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Heaviest saudiled air strikes yet. The head of the Catholic Church delivers a caring message to cubans during his first visit to the island. Were in doha with all the sports including the latest from the Rugby World Cup as favorites new zealand again the defense of their trophy. Lets begin this news hour with some breaking news from greece. A short time ago the center right party leader conceded defeat in the election, and this paves the way for Alexis Tsipras to return to the power. Partial official results show that voter turnout was about 54 . Thats slightly lower than the last election in january. Alexis tsipras just tweeted in front of us lies the long road of struggle and hard work. Meanwhile, this was the leader of the conservative new Democracy Party conceding defeat. Translator the race for the first party has been completed with great dignity and in a civilized fashion. It appears that tsipras does have the first place. I do congratulate them. Barnaby phillips is live for us
One of the big upsets history. As japan beats 2time winner sav yeah greece syriza swept to victory on a platform to fight austerity. Now the party is battling to stay in power. The snap vote was called after syriza lost its parliamentary majority in august. The popularity of its leader fell after he agreed to try a new bale off deal. 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. Lets take you live to grease. Al jazeeras Hoda Abdelhamid is outside a polling station there. Hoda abdelhamid, 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 re