>> announcer: this is al jazeera. hello there, you're watching the newshour live from london. in the next 60 minutes, a stunning election victory for the far left in greece puts the country on a collision course with the european union. at least 20 are killed in protests across egypt on the fourth anniversary of the revolution toppling hosni mubarak. under attack and living in fear - we are inside the

ukranian city of mariupol. and a warm embrace for the u.s. president as he and india's leader hail a new era of friendship hello. greek prime minister samar as conceded defeat seeing his government replaced by a far left party. there was a clear win for sar e za taking as much as half of the seats. early results suggest the anti-austerity party received 36% of the vote. a showdown has been promised with europe over greece's huge debt. the democrats look to have won 27.7% of the vote. an exit poll shows another party

and the far right golden down battle for third. let's go to athens to barnaby phillips. it's an extraordinary night for grease. -- greece. what did the prime minister have to say? >> he spoke a short time ago. it was hard for me to hear because there were many sryzia supporters and they booed when spoke. the outgoing prime minister said he was happy that lool there was some injustices during the process of austerity, he was happy to have taken greece out of recession. pointedly he said the successive

party, he hoped that they would maintain those achievements. that points to potential problems between greece and the european union in the future now that the far left force be heading for an extraordinary victory. my colleagues sue turton looks back at tonight's event in athens. >>reporter: party supporters in syriza couldn't believe the exit poll. winning with 39.5% of the vote that more than they hoped for. >> it's a day for a new model of europe. >> greece is not for sale. can you hear me. greece is not for sale.

>> reporter: this may be a true reflection of the people... ..they'll run the country. 9.8 million greeks were eligible to vote. 18 parties to choose from ranging from the ultra nationalist golden dawn to the communist party. syriza was leading in the polls since may. austerity affected the polls. many pensioners didn't make it to the ballot box. they needed early pension payouts to travel to their home towns. it didn't arrive. the syriza leader looked positive. >> our message is the future of europe is not austerity, but democracy, solidarity and cooperation. the outgoing prime minister was

talking of winning. >> translation: at this point there's a large number undecided. i'm optimistic because i believe no one will risk the european course our country has taken. we will win. syriza's show in the exit poll points to a win. the victory that could lead them free a victory that should embolden parties across europe threatening to change the political landscape barnaby phillips this is the result that most of europe dreaded. >> well it depends on your point of view. i think there'll be left-wing parties in spain, and they said many representatives here are jubilant. i met representatives of left wing parties from germany,

denmark, italy who are literally dancing on the streets of athens. there'll be other parties to the right, but who i might call insurgent parties. i'm talking about the national front in france. and the u.k. who will be bad for different reasons to see a blow to the european union consensus. you are right, yes, the governments in places like germany, austria, finland they'll be displayed, because this is a serious defeat for the austerity policies which angela merkel and others have been foisting on southern europe i suppose, alexize tsipraz would say in the last five years. he went to the greek people and said "enough, i will stand up for you and stop the pain and convince european partners to

write-off our debt and pump money back into the public sector. there are so many questions. where will that money come from and will your european union partners play ball. greece owes the rest of the european union a lot of money. that will not be clear tomorrow the day after. this is a drama that will play out in weeks and months to come i suspect. >> barnaby phillips live with the latest from this night in athens of course greece is not the only european country where harsh austerity measures triggered change. nadim barker examines the impact on european politics. >> syriza's rise is part of what happened with austerity. last year it surged to first place with 26.5% of the vote as

austerity bites across europe other parties have grown in popularity. in spain, a party called we can formed last year and is heading polls ahead of an election in december. in italy the collapse of berlusconi's party saw another take the lead and in port call the socialists topped the vote. it's not just leftist parties that are gaining. in france the far right front led by marine lapen holds 24 seats, and the right wing independence party is the third party ahead of may's general election. in greece itself the golden dawn party came from nowhere to score over 9% in the european elections. europe's austerity produces the popularity of parties at both

