dominic kane reports. >> this sign is as old as the single currency. like, feels as if they are repairing more than just a monument. >> it is our country the symbol, it represents the country of europe, it's very important to take care of it, to recognize the unity of our countries. >> foundation of the federal republic of germany. federal skyscrapers vie with one another. frank furtherfrankfurt has been seen as a city had a attracts large and spall alike. but it's better than the decision by the european union central bank that have recess that ited throughoutresonatedthroughout eurozone. some business analysts say a so-called grexit won't be too damaging to the economy here. >> short term, i don't think the impact will be too heavy. there have been five years now for business community to prepare for that. so many companies have already shielded themselves against the grexit. longer term they may be able to think about investing in greece again. >> if there is a bailout guaranteed by german money the burden will fall heavily on affluent cities like f

let's bring in our correspondent dominic kane now listening in in strasburg, of course, the alexis tsipras outlining the case of his country do you think though that the e.u. will listen to him will they have some sympathy for his country? >> reporter: well, they have certainly given him -- they have listened to him. they were effect pebbling for him to talk about around five minutes and he went far beyond that spoke very eloquently about the problems his country has faced for many years he did accept some responsibility for the policies of the last five and a half months. but was very clear to also then to criticize governments of the previous five and a half years. and he spoke about the need for the urgent measures to be taken to deal with the problem that grease felt this wasn't just a greek crisis but a european crisis, but you didn't hear the sort of detail proposals that the various leaders of the eurozone have been calling for. there was much on the problem greece face buzz not a great deal about the sorts of solutions that the very presidency spoke about that they wanted. we heard

. >> let's turn now to dominic dominic kane where they're reacting to what is happening in greece. any idea yet on how much longer the european central bank will report greek banks? >> the question is what will they do? they've given a lifeline something in the region of 19 billion euros already in what is given elss emergency liquidity assistance deals. they were capped at an existing level. the question is whether the ecb will relent, as it were to make additional money available. if it does, it won't be vast amounts of money. certainly not. it will be liquidity. in other words an injection of cash the ecb has difficulty in acting as a lender of last resort. it's not supposed to do that. it's supposed to regulate currency. whether it's able to make bigger decisions is very much open for questions and of course the decision politically will be between the leaders of the large eurozone countries which is why the meeting taking place between franÇois hollande the president of france, and angela merkel, the chancellor of germany are so crucial. germany holds the liyo share of the deb

dominic kane, al jazeera, the german parliament. >> let's go to the former greek finance minister. he joins us by skype. thank you very much for taking time to speak to us. right now we're seeing rival protest from greece. people from both sides of the political divide out on the streets of athens tonight. the vote could be very close. what is your gut feeling about which way this could go? >> it's very close. there seems to be a slight advantage for the yes vote. but the matter is that we don't really know. whatever happens on sunday the legacy of this referendum is going to be deeply divided country. closed banks shortages, long queues of people waiting to be served, and increased uncertainty. >> it looks as show a big chunk of the people in the country want less austerity. it's devastated lives in some cases. people have really been suffering from five years of austerity measures. they want less of that, but at the same time they want to stay within the euro. is that a possibility? >> everybody wants less austerity. austerity is not a goal. it can be a means of getting somewhere

al jazeera dominic kane has been following events in berlin. >> less than a week after the marathon talks that paved the way for a third greek bail out ordinary narrowly the huge majority means legislation is easily passed but not this time. friday was angela merkel's 6 birthday, but publicly her thoughts were on the present and the potential for a rebellion of her own supporters. she sawed to soothe the fears of those who did not want more money to go to greece. >> i never had many doubts or worries that this path will be successful and that greece will have the strength to pursue this part. but one thing is my strong conviction. we need the responsibility to at least try this. >> but there is a vocal minority minority. they say this vote is an affront to public opinion in greece. chief among the opponents is the left-wing party. he said that the proposal would beet end of democracy in greece. the greek government needs permission of the european commission, the imf and the ecb only for the public discussion and only after this can they discuss it. then they need another permission to br

our correspondent dominic kane live for us in berlin how did the vote go?reporter: on the face of it this was a resounding majority i would seem for the government proposal 439 in favor, 119 against, and 40 abstentions. but when you analyze the figures, it's not quite such a clear picture, because of the no votes, 60 came from the conservative side of the grand coalition. that's around 20% of angela merkel's parliamentary supporters openly defying her and voting against the proposal and 69 all together including abstentions and votes from the junior partners in the coalition failing to vote in favor. in that gives you a sense of how the government side of things -- the votes were cast. and in the debate that preceded the vote, there was vociferous voicing of discontent from several sides. angela merkel appealed to people on her side of the chambers and others that the euro was more than a single currency it was a way of defining european identity, and it was important to pursue this path. but then there was the opposition from the left-wing party. its leade

