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ALJAZAM Weekend News June 22, 2024

The first stop of Pope Franciss Spanish Speaking tour of latin america. And the penalty shootout win over argentina in the copa america, giving chile their first major title so we begin in greece. The birth place of democracy where history is in the making. Greeks are voting yes or no in a referendum on their financial future and ultimately whether or not they stay in the eurozone. Its been a hectic few days of campaigning. The greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and his finance minister are urging a no vote. So far, though it looks as if the country is evenly split. The vote will decide whether or not greeks choose to accept International Creditors proposals for more austerity in change for rescue loans. The European Commission one of the troika of creditors, with the International Monetary fund wants athens to raise taxes and slash welfare spending to meet debt obligations. The greek debt stands at a whopping 340 billion euros. On the eve of the referendum the greek finance minister accuses International Creditors of fearmongering, describing it has a form of terrorism. E. U. Members warn that a no vote could mean coming out of the eurozone. Here is what Alexis Tsipras said as he cast his ballot at a polling station in athens. The greek people send a strong message, a message of dignity. No one can ignore the nation to live. To live into desize iness. Decisiveness. I am sure tomorrow well open a role for all the nations of europe and the leader of the conservative Opposition Party voted. The former Prime Minister urges greeks to vote yes and support the bailout. Translation today we greeks decide on the fate of our company, we vote yes for greeks. We vote yes to europe we have our correspondent John Psaropoulos in athens and Hoda Abdelhamid in the second largest city. Lets start with you, john greece divided by this referendum. Tell us what is at stake here. Well hello. Greece is poised on a precipe because upon the outcome of this referendum we are led to understand that the health of Banking System whether it will be funded by the European Central bang or whether it dips into it in order to save itself, the health of the greek Public Sector whether it defaults or whether it continues to be in an Financial Assistance package, and the health of the greek private sector which labelled for so long. Under high taxes and high unemployment. And with little help from the Banking System. Theres almost no financing for greeks any more. Everything is at stake. The entire economy, everything that flows from that. Whether the state workers will be paid and whether pensioners get the full pension. They are not sure. People have been stashing away money, and in the last week they have been trying to freeze all their tax payments in anticipation to what will happen monday and disoous, if theres not a deal and greece defaults theyll hold the tax money in order to spend it on survival. A lot of uncertainty for people in greece. Thank you for that. Lets go to Hoda Abdelhamid. Theres a polling station behind you. What are people there saying about the referendum and what it means for them. Well they say that its important, but, you know by and large whether they are voting yes or no they have doubts whether anything will change come tomorrow. This is different than athens in the sense that you havent had the build up to this day. Theres little posters around the streets, theres little campaigning. If not for the mayor out in support of the yes vote. A lot of the people i spoke to said that simply because its a more conservative city than athens and they say they have been suffering from a crisis, in the sense its an industrial city, and a lot of industries have shut down and moved to other countries, and people have been living with that. There are less Civil Servants who helle on government, and its difficult, however, to go to a yes or no vote. Theyve been asking over and over, and people saying we speak to friends and family and the opinions are split. So this is a situation where it stand, where they have been voting, from what we understand it, turn out is high but the people inside the polling station say they expect more people to come in the afternoon to vote. Everyone realising that this is a very important day, even though here many feel the vote is a vote in support of a Political Party or near. Thats what they are afraid of that it will be used by the political parties, rather than suicide to bring the country forward. Thank you for that Barnaby Phillips is at a polling booth in athens and sent this update. Its a polling station in the center of athens greeks are finding out where they should vote. Theres a lot voting in general elections, this will be the first referendum. There hasnt been one in this country for 41 years, since greeks voted to abolish the monarchy in 1974. Many greeks are telling me the subdivisions and splits from the 20th century, dating back to a civil war and dictatorship are relevant today. The society is polarized in such a way that they have not seen for decades. When greece entered the european union, when it entered the eurozone it was meant it put all those behind it forging a prosperous future. Well, it has not turned out that way, and greeks have a monument us decision to make. It could define this countrys legacy for years to come and the result will reverberate around europe. Jens bastion is an economist at a think tank based in athens and a member of the European Commission task force, and joins us live from athens. Good to have you with us. Your opinion is that a yes vote is a better outcome for greece. Why is that . I think that the yes vote is the better outcome because it is at the