his promise to bring growth to the greek economy and help create 700000 jobs in his 1st he's planning to do it partly through tax cuts but greece can only afford them if international bailout creditors agree to cut repayments it's a goal that eluded previous governments since the beginning of government austerity measures imposed in 2010 when greece faced bankruptcy because of its massive debts the victory of meter thank yous and 4 and a half years of rule by series a prime minister alexis to put us raised the coalition of the radical left from obscurity to seize power from the new democracy party in the last election in 2015 promised he would be the vanguard of a left wing revolution across europe to defeat the policies imposed on greece that caused recession and unemployment. ultimately capitulated to those policies in order to keep greece in the eurozone despite cities are raising the minimum wage

cutting sales tax and offering more benefits to pensioners this year it seems to have been too little too late for that. receive mr mr tarkus into the palace to hand over to him the office of prime minister as is done in the democratic stage i would like to from the bottom of my heart thank all the members and friends of our party who gave a good fight in a viable condition. in order to double its growth rate of growth much faster greece will need huge levels of foreign investment in the coming years and that will be perhaps the biggest challenge on the economic front and that needs a lot of structural reform which sometimes takes time there's more at stake here than the economy for the past decade greeks have watched their politicians being dictated to by their creditors the international monetary fund and the euros and because those politicians didn't want to assume ownership of unpopular reforms. like his predecessors it's

a thank you says he wants to restore greek sovereignty and dignity but unlike him he wants to do it in collaboration with european union partners. there's been more violence in hong kong as protesters confronted riot police over that controversial extradition bill the standoff followed a mass rally outside a train station which actually links through to mainland china brian has a report now from cologne. this was the 1st major demonstration since the storming of hong kong's parliament last week and it proves this dispute isn't going away. my protesters say the change in the law would mean critics of china could be extradited from hong kong to face summary justice in mainland courts the hong kong government has suspended the bill but protesters are still demanding its complete withdrawal coming out $3.00 a male psyche efficiency delivers

a message has no no absolutely no disposal of the government it's also the 1st time the protesters have taken their campaign to the cow loo district of hong kong. with its luxury stores the area is a favorite destination for mainland chinese shop has many seemed bewildered by the crowds of demonstrators who goes ok hong kong is the only chinese city that permits demonstrations like this. the organizers said they wanted to tell the visitors about their struggle tonight and i don't really understand it said this visitor so i don't want to comment because yeah i think they're very brave said this woman. the destination for the march was the terminus for the high speed rail link connecting hong kong to the mainland seen by many as a symbol of china's encroaching influence initially the organizers had been hoping

for a couple of 1000 people to take part in this march but even before it began it was clear that numbers would be far greater than that also very obvious by this demonstration that the anger and the spirits of resistance is still a strong thought t.s.b. as of possible clashes with mainland tourists proved unfounded and many of the protesters seem to direct their anger at the police not. i'm not they accused of using excessive force in breaking down largely peaceful protests. as darkness fell a breakaway demonstration blocks streets around kalou. sparking angry standoff with both police and local residents. an ill tempered to another day of anger on the streets of hong kong with the prospect of yet more protests bride al jazeera hong kong. here's what's coming up for you on this news hour one of the last countries

to sign up to what will be the world's biggest free trade deal also playing for time the migrants so desperate to reach the u.s. that more trying to cross a dangerous river and sport the host celebrate success in south america's biggest international football tournament. now at least one person has been shot and several others injured in haiti in violence between police and protesters during the funeral of a murdered journalist. pay was shot dead to by government in port au prince last month he'd been investigating corruption allegations and president of an l. sorry juvenile noisy government the violence follows days of street protests calling from boise to resign it's are a meal with us now an economist a professor at. universities on skype from port au prince nice to have you with us

here there is obviously something that has happened with the murder of a journalist that seems to be a very acute. moment but there are some underlying issues here aren't they things which haven't gone away for years which must be fueling the unrest. i don't care for having me. but they are excited to see case of this funeral yesterday i would consider moving right now it's very simple. we don't have the recent street protests. i'm going to say for the last 2 weeks and but in the very uncertain. hope that the president should step down while the government supported thank you for the sustained follow. me wired economy he knew suffering that's the main reason rana so. the president has the genes because lately

