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Kate Farmer

Cutting to the chase

3. 7. 2015 - 14:28

Greece: "It'a a waiting game"

Reality Check: Greece heads towards referendum, BP strikes deal on Deepwater Horizon, Syrian refugees' stories and fears

Greece heads into the vote

Another day, and another set of twists and turns in the Greek debt crisis.

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While some citizens have gone to the Constitutional Court in the hope of having Sunday's referendum cancelled as unconstitutional, another group has gone to the Constitutional Court to prove just the opposite.

Meanwhile, in Brussels, everyone is holding their breath, assuming the referendum will go ahead, and by Monday there will be a result. However, it's still unclear what that result will mean. A "yes" vote would be for accepting the offer that the EU and IMF has already removed from the table - but could be interpreted as accepting further austerity. A "no" vote, according to Alexis Tsipras, would be a vote for further negotiations, and give him a stronger position, but the EU is interpreting a "no" as being a vote for leaving he Eurozone.

Sandra Gathmann reports from Brussels as EU

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and analyst, Emmanuel Sigalas, explains the possible next moves.

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BP strikes a deal on Deepwater Horizon

BP has reached an 18.7 billion dollar settlement with the US Department of Justice - but is is a fair deal? Jörg Feddern of Greenpeace gives his reaction.

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Syrian refugees' stories and fears

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Kurdish refugees are eager to return home and are looking forward to a normal life again.

The victory of Kurdish and Free Syrian Army forces over Islamic State in Tel Abyad has been good news for Kurds who can now return home, but less hopeful for Sunni Arabs.

Adnan Kahn reports on the complex situation facing Syrian refugees in Turkey, and explains why some are even heading back to live under Islamic State in Raqqa.

He also meets some of the refugees and hears their stories.

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Read more at "I will get your head!" - Life under Islamic State.

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