a staff photo was called after syriza lost its parliamentary majority in august. the party of the leader alexis tsipras plummeted. , after syriza had promised to oafoppose austerity measures. let's go live to greece's second national city, thessaloniki. hoda abdel hamid is there. >> even just two months ago when the greeks went to vote in the referendum they voted no to a third bailout program. they said it was about greece's dignity and then when the prime minister had to accept that bailout, then that dignity was scorned. so now they're coming back to the ballot. lots of people i spoke to said we don't know who we're going to vote, doesn't really matter, even that different ie image tht alexis tsipras was giving, is he really different from the old establishment? when you look at the old opinion polls they put a new democracy not very far behind the syriza party of alexis tsipras, sometimes the margin twi betweee two is less than 1%. that will show you how split and how confused greeks are considering all what they've been through since the beginning of the case

to persuade the majority of syriza by the error of its approach. syriza went there it tried it came up against reality of the european union. and in the end it was subjected to blackmail because that's the nature of the monetary union. the powers there. it was subjected to blackmail and it surrendered completely. >> reporter: many greeks agree but only a trickle of many still sympathize with the man whose feelings of his own achievements are as mixed as theirs. tsipras appears to be full of convictions. says he was forced into it, he disagrees with austerity but promises to implement it. some people feel he made a sincere effort to negotiate a deal against impossible odds. no one is yet sure who or what will save greece. john siropolous, al jazeera, athens. >> after a volum volcano, mounto spewed out rock and ash this morning. anyone within two kilometers of the mountain is at risk. >>> there are likely to be more arrests in the corruption scandal surrounding fifa, football's world governing body. loretta lynch anticipates pursuing further against

the bailout involved economic reforms which syriza promised to oppose. he angered members of the party by signing the deal after a referendum in which more than 60% of voters rejected austerity measures. and now the new democracy party poses the greatest challenge to syriza. let's take you live to grease. al jazeera's hoda abdel-hamid is outside a polling station there. hoda abdel-hamid, nine months after they were last asked to vote for a government. how did people feel about the election? > well, they are tired and exhausted about the economic turmoil. a couple of months ago they were in the same police. there were many voting in the everyoned um. it is six -- referendum. it is six hours before the polling stations close down. i was inside the school, and the ballot boxes looked empty. as you recall in july. things were difficult for the greeks, in the sense that there was capital control that exists, but the banks were closed. there was conversation about whether greek will exit the eurozone or not. that conversation has taken a backseat, at least at

the syriza experiment ends on sunday.porter: now and in the polls -- you and in the polls -- neck and neck in the polls. for either majority group is increasingly unlikely, which means working with other parties will be essential. currently in third place, the neo-nazi party golden dawn. they could get six percent -- 16% of the vote. parties are trying to woo undecided voters. they let with the bailout terms, 25% unemployment, and an economy limping along, many greeks said they may not go to the polls. >> i feel disappointment and despair. i still have not decided who i'm vote for or even if i'm going to vote. we started the year with optimism and now are at the opposite end. sose elections are having quickly to cover up the you term that -- the u-turn. sunday, i'm voting for staying in bed. reporter: the second election was called this year. alexis tsipras resigned eight months into his term. anchor: for young americans who ordered a train -- three young americans who boarded a train and paris to answer dan stop a -- ams

but syriza has so far ruled out working with all three.s another coalition with the right-wing independent greeks. they might not even get back in the parliament. this is important because a greece needs a stable government to enact its latest bailout deal. syriza backs the deal, but says it negotiates on supplementation. new democracy also backs the deal, but wants debt restructuring. allies on the fringe rejects the bailout, and want to return to the drachma. the most likely outcome of the election is yet another coalition and more austerity, but after the big parties failed to reach an agreement, the election on september 20 may justly to another. let's get to bloomberg's tom mackenzie, live in athens. tom, are voters tires of heading to the ballot box three times in 12 months? some in the audience are sick of hearing about it. are they exhausted? tom: absolutely. drivers here,xi people in cafes and bars and restaurants, usually the first reaction when you ask about the election is a rolling of the eyes. people here are generally set up