we have. a soccer competition and a national team wasn't going to sing for 2 weeks so people were really watching soccer we're going to wait at the gold cup and then. that says that we have it as that against and the west in the case and comes here to push for the arrows of those situation actually meets floor in our far. so good position and make it more certainly for presidents to save our core a while but he really has demonstrated capacity that he has to change government and then truly to win the confidence again in this country when you talk about things being in bad shape the economy for example can you tell me exactly how bad. it is is it jobs loss busy which is one of the big problems because that is

something which you know the world over will always affect people and bring them out to protest if there aren't any jobs. yeah john lost us that's one thing actually and the 2nd is the inflation inflation just record high it's 18 percent i'm really the and he never had that i told us 11 years and we member that the last time was desirous of progress in 2008 so from that time and you have a very high very soon just like today and that aspect negatively the purchase power of the people of this family and also make it more difficult for the pieces for them is this just politics so you can birds because right now for people with no income and a lawsuit for it. actually there's 50 percent of the newel population.

crisis so very difficult and then plus there's a. record off budget deficit so the government is not available to him he goes up because of those $0.10 those rats those practiced and meanwhile the government has to spend money. to for whole for salary in all the expenses of the various because and by the time the sports team the national community. we have to wait for the employers there's no government to talk to them there's no budget so it's very difficult right now to new these days the start of this is why you have political social economy problems and that one for us to keep an eye on definitely at samael thank you so much for your time thank you for having me. now a photo of a drum father and his daughter brought the world's attention to the migration

crisis on america's southern border and as the u.s. clamps down on undocumented migrants at that mexican border desperate families are attempting a perilous swim across the rio grande river as manuel ruffler reports some of those attempting the crossing younger than 2 years old. on the banks of the leoben on the mexican 1st responders are searching for a missing person it's a joint operation between mexican authorities and u.s. customs and border patrol they're looking for a little girl about 3 years old the daughter of haitian migrants who crossed the river into the united states a few nights ago and. this morning in this case unfortunately we are looking for a girl between 2 and 3 years old it's best that we search down stream because she's the baby she could have been swept away easier than an adult we've also had cases where bodies are stuck deep in the water or in the surrounding brush. at a nearby camp for migrants we met 2 brothers from cuba they've been here for almost a month while their asylum cases are processed in the u.s.

they tell us it's quite common for migrants to get impatient and take to the river but we're not taking the satellite. there was one night we're 80 people cross to others across the river 20 or 30 at a time including children sometimes younger than 2 years old. the camp has become a temporary home to more than 300 asylum seekers most of them are from west africa haiti and cuba. but not of those from angola he's been at the camp for more than a month he plays music most days to pass the time. we are expecting to wait here 23 or 4 months because there are many people ahead of us on the asylum list. many of the people we spoke to at the camp like that america say they plan to wait as long as it takes to cross into the u.s. legally. but illegal crossings at the rio grande a. increase in recent months and so have drownings we're at

a municipal cemetery that us need us mexico where the bodies of migrants who died trying to cross into the united states are often brought in have these wooden crosses placed over their graves and this one here simply reads mail not identified pulled out of the rio approximately 300 meters from the black bridge in the neighborhood. there are several other graves of unknown migrants here behind the groundskeeper told us he buried 8 drowning victims just last week. back at the river looking just across the water in the u.s. soil authorities say they will continue the search operation for one week as per protocol we've been told however that at this stage now several days since a child went missing the odds of finding her alive are very good little i'm dizzy to be that us neda's mexico. now nigeria and the name of the latest nations to sign the african free trade deal at a summit in asia if you 4 of the $55.00 countries in africa are now part of this single market agreement eritrea the only one that hasn't signed up it didn't

participate in negotiations because of its conflict with ethiopia still hesitant as well the accord will remove 90 percent of trade tariffs tariffs between signatory states trading is set to start any year to give member states some time to prepare for it all i did tourists with more now from the african union summit in new jazz capital niamey. stepped up security in the heart of the capital underlining the growing concerns not only here in the sahara region of africa but in many other parts of the continent. from north to south east to west i mean the hurt of africa to government struggling to contain clashes and violent extremism. african leaders hope the new free trade deal is the answer to help reduce the poverty but help fueled this. experts say an african common market will come with

