i jewish senior, the 2 part documentary starts july 5th on d w. ah, ah ah, this is a news lived from berlin ran it looks a new hard line leader. rivals can feed defeat to ultra conservative abraham racy. many voters stay away as hundreds of moderate candidates are borrowed from standing also on the program. a 3 day travel that in lisbon, portugal capital city is impartial shut down as the super infectious and delta vary

until the corona virus spreads nationwide. and france is a favorite to bring home stoffers euro 2020 trophy. what makes the french football machine such a power house? we'll try to answer that in the program. ah, i'm the pfizer. welcome, a hard line. clara has swept to victory and around the presidential election officials. abraham has won nearly 2 thirds of the vote. the only moderate candidate has conceded election. turner was low. many voters were put off by years of authoritarian rule and an economy wrecked by international sanctions. or you see a harsh critic of the west and stands accused of human rights abuses. iran's new hard line president elect abraham racy will take over from his moderate predecessor

facade. ronnie, congratulations to the president elect. there are enough votes in this election, and today he's elected by the people official say this was the lowest turn out since the 1979 is lumnick revolution. activists had called for a boycott, claiming the vote was rigged. i will not vote because i believe the result of these elections is already written. racy was appointed to his 1st government post at the age of 20, and spent the next 40 years rising to the top of the runs judiciary. he has been sanctioned by the united states for allegedly being involved in the deaths of thousands of political prisoners. racy denies the claims supporter. say he is tough on crime. that's tony. my name is ryan. i know that i will vote teresee because his time is head of the dish every, he's put thousands of crooked people in jail. right. and i don't think what i'm talking about. race is passed to power with ease when hundreds of moderate

opponents were barred from standing. the protege of supreme leader ayatollah come in a one a landslide against the field that included just to moderate candidates. one of the biggest challenges raised will face is the flat lining economy renewing the abandoned international nuclear deal will also be crucial if he wants sanction lifted. but in line with the ron supreme leader racy is deeply suspicious of the west. and for more on this is bringing a correspondent, i'm here have a say in a to run. thanks for joining us. we just heard in that report mention of the nuclear deal. what does the victory of abraham ratio mean for iran's and commitment to that deal? at this point, some of these people are poking around. the nuclear deal to deviate does not seem to be much plan ultraconservative coming into power because they said doing

debate that you believe the decision of the system or government believes that it should be continues, if it's in the benefit of the people which the lifting of sanctions obviously would be especially given that is running on and improving the economy. the most important issue right now that was in this race. so it appeared that if the negotiation allowed to continue, they will, they did with the wrong the government, of course, the negotiator, mr. mc will appoint and of course the point with impact them in a way. ok, just to turn our gaze back into around there was a low level of voters in the election as we've heard, is that we can race the in any way and move power elsewhere. and tara

it does not seem to be the case according to people who are the requirements. for instance, the idea was the connection of people like not coming into bullets. what will be to show a kind of discontent, to the system rather than anything else, not the middle, right? the coming into this with low turn out. it's not going to change much because a narrative would still he didn't get the ball that was required. the guardian council had previously said during the race candidate having the most does not just so this doesn't up into the case, it will be business as did. but of course, maybe the government would try to appease to the people in essence, because of a lot better mystery seeing. well, of course it was all center election. were lot of candidates were barred from

a standing because of their views. what is the status and the energy level of the reformers? opposition now? of common people with a situation like that. well, not all of them, not the main names came forward to support 100 slash figure from the scanner color can fit came forward to put their names on and well with that when that little bit of effort and the fact that mr. randy, his voice was less than a number of voice bouts, a lot of the public, at least on social media. iranians are saying that this could be the death knell for reform. if they did come florida, this is the result. the public might not be that be struggling with anything else at this point, but that also remains to be because this has been around the previous ones. ok,