for syriza, it could prove crucial.ith a huge youth movement, but that looks like it is dissipating. can they win that back? that is a big question for them. francine: you are mentioning the turnout of overall voters. do we have any predictions about how many people will actually show up to vote? not yet. we have predictions of how people are still undecided -- 650,000 according to some reports. 63% turned out in january. some analysts say it could drop below 60%, which would be quite a shock to the greek electoral system. the party that will lose out the most is the reset. alexis tsipras is speaking tonight. his message is yes, we have backtracked, but we are the party that can offer a better version of the bailout, we can soften the average -- averages of the -- edges of the implementation. new democracy's leader has been on somewhat of a role as the interim leader. his popularity is above that of alexis tsipras. popularity is's around 30% now. francine: what challenges will the next prime minister face? lots? tom: ye

lenders, it promised tough reforms that syriza promised to oppose. alexis tsipras signed the bailout deal after a referendum in which 60% of voters rejected the proposed austerity measures. we are joined live. hoda abdel-hamid, we have not seen a huge amount of enthu yax for the vote. you can understand when either way greeks will be hit with more austerity. >> well, definitely they are going to get hit with more austerity, the whole point of the next government. and that is why alexis tsipras tried to call for this snap elections. he wants to get a mann day if he wins to push forward with the austerity measures, something like 60 builds that need to be voted in parliament before the end of the year. difficult moments ahead. obviously what kind of measures should be taken, what should be accepted has been at the heart of the debate. as you said, there's a lock of enthusiasm. i was inside the school, the polling station, and we went from classroom to classroom and the number of voters is low. could be sunday morning it's good whether, and they'd come

he says he will vote for them again. >> already corrupt and syriza not yet so much i guess so i have some homes let's say. >> reporter: but antonis says he will vote for another party. >> on monday unemployment will be the same, the corruption will be the same. and i don't believe that the choices are many. >> disappointment, disillusionment. words that sum up the national mood according to this analyst. >> the spark of hope existed in the last election. eight months back. this has gone now. because the spark was part of tsipras' image, this is gone. it is a totally negative vote and when you have this type of negativity, it is very difficult to predict the result. >> this man is poised to take advantage if syriza is not the largest. some warm to his down to earth style but his party is part of the discredited political establishment. many greeks want to get away from politics, at a athens cycling festival they're enjoying the last warm evening before what could be a long hard winter. somehow the new government will have to revive that spark of hope. imarmbarnaby phillips, al jazee.

to syriza. this victory belongs to the popular vote for those who struggle for a better tomorrow and who dream of a better tomorrow, and we will manage this only through a hard struggle and a lot of work. my friends, in front of us we have many difficulties, however, we have solid ground. we know where we're treading. we have a perspective. the rise out of recession is not coming through a magic wand. how it will come through hard work, through planning, through our intentions and our efforts to lift us out of recession so that we can move to development and to growth. >> barnaby phillips is in athens. over to you, barnaby. >> reporter: thank you, lauren. a night of triumph for tris practices after a bruising eight months. when he was elected in january he promised no more austerity and bailout agreements with creditors. he had to make a u-turn on the crucial issue. he ignored the results of a referendum which he called in greece back in july. he survived a major party rebellion, and he's appare

it was called after syriza lost the parliamentary major city. the leader alexis tsipras fell after agreeing to a bail out deal, involving duff economic sanctions -- tough economying sanctions which alexis tsipras promised to oppose. a deal was signed angering the party. 67% of voters rejected the measures. now the democratic party poses a great challenge to syriza, as hoda abdel-hamid reports. >> reporter: just a couple of months ago in exactly the same place, many more voted in that referendum than they are today. there's six hours before the polling stations closed. could be they come later on. i was inside the school and the ballot boxes looked empty. if you recall in july. things were difficult for the greeks, in the sense that there was capital control, but the banks were closed. there was conversation about whether greek will exit the eurozone, that conversation has taken a back seat at the moment, since the bail out agreement has been reached. so things look slightly better for the greeks. even though they are tired and whoever witnesses

the syriza government is not prepared to deal with the situation. so the immigration issue has become an issue of the campaign, and since the economic issues in a way that the positions of the main parties have become indistinguishable by now, they are looking for ways to different themselves from each other. the immigration issues has become a way of differentiating the leftist liberal syriza party so that they can show to the supporters that they are different from right wing, and then the conservatives are trying to -- with the ant anti-immigrant filings that have been capitalized on by the far right. >> politicizing the refugee crisis. thank you for joining us. >> thank you >>> on the campaign trial in america this weekend, most republican candidates are focussing on iowa. scott walker, michael gram, ted cruz, mike huckabee, rick santorum and others attended the same debate. walker hit the same convention as carley fiorina. as for the democrats, there was an appearance on "the colbert show show". >> movie reel: you are a liberal and socialist, a

