the ruling party suffered major losses in the european parliamentary election prime minister alexis tsipras says he'll call the elections

the ruling party there are suffered major losses in the european parliament vote prime minister alexis tsipras says he will request the early dissolution of parliament after local elections on june the 2nd and austria's chancellor sébastien curt's has lost a vote of no confidence opposition parties joined forces to remove him from office over a corruption scandal that brought down his right wing government. moving on to other news now and donald trump says the united states is not looking for regime change in iran the u.s. president made the comments during his 4 day trip to japan when he reports 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. was seen as a symbol of the strong relations between the 2 countries after a bilateral meeting. with japan's prime minister shinzo abir attention turned from an ally to a foe with the u.s. president saying he's not seeking regime change in iran and i'm not looking that hurt iran i'm looking to have iran say no nuclear weapons

prime minister alexis tsipras probably stung by the austerity policies. to refer over north macedonia. measurement button right after the second round of the local government elections on june the second. i will request immediate national elections from the president of the republic. going to blow this yes the greek people will be the o only ones taking the final decision. without notice to give us. and i see see press the snap elections are called in greece as a result of the yep poor performance of his party. in the european elections. moving on the chancellor of austria lost a vote of confidence about dean kutz becomes latest victim of the fallout over the video scandal when his vice-chanancellor's caught on tape offering favor to russians. courts had hoped to use your penalties as a springboardd back to a morore. politically safe place iss not presidining over a a cat take administstration pending nationl actions. i axed off to just eighteen months the best team because was europe's youngest lida now he's among its shortest serving. to a beaming talki

the greek prime minister alexis tsipras called for an early general election after his conservative rivaly one. perhaps the biggest winner among the nationalist parties was in italy where deputy prime minister matteo salvini's far—right league is expected to beat the democratic party into second. he wa nts to the democratic party into second. he wants to force a new alliance of right wing nationalists across europe. in the uk, it was a vote that wasn't meant to take place for a parliament the british public has already voted to leave in 2016 and there's still the small chance elected meps might not even take up their seats onjuly elected meps might not even take up their seats on july the second elected meps might not even take up their seats onjuly the second if britain leaves by then. a big win for the brexit party, yeah, which i'm pleased about. nigel farage and his newlyformed brexit party is set to win ahead of the pros remain liberal democrats. the big story is how the two dominant parties, the conservatives and labour, saw their share of the vote capitulate. between them they could

the ruling party there suffered some big losses in the european parliament vote prime minister alexis tsipras saying he will now request the early dissolution of parliament after the regional elections on june the 2nd his left wing cities a party which has been in power for 4 years now lost to the conservative new democracy party he's asked voters for a new mandate to leave let's get more on this now from john some uplift who is in the greek capital force so. how do we explain these results jane in greece why did this happen. where largely because of overtaxation during the last 4 years of the austerity period which started in 2010 when greece started pouring emergency loans from its euro zone partners because it couldn't afford to borrow from markets around the world and that was the period of political readjustment but half of that has been spent under serious which had promised to endorse and stop these harsh policies of taxing greek workers more heavily and cutting pensions yet that is precisely what they did the priest taxes and they cut pensions further and you can see the results of th

are entry elections prime minister alexis tsipras and his left wing syriza party lost out to the conservative new democracy party and donald trump says he is not seeking regime change in iran on the 3rd day of his visit to japan the u.s. president reiterated his willingness to have talks with be a union leaders and make a deal on nuclear weapons it's. another news dozens of passengers are missing or feared drowned after a crowded boll boat sank in a lake my don't be in the democratic republic of congo at least 30 people died around $183.00 survived the disaster on saturday night is sought the boat was ferrying around $350.00 fast and just some were teachers charging to collect their salaries let's bring in markham weigh in kampala uganda for the latest malcolm what more are we hearing about the circumstances of this accident bodies. dozens more there now. the boat actually sank very unlikely that. we pulled from the water alive it's more likely to be a question of where the bodies of the of the missing will be found the rescue efforts have been fairly minimal from what we've been told they we

after the ruling party suffered major losses in the european parliamentary vote prime minister alexis tsipras said his left wing syriza party lost out to the conservative new democracy party observers say voters punish series after failing to keep promises to end austerity in other news donald trump says he's not seeking regime change in iran on the 3rd day of his visit to japan the u.s. president reiterated his willingness to have talks with the iranian leaders and do a deal on nuclear weapons. and i'm not look at the hurt the rounded off 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 a room again i think iran has tremendous economic potential and i look forward to letting them get back to the stage with a can show that i think iran i know so many people from iran these are great people it has it is to be a great country with the same leadership we're not looking for regime change i just want to make that clear dozens of passengers are missing feared drowned after