a few corresponding have interior and thank you. thank you. a 3 day travel band is enforced in portugal capital. lisbon authorities are worried about the growing number of cases of the corona virus. delta variant slowing down traffic in an attempt to slow down the spread of cope with 19 police began checking drive is entering or leaving lisbon on friday afternoon. authorities announced the measures just the day before, but offices that most residents knew something was coming their way. we thought is short notice dr. is no, the rules are aware of the ban on leaving or entering bill has been metropolitan area and we've seen much less traffic than the usual friday afternoon. but i've got to leave for bins. 2.8000000 residents can only leave the area with a valid reason. and those living outside abad from entering the tough measures. but

most people appeared to accept them because i thought, i think, i think it's really difficult to have an opinion, but i'm relatively confident about what the government decided. i think things are being decided in the face of the uncertainty of the situation. the most people here a very aware of just how dangerous the virus can be. portugal was hit hard earlier in the year. the country health system was on the verge of collapse. after a lockdown was imposed in january, the tide gradually turned. infection rates dropped and restrictions were almost completely lifted, but less than a month after portugal reopened its borders to tourists from the u. k. and the rest of the e. u. the country is seeing and you search. the government blamed the rapids spread at the delta variance for the sudden increase in cases you've added to provide.

we're still waiting for more data more efficient when same data the indicated that pointing towards the greater dominance of variance. if this is why it's important to take this decision, ample time to model, to quote you goes, government says it's monitoring the rights in cases and whether the snap travel band will be repeated will be decided weekly. let's have a look now at some of the other stories making news around the world to editors from hong kong pro democracy newspaper. the apple daily have been refused. vale, they are being charged with endangering chinese national security. activists have denounced the detention of journalist as a crackdown on media freedom. united nations has band voted, pardon me to band weapons sales to me and mar. member states are also demanding the restoration of the electric government. protesters also marked the birthday, the ousted leader on trying to cheat. party goers have clashed with police,

breaking up an illegal rave in northern france. violence arrested. his hundreds of revelers defied social distancing rules. several officers and revellers were injured. catholic bishops in the united states have agreed a plan that could deny communion to public figures who back of boston rights clerics and to rebuke politicians supporting abortion, including president joe biden time for sports now and football world champions. france has brought us to a great start at euro 2020, following one nail, opening victory over germany. they now face hungry. many believe the french are most likely to lift the trophy d. w. a. lima taki looks at what makes them tick. the france is a title winning talent factory. it produces some of the world's biggest names in football, and they all meet here at the football academies. and the suburbs. pass trade is

a tournament prompt to trans, to make drastic changes starting in the seventy's, every professional up have to create its own youth academy. so old school was formed in a way that's really the fall of professional education. it was a job. so that's from your age. the jewel in the crown is the national academy clear from 10 located 50 kilometers outside the capital parish. some notable graduates include terry henri and kian, and bob paid. the project has paid off in 1998 trans one. the 1st worst cost followed by the euros in 2000. and in 2018 they lifted the 2nd world cup. the victories drew attention to the children of immigrants that helped shape the country football success as he was at the wonderful work of nathan. and yet we got

some new babies in the den, and in 2019 like a few months after the work, we got some babies in too many pay come from the suburbs. i taught pog, but he and bob pay and, and go conti. unemployment is high here, the football is an outlet for the youth as being opposed to cycling, which is growing both and became the way of expression. one nation trans hope its talent track jury will recreate more scenes of joy like this at the euros. and staying with the euros england hosted rival scotland at wembley stadium in london. the underdogs scotland managed to hold england to a goal is draw in a fiercely contested match. both sides still have

a chance to reach the knockout stages. and the pressure is on here as germany faced defending champions, portugal and their next match already won. defeat down the germans need a when the can team make up for their failure. in the last world cup, germany coach yogi live rallied his troops preparing for saturdays match against portugal. though it's only germany, 2nd game, a bureaus, it could be a last stand for live. his side will need a win against the reigning champions if they want to better their chances of getting past the group stage, no easy task, and the added pressure of knowing mrs. low spinal tournament. after 15 years at the helm, i can't help germany. we're out class by france and they're opener, and will need to see stark improvement if they are to be portugal live, we'll likely have to recalibrate his disjointed looking attack. if you want to side to put the ball away. device that you know sends out things. we want to