the syriza party won a second election in eight months.coalition with the small party that helped it before. 10:30 london time, let's check in on the markets. jonathan: good to see you. the chinese facebook says that pessimism is divorced from the facts and things aren't that bad. in many equity markets, there were gains on the periphery. here in london, just about in the green. what you see here is a significant underperformance and germany's dax. let me show you why. what you will see is the biggest falling stock in the shape of volkswagen. it fell 20%, the biggest one-day drop in over six years. they have admitted to systematically cheating u.s. air pollution tests. this could cost them in a fine up to billions of dollars. that is why the stock is underperforming. the stock 600 is getting absolutely hammered. what this could mean, not just for volkswagen, is a big question. the euro-dollar is 12.84. the ecb will have to increase acuity. $.10,ould drop another going toward their corporate parity. this is a big week for this one because j

the snap vote was called after syriza lost its parliamentary majority in august. let's take you live to greece's second city, thes lon cee thes . >> the greeks were voting in a referendum whether to step a bailout or not. they had said no, the prime minister had gone to brussels and accepted it. now people say what's the point of voting anyway, our opinion doesn't matter. others say they're going to vote but they don't know for who they're going to vote. they say at the end of the day it all amounts to the same thing. either we put the old establishment to come back they are responsible for what happens in this country or we give another chance to the care taker prime minister, alexis tsipras,. >> what do they say, is there any front runner? >> well, the opinion polls d, the latest one shows alexis tsipras might have a slight margin to win this election but when i say slight we're talking about a difference of maybe 1% with his main contenter which is memorakis from the new democracy party. whatever tells you here, no matter who wins he will not have an outright m

here at syriza headquarters there is great interest in the lineup of the new government.alexis tsipras has to pleas various political constituencies, but his action he are watched all across europe. european governments are hoping for a new administration that is genuinely committed to reform. alexis tsipras and syriza are. >> a strong position to implement controls if they really wish to. >> you have such a policy applied by left wing government increases its legitimacy and binds more people tod broader cause of making sure that the country remains in the euro. >> but if you are looking for owe men's in the weather this is the day after the election. turbulent times for grease to come. that seems like a safe prediction. barnaby phillips, al jazeera, athens. >> macedonian police, a key transit point for people trying to get into the european union. now human rights watch says police abused refugees at the macedonian border, people punched and kicked, forced to run through rows of police armed with batons. describes conditions there as inhumane and degrading, a center whic

syriza is firmly in the lead, with more than 35 percent of the vote.racy party is at 28 percent... its leader already conceding defeat. >> vicki: in greece. it seems the alexis tsipras gamble has paid off. the former prime minister's left-wing syriza party is declaring victory in sunday's vote. celebrations are well underway in athens. tsipras is poised to return to power, after stepping down last month and calling snap elections. with 74 percent of the ballots counted. syriza is firmly in the lead, with more than 35 percent of the vote. the new democracy party is at 28 percent. its leader already conceding defeat. polls showed the two parties were neck-and-neck going into the election. >>: they arrived at the train station dazed and confused in the dead of night.they didn't know where they were or where they were going >> reporter: you're on the border with austria, i explained. to get there you have to walk four kilometres. the train had taken this group of several hundred refugees and migrants from the croatian boarder, through hungary directly to h

syriza down 3,000 votes since january. >> but the majority of the people that have gone to the polls have reconfirmed their confidence to us. so it's a double political message. there is fatigue, you are right, after three elections in one year. that's normal, that's to be expected. but -- >> so many people who voted for your party with great hope and indeed voted no in the referendum with great hope chose to stay home yesterday apathy, despair. >> well the experts say the division between the political parties, there is disenchancement among the people, because we couldn't stand by our initial promises for a many, many bigger agreement. but on the other hand we have proven we are a force of resistance and we have just to give in to a kind of institutional blackmail in order to agree with forced compromise we had in july. >> reporter: you did give in eventually an let's talk about that. now, you have to pass some very tough measures. for example, pension reform. how do you feel about that? you're going to make life harder with the laws you pass for greek pensioners, in the coming wee

despite his policy flip flops, some syriza supporters still regard tsipras as the gold boy of the left ( translated ): i am very happy, i live for my children and grandchildren and he is our hope, he is the same age as my son, he is all we can hope for otherwise we are lost. >> ( translated ): this is the third time that i am voting for syriza and alexis tsipras. i am very proud and i feel very happy. >> i am not happy but i was expecting it. i believed that the greeks would vote for new democracy but unfortunately for me, and i think for my country, they kept on giving their support to syriza. >> reporter: the most significant figure in the election was the 44% of people who didn't vote. the low turnout is the worst in greek electoral history and is an indication of how disillusioned most people are with politics and politicians. the reason alexis tsipras managed to succeed was that he persuaded his core support to get out and vote, which his opponents did not. the sense of hope he engendered earlier in the year has gone. people are steeling themselves for the pain of austerity. the l

