♪ >> he was the country's first democratically elected leader very of we will have more from our correspondent in a second. must restore trust in our democracy says boris johnson as he addresses lawmakers after his cabinet met for the first time.

the new prime minister wants to complete exit, deal or no deal. here in paris the record temperature of 42 degrees celsius is possible this afternoon. this is after temperature records were broken in belgium, the netherlands and germany. hehello and welcome back to the france 24 newsroom. we start with the deatath of the tunisianan presisident, he was n to the hospital on wednesday. it is unclear what his cause of death was. he was president for five years and now the head of parliament takes over until elections are held. 88-year-oldr 2014,4, was elected the president of tunisia. i want to say youthfulness is not some kind of civic status it is a state of mind. >> it was thehe crowning

achievement of a political career spanning more than 60 years. he firstby training got involved in politics in the 1950's when he joined the fight for decolonization. after r the tunisian independene he performed various government the then under president including interior and defense minister before being named ambassador to francece in 1970. oppoposition he left two years later as an act of protest against the one p pty system m n tunisia. he could not stay away from politics and came back to the government in 1981 as minister of foreign affairs. he then served as president for parlrliament between 1990 and 11 undeder the new leader before stepping back from politics for nearlyly two decades. when the president was toppled by the arab spring revolution he came back to take over as

interim prime minister swewearig he would retire after elections were held. he was convinced to o give it -- another go. he founded a party that united various political factions under .he banner of secularism after a campaign wheree cast himself as the canandidate of stability and experience hee bebecame the first democratiticy elected president with over 55% of the voteses. his term in power was marked by a resurgence of jihadist terrorism, regular protests over unemployment and accusations of favoritism which saw his popularity plummet in recent years. last april the 92-year-old announced he would not -- announced it was time f for someone yoyounger to take over. claire: let's go speak to our correspondent. what more can you u tell us? away at 10:25ssed

in the morning according to unofficial announcement. -- according to an official announcement. it is the anniversary of republic day w when tunisia was announced as a republic in 1957. itit was a holiday t today and peopople were e not expepecting. the president had been hospitalized three times in the past two months. he w was hospitalized yesterdayn e ordeder of doctotors in the afternoon and was sent to the military hospital and received the news this morning. understand that the head of parliament takes over until elections are held? >> according to the constitution the headad of parliament is supposedo o take over for bebetween 45 and 90 0 days thatt should c cover the firstst legislatative election in early octotober. that does not appear to extend to when presidential elections

are supposed to take place. this is being mediated by constitutional accord. nishie past four years to and politicians have not been abable to agree on the membersrf the e constitutional accord. we are left upup in the what the foal prorocedure s shoulbe going forward. it is worth noting that the head of parliament is 85 years old and has been hospitalized in the last month. howow do tunisians feel about t being left in the dark n ththe reason foror h hospitalization? of civilhas been a lot society organizations that have been complaining there has not been a lot of transparency regardining the health of the president which has made it more difficult to consider going how t tunisians should prepare themselves for the upcoming elections. in a press conference organized by civil society on the topic this morning it was canceled when they heard about the president and t that was beforee

learned the president had passed away. claire: thank you for that update. it is boris johnson first full day as the prime minister of britain after his cabinet met for the first time and he made a statement to mps in the house of commons. johnson said the whole cabinet was committed to the eu leaving the -- he leaving says abolishing the irish backstop is necessary. refuse to renegotiate the deal struck with theresa may. >> i and all ministers on this to do otherwise would cause a catastrophic loss of confidence in our political system. it would leave the british people wondering whether their politicians could ever be trusted again to follow a clear democratic instruction. >> let's go to london and speak

to our correspondent. how has boris johnson's first statement to mps as prime minister's gone down? as you would expect from the conservative benches, boris johnson's first statement as british prime minister has gone down well which is not surprising. it will not be lost on anybody 17 ministers were sacked or resigned yesterday. you have not just a cabinet that met for the first time at 8:30 local time but you have a former cabinet on the back benches. i don't think we should interpret theieir reactions tody with any kind of speculation about their future behavior. i should also point out this is the last sitting day of parliament for the moment until the third of september.

