More expensive for the socialists than for new Democracy New democracy for. Approval ratings of somewhere in the twentys during these 8 years of recession or depression really but from 44 percent of the popular vote down to roughly 6 or 7 percent today and that is because people largely blames herself for doing a lot of the damage of the spending in previous decades before new democracy held that. Spendthrift didnt in power between 20042009 also because they realized that cities was going off to socialist voters and there was no an equivalent doing that to new democracies conservative voters the far right golden dawn was simply too far removed ideologically to steal away. Insert mainstream conservatives so interesting john just lastly how much do you think the result will come down to turnout the map and nixon is being held in july when a lot of greeks are on holiday or the brains. Look there is no question that turnout has formed to historic lows. Voting is mandatory under great law but during these years of crisis weve seen it fall from traditional levels of about 80 or more percent to 60 percent and i think the parties are resigned to that if you looked at the turnout at the 2 final rallies held here in athens by both new democracy and c. D. s. They were both small new democracy had about 2000 people cities or maybe double that very small numbers when we saw thank you so far that was elected to office in 1990 there were a 1000000 people standing on these streets around me here the podium was set up in this square and the the crowd stretched back for more than a kilometer just through the main avenues of athens those sorts of politics that go on people have lost faith in the political elite that sort of enthusiasm for politics will take a very long time to return but somebody still has to get elected and i think the 2 main parties are banking on getting what we can from that 60 percent who will show up and john looking forward to the great connections on sunday for now thats not correspondent John Psaropoulos live and athens thank you. Now African Leaders amazing in asia and to move forward with a joint free trade pact aimed at creating the Worlds Largest trading bloc the african Continental Free Trade Area agreement aims to unite all 55. 00 members off the African Union into a Single Market of 1200000000 people the agreement designed to boost trade between nations 5 a move in paris texas and all the barriers and allow african businesses to grow by giving them access to new markets and neighboring countries while the pact was 1st proposed in 2002 given a boost this month when nigeria the continents biggest economy committed to signing up at the summit in makeshift but address has been following that summit in the army. Trying to imitate the leader of the union. To form a Free Trade Agreement what this is the Worlds Largest trade free trade block if it goes if it takes some of us out because they want to want to do it in 2020 so basically all the protocols are in place for the heads of state and government in this building right behind me tomorrow to ratify already their ministers of trade ministers according to Close Friends security and all of us have been discussing the various protocols and various aspects of the negotiations but what we probably will see before these agreement itself 2020 will be sucked in time trees are asking for concessions before they fully join in nigeria was dragging it treats its seat until last week when the president announced that yes theyre going to sign 2 more countries actually absent from the agreement and eritrea officers of the African Union commission are telling us that everything had been indicated its intention to be part of the process and join to sign the agreement nobodys talking about every 3 hours right now because there is no direction good direction as to where its going right now how. Exports and other producers on the continent are afraid in fact that when this agreement comes it is hard considering the Wheat Production values in Africa Africa will be one big warehouse for hoarding goods well lets get more on this were joined by david over euro and dependent economic analyst and hes joining us live from nairobi very good to have you with us on al jazeera so as weve been reporting if all 5455 countries sign on it will be the largest free trade zone in the world what would that mean for the continent and that economy. Well thank you for having me this of course would be quite good news because as you know africa in a large sense of way under this start this is do sure that much of what is traded within africa is actually africas value hard and saw this coming into force actually spell a very good fortune for the one functioning sector within africa because thats where most of our value add comes is treated secondly the traditional trade barriers and one trade barriers of you know very many customs foresee does a lot of checkpoints and you know Police Checks and so forth would get sort of reduced and there would be some conformity in terms of the regional or continent wide trade policy which would. Be beauty and stability for our economic environment mr nigeria has now said that its going to participate which is of course a boost for the block and as. It was mentioning many in eritrea are resisting but do the benefits for africa outweigh the risks to any one nation. Certainly as you know a lot of times when you