The week in pictures: January 20th-26th, 2015

Last week was another action packed seen days so lets look back at some of the stories that grabbed headlines around the world

In Greece the far left Syriza party won a massive victory sending shock-waves throughout the European Union as the Greek people vote to reject the austerity measures put in place as a condition of the $240bn bailouts the country received from the EU in 2010 & 2012. A refusal of the new Greek government to accept EU terms and conditions may trigger the country dropping out of the Euro, and deal a devastating blow to the technocratic management of the Union’s economy.

In Argentina the Prosecutor Alberto Nisman who was about to go before a congressional hearing and accuse both President Cristina Kirchner and Foreign minister Hector Timerman of efforts to protect Iranian officials implicated in the bombing of a Jewish community center in 1994 that left 85 dead in return for favoratble trade conditions, was found shot in the head at his home. Investigators have not ruled out “induced suicide”, President Kirchner believes he was murdered to make the government look guilty of a cover up, and the reporter who broke the news of Nisman’s death has fled the country.

Japan reeled from the apparent evidence that Haruna Yukawa, a hostage of the Islamic State, had been killed by his captors, raising fears for the life of Kenji Goto who is also being held having made efforts to secure the release of Yukawa. Islamic State had demanded $200 million for the release of the pair, but no payment was made. Prime minister Shinzo Abe appeared on television to say “Such an act of terrorism is outrageous and unforgivable. I condemn it strongly and resolutely.” He also demanded the release of Mr Goto.

In Sport Arsenal just held on against a fired up Brighton to grab a place in the fifth round of the FA Cup. Starting strong the Gunners were always ahead but the boys from the south coast kept the pressure on right to the end. Will the London team fare better next round? You’ll have to read our daily news pages to find out. In the meantime lets take a look at what grabbed our headlines last week.

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