to be a coalition of the willing so to say who are going to go into the european parliament but whether they'll be achieve be able to achieve what they've been polishing the electorate well they'll be seen in the days and months to come. all right are some of the injured live for us in round thanks to some that greece is headed for snap elections after the ruling party there suffered major losses in those european elections prime minister lexus impressing he will request the early dissolution of parliament after the regional elections there on june 2nd his left wing syriza party lost to the conservative new democracy party he's asking voters for a new mandate to lead johnson has more from athens a clear win for conservative new democracy a distance of 5 points from the ruling see this is due to many factors but mostly the economy sees a had promised to take greece out of austerity policies halfway through this 8 year

period of austerity and recession that greece is now just emerging from and did not do so back in 2015 it began to do so this year several years late much later than it promised a new democracy has reaped the benefits of promising lower taxes for productive activity lower taxes for businesses most of it most of which are family small businesses in greece from 29 to 20 percent over 2 years new democracy promises to create the conditions for 4 percent growth in the next 3 or 4 years and that is more than double the current recent growth promises to create 700000 new jobs over 5 years and promises to bring back many of the greeks who left for other job markets in developed economies in the west because their skills simply weren't in demand anymore in this collapsing economy that has lost 25 percent of its value in 8 years. chancellor uplifts there in athens well let's talk about all of this now

with janice ammon only is the director of studies at the european policy center and joins us via skype now from brussels thanks very much for being with us so what is what is the main message do you take from the results of these elections i think that there are a couple of messages one is that yes the biggest parties the traditional biggest parties in europe in parliament the conservatives and the socialists have lost a good number of their seats they alone will not be able to form a coalition they need partners need a 3rd maybe even a 4th party to join forces in order to have a stable long term majority in the european parliament i think the 2nd issue is that we've seen the greens have done rather well and is your. shoes are now on the floor i think that will find its way into any kind of

pollution agreement in the your parliament or but also beyond that and if you do your commission and last but not least i think what is interesting result of the fact that you know the level of people turning out the turnout in the zeevi election is much higher than it was 5 years ago so there are number of things which are worth mentioning yeah i want to ask you about that very high turnout to the highest in 20 years we understand what does that tell us about what's on the minds of european voters this time around because in the past there hasn't been much interest in these elections well it depends if i'm going to do a country there were different levels of turnout but there are been long term trends and 979 with the 1st directly elected year in parliament election happened which was a negative trend is now this trend has been reversed and have been has been. said the voters part in these elections and i think that there are 2 main reasons

one is that there were more interest in european affairs and there was a stronger interest in the european union which probably has to do also with rex it and the fact that there was a strong interest in european affairs because of that but also that there are issues high on the agenda which people know cannot be solved or national level which includes issues related to migration he sleeps away from any issues related also to the future climate change and how to deal with that so there was a stronger interest in european affairs which made people more interested in the election than they have been in the fast. all right we're going to leave it there are journalists emanuel adis joining us there from brussels thanks very much for being with us apologies there for the possible break up in the in the sound now in the u.k. nigel farage is new brazier party has won the most seats as the public expressed their frustration over the deadlock on how to lead the european union but probably

main parties combined one around the same percentage of support and that shows that britain remains deeply divided on breaks in lawrence lee now from london the rare. interview to. a woman reading there was only one winner in the british election nigel farage invigorated those voters who feel betrayed at bret's it's not having happened his single issue bricks it policy when just over 30 percent of the vote most of it at the expense of the conservative policy this is a vote that says no deal breaks it back on the table make it part of our negotiations because without that you've got no chance of getting a sensible free trade deal but i want us as the brics body to be engaged in that but it's also a vote that says the 31st of october is the but next really big day in this process if we don't leave on that day then you can expect the exit party to repeat this kind of surprise it would actually such was the collapse in support for the

conservatives in the wake of the series of may's resignation that they came out with the worst results in their history her negotiated deal is now dead her party by its own admission in an existential crisis the main opposition labor party suffered too because of jeremy corbin's continued prevarication over whether or not he supports bricks in the aftermath he gave an indication he might now be prepared to support a new referendum what this party does. it supports an agreement with your opinion intervent crashing out supports putting that proposal when agreed to a public vote labor's infighting led directly to a surge in support for the greens and liberal democrats the total vote for parties which supports not leaving the european union at all was over 40 percent so they could say they won as well the number of votes the fact that more people have supported remain parties if you count us as the lead remaining party and then

