Greeces 3 month old conservative government is facing its 1st public strike since taking power thousands of workers staged a mass walkout to protest against planned labor reforms as heroes johnson reports now from athens. Government offices and banks were closed on tuesday bringing business to a standstill in many places public transport workers walked out so getting to work was an ordeal as buses and ferries didnt run schools were closed and hospitals operated with reduced stuff but trades Union Leaders say all that some inconvenience compared to what workers will suffer next month if parliament approved the bill proposed by the ruling new Democracy Party critics say the 3 month old conservative government is building on reforms introduced by the previous left wing government that eroded workers rights to marry me this is our answer to the attack from the government which is 2 pronged it presents itself as a growth for all but on the other hand strikes at a collective bargains and Social Security it limits the way unions work attempts to control what you do. Do and limits are right to strike series a started this but now a new democracy has taken up the baton work a further infuriated by government plans to keep a database of unionized employees and only allow union votes on strike action to be done online Union Leaders say that amounts to state surveillance the bill also weakens the unions power to negotiate wages with employers by making it more difficult to go to arbitration if talks break down the government says that by giving employees more discretionary power the new law will create jobs its pledging to double the current growth rates to 4 percent and also to cut taxes labor bore the brunt of greeces 8 year long recession minimum wage was cut by a 5th and even so unemployment swords to 28 percent unions were effectively silenced when collective wage bargaining was done away with even the public sectors right to strike was temporarily abolished unions now think that those erosions of rights will be made permanent in the name of growth of these 3 lidiane doctors pay has roughly half that hovers just below a 1000. 00 euros over time is either not paid in adequately and our salaries simply do not compare to what doctors are paid abroad which leads many people to leave the government says flexible labor laws will attract Foreign Investors union say an obsession with growth is being used to oppress workers. Asons. People in afghanistan vote in a president ial election on saturday but there are concerns about vote rigging the u. S. Says the corruption within the Afghan Government has reached such an acceptable levels that it was forced to freeze 100 60000000. 00 in aid under serious tony party reports from kabul. These blue boxes contain the latest Biometric Voting Technology one of the tools aimed at making afghanistans president ial election on saturday free and fair something theyve never seen before equipment including indelible ink is being distributed to 4000 polling stations with the aim of boosting transparency and deterring voter fraud that has plagued previous elections afghanistan has made advances in democracy join the war the past 18 years but not so many when it comes to the electoral process voters are either intimidated by the taliban or progovernment supporters the other scenario is they are simply bought off. 2014 elections which was a disaster the 2008 election reform was far more to get offered is after youve had digging your heart stuffing of ballots and even it went to the extent of section section allegations so i dont know how different are we in 2019 many have become disillusioned with election manipulation and corruption and 2014. Elections but. The corruption chance for this is they are hopeless and they want to participate the election according to Transparency International afghanistan is regularly place in the top 10 of the worlds most corrupt countries graft and bribery are endemic here it is virtually every aspect of life and the corruption starts at the very top. And because of it u. S. Secretary of state mike pompei o has rescinded 160000000. 00 of afghan a he said its because of the unacceptable levels of corruption in the Afghan Government the American Public the American Government now understand that there is no hope in the Afghan Government asked for us advocating or to even corruption is concerned the kabul based afghan Anticorruption Committee or make investigate fraud and advise on ways it can be prevented its recommendations are mostly ignored by the Afghan Government and the guilty believe they are untouchable people who come through and through channels are very confident that nobody will remove them if even if they commit corruption and thats the confidence we dont want between people people has to to have this fear that if i committed corruption i could be behind bars and thats not happening 7 government ministers have been investigated for corruption but after 2 years one has been cleared and no charges have been brought against the others this month for rosie is the only high level afghan to have been jailed for corruption in the last 10 years but he was released early from a 10 year sentence for bribery a Money Laundering when he was governor of the bank of kabul no 1. 00 is expecting any election surprises but they are hoping that one day afghanistan may attain the free and Fair Elections they so badly need Tony Berkeley al jazeera kabul. Just ahead on the news in sports will tell you about the olympic champion involved in a doping control the sea just days ahead of the world athletics championships. To strengthen the good you have to shoulder court all the more with the camp still fight against corruption. Abuse for news hero heroes like no who are about to refuse to 15000000. 