mark lowen reports from athens. it looks like a changing of the guard in greece.victory for the centre—right new democracy. if confirmed, its leader kyriakos mitsotakis would have an outright majority, crushing the governing syriza party and ousting alexis tsipras. the rhetoric has been relentlessly anti—european and misleading in many ways. so i'm very happy. this is a victory for pro—european political forces. this country doesn't need celebrations for a party that wins an election. this country needs jobs. this country needs investments. four years ago, new democracy was seen as the corrupt old guard here, swept from power by the leftist populism of alexis tsipras. but as he broke promises to end austerity, greece, it seems, has swung back to the political mainstream, punishing those who vowed to stand up to europe but failed. alexis tsipras supporters expected the worst. he lost many after his humiliating u—turn in 2015 when he pledged to rip up the bailout and budget cuts but instead accepted a third rescue programme in return for more austerity confirming th

mark lowen, bbc news, athens.eign office has begun an investigation into who leaked e—mails from britain's ambassador to washington which described the trump administration as being inept and uniquely dysfunctional. president trump has since reacted, saying the ambassador hasn't served the uk well. in the memos obtained by the mail on sunday, sir kim darroch says, despite his shortcomings, president trump shouldn't be written off. donald trump said the memo hasn't served the uk well. andy moore reports. during last month's visit to the uk, mrand mrs trump during last month's visit to the uk, mr and mrs trump met prince charles and the duchess of cornwall. the president also spotted another face he recognised, the uk's ambassador to washington. hi again. it is going well. now, it is not pleasantries, but putdowns that are being exchanged. the president could only just be heard above the sound of a helicopter engine. the ambassador has not served the uk well, i can tell you that. the publication of comments made by

mark lowen, bbc news, athens.gn office has begun an investigation into who leaked e—mails from britain's ambassador to washington which described the trump administration as being inept and uniquely dysfunctional. president trump has since reacted, saying the ambassador hasn't served the uk well. in the memos obtained by the mail on sunday, sir kim darroch says, despite his shortcomings, president trump shouldn't be written off. here is our washington correspondent nick bryant. "inept, insecure, incompetent. " in secret e—mails obtained by the mail on sunday, britain's top diplomat in washington, sir kim darroch, used the most undiplomatic of language to describe the chaos of the trump white house and the personality flaws of the president himself. he spoke of donald trump radiating insecurity, and delivered a withering assessment of an administration that was uniquely dysfunctional. in one of the messages, sir kim wrote: on his recent state visit to britain, donald trump had been dazzled by the queen, but sir kim

mark lowen in athens.ce with childcare. the government says it wants to support businesses to deliver more family friendly policies. there are particular challenges for people who are freelance, or work for small companies. but there are some signs things are changing, as dougal shaw reports. this looks like a fairly typical office for a trendy london tech start—up, but there's something a bit different about it. working adults here share the space with children, though it also has some quieter, more traditional office areas, parents here are encouraged to be with their children while working. it's seen as perfectly normal. the boss of this small company provides a childminder during school holidays to look after children on site. we would see a more productive britain if more people didn't have to lose half a day because of travelling. i just thought what would i have wanted when i was a new working mother. i was astounded at the lack of childcare in the workplace. what she is offering is part of a wider

mark lowen in athens, thank you. here's hugh ferris. the last action of the first week of wimbledon may well have been the most popular as the tournament has its traditinal rest day on the middle sunday. it's not often that mixed doubles provides the highlight but andy murray and serena williams played and won together for the very first time, putting on a show on centre court in prime time. natalie pirks rounds up a busy day at the all england club. time flies when you're having fun. and when the partnership dubbed "serandy" finally got on centre court... applause. ..it was guaranteed box office. the smiles kept coming as the partnership began to flourish, though it wasn't always faultless. commentator: serena, get up! laughter. with the first set in the bag, they turned on the style to make murray's first return to centre court in two years a successful one. after he lost his men's double match earlier, this pair were feeling the love. who's the boss in this pairing? well, we're a team. there's no "i" in team. we w