end of the day a vote about greeces future. In particular the younger generation, and if they have the option to stay in the eurozone. You are a former member of the European Task force. Presumably the e. U. Would like to see a yes vote. Yes, indeed. Theyd like to see a yes vote but should refrain from intervening in terms of their own preferences and what kind of political consequences that may prevail in the next day. What brussels have done the president of the european parliament, is unacceptable the intervention in such a country. Do you think the people of greece understand what they are voting for or understand the question on the referendum paper . I think that it takes a lot to under the question. In my view its misleading but importantly, i think that many people are torn in this society. Do they under the consequences of their vote. That means the day after what will happen then and germanys finance minister says if theres a no vote greece may be force the to leave the euro but it would be a temporary departure or gre. It how kuz that work. How does that work. I dont know how that works. We are in u. N. Chartered territory. Theres no roadmap or territory. Well have to be patient, wait for the outcome and reassess not only in athens but berlin paris, brils how to brussels how to go forward. Preferably how to go forward together. The people voting know are the ones believing greece cannot cope are more austerity that is being demanded from them. Are they wrong . No they are not wrong. Austerity in the past five years have not worked. We have had reforms in the economy, in the society, but we need another balance. We need in the future an investment programme, a Job Creation Programme and to integrate into the debate the issue of debt relief as the i. M. F. Is demanding from the european creditors. Like the rest of the greece we wait to see what happens. Jens speaking to us from athens. Rallies have been held in portugal in solidarity for greeks against austerity measures. Hundreds took to the streets of lisbon carrying vote no banners. Portugal, like greece had to ask for an international bailout in 2011 and had to elf plement had to implement massive spending cuts. Translation im here to show solid artedy with the greeks for having the courage we didnt have i hope we might. I dont any more maybe well never have t i feel its important to have courage. If its not recognised at an international level. It will never have the strength coming up on al jazeera. They are also trying to hack into everything that doesnt move in America President ial hopeful clinton accuses china of stealing government information in the u. S. Well tell you what australia is doing to prevent the exdings of animals extinction of animals unique to its habitat. Womens football increased in popularity but its far backhand the mens game. Im in vancouver home to the womens world cup final. That story coming up. Dozens of civilians have been killed in Iraqi Government air strikes in the i. S. I. L. Held city of ramadi. Air strikes hit a football field where a group of young people were playing. Ramadi is the capital of anbar, when it took control at the end of may. A big Campaign Going on to retake anbar from i. S. I. L. This seems to be moving closer to civilian areas. It does. That is part of the problem. Its a complicated conflict to begin with. The Iraqi Government is launching air strikes, including what locals and hospital sources say are barrel bombs, and artillery strikes. The fighting definitely has shifted to anbar. I. S. I. L. Controls almost all of the province 8 of it. And in the latest attack. We are told young men have gathered after breaking the days fast after midnight to play traditional games, including on a soccer field. We are told by local forces they were joined by members of i. S. I. L. Trying to recruit some of them thats when the air strikes happened. The iraqis dont have comment on it or similar air strikes. According to sources on the ground. Most of the dead were young men. In dispute is who they would have been i. S. I. L. Is to entrenched in the areas, its difficult to get information out of the places. How difficult is it to know what really is going on there. It is very difficult. We try, of course we have a huge responsibility to get as much information as possible to bring the reports. And because we are here we can monitor over a series of day. This one friendships, the initial reports came from hospital sources. We have to remember that its a hospital in which most of the doctors pulled out and the hospital is under i. S. I. L. Control. Its clear theres an air truk and the added problem is the parties involved the iraqi and u. S. Government not involved in these air strikes, but monitoring what is going on tend not to comment. It appears to be a pattern of attacks by Security Forces on ramadi in fallujah with civilians caught in the cross foyer. Now, the death toll may change some of the details may change but thats the main theme that we see going on here at the moment. Okay, thank you for that. Jar of in baghdad jane arraf in baghdad. U. S. Coalition hits i. S. I. L. s capital in syria in a large capital. The i. S. I. L. Those the casualties caused by the attacks. 