greens and change u.k. add those votes together more people have supported us and supported the bracks it party the government has to listen there is one piece of common ground between the brics that party and its pro european opponents all of which outflanked labor and the conservatives they're all demanding electoral reform the traditional 2 party system of politics in this country is now under enormous strain and i hope that this will be a sign to the conservatives and the labor party that we need to have a proportional system and i truly believe when you look at those 2 parties there is more than one party sitting under the same umbrella and what they need to heal their own divisions it's be able to be true about who they are it's individual policies on the left and right of their own parties and if we had a proportional system that would give them the opportunity to do that while sitting still and labor or conservative if it's to achieve. is now demanding to be part of any new bracks in the go see asian he's pro european opponents are demanding

another referendum the main part is a lost traditional politics here is in meltdown. al-jazeera in london. austria's chancellor sebastian kurtz is facing a no confidence motion in parliament there that could see him removed from office he's expected to move the vote despite an unexpectedly strong showing by his party in european elections and that comes after a corruption scandal that forced some. ministers in his coalition government to step down dominic cain is following this story for us from vienna so dominate what's been happening in that debate. or you could well the point to make here hasn't is that the moment of truth is rapidly approaching to suggest you know what's here in the austrian pump you consume behind me over my shoulder for the past 2 hours also leading members of austria's main party has been putting out their position setting out their position how they're going to vote in

this motion of no confidence in mr courts it was all about defending what he has done last chancellor and appealing to not politicians here to allow a government formed of his party and of techniques as it were as a caretaker government to get through to elections to do so be held in september but for his opponents no question about it they want him out now interesting links so to do his former coalition partners the sri demick it is the freedom party of austria the ones whose leaders were exposed by that footage that was filmed 2 years ago on the spanish on and on with their lives the leadership heard and seen to talk to russian. increase its influence in austrian politics that is what precipitated their for from government officials were talking about now the stabber gets the courts after governor is to quite soon and dominate what bearing if any does could see a victory in the european elections the european parliament have on all of this.

period. well obviously the rail quality as it were that's at play in australia right now is in the forefront of people's minds is the courts has gone from a vote yesterday to a potential vote loser here in the austrian home and in the space of less than 24 hours clearly given my opinion polls put his party considerably ahead of all other parts and if that is to. on a conference motion put through against him and it seems that way and if there are elections earlier than september well he might well hope to do well in year's elections and the interesting point here is that the parties who oppose it today well the question would be what do they hope to gain by forcing him out because they may not prosper at election rules given the fact that they are so so less popular than his party so all is is to play for the right and it's a strange situation where the man who might lose this today might in the end be the

winner and the parties that might win this match end up losing in the long run. donna cane live for us in vienna thanks don. and we've got plenty more ahead on this news hour why it's becoming increasingly difficult for foreign point u.s. military recruits to become citizens of the country they now serve. and dealing with corruption scandals in argentina why it has not been plain sailing. we've managed ourselves well. and we will be touched by facts and facts will. match as the city's chairman hits back at criticism accusing some rivals of being jealous that's coming up later in sports. so let's go ahead but 1st dog trump says the united states is not looking for regime change in iran the u.s.

president made those remarks in japan where he met prime minister shinzo tensions have been rising in the middle east over the u.s. sanctions on iran and apparent security threats against american interests when he has more from tokyo. with a handshake donald trump received a historic honor in the imperial palace in tokyo the u.s. president became the 1st foreign leader to meet japan's new emperor no he told the meeting was seen as a symbol of the strong relations between the 2 countries after a bilateral meeting with japan's prime minister shinzo of their attention turned from an ally to a float with the u.s. president saying he's not seeking regime change in iran and i'm not looking that heard around or i'm looking to have iran say no nuclear weapons we have enough problems in this world right now with nuclear weapons no nuclear weapons for and i think will make a deal i think iran again i think iran has tremendous economic potential for it was