elections after the ruling party suffered major losses in the european parliament vote prime minister alexis tsipras is sid it's a party lost out to the conservative new democracy party he's asked voters for a new mandate to lead. and iraq has spoken out against how the u.s. is treated its neighbor iran in their escalating crisis but the iraqi foreign minister mohammed al hakim told his iranian counterpart iraq is willing to mediate. u.s. president donald trump has become the 1st foreign leader to meet japan's new emperor another heated. president trump is also vital to a state banquet at the palace in need but later the focus will mainly be on trade when he holds talks with prime minister shinzo of a. algeria's new state prosecutor is pursuing corruption charges against a dozen high ranking figures from the government of former president deliver these beautiful they include former prime ministers. are made as well as 5 former cabinet ministers but let's go back to world stateless in lebanon. the a tribe was once nomadic and move seasonally between syria and lebanon. everyone knew one another even i

or greek prime minister alexis tsipras called early elections stung by a heavy defeat for his party in the european vote they finished well behind the center in new democratic party suppress has been damaged by austerity policies and an unpopular name deal with neighboring north macedonia john psaropoulos has more from athens. the clear win for conservative new democracy a distance of 5 points from the ruling cities is due to many factors but mostly the economy sees a had promised to take greece out of austerity policies half way through this 8 year period of austerity and recession that greece is now just emerging from and did not do so back in 2058 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 before percent growth in the next 3 or 4 years and that is more than double the current rates of growth promi

after the ruling party suffered major losses in the european parliamentary vote prime minister alexis tsipras says sid it's a party lost out to the conservative new democracy party he's asked voters for a new mandate to lead now iraq is very clear out against how the u.s. is treated its neighbor iran in their escalating crisis but the iraqi foreign minister told his iranian counterpart that iraq is willing to mediate. and president charles become the 1st foreign leader to meet japan's new emperor a narrow heater later the focus will be on trade when he holds talks with prime minister shinzo rb so far has given mixed messages about trade negotiations 1st saying great progress is being made and then later hinting that nothing will happen until japan's elections in july. algeria's new state prosecutor is pursuing corruption charges against a dozen high ranking figures from the government of former president abdelaziz bouteflika they include former prime minister's abol abol malik salil as well as our maid as well as 5 former cabinet ministers all right up to date inside story is coming up next.

coalition with one or other of the parties is just voted him out and the greek prime minister alexis tsipras has called a snap general election after resigning defeat in the european parliament his left wing party ended well behind the center right new democracy party so a person has been damaged by his failure to end austerity policies and the unpopular name change deal with neighboring north macedonia. the rest of the day's news is still ahead right here on al-jazeera and why it's getting tougher to earn a u.s. citizenship in the armed forces. i'm a blessing in benny and i'll be reporting on this country's efforts to get that precious stone artifacts taken in the colonial era. will find the weather already heating up over the next couple of days across much of the middle east a little bit of cloud just skirting through iran could catch one or 2 showers particular program the caspian towards just linking its way down into the heart of the country there's a hot air coming in behind 42 celsius for baghdad well the more pleasant 27th the beirut summit attempts at the fortress the mystic i want

elections after the ruling party suffered major losses in the european parliament vote by mr alexis tsipras says he will request the early dissolution of parliament his left wing syriza party lost to the conservative new democracy he's asked voters for a new mandate to lead. the european elections have given a boost to austria's chancellor sebastian courts after a corruption scandal brought down his coalition government his people's party want to run 34 percent of the vote losing just one seat of curt's is facing a no confidence vote in parliament later on monday adonal chance says he's not seeking regime change in iran on the 3rd day of his visit to japan the u.s. president reiterated his willingness for talks with iranian leaders and to make a deal on nuclear weapons and i'm not look at the hurt around it 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 we'll make a deal i think iran again i think iran has tremendous economic potential and i look forward to letting them get back to th

the greek prime minister alexis tsipras has called a snap general election after resigning defeat in the european parliament his left wing party ended well behind the center right new democracy party so a person has been damaged by his failure to end austerity policies and the unpopular name change deal with neighboring north macedonia the rest of the day's news is still ahead right here on al-jazeera and why it's getting tougher to earn u.s. citizenship in the armed forces. i'm up watching in and i'll be reporting on this country's efforts to get that precious stolen artifacts taken in the colonial era.

the ruling party suffered major losses in the european parliamentary election prime minister alexis tsipras says he'll call the elections after june the 2nd his left this party which stormed onto the greek political scene 6 years ago on an anthill sanity platform lost out to the conservative new democracy party he's asked voters for a new mandate to lead. a measurement right deb a 2nd round of local government election on june 2nd i will request needed declaration of national elections from the president of the public so adam and the greek people of the only ones to make the final decision. away from europe now and iraq has spoken out against the u.s. treatment of iran in the escalating crisis between the 2 countries but the iraqi foreign minister also told his iranian counterpart that he is willing to mediate but matheson reports on iraq's that likud position. if mohammed jever jellyfish came to baghdad to clarify where iraq stands in the ongoing tension between the u.s. and iran iraq's foreign minister seems to have given him an answer. against the unilateral measures taken by the us we a

