't. it's 1:00 in the morning in athens just to put this in perspective. alexis tsipras is speaking live on greek national television. he said we've tried forify monthsfor five months, and they were given an ultimatum that was against european values, and i quote, the purpose was to humiliate a nation. the only way to response to this is through the nation's will. what i'm expecting him to say very soon is that there will be an referendum. i'm imagining the terms the question of that referendum will be along the lines of this is what the creditors are offering you greek people. do you accept it or not? and certainly the tone of the address so far is that asex his tsipras will be saying we do not not--we would skies the greek people not to accept this. all of the speculation on greek media in the last 15 minutes or so, in fact, i'm now seeing it coming up on a screen on greek television

thank you very much indeed, barnaby phillips. >>> flames erupted over a stage causing party goers to run for their lives in taiwan. erica phillips reports. >> theatrical powder that was being thrown from the stage accidentally ignited. some thought it was special effects and part unfortunate display. >> whoa whoa whoa! >> reporter: amateur footage shows that within section seconds crowd members were engulfed had a massive fire ball. they ran to get away but more than 500 suffered from berns especially to their lowerburnsespecially to their lower legs. >> we saw many that were seriously burned. it was just like hell. >> reporter: some are in a critical condition. one 18-year-old is said to have burns to 90% of his body. >> everyone was screaming and burning, there was blood everywhere. >> others made their own way to the closest hospitals. >> as we have to keep changing dressings for burned viments vims we havevictims, wehave called in all dorks from doctors from their dorms. >> reporter: police are questioning the cause of this event. erica wood, al jazeera. >> forces loyal to former

. >> barnaby phillips updating us live from athens. >>> a day of mourning has been declared in kuwaitl kuwaiti security agencies have been placed on high alert. all out confrontation against terrorism. mohammed jamjum reports. a be suicide attack at a mosque, left dozens dead and hundreds wounded. >> the pictures have been shown of the suicide coward that walked into the place of prayer today. wearing the same robes that i'm wearing now. it's very difficult to be able to stop that type of activity. we are refg investing or will be vechg ininvesting in metal detectors but even that can be overcome by certain types of technologies. >> suicide bombers killed dozens of worshipers in saudi arabia in two consecutive fridays in may. now kuwait. an attack apparently pleasant to sow sectarianism in a country where sunni and shia have been able to coexist fairly well. ffts a message that was reinforced by the country's cabinet, security officials have been placed on heightened alert. do what is necessary to ensure kuwait and kuwaitis are protected. reassurances are were taken to heart. shia and

. >> half of the households in freese rely on income from pensions just to get by, barnabie phillips to people struggling to survive. >> when we ask about negotiations the replies are weary, and even defiant. >> it doesn't matter to us. the euro, it makes no difference. we won't have much. >> you will see people rifling to pick up whatever food we throw out. >> no signs of panic outside the bank. but their pal lance sheet are looking increasingly alarming. >> degree banks are in a critical condition nervous depositors have taken out billions and the banks are relying on support from the european central bank. of course, the debt crisis has dragged on for five long years but it is the condition of the banks which now makes the need for a solution, so urgent. just a trickle of people. mind you the cynics say the clever investors took their money out long ago. and then there are the degrees that have no savings anyway. maria is a widow. her daughter is unemployed. so so her husband and their two grown up children, so the entire family lives off maria's pension. half of all greek househo

barnaby phillips, al jazeera athens. >> major oil refinery in southern port city of aden. vaightvictoria gatenby has the latest. it is. >> shell hit a fuel tank which then ignite. ons thick smoke billowed over the city with residents fearful the fire would spread. the refinery hasn't been receiving any oil through port but it has 1.2 million tons of crude in storage as well as gas tanks. >> translator: what happened today is a heinous crime committed by criminal militias who are trying to seize the city of aden and target its oil refinery which is considered the only source of income for city. >> reporter: aden has been the source of sustained fighting, artillery reportedly hit a military center two days ago. its location is important because it's near gulf of aden and offers easy access to the red sea. it became a base of operations of the president in exile head abd rabbu mansour hadi. despite months of air strikes from the saudi led coalition the houthis stilt are still are well armed and chrome large section of the country. behind the front lines there are many unarmed