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.

dominic kane, al jazeera, at the german parliament. >> julian assange says his life is in danger because of the possibility of extradition to the u.s. where he may face the death penalty. but president francois hollande rejected his me. >>> ignoring a ban on public assembly. follows four nights of riding ride roitding. rioting. it seems that have the person was likely to have died of asphyxiation. >>> al jazeera's hamza mohammed reports from mogadishu how illegal drugs find their way into pharmacies. >> given to the hospital near their home in moaghtdz. mogadishu. >> the medicine they gave me nearly killed me. it turned my body into blisters and white marks. i can't feel anything even if i stepped on fire. >> reporter: doctors here say thousands are given fake or expired medicines. what these fake trugz drugs can do to patients. >> expired medicines kill more than bombs an rockets. they continue to kill thousands. a bomb kills ten or 20 people but these drugs kill hundreds of people and none will hear about it. >> reporter: everywhere you look in mogadishu, there are unofficial pharmacie

dominic kane, al jazeera, normandy. >> five pages of the qur'an are believed to be to be the oldest in existence. if has sat in the archives until a researcher realized just how old they were. >> every now and again there comes something that does not just excite historians it thrills them. >> really, it's quite startling. >> you can see why they're pleased. some of the oldest fragments of the qur'an ever discovered around 400 years in age. written on sheep or goat skin, you are looking at something scribed around the time islam was born. >> given within 20 years of the profit's death the scribe could have known the prophet. if he didn't know the prophet he may well have known somebody who had known him. >> what is remarkable is that these fragments have been here in the university's archives for decades since probably around the 1930s. it was only because a researcher asked to look at them for something else. she realized they're much older than anybody realizeed. alba knew she was looking at something special. >> it was the fact that it was very old. because of the writing, because o

dominic kane has more. >> reporter: a resounding majority in favor of the proposal 439 members votedfavor, 119 against, and 40 abstained. but if you look into the figures the grand coalition here has 504 members. so on the face of it 65 members of the government failed to vote yes. that chimes with the prognostications beforehand suggesting that around 48 members of angela merkel's own party were going to vote no. so it sends a signal that perhaps not everything in the garden is rosy. clearly angela merkel said that she understood that there were really serious concerns about the thought of yet more money for greece but she said it was the only path that could be gone down and that the euro was more than a currency, it was something that united europe. but we also heard from the left-wing party. his leader said that the finance minister and the economy minister, and angela merkel within hoisting something on to the greeks and it was the abolition of democracy in greece. it is worth recalling that opinion polls consistently have suggested that very many germans are deeply distrustful

dominic kane is there. what are we waiting for, dominic?reporter: the last speaker will be going to the lectern. and will have six to 10 minutes to speak to the leaders of the bundeslag. we won't know the result for around half an hour. the buldestag has been debating the motion to give the power the authority to thresh out how much german money will be given to gleas as guarantees and what sort of shape will it take? when that agreement is arrived at it comes back for another vote on it but this is the sentence tral vote as it were. we have heard, for several hours, we heard from angela merkel an impassed plead and to her own -- impassioned plead to endorse this motion and that is because we understand something in the region of 48 members of her party of the cdu, conservative alliance l oppose this vote. we have also heard from the linka party, the left wing party, it's leader basically said he felt that what was being foisted on the greeks was the abolition of parlorary democracy and he singled out the chancellor and the finance minister

let's go to berlin now, dominic kane there s there for us. how did it go?reporter: a resounding majority in favor of it. but if you look into the figures, the grand coalition of christian democrats and social democrats has 504 members, so 65 membersover the government failed to vote yes. chimes with the prognostications suggesting around 48 members of her own party were going to vote no. so it does send a signal that perhaps not everything in the garden is rosy. clearly angela merkel said in her speech that she understood that there were really serious concerns among -- in society, among her own party, about the thought of yet more money for greece, but she said it was the only path that could be gone down, and the euro was more than a currency, it was something that united europe. but we also heard from the left-wing party, and its leader said that the finance minister the economy minister, and angela merkel were hoisting something on to the greeks. so clearly there were strong issues expressed on both sides, and it's recalling that opinion polls consisten

it would be having to see what the system will decide pon, whether he'll serve sis sentence >>> dominic kane in berlin >>> supporters in bangladesh demand the death sentence for the killing of a 13-year-old boy. two of the suspects were brought to court. in it the boy begs for water and asks torturers not to beat him. it's not clear who killed the attack, and one of the suspects may have captured the killing on a smartphone >>> demonstrations of the building of a fence have been taking place in budapest. hungry says the fences conditioned to keep out a wave of migrants. hungary has registered 70,000 migrants from the middle east and africa. >> the u.n. says that 1.4 million people have been displaced in ukraine since the conflict began last year. a ceasefire agreement seems long forgotten. charles stratford reports from donetsk, where some residents are living close to the front line. >> 76-year-old valentina has got used to the gun fire and shelling. she built her house with her mother and lived here more than 50 years. >> translation: the house - i would feel like i'm betraying my home if