need to and we'll do better and just imagine our mission on our live can take some solace. and knowing that the last time a side played portugal, they won for new on the way to lifting the 2014 world cup. this time, portugal or the favorites, and they aren't intimidated by a struggling germany or something like that. we know we are facing a great team, but i'm not afraid of germany. both teams are going to respect each other. but obviously, our goal is not to drop. our goal is to in that subjective program. in portugal in germany have undergone role reversal since 2014 but live might just be able to reinvigorate the magic of brazil and extend his trip with germany out of the group stages with the when o and before we leave you classical music lovers in austria have finally enjoyed a post lockdown live show with infections dropping the vienna philharmonic

orchestra stage in the open air concert. pfizer, thanks for watching. ah ah . busy ah

oh, the arab spring uprisings, market turning point in the history of the era world people risk their lives for freedom. the regimes collapsed while foreign powers also entered the arena. the militia groups spread fear and terror. after years of destruction and displacement, where does the arab world stand today? is there a new spring on the horizon? what do people now dream of use?

the war in syria is part of the legacy of the arab spring. many in the west at once seen president bashar assad as a relatively liberal progressive figure. but he still showed his true colors. after the regimes in tunisia and egypt were toppled the people of syria dare to take to the street in march 2011 to demand freedom, dignity, and economic reforms started punishing the towns that are rebelling. so depriving them of all infrastructure or service to government services. let's say

a waste management education and then the stage. so a sad was besieging the towns that were rebelling one by one. and so when i say besieging it means there is no water, there is no electricity, there is no food there. is nobody coming in or going out wherever protests flared up, the regime isolated. those who took part. this is holmes. one of the focal points of the uprising, the garbage wasn't picked up for weeks, and the water supply was shut off. there was a growing danger of infectious disease outbreaks, hunger and holmes was widespread in 2011. i thought had decided that if the residence in one area took to the streets, he would punish that entire neighborhood nickel. then we just sat in some days, we have none sharp regime killed, our children,

and our brothers and sisters whose government is doing the syrians who lived in exile were deeply concerned about their compatriots suffering at the time. sima ben rabo was working in the united arab emirates. she created a network that brought together opposition activists from across the region. the author regime, she says, was it war with its own people? it is not the civil war because a civil war assumes that they are multiple parties fighting one another in the case of syria, if there is in fighting the people. so it is not a civil war. it's called the terrorism of the state against its own people. as the government crackdown intensified some opposition supporters took up arms. at the same time, they were now widespread desertion and assad's own armed forces, mostly among members of the sunni branch of islam. they expressed solidarity with

the protesters and refused to shoot at their own people. the one with a growing number of syrians believing that i thought had gone too far, popular support for his regime was falling fast. here in home, a military officer who had deserted, explains to volunteer militiamen how to protect themselves against the snipers. to con, also the government gave us orders. they violated our oath as soldiers. we had sworn to protect civil. when i saw what was going on, i deserted on june, 2nd 2011 and is it death in dash? as the government campaign continued, they were fewer demonstrations and more st. battles. as our thought chose brute

force. the large parts of syria soon bore the scars of a war zone. tens of thousands of people fled to neighboring countries like lebanon and turkey, from their many would make their way to europe. 10 years after the start of the resolution, half of this year in population, $12000000.00 people, half of them is internally displaced, and the other half is turned into refugees, which is considered by the united nations, the biggest human, terry, and catastrophe in the 21st century assad, his response for all of this, i guess until this day he doesn't acknowledge the existence of an opposition science. opponents failed to develop a common strategy. some of them wanted democratic reforms,

others favored moderate islamist policies. this lack of unity created a power vacuum that allowed a radical g hottest group to occupy large parts of syria. the self proclaimed islamic state attracted tens of thousands of volunteers from across the arab world. and also from europe and southern russia. by 2014 i yes, controlled the euphrates river region from aleppo and syria to felicia in iraq and even threatened baghdad. islamic state established its headquarters in rocker with its forces later occupying the iraqi cities of mosul and to create it then continue to expand throughout the region, reaching the height of its territorial control in 2015