. >> we're going to continue talking about this issue and go over to barnaby phillips, who is live for us at the hague. that's where the icc is based of course. barnaby, not a great day for the icc? >> they were sending a mention to the south africa government saying that it should do everything it could to insure that the arrest warrant against president al-bashir was enforced, and what do we see this morning welcome president al bashir flying home. >> we noted that omar al-bashir had left south africa without being arrested. also the ruling of the south african high court that ordered him to be prevented from leaving the country and ordered later today that he should have been detained wenting his surrender to icc. >> you can't punish the south africa africans they have done what they wanted to do. >> they have no mandate to punish government. the icc has mandate to pursue individuals for acts of war crimes that it is accused of. but south africa had a clear obligation to to work-- >> which they ignored. >> now it will be for the pretrial chamber of the icc to make a determination wh

. >> barnaby phillips has the update from athens. >> alexis tsipras gave the statement to the nation1:00 in the morning local time. humiliating and a violation of european rules he said. there seems little doubt from the tone of his remarks he will be recommending a no vote whether the greek people vote on sun, july 5th on whether to accept the terms. what would the consequence of a no vote be? many unknowns that are difficult to answer at this stage but perhaps mr. tsipras is is is hoping with such a no vote he could return to european creditors and the imf even at this late stage and say look, i have the greek people behind me l and you have to give us berm he terms. maybe he feels if greece is expelled from the euro zone, his position will be firm. greece is due to pay back to the imf on tuesday close to $2 billion, money which the greek government says it does not have. and in his address mr. tsipras was extremely disparaging about the imf. any type of rapport the greek government has with its creditors so badly frayed is break down now. also we'll have to see what happens to the

. >> earlier a representative of the international criminal court told barnaby phillips that it is looking into south africa's requirement to be follow their orders. >> which they have being ignored with impunity. >> now it is up to the icc to make a legal determination whether indeed there was a noncompliance by south africa and whether if such a finding is made it should be communicated to the parties for the council and the assembly to take any measure they deem appropriate to assure this cooperation. >> but sudan's foreign minister ibrahim handel was critical of the icc. >> these attempts are meant to disturb our harmony and we believe that the sudan government will have a firm, strict instance against any country taking such, it is a matter of sovereignty. we are a sovereign state. the president is elected 50 people of sudan. and you have been all following all these statements of lame and meaningless. >> joining me live is an international criminal lawyer and senior researcher at the institute for security studies in pretoria, thank you so much for being with us on the program. south

barnaby phillips, al jazeera. >> more on that and other things we've been covering, on aljazeera.com. aljazeera.com. >> i wanted to be seen. i wanted people to see me hear me. it motivated me to keep pushing and keep pushing. >> "america tonight's" sarah hoye with the man known as freeway, a hip hop artist dedicated to cavism and spreading a message. and also from the grass roots, correspondent lisa fletcher,

from athens, barnaby phillips reports. >> we saw about a third of stations were closed. the result of panicked buying over the weekend. but without the free flow of cash the greek. >> there's no shortage of petrol there's plenty in the country but petrol stations need to pay up front for it in cash now that the banks closed. >> and for now the banks are firmly shut. with confusion on the streets outside, some people could take the daily limit of 60 euros from the machines. others weren't so lucky. most vulnerable the pensioners many of whom don't have bank cards. anton unius 82, waits outside the bank to collect his funds. he heard a report it would open at midday, iltz didn't, he waited an hour then gave up. so there are a lot of questions for the greek finance minister although he wasn't answering them on his way in to work. instead we heard accusations of betrayal from the european commission in brussels. >> translator: egotism populace games after all my efforts and the efforts made by the commission and by other institutions involved in the process i feel a little b

empire ending french dominance, and a group of enthusiasts have been marking the anniversary, barnaby phillips reports. >> reporter: in the fields outside brussels. the british army is preparing to fight the french. they don't look like battle hardened soldiers, but the duke of wellington is confident of victory. over the emperor napoleon. >> i've never been defeated by a french army, i have no intention of starting today. >> you have never came face to >> you have never came face to c face with the emperor himself, have you? >> i understand the self-proclaimed emperor is not the man he used to be. i understand he's not in good health. i'm in robust health. >> reporter: amidst the pomp and ceremony and fun, it's easy to forget what a terrible slaughter took place on the fields. at the end of the battle of waterloo 50,000 were dead, the wounded were in agony, without access to any form of medical treatment, and the duke of wellington said he was tired of war, he never wanted to see another battle. on the opposite side of the battlefield a familiar figure is coming tout inspect his guard. -- out