ends of the spectrum. >> as a result of inability to deal with what is caused by the government crisis parties have seized on the opportunity and appealed to big numbers from the electorate. to far it's in the margins. no party has secured a victory until syriza - what it did today. four years on from the revolution that toppled hosni mubarak israel has been involved in violent protests. 20 have been killed as victoria gatenby reports. >> reporter: it's four years since the revolution that led to the overthrow of egypt's president hosni mubarak, but the

unrest persists. despite the army sealing off tahrir square the symbol of the 2011 revolution, protesters have taken to the streets to mark the day the uprising began. egyptians marched in cairo and alexandria to demand on end to military rule and a path to resolution. >> we stand at a path worse than the hosni mubarak days four years after the revolution. in my view i think the first wave has been defeated and we have to be frank with ourselves about this. >> reporter: there has been deaths in alexandria after squirmishes with the police. and in a district in the northern region of greater cairo, where the forces tried to break up a protest. in cairo police men were

injured. the bomb targeted the officers stationed outside a sports club in the haliopolis area. the latest violent shows the death of a protesters. a socialist activist was shown protesting peacefully. witnesses say she was hit by a bird shot fired by lispolice to disperse the crowd. her colleague was seen carrying her through the street trying to find medical help. egypt's police say the death is being investigated. mourners doubt that the officer who fired the fatal shot will be brought to justice. the last four years have been marked by violence and chaos. many feel angry and addition illusioned. >> sunday's violence underscores turmoil in egypt, an arab pob u

louse nation. we look at the 18th day uprising toppling hosni mubarak in 2011. >> reporter: it started as a day of anger, inspired by protests in tunisia, and gathered. in cairo, tahrir square was the center of the demonstration, the name known around the world. here the first flash of violence. police turned tear gas on protesters responding with rocks and missiles forcing them back. for some it marked the beginning of the end of a president in power for almost 30 years. >> translation: we are tired, man. we are tired. stop the price hikes, we are suffering. >> reporter: over the next two days the protest continued,

and so did the violence from both sides. hundreds were arrested. demonstrators were killed. many groups and individuals threw support behind the calls for change. >> i wish we didn't have to go to the streets to impress on the regime that they need to change. we tried sits. nothing worked. >> january 28th, and the growing voices called for a day of rage. tens of thousands took to the streets, a big sign of dissent in modern times. the government tried to smother the demonstrations cutting off the internet ordering mobile phone services to shut down. it didn't work. battles were fought around tahrir square, and government buildings burnt, it felt as if the government was falling into chaos. police could not cope. they were welcomed by protesters that felt safer, protected.

>> i'm calling on all the egyptian people from all the different areas to take part in the protests here in tahrir square. >> reporter: the numbers grew - young and old, rich and poor - all with a feel that change was coming. there's nothing to suggest the regime was weighingened. numbers conditioned to grow the army was ordered to use live ammunition on demonstrators, it refused. air force jets flew over the crowd to cheers and support. opposition leaders marked february the 1st as the march of the millions. only a few thousand turned out. pictures did not lie. there were estimates of more than a million in cairo. president hosni mubarak addressed the nation. this the people thought, was the moment their moment. he said he would not run in the next election but would stay in office to allow a peaceful transition of power.

>> translation: i will defend the security of egypt and continue to shoulder my responsibility. the crowd were angry, and it showed. on the morning of february the 2nd the army told people to go home to amappedon the protest as groups were on the way. most stood firm believing it was a scare tactic. the ruling mvp - protesters were attacked. it was a dangerous day, when divisions were never more pronounced and raw. protesters designated friday 4 february as the day of departure. more than a million gathered in tahrir square for prayers and in