in other words as many people leavesing it forest johnson as prime minister off the hook. there has been speculation the labour party would bring a no-confidence motion today. there was a motion by the new liberal democratic leader. she actually needs the main opposition, the leader of the opposition, to call for that vote. no doubt it is because thehey dd not feel confident they could win it. we have a very bullish prime minister who we thought would only appoint the main cabinets of defense, foreign affairs, home affairs and chancelellor, e has appointed the whole cabinet. it met thihis morning and he is very clear he is ready to memee. commimission and other eu leaders, whenever and wherever, a as you are mentionig he wants the backstop p taken ot of the agreement that was negotiated by theresa may.

what he pointed out is that was rejected three times by parliament. something they has to change. claire: there is very little time left and the eu has made it very clear it is not willing to renegotiate the deal. statemements you just made are cocorrect. there e is little time, 98 dayss and a f few hours. parliament is in recess so mps go back to their constituencies tonight. they will have some time to think and talk to constituents. it is also been a very long year for everybybody so hopefully to get a bit of rest. it is a record-breaking 39 degrees, scorching heat here. some people say he has actually

assembled a cabinet that is ready for a general election. though he would refute that he is going to call one. the leader of the opposition, jeremy corbyn is not happy who clearly disagrees with most of what boris j johnson's policies are. it is clear he does not like the man. in a formal l way he welcomed hm to his new position and that will be interesting to see those exchanges between those men. we k know that both the conservative party and the labour party are very divided. haslabour party position been constructively ambiguous. not officially remain. with 98 days to go, about 24 parliament -- that is very little time. asy say it is not possible the prime minister says again in cabinet and again in parliament for the united kingdom to leave

by that newly extended date, either on or by the 31st of october. whatever happens we will be covering it and analyzing it. claire: thank you for that update from london. let's go back to our t top stor. the death of the tunisian president at the age of 92. joining us from the barcelelona center for internanational affas , thank you for taking the time toto talk to us. was the first democratically elected leader of tunisia, what would you say is his legacy? is one ofnk his legegacy having consolidated the tunisian state. it is a moment of great turbulence. in the twowo years before he he forced adent coalition that has not held together very well.

during the lasast two years of e islamist government up to 20201. a number of left-w-wing politicians were murdered and shrines were torched by extremists. plalayed ansebsi importanant role in opposing th. tunisia has been hailed for its stability. do you think that essebsi's death could have an ununsettling affect? >> no, i don't think so.. he will be succeeded for t the nextxt the of f months until parliament can presidentntial elect. he will be succeeded by the new president of the national assembly. i don't think there will be any trouble. -- tunisiaderlined

within its present front years has been a state for over 1000 years. has beenener of africa great ethnic or religious minorities in n tunis. that can lead to economic and social problems. ththe country basically i wouldd say is anthropologically more solid thahan many other ararab states. >> you talked about socioeconomic factors. a big issue that led to the arab spring was unemployment. how far has duties it cocome in that regard -- tunisia, and that regard? in thehere is a failure past four years it is to tackle economic reforms. was not interested in economics, he was interested in politics and foreign affairs.

he had been foreign minister under a former president. he played onon important role en guaranteeing the position of tunisisia. the greatest l legacy of his presidenency will be seen as the toempt to reform -- the lack back a prime minister could have attempted reforms. in aomote democracy country like ththat, democracy s not bubuilt in a day. tunisian democracy will not be andnd in recenent years european union, france, the world bank, the united states have strongly backed and supported tunisia. one must also underlined that the tunisian economy -- what is going on in libya. libya as a result of european and american failure -- to that extent tunisia is

suffering becausese of its geopolitical environment. i think in this context the tunisian's have done a good job in terms of security, they have done a good job and the security risk in tunisia today, i got to tunisia every two or three isths and the security risk no greatater thahan it is in pa, london or berlin. i think that is the credit of the president. >> thank you very much indeed for your time and your analysis. from the barcelona center for international affairs. turning our attention to the historic heat wave affecting many of us in western europe area temperature -- western europe. in thetures yesterday 40's with a red alert issued in northern france. the forecast in paris is 42 degrees celsius. the highest temperature recorded in the french capital ever. peter has more on the situation

in france. >> a historic heat wave. temperatures are set to beat records in the north of france. the capital reaching 42 degrees celsius. the government is taking no chances. chief's can now postpone or cancel events when they think there is a risk. school trips, sports competitions or other outdoor activities for the youngest and the most fragile. the state forecast or has put 60 administrative departments on orange alert and 20 on regular. the highest possible. the most at risk on the young, elderly and homeless in the health ministry has encouraged a number of measures for companies to allow flexible hours, all working from home and for summer camps to closose or take prprecautiony y measures..

