in athens it's a victory for the face of the old guard kiriakou spencer tarkus is a former prime minister's son and he heads the center right new democracy party a decades long political mainstay. now he's vowing to renew greece with a pro-business agenda by slashing taxes attracting investment and taming bureaucracy. i want to strong greece with self-confidence that will claim the place in europe it deserves and not be a beggar or an object of pity. but bits of tarkus as list of challenges at home is long and by now familiar greece's 18 percent unemployment rate is the euro zone's highest and greece remains under tough budget targets from its creditors even after exiting its bailout programs outgoing prime minister alexis tsipras swept to power promising to stand up to those creditors. but his popularity declined as he caved to their demands and imposed painful reforms fuck with the mission made a large and difficult circle is drawing to a close we are now going to have value it soberly what was right as well as the mistakes we made as always i will not refuse to accept my own responsibili

greece's center right opposition leader kid tarkus is won a landslide victory in the country's snap election with such august 1 almost 40 percent of the vote he has promised to cut taxes and create more jobs left wing prime minister alexis tsipras of the city itself party has conceded defeat the election also knocks the far right golden dawn party out of parliament. a d.j. obvious government as has been covering those elections in greece and he joins me now from athens oh well can joerg huge changes in the political landscape in greece how does this shift the political center we receive in the greek capital. i'm rich i was out here in the on the in the park right in front of the house of parliament here in greece and you could see none of the excitement during the election night the excitement you saw some 4 years ago when i'd like to see press took power here in greece and the reason for that is really resignation on the part of the citizens they've lived through some of the top us for years that greece has seen in recent history they had high expectations for the government and they were t

receive mr mr tarkus into the palace so to hand over to him the office of prime minister as is done in the democratic stage here i would like to from the bottom of my heart thank all the members and friends of our party who gave a good fight in a viable condition is in order to double its growth rate of growth much faster greece will need huge levels of foreign investment in the coming years and that will be perhaps the biggest challenge on the economic front and that needs a lot of structural reform which sometimes takes time there's more at stake here than the economy for the past decade greeks have watched their politicians being dictated to by their creditors the international monetary fund and the euros and because those politicians didn't want to assume ownership of unpopular reforms. like his predecessors it's a thank you says he wants to restore greek sovereignty and dignity but unlike him he wants to do it in collaboration with european union partners. al-jazeera athens . there's been more violence in hong kong as protesters confronted riot police over that controversial extra

in greece the opposition conservative leader curia tarkus is due to be sworn in as prime minister his new democracy party one sunday snap election i was saying the left wing prime minister for the past 4 and a half years alexis tsipras and a sense of nationalism urging the u.n. to investigate the so-called war on drugs in the philippines describing it as murderous the rights group says extrajudicial killings are still going on and the u.s. sas won the women's world cup for a record 4th time defending their title against the netherlands magen repeat open the scoring with a 2nd half penalty see her top the goal scoring sheets for the golden bet awards at roosevelt scored the winning goal to make the usa the most successful team in the tournaments history and that's you up to date stay stay with us here on out to syria is continuous after inside story see that. capturing a moment in time. snapshots of other lives. other stories. providing attempts into someone else's without. inspiring documentaries from impassioned filmmakers and the front lines i feel like i know if i have the data to

i will receive mr mr tarkus into the palace so to hand over to him the office of prime minister as isdone in the democratic stage i would like to from the bottom of my heart thank all the members and friends of our party who gave a good fight in a viable condition. in order to double its growth rate of growth much faster greece will need huge levels of foreign investment in the coming years and that will be perhaps the biggest challenge on the economic front and that needs a lot of structural reform which sometimes takes time there's more at stake here than the economy for the past decade greeks have watched their politicians being dictated to by their creditors the international monetary fund and the euro because those politicians didn't want to assume ownership of unpopular reforms. like his predecessors it's a thank you says he wants to restore greek sovereignty and dignity but unlike when he wants to do it in collaboration with european union partners. the venezuelan opposition leader says he'll resume talks with president nicolas maduro government meetings expected to take place

by those conflicts i may well see this is a little bit of justice greece's new prime minister mr tarkus has now been sworn in today his new democracy party won an outright majority in the snap election on sunday defeating the left wing syriza party the far right golden dawn was knocked out of parliament johnson is in athens. new democracy leader good yeah cause me to thank yous has been sworn in as prime minister and is expected to announce his cabinet later on monday they will be sworn in on tuesday the 1st cabinet meeting is to be held on wednesday. early next week which i thank you says to announce how he will govern the program of policies he will follow and when he will enact them and later on next week on the 17th of july parliament convenes for its 1st summit plenary session and that summer will be full of plenary sessions we're told there will be no such as division for parliament which is the usual course of events for july and august he took his wants his administration to move fast he has promised legislation off the bat particularly to combat crime to get tough on crime to a

