Greeces leftist prime minister, alexis tsipras, has conceded defeat in the countrys snap general election. With the results still coming in, the centre right Opposition Party, new democracy has won with current projections showing its closing in on an absolute majority. Mr tsiprass syriza party, seems to to have paid the price, for failing to oppose austerity measures imposed by the eu, in return for financial bailouts. Our correspondent, mark lowen reports from athens. A victory cry for a change of guard greeces 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. Im very, very grateful for the result. We won an outright majority, which wa
Now on bbc news, dateline london. Hello and welcome to dateline london. Im carrie gracie. And this week threats of tanker tit for tat after an Iranian Oil Tanker is seized off gibraltar. Hong kongs protests turn ugly. And balloting begins. Will Boris Johnson be britains Prime Minister before the end of this month . My guests today iranian writer amir taheri, political commentator adam raphael, Isabel Hilton of the website China Dialogue and greg katz of the associated press. Welcome to you all. Over recent weeks weve talked a lot about rising tension in the gulf, with western powers blaming iran for attacks on half a dozen oil tankers. This week the action moved to the mediterranean, when British Royal marines seized an Iranian Oil Tanker off the territory of gibraltar. In the same week, iran carried through on its threat to breach the limit for enriched uranium in the 2015 nuclear deal. Amir, you start us off on this. Coming to the oil tanker tit for tat, seniorfigures in iran say we
Greeces leftist Prime Minister, alexis tsipras, has conceded defeat in the countrys snap general election. With the results still coming in, the centre right Opposition Party new democracy has won, with current projections showing it is closing in on an absolute majority. Mr tsiprass syriza party seems to have paid the price forfailing to oppose austerity measures imposed by the eu in return for financial bailouts. Our correspondent mark lowen reports from athens. A victory cry for a change of guard greeces 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. Im very, very grateful for the result. We won an outright majority, which was our
Is slashing its workforce by 20 . A warm welcome to the programme, briefing you on all you need to know in global news, business and sport. And you can be part of the conversation. Summer is in full swing in the uk, and temperatures are rising. So today we want to know, is a strict dress code at work a good thing . Does what you wear make you more or less productive . Tell us what you think. Just use the hashtag bbcthebriefing. Greeces leftist Prime Minister, alexis tsipras, has conceded defeat in the countrys snap general election. With the results still coming in, the centre right Opposition Party new democracy has won, with current projections showing it is closing in on an absolute majority. Mr tsiprass syriza party seems to to have paid the price for failing to oppose austerity measures imposed by the eu in return for financial bailouts. Our correspondent mark lowen reports from athens. A victory cry for a change of guard greeces centre right new democracy cheering its new era, wi
On investors mines. Minds minds. Thousands of staff at Deutsche Bank are worried about their jobs, after confirmation that up to 18,000 posts worldwide are to be cut over three years. Its part of a radical reorganisation of the german lender which is shrinking its Investment Banking business. It hasnt said where jobs will be lost, but with almost 8,000 staff, london is the home to its biggest trading operation. Our Business Correspondent katy austin explains why the cuts are being made. 0nafairly long on a fairly long list of long term problems, the german backhand bead we re problems, the german backhand bead were falling share price, Money Laundering scandal. It had been widely expected to cut back its underperforming investment operations and today it is announced a radical reshaping plan which will see it significantly reduce its Investment Banking arm are stopping many of its Share Trading operations was up along the way, 18,000 jobs will go as a result, globally. That will go as