islamic states. conquests in iraq and syria caused concern in turkey, which borders both countries. refugees were pouring in while would be jihadists were using a stumble as a transit point to enter the region. turkey saw an opportunity to expand its influence in the region. turkish president, friendship tie of air to one is and was closely associated with the conservative muslim brotherhood movement which was gaining influence in several countries in the middle east and north africa air. the one sought to take advantage of this situation and make turkey the dominant regional power it had been in the 19th century. now let's you, he will the function need on our 1st on turkey, nato member state supported the syrian revolution. adkins for on the one hand,

a lot of width and aid for the syrian rebels came through turkey. but on the other, a number of young europeans were crossing from turkey into syria to become jihadists on them. though monsieur logan, as he don't go into one, sought to use this chaotic situation to develop a policy that was both pan islamist and ultra nationalist. he, he's had a funny son east in kinda soon and he's officially air. the one was opposed to the growing power of islamic state. but in syria i yes . forces were battling kurdish troops which suited air to on seeing the kurds. that's a serious threat. his strategy was one of my enemies enemy is my friend. to say this is the relationship between turkey and his stomach state was a tactical one. then i don't believe the one in 10. he wanted to help us, but he saw this as a cost benefit situation is fine. of course,

if turkey joined the fight against islamic state him, it could benefit the current visor in one's top foreign policy priority is to prevent the kurtz from achieving more political tonight. political will take a took kurdish forces fared well in their battle against islamic state. thanks also to support from france and the us in the shape of arms deliveries and air strikes in syria and iraq. the syrian curds have close ties with the kurdistan workers party, or p k. k. considered by many a terrorist organization. but for the us, the fight against islamic state now took priority. in 2014, i s still helped large parts of northern syria. but courtesy troops drove out its forces, ended the siege of co bonnie and in 2016 declared

a better ration in areas that they controlled. turkey was alarmed by the success of the kurdish militias. former prime minister ok met with total says the us was wrong to support syrian kurdish groups such as the people's protection units. the y p g u. s. for this reason or the prison thought that b k k. i need to groups like p y, d, y, p g could be a partnership. and this disturb turkey, these disturbing women. i was primacy was, this is not the way we should. we should work as to lice particular that there is still condition not according to 30. according to us, according to your country, says the kurds, western allies were impressed with the success of the militias, which also had female fighters in their ranks. but for turkey, they represented

a growing danger. asked my vote, see, just denali will for the 1st time, there was a real possibility of a kurdish, autonomous region being established, or even a kurdish state can. but we are on this represented a real danger for turkey interest, and that's why had one has one overriding priority. and his entire middle east policy is an integral preventing the creation occurred as stacy and on turkey border under. and so that so if i hadn't done air to one's worst, fear was that ethnic curds in syria and southern turkey could join forces on repeated occasions. he threatened to send troops into northern syria. that's what he means up hockey. this one goes more america, after us forces went down, their presence in the region. turkish units moved into northern syria, cv. turkey was no longer content to simply support the islamists that we have on

this one now developed to policy that was decidedly nationalist and anti code is i c k in the zone on 4 key, try to create a buffer zone that extended several dozen kilometers into syria, you could, the aim was to prevent any co operation between kurdish forces on either side of the border. and the kurds in syria were fighting. i n. a dash. in october 2019. curtis leaders negotiated a deal with president bashar assad. very and troops would deploy along the border to prevent a turkish military offensive. the deal was brokered by russia. i thought did not want to lose any more territory. this move, plus the addition of russian air strikes against opposition, militias help boost thoughts. chances are staying and power and they're the ones efforts to increase turkeys presence in northern syria, we're only

a limited success. meanwhile, vladimir putin took advantage of the situation to enhance russia as role as a major player in the region. still in 2019 air, the one was able to set up buffer zones inside syria, which also served to prevent the various kurdish militias from linking up with as with the arab spring itself, european diplomats did not play much of a role in negotiation aimed at ending the fighting and syria, they were more effective in trying to end the 2nd civil war that broke out in libya in 2014 and august 2020 german foreign minister. hypo mos traveled to libya in an effort to keep the conflict from spiraling out of control. when i was torn until friday, and as you been,