. >> dominic kane thank. earlier i spoke with greece's former finance minister. he was in office when greece's debt crisis began. he voted yes to the referendum. >> a lot of people who voted no thought they were giving more negotiate negotiating power to the president, in fact, he was a playing in the hands of those who would like to see greece out. i'm afraid that it will make his negotiating position harder than what a yes would give. and we believe that there will be a deal that would give exit from the eurozone. i am worried that from last night's result may embedden those both within our country and outside of the country sometimes opposite find each other who want to see greece out. i don't think this is what mr. tsipras wants. it's certainly not what the majority of greeks want who 80% want to stay in the eurozone. but at the moment you have a greek government facing tough times ahead. banks run out of cash mid next week. there is no money in their coffers to pay wages salaries and pensions. the window of opportunity is a very small one. i really hope that

dominic kane al jazeera. >>> nasa's telescope has discovered a planet that is being described as earth'sst cousin. scientists say it could support or even harbor life and gerald tan reports. >> reporter: it's older, only slightly bigger and warmer but so very similar to what we call home. what nasa is calling earth 2.0. this is an artist's rendition of the newly discovered planet the closest match to earth known to date, and one which circles a star much like our sun. it's about 60% larger than earth. our planet's diameter. it's estimated this new rocky world is more than 20,000 kilometers in diameter. it takes 365 days for earth to orbit our sun, what we calculate as a year. one year on this new planet is just 20 days longer. the planet was detected by nasa's powerful telescope launched into space six years ago. it has already identified thousands of potential, so-called exoplanets, but not as exciting as this one. >> we have been unbelieve i will surprised by this number of planets we have found out there, and the number of stars that host planets that are in the habitable zone where w

. >> dominic kane is there. angela merkel has been speaking at that event. what did she say?reporter: well adrian for the best part of an hour there have been a defendant success of speakers address concerns and opinion about what should be done. angela merkel was the first and she said, yes, there were difficult times and she talked about how difficult the situation was for ordinary greek people and that she accepted that there were serious concerns among many in the political class in zaerm about the fall outlook of another bail-out but she said the euro was more than a currency. it was something that summed up europe and as a consequence, this metaphorically was a price worth paying. she appealed for a mandate. recall this will vote gives her government a mandate to thrash out the details, the nitty-gritty, as it were of what will be offered to grease and more specifically perhaps what will be offered from germany as part of the european deal to greece. as i say, there have been other speakers who have taken the chance to address their concerns. we heard also from the effe

al jazeera's dominic kane is in berlin. >> reporter: less than a week after the marathon talks that paved way for a third greek bailout, and it was asked for its opinion. ordinarily the coalition government's huge majority means legislation is easily passed but not this time. friday was angela merkel's 61st birthday, but publicly at least her thoughts were on the present and the potential for rebellion among her own supporters. accordingly she sought to soothe the fears of those who did not want more money to go to greece. >> translator: i know there are many doubts and worries if this path will be successful, and if greece will have the strength to pursue this path. but one thing is by strong conviction, we would be acting with grossing negligence if we don't at least try this. >> reporter: there is a minority that is actively opposed to anymore austerity measures to be imposed on greece. chief among the opponents is this man. he says the effect of the proposal would be the end of democracy in greece. >> translator: the greek government needs permission of the european commission imf, an

dominic kane is in france. >> reporter: in an impassioned address to the european parliament, the greekme minister outlined the economic pain and suffering he said that his country has endured for the past five and a half years. he acknowledged some errors by his government that has been in office for five and a half months, but said that other governments have a responsibility to bear equality. and he outlined in some ways the sorts of proposals his government will make to try to guest one last bailout from the european union. and it was an urgent call for help. >> translator: we demand an agreement with our neighbors, but one that gives us a sign that we are on a long-lasting basis exiting from the crisis which will demonstrate that there is light at the end of the tunnel. an agreement that will bring about the necessary reforms, but we have to recognize over the past five and a half years reforms have been put in place which have been a burden on what pensioners can take what employers can put up with that they can stand as well as ordinary citizens. >> reporter: the problem he faces