receive mr mr tarkus into the palace so to hand over to him the office of prime minister as is done in the democratic stage i would like to from the bottom of my heart thank all the members and friends of our party who gave a good fight in a viable condition. in order to double its growth rate of growth much faster greece will need huge levels of foreign investment in the coming years and that will be perhaps the biggest challenge on the economic front and that needs a lot of structural reform which sometimes takes time there's more at stake here than the economy for the past decade greeks have watched their politicians being dictated to by their creditors the international monetary fund and the euros and because those politicians didn't want to assume ownership of unpopular reforms. like his predecessors it's a thank you says he wants to restore greek sovereignty and dignity but unlike him he wants to do it in collaboration with the european union partners. the only functioning airport in libya's capital tripoli has reopened and take airport had been closed following a series of missi

looks like i will receive mr mr tarkus into the palace so to head over to him the office of prime minister as he's done in the democratic stage. i would like to from the bottom of my heart thank all the members and friends of our party who gave a good fight viable conditions. in order to double its growth rate of growth much faster greece will need huge levels of foreign investment in the coming years and that will be perhaps the biggest challenge on the economic front and that needs a lot of structural reform which sometimes takes time there's more at stake here than the economy for the past decade greeks have watched their politicians being dictated to by their creditors the international monetary fund and the euro because those politicians didn't want to assume ownership of unpopular reforms. like his predecessor it's a thank you says he wants to restore greek sovereignty and dignity but unlike when he wants to do it in collaboration with european union partners. well the on the left a series has been sent from office but the election seat a crushing defeat for the far right golden dawn

likely to receive mr mr tarkus into the palace so to hand over to him the office of prime minister as is done in the democratic stage i would like to for the vote of my heart thank all the members and friends of our party who gave a good fight in a viable condition. in order to double its growth rate of growth much faster greece will need huge levels of foreign investment in the coming years and that will be perhaps the biggest challenge on the economic front and that needs a lot of structural reform which sometimes takes time there's more at stake here than the economy for the past decade greeks have watched their politicians being dictated to by their creditors the international monetary fund and the euros and because those politicians didn't want to assume ownership of unpopular reforms. like his predecessors it's a thank you says he wants to restore greek sovereignty and dignity but unlike when he wants to do it in collaboration with european union partners. has been fresh violence in hong kong as protesters face off with riot police have a controversial extradition bell stand off

receive mr mr tarkus into the palace set to hand over to him the office of prime minister as is done in the democratic state. i would like to from the bottom of my heart thank all the members and friends of our party who gave a good fight in a viable conditions in order to double its growth rate growth much faster greece will need huge levels of foreign investment in the coming years and that will be perhaps the biggest challenge on the economic front and that needs a lot of structural reform which sometimes takes time there's more at stake here than the economy for the past decade greeks have watched their politicians being dictated to by their creditors the international monetary fund and the euros and because those politicians didn't want to assume ownership of unpopular reforms. like his predecessors it's a thank you says he wants to restore greek sovereignty and dignity but unlike him he wants to do it in collaboration with european union partners. al-jazeera. here's what's coming up for you on this news hour they won't be silenced hong kong protesters take their fight to a symb

evidence anybody lost money as a result of the incident greece's new prime minister carrier calls mr tarkus says he plans to start legislating quickly after being officially sworn in he said to write new democracy party won sunday's election ending 4 years of rule by the left wing cerise the party vote also saw the far right golden dawn swept out of parliaments johnson looks at a new radically different landscape in great politics. give your cause me to thank you emerged from the presidential office surrounded by his 3 children having just been sworn in as prime minister his administration he says will be dedicated to their generation he wants to rebuild greek society as a meritocracy where hard work and justice will bring opportunities for all that he says is the only way to stop the brain drain which has cost greece as many as $100000.00 young people each year in recent years. because of my service if this the greek people yesterday gave us a powerful mandate to change greece we should honor that mandate to the full today the hard work begins and i have complete faith in our abilities to

greece's new prime minister career course mr tarkus as now being sworn in today his new democracy party won an outright majority in the snap election on sunday defeating the left wing syriza party the far right golden dawn lost all 18 of its seats in the parliament. the un is concerned about a growing number of children being killed in rebel held areas of syria it live and how much provinces are being bombarded for a 3rd month of syrian government airstrikes backed by russian warplanes human rights groups say at least $500.00 civilians have been killed including children. iran has now surpassed the uranium enrichment cap set under the 2050 nuclear deal the foreign ministry in tehran threatening further steps in 60 days the us president donald trump is considering more sanctions he says tehran will never produce a nuclear weapon amnesty international is urging the united nations to investigate the so-called war on drugs in the philippines the human rights group says extrajudicial killings are still going on 3 years after president roderigo to turkey launched his crackdown the police in h