i was 5 to 0. we want to do everything we can to prevent libya from becoming a 2nd. syria on russia and turkey are involved. but no one else, loopy. and we don't want to see libya divided between turkey and russia. but to prevent that, we have to play a larger wrong than vaughn 7 the the 1st libyan civil war began in february 2011 in the wake of arab spring protests and other countries . as elsewhere, the uprising against more mar, i'll get dorothy. and the suing conflict divided and devastated the country. gadhafi had been courted by western leaders, including then french president nicholas are cozy because of libby as oil reserves, the largest in africa the west seemed content to ignore the dictators dismal record on human rights. as the street protests against his regime continued armed militia soon got in. daffy's troops moved east and

recaptured several cities that had been seized by rebels. unlike in syria, the un security council authorized member states to use all necessary measures to protect libyan civilians. this included nato air strikes me born intervention turned the tide of the war against gadhafi. he was now isolated internationally. gadhafi was captured and executed by opposition forces in october 2011. opposition forces, backed by military support from nato, now ruled the country. the middle devion by relative if it's in the military operation against libya, relatively efficient europeans and especially the french had launched this

operation, suffered few casually the fall under an onion, the syria, whole range of my teaching players were involved with having felix was not the case in libya and in libyan and a lot of world leaders seemed class, be rid of daphne to fall off and was didn't show me the us and european military intervention destroyed good duffy's regime, which paved the way for the success of the popular uprising. but the allies played no role in the political transition that followed on the show. putting this lead to a disaster in which libya disintegrated into several warring factions. these in turn prompted turkey, russia and others to intervene. ah, in the political turmoil that followed the fall of gadhafi rebels led by former field marshal khalifa, half tar challenge to the elected parliament in the general national congress. the opposition forces were backed by a coalition that included egypt,

the united arab emirates and russia. but augment, double told in 2014 turkeys foreign minister and then prime minister tried to move libya into his country's sphere of influence even today, although no longer part of the air to one regime. he says, this would be in the best interest of both countries. nobody can isolate 30 in the mediterranean voters. government can tolerate this. libya, eastern mediterranean issue may libya as a, as an issue of national interest for search. but the presence of turkey turkish is to help the libyan impartial. good and clear. nice. go. by 2019. the libyan interim government that had been formed in 2015 was under attack by opposition, forces led by leaf a half tar turkey,

dispatched mercenaries to support the government, while russia backed the other side. the western libya, including the capital, tripoli, is controlled by the internationally recognized government the eastern part of the country is occupied by half tars rebels. the conflict has become an international proxy war with turkey and cutter supporting the government. while russia, egypt and the united arab emirates are backing, the rebels escaped stockton. v took high date such as khaki, russia and the american much less interested in pay and they are expanding that of influence. ultimately about geo politics please. this is length of warden. this is a proxy war and it has to be contained in the 1st and just because at some point in

the international players and confront each other directly by time, these are stopped and lease dates if anything, want to expand the fear of influence. and unlike europe, they wouldn't have to deal with the consequences, and these are starting to come to come from the european diplomats headed by berlin are now working to bring peace to libya, both sides in the conflict. consider the germans, unlike france or italy to be impartial negotiators, german lead mediation did at least lead to a cease fire. in october 2020 the airport. a tripoli, which had seen clashes between rebels and government troops, soon reopened for a limited number of flights. but the peace talks have been complicated by it is in the less more not russelton's lung capacity for despite the arms embargo weapons are still being brought into the country. when don't escape my. both sides have

violated the embargo from this and both sides are bringing in foreign fighters inside. ah, the e u hopes that a peace deal will help reduce the number of refugees trying to get to europe from libya. the 1st stop for many refugees is the italian island of land, but do so just 300 kilometers north of libya as coast ah, many of the refugees are intercepted by the libyan coast guard and brought back as part of an e. you funded system that has been criticized by human rights organizations and going to make us wants to mines. as else with migration is a very sensitive topic across europe wish to be. and so we want to see libya develop functional state structures that can deal with the situation as a stable libya is in the use interest. libya as interim government hopes that