hailing it as a great victory, the cerise a party -- the syriza party has won elections in greece. the top priority, dealing with greece's debt. the migrant crisis shows no signs of slowing. thousands of people are still pouring into the continent and being shuttled from border to border. a proposal to try and end the chaos in burkina faso following the coup d'etat last week. the proposal would give amnesty to military leaders who seized power. it is time for some business news. stephen carroll is with me in the studio. starting off with volkswagen. the carmaker taking a beating. stephen: this after the company admitted it cheated tests for environmental emissions on half a million of its diesel cars in the united states. has enteredecutive an inquiry into how software was programmed to report lower emissions when tested by authorities. the firm could face fines of up to $18 billion in the united states, causing concern on the share market. shares down over 20%. more on this story. reporter: an environmental scandal that has wiped billions off volkswagen's value. shares plummeted a

. >> i met people who supported the left wing syriza when they voted in january. this man said he'll vote for him again. >> i think they're corrupt. syriza, i have some hopes. >> but antonias said that he'll vote for another party. >> the corruption will be the same. and i don't believe that the choices are many. >> disappointment, disillusionment. words that, um, is up the national mood, according to this analyst. >> the spark of hope existed in the last election, eight months back. this is gone now because the spark was part of tsipras's image. this is gone. it is a totally negative vote. when you have this type of negativity, it is very difficult to predict the result. >> this man is poised to take advantage if syriza is not the largest party. leader of the center right new democracy. some warm to his down-to-earth style, but his party is part of the discredited political establishment. many greeks want to get away from politics. at an athens cycling festival they're enjoying the last warm evening of what could be a long hard winter. some how a new government w

their fury is aimed at the left-wing syriza government. >> what's going on here is an absolute scandal! who does this tsipras think he is? he wants private investment to get us out of the crisis, but at the same time, he's throwing investors out. nobody'll want to invest in this country under these conditions! what can we do, emigrate? we're completely alone in this fight! no political party is supporting us! >> the license for the gold mine on the chalkidiki peninsula was held by a canadian consortium, but the syriza government revoked it, saying the threat to the environment was incalculable. a particular bone of contention is the plans by the mine operator hellas gold to set up a huge dump for sand tailings washed out with cyanide. local communities are locked in a bitter dispute. the miners' relatives are posted along the access roads, trying to convince anyone who'll listen that environmental concerns are only a pretext. >> and i'm telling those people to wake up, because they heard a lot of lies from a person -- persons, for their reasons. >> up to 250 tons of gold are estimated

>> what is most most likely, barbara, is that syriza will lead again that tsipras will return as thereek prime primary. it's not definite within the margesins that the new democracy could finish first but pretty unlikely. i think within the camp, they believe that they have won this election but where the complications come is the fact that it's impossible for them, we are absolutely certain of this, to win an absolutely majority to have 151 seats out of 300 in the greek parliament and their preferred coalition partner, the small right-wing party, independent greeks in the previous parliament may not have got enough seats combined with syriza to form a working majority. what does that mean? looking at a 3-party coalition, a messy process. you are looking at political instability. exactly what grease does not need at a time of comic crisis. let me bring in my guest at this point. her name is irina kosti. she worked for parliament watch, the website. political instability to come? do you agree? >> the yes. i think that from the exist poll results, it shows it cannot form a stable gover

his series of -- syriza party stormed to victory despite its leader ditching the anti-austerity platform. now he must form a coalition government to implement vital reforms demanded by greece's creditors. reporter: with a resounding win, tsipras has decided details of the new government and it is looking very familiar. the syriza party wall covered with the right-wing independent greeks party and this time they are hoping it will last longer. history is repeating itself, joe ts-- joked tsipras. things are moving quickly. tsipras was sworn in as prime minister this afternoon. on the streets feelings about what this means. -- mixed feelings about what this means. >> i am happy tsipras was elected, but now he must work the reforms to fix the crisis and help the poor. >> the results are disappointing and i and pessimistic, because we already knew what was coming next, austerity could we know that we greeks have nothing to look forward to. reporter: the turnout for the vote was low. just half of those who could showed up at the polls. the biggest share of those who did were in favor of giving