00 brian the achievement of heroes like him to showcase by the International Ace award it shines a light on these heroes because the best way to fight a dark used to shine a light lets make the road to a better place nominate your Anti Corruption hero. Didnt the u. S. Treasury or just a few months ago say that no child neglect we bring you the stories and developments that are likely changing the world live in whats behind the rise of piracy. Counting the cost on aljazeera. And i get to talk to support his side thank you very much Adrian Wallace thought with the 1st a big upset at the Rugby World Cup with the a side mostly made up of amateurs have beaten fiji a by 3 points theyve just felt has more. Of it silent as a mark of respect trying to reflect before kick off and come a she. The small fishing town wrecked by the 2011 earthquake and tsunami more than a 1000 people from the town were killed the stadium itself is built on the site of 2 schools destroyed by the wave and is a symbol of the towns recovery about the b. G. With a clear favorites for this one after giving australia a scare in their opening game they were up against uruguay the Youngest Team in the tournament made up largely of semi professionals and as expected it was the Pacific Island stars who struck 1st with a try in the 8th minute of the. But you are quite right 19 in the world 9 places below fiji then found their rhythm number 0. 09 a rotter burst through and managed to scramble his way over for their 1st try they went on to school 2 more before half time and a big upset was on the cards you require were up 24 points to 12 at the break. Fiji to everything out there in the 2nd half trying to claw their way back into the match they scored 2 tries but it just wasnt enough your goal is number 10 felipe the chese kick to penalties to keep them out of reach and secured a famous victory. Of the. The now food in pool d. Just a point behind australia and whilst we meet on sunday fiji came away with a losers bonus point but their 2nd defeat severely dents their chance of making the knockout rounds david stokes aljazeera. Sebastian has been reelected for another term as president of the International Athletics federation best track and field the stars are in doha ahead of the World Championships which began on friday americas 100 meters favorite Christian Kallen insists that hes running clean the 23 year old that was temporary banned a by a u. S. Antidoping a who said hed missed it 3 a dope a test but coleman successfully fought the case that came in he only missed 2 in the 12 month period he goes into the championships where the wild a leading time of 9. 81 seconds and is also expected to compete and the 200. 00. The fans ironically i mean i dont really know what does to say i mean i explain the situation i dont you know take any performance i dont take anything legal or illegal a i just you know work or in my god given talent abilities and you know continue to do that but it is you know mama stayed out at sea to you know remember the day they have any time or make a move or anything like that well theres been some more and dont think controversy and become a champion dish does not offer is out of the championships hes been provision he suspended off to one of his samples failed doping tests that 7 year old of want to touch at this time the only gold medal at rio 2016. And the event organizers say theyre ready to go for the event at the High Level International stadium will host most of the track and field events. You can feel the heat of the war the organization has introduced a number of innovative aspects to the upcoming World Championships it will be the 1st time the championships will be held in an open stadium alongside an environmentally friendly air conditioning system secondly after agreement with the audibility if all of the said you defense will take place during one afternoon and evening period this will give the competitors after that experience a lot of the world and also a new generation of supposes the opportunity to enjoy and make the most of these championships the event back at the top of syria in a city after a 21. 00 win over british on the shoes they did it with their stomach christian or not though it says and it looked like you they were missing the portuguese superstar when antonio. Handed the british a 4 minute lead however the visitors 4th back and they were helped up by john chance their own goal before half time and then. Netted what would be the winner for maurice your size. He Washington Nationals have secured a wildcard spot 1 for this Years Major League Baseball playoffs where they had the tree turner to thank the shortstops go ahead grand slam in the 6 and help them beat the Philadelphia Phillies 65. 00 is the 5th time in 8 theyve made the postseason often missing out in 2018. Sri lankas cricket team have arrived in pakistan for the 1st series in the country since their team bus was attacked in lahore in 2009 the pakistani government promised sri lanka the same level of security as a head of state or even so tense for lankan that plays have chosen not to attend on the zimbabwe and west indies have visited pakistan for cricket tours in the last 10 years that forcing the team to play its home games at neutral then use the u. A. E. And thats it for me adrian sorry thanks indeed and that is where the news are wise to all but of course the news continues. Here ill be back with more the race theres just a couple of i would say that. To strengthen the good you have to shore do good all the more with your gum still fight against corruption. This for new chiro heroes like new who are about the refused a 15000000. 