mark lowen live in athens, thank you.ts world wide are to be cut. the bank employs thousands of people in the city of london, and our business correspondent katy austin is there for us tonight. any idea where these cuts are coming? on a fairly long list of long term problems the german bank had been facing were a falling share price and money—laundering scandals. it had been widely expected to cut back its underperforming investment operations and to date has announced a radical reshaping plan which will see it significantly reduce its investment banking arm, stopping many of its share trading operations. along the way, 18,000 jobs will go as a result globally. that will be by 2022. it hasn't pinpointed exactly where in the world the axe will fall, but deutsche bank employs 8000 people nearly across the uk and due to the nature and activities it has in the city of london, people are expecting london to take a fairly heavy hit from those job losses. not all a nalysts from those job losses. not all analysts expect this move

our correspondent, mark lowen reports from athens.rd — greece's centre right new democracy cheering its new era, winning an outright majority and ousting alexis tsipras. its leader has refreshed a party once seen as the corrupt establishment. and, as the popular, left—wing tsipras broke promises to end austerity, greece has returned to the political mainstream. well, first of all, i ask for a strong mandate to change the country and the greek people delivered and i'm very grateful for the result. we won an outright majority, which was our main target. alexis tsipras was putting on a brave face as he voted earlier, but it was almost a euology — he lost many supporters after his humiliating u—turn from 2015, when he pledged to rip up the bailout and budget cuts, but instead accepted a third rescue programme in return for more austerity, becoming the brussels establishment he had fought against. the rhetoric has been relentlessly anti—european and misleading in many ways. so, i'm very happy, this is a victory for pro—european political f

the bbc‘s mark lowen is in istanbul — he explains why the stakes are high for turkey.his s—400 missile defence system. it could forfeit participation in the f 35 programme, the programme to deliver turkey f 35 fighter jets programme, the programme to deliver turkey f 35 fighterjets which were meant to be rolled out to turkey over the next decade, because the us is as the s—400 russian system could compromise the safety of the f 35s. secondly an application for turkish companies that were working on developing that f 35 fighterjets, they would potentially lose those contracts now, so turkey could rest a complete expulsion from the f 35 programme. and thirdly, there could be economic sanctions that could now be economic sanctions that could now be imposed on turkey from the us, given that ankara is engaging in defence deals with russia which is nato's archrival of course, and turkey is the second largest army in nato. these warnings were repeatedly given to turkey before turkey took delivery, and yet president added one decided to dig its heels in, and the deal was done

from athens, mark lowen reports.ons that used to be held here at the ancient agoura to the divisions of today. the election is between the leftist, who says he has led greece out of the financial crisis to the centre—right new democracy whose leader has promised a new era of the critics say his party is partly to blame progresses age—old problems. it will read to the ballot box and beyond. we brought together voters from across the political divide here, how is a financial crisis affected all of you? because of the low salaries, many of my friends from my own experience have left the country. this is why we need investment, we need taxation cuts as the leader of new democracy mentioned and we need to move on, to do something that will have an impact. my mother as a teacher so all the measures affected the public sector, employees, immediately. the family income was reduced at 50%. your party came to power saying that this was going to end. that the european policy would be changed. and they didn't manage to do that.

from athens, mark lowen reports. a eulogy for his end.s arriving to vote, knowing his time in office is wilting. greece's prime minister, forced into a snap could sweep him from power after the populist, left—wing tide had brought him in four years ago. he put on a brave face, calling it a crucial battle that we fight with optimism and determination until the last minute, so the sacrifices of the people don't get lost. but his opponent is smiling. kyriakos mitsotakis of the centre—right new democracy far ahead in the polls and pledging a new era as greece emerges from its bailouts. he's promised morejobs, privatisation and tax cuts, taking the country back to the political mainstream after its populist experiment. translation: today, greeks take the fate of the country into their hands and i am sure that tomorrow a better day will dawn for the country. with the worst recession in greece's modern history, its economy shrank by a quarter. pensions and salaries down by 40% as cuts bit deep. alexis tsipras pledged to tear up the bailout and e

live to our correspondent mark lowen in athens.. he had to make a u—turn on everything he promised that swept into power in 2015. he came to power ona into power in 2015. he came to power on a wave of populist anti—austerity feeling promised to end all those biting austerity measures that have led to a 40% measure cut measured in pensions and salaries. he was forced into a humiliating climb—down. gris‘s credit in europe forced him to a cce pt gris‘s credit in europe forced him to accept all the things he had promised which is why he has lost a huge proportion of his original support base and he is facing the prospect of being swept from power by kyriakos mitsotakis‘s party, a huge political dynasty. his own father was prime minister and his sister was foreign minister, his nephew was the mayor of athens. it is allowing a glimmer of hope to shine once again. how keen are voters to go to the polls yet again? well, i think they are looking at the fact that alexis tsipras has remained in powerforfour years, the longest serving minister

