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
To the test. We start with developing news. An Egyptian Court jurnds its verdicts adjourned its verdict in the retrial of three al jazeera journalists, its scheduled to be dlveredz on august 29th delivered on august 29th. Mohamed fadel fahmy, Mohammed Badr and peter greste were arrested on charges of supporting the banned muslim brotherhood. Peter greste was deported to australia. Mohamed fadel fahmy and Mohammed Badr after 400 days in prison were bailed. Well get the reaction to that adjournment later in the bulletin. To yemen, seven people have been killed Dozens Injured by bombs in aden rebels were driven out of the port city by antihouthi forces two weeks ago. Local fighters including supporters of the exiled president have been advancing on a down 60km away from aden. They are trying to secure areas away from the city. A saudi man has been killed in shelling. Inside aden yemens Vice President has been surveying the war damage. The Prime Minister the highest ranking official to ret
Plus. Im charles stratford, a fight to save hundreds of years of Christian Churches Foreign Ministers from the e. U. And balkan states are meeting in vienna with the current refugee crisis topping the agenda. Set to discuss a unified number coming to europe. The e. U. s asylum system is dysfunctional. Barnaby phillips is live for us outside the meeting in vienna. What are you hearing from there . Weve been listening to the Austrian Foreign minister and the german counterpart in the last half hour or so, and the message quite strongly from them is they feel that the European Union needs to do more as a whole, that there are countries in the e. U. , frankly, which are not picking up their fair share of quotas of refugees, not taking on board their responsibility, and what they are saying is these countries may not find themselves on the front line, but they could find themselves on the front line a few months hence, depending where flows of people head. Theres a real sense that European
The stage is set for a second track show down between usain bolt and Justin Gatlin at the World Championships in beijing. One community, 276 schoolgirls, 500 days, thats how long its been since the girls were ab ducted in northeast nigeria. 57 escaped, nothing has been heard of those left behind. The girls were taken from boko haram, from their school in the middle of the night. They were preparing for end of year exams. Getting the education for which boko haram is exposed. This is proof they were alive, but not a single one has been rescued. Outrage at the governments inability to find the girls and clampdown on mass protests in nigeria. We want the girls now, and alive. Reporter the Campaign Hashtag bring back our girls began in nigeria, rapidly proceeding around the goirls. It drew the dangers of big names such as Ellen Degeneres and first Lady Michelle obama. And became a big story. This unconscionable act was committed by a terrorist group determined to keep these girls from gett
Kidnapped chibok schoolgirls in nigeria hope theyll be brought back alive he must go. The streets of guatemala erupt in a National Strike demanding the resignation of the countrys embattled president. Every time it rains a little more falls off. If we werent do this, it would be a catastrophe. The delicate task of preserving a World Heritage site. Ancient rites carved into stone good evening, im antonio mora, this is Al Jazeera America. We begin with a tragedy in austria that has shaken european leaders. Austrian officials made a horrific discovery near the hungarian border, the bodies of 50 refugees found inside a truck on the highway. A boat packed with refugees capsized off the libyan coast, hundreds feared dead, happening as european leaders were meeting at a summit in vienna. Some are demanding action to stem the flow of immigrants. Others want to focus on fighting Human Trafficking and giving asylum to the refugees, Barnaby Phillips is in the austrian capital with the latest. Rep