barnabie phillips has more. the spanish authorities have indicted him for war crimes.tted allegedly in the mid 90's, is a period when they took power and when the tutsis minority suffer add genocide the allegation is that the rpfist, carries out retaliatory killings and that it was involved in this. he is also wanted in connection can with a specific crime. the murder of three aid workers whom it had said knew too much about the involvement in killings of hoo too villages. now they deny these accusations strenuously, it is also worth noting that this case puts the british authorities in london in an awkward position, they have close ties with the rwanda government and and the rpf. in that country because they have been impressed by social and economic progress, and because they see the president as an important have teen ottawa j partner. so the british authorities will be watching the outcome of this extradition hearing with some trepidation and concern. the scheme requires that it take back refugees who first enter hungary and then travel to another country serbia ha

barnaby phillips has more from london >>> he is due to appear in the court on thursday where we'll hear the outcome of the extradition request from spain. spanish authorities indicted him for war crimes committed allegedly in the mid 90s, in the period where the rtf took power and the tutsi minority suffered a genocide. the allegation was retaliatory killings were undertaken and that he was involved in this. he is wanted in the connection of three spanish aide workers whom it was said knew too much about the r tf's involvement in killing of hutu villages. he and the rwandan authorities deny the accusation but it's worth noting that this case puts the british authorities here in london in an awkward position. they have close ties with the rwandan government and tended to turn a blind eye to human rights abuses in that country, because they've been suppressed and see the president as an important strategic partner. the british authority will watch the outcome to this with trepidation and concern. >> the polish court found two british teenagers guilty of stealing artefacts from the auschwi

. >> barnaby phillips has this update from athens. >> alexis tsipras gave an extraordinary address to nation at 1:00 in the morning local time. he said the terms were humiliating and a violation of european rules. it seemed little doubt from the tone of his remarks that he would be recommending a no vote when the greek people vote on sunday, july the 5th on whether to accept the creditors' terms. government ministers have also said that they will be recommending that the greek people vote no. what would the consequence of a no vote be? many unknowns that are difficulty to understand at this time but perhaps mr. tsipras thinks he could return to the european union and imf and say i have the greek people behind me you have to give us better terms or maybe he thinks if greece is expelled from theeurozone his position would be strengthened. don't forget, greece is set to pay back to the imf close to $2 billion, money the greek government says it does not have. mr. tsipras was extremely disparaging about the imf. seems to be breaking down completely now. also, we have to watch what happens

barnabie phillips waterloo. >>> still ahead find out who came out on top between peru and venezuela andinful night from the copa america, that is coming up, in sport. ♪ my name is imran garda i am the host of third rail and you can find it on al jazeera america ♪ the paris air show wraps up this weekend and the focus has been on how many planes an air bus can sell there are more deals going on behind the scenes military sales are also a major part of an air show and in france the big push is to sell more home grown fighter jets and we report on a french aviation success after many years of trying. >> reporter: ratel a french fighter jet and used by the french airforce and until recently no one else wanted it. performance wise it didn't stack up against competitors like the euro fighter or f 18 if the company that makes it thinks otherwise. >> the capability has really been recognized by our customers. problems in some areas in the world as opposed to a push from the government to buy and to reenforce their own defense. >> reporter: this is the key, not so much to rafel's in the air succ

barnaby phillips, al jazeera. >> more on that and other things we've been covering, on aljazeera.com. aljazeera.com. >> i wanted to be seen. i wanted people to see me hear me. it motivated me to keep pushing and keep pushing. >> "america tonight's" sarah hoye with the man known as freeway, a hip hop artist dedicated to cavism and spreading a message. and also from the grass roots, correspondent lisa fletcher, what's lit up marijuana activists in ohio. >> are you passionate about the legalization of marijuana or the financial implications it has? >> i'm passionate about both. it's got huge financial implication. i love ohio. >> are business interests pulling the strings? good evening everyone, thanks for joining us, i'm adam may sitting in for joie chen tonight. high risks and high rewards. that's what's at stake in a proposed marijuana initiative in the state of ohio. our "america tonight" investigates, seeing that a small group stands to make a lot of money. our lisa fletcher, from the capital to the corn fields, to find out if voters are waish of aware of the initiative and if they

we've got barnaby phillips where the icc is based. is pretty disastrous for the icc? >> undoubtedly it's a blow. asking the government to do everything in its power to execute the arrest warrant. and yet some how omar bashir has slipped through the south african authorities, they're saying today and he's book khartoum. it's embarrassing and shows the difficulty the icc has with almost all african states in terms of getting them to cooperate with this court. it is a significant set back undoubtedly. what we're hearing from officials in the building behind me i suppose is trying to put a positive gloss on an awkward situation. they're saying that omar bashir was forced to leave south africa in undignified circumstances. ale think even more carefully about his travel plans in the future, and eventually justice may catch up with him. don't forget one thing, he is indicted on charges of genocide. that will last the entirety of his life. and they draw parallels without recent tying mill milosivic had. and he will face justice. >> icc pleas with countries to arrest him and g