15 i. S. I. L. Fighters and six civilians. The Coalition Spokesman said 15 strikes blocked control routes to restrict the movements of i. S. I. L. Fighters. Foreign powers meet in vienna to thrash out a deal on Irans Nuclear program ahead of the tuesday deadline. Its been said the final agreement will have three phases. The first statement is a day we draw up a deal and the United States Security Council issues a deal. Then we wait for league at procedures in the respective counties. When they are over and the countries are ready, it will be the day of the agreement. When it comes, sanctions should be lifted and rain implementing commitments. Diplomatic editor james bays is in vienna. Diplomats descending another go at the nuclear discussions. What are we expecting today . The experts work all the way through, in fact much of the day, much of the night. And the iranian geale sayings and the u. S. Have not been anywhere, neither have some of the e. U. Delegation. We had a meeting that finished between the foreign minister Mohammad Javad zarif and secretary of state john kerry. They met for 90 minutes in the palacedturned hotel behind me and are trying to get everything in plies. Place. Im told they are dealing with the final Sticking Point because there are a lot of Technical Details that many have been resolved by the experts, but there are other things that need political business. Im told they are trying to get all the key points that need political decisions. The Foreign Ministers come here looking through them to get political sign off on all the proposed answers to the problems that they have been trying to deal with record to this couple of years. The effective deed line there are two one is on the 7th which is tuesday. Thats when the interim deal is extended to. But the reason the 7th has been chosen, theres another deadline on the end of the 8th. Thats because the u. S. Congression. The u. S. Congress has two months to review this. If its done before the ninth, and its one month. Its an important deadline in peoples minds. As you say, some major Sticking Points resolved over the weekend. Tell us more about that. Well one of the key one and you heard the comment from the iranian side is the sequencing. The Supreme Leader says he wants all sanctions lifted when theres an agreement. Its what they are trying to finesse, when theres an agreement. They are doing it in phases i think it will be simultaneous. What we have in vienna if we get a deal is the words, but it will not come into force until down the line. Simultaneously you have both sides say what they want down if theres a deal here in the next 48 hours, and maligned towards the end of the year or next year you have the implementation moment, and they talk about it being simultaneous. Iran would have had them do everything in the agreement, and the u. S. The e. U. And the u. N. Sanctions will have to be removed on the same date. Thats what they are trying to finesse at the moment. Thank you for that james bays in convenient e there u. S. Democratic president ial hopeful Hillary Clinton accused china of hacking and stealing u. S. Government information, the former secretary of state was speaking at a Campaign Event and warns that washington needs to be vigilant. They are also trying to hack into everything that doesnt move in america. Stealing commercial secrets, blue prints from defense contractors, stealing huge amounts of government information, all looking for an advantage. Make no mistake. They know they are in a competition. And theyll do everything they can to win it richard white, a director and senior fellow at the Hudson Institute and said Hillary Clinton always took a hard line on china, even when she was a senator. She is in an awkward position. She needs not to be too distant. From the current demrcks, and she served in it in its first term, and she could rightly be held accountable for everything that happened then. On the other hand the Obama Administration is widely considered to have performed weskly in some crisis. And she wants to make sure she an reaffirm and burnish her credentials. If you look at the state she at the entire speech, she made conciliatory comments, trig to put herself a little on the moderate stance. I think her strategy is to occupy the center, outflank democratic opponents on the right and outflank the republicans on the left. The problem with russia is that she was seen as the principal administrator, if not architect of the Obama Administration to move closer to russia at least in its first term. And that did not succeed. And i dont know if that would hold the administration responsible for the failure, it didnt work. And so shes in a delicate position. She needs to defend her position to pursue the policy, and imply that she can do better than anyone else, and in her speech cited the fact she had a lot of experience more so than any other candidate. And argued that was an asset. And that she nows how to behave more smartly than her rivals. Syrian forces and hezbollah say they stormed a rebel held city. Hezbollah media said they captured areas in the west. Activists say the government is hitting the city with barrel bombs. The offensive began on saturday in a bid to cut off main supply routes for the al nusra front 25 fighters tloil i. S. I. L. Have been loyal to i. S. I. L. Have been killed in air strikes. Weapon explosives are reported to have been destroyed near the town. 140 soldiers civilians and fighters linked to i. S. I. L. Are reported to have been killed in sinai over the past week. Egypts president abdul fatah alsisi insists that the situation is stable. He made the comment during a surprise visit to troops stationed in north sinai. The palestinian faction hamas denies accusations by egypt and israel that it has been helping the armed group behind the sinai attack. The spokesman for the alchasm grenade said they had never directed weapons to egypt. Several hundred thousand refugees in jordan, the u. N. Humanitarian programme finds it hard to fund foods. And after ramadan, many find it hard to breakfasts. Most families have feasts during the muslim holy month of ramadan. This person worries about what hell feed his family when they break their fast at sunset. When the syrian family arrived in jordan

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