00 brian the achievement of heroes like him to showcase by the International Ace award it shines a light on these heroes because the best way to fight a dark used to shine a light lets make the road to better place nominate your Anti Corruption mirror now. Has put prepares to exit the new people in power investigates disturbing allegations about the tactics used by the winning leave campaign we know that the law was broken and we know that campaigns overspent we know that russia tried to build a relationship with one of the key campaigns who paid for breaks it people in power on al jazeera. You stand the differences. And the similarities of cultures across the world. Aljazeera. In a country beset by poverty and lack of infrastructure. Sometimes we risk our allies in taking its words lets go. Saving lives is a dangerous job as the vaccine sucks on a good 24 hours there are patients waiting for these medicines for must be paid lifes worth risking a week ago one of the gang stops some vehicles on the road that they can get good luck with. Risking it all guinea on aljazeera. Signatories to the 2015 Iran Nuclear Deal say theyre still committed to the pact but admit that its becoming increasingly difficult. To get ivory and forget and this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up u. S. House democrats launched an impeachment inquiry against donald trump he says its a witch hunt and constitutes president ial. Anger in britains house of commons m. P. s a back up well cultural corporals the Prime Minister acted unlawfully in suspending parliament the depth of despair why the un says that warming oceans could be a huge threat to humanity. All of the signature its the 2050 nuclear deal upon meeting at the United Nations to discuss its future theyre also seeking ways to reduce tension in the gulf. Lets go live now to our diplomatic editor james bays who is at the u. N. We saw briefly at the beginning of the program there federico mongering me james we didnt hear what she was saying shes been speaking within the last hour what did she say following that meeting. You know just speaking actually in the last 10 minutes here the meeting broke up and very brief comments from the e. U. High representative who of course was there when that deal was done in 2015 and is soon about to leave office will be the last time shell speak here at the u. N. Saying how challenging it is to try and hold the nuclear deal together she says that all out remain committed to it and that is interesting because obviously we heard some comments in the last few days from the u. K. Prime minister Boris Johnson in which he said he thought it should be renegotiated those were then rolled back by u. K. Government spokesman but the challenges facing not deal with evident even as the meeting was taking place here in the Security Council in the last hour because at the same time the u. S. Secretary of state mike pompei i was speaking announcing new fresh even more tough sanctions on iran but also those sanctions on chinese tankers that are transporting iranian oil so secondary sanctions all one of the parties to that clear deal so i think that is the sort of challenge that is faced here and i think the iranians although the Iranian Foreign minister said at the end it was a good meeting the iranians remain on happy about the situation because the deal was they gave up their Nuclear Program in terms for Economic Relief and theyre finding that u. S. Sanctions mean there isnt much of that around and weve also seen the iranians in recent months roll back on some of that commitment so its a deal thats very much on life supports she was asked a question about things outside the deal in talks between the u. S. And iran and she was not prepared to answer. Those questions its worth telling you that while she was speaking in the us these remaining signatures of the iran deal will be to just up the corridor or there was a press briefing by the saudi minister of state for Foreign Affairs adults too bad he said that investigations go on all those drone attacks that took place in saudi arabia of course the whose these planes those attacks other developments with regard to the who through these and and yemen is that youll remember at the weekend that he said that theyd give up all future attacks all saudi arabia that at the time many of us put down as a bit of rhetoric but the u. N. To take very seriously indeed they believe its an opening for fresh negotiations between the Saudi Led Coalition and the who theories and following that who see statement in so not the u. N. Special envoy who was here in the u. S. Is actually in washington made it trip to jed up he flew to jeddah and he met the crown Prince Mohammed bin selma we dont know the outcome of that meeting but i can tell you that Martin Griffiths the special envoy has no now flown back here to new york to brief the secretary general so although there dont seem to be any big developments lots of people to try on getting iran and the u. S. Together there may be some developments with regard to the conflict in yemen which of course is very closely linked particularly with regard to those drone attacks in saudi arabia and james. Back to iran that has an iranian president rouhani due to address the United NationsGeneral Assembly within the hour we know that frances president emmanuel mccrum was pushing for a meeting between rouhani and the u. S. President donald trump but it seems that irans foreign minister scratched that idea german serif thats something the Reuters News Agency that the possibility of that is is 0 it looks like that that meeting isnt going to happen. Yeah thats the latest comment from the Iranian Foreign minister on this subject all week thats basically been his permit position i was at a breakfast with him on monday and he made it clear that unless the u. S. Fundamentally changed its position that there would be no meeting if there was to be a meeting it would have happened really here he said because it would he wanted a meeting that took place with others present he said they werent