dominic kane al jazeera, berlin. >>> let's go to eastern ukraine now, because as fighting continues betweenaine government and pro-russian separatists, nearly 1.4 million people have been forced out of their homes. charles stratford traveled to donetsk to meet some of the residents who refused to move. >> reporter: this 76 year old valuen tina has gotten used to the gunfire and shelling nearby. she built this house with her mother and has lived here more than 50 years. >> translator: the house will cry for me if i leave. i would feel like i am betraying my home if i go. i will sit here until they bomb me. the house looked at me and sees that i am still alive, and so it lives on too. >> reporter: she talks to her friend who brings her bread every day. there has been no electricity here for months. she has no cellar to hide in. is that firing coming in this direction or going out she nervously asks. she says when her neighbor's house was hit shrapnel from the blast shot through her wall narrowly missing her sister who was lying on her bed. >> translator: sometimes the shrapnel is flying and i

let's bring in our correspondent dominic kane now listening in in strasburg, of course, the alexis tsipraslining the case of his country do you think though that the e.u. will listen to him will they have some sympathy for his country? >> reporter: well, they have certainly given him -- they have listened to him. they were effect pebbling for him to talk about around five minutes and he went far beyond that spoke very eloquently about the problems his country has faced for many years he did accept some responsibility for the policies of the last five and a half months. but was very clear to also then to criticize governments of the previous five and a half years. and he spoke about the need for the urgent measures to be taken to deal with the problem that grease felt this

dominic kane is live in berlin, how easy or hard will this be for her come snick?rter: we understand that 48 members might vote against the resolution, clearly we will get a very good sense of how domestically politically germany feels about another bailout for greece, and clearly the decision here will reverberate around the euro seen. and to discuss that i am joined by mr. olaf from the european council on foreign relations based in berlin. what will this tell us about the conservative alliance here and about the way politics here in germany views grease greece? >> not only the temperature outside but also inside the building. the parliament is increasal increasing. the debate is more polarized than it was six months ago, you have two camps in parliament one in favor of germany and again greece and the other in favor of greece and against germany to say. we are moving out of the comfort zone and the numbers you mentioned are a clear indicate fore that. that miss merkel has to -- she can't be sure that her majority is back all the political steps towards this resc

we can head to frant further and dominic kane is standing by. angela merkel cast this election as a vote on greece's membership of the euro. what is her next move now? >> reporter: factually tomorrow she goes to paris tomorrow to meet president hollande at the palace where they will discuss the greek crisis. it's worth making the point saying they've had this referendum that mrs. merkel said a few days ago to vote no as the greeks appear to have done would be the equivalent of driving into a blik wall with your eyes open. that gives a clear sense that the german government very much wanted a yes vote here. rather than in the manner that the french government and others said equally that's what they wanted to have happen. there was a slight difference in policy, though between the german and french governments in the sense that the germans were very clear, no negotiations before a referendum. the frefrn a few days ago appeared to suggest that perhaps there could be room for negotiation. that is ancient history. we have a no vote. of course, wheth

dominic kane, al jazeera. at the german particlement. >> there will have been three car bomb attacks killing seven people. it's believed two isil car bombers made their way into the neighborhood. >>> civilian has been killed during a protest rally in cairo in support of former president mohamed morsi who was overthrown two years ago. they say that military forces open fired on protesters. former editor of an egyptian newspaper from new york. >> i believe with all these things that we have been seeing in egypt during the last two years wins what happened, the two years before that since the military was ruling egypt what we've seen over the last four years were reoccursers of a meltdown and implosion of egypt. i believe that we're moving fast track towards explosion now. and i hate to say that from where i am now i appeal to the leadership in egypt to reconsider and i appeal to the president himself personally to stop listening to the bad advisers and start taking seriously about reconciliation. egypt is not ju

. >> dominic kane thank you very much indeed. >> demonstrators had blocked central avenue for two weeks in protest against rising electricity prices. deadline of monday evening to cancel the price rises. in iraq there's increasing concern over civilian casualties caused by government counteroffensive in anbar province. iraqi faces are trying to push the islamic state of iraq and the levant out of ramadi and fallujah but launching air strikes and be artillery attacks on increasingly populate evidence areas. jane arraf has the story. >> fallujah was one of the first cities to fall to i.s.i.l. and one of the most difficult to recapture. i.s.i.l. is believed to have launched dozens of suicide bomb attacks in the past two weeks across anbar province. iraqi security forces are using air strikes and artillery. killing civilians as well as fighters. the government says it is only targeting i.s.i.l. but some of the victims are clearly women and children. the details are difficult to confirm. hospital he in fallujah and ramadi are controlled by i.s.i.l. iraqi government doctors here have been pul