, be assured that a vote for the national rally is a vote for france the greek prime minister alexis tsiprasarly general election after his conservative rival new democracy party easily won. perhaps the biggest winner amongst the nationalist parties, though, was in italy, where deputy prime minister matteo salvini's far—right league is projected to beat the democratic party into second. he wants to force a new alliance of right—wing nationalists across europe. in the uk, it was a vote that wasn't supposed to take place for a parliament the british public have already voted to leave in 2016. and there's still the small chance that elected meps may not even take up their seats onjuly the 2nd if britain leaves by then. a big win for the brexit party, yeah, which i'm pleased about. nigel farage and his newlyformed brexit party is set to win ahead of the pro—remain liberal democrats. though the big story is how the two dominant parties — the conservatives and labour — saw their share of the vote capitulate. between them, they couldn't even secure a quarter of all votes. there'll be hardly any tim

populous parties making some gains interesting developments in greece where the prime minister alexis tsipras has called a snap election after his party suffered a heavy defeat in the european parliamentary elections now early results there show that his party. is trailing the opposition new democracy party now they're trailing by about 9.6 prizes popularity is fall'n jews are recent controversial a name change agreement signed with north macedonia his term had been due to expire in october but a vote is now expected to be held in june so that's the state of play there in greece that said to john psaropoulos who is in athens for us what's been the reaction there in the greek capital. well the reaction has been very rapid the opposition leader who is now in the ascendant. very quickly after about the 1st 20 percent of the results were in called for the prime minister to resign he said greece needs a new a fresh mandate a strong new government to face the challenges ahead both in the economy but also with respect to its geopolitical position the reference to neighboring turkey and the problems

the ruling party suffered major losses in the european parliamentary elections prime minister alexis tsipras says he will request the any dissolution. of parliament after the regional elections on june the 2nd his left wing syriza party which has been in power for 4 years lost to the conservative new democracy party has asked voters for a new mandates to johnson has more from athens. the clear win for conservative new democracy a distance of 5 points from the ruling cities is due to many factors but mostly the economy i had promised to take greece out of austerity policies half way 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 that 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 m

he suffered major losses in the european parliament vote prime minister alexis tsipras says he will requestthe early dissolution of parliament after local elections on june 2nd. austria's chancellor sebastian kurtz is facing a no confidence motion in parliament that could see him removed from office he is expected to lose that vote despite a strong showing by his party in the european elections. donald trump says the united states is not looking for regime change in iran the u.s. president making the remarks in japan where he met prime minister shinzo abyei when a has more from tokyo. with a handshake donald trump received a historic owner in the imperial palace in tokyo the u.s. president became the 1st foreign leader to meet japan's new emperor now though 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 foe with the u.s. president saying he's not seeking regime change in iran and i'm not looking to hurt around it or i'm looking to have iran say n

after the ruling party suffered major losses in the european parliament votes prime minister alexis tsipras says he will call the elections after june 2nd his leftist syriza party which stormed into the greek political scene 6 years ago on an anti austerity platform lost out to the conservative new democracy party. right the 2nd round of local government election on june 2nd i would request new declination of national elections from the president to the public so adam and the greek people who do want to be defined. and catalan separatists are vowing to continue their push for independence after 3 of them won seats in the european parliament this includes former regional president charles. oreos and querulous but they'll face legal hurdles pushed more lives in self-imposed exile in belgium and can take up his new role without returning to spain where he faces jail and is already behind bars on rebellion charges over an independence referendum in 2017 which madrid declared illegal. well accusations of corruption were rampant in argentina when christina cutts now was in power since then judici

center in the lection in greece prime minister alexis tsipras has been forced to call for snap elections after his left wing syriza party lost to the conservative new democrats will have more on that in athens in just a moment and its deputy prime minister material salvini secured the largest win for the far right his lead party became the biggest in the country and rome is where we begin our coverage of some of been job it is there for is so the far right did better than expected in italy osama what is behind it. well we've seen that they've gained about 33 percent of the vote which is up quite to quite significantly from the 6 percent that they got in 24 years they have been riding on this wave of an anti immigrant sentiment with a declining economy and people being fed up with the traditional faces that they've been seen in politics here in italy we've also seen that in a year his coalition partner the 5 star movement has dropped down significantly as well from its popularity and it's gotten somewhere close to about 20 percent of the water official results are yet to be announced but