a softer tone from trump after weeks of increasing tension following the reimposition of sanctions on iran because of its nuclear development. pans prime minister is considering. trip to tehran next month and has offered to mediate in the dispute donald trump didn't publicly respond to that offer specifically but supports the idea of going to iran pushing this visit has been all about relationship building but given that donald trump can sometimes be an unpredictable president he may well be nervous that a lot of his hard work could be easily undone particularly on the key issues of trade and security. with no significant announcement on trade there will inevitably be more tension over the large trade deficit the united states has with japan and the 2 leaders have different opinions on north korea's 2 missile tests earlier this month donald trump says he wasn't concerned by them while shinzo our best says they

violated united nations security council resolutions. but they agreed to work together on the issue of japanese people abducted by north korea in the 1970 s. and eighty's as they met their relatives there are many still unaccounted for and prime minister said getting them back is a priority. but the had always trump brought up the up took issue with north korean leader kim and told him my thoughts president trump is making diplomatic efforts in line with your says he. wants to be directly involved in that diplomacy by meeting the north korean leader donald trump says he supports the initiative wayne hey al-jazeera tokyo. ravi is monitoring iran's reaction force from tehran. a lot of what u.s. president donald trump said today are these are points that his administration has made in the past we heard several weeks ago from u.s. secretary of state by com peo saying that they're not looking for regime change

they're looking for a change of behavior so while there is nothing new what was extraordinary is that he said these things so publicly and in his own voice so certainly a sign that there is softening right of rhetoric from the american president however iranian leadership here is likely to see this as insincere they consider u.s. president donald trump not trustworthy pulling out of the 2050 nuclear deal was a sign to the iranian government that the united states isn't serious about any sort of negotiated solution to tensions with iran we spoke to one expert who said that if the united states is hopeful for talks the fact is that when it comes to making war or peace that still is power that rests with the ron supreme leader and 2 of the company has said that there will be no talks especially not with this administration this expert who is a former commander of the islamic revolutionary guard corps suggested that if there was any possibility even the finish of possibility of any sort of negotiation the

1st step the united states would have to take is returning to the nuclear deal to the joint comprehensive plan of action before any other diplomacy could go forward on monday is memorial day in the united states when americans on of the military servicemen and women killed on duty but not all those who serve in the u.s. military are american born around 40000 migrants in military service hoped to earn u.s. citizenship but the government program is being scaled back i did your castro explains why from washington i have seen. every year thousands of immigrants pledge their allegiance to the united states to become new americans i it's a moment bob kane longs for he left standing all 10 years ago to study computer science in virginia. after earning several degrees he decided to enlist in the army in 2016 through a program called mob need that allows non u.s.

citizens for in the country illegally to join the military and immediately apply for citizenship it has always been like a dream of mine for me to serve this country. but i figured this was the best opportunity for me to do that the army was looking for french speakers from africa at a time when terrorism threats were growing in the region kane says he can fill that role but it's been 3 years since he enlisted and he's still waiting to ship to basic training. the pentagon in 2017 announced major changes to the way non-citizens are recruited leading to long the legs there's a concern that mommy recruits may be security threats to the u.s. are you a national security rest of the united states no i don't think so i don't think that i have a national security interest i don't have any problems i don't have any. issues with the law or anything. retired major general paul eaton led the u.s.

army effort to train the iraqi military in the early 2000 he says at a time when the u.s. military is struggling to meet recruitment goals welcoming immigrants to serve is essential they tend to be very high performers they tend to be. language important they tend to be ambassadors from. their birth country and all that weaves into a picture of a young man or young woman who is who has a lot to contribute to the armed forces of the united states but a growing number of immigrants soldiers are denied citizenship even after reporting for duty it's become harder and harder for foreign born u.s. military. recruits to become citizens of the country they now serve in fact recent government figures show that 16 per cent of immigrants soldiers are denied a u.s.