the europeans will help extend its authority across the entire country. but turkey and russia likewise continued to push their foreign policy agendas in the region, adding another layer of complexity to the peace process. because ultimately libby as fate is in the hands of regimes in cairo, is turnbull, moscow and abu dhabi the german government is trying to keep both sides in the conflict from insisting on a military solution a hope that was my solicitor, but each side says it has to expand its engagement because the other side is done the same and that makes it extremely difficult to achieve a political solution. because i'm still believe that a military solution is possible. i don't want it. we can end the spiral of violence

only with the participation of both sides and their foreign supporters. of course, germany's diplomatic efforts are also complicated by contradictory aspects of the use, middle east policy. the claims to support freedom and democracy, but has often fact leaders who primarily serve europe's interests a case in point, the united arab emirates where human rights issues seem to become secondary european reality or a betrayal of european values. i think that the biggest mistake that the west always makes is this obsessive quest for stability. you know supports for leaders like mobiles in egypt or even in directly for aside and serial or others in the region has only brought long term endemic

stomach problems to the region which end up blowing up in everyone's face. and it's unfortunately a vicious cycle because the reaction than in europe is all. we must stabilize because migrant refugees, poverty are doors. so let's push the border further out into the, into the mediterranean, into north africa. to make sure this problem doesn't come to us. in lebanon, longstanding economic and political problems may yet produce a popular movement that resembles the original arab spring. for years, they root, also a regional financial hub, seemed and a waste of tranquillity. as a war raged in neighboring syria. wealthy syrians and gulf arabs poured their money into local real estate and other reasonably safe investments. a stable lebanon seemed to be in everyone's best interests, not least with the mask as just being

a 2 hour drive away from a route. but that stability and fear of change have also led to gridlock in the country's political system. by tradition, lebanon's prime minister is always a sunni muslim on her rary served in this post from 2016 to 2020. the country's president is always the maronite christian. while the parliament speaker is a shia muslim, the system is based on lebanon's 3 largest religious factions. it may seem equitable on the surface, but the setup has also led to nepotism and corruption. and lebanon's government has proven unable to deal with the countries severe economic problems. a route born journalist kim got us, says the people have had enough. and now demand real performs. every country in the region is fighting its own internal battles. it has its own internal dynamics,

but it's also all interconnected as part of a larger system. the ira uprisings happened, and lebanon was not part of that wave initially, but it rejoined it more recently in 2019, with the protests that took place in october and continued throughout 2020. in the summer of 2019 thousands gathered in bay route for protests that continued for several weeks. the beginning of a new arab spring movement, the uprisings and the protest 11 on our part of the bigger picture there, part of the uprising in general against injustice against corruption against oppression. but then you have the local dynamics that are specific to 11 on because you don't have sha militias in egypt. you don't have sha malicious intent is just as in the original arab spring countries. the situation in lebanon is complicated

by the presence of a militant religious organization has below a sheer political group that also has a powerful security apparatus. in the 2019 demonstrations organized troublemakers often clashed with peaceful protesters. in this case, they broke through a police cordon and battled security forces. such disruptions are common during political protests in lebanon. his boy law itself has said that the demonstrations threatened the stability of the lebanese government while denying any involvement in the counter protest, violent the u. s, germany and several other countries have designated his ballade as a terrorist organization. but it is definitely a force to be reckoned with in lebanon. its political wing is represented in lebanon's cabinet and the current parliament, while its militias have helped to maintain asada regime across the border and syria

has below also has close ties to iran and is considered by many to be toronto proxy in the region. so nobody from jimmy on as well as presented themselves as those who fought for the rights of the oppressed for the poor for the occupied, et cetera. but over time, as they entered politics, politics corrupts even resistance. movements, which is how they were described by many people, and seen by many people in, in, in lebanon. and they've become part of the corrupt establishment. the corruption is widely believed to have played a part in a massive chemical explosion that rocked a root in august 2020. more than 200 people were killed and 7 and