additional risks that as national organized crime criminals take advantage of this free movement you know to flow from one country to another and that is can just his or to perpetrate the yeah and if i missed opportunities so definitely going to be looking for the for the chink in the are you looking for the weak link if the countries do not have you know security at some countries risk becoming safe heaven for you know or terrorist or criminal are going to scream about the government say they're working to stop that from happening for cimatron some we have decided to escalate our security approach in dealing with these attacks and violence so that's africa union will come in and take charge. this way the cell region will be safer and all the flashpoints can be contained and the solved by africans themselves but the african continent of free trade agreement is expected to create the was the largest single market in the continent is home to one and

a quarter 1000000000 africans leaders hope that the free trade agreement will help create jobs as breaking a growth but it's not clear whether investors will be internal strife in many african countries and bring in the much needed capital to boost production of goods and services. african entrepreneurs say the agreement could be the answer to the continent's many problems and the truth is we do have change. to get a kind of returns on investment. so you're confident the investors will come and come to visit all we need to do. we develop policies that create jobs i live in poverty there are also fears that corruption and we can forcibly get some countries could model success of what's being billed as a historic free trade agreement but you crease al-jazeera may be share a little earlier maryam namazie spoke to the founder of the africa briefing

magazine jonathan. who is hopeful about the trade deal. the africa's political leadership who will have to summon that will that they had the 1st place to set up this trip body and implement it that's number one and about 2. they're trying to eradicate those pretty suspicions amount of selves because no one country could be an island we need to trade together so you you you leverage your comparative advantage in a production of a certain good right and then the other party to do to save so it would be like you know tara free exchange here and there so you to boost it to bush trade from a one africa street of countries so it's a presence in. 27. or save 3 to 5 percent and you're opening your pain on 6 percent so if we're able to push straight into

which is forecast to increase by about 15 to 25 percent in the medium term it will be good for the country it will spread the expertise. so some optimism there and supporters of the deal are really hoping it will create employment opportunities for millions of africans malcolm webb reports from kenya and what it may mean for farmers. what betty tibet grows here on her farming kenya ends up in more than a dozen african countries beings from these soya plants will make cooking oil. at it. no more a. so we decided to call sawyer because this is the 4. and then it is the main cast grow up for us. the oil from betty's beans is bottled at this food factory in the town of seeka as well as using locally produced oil its

owners sometimes import oil from neighboring countries as well but that's subject to trade tariffs and so it costs more the products made in this factory were also subject to trade tariffs in some of the african countries that they're exporting to the president of the new christian continental free trade agreement say that could soon change. nearly all of the member states of the african union have signed the agreement is due to take effect next year and progressively phase out 97 percent of tyrants. at the factory the director told us it'll create jobs and reduce costs if it's implemented there's going to be the single biggest market in the world where there will be free movement of goods and services big. projects like this look very good but they implemented has to be done with a united africa with united making united limitation. leaders promise free

trade the african union many still pursue protectionist policies at home selling manufactured products across africa's borders often isn't easy it's here at the port of mombasa that goods manufactured outside of africa are imported to the region. most african countries trade more with countries in europe and asia and with each other economists say that free trade agreement alone won't solve that and that they'll be resistance from a powerful few who make fast profits from the status quo the politicians have become beholden to these types of folks and i think you're breaking up much more than might appear at 1st glance here bringing in a system that's been there since independence the products from the food factory a truck to around the region that this kind of manufacturing and export happens less in africa than any other continent economist say free trade within the

continent would change that and create more jobs and income for people like betty but many feel it's still a long way off malcolm webb al-jazeera the kenya. a break on the news hour when we come back politicians and taliban representatives sit down for historic talks here in doha while on the ground the violence continues. up until a few years ago the streets for a constant source of water now it's just a trickle a report from the polish farmers adapt to the perils of climate change each and in sport the defending moto g.p. world championships double figures in germany and he will have that on the rest of the sport a little later. hello