country haves the been struggling to adapt. in the northeast they have had to change when they harvest and a a dry spell has significantly reduced the yield of corn and beans. at first these beings were promising because we planted them very early in the season thanks to an ideal spring. we are looking at a 60 or 70% loloss of yield. increasingly random conditions. sometimes with heavy rainfall, sometime very hot. >> that's it for now, thanks for watching. stay tuned. ♪

> high upup in the outs it is homeme to a rather ununusual , you can find the largest number of sundials and rants. houses across the region, a tradition that comes from the neighboring area of italy. in 1821 alall the locals passedy sundialch because the was the only way of finding out what the time was. it takes some deciphering understand what the sunlight is telling us. you see the dial goes from 6:00 in the morning to 6:00 in the evening.

you can read it when the shadow runs across the entire line. >> the last sundial maker still working in france. >> here we arere at ththe churc. collects he is restored nearly all of the valley's dials. the oldest took them longer to finish. during the restoration we discover the faces of three different dials on top of each other. >> the most recent is from 1823. was aerneath that there section of a glaringly obvious style with some already appealing g on the -- appearingn the left datating frorom 1732. onethen underneath that there was an even older dial from 1698. dials itmost of the back to the 19th century when

italian artists crossed the mountains to paint theirir works on churches and houses like here. >> today we have a sundial, one of the first creations from the 1840's. with this rather simplistic decoration -- we can also see a signature with inititials on the left side and we also have this time mechanismsm which is perfectly accucurate. >> built more than 2000 meters above sea level this has become the sundial capital of france. some of them are old but others are brand-new. like thiss one that has been jut finished. the dial is not like the others. we've his to relationship with his wife in. >> thehere is a reflection on te play and the angles.

you have the alps and there is a condor. the sunshine'son 300 days a year. these are neededed to tell the time but it can also damage the paint on the dials. so that the wowork stotood the t of time the artists used a specl technique. >> we can see that thiis still in perfect condition. the key technique was to use natural pigments diluted in water that wewere applied to the whitewash while it was still moist. the color was permanently locked into the plaster, making it much more long-lasting. the sundials tell us a lot about the history of the area. this was the home of an old family of solicitors. they had one facing the rising sun and the other facing thee sesetting sun which meant they

could tell the time all day long. the owners of these dials were often well off, having the means to afford such decororations. they also show a level of culture. those who put sundials on the wall had some knowledge of the workings of the sun and time it self. artists have been making sundials in this area for 20 years. each can take months to complete. arere the firsts important step to any order that he receives. when i am workining on a dial i'm am protected from the sun by a plastic sheet. i cannot keep climbing down to see if all the portions are correct so i have to work from a blueprint. >> he is mainly inspired by

local wildlife and the mountains area the locals in these parts all have a fondness for their sundials. the colorful clocks illustrate the history of the region and its heritage as soon as the sun rises and casts a fresh shadow each morning. >> france 24, differenent pointf view. ♪ for over 60 years families in virginia have loaded up their cars for a night at what is the last remaining drive-in movie

theater in the region. >> ♪ sweet home alabama the 19 thirties drive-ins became popular in the 50's and 60's and many customers enjoy the trip down memory lane. >> thahat was a great time when you went to the drive-in. >> it is not like a normal movie theater where you go in and sit down. >> here two films cost eight dollars and kids go have raised. this has not changed in 10 years. is very financially beneficial for us as a family. being outdoors, the fresh air, >> thesetat the stars theaters thahat have come to be known as a symbol of the american way of life are perhaps best their prime.

cinemas of ther 1960's have been reduced to only 300 today. up againinst the comfort and convenience of big m movie theaters owners are forced to evolve. we have 5.1 stereo sound and this is the preferred way of listening to the movies now. collects in recent years drive-in theaters have made their way from the countryside into larger urban areas. washington this outdoor cinema draws viewers yearning for the days of yesteryear. >> it kind of makes me feel like the olden days because especially of this car. it seems like a pretty special occasion. weather make like it difficult to compete with traditional cinemas but for many these outdoor theaters are all about the charm. of historye a new page

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