have you know change and you and you have such landmark. Frameworks coming into force it comes with a lot of uncertainty and so the nigeria dragging its feet you know is a very much understood because you know nigeria is the biggest economy in west africa and the trade that happens you know sort of 2 thirds buy in nigeria and youd also its very natural for. To understand the misgivings that nigeria perhaps had initially but of course very. Small economies perhaps fear that they might be dominated by the big economies in the region and then saw. That is like the risk but what we know from competitive advantage standpoint when it comes to International Trade it really doesnt matter you know this side of the economy there is actually. A case for win win for all parties involved because traders we know its not a 0 sum game when you have competitive advantage in certain things it allows you to achieve specialisation and actually be able to grow and achieve Economic Development musto either way thank you very much for your time on those that economic analyst david over there live in nairobi thank you. Well we have plenty more ahead on the news al and corroding assessing the damage to Southern California as told by the biggest earthquake in the early 20 years why more and more women are joining the workforce in gaza. And will tell you why this right because it wasnt a bed of the has teams latest achievement that is coming up in school. Emergency workers in the Southern California assessing the damage from the strongest earthquake and nearly 20 years as the epicenter of a magnitude 7 point one quake caused injuries and cracks and buildings and roads the 2nd major quake and successive days in the u. S. State followed hundreds of off the shocks john hendren has. The biggest earthquake in 2 decades struck californias Mojave Desert it rattled chandelier is here and was filmed by news presenters 250 miles away in los angeles to get under the desk all right were going to get a break go well be right back after a while it came a day after a magnitude 6. 00 quake along the same fault line shaking buildings and shutting down a highway strewn with rocks so the fault is growing we brought here to piece in the 1st earthquake ruptured a bit more on the 5. 4 this morning and were rupturing more now it is moving towards the northwest away from the metropolitan area as far as we can tell the u. S. Geological survey says theres a 5 percent chance a bigger quake will follow this is another earthquake everyone has a chance im trying to think if weve ever seen a situation with the 6. 47 and then something even bigger and i cant think of one the epicenter of the Southern California quake was in the city of ridgecrest halfway between los vegas and los angeles were gathering intelligence and. Were taking action on multiple structure fires were gathering information we better helicopter in the air on a sense of the city of ridgecrest and the surrounding areas. We got. Reports of tremors came from as far away as sacramento 8 hour drive to the north and several hours to the south in mexico leaving 1st responders in the Desert Community scouring the area for damage and anyone injured by the quake john hendren 0. Rescue workers are looking for survivors in the rubble of a collapsed building in colombia at least 3 people were killed after the 4 Story Building came crashing down in the northwestern city of 3 others have been pulled out alive. Afghan political figures and stakeholders are set to hold talks with a 2 day meeting and the interim Afghan Dialogue follows a pause in talks between the taliban and the u. S. Peace envoy. Also taking place in the heart the taliban has refused to talk with the Afghan Government but the u. S. Has expressed its hope that they will do so before september. Well lets talk to our correspondent charlotte dallas who has been covering those talks so charlotte why is the taliban talking to the Afghan Government yes or up until this point the taliban has refused to talk with the f government because they dont believe its legitimate they call it a puppet of the americans how with in these 2 day talks this is the start because this is the 1st time that there is actually representatives of the Afghan Government here in doha preparing tomorrow morning to sit down with the taliban theres also Civil Society people Opposition Leaders Group of about 60 but this is the 1st time youll see people from the Afghan Government sitting down they have both sides have been very careful to say look were not here in a government capacity were here its just afghan citizens and the taliban are saying the same were not here its the taliban were here its afghan citizens and its very much an ice breaker if you will as they try to push forward into real negotiations legitimately between the taliban and the government and the u. S. Peace envoy that. Hes been are very optimistic about these talks and what might come out of them very optimistic going this week that had been since round of talks between the taliban and the u. S. Here in doha now they were only meant to last 3 days but they were extended and i was down there every day they would start at 10 oclock in the morning sometimes they finished at midnight they would break into small groups they would gather again into big groups they would go back to the leadership in washington with the taliban leadership in afghanistan trying to push through