more now from barnaby phillips in london. >> reporter: the allegations against him date back to the yearsiately after the rwanda genocide of 1994. he was already a senior commander at that stage. he is accused of having organized a series of retaller to massacres. he is also accused of a specific crime in 1987 when three spanish aid workers were murdered in northern rwanda it is alleged because they knew too much about the involvement in massacres of hutu villages and he is said to have been involved in the decision to kill those spanish aid workers. it's a charge that the rwanda government denies furiously. and it's [ inaudible ] in rwanda to give a different version of events of what happened. it also puts the british government here in london in an awkward position. it has close ties with the president, and whilst it may have misgivings about human rights abuses in rwanda it gives a lot of aid to that country, and has been impressed by social and economic progress since the chaos of the mid-'90s. so it will be an interesting hearing due to take place in a london court this coming thurs

barnaby phillips reports. >> done nick never denied that he took part in orgies in france and the united states. they were group sex sessions form of recreation but he insisted it was not his morality on trial and he didn't know that the women involved were prostitutes, in thent the court believed him. >> the adjustment is out. everyone can see there was no legal base to the case and all the noise around this story has all given us something to think about. >> dsk, as he's known in france, was one of the world's influential figures. he was the finance minister who prepared france for the introduction of the euro. he was thought to be just weeks away from declaring his intention to run against nicolas sarkozy in the 2012 presidential election when he was arrested in new york he was aused of sexually assaulting a hotel made. that trial collapsed in doubts of the. now he's a free man. it's doubtful if he can continue in his policy ambitions. >> almost half of the 177 motorbike gang member arrested over a deadly shooting last month still has not seen a nudge. the shoot out happened between r

barnaby phillips has more details. >> reporter: the allegations against him date back to the years immediately the rwandan genocide of 1994. he was already a senior of his commander at that stage, and he is accused of having taken part organized indeed a series of retaliate retaliatetory killings. and it is alleged that three spanish aid workers were murders, because they knew too much of the involvement of mass cures in houthi villagers, and he is said to be involved in the decision to kill those aid workers. it's a charge which the rwandan government denies strenuously, and they give a different version of events of what happened in 1994. it also puts the british government here in london in an awkward position. it has close ties with the president, and it has been impressed by social and economic progress. so it will be an interesting extradition hearing, due to take place in a london court this coming thursday. >>> serbia says it is struggling to cope with the rush of migrants hoping to reach the e.u. the government has reacted to shock by a plan from hungary to build a fence along the bor

barnaby phillips has more from athens. a momentous and acrimonious debate in the greek parliament. at one stage opposition m.p.s walked out. but it ended with a vote in favour of the governing syriza's party motion that there should be a referendum on july the 5th. the prime minister alexis cyprus said the referendum was a chance for the greek people to take back control of their own destiny. >> this verdict intended with the vote of the people and will end with a verdict of the greek people on next sunday. >> earlier opposition leader was withering. he argued that the government is recklessly endangering greece's membership of the eurozone. >> in the central market we found support for the prime minister. the weekend is always busy here as athennians stock up for the week ahead. for pensioners these are anxious times, no one can be sure what the next few days have in store. or whether a referendum would solve greece's problems. let's leave europe now, we have had it with all these agreements. >> how am i meant to answer the question when no one is explaining it. what happens if we

barnaby phillips is live for news athens. it's a really historic moment almost unprecedent i had think for an advanced economy to default. what happens after midnight is the big question? >> reporter: in practical terms you won't see a change on the greek streets. the atmosphere has been electric in athens for several days, but that failure to pay the i.m.f. and greek government sores are saying they won't payback the i.m.f. you are right it puts greece in some soup justice economic company. zimbabwe somalia very different to a euro zone economy with all of its supposed strengths. but it doesn't make an enormous change, it means it's in arrears to the i.m.f. signals a disastrous relationship with the i.m.f. much concern within that organization that so much money was lent to greece, a real headache for christine leguard. a technical default will be when greece fails to payback money to the european institutions, the european institutions which have leapt it mon, that will happen later in july. it's another step towards greece