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 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. roxana saberi reports a situation that shows no signs of easing. >> reporter: people across chicago this weekend celebrated ame

dominic kane reports. >> reporter: he entered the court a frail elderly man.hree months this trial has heard evidence of oscar's wartime past. how as a young man, he worked for the ss has a clerk at auschwitz. earlier in the trial he told the court that he did acknowledge moral guilt, but that it was for the judges to establish legal guilt. now they have. sentencing him to four years in prison. >> translator: the presiding judge explained that the defendant's service in auschwitz should be taken as a whole, supporting the main crime, murder in 300,000 cases and should be found guilty as such. >> reporter: ouch it with was the single most murderous camp that the nazis ran. it's thought that one million jews were killed at the camp. 100,000 soviet soldiers, homosexuals, poles, and political prisoners were also murdered. oscar was at the camp between 1942 and 1944. his role was to collect and sort the belongings of the murdered. he had particular responsibility for foreign currency jewels and gold found among the possessions. leon survived ourauschwitz. 30 other

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. >> thank you for, that dominic kane. >>> while a bail-out could provide the greek economy with somereathing space, startups are still struggle to go stay afloat. we went to meet the owner of an athens bookstore who is fighting to keep it open. >> reporter: at athens' flee thinking zone concept bookstore, you will find everything from brochures to bestsellers, literature to legal guides. a wealth of knowledge lining every wall filling each shelf. >> it is what is called statement bookshop or activist book bookshop. it's different from traditional ones. >> the owner believes that in greece, the birthplace of democracy action there should always be an abundance of activism but it also complains in these difficult times, the idea of campaigning for causes has become harder to find and fund. >> there is a deficit in tunding each other's opinions to discuss things that are forgotten easily when you have a financial crisis. >> she opened her doors three years ago. and for most of that time thought her bookstore had struck the perfect balance between art, ideals and commerce. but all of tha

dominic kane there. this is the main square in fwrees greece's capital in athens. the greek flag is being waved we understand there by the hundreds, possibly thousands of those who have supported the no vote which appears to have been cast pretty overwhelmingly in the bailout referendum. these are those on the side of the greek prime minister and his anti-austerity government. those that have said we can't live with the deal you've given us at the moment. we need to renegotiate, and it does appear at the moment that the no vote and alexis tsipras have come out on top. not a final result but that is the way it appears at the moment. we'll have more on that throughout the course of the next few hours here on al jazeera. >>> also coming up hitting isil's stronghold in syria. the u.s.-led coalition targeting key supply routes in the battle against the armed route. >>> where our travels take you. a look at some of the latest sites to be given world heritage status by the united nations. >>> in sport is the women's world cup brings the final tournament. we're live in van

dominic kane live for us there. how many of the lawmakers voted no? >> 439 members of the parliament voted in favor of the motion, which means that 65 members of governing parties chose not to vote yes. 119 members voted no, and 40 abstained, which means that there was a substantial number of supporters of angela merkel's party who chose not to endorse her position. with me here outside the parliament is the leftwing party. could you tell me how you voted and how your party voted? >> i abstained because i see the dilemma. i think the position of our government is totally wrong but on the other hand, i have seen the pure wish by the greek government. my party voted for the clear majority of no, because we are thinking that greek government was black mailed in brussels. they have faced a threat, grexit threat, and to they couldn't say yes to a good program but to a bad program for our country. >> what does this mean for the com significance now the fact that so many members of the good morning parties chose not to support this motion, this policy? how d

. >> dominic kane, thanks for being with us. >> india's finding a new audience.conomic growth and easy access to the internet has piqued interest in original art. >> she has had work displayed intra addition algalries. it's traditional buyers who have come to see and sometimes buy her work. >> the art lovers, then somebody wants to invest in a painting or something to decorate their house, having a beautiful piece of art. >> good, original art is outside the budget of most people, but that's changing. >> i don't think it means expensive art. >> there is more purchasing power, and with the increase be availability, many now find art appealing. >> you can actually understand art now. i couldn't understand picasso and van gogh and it's more affordable. >> that affordability is not just benefiting buyers. >> for artists getting their work into galleries for used to take years. now even new artists can show off their work and sell it. >> along with word of mouth and community art sales there are websites featuring hundreds of artists and their work. >> there's a much