greece has approved the 1st oil and gas exploration around the island of crete prime minister alexis tsipras said it would open a new road to economic prosperity exxon mobil in total have an 8 year license to search for hydrocarbons in a consortium with head on a patrol. and as far as i can trust to clear the air over its emissions scandal the german automaker has launched an all electric car sharing fleet here in berlin 1500 vehicles are now for hire they join a crowded field of competitors in a so far mostly unprofitable business just recently and b.m.w. service is announced to join forces. now it's the latest trend to hit the streets in many big cities around the world electric rental scooters are everywhere right now but critics say they are neither economically viable nor environmentally sustainable. a 2 wheeler billed for 2 even though doubling up on an electric kick scooter is actually illegal in germany you can now find these vehicles for rent on nearly every corner in the heart of berlin and this summer people are scootering through the streets and parks of the german capital where

stocks in greece climbing this morning after the prime minister, alexis tsipras, called for a snap electionollowing a crushing defeat in the polls. we have also seen that 10-year yield in greece hit a record low. why are markets are reacting like this? >> basically because, while polls had shown from a few months ago until just before that tsipras was set to lose the election, we did not expect that loss to be as big as it was. the 10% difference with the main opposition party was where the loss was seen at the beginning of the campaign. it gradually was reduced and reduced to around between 3% and 5%, so the loss was bigger than expected, and markets welcome that because they feel that it will be hard now for tsipras to make up that lost ground in terms of the national election. >> german chancellor angela merkel has concluded her well laid secession plan is unraveling. her designated successor, the person she thought would lead the party after her, seems to have other notions about that. ask plaintiff that what is going -- explain what is going on. >> her successor, annegret kramp-karrenb

. >> stocks in greece climbing this morning after prime minister alexis tsipras called for a snap electionwing a crushing defeat in the polls. we have also seen that 10-year yield in greece hit a record low. why are markets are reacting -- why are markets reacting like this? >> basically because, whilst polls had shown, from a few months ago until just before election, that tsipras was set to lose the election, we did not expect that loss to be as big as it was. in fact, the 10 percentage difference with the main point opposition party was where the loss was seen at the beginning of the campaign. it gradually was reduced and reduced to around between 3% and 5%, so the loss was bigger than expected, and markets have very much welcomed that, because they feel that it will be hard now for tsipras to make up that lost ground in terms of the national election. with the result that the leader of the new democracy party will be then you prime minister. vonnie: german chancellor angela merkel has concluded her well laid secession plan is are --succession plans well-laid succession plans are unrave