alexandria. the president unmoved. the government army tried to negotiate. all rejected. the man whose facebook page was credited for the protest was released from gaol. >> translation: as longs you are standing here you are the evils. >> reporter: it galvanized the protesters. >> translation: i'm prepared to spend the rest of my life here and die. hosni mubarak has been in power with desperatism, and unjustness. >> reporter: the next day it was the biggest crowd in cairo for the day of love. the president suleman insisted egypt was not ready for the democracy protesters wanted. the demonstrations continued. general strikes stripped the country, hosni mubarak went on tv again, telling the nation he would remain in charm and transfer powers to his vice

president. >> translation: i have decided to assign the functions of president of the republic to the vice president in accordance with the constitution. >> reporter: if he thought he had done enough he was wrong. within moments, the anger, the chance of leave began to spread through the crowd and the country. there was a real fear that egypt was about to explode. on 11th february another friday of departure was declared. there were no indications that it would be different. protests continued in numbers as before. they were loud and angry. behind the scene there were signs that things would change. there were reports that hosni mubarak and his family left cairo, rumours and speculation spread through the country. people expressed anger and fear. then the vice president appeared on national tv in a

flat unemotional voice and delivered the historic news. >> translation: president hosni mubarak has decided to waive the office of the president of the republic and has instructed the counsel of armoured forces to run the affairs of the country. >> reporter: there was, however, no lack of emotion from those on the streets, from those that protested and prayed and called for change. >> i'm so happy, i can't take it. my voice is gone. >> translation: not even in my dreams could i imagine this. we did it. >> translation: there were two days that will now be put down in our history when revolution began, and when the regime went down. >> the 2011 revolution in egypt was bloody and difficult.

many wanted an end to hosni mubarak and its regime. it was accomplished. egypt has a former military man in charge and the country is divided on whether the revolution changed anything. >> al jazeera continues to demand the release of our three colleagues imprisoned in egypt for 393 days. peter greste, mohamed fadel fahmy and baher mohamed were falsely accused of helping the outlawed muslim brotherhood, charges they deny. at a court in cairo they ordered a retrial. still to come on the programme - the japanese prime minister demands the release of a japanese hostage held by i.s.i.l. we visit two lebanese towns close to the syrian border supporting different sides of the conflict and all the sport, including surprise semifinalist iraq ready to face south korea in the final four of the asian

cup. first, new video emerged of the moment shells were fired into residential areas of eastern ukraine on saturday. 30 were killed during the attack in the city of mariupol. the ukranian government said it intercepted communications proving that pro-russian separatists were responsible. moscow blames the attacks on the ukranian army. >> one of the few international journalists inside mariupol sent us this report. >> reporter: vladimir was at home in his kitchen when the grad rocket slammed into his apartment. >> translation: glass fell all over me i ran into the corridor. there was a giant explosion. it was pure hell. >> reporter: he works at the

local iron and steelworks to supplement his mention. he and his wife lived here for 30 years. they have no idea how they will repair the damage. >> translation: no one would believe how cold it is. i'm unwell no one helped us in years. >> reporter: hundreds of families live in the apartments. the u.n. is here to distribute material for people to cover their apartments with... >> we'll listen live to the leader of the left-wing syriza party speaking in athens. >> translation: it will be hard work. the greek people's decision closes in an undoubtable way the vicious circle of austerity in our country.

people say, you'll say the day cancels the memorandum of austerity and disaster. greek people say it makes pleasure a thing of the past for our european future. we are fully aware - we are fully aware that greek people - doesn't give us blank check. it gives us an order of national remissions, of social coherence in our country. we are going to form a government of all the greek

people. we trust every greek person - man and woman, regardless of whom voted for us or not, we fight together to rebuild our country on new steady foundations of justice and development. it is the day friends, citizens of athens - and i refer to every greek man and woman. today there are no winners and losers. we are defeated the elitist greece the greeks of cover up and who has a say is greece of

hard-working people greece of knowledge greece of civilisation. if there's a winner today there's a winner. grease that fights on amist time in order to reveal the future of dignity. deer friends, i'd like to thank all of you. but first of all, i'd like to thank those thousands in every part of europe. we have representatives that came here to show their support and the solidarity to the break people that comes from every corner of europe. our victory is at the same time as a victory of all european

