To world news today. Greeces leftist Prime Minister, Alexis Tsipras, has conceded victory to the centre right opposition, following a snap election. Mr tsipras has called the new democracy leader, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, to congratulate him. Vote counting is under way, but Greek Interior Ministry projections suggest 39. 8 support for the new Democracy Party, with mr tsiprass populist left wing syriza party trailing on 31. 5 . Mr mitsotakis spoke a short time ago. First of all i asked for a strong mandate to change the country. And the greek people delivered and i am very grateful for the result. We won an outright majority which was our main target. Almost reached 40 which is an incredible number given the context of a fragmented Political Landscape and i feel i have a strong mandate to deliver on my agenda which is an agenda to grow the economy, create morejobs but also to make sure the greek people feel safe again. So what is this getting reaction in terms of this streets of athens . A
Perimeter that some of them got up on the roof and that they were able to take down the flag the question now will there be more more protests in the days to come mary thank you very much with the latest from baghdad on that story Mohammed John jim. You know at the news hour live from london much more still ahead forces loyal to libyas u. N. Recognized government regain control of a key staging ground in a major setback for warlord Khalifa Haftar the eritrean political activist still living in fear despite sometimes relocating thousands of kilometers from home. And the wall of cops most anticipated showdown peter looks ahead to the clash between france and the usa. Tunisias interior minister is appealing for calm after 2 suicide bomb attacks in the capital tunis which killed a Police Officer and wounded several others i still has claimed responsibility for the explosions which came within half an hour of each other gate and the reports. In the center of tunis close to the French Embass
Of change how farmers in the pound are adapting to climate challenges. Well last week we were talking about the flooding rains affecting japan now this weather system is the same one its c. M. I. You by front its the other the plum rice thats stretching from the southwest right up into that eastern side of china and again we have been producing some huge amounts of rainfall large hail as well damaging winds we have seen a fair bit of damage across a good part of that is the side of china the size of those house days golf ball sized big enough to cause some damage and as you can see there has also been some flooding there that wetter weather tended to sink a little further southwards and a swiss but you can still pick out the chain of thunder has that run across the southern half of china well continues just a little further south as we go on through the next few days but the wettest weather is up towards that eastern side of the country monday going on into or choose day 6 a little fur
Website micropolis nick what do you think this means for me to thank you to the leader of new democracy did he get what he wanted i think he did based on the projections were hearing new democracy will get between 155 in 160 seats in Parliament Member Greek Parliament has 300 m. P. s so thats of a very workable majority especially if were talking about 160 or upwards that gives him lots of room to maneuver it allows him to make haps bolder decisions in terms of his cabinet in terms of policy do you think the new democracy is going to see this as a vindication of those mitchell thank you reformist platform or do you think theres a danger of that the rank and file of the party many of whom really go back to the old days of client politics of offering favors in return for votes the sort of in transparent politics that brought greece to this pass will prevail will they see me to take it as a vehicle to do their business what i think certainly what it does it buys him a lot of time and a lo
Politicians are also weighing in on the issue we cast young is a member of parliament and a former minister. Explanation for the people of your government of the b. To convince b. Why do you need to abolish depth we all know the is a deterrent we dont get it all crime rate is going down. Most malaysians seem to agree. In a poll conducted last year by 3 major publications and 82 percent of 22000. 00 respondents opposed the governments proposal. It is a very contentious issue saw for a push back to to come to for a supposed not surprising. But we must focus on why the government nice doing it the government is doing it because it is putting a lot of emphasis on human rights this is what we. Really need here to do is record a salary cap to russia to smile is a lawyer and past president of the National Human rights society. Hes also a member of malaysias anti Death Penalty coalition every legal system since hes a minister im a human being it is prone to mistakes they release off executing