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president as he and india's leader hale a new era of friendship. hello. after years of cutbacks and painful austerity measures, greek people have spoken and they appear to have chosen a new path to their country. according to tan exit poll following elections on sunday the far left wyoming syriza party have won as many as 158 seats. >> shows the anti-austerity party between 35 and 31/2%. it's leader has promised a showdown with europe over grease's huge debt. the center right, democrats which had been in power looked to have won up to 27% of the vote. the centrist party and golden dawn are battling it out for third place. both were projected as having

between six and 8% of the votes let's take you live now to al jazeera barnaby phillips in the greek capitol for us right now. and barnaby he had been exped to do well but if these polls are accurate they could have an outright win here? >> yes, if these exit polls are accurate. of course there is a big if there. then the opinion polls throughout the campaper were not so accurate and he would have quan founded expect athz and lived up to some die heart supporters' hopes and edged over the crucial mark of 150 seats which would enable them to governor alone in the greek parliament. they are probably going to get very close to that. we would have to assume that and either way, this does amount to a stunning victory for him and an absolute repudiation of austerity much it shows the turmoil we have had within greek

society, greek politics a defeat for the government of new democracy, a hum blink crushing of the former socialist party, a strong performance by the extreme right golden dawn despite the fact that almost all of its. >> leadership has been in prison more than a year. so many things have been thrown up in the air. >> that's what happens when you have an economy that contracts by one quarter of a percent. but i am only talking about grease. this is a result that matters right across europe. >> exact what time does all of this now mean for grease's relationship with the european union, with its international creditors? >> well, let's just take at face value what alexis cyprus was promming the agreement peek during this campaign. he spoke about a return of hope and, an end to humiliation. he spoke about writing off a large portion although he was vague what exactly that portion

was of grease's enormous debt burden of over 300 billion euros. he said it's unsustainable no matter how much we cut back the debt ratio gets better bigger and big heger. it became an absolutely the minimum wage web talking about, that will be pushed back up people who's electricity has been cut off, people who know longer have access to healthcare to decent education will be spending there. there will even be reirehiring within the notorious greek public service. all of this is dramatic and space anathema to grease's creditors who have lent 240 billion euros. there is a potential for a very dangerous collision in the weeks or months ahead because everyone agrees the greek people and

governing parties across europe if grease were to be forced out of the eurozone that would be a disaster for this country and potentially, very serious for the sink currency across the continent. >> we, of course are talking about exit poll results, not the real poll results. if he doesn't have an outright victory is that having to form a coalition government. and then who does he join up with? >> yes. it would have a number of options. you know it would probably be in a position to take its pick. potential partners, a party called topitami the river, that means. you spoke about them in your introduction. their septembertrists, new tech knowcratic, rather vague to be honest as to what they stand for beyond a deposition. during campaign they did speak about their rediness to into

coalition. there are people within the river party who would see themselves as a sensible bull wells fargo bank people who white be able to finesse difficult negotiations with drogi or angela merkel the german chancellor. you have another party on the right known as the independent greeks. they look straight over the 3% mark which would enable them to have some mps. perhaps they could come to syriza's side. they are unlikely bed fellows on the right but they are greek nationalists add say they will stand up for this country in the negotassess with europe. >> might make them compatible with some mrements but let's talk about syriza itself. it until realtime was an unwieldly amalgamation of a dozen parties who range from what used to be called euro

communists maxists to social democrats, people with very different viingsz. cyprus has to meet his promises to the greek people. let me tell you leftists in athens are dancing on the streets in the center of the capitol tonight. they have been joined by left-wing party from german and they will have to hope that there isn't a terrible hangover tomorrow because this does put grease in a dram attib new situation. this result reverb rates around the could notnent. >> a historic night for greece and for the continue net of europe. barnaby phillips in athens. thank you. now, four years on from the revolution that toppled former president hosni mubarak, egypt has been em broeld in violent

protests. 20 people have been killed. >> reporter: 4 years since the ref revolution. the unrest persists. despite the army ceiling off the square, the symbol of the 2011 revolution, protesters have been taking to the streets to mark the day the up rise began. he job descriptions marched in cairo, alexandria and serial other cities to demand an end to what they call military rulend for a return to the path of the revolution. >> we stand at the situation that's even worse than the mubarak days four years after the the revolution and in my own personal view i think that the first wave of egyptian revolution has been defeated and we have to be frank with ourselves about this. >> reporter: there have been

deaths in alexandria after violent skirmishes with the police, and in masir itch a where security forces tried to break up a protest and in the capitol, cairo, two policemen were injured in an explosion, security forces say the bomb targeted the offices. he was stationed outside a sports club in the heliopolis area. the latest violence follows the death on saturday of a female protester. video posted on the internet shows al saba a socialist activist peacefully protesting. her colleague was seen carrying her injured and bleeding through the streets of cairo trying to find medical help. he script's prime minister says her death is being investigated 14 hers doubt the officer who fired the fatal shot will be brought to justice the last four