barnaby phillips reports. >> dominic never he need that he took part in or gal gys in the france andunited states. he insisted it was not his morality on trial and he didn't know the women involved were prostitutes. in the end the court believed him. >> the judgment is out. everyone conceded there was no legal basis to the case. dsk, as he's known in france, was the finance minister who prepared france for the introduction of the euro. after that he was director of the international monitory monetary fund. he was cued of sexually assaulting a hotel made. that collapsed after. they settled a civil case out of court. now he leaves a free man. it seems hard to imagine that he can ever provide his presidential ambitions but he may try to play a role in public life. >> in the u.s. the 177 motorbike gang members arrested over a deadly shooting last month still have not seen a judge. the shootout between the rival gangs are accused of shooting nine people. heidi zhou fast castro has more. >> a shootout between the motorcycle clubs. nine people dead, 100 injured and 177 arrested. now almost

barnabie phillips. keep up to date for news around the world and check out our website any time that is al jazeera.com, again al jazeera.com. stinging set back in his efforts to negotiate a massive new trade agreement with a dozen pass iic rim countries, it was -- pacific rim countries, members of his own party denied him the authority to strike a deal. now the house, led by the republican charge sent a new trade majority bill to the senate. let's make a deal - it's together's inside story >>> welcome to "inside story", i'm ray suarez, today's vote in the house, to give president barack obama the authority he needs to finish negotiations on a multinational trade deal was close. 218 to 2:08. trade promotion is hardy out of the woods. the senate passed a version of the bill. including worker protection that are not in the house bill. and it's not certain a tpa measure will be able to pass in the senate. at least for now, the president can look forward to another bite at the apple, rather than back to a st

of course pushing for more cuts to pensions, half the households in greece rely on to get by, barnabie phillips spoke to people that are struggling to make ends meet. >> this country is now on the edge of a cliff but in a working class, when we ask about negotiations the replies are weary even defiant. >> it doesn't matter to us, it makes no difference. we never had much, we aren't going to have much. >> you got here too soon, come back hater and you will see people rifling through that dust bin to pick up whatever we throw out. >> no signs of panic outside the banks. but their balance sheets are looking increasingly alarming. >> greek banks are now in a critical condition. nervous depositors have taken out billions of euros. >> of course the debt crieses has dragged on for five years but it is the condition of the bank that make as need for a solution so urgent just a trickle of people, mind you the cynics say the trevor investors take thundershower money out long ago. and then there are the greeks that have no savings anyway. she is a widow, her daughter is unemployed so is her husband and tw

barnabie phillips reports. >> the country could slide out of the euro zone, they call themselves add proeuropeans they want a yes vote in sunday's referendum. there's much talk in the last minute arrangement. >> clear that we will not pose the chan of communication, otherwise we would not be the european union, that means the door remains open to talks but i can't say more than this. >> whatever the outcome they see no good options again a typical 29-year-old greek unemployed and lives with his parents. and dismayed by growing divisions in society. >> i have seen a lot of people fighting over we vote yes, and we vote no, are we supposed to make a deal with the creditors. i don't feel mystic at all if people turn against each other, they will no get out of this. >> in this office, margeaux, a psychologist counsels the long term unemployed, a joint government e.u. project she has had 100 new clients this month alone. >> we see a lot of anger. why. there's a big why why happen, to the country to me, to my family, because many times the mother and the father are unemployed. at this momen

capital controls but they will remain silent and they will be closed for the next week as well and barnabie phillips athens and sent these updates. >> it may have been necessary and inevitable to save greece's banks after the drip run after the last five months and accelerated dramatically over the weekend but they will hurt the greek economy hard and the banks will be closed at least a week and during this period they will be able to take out 60 euros on that is $80 a day with their bank cards in theory and we will have to see how that progresses. it's a political blow for a prime minister and increases the tensions on the greek streets as i have been finding out. they have come to the european union office in athens to shout their defiance, these left-wing protesters say no to a bail out, no to the imf but this crowd is small, a majority of greeks are simply frightened of what can happen in the coming days and the prime minister is struggling to reassure his people. >> translator: what is required over the coming days is sobriety and patience deposits are ensured and should be faced with resolved

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barnaby phillips reports now from @glens in the center of athens thousands of communists have come tonce the greek government. they reject any deal with the creditors, and they want greece to pull out of the european union. this shows that the greek government faces opposition from the left as well as from the right. a successful businessman his company manages more than a hundred hotels. he worries that big rises in tax on the tourism industry included in the greek government proposal to creditors will hurt tourism one of the few success stories in the greek economy. >> all we're asking is to continue to be competitive. we hope that the government will make that. >> the voice of radio journalist poet. this station is funded. he believes that prime minister alexis tsipras should tell creditors in brussels that he won't make any more con suggestions they must respect greek democracy. >> he should say i did all i could. i represent my voters. i'll talk to you again when you have accepted these fundamental changes that we want to make in the country. >> so across the political spectrum g