peoples who fight against austerity. that destroys a common european future. for the common good of all european people i would like to show you that a government will be ready to cooperate and negotiate for the first time with our partners for a justified and viable solution in order to get greece out of the vicious circle in order to get back into stability, development and those values such as democracy and solidarity. and this honest conversation and

negotiation greece i would like to reassure you will walk with solid suggestions a national plan of changes. a four-year plan of financial policy. without deficits and real. in order to get over the debt for development, and restructure of the country. dear friends, the new government will defy all. here and abroad. we will not accept submission.

from the bus we have a great opportunity, and a new beginning in greece and europe, for a new policy. for a new relationship based on trust, solidarity. dear friends, our priority from the first day will be to heal the wounds of the crisis and restore people's power to give justice to overcome or the pathogens over deck az long in order to do democratic changes, and the state, but our priority

first of all will be greece and our country and our people to refile the dignity, and this is the message of the victory of our people. if we have that again, the hope smile, optimism we refined our lost dignity of our people. i would like to thank you from the bottom of my heart, all of you throughout greece with this amazing fight, together with confidence with passion, with optimism, with hope in your hands, and you raise it high. you overcome fear and brought back the smile to every great man and woman, and i invite you

to an visitical moment that everyone listens throughout europe and the world to give the promise that we are going to carry on fighting with the same passion and confidence. let's go on and carry on this long and beautiful fight and raise the sign above greece rise the sign of justice of democracy, of dignity we will manage. together we'll go ahead and manage. goodbye. cheers. you can expect to see a lot more of this man in the next few days and weeks ahead. the leader of the triumphant left wing syriza which may have seen as many as half of the streets in greece's parliament. extraordinary for a party that four years ago was a friendship

ing party, very much unknown outside greek. he says the troika is a thing of the past for the european future the greece of the elite has been defeated. he said we will fight to rebuild our country, our victory is a victory of all european people fighting against austerity. a shift from the center right to the far left of the party there in athens as the fireworks celebrate what has been a triumphant evening for the left wing syriza party. spent to see a lot more of that than. alexis tsipraz, leader of the party claiming victory in the greek parliamentary elections world leaders are offering condolences to japan's prime minister after the apparent murder of a japanese hostage held by i.s.i.l. shinzo abe said the video that appears to show the video of

haruna yakawa is likely to be authentic. he is demanding the release of journalist kenji goto jogo. the united nations expressed concern over a border battle between lebanese forces and syrian rebels. i.s.i.l. fighters from syria took on lebanese soldiers killingate. people in that town support the soldiers. in a nearby town most of the people support the syrian rebels. ras baalbek is normally a christian town but the cold rocky mountains and valleys are the perfect place for syrian rebels to base themselves and launch attacks in lebanon. on friday they did that. hundreds of syrian fighters overran an army post. lebanese special forces were called in to defeat them. it was a shock to the town.

>> reporter: the people were definitely alarmed, but all the young men are here to defend the area. there is no fear. all the residents from all areas of lebanon came here to help the army and protect the area. ate eight soldiers were killed during the battle. 35 fighters died. hundreds attended a funeral of the first lieutenant that was killed. close which is a sunni town. here everyone seems worried about the appearance of around 2,000 syrian fighters on the outskirts. in the last few days there has been a bomb explosion, and a fight inside arsal between different armed syrian groups. five months ago fighters took over the town for five days. now the army is positioned around arsal, but not inside. >> people tell us this is the most dangerous period they remember in arsal.