years have been marked by violence and chaos and with the military back in charge many protest ors say they feel angry and disillusion didded. al jazeera. >> with he can look more closely now at the four years of turmoil and violence that have followed the fall of hos knee mubarak. simon mcgregor-woods reports. >> reporter: after 30 years of rule mubarak was swept from power by a wave of popular protests. in march, 2011, protesters stormed the hated state security service. they demanded mubarak's arrest and trial. field marshal mohammed hussein tantawi heading the premium council of the armed forces led egypt for 17 months after the fall of mubarak. during this time mubarak was charged with complicity to murder protesters. in november parliamentae

elections went ahead. the muslim brotherhood and its conservative allies won. the process of writing egypt's new constitution was soon bogged down in legal challenges. presidential elections did go ahead in june, 2012. the muslim brotherhead's mohammed more situate became egypt's first democratically elected president. divisions ran deep. in november his opponents accused him of granting himself too much power. on june the 30th 2013, there were massive protests against him. the military gave morsi an ult ultimatum to resolve his differences with the opposition or else. on july the 3rd, the military deposed president more situate from power. even some u.s. officials called it a coup. general abdel fattah he will

sisi. they staged huge sittins the scene was set for confrontation. it came on august the 14th egyptian security forces moved in. our own team of journalists was caught in a deadly crossfire. over 8 hoe 0 were killed that day. but sisi and his interim wichita falls went unpunished. in may, 2014, he, like mubarak all of those years before him became president. the charges of complicity to murder against murbarak were dropped in november. there were no significant protests. he script's first democratically elected president mohamed morsi remains in jail charged with inciting violence and spying. for all of the turmoil and death of the last four years, it seems little has changed. simon mcgregor-wood, al jazeera. >> al jazeera continues to demand the release of our 3

colleagues who have now been imprisoned in egypt for 393 days. mohammed familiari, peter greste and mohammed bohama were accused of helping the out lied muslim brotherhood. a court has ordered a retrial. key political talks between yemen's main political parties and shiia hooth houthi rebels. they have rejected dialogue with the rebels calling instead for renewed protest. the houthis took control the presidential last week. the move has created political crisis in the capital which has caused a power vacuum in the south type of a report from j zinjibar where al-qaeda is active once again. >> the men are on alert. their enemy is elusive and persistent. there are dozens of checkpoints like this all over the city.

these fighters are known as the popular ones. >> we want to preserve security to protect the proof ince. we will not retreat. >> zinjibar is the capitol. it's feared without these fighters al-qaeda could easily make a comeback. in 2011, al-qaeda's area declared it an islamic emerate. the army backed lie local forces drove them out. but at the heavy cost. >> most of zinjibar is, like this t al-qaedatudes rule here it remains active and carries out attacks against government buildings and targets local fighters >> two years after the battles ended, the devastation is clear:

's campaign of bombings and attacks is ongoing. zinjibar is on the edge. the men who fought al-qaeda are angry. the government pays them around $150 a month. but they say the state is absent and weak. fighters protest outside the governor's. they are demanding justice for the i don't mean eras killed by al-qaeda a few days earlier. this commander says awe of his group's senior members were murdered. >> everyone has suffered. all of the people left because of the evil al-qaeda and now there are people in authority who aadopt it. al-qaeda is led by senior people within the state. hidden hands and fingers playing with al-qaeda against our province. they forced the songs of zinjabar out. it will continue to give birth to men and be said fast soldiers

protecting the government compound appear helpless. the governor didn't show up at his. he cancelled all of his appointments. his aides say the political crisis is allowing al-qaeda to regroup. for now these men are holding their ground but if the rest of yemen crumbles zinjabar could fall again. >> city to come we are going to have much more from athens about grease's historic election boka haram fighters continue to attack. immigration up close and personal. >> it's overwhelming to see this many people that have perished.

>> lost lives are relived. >> all of these people shouldn't be dead. >> will there differences bring them together or tear them apart? >> the only way to find out is to see it yourselves. >> which side of the fence are you on? borderland, tonight at 9 eastern, only on al jazeera

hello again. a reminder the top stories here on ashz. exit polls from gleas 's parliamently point to a win for the far left party. the leader has pledged to write off the debt and end aust tearty measures. 20s people have been killed in violent protests across egypt marking the fourth anverts rewhich toppled hos any mubarak. light return to the stop fore this hour greek elections which look like they have delivered a decisive blow against eu austerity. arizona's sue turtan reports from athens about the result which is likely to send shock waves across europe. >> even the party's in the main camp in central agentets couldn't believe the first exit polls winning with 39.5% of the

vote was more than they hoped for. >> a new model, i think. can you hear me? greece is not for sale. they will be running the country. 9.8 million greeks were eligible to vote with 18 parties to choose from ranging from the ultra nationalist golden dawn to the communist party. on the radical left leading in the polls sipingsz may. their predictions were not wrong. austerity measures had affected the polls. many mentioners didn't make it to the ballot box. they needed an early pension payout to travel to their home

towns. you, but it didn't arrive. the party leader elected cast his own vote? >> the messages is that europe is not the future of austerity. it is the future of denyingmocracy, solidarity and cooperation. >> at that point, the outgoing prime primary was still talking of winning. >> in this election there is unprecedented large number of people who are still undecided. they will judge the result. i am optimistic because i believe no one will risk the european course our country has taken. we will win. >> there was a huge showing in the exit polls points for a regrounding win it could leave him free to emboldinary anti-establishment parties across europe who are threatening to change the political landscape. sue turtan al jazeera, athens.