a half 1000. others were injured. the area around the ports of a route where the blast took place was raised to the ground. almost 3000 tons of ammonium nitrate had been stored in a warehouse without proper safety measures and was likely triggered by welding work . critics said, port officials should have moved the material to a different location but didn't, because of corruption and for management. the nonprofit organization stepped in immediately to help the victims. these groups included in n g o called development, accessible for all which provides aid for poor families throughout lebanon. office bounder is paula jacobi young. here she shows the extent of the damage caused by the blast. in yucca yan resigned her seat in parliament shortly after

the explosion in protest against corruption and mismanagement and lebanon's government. the picking ball that was granted in beirut, under our nose, this, the government, the president, they all knew about him on, you mean the roots and they did nothing. and we just did them for so long with just the christian leader that he was christian and distinctly to do with cindy and she added, no, they're not, they have nothing to do with god. there's a bunch of devils trying to rule a country of who people of divided people i, while an investigation into the disaster was launched, there has been political interference and a lack of accountability on all sides for explosive material having been stored in

the port. paula, yoko beyond hopes that the people of lebanon will demand reforms aimed at breaking the sectarian strangle hold, that these groups have on lebanon's political system. she says people are tired of having their lives controlled by what she calls the lebanese mafia. i wish to have a country where my son can go to school and come by safety. i wish for the country where we can read clean air, have clean water, have an economy, have a future where everyone is free to speak with ever. they want everyone to speak to, to dress up the way they want. and i was think fighting for basic needs. the protests in lebanon continue, but most people have little hope that things will change. some have already emigrated here, as in many other countries,

the arab spring failed to bring about the reforms that people demanded as in lebanon, demands for arab spring style reforms came late to iraq. life here, over the past 2 decades, has been chaotic. the international intervention to topple saddam hussein. the rise and fall of islamic state. sectarian violence between she is in sunni's and an economy in ruins. but for all our ruby, the problem is not primarily about sectarianism. he blames a powerful and corrupt elite for the current political and economic situation in iraq and show in law. and sure, we've seen injustice theft and the conscious squandering of public funds. and it's being done by the same people again and again. this is a huge revolution that can change things today,

tomorrow or in the future. in october 2019 thousands of iraqis demonstrated in baghdad. terrier square in the middle. when i got there, i was surprised at the size of the crowd and how diverse it was enough that they were demanding one basic human right dignity of the up so dignity that iraqi people deserve cut. on with that dignity was stone from us and we wanted back how miss lupe? sonya did the demonstrations. he witnessed signal the start of an arab spring style movement. the demands of the protesters in 2019 were certainly the same as they had been in other countries, dignity and anger over corrupt politicians. oppression had a lack of prospects for the young generation, as seen previously from tunis and ban garcey to cairo and damascus.

that anger prompted the people of baghdad and several other rocky cities to take to the streets. when the protests intensified, security forces fired tear gas rubber, bullets, and even live ammunition. the demonstrators had a new found sense of unity, regardless of religious affiliation. upon us up in a play, i can the am, some people went for days without food. we helped volunteers bring food to the people who are gathered at the top. we are square bob enough and we didn't know whether those people were sunni or she didn't care. no one paid any attention to what religion you belong to. let me know, call me with kill him. applies here. in november 2019 iraq's prime minister stepped down after the country's top shia cleric condemned the government violence against

demonstrators. sporadic protests continue as a rock remains a fragmented and fragile state. what is the legacy of the arab spring? civil wars have arranged for years and libya, syria and yemen, which have escalated into international conflicts in egypt. the military remains and power led by president and a former army general of doe fata. i'll see the royal families in saudi arabia, verena and kuwait have managed to preserve the status quo their counterparts and morocco, jordan and oman responded to popular protests by adopting limited reforms in algeria of lebanon and iraq. there have been occasional demonstrations, but the political establishment remains and power mass protests and so done in