they are caught between the army and syrian fighters on the other. it's been kidnapping and cars packed with explosives. arsal is a major source of supplies for the fighters. >> they come to buy food fuel and head back to the camp. there was said to be an agreement between the rebels and the town. they want troops on the streets, it's fallen apart. >> a town with 40,000 people and 70,000 refugees cannot sustain themselves. if you leave them with no security, police or law. it will be out of control. 300 thugs can destroy this place. in arsal, i hope this is not true but we'll see attacks between the armed groups. it is frightening. they'll kill each other. >> here in the bekaa valley armed fighters are a few kilometres away. the longer they stay in lebanon,

the more likely towns close to the border will become more unstable and lawless. all right, let's return to the situation in egypt, where at least 20 have been killed and dozens injured during rallies marking the uprising which toppled hosni mubarak four years ago. protesters demand on end to what they call military rule. joining me from boston is an associate professor of public policy at harvard university and a middle east specialist. thank you for being with us on the programme. how does the egypt of 2015 compare to the way egypt was under hosni mubarak, do you think? >> well as you probably heard is said before the egypt in

2015 is a grim place. you, yourself knows that your own journalists have been held in prison for 13 months. there has been a significant dialling back of limited civil and political liberties that existed in egypt. egypt today looks grim. it's not the kind of egypt that people hoped for four years ago when they took to the streets in tahrir square to call for something better. >> reporter: we know many egyptians are exhausted and are tired of the violence. some are prepared to tolerate the crackdowns and human rights abuses in exchange for a sense of stability, which, to a certain extent abdul fatah al-sisi has delivered for them. >> well i think there's a lot to that. if you think about this from the standpoint of the average egyptian maybe the average egyptian living outside of

cairo, the four years since the overthrow of mubarak have not been good years. they've been years in which the country flirted with economic crisis. years in which the problems of unemployment and a lack of opportunity have not gotten better. and so i think that for many people the so-called revolution was probably an event that they would not like to repeat and so for them yes, returning to the pre revolutionary stability, and with that a hope that tourism would return and the economy would pick up. that is what people yearn for and was behind abdul fatah al-sisi's victory in the elections last may. all of which those how far we

have come from january 5th, 2011, where everything is possible of. >> muslim brotherhood is banned. demonstrations are fewer than they were. to what extent do you think the activists and protesters have given up the fight, and who are prepared to go out on the streets? >> well i think that there's two groups that are still prepared to fight, although what they are fighting for is very different. on the one hand of course you have the partisans of the ousted president mohamed mursi and supporters of the muslim brotherhood, who, as you noted, are being cracked down on and who have been periodically engaged in protests against what they see as a military coup conducted in july of 2013. on the other hand the - you see activists, generally leftist activists, from the revolutionary socialists who have never really given up

protesting ever since hosni mubarak's overthrow. they are at the forefront of these protests which are commemorating the fourth anniversary, and one of these activists were killed by police. they are the two groups at the forefront of protest. there's a middle group of egyptians who i think have become fairly silent. >> good to get your thoughts. thank you for joining us there from boston. thank you nigerian troops battled with boko haram fighters following attacks across the north-east. the army launched a 3-pronged assault on made ukary. boko haram attacked and held the town of monguno. villagers reported attacks to the south in adamawa state.

we have the latest from the capital of abuja, on a visit by the u.s. secretary of state. >> hs hugely significant. it's a public display, if you like, of washington's concerns about a peaceful election a free election a fair election a credible election. those are the words used as we met the main presidential candidates the incumbent. he said that it was important for faith to be restored. those were his words. the public space in the nigerian government. and the international community's fate. he warned politicians that they would be mapped from visiting the u.s. he also talked about the need for nigeria as africa's populous nation and most economically rich nation the biggest economy in africa to set a standard in

its democracy. this is against the backdrop of the violence and, remember to many people peace is so significant because of the fact that it is a key player in the region. so the leaders are taking on the message that came from secretary kerry 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 op policies and not to propagate hate speech or violence in any statements or campaigning. the question is will their supporters heed that message that this has to be a peaceful election turkey's president visited somalia promising further investment. it's president recep tayyip erdogan's second visit in four years. he looked at projects funded by turkey including an airport