again welcome back we're here cross united states we are seeing a lot of scattered showers across much of the central and eastern seaboard now it's going to happen over the next few days is still the heat is going to be on across much of the area and with that the afternoon the thunderstorms are really going to be popping up across much of washington down towards atlanta as well and here across the central plains of adela's we could be seeing the showers and the temperature there $35.00 degrees here on monday maybe going up to about $36.00 degrees by the time we get towards tuesday but notice up here towards the north it is going to be quite rainy a lot of active showers we could even see some accumulations anywhere across the dakotas as well as into southern canada well across much of the caribbean it has been quiet but what we are going to be watching here later on in the week is the possible development of a system here in the gulf of mexico it's going to be a 2nd system and it's going to be something probably not anything more than a tropical storm if it even makes it towards that but we will be keeping an eye just to the north as we go towards tuesday rain showers across parts of jamaica as well as heavy showers across much of the bahamas and then very quickly as you make

a way down here across parts of south america we're not going to see too much in terms of rain across parts of argentina it's really going to the clouds here and what is out is with the tempter there of about 12 degrees a cool day at rio de janeiro here and as we go towards tuesday the temps are comes up to $23.00. refugee problem is something which is a geopolitical issue that's for governments international institutions to manage and the one thing refugees don't have the right to more freely on the other goods and will freely as far and as much as they want it's a huge multinational colonialism this is a i'm not and over the democratic process these companies they just want the money europe's forbidden colony episode one on al-jazeera.

on the news on here at al-jazeera these are all top stories u.s. president although trump says iran will never produce a nuclear weapon a warning that comes after attack on announced it will soon breach the limits of enriched uranium and is allowed on the 2050 nuclear deal. greece's opposition

leader says he has a clear mandate to change the country after a sweeping victory in a snap election the win by. his center right new democracy policy means it will be able to rule on its own for the 1st time in 15 years and there's been more violence in hong kong as protesters faced off with riot police over a controversial extradition bill that's after a mass rally outside a train station which has services to and from mainland china. taliban find is in northern afghanistan a claiming responsibility for a truck bomb explosion which killed at least 14 security personnel close to $200.00 others were injured in that attack on an intelligence base and causing province all this happening on a day of groundbreaking talks here in qatar involving taliban and afghan government representatives. reports. so a lot of moderate tele band delegates sit across from afghan politicians ready to

talk peace for the 1st time everyone has come to doha in their personal not official capacity the 2 days of talks are pitched as an ice breaker hopefully leading to more formal negotiations between the taliban and afghan government every step that can be taken for the peace it's optimistic about that it is the happiest occasion of my life a person who waited for 41 years for this very day. i know that's not the end of it but i'm delighted to be when it begins a previous attempt in april to get them to talk failed mediators from karsan germany convinced both sides to try again i would like to express my gratitude to all afghan participants for agreeing to engage in a constructive dialogue with each other inspires and also because of all the suffering which the afghan people has endured and is still and during while the

taliban's political look for common ground and or ha its military wing designated a truck bomb in the central province of gosney for what they said they were targeting an afghan intelligence base they blame for targeting civilians even more than 10 people were killed nearly 200 civilians injured in the attack talking to the taliban here they say what happened in gaza and shows why door is so important and that the war will continue until a settlement is reached with the afghan and u.s. governments they added that if the afghan government is so concerned with civilian casualties that it should stop its military operations. negotiations to end the 18 year war started in earnest a year ago the 7th round of negotiations between the u.s. and the taliban also in doha have been put on hold while the afghan talks on how it . they say they are close to agreement on the withdrawal of foreign troops and the

policing of armed groups such as il qaeda in afghanistan the aim is now persuading the afghan government and the taliban to accept talks this is up on up on the process this is the afghan for them so off to the side to the future we are just helping them so we managed today to bring them we want them to stay by themselves to the side without any kind of influence from anybody there is hope that these groups can turn 2 days of talks into a unified future shallot ballasts. at least 5 people have died in russia's region in southern siberia in heavy flooding more than 1100 people have been moved from the affected areas due to a storm president vladimir putin visited the region on saturday and urged emergency teams to speed up their work. india's southern coastal city of china is facing an ongoing water crisis despite the arrival of the monsoon rains residents are being