citizenship that is higher than the 11 percent denial rate for immigrant civilians kane says he wants to be a u.s. citizen but he chose joining the military over sponsorship through work because he wants to give something back to the country he hopes to one day call his own he doesn't know if that day will ever come. castro al-jazeera washington the right time now for the weather his everton any sign of the monsoon rains well i'm afraid they're running around about a week later if the trees benign has a signs that just around the because. they should be further north it should be into and also into me and take with the satellite picture you can see sri lanka this in the sunshine cloud just starting not just up into the far south me i'm out of i should be further north than that what we do have free monsoon showers you can see this clutch of storms into bangladesh into the far northeast of india has seen

some really heavy rainfall here and when you take it huge amounts of rainfall in this part of the world we do inevitably get some flooding and that's certainly been the case just to the east of bangladesh further west this is where we have the clearer skies is where we have called the pretty monsoon heat of the showers there on the eastern side of india come up towards new delhi and here we've seen the heat building once again temperatures getting into the low forty's ok for man nor beast actually or even so we've got some very high temperatures temperatures getting up into the forty's 45 in pool similar values as we go on through the next couple of days so you notice just down towards the far south west of india in the carolina seeing one of 2 showers making their way across northern parts of iran recently that are going to continue drifting further east with very. high temperatures coming in behind us and thanks and it's enough still ahead on a shortage of emergency services in afghanistan it's putting

a lives at risk. plus milking it indianapolis was a champion for an old saint details coming out later that will lead to inspire. our listeners. when the news breaks the inauguration of comedian and actor as president of ukraine when people who need to be heard there were days when i get involved in the work with no food for my joints go to the all went to sleep with an empty stomach with

exclusive interviews and in-depth reports al-jazeera has teams on the ground to bring you more award winning documentary sicko from the russian goals for real truth none and tonight names on air and online. and again you're watching ideas in our mind of up top stories this hour voters across europe have dealt a blow to centrist politicians in the e.u. parliamentary elections populists far. i saw a surge in support but the liberals and the greens also added more seats. austria's chancellor sebastian kurtz is facing

a no confidence motion in parliament that could see him removed from office is expected to lose the vote despite a strong showing by his party in the european elections. donald trump says he's not seeking regime change in iraq and 3rd day of his visit to japan the us president reiterated his willingness to hold talks with iranian leaders and make a deal on nuclear weapons. dozens of passengers are missing or feared drowned after a crowded boat sank in lake my in the democratic republic of congo at least 30 people died around 180 survived the disaster on saturday night it's told the boat was ferrying around 350 passengers some were teachers travelling to collect their salaries not aware has the latest from kampala in neighboring uganda. dozens of bodies have been pulled from the water dozens more still missing and it's unlikely at this stage that survivors will still be found in the water more than 24 hours

after the boat sank survivors say it was overloaded with cargo and with people and that's common for boats on congo's many waterways on the rivers and the legs which are crucial for connecting up the interior of the country with little infrastructure many of the roads are only possible on a motorbike and it gets even difficult to pass them after heavy rains so the waterways are crucial also there's a lot of poverty so overloading from the point of view of boat crews is a way to get a little extra desperately needed income and to the point of view of passengers it's just the only means to get around to carry out their business and in the case of many of the passengers on this boat they were teachers going to collect their monthly salary which is essential of course for their survival as well when the boat sank soldiers who were posted around the lake went to try and rescue some of those who had survived they didn't have any proper military boats they're using small wooden boats the same kind that are used by the fishermen in the villages

that live around the lake itself. lake mind also prone to choppy waters big waves and heavy tropical storms so even losing engine power on the lake for a few minutes in an overloaded boat can come with a substantial risk these kinds of accidents aren't common our sources of told al-jazeera are men abducted and killed at least 7 people in the north eastern nigerian city of may do. is suspected to be behind the attack it comes as the nigerian army denies reports of an ambush on one of its convoys on friday. the attackers came in the dead of the night as their victims were preparing to go for the late midnight prayers during the ramadan abducted someone people took them from the dallas area of my degree to the outskirts of the city and cut them down using machetes i thought only the attackers were trying to avoid growing attention

on themselves and that's the way according to security forces the one not using guns now will be killing came hours after the nigerian army denied reports of an ambush that resulted in the killing of $25.00 soldiers i don't be dumb who out of the nigerian army through a spokesman so the story was not true and that there was no such incident i don't blame a degree or done. over the weekend now but what are my stepped up its the types. eastern nigeria just as the multinational drone task force the regional force that has been fighting both from come to nigeria and this year the public have also stepped up their operations the chicago in particular is accused of carrying the latest round of killings because they rarely distinguish between civilian and military targets. bill and says in the afghan capital right now and for their fast response to attacks but little else most people most people needing to get to

a hospital take a taxi sometimes harming their chance of survival shala bella's find out why. in kabul an explosion. followed by. police military and ambulances race into. this is in try this without protection theory the deed in lieu due to hospitals despite the danger. under the surface it is natural to be worried everyone is scared of places where there are attacks but it's our job and we have to get to the place and do our duty there was always a nurse literally have a seat to a cool despite responding to more than 50 attached. since the ambulance service is created in 2002 they haven't had any staff we killed or injured. this is what the ambulance service is known for what it is not known for its transporting other patients to hospitals those not victims of attacks.