every day they were optimistic and every day they say when you leave year on an agreement in the 2 things that were really pushing for is a troop withdrawal they say we nearly beer on the how that would play our numbers and what kind of timeframe and the other thing is that the taliban want. To use afghan soil to stage for an attack so those are the 2 things that been negotiating israels theyre very optimistic as is the taliban but still they wont be drawn i just spoke to a few minutes ago and he said that that he wouldnt be drawn on a number as to how or for how close they are to or an agreement but very positive and they going to meet again after these 2 day thank you very much for that. Now more women than ever before a making up part of gazas workforce unemployment is at record levels yet what are setting up their own businesses to raise money for their families but they have to deal with cultural as well as economic barriers as problematic reports 17 year old mina simoun studies Computer Programming at school shes also learning from her brother how to make coffee in her mothers cafe because she says she doesnt have much chance of getting a job in gaza. I think women should work because in gaza out there are no Job Opportunities when i work it means i can provide for my family my husband and my son when his mother is supreme started selling her food through a Facebook Page 2 years ago business became so good customers had to order 2 days in advance after her kitchen down supreme decided to open her cafe. Its my life its security for my children its the sweetest thing and it has a lot of meaning for me i want to expand and open more shops there are 2000000 people in gaza and its estimated that in 2852 percent of them didnt have a job 2 out of every 3 young people including graduates were unemployed for the same period the number of women who were in the work went up by 26 percent even though thats just a small part of the workforce according to the world bank up to 80 percent of gazas economy has been propped up for several years by money from the Palestinian Authority and foreign aid donations but that funding is dropping gazas economy shrank by 8 percent in 2800. 00. Well started selling her t. Shirt designs online in 2014 business expanded she became a mentor for other female entrepreneurs here. The biggest problem i face is that im a woman and being a woman is a big deal in gaza society especially because my profession isnt printing people say how come a woman is invading a mans profession the dalai Association Project is one of several there which supports women who want to start their own businesses. Because the society has traditional views it allows a woman to become part of a project but just as a worker the woman cannot be a leader in the Society People know she can do it but according to traditions they dont accept it gazas business woman may be creating jobs they may also be helping to shape the attitudes of gazas new generation rob matheson Aljazeera Gaza still ahead on the news our prayers for the dead. 3 prodemocracy protesters. And. The best of the action. We got a few showers just around the black sea around the caspian sea but across the middle east this hot dry and sunny for the most part just noticed more cloud just trying to push its way into the far north of pakistan looking for the rains to stop pushing in here will be a little time before they do that 36. 00 celsius 34. 00 celsius there for karate much just see the around almaty there we go with the showers around the coaxes george youre armenia as a by john will see want to see showers over the next couple of days as far to drive meanwhile around that eastern side of the med by richard 30 degrees celsius similar temperature as we go on through monday and set the conditions right across the region come further south weve got the mid fortys there for baghdad and also for kuwait city this is similar temperature across the reagan peninsula well see highs around 45 celsius in doha still quite a keen breeze as we go on through sunday on into monday possibility of the southern end of the red sea just over towards the gulf of aden but otherwise it really is normal service hot sunshine pretty much all the way all sunshine present sunshine across much of Southern Africa weve got temperatures into homs around 17 degrees celsius so a little on the cools. 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Greeks Prime Minister has told him to support a last minute upset the still a possible despite opinion polls predicting he will lose sundays election Alexis Tsipras call the snap poll off to his left wing syriza party was heavily defeated in the European Parliament elections in may the conservative new Democracy Party is predicted to replace after 4 and a half years in power and afghan political figures and stakeholders are set to hold talks with the college for a 2 day meeting and cut to the interim Afghan Dialogue follows a pause and talks between the taliban and the u. S. Peace envoy Zalmay Khalilzad also taking place in the. Now far right activists are gathering in washington d. C. For a valley to contest a social media band placed on some of the movements leaders high profile right wing figures and former trump advisor raja stone are expected to address the gathering while anti fascist protesters are also rallying nearby they say they fight to the rise of White Nationalism and the far