forced to queue in the blistering heat for hours to fill plastic containers from emergency water tankers many of those supplies are provided by private companies china is india's 5th largest city with a population of around 10000000 people locals are blaming years of drought and government mismanagement of water resources for this current crisis the parents of an israeli ethiopian teenager shot and killed by an off duty policeman are calling for widespread police reforms solomon tackles death in the haifa last sunday provoked riots in other israeli cities and smith has this report now from the victim's family. these people are in law as jewish as anyone else who has the right to move to israel and claim citizenship but many of them will tell you that their skin color means they don't get equal treatment in this country. had solomon ticket been white his family and friends believe he would not have been shot dead by an off duty police officer during a confrontation in

a part of the load people have empathized and supported me but it's not going to help what will help is if the police in israel change and go in a new direction we need a new understanding from the roots all the way i. saw a man's death prompted nationwide demonstrations led by ethiopian israelis who say they have enjoyed decades of racism from the government and police. tens of thousands of ethiopians emigrated here in the eighty's and ninety's encouraged by successive governments 3 years ago a ministerial commission made a series of recommendations after widespread discrimination against ethiopian jews was exposed a coordination unit to prevent racism was set up but critics say what has been done on paper isn't being put into practice the police were supposed to well thought it comes to film every interaction. not there also supposed to be

stiffer penalties for violent police officers and a reduction in the use of tasers but there's no evidence of any of this. according to the justice ministry the police have not published yearly reports on how officers acted in a racist manner have been disciplined we don't want no one to hug us or say that they understand or our feelings feelings won't make me feel safe in the streets what made well will make me feel safe is police officers being indicted over killing young black people and it's not only young black men it's also. a. community we have the orthodox we have. and here they're suffering from police brutality this is an issue of civil rights. the police officer shot solomon is under house arrest solomon's name is 11 on the list of people who've been shot by the police in the last 5 years according to

official records no police officers have been charged over any of those deaths bernard smith al-jazeera haifa germany's deutsche bank is planning to cut $18000.00 jobs and expects a $3100000000.00 net loss in the 2nd quarter as a result of restructuring though it has been struggling for years with the decline of its investment arm and the failure to agree a merger with rival commerzbank only functioning airport in libya's capital tripoli has reopened ports had been closed following a series of missile strikes earlier on sunday 3 airline employees were injured in a plane on the tarmac was his as well the airport has repeatedly been targeted by forces loyal to the warlord khalifa haftar who began a campaign to take over the capital back in april pope francis has expressed sorrow for the migrants killed in an air strike on a detention center in libya on tuesday at least 53 people including 6 children were

killed when a camp near the capital was hit the tripoli based un recognized governments as have to and his forces are the ones responsible but they say they were targeting they were targeting a nearby weapon step or a sort of your brothers and sisters even if a few days have passed i invite you to pray for the poor defenseless people killed or wounded by the air attack that hit a detention center for migrants in libya the international community cannot tolerate such serious acts i pray for the victims may the god of peace welcome the dead and help the wounded i hope that the humanitarian corridors for the most needy migrants will be organized in an extended and concerted way. well dozens of migrants rescued off the coast of libya have disembarked an israeli response a government ban on rescue vessels docking there were allowed to come to shore only

after the charity that owns the ship declared an emergency sizing intolerable hygiene conditions or burden manly as more. thirsty and exhausted but safe they survived the dangerous journey across the mediterranean from north africa after the italian charity mediterranea rescued them from the stranded. but arriving on the island of lampedusa they were surrounded by police and ordered not to disembark the charity says they're lucky to be alive i think. more of those new ones in that he did die such a small digging does not even gets potted by the radar they were lucky they were able to one us shortly before we had met in the water and the rest of the ship wreck. the italian flag rescue boat the alex had run out of drinking water and was carrying 3 times as many people as it should for the boat's crew were denied

permission to dock by the italian government malta offered to take the vessel but the crew declared a state of emergency government so you can thank you brooke.