with a back half i wonder in subsequent conflict the new greek prime minister korean coarseness the tarkus has been sworn in today his new democracy party won an outright majority in the snap election on sunday defeating the left wing sitters a party to the far right golden door and lost all 18 of its seats. the british government has ordered an inquiry into leaked emails from the ambassador to washington that criticize the us president donald trump's achim derek wrote that the administration was quote uniquely dysfunctional and divided under donald trump that triggered an angry response from mr trump who said direct quotes that not serve the u.k. well. amnesty international is urging the u.n. to investigate the so-called war on drugs in the philippines describing it as murderous the human rights group says extra judicial killings are still ongoing 3 years after the president brought record to 30 launched his crackdown amnesties report goes on to say it's impossible to know exactly how many people have died but the victims are overwhelmingly from poor and marginalized communities such a ba

receive mr mr tarkus into the palace set to hand over to him the office of prime minister as is done in the democratic state. i would like to from the bottom of my heart thank all the members and friends of our party who gave a good fight in a viable condition. in order to double its growth rate of growth much faster greece will need huge levels of foreign investment in the coming years and that will be perhaps the biggest challenge on the economic front and that needs a lot of structural reform which sometimes takes time there's more at stake here than the economy for the past decade greeks have watched their politicians being dictated to by their creditors the international monetary fund and the euro because those politicians didn't want to assume ownership of unpopular reforms. like his predecessors it's a thank you says he wants to restore greek sovereignty and dignity but unlike when he wants to do it in collaboration with european union partners. iran is insisting it's not seeking war with any country it's it's following to protect its borders those comments from iran's defense

tomorrow i will receive mr risa tarkus into the palace so to head over to him the office of prime minister as is done in the democratic state i would like to for the board of my heart thank all the members and friends of our party who gave a good fight you know viable conditions. the u.s. secretary of state my own bio says iran's latest expansion of its nuclear program will lead to further isolation and sanctions iran has started enriching uranium and by monday expects to surpass the concentration levels agreed as part of the 2015 nuclear deal to iran says it will continue to reduce its compliance every 60 days unless an agreement is reached to stop u.s. sanctions. has been fresh violence in hong kong as protesters faced off with riot police over a controversial extradition bill the standoff followed a mass rally outside a train station in cowen which links hong kong to mainland china tens of thousands of demonstrators marched peacefully before the scuffles broke out late in the evening. and 65 rescued migrants stranded on board a german rescue ship that was refused entry to italy are to b

victory in this election and now prime minister alexis tsipras has called the opposition into korea mr tarkuso concede and to congratulate him early indications project that new democracy is on course for an absolute majority in the parliament allowing its leader mr tak is to effectively become the new prime minister so the handover is expected to happen on monday but in terms of the exit polls right now mr taxes in the new democracy party are projected to take 155-2167 seats in the 300 seat legislative house while alexis tsipras is there it's a party is expected to gain between 77 and 80 seats. is live for us in athens now and it looks like a resoundingly tree for the opposition new democracy public party that was expected to happen and it looks like they will also have a significant presence in the parliament. yes it's very much as you described it in terms of the numbers at the moment we're seeing huge democracy for cause to get about 40 percent of the popular vote a big advance on the 33 percent but it goes in the european parliament elections 6 weeks ago and that results short the ruling

receive mr mr tarkus into the palace to hand over to him the office of prime minister as is done in the democratic stage i would like to from the bottom of my heart thank all the members and friends of our party who gave a good fight in a viable condition. in order to double its growth rate of growth much faster greece will need huge levels of foreign investment in the coming years and that will be perhaps the biggest challenge on the economic front and that needs a lot of structural reform which sometimes takes time there's more at stake here than the economy for the past decade greeks have watched their politicians being dictated to by their creditors the international monetary fund and the euros and because those politicians didn't want to assume ownership of unpopular reforms. like his predecessors it's a thank you says he wants to restore greek sovereignty and dignity but unlike them he wants to do it in collaboration with european union partners. al-jazeera a. couple of other stories the only functioning airport in libya's capital tripoli has now reopened it was closed after a mis

greece's new prime minister carrier course mr tarkus says he plans to start legislating quickly after being officially sworn in his attackers took the oath a ceremony in athens conducted by the archbishop of greece is center right new democracy party won nearly 40 percent of the vote in sunday's election and in 4 years of rule by the left wing the writs party of alexis across the boat also saw the far right golden door and swept out of parliament the u.s. president says he will no longer deal with the u.k. ambassador in washington after he branded the trump administration dysfunctional and inept in memos leaked to the media trump has responded angrily to the reported comments saying the buster does not serve the u.k. well british officials are embarrassed by the publication of unflattering assessments and alarmed that sensitive confidential information has been leads the u.k. prime minister to resign may has launched an inquiry. libyan warlord is preparing a 2nd offensive to seize the capital tripoli his commanders say as many as 20000 fighters have been sent to strengthen forces in t