>> at least 11 people have been killed in bomb blasts in iraq. the deadliest attack took place in baghdad. bob alsagi area outside a small restaurant killing seven people another bomb can in the central suba area killed three civilians and wounded eleven 11. nigerian troops have battled against boka haram fighters following several attacks across the northeast. the army has repled boka haram fighters after they launch add three-pronged assault on maiduguri. authorities say 200 people were killed. the fighters were trying to sees an air force base. later fighters attacked the town of monguno. meanwhile, the u.s. secretary of state has met goodluck jonathan ahead of next month's elections. john kerry is dahling on the main presidential candidates to accept the ruts of upcoming elections in february without the threat of violence a computer over jonathan's elections four years ago triggered riots in which an estimated 800 people died.

>> it's crill critical these looepingsz be conduction peacefully that they are trans parent and accountable sot people of nigheria have faith alleged the world can have faith in the government. >> covering events for us from the nigerian capitol is yvonne. if you could tell us more about the significance of john kerry's visit. >> it's hugely significant. it's a public display. >> if you like of washington's concern about a peaceful election a freely a fair election a credible election and those were the words being used by kerry as he met the main presidential candidates the incumbent president gluck jonathan and the main opposition leader mohammed dubuhari. he said it was important for faith to be restored. those were his words. the public's faith in the

nigerian government and the international community's faith. he warned politicians who are inciting violence or propagating hate speech that they would be banned from visiting the u.s. he also talked about the need for nigh year i can't as africa's most populous nation and most economically rich nation the biggest economy in africa, to set a new standard in its democracy. politically this is coming against the bagdrop of the violence we will get in to but also remember the fact that to many people peace here is so significant because of the fact it's such a key player in the region. so the leaders are taking on the message that came from secretary kerry just last week prior to his visit, the main contenders signed a peace accord where they vowed to campaign on issues not other issues and to focus on policies and not to propagate hate speech all

violence in any of their statements, in any of their campaigning, the question now is: will their supporters heed that message that this has to be a peaceful election? >> as you say, another attack for boka haram in maiduguri. what does this all say about the army's efforts to try to tackle the armed group the truth is felicity, opinion is divided by the effectiveness of the military in prosecuting this war. on the we are hand you have the military the government putting out information saying they are winning war, saying the military is being equipped with new weapons, saying boka haram has been repled and driven out, talking about today specifically, in maiduguri toward the end of the way, speaking to an eyewitness saying soldiers are been jub late, the fact they have driven out insurgence on the other hands, briefly, you have the con stavents reports, ngos saying

thousands, hundreds are being killed. it's incredibly difficult to verify independently what is accurate coming out in this story. >> yvonne thank you. >> new video has emerged of the moment shells are fired into residential areas of eastern ukraine on saturday. at least 30 people were killed during the attack in the city of mariupol. the ukrainian government says it intercepted communications that prove that pro-russian separatists were responsible. the army against separatists. charles stratford is in mariupol with this update. >> there are military checkpoints like this one around the city of maruipol. the president said the people have nothing to be afraid of. there was a great sense of fear and uncertainty. he vowed to take control. we are hearing intelligence reports from the soldiers here that say that they are expecting

ground attacks later today. they tell us that the rebels are just over a kilometer away in that direction. >> india and the united states announced an agreement on nuclear trade as president barack obama begins a three-day trip to new deldelhit will help foreign companies build newark facilities. >> an embrace and handshake between the leadters of the world's two largest democracies. india's prime minister nirinda modi broke with protocol to personally receive u.s. president barack obama and the first laid, michelle obama, in new delhi. it has only been a few months since their last meeting. but this time, the leaders had a big announcement. >> today, we achieved a breakthrough understanding' two issues that were healing up our ability to advance our civil new

orleans cooperation and we are committed to moving towards full implementation. this is an important step that shows how we can work together to elevate our relationship. >> the civilnewal trade agreement has been floundering since 2008. >> deal was supposed to allow american companies to supply equipment and build atomic power plants here but according to india's laws they would be liable in case of an accident. today, those differences were settled. >> in the course of the past four months, we have worked with a sense of purpose to move it forward. i am pleased that 6 years after we signed over by lateral agreement, we are moving towards commercial cooperation. >> the liability faced by foreign companies will now be

covered by a multi-million dollar insurance pool. the u.s. is believed it have dropped to track material. analysts say the agreement could be very lucrative for american businesses. >> by trying to sell and push the 1,000 meg awat reactors, ap 1,000 reactor to india, you are essentially trying to revive the u.s. nuclear industry. right? >> a big melt i bill yon, hundreds of bills of dollar industry. india is expected to bit from this agreement. according to a recent bp report india's growth in energy demand is likely to out pace china by 2035. the country needs foreign investment in nuclear power to help fuel industrization and economic growth. car issue mabia, new delhi.

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