terminal the world health organisation promised reforms admitting that it was too slow to respond to the ebola crisis in west africa. the director-general dr margaret chan said there was an urgent need to improve the emergency preparedness and response. donors are pushing for the creation of a rapid response team and emergency fund. more than 8,000 died from the ebola outbreak the majority in sierra leone guinea and liberia india and the united states announced an agreement on nuclear trade as president obama began a trip to new delhi. the deal was blocked for seven years but will help foreign companies build nuclear power plants in india. >> reporter: an embrace and a handshake between the leaders of the world's two largest democracies. india's prime minister narendra

modi broke with protocol to personally receive papa and first lady michelle obama in new delhi. it's been a few months since the last meeting. this time the leaders had a big announcement. >> we received a breakthrough understanding on two issues holding up the ability to advance nuclear aspirations. it is an important step showing how we can work together to elevate our relationship india's civil nuclear trade agreement with the u.s. has been floundering since 2008. it was supposed to allow american companies to supply equipment and build atomic power plants here. 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 forward. i am pleased that six years after we signed a bilateral agreement, we are moving towards commercial cooperation. >> reporter: the liability faced by foreign companies will be covered by a multimillion insurance pool. the u.s. is believed to have dropped its demand to track the nuclear material it sells to india. analysts say the agreement could be very lucrative for american businesses. >> by trying to sell and push the megawatt reactors or the toshiba westinghouse 80-1,000 reactor to india, you are trying to revive the u.s. nuclear industry. that's a big multi billion, hundreds of billion dollars industry. >> reporter: india is expected

to benefit from the agreement. according to a report india's growth in energy demand is likely to outpace china by 2035. the country needs foreign investment in nuclear power to fuel industrialization and economic growth more still to come on the programme, including the sport, as the windies give themselves a boost on the road to the world cup. plus... >> i'm andrew thomas in the most talked about art gallery in australia. if you think the exhibits are training. a fat car, madonna montage and a machine that defecates - wait until you hear the story of the man behind the museum. cl

welcome back. all the sport now with sanaa. >> thank you very much. the first quarter finalists of the africa cup of nations has been decided. hosts ecudorial guinea are through in group a. the lowest ranked team in the tournament broke the deadlock in the 55th minute in bata through a penalty. with 4 minutes to the end, salvador sealed a win, sending the home town into frenzy. congo made it through beating burkina faso. the game was tied at 1-all

syriza -- they made sure there were no slip ups. let's go to andy richardson our correspondent. how much of a surprise is it for equatorial guinea to go through? >> there was a bit of the calm after the storm. it's not just been the tournament thrown together at equatorial guinea, it was also the team. the coach has admitted he hasn't had a chance to get his side tactically or physically in state. to come through, two teams you fancied to go through, burkina

faso a rapidly improving team, was fancied to go through and is now out. the stadium behind me is full to capacity a lot of fans without spicts spicts. now the team will not play here, but go to 200km away on the border with cabbon and cameroon. it's a tiny town holding 7,000-8,000. it will be interesting to see how that venue and towns holds up to a game of a large scale congo and burkina faso - they had a bit of drama before the game this may be a relief to them. >> they did, broke down on the way there.

they were a couple of hundred kilometres away. they were stranded and the coach was near the 8th cup of nations. only once did he fail to get his team in the quarter files and got them in the last eight. normally he's articulate. he's been monosill abbic, not happy with how the team has been looked after in terms of training and hotel facilities. they have defied the odds by getting as far as they have. it's the first time they've been in the quarterfinal since 1992. quite an achievement. >> thank you for that andy richards. the country faced turmoil in recent times, yet iraq's football team overcomes adversity, reaching the semifinals of the asian cup, where they face south korea on