syriza can be an disruptive opposition from the point of view of the creditors. and these kinds of painful reforms with the stamp of legitimacy given to them by a left-wing government or in theory a left-wing government by syriza have a greater chance of gaining acceptance ultimately amongst the greek people. there are different theories as to what the governments might have preferred any way. they have alexis tsipras back. love him or loathe him they have to work with him. >> thanks, barnaby. >>> tech news for you. apple has removed applications infected with malware from its app story. devillers were tricked into using a modified version of x-code, used by apple for its iphones and mac computers. president xi jinping is due to meet with executives. in a tweet, they say they're aware of the issue and working on a quick fix. the service has been effected in a number of ways, those include not being able to change your status, not being able to log on at all. >>> nearly $17 billion has been marked often the value of volkswagen after allegations that it rigged u.s.

the syriza party received just under 36% of the vote. rival, the center-right new democracy, is expected to get 28%. with syriza falling short of majority, tsipras will try to build a government with a coalition partner. china and malaysia have carried out joint military drills in a strategic waterway through which 80% of chinese oil imports pass. a chinese destroyer and guided missile frigate took part, along with 1000 chinese troops. it's the largest ever drill involving china in the country and comes amid disputes of territorial claims in the south china sea. pope francis has met with fidel castro on the first day of his cuba trip. the vatican described the 40 minute meeting as informal and familiar, with discussion about big issues facing humanity. pope francis took a subtle job at the communist system by urging cubans to serve one another and not an ideology. let's have a look at some of the stories making headlines. week, xi jinping's visit to the u.s. is his first state visit as a chinese president. it goes on for seven days. he w

the syriza defied the polls. clear victory for alexis tsipras.s live in athens for us covering the story over the weekend. julia. >> that new government could be sworn in as early as tomorrow. as you quite rightly said, the polls underestimating alexis tsipras. let's get a comment from the syriza party. thank you for joining us. a bold message from the greek people to alexis tsipras. >> we are here for the four year government. hope we succeed. >> reporter: a know a lot of people would have preferred a coalition with more centrist parties. why have you gone for the independent greeks again? >> well, i think judging by the result of the previous government although there are huge political issues, at the end of the day it was a very good government. we did not have any serious proble problems so we were partners and the greek people voted for this partnership. >> reporter: to push your point, actually, most of the tensions were within the syriza party itself. now the left faction is gone. people are now talking about faction 53, these 53 mps that

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does a legacies tsipras and syriza deserve a second chance? indeed, this is a vote which is a vote of personal trust of the greek population towards one person, this is alexis tsipras, which has become the winner of not only the elections, but of any political contest that has taken place sips the beginning of the year, including the referendum and he lexes of january 2015. >> so the tough work started to for alexis tsipras, of course i suppose one of the first things he those now is start implementing the bailout package that was agreed in july. >> you are right and this is something that must be done urgently. the first step is to proceed with the recapitalization of greek banks, please be realize that greece is still on a life support machine it does not have the funds to run its economy. that means for every single form greece implements there will be an installment or a lack of funds that greece has agreed it would flow in to the greek economy in to the next six months to a year. >> professor good to talk with you, associate professor of

it will be crucial to see who syriza appoints. will they have the experience to push these reforms through? jon: thank you, very much. we are joined by mark burgess, the chief investment officer who helps more than 340 billion pounds in assets. does anyone really understand the politics of europe? a government would come in and would trigger a recession and push a country toward financial collapse and then get reelected? would you expect it? >> you cannot make it up. the firstn elected time around pushing back on austerity, he clearly has understood that the only way forward is to push through the reforms. summer we didn't see much of the market impact from greece to peripheral bond markets. i spoke to pimco and they said there is a risk premium based on the outcome because people came out and openly discussed the grexit. do you see that reflected in the equity's of italy? >> i think the equities are different and in all markets you are seeing the comfort blanket of qe which is watching over everything. companies that we meet tell

here at syriza headquarters there is great interest in the lineup of a new government. alexis tsipras has to please various domestic political constituencies. but his decisions are being watched closely across all of europe. european governments are hoping for a new greek administration which is genuinely committed to reform of the greek economy and state. this economist says alexis tsipras and syriza are in a strong position to implement difficult reforms if they really wish to. >> to have such a policy applied by left wing government increases its legitimacy. and binds more people to the broader cause of making sure that the country remains in the euro. >> but if you were looking for owoweomens in the weather. this may be it. barnaby phillips, athens. >> saudi led coalition began its exaim against the rebels in march and as hashem ahelbarra reports there is no sighup in all of this violence as all. >> caught in the cross fire. civilians seek safe shelters in the central city of ta'izz where fighting has flared over the last few days. government troops backed by coalit