2019 prompted the resignation of the countries president only tunisia has enjoyed peaceful transitions of political power based on a new constitution. ah, spite tunisia, success and reform, but country faces enormous economic problems including high youth unemployment. many young people leave for europe or the gulf states to find jobs. but tunisia, democratic system is working. a new president was elected in 2019 ah, among those casting of vote at that time was lena ban henney, a well known activist author and blogger, who spoke out to demand social and economic reforms. in a 2019 interview, she told us that there is more to democracy than free elections was for let you use

this. so i would like to see the people of tenicia achieve all the goals that we had after the revolution, dignity and prosperity. so important. we will talk to the like, he's the call now, and we also have to work our way out of the economic and social crises that we now need. ah, most tunisians are proud of their new democratic system. hardly any one wants to see a return to the dictate tauriel policies. the president ban ali was ousted in 2011 . the and many women have followed in the footsteps of lena ban mahoney who died in 2020, at the age of 36. after a long illness, ah, poverty is widespread in tunisia is rural regions. few people have the money to buy

farmland from the big landowners or the government. so many work as day laborers. but there has been some progress. for example, in the town of jim ner, and central tenicia in 2011 local residence occupied in nearby date plantation. since then, they've continued to work the land. they use the profits to hire more workers and to invest in infrastructure projects. but their claim to the land has not yet been officially recognized by the courts. omar honda was among those who took over the plantation. it was the 1st work that he'd been able to find in years. if not the thought of. when the revolution began, this was the only place around here where we could find jobs. we worked for the landlord. but then we reclaim the land that rightfully belonged to us. about

the gym and some local young people joined us and we kicked out the landlord. well, i'm going to go to mac and i'm and luckily we were able to do it peacefully. 100 additional. i just under 40 percent of tunisia, population are under the age of $25.00. about one 3rd of young people attend college. but youth unemployment is high at around 36 percent. the jobless rate for women is even higher. but in the coastal town of book, laura, one woman has made a name for herself. well flake, the mayor. and it all started when i was walking home from the university one day when passed through the market fit, you get it. i noticed that there were only men there not a single woman,

an income in what i said to myself. as soon as i'm done with my studies, i'll try to fix this situation with a d met and i've always believed that i could know it and people don't make an effort to change things. nothing will happen. lisney, though, i'm at the out at the plague . his tunisia is youngest female mayor. at 1st, the local fishermen ignored her. they didn't want to take orders from a young woman, but at least now they talked to her a little comes from a religious family. her father isn't a mom. and he now accepts the fact that his daughter wanted to be a role model for the community, this d, my mom and i wish i could, i've always had the motivation and the passion and,

and after the revolution, i wanted to do something important with my life and that's why i decided to get into public service for did people and why shouldn't i would chick? i wanted to show that a woman here can go out and work effectively with man. lady said the indian head. i also wanted to motivate other women to do the same as i did in some local women have followed all the lead and entered local politics and more and more and are getting used to the idea of having a discussion with a female mayor. ah. ready perhaps the best way to bring about long term change is to start at the grassroots level. after all, most revolutions start out small. the quest for freedom, for justice, for dignity, are not over in the region. a lot of people use the word,

the term arab spring to describe what started in tennessee in december of 2010 with was easy, the vegetable vendor who wanted dignity. he wanted a job, he wanted income, but he wanted dignity. he wanted to be respected as a citizen, as a human being, and then went through and his done egypt and syria, with some successes here and terrible failures there. but i think that the uprising are ongoing, and we continue to see them in sudan, in algeria, in lebanon, in iraq. it's an ongoing quest for a better future. the arab spring was a major turning point and the history of north africa and the middle east. everyday citizens learned that unpopular rulers can be overthrown. thousands were killed in

the chaos of revolution. but many people are continuing to take up the challenge of creating a more just society. the arab spring may have ended, but its legacy lives on the the the he's nowhere no go on the pitch. when it comes to color for brick, he's in the league of his own job. bryant is an english bonus leader fan, and lego are his models of soccer stadiums have made him famous, especially among german,

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