monday. we have this report from sydney. >> we are down to the last four of the asian cup. not many expected iraq to be amongst the semifinalists. having seen off iran patrons of this club are confident that their team can pull off a surprise and repeat a triumph of 2007. >> if you guys manage to win, what is this area going to be like tomorrow? >> it's going to be crazy. i mean people will come here. i think it will be a nightmare, to be honest. i hope for the iraqi supporters that gather to behave and not do something stupid. >> the doping accusation has been dismissed by the afc the the coach says they are focussed on the semifinal. a man that almost would have played is ali abbas. he picked up a knee injury playing for a league side sydney fc and says the coach,

appointed a month ago, deserves huge credit. >> the coach we have now sh everyone knows about him in iraq and he knows the players. could be good for the ricky players. he did a good job for them. >> see south korea has been beaten. they were eager to reach the time for the first time since 1998. >> now south korea from the four top seeded is in the challenge. if you go over the street and look at melbourne park roger federer is also out of tournament. sport is full of surprises. >> south korea, out in full force, and they expect a south korean victory. the team that reached the

semifinals of the world cup in the past. they have not won this competition since 1960. in an asian cup full of surprises, it will have the iraqi team believing anything is approximately. arsenal defends the cup beating brighton they led 2-0. will cot getting a goal. risiki's volley established arsenal's lead. barca hang on for a 3-2 win tennis and rafael nadal is through to the quarterfinals, overcoming a slow start before pulling apart his south african opponent kevin anderson. rafael nadal, who pretty much wrote off his chances of winning a second australia answer won. he'll face number 7 seed tomas berdych. andy murray battled into the

15th successive grand slam quarterfinal. he avenged a shock loss at the wimbledon quarterfinals, beating d grigor dimitrov in four sets. maria sharapova comfortably booking a spot in the final last eight. she recorded 6-3, 6-0 victory over peng. the windies in the fourth one dayer. an unbeaten century reached 262. the windies were in trouble when chris gayle departed. gail fell with the windies, needing 74 runs. it was not a problem for andy russell. smashing 64 off 40 balls to guide them home. >> that's it for me. back to felicity. >> thank you very much indeed. now, a professional cam builder in australia beat the

odds with an unusual museum. four years ago he rolled the dice by opening the museum by old and new art in australia smallest state. as andrew thomas reports in hobart, it came up trumps for the local economy. >> it has a fat car, goldfish cheating death, egyptian antiquities, and a machine that is fed food diguests it and hours later defecates. but the story behind the museum of old and new art is more incredible than what is in it. even this a room of books without any words. we thought white library, but it is called untitled. which is probably the right name for 6,000 blank books. >> reporter: david walsh is a professional gambler, who studied gambling markets for 30 years.

big disciplined debts won him tens of millions more than he lost. >> the principle is the same no matter what you bet on. if the odds of the event are more likely than the payoff in the long run you'll win. >> reporter: with his fortune, walsh built and stocked an art museum. it's a hit. it's the biggest paid-for attraction in tasmania. many take the designated and quirky boats to the museum which is built into a hillside underground, like a lair. >> i built a museum to teach myself about museums, not to necessarily entertain anyone else. entertain, he has. >> it's amazing. it opens your mind. >> very overwhelming. a lot to take in. yet kind of strange. >> the art here is unusual. so too, is its presentation. none of the artwork has a plaque telling you what it's called who it's by or what it's meant

to mean. instead for guidance you get this. it's called the o. similar to a smartphone it knows where you are in the museum and offers material to read about what is around. visitors interact and are emailed a personalized record of its visit. technology others want. one that walsh hopes can pay its way. it is helping tasmania's economy. hotels and restaurants in hobart are booming. >> 15% of visitors to mona say they came to tasmania because of mona. in economic terms that's $75 million into the economy that wouldn't have been realised. for walsh, his museum is yet another gamble that has paid off extraordinarily stuff. that's it for me felicity barr from this newshour. for now, we'll leave you with

powerful scenes and sounds from egypt's revolution four years ago. ago. extraordinarily stuff. uff.

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