here at syriza headquarters there is great interest in the lineup of the news government. alexis tsipras has to please various domestic constituencies, but his actions are being watched closely across all of europe. european government is hoping for a new administration which is genuinely committed to reform of the state. alexis tsipras and syriza are a strong position to implement reforms if they really wish to. >> to have such a policy applied by left wing government increases its legitimacy. and binds more people to the broader cause of making sure that the country remains in the euro. >> but if you were looking for owe mens ioomens in the weathers the time for it to come. safe prediction. barnaby phillips, al jazeera, athens. >> the u.s. justice department has launched a criminal investigation into volkswagen. the car maker accused of rigging tests in diesel vehicles. >> the had was the frankfurt car show on monday. under the bonnet of this volkswagen, it says has been falsifying data for years to embellish the clean air credentials of its much prized turbodiesel tdi e

his left-wing syriza party be conservatives to take a was half the seats in parliament. the party fell short of winning an overall majority and today, tsipras worked to form a coalition government. let's get the latest from our correspondent in athens. strong and a but he has a lot of work ahead, not least implementing deeply unpopular economic reforms in return for more bailout funds. reporter: that is exactly what he said in his victory speech, cautioning greeks that a lot of hard work lies ahead, but the struggle continues for him, as he said. restore the lost dignity of greece, but the big question is for how long will he remain popular, as he will have to implement across the board tax hikes and cuts that have not really been felt by the greek population yet. wonder if hisrts government will be able to survive the painful austerity measures. tough talks ahead, especially with the budget, which should be in the coming months. anchor: in a worrying development, the neo-nazi golden dawn party made strong gains in this round of voting. therter: it is steadily third stro

ryan: syriza returns again for the they have a stronger than expected mandate. testing times. apologizing over the emission scandal engulfing the german carmaker. going nuclear in beijing. the chancellor george osborne urges china to back british infrastructure after he opened the door for a chinese design used in the u.k.. welcome to countdown, i am guy johnson. let's tell you what you need to know about what is happening in those markets out there. this mondayen up morning? how do we figured out from here? us?e does the story take at the moment, we have another negative application of the 1.5% we dropped friday in the u.s. we are down, not by much. we have a slight negative ditch. that is the u.s. close. i want to highlight some things for you. let me show you this chart. this is the hero dollar. goldman sachs has an interesting call. that is likely to add a little bit of down trajectory to the euro-dollar rate. up to $.10 could be coming off. watch out for that one today. the other thing i want to highlight as well today is to watch out for vw. how much pressure will this e

syriza party over tough new austerity measures. barnaby phillips reports from athens. >> reporter: he still doochts the symbol ixg of the radical left. for the second time alexis tsipras was sworn in, in a secular ceremony, not a religious ceremony that all his predecessors have gone through. and he never wears a tie not even at this important state event. but elected, tsipras has learned the art of compromise. in july, faced with greece's expulsion from the eurozone, he agreed on more austerity to the despair of many of his supporters. here in syriza, alexis tsipras has to pleas various political constituencies. but his decisions are being watched closely across all of government. european government is hoping for a greek administration that is genuinely dedicated to reform. this economy shows alexis tsipras and syriza are in a strong position to implement reforms if they truly do so. >> left wing government increases its lengt legitimacy,s more people to the broader cause of making sure that the country remains in the euro. >> bu

. >> in greece, the left wing syriza party claiming rick tri, after the head of the new democratic party. come back for former prime minister alexis tsipras. barnaby phillips has the story from athens. >> they gave him a second chance and alexis tsipras savors the moment. he survived a party rebellion. yet he appears to be emerging almost as popular as ever. >> translator: i want to thank you from the bottom of my heart for this great victory, this clear victory. we gave a tough and difficult fight and today i feel vindicated because the greek people give us a clear mandate to battle and raise up our people's dignity. >> reporter: this is a night of triumph for alexis tsipras and for syriza. he is now the dominant force in greek politics. but in the months to come he must enter into reform that will be very unpopular with these supporters who are now celebrating. ♪ >> reporter: but those concerns are for another day. syriza voters hope where greece has led other european countries will follow and embrace left-wing politics. >> start changing the politics so the other countries can do the