as mark lowen reports from athens, mr tsipras's leftist syriza party seems to to have paid the pricegreece's centre—right new democracy cheering its new era, winning an outright majority and ousting alexis tsipras. its leader has refreshed a party once seen as the corrupt establishment. and, as the populist, left—wing tsipras broke promises to end austerity, greece has returned to the political mainstream. well, first of all, i asked for a strong mandate to change the country, and the greek people delivered. i'm very, very grateful for the result. we won an outright majority, which was our main target. alexis tsipras put on a brave face as he voted earlier, but it was almost a eulogy. he lost many supporters after his humiliating u—turn from 2015, when he pledged to rip up the bailout and budget cuts, but instead accepted a third rescue programme, in return for more austerity, becoming the brussels establishment he had fought against. the rhetoric has been relentlessly anti—european, and misleading in many ways. so i'm very, very happy. this is a victory for pro—european political fo

mark lowen is in athens now. what does this mean for greece, mark? alexis tsipras to power in 2015 has turned, and the more establishment centre—right new democracy has returned to power. kyriakos mitsotakis has been sworn in and has the keys to this place, the official prime ministerial residence, and he has won an outright majority. he has ousted alexis tsipras, who was elected in 2015 with promises to tearup elected in 2015 with promises to tear up the bailout and end greece's biting austerity measures but was forced to row back in a humiliating u—turn after pressure from the eu, perhaps a warning for britain, now standing up to brussels. as for kyriakos mitsotakis, 51, harvard educated, he has been careful not to promise too much. he wants some tax cuts and a brighter future for a country whose economy has shrunk by a quarter, and 250,000 greeks have left here in the brain drain. the response, rather muted, possibly because of the weather, almost a0 degrees. most greeks are at the beach enjoying the thing that never changes here, the glorious ath

earlier i spoke to our turkey correspondent mark lowen.president erdogan was absolutely clear that they would stick to the plan on this one and that they bought for 2.5 billion dollars, a s—400 missile defence shield. and the first parts of which have been arriving in ankara. president erdogan has said turkey has the right to choose its own defence capabilities. that it faces numerous threats from across the border in syria. you will remember the attempted coup in 2016 when parliament and the presidency were bombed. the problem for nato is that russian military equipment here would potentially compromise nato's own equipment. we have had a statement by nato saying we are concerned about the potential consequences of turkey's decision to acquire the s—400 system into operability of our armed forces. it is fundamental to nato for the conduct of our operations and missions. on top of that the us has warned it will be expelled from a programme. on top of that, the us have threatened to turkey that it will be expelled from a programme to sell a

our reporter mark lowen is in athens. how much of a change this increase?wung back away from its populist experiment back to the establishment mainstream. kyriakos mitsotakis leads new democracy which was long seen as the corrupt old guard but laid the groundwork for taking greece into the crisis in the first place. he has managed to revitalise the party and is representing himself as a new face. he isn't overpromising. his promising modest tax cuts, some privatisation and morejob creation to tax cuts, some privatisation and more job creation to try to lead greece out of the financial crisis and towards a brighter future. to some extent, countries that are flirting with populism elsewhere in the world, whether they be britain, the world, whether they be britain, the us, or they might look at what happened in greece with a populist tide swinging back to the mainstream and they might see the pendulum finally does perhaps return to the establishment. thank you. the law in britain, which allows young people aged 16 and 17 to get married as long as they have par

mark lowen has more from athens. it means apolitical about turn for this country. has the keys to the official residence. he has won an outright majority. he has ousted alexis tsipras who was elected in 2015 with promises to tear up the bailout and end grease‘s biting austerity measures, but was forced to row back in a humiliating u—turn after pressure from the eu, perhaps after pressure from the eu, perhaps a warning for another country, britain, trying to stand up to brussels. as for kyriakos mitsotakis, 51 years old, harvard educated, he has been careful not to promise too much. you want some tax cuts on a brighter future for an economy whose economy has shrunk by a quarter, and half a million greeks have left here during a brain drain. the reaction was rather muted, perhaps because of the weather, at 40 degrees, most greeks are at the beach enjoying the thing that never changes here, the glorious athenian son. following the success of ‘pride‘ in london on saturday, thousands of people in the capital continued the celebrations at ‘uk black pride‘ yesterday. it‘s