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 salaries of teachers. several bond payments from puerto rico are due. puerto rico's governor is expected to give a televiseed speech directly. andy gallagher reports. explain what the situation is like in puerto rico. >> governor padilla himself said puerto rico is on the edge of a death spiral. that's how bad things are. we're here at the university of puerto rico. watching him now he's addressing the nation and already talking about the cuts this island will have to go through in the next months and even years. what that means is those who work for government, and there are tens of thousands if not millions who do, 30 days paid holiday be cut to 15, the minimum wage may go down. teachers may lose their jobs. the list goes down. there's no easy option for puerto rico.

hisham barakat was the first official to be safned assassinated since the overthrow of mohammed morsi. bmsabdullah al-shami has more details. >> targeted after he left his cairo home monday morning. believed to be a remote controlled bomb hisham barakat wascondemned many members of the muslim brotherhood to trial. highly politicized. against antigovernment dissent terse of alldissenters of all stripes. be abdullah al-shami al jazeera. stripes. abdullah al-shami al jazeera. >> authorities be responsible for the ousting of mohammed morsi. fest promising democratic country to one of pass killings and violence. killing is unacceptable, there is no way to end the bloodshed unless the military coup and the empowerment of revolution is broken. we ask speak now to al jazeera's former cairo bureau chief abdel fatahfatah fayed. why do you think they needed to issue this statement? >> actually this is reflecting a political crisis not a security or police crisis. although the government is only dependent on the police or security solutions other can see the opposition is saying this is a politic

hisham barakat died in hospital monday after a remote bomb detonated next to his car outside his home as he drove to work. eight others were also hurt in the blast. barakat became a target of militants after he sent thousands of islamists to trial following the overthrow of president mohamed morsi in 2013. we will have more on egypt later in the broadcast. israel has stopped the latest effort by foreign activists to break the blockade of the gaza strip by sea. a boat leading the freedom flotilla iii was intercepted monday about 100 nautical miles off the gaza coast. organizers say the flotilla is carrying solar panels and medical equipment for gaza residents. the passengers have been taken to an israeli port in what the freedom flotilla coalition calls "an act of kidnapping." president obama has announced plans to extend pay for overtime workers, guaranteeing time and i have wages for working over 40 hours a week. the current maximum for overtime eligibility is over $23,000. two major networks have cut ties to donald trump over his recent comments denigrating mexican immigrants. annou

abdullah al-shami has more on the bombing. >> this is the aftermath of the bombing that killed hisham barakat. he was killed after leaving his home on monday morning. the blast in the upscale neighborhood left a half dozen and five others were injured. be barakat was appointed to the position of jucial general in 2013. egypt's courts described by human rights groups as highly split sized and commonly used as a force of all stripes, hundreds have been extensioned to death or life imprisonment as part of a crack down on supporters of the muslim brotherhood. beabdullah al-shami al jazeera. >>> 30-year-old woman seen here on video became radicalized. fold and stabbed her with a large knife. police believed she was not targeting americans but to randomly kill a foreigner. >>> after weeks of violence in burundi and an attempted coup, voters make their selections in an election. and nepal makes attempts to rebuild historic sites following the earthquake. e... >> in chad today a raid on a boko haram cell turned deadly. five officers and six boko haram suspects were killed when officials say the men b

in egypt, the top public prosecutor, hisham barakat, was assassinated in a car bomb attack in cairo.the cases against ousted president mohammed morsi and other leaders of the muslim brotherhood. there was no immediate claim of responsibility, but the islamic state group had urged attacks on egypt's judges. the people of burundi voted today in a parliamentary election marked by violent protests against the president's bid for a third term. voters trickled to polling places in the african nation amid reports of gunshots and explosions. the violence has sent some 140,000 people fleeing the country. the opposition boycotted today's vote. hundreds more migrants were brought ashore at italian ports today, after being rescued at sea. the new arrivals were among nearly 3,000 people picked up sunday. they were in 21 small boats that smugglers launched from libya. so far this year, more than 60000 from africa and the middle east have made it to italy. more than 400 people remain hospitalized in taiwan after a fire ball engulfed partygoers at a water park, on saturday. the injured, many in thei