voters have moved away with support from syriza enlarged euros. in january when they had the first election, the golden boy of greek elections and politics. for thisis backing third bailout. his popularity as a politician has slipped from 70% in march to 30% now. the right-wing opposition, the party that is now and that go with syriza, is ahead of alexis tsipras. alexis tsiprasr and syriza as we go toward sunday. tom: substantial headlines from the ecb. greece in the necessary programs. what is the new flavor of austerity in athens? the ecb comments are very important and substantial because we have a bank review by the ecb. it is meant to finish at the end of the year. we have a recapitalization of the bank that needs to happen. qe good flow, the only if the reforms are implemented. it is expected to contract by the end of the year, employment is around 25%. there are reforms, but any coalition will be very painful for the greek people. brendan: the other political story of the day, and the political story of the year, is the refugee crisis in eu

syriza won 35% of the vote versus 28% for the conservative new democracy party, giving syriza 145 seats in the 300-member parliament. tsipras said he felt vindicated by the win. >> be gave a tough and physical battle and i feel vindicated today because the greek people gave us a clear mandate to continue fighting inside and outside the country and boost our people's pride. amy: foreign ministers from four countries in eastern europe are meeting for talks today to address the influx of syrian refugees fleeing violence in their home country. thousands of people flooded into austria over the weekend with more expected to arrive from hungary today. hungary has reportedly reopened its main border crossing with serbia, after its closure sent refugees streaming into croatia. in serbia, hundreds of people attending a heavily guarded lgbt pride event in the capital belgrade over the weekend called for solidarity with the refugees and migrants passing through the country. meanwhile, at least 13 people, including four children, died when their dinghy collided with a ferry off the coast of turkey.

the ruling syriza party has won about 35%. the interior ministry said that would give syriza 145 seats in a 300-seat parliament. tsipras called for a snap election after facing criticism for accepting austerity measures in return for bailout from eurozone countries. the government is to receive financial aid of about $97 billion. some experts say tsipras may try to negotiate with germany to reduce the financial burden. tsipras has indicated that he will form a coalition government with a current partner and another conservative party as early as tuesday. >>> iran has allowed the head of the iaea to visit a military site suspected of acsite for nuclear weapons. they said their program is for peaceful purposes only. an iranian news report says iaea direct general amano toured work shops and nearby construction sites on sunday. he met with iranian leads including president hassan rouhani. last month iaea officials said work to expand the site to lea whether iran conducted test there's don't duct nucleararms. iran signe an aeement

syriza has the same face but the economic and fiscal policies are not there and they are not going to change. people have lived on razor's edge during the last six or seven months during negotiations. i think it's time for peace for most, especially those who are not exactly keen to fight more against the memorandum. >> i'm sure you've just been on lesbos, at the front of the refugee crisis. do you think the refugee crisis had any impact on the way people voted to the right or to the he left? >> i think in a small way people had it in the back of their heads that a new democracy government would bring harsher measures against refugees especially since they narrowed a lot of the lines that victor orban in hungary has taken in the last month. so it was a very warming concept to see them coming back to power. >> reporter: in other words, syriza has better than relatively many tolerant of the influx of people into greece in the last months? >> they have been relatively tolerant and done things that people should have done before them to ease the pain and help people who don't want to stay

, proved to be a surprise in yesterday's snap elections but many observers are not convinced that syriza will last any longer than the last. tomorrow morning the pope will be in the u.s. more than half the country of cuba is catholic but david ariosto on where it gets complicated. >> when it comes to religion, catholicism is not the only religion in the region. sansanteria. african language that speaks to the afro-cuban religion. as all eyes focused on the pope's visit and his work with the catholic church it's afro-cuban religions that should be more recognized. >> they are not just about this tradition. about the cuban black heritage. sometime we don't have enough spaces to recognize the importance of this tradition. >> reporter: this week pope francis traveled to eastern cuba, a poorer more isolated region where afro-cuban traditions are more recognized. >> we don't need the recognition of the poor. i think this is a tradition of the cuban people. >> largely brought to cuba by way of the transatlantic slave trade, those traditions include animal sacrifice, dancing and singing. and tho