there's a lack of awareness about ambulances and how to use them it's a free service for everyone and they don't understand there's a nurse and driver and we can take them free. on the lack of awareness there's also a capacity issue. has just $29.00 says for $5000000.00 people it says its response time is usually less than 20 minutes but it can be up to an hour and a half to cover ambulances a facing further delays after the taliban dayton aged one packed with explosives in central kabul last january more than 100 people were killed ambulances another search to check points it means most afghans choose to use a taxi rather than call for an ambulance everyone in this intensive care unit was 1st brought to hospital by a taxi. was admitted unconscious with renal failure also we're gonna.

be a pain in my body and i was in trouble when i was travelling here by taxi i was not able to sit up properly i was in the lot of pain. most of the patients were brought here by taxi or in a serious condition coming in a taxi the patient loses 50 percent of the chance to recover because they come from a long distance without oxygen. and it's not a problem limited to the capital kabul ambulance service has 50 vehicles in 3 provinces it afghanistan has 34 provinces and more than 30000000 people the ministry of health admits it doesn't know exactly how many ambulances exist. couple. and on wednesday be sure to watch the next story in our 1st responder series we'll be covering emergency care in kenya where a lack of traditional ambulances doesn't stop workers from trying to save lives. as in bobby's main opposition party has elected nelson chamisa as its leader the 1st

congress held by the movement for democratic change since the death of its founder morgan chang guy last year as head of macassar reports now from where the divisions have plagued the party since his death for. after months of infighting over who believe in opposition party nelson chamisa is the elected president of the movement for democratic change he ran unopposed after some who wanted the top job left the party or dropped out of the race and we have shown the way out we have shown zimbabwe with on africa that it is possible to be democratic it is possible to renew it is possible to have a nonviolent peaceful contest internally and that is what we have shown the world look at the number of people we have come all on their own accord. zimbabweans are watching him closely to see how he plans to put pressure on president innocent of

a rising inflation and unemployment along with fuel and cash orders nelson chamisa narine lost last year's presidential election to president amos and all around bad weather results showed he has significant support but whether he can appeal to a broader audience remains unclear. his m.d.c. party also has to show its different from the ruling zanu p.f. i think there's a lot of common ground between the ruling party and opposition and i do a logical frameworks and propositions they're both new liberal both pro free market business and therefore they don't differ. in out they may differ in terms of whether leaders whatever ages and so on but fundamentally ideologically the same when it comes to his party jamieson has the opposition is the 1st congress since morgan signed that i died from cancer last year. soon after the death of the m.d.c. founder the party split over who should replace him. the next election is you in

4 years jimmy so will need everyone to work with him if he supposed the only party minisub audience had even now. where it's about where. are the head of sudan's military council has held talks with the crown prince of the united arab emirates as protests continue back in khartoum of the fact that were han visited abu dhabi where mohammed bin zayed offered his support the trip comes after both hands meeting with egypt's president on saturday a move that angered protestors in sudan who are worried about foreign interference in the country's transition to civilian rule. accusations of corruption were rampant in argentina when cristina kirchner was in power since then the courts have launched a campaign to detain and seize assets of those involved in corruption scandals the . ceiling through a river aboard

a confiscated $1000000.00 luxury yacht that's been used by argentine security forces. the ship belong to. the former transport secretary during the administration of cristina fernandez. he's currently in prison accused of corruption or whatever the prefect. says are using the yacht because the government cannot sell it. was recovered in a corruption operation it is now used by the students of the institute so they can learn how to navigate we have to pay for maintenance everything is very costly but i would rather buy speedboats for all students but in the meantime it is what we have. for a labor union representing construction workers being accused of corruption and extortion the estimated value of the car is about $350000.00.