maria has often watched this video that shows the reason leader alexis tsipras insurance when he 13 we cut to rena glazier at a rally in the town of your recess. we will not abandon you in your legitimate struggle against armed police and oppression the next time i come to this town we will have doubled our share of the vote we will form the next government and we will guarantee social justice and environmental protection. because. you're going to do it to police came there to take advantage of the situation to exploit their movement for political gains where they were saying was that we get elected on the 25th of january 2015 and on the 26th they are gone and the other is gone. not only did this not happen but during the years of the sears a government an entire plant was built that's called hears. $1800.00 hectares of forest were wiped out. in the years of legal wrangling of his eldorado stock price hard a drop to a 5 year low of about 60 u.s. cents a share and lay $28.00 in other words recovered somewhat recently. here's a map of the color. the region resembles 103 fingers. the sate

elections as soon as possible and shortly thereafter that is in fact what happened the prime minister alexis tsipras said in public but even though the result secures the cities as places the protagonist of the political contest that results he says is not up to par with our expectations i will not ignore this result and he says he will call a general election as soon as the 2nd round of local elections is concluded next week and that displeasure expressed by the prime minister i think is a reference to measures that he had recently announced they were they were tax handouts affectively whereby food and restroom sales tax would have fallen to half of what it is today to 13 percent. taxes on. other goods were to fall for the down the road at the end of the year if caesar were reelected he said he and he reinstituted installment scheme for people who are in tax a really has and that was a very popular measure back in 2015 when sousa 1st came into power unable to people to come up or up to date with taxes again and he also paid out a 13th bonus pension to do and a half 1000000 pensioners all of those m

le pen has done well in france and ahead of snap elections called in greece after the party of alexis tsipras performed poorly. let's get reaction with all of this. this is a professor from sydney. through, whatran is the most standout news of the end of the evening? >> we expect brexit to do well. i think we are concerned of the far right in france and italy, anti-e.u. forces. it is not a uniform picture. where the far right did well in the national election have fallen away to something like 6%. in holland it has fallen away. in germany no advance by the far right. very much an election where national concerns dominate. there is an overarching european story here. the president is very fragmented and difficult to do business with. paul: the greens turned in a good result but look at the turnout, 51%, it is the highest in 20 years. >> citizens are agitated about things, could be the climate or immigration. it is striking. we are used to elections being a .ow end some constituencies in the u.k. went under 10%. it is anxiety and also they want change. they don't want the same old center left a

a very immediate example of how european results can affect domestic politics last night when alexis tsiprasty won last night's vote with a record 3a.9%. and this tweet from analyst franz—stefan gady makes a point that's been picked up by others. "my prediction: #kurz will be back in office by the end of october/november with an even larger share of the electorate. he definitely will be back. certainly has confidence at the moment is rooted in these european election results. bethany bell is the bbc‘s correspondent in vienna. here she is on what will happen next. everything is now up to austria's head of state. he will have two in the next few days a another ca reta ker the next few days a another caretaker government. we've heard calls from the opposition, from the social democrats in particular, saying that the whole caretaker government should be technocrats, and people have speculated that it might be former presidents, people who can take an expert government who can take an expert government who can take an expert government who can hold the fort until the new elections can take place,

alexis tsipras wasn't going to negotiate or make major demand and in the end he caved, or obama's onmacare. is it possible a hard court brexiteer likely takes over the u.k., itip in the would be the same situation? once you are responsible, suddenly not so easy to say we are ready. heather: that is true. when a politician is in charge they have to face facts and reality. will goprime minister to brussels and think because he or she will play greater hardball, the e.u. will cave. they will not. then the new leader has to come back and give the same tune theresa may has given or make a toision to say i am going walk, this is how we get ourselves untangled from the e.u. we don't know. the other variable is you could see where a no deal scenario brings about half of the party that will seek a no-confidence vote in the new prime minister and we could be going toward a general election which sends more chaos into the work. this will be interesting to watch. romaine: we will be watching you. that is heather connolly. coming up we will hear from the chinese ambassador to the u.s., his though

like podemos in spain, dylan her in germany and suurez, not had a good time in greece, because alexis tsipraseen party is in a number of different states. ben hadad, director of the future initiative at the atlantic council in washington, dc. you have worked with emmanuel macron's homage party, mr macron has talked about a renaissance in europe, you think the way the vote went in france adds up to that? tonight is clearly a victory for the national front. its not the first time that marine le pen's movement tops the european election. it happened last time, she had a slightly lower score than last time. it's also a strong showing for emmanuel macron, who is, you know, the ruling party leader in france stopping these elections are normally a punishment for the party in power. the most tragic aspect is it confirms the analysis in france that the traditional right left divide has been replaced by a division shaped by european issues tween the far—right national front and the progressive limb liberals of homage stop either to incumbent parties that have governed france forfor the parties that hav