. >>> in greece leftwing syriza claiming a victory in elections. the head of the democratic party conceded the results of a comeback for the former prime minister alexis tsipras. barnaby phillips tracking the event from athens. >> reporter: they gave him a second chance and alexis tsipras savoured the moment. he lost a struggle, surviving a party referendum. but emerged as popular as ever. >> i want to thank you from the bottom of the my heart for this great victory, for this clear victory, we gave a tough fight. i feel vindicated, because the break people gave a mandate for us to battle in and out of the country, raise up our dignity. >> this is a night of triumph for alexis tsipras and syriza. he is now the dominant force in greek politics. in the months to come. he will implement reforms that are unpopular with what these supporters, who are now celebrating. those concerns are for another day. syriza voters hope where greece led others will follow, embracing left-wing politics. . >> this is challenging politics. the other countries do the same -

syriza will now have to implement that deal.quite a bit of confidence from the greek government that they can deal with the creditors and move forward. wasfinance minister sounding fairly optimistic about greece's chances of doing so. we spoke to earlier today. >> as long as people see that we will have a discussion on debt. january 2016, i think the banks should be on their feet. i am quite optimistic of that. when you just heard from the former and possibly future finance minister was a real note of optimism about where greece is headed. i am not sure that many investors are ready to agree with him just yet, what we do now have the makings of a new government that is prepared to take things forward, and hopefully a more productive relationship with european partners that perhaps we saw at different times earlier this year. angie: thank you so much for that, tracking the development from athens live. , we have the new cabinets of the prime minister. scott morrison is replacing joe hockey has been in charge of australia's econom

the cerezo party -- the syriza party leads but by a narrow margin. opposition spoke exclusively with bloomberg. >> we want to be a government with new democracy at its core and the european powers, too. that doesn't mean we surrender completely. means we go into negotiations with concrete arguments and an appetite for communication, whereas the negotiation team mr. tsipras sent went in without having done his homework, uninformed, without folders, with their hands in their pockets. in each are a few the agreement, negotiations take place. right now, we make commitments with walls of the state, and these will be respected. there are points which can be discussed. the agreement includes targets of fiscal policy, the race to achieve these targets are a matter of national policy. we are the ones who will decide how to achieve these targets. byncine: we are joined alive nikos. does new democracy have a chance of getting into power? seem: it certainly does that new democracy has a comeback. just a few weeks ago, polls were showing that alexis tsipras, lead

it is part of syrizas tsipras image, this is gone. it is very difficult to predict the result. >> this plan is poised to take advantage if cirrus is not the largest party. if angelos, leader of the democracy, some warm to his down to earth style but his party is part of the discredited political briment. many greeks want to get away with it. they are enjoying the last warm evening before what could be a long hard winter. somehow a new government will have to revive that spark of hope. barnaby phillips, al jazeera, athens. >> and israeli demonstrations, antigovernment marshes in 2014 which led to violence and the dets much more than 40 people. he's been sentenced to almost 14 years behind bars. lets go to another area, any anger over the sentence. >> yes there was another anger and inaddition nation when the sentence came out two weeks ago. there was a lot of banging of pots and pans which was a traditional form of process here in laboring. this wasn't a big surprise, people expected the centers not to be very long. but as lopez is mor

that will but syriza back in opposition and they can go to that euro mandate again.perhaps this idea of see tsipras back in terms of prime minister in terms of the deal that he fought for in this sense would be the best, the question is, will they actually get that. >> do you think if we rewound the clock to february and the democracy always stayed in power, we would have gotten a vastly different outcome to this crisis? the bottom line is there's austerity deals improsed on greece and it's a very toughout look? >> greece is on some form of recovery, if you go back to the election that ended up seeing the transition of power. we certainly wouldn't have gotten the bank's position. i think it's on a different path now. who nosknows. obviously, a lot of people believe that it's not right for the country and they need to focus on reforms. we need to see something done with the debt. and actually, the government at this stage needed to do more. i think the hope now is that tsipras, if he does win the next elections he's arguing he can given, given the amount, and so they'

him a second chance. >> it's the same story now. >> i met young people who supported the left wing syriza when it won in january. he said that he would vote for them again. >> i think they are all corrupt. i have some hopes. >> but he said that he will vote for another party. >> i think everything will be the name. >> disappointment. disillusionment. words that sum up the national mood according to this analyst. >> the spark of hope existed in the last election. eight months back. this is gone now because the spark was part of tsiplas's image. it is gone. when you have this type of negativity it is very difficult to predict the result. >> this man is poised to take advantage. leader of the center right new democracy. some warm to his down to earth style, but his party is part of the discredited political establishment. many greeks want to get away from politics. at an athens cycling festival they're enjoying the last warm evening before what could be a long, hard winter. some how a knew government will have to revive that spark of hope. barnaby phillips, athens. >> one of th. >> jackie co