just going to give President Trump a handshake after everything that had happened for p. R. Reasons so i think that meeting is definitely off but worth listening obviously very closely to the iranian president there are 2 more speakers before him in the General Assembly you never know how long these speeches are going to last but i suspect that hes going to hear him in the next 30 to 40 minutes here at the United Nations to remember iran is coming with what it says is important to the new Peace Initiative theyre calling it the Hormuz Initiative it would be a plan to get all of d the countries that border the gulf together in a Regional Security framework to discuss all of their concerns to discuss navigation in this very important shipping lane where so much of the worlds oil supply passes through and it will be under a u. N. Umbrella thats in a rainy and proposal lets see what others say about that when we have it formally presented to the General Assembly when the iranian president speaks in the next hour 8 chose many thanks dana a diplomatic and its a james plays there at the u. N. In new york and lets hear what the European UnionForeign Policy chief federica maharani had to say about iran the nuclear deal while the all signatories to that deal were discussing its future. That we will continue to Work Together with unity of purpose to try and preserve it without ignoring the challenges as you know the agreement has 2 pillars the Nuclear Commitments and the economic side that is linked to the sanction lifting on both elements there is full determination to try and preserve the agreement on both elements there are challenges and there is a will to try and preserve i will not hide that it is increasingly difficult to do it. In the u. K. Prime minister Boris Johnson is expected to address britains house of commons in less than an hour the Prime Minister fronting up a day after the Supreme Court ruled that his decision to suspend parliament was unlawful for brennan reports. 40. 4. Colleagues welcome back to our place of work. With these words the u. K. Parliament was back in action the speaker of the house john bercow resuming the business of Parliament Proceedings which the Prime Minister had unlawfully try to block and bold and by choose day Supreme Court ruling the chamber was packed with m. P. s keen to interrogate the government 1st in the firing line the attorney general geoffrey cox. Mr speaker only this attorney generals watch the government has been found in contempt of parliament now it has been found in contempt of the law doesnt he just accept he hasnt got a shred of credibility that. Was it was boisterous confrontational stuff on both sides why so youre being asked to let her decide upon whether they should continue to see the mersey was. Certain 344000000. Was 3. Years or disgrace was the Prime Minister cut a solitary figure as he disembarked his air force jet at Londons Heathrow airport his visit to the un General Assembly cut short the Prime Ministers final engagement before leaving new york was a reception for commonwealth nations where he again justified his suspension of parliament as preparation for a queens speech setting out new legislation as one reason by the way we need a queens speech is a kid on. Drag that track that sutton. To have a bold environmental agenda as the Prime Ministers convoy wound its way to westminster through the west london traffic Boris Johnson might be forgiven for wondering whether he will last that long the Opposition Leader john. Corbin is being or goaded into calling a no confidence vote but hes refusing until Boris Johnson officially takes no deal brecks it off the table he has refused to give the undertaking he would do that no application has so far been made to the e. U. And so far as im aware no proposal on a future agreement with the has been made either that was always our priority and remains our priority the editorial reaction of the u. K. s traditional news media has divided along predictable partisan lines random samples of British Public opinion reveal a wide range of confusion frustration and uncertainty in just 36. 00 days from now britain is due to leave the e. U. But there is still no certainty over how or even whether that is actually going to happen the whole brennan aljazeera. Or make you aware of some breaking news the white house has released a transcript of u. S. President Donald Trumps call with ukraines president and it shows that he did ask ukraines president to investigate whether former Vice President joe biden shut down an investigation into a company where his son worked thats according to a summary of the call released by the trump of ministration. Let me quote from the the transcript that was released as a lot of talk about bidens son the biden stop the prosecution and a lot of people want to find out about that so whatever you can do with the attorney general would be great President Trump said in the call thats reading directly from that transcript provided by the Justice Department biden went around bragging that he stopped the prosecution so if you can look it in look into it it sounds horrible to me he said so repeated attempts to prod the ukrainian president into investigating former u. S. Vice President Joe Biden that breaking news here where getting in touch with our correspondent kimberly hellcat is on capitol hill. For some live reaction but in the meantime lets get a report from Shihab Rattansi with the background of all of this in washington d. C. Its been long reporter the Democratic House majority leader nancy pelosi has been against impeachment proceedings against donald trump that has changed the actions of the Trump Presidency revealed dishonorable fact of the president s betrayal of his oath of office betrayal of our National Security and betrayal of the integrity of our elections the