from all of us here. thanks for joining. us with. rising prices unemployment. police used to disperse protesters who. were the least one protester reportedly killed and the rest erupted around the same time as the demonstrations in iran. well these protests intern is here started after the new year and they came in reaction to the tennessean government introducing a new budget plan for two thousand and eight that included amongst other things a rise in fuel prices and tax hikes the response from the trinity and street was one of anger and what we've seen is protests taking place in several dozen cities around the country with

a result that one person has been killed and several people have been injured now it is familiar to protests happening in another country mainly what you're saying we have here are two countries with protests taking place on the street by people who are unhappy with the economic situation. the root of it is just a canard it's the problem of youth unemployment i personally haven't been able to find a job for a long time but if people have a job they don't have any problem with the government about the demands of the following suspend the twenty eighteen famine and slow return to the original prices of goods and high of one member from every poor family in short i didn't see a. rise in petrol prices this time is huge we have a lot of privilege you have to pay a lot of fines it's only acceptable that we pay for this government's mistakes. but we are protesting here because of high bryce's and employment we were the growth in

these and we have been subjected to violence by security agents now the tunas been prime minister has said that there is no place for violence and the sentiments echo the words that were used by iran's leader what happened yesterday is a violation of the law since a state of emergency has been declared in tunisia these protests are the result of operations that aim to review social unrest that we are a free nation and according to the constitution and human rights the people are absolutely free to criticize the government and even protest with the. this should be in such a way as to aim to improve the situation in the country we the government will definitely not tolerate some protesters who want to destroy public property will disrupt public discipline and create turmoil in society western leaders for example the french president are crying and the e.u. highway present mahoney were quick to condemn the ukrainian protests even have the american president donald trump calling for regime change iran is failing at every

level despite the terrible deal made with them by the bammer ministration the great iranian people have been repressed for many years they are hungry for food and for freedom along with human rights the wealth of iran is being looted time for change but when it comes to the current potest that are taking place in tunisia while here they have kept mum now it might be that two years here was the first country back in two thousand and eleven at the start of the arab spring to oust a dictator in a move that was widely akun by the western world as being one of democratic change but since then there have been no less than my own government in place intern israel all of whom have been unable to get a handle on the economic situation the question of course is whether or not we'll see these cause for regime change and condemnation and criticism against tunisia like we've seen for example against when sociology professor saeed

a sidekick says that the different approaches to the similar protests in tunisia and iran could be explained by the fact that one of these countries is viewed as an enemy. tunisia is on the military it's a small country not many people know about that in american society. who many in america have been an enemy i mean. in a major obstacle for american policy in the middle east since its to pollution one hundred seventy nine in the piece all to you wrong very happy to look at anything. that happens it is more important to include to believe look as if this is. really the man. in covering tunisia and in part this totally different. the german army is recruiting an increasing number of minors according to figures from the country's defense ministry in fact over two thousand

teenagers are now voluntary for germany's armed forces that's three times more than six years ago germany is one of the few countries worldwide that allows under eight teams to volunteer their only in a non-combat role teenagers can apply if they are seventeen and have parental consent and the german military is currently conducting a recruitment drive sending officers to give talks in schools nationwide campaign also features and online reality show. the program follows army recruits for twelve weeks and is one of germany's most popular online projects however its role in making the military more attractive for

young people has drawn criticisms the united nations is concerned that the recruitment drive specifically targets children the german army has defended its methods insisting that the training is done under strict supervision earlier we spoke to a regional m.p. from germany's left party martin doul he's against the idea of focusing on under eighteen's for army recruitment had been a huge campaigns in schools even in kindergartens. to. make the army more attractive to young people there have been some schools who have been working together with the army to put the young students in some kind of camp we support some initiatives called pudong corner bundeswehr for example which c.s. where that education should take place without. this where the people who are under aged they shouldn't be urged to. get into the united nation already in

two thousand and fourteen. the german government to stop this and erase the the age of soldiers i think this is a problem. but the main problem is if you do a foreign coach policy with this which is based on dialogue you don't need such a strong army you also many soldiers i think that is the main problem behind the. pressure is mounting. the israeli prime minister binyamin netanyahu after a controversial recording involving his signed yeo was leaked to the press the prime minister's lawyers reportedly tried to prevent the broadcast of the tape but nonetheless it still made it to air on israeli television.

in that recording reportedly made in twenty fifteen yeah yeah yet it could be heard chatting to the son of israeli gas tycoon koby mime on the outside a strip club on as a shareholder at a gas company that allegedly benefited from a controversial twenty fifteen law on natural gas drilling rights legislation pushed by netanyahu government concerned it to massive new discovery to gas fields off israel's coast it essentially gave corporations control over the development of the deposits with the government it would stimulate investment however critics slam the proposal as corrupt giving too much power to corporations and demanded nationalisation of those deposits following the release of the controversial video yeo to netanyahu denied any actual knowledge of the proposals details saying his conversation was nothing more than a joke under the influence of alcohol i regret the remarks and apologized if anyone was hurt by them in addition the things i said to my mom were

a dumb joke and joking around with him as anyone could sell. prime minister netanyahu is already being investigated in two separate corruption cases that occasions include receiving bribes and negotiating favorable media coverage the prime minister strongly denies all the accusations but in the meantime he's now suddenly pushing for a special immunity law which could allow him to avoid prosecution of middle east expert ahmed al but i believe the scandal isn't likely to die down. this is not the first case that we're speaking about corruption in the family of binyamin netanyahu as the prime minister of israel pulled this way you may lead to that would draw well of confidence and that's the main threat for really a minute anyhow that's why they're trying as a family to play with words showing that it's not. what it was just a matter of a guy who was hanging around with his friends and he was just chatting about

different things but this is not a matter of fact. who i think it's going to get worse and worse what's happening that he things that he enjoys a kind of a political immunity but on the other hand this is a real. angry and you could feel the sentiment of anger and fury inside the social media of israel and that could retaliate against the host and i think eventually this may lead to a kind of raising nation or even being prosecuted and even jailed as he is his predecessor. north korea south korea health care first official talks in over two years ago show actions took place in the deal militarized zone between the two countries the two sides agreed on the participation of north korean athletes in the south korean elim pics they also discussed the potential

reunification of families separated by the korean war and then a significant breakthrough the two koreas agreed on talks between a high level army officials in order to avoid dangerous military incidents. so that you have two points of view one is that buying time to perfect the military capability of the nuclear capability the other raise that is self-confident enough no then accepted to nuclear power they can then become acting as a normal state and start negotiating with other states can go moon as one north korea has won the democratic people's republic of korea as one no i think this is very very welcome news that there is a constructive dialogue going on between the two koreas and i hope something comes up and i mean it was all said and done the political arrangements on the peninsula between the two countries are paramount here and if they're talking i think that leaves a lot less room for other countries notably the united states to complain about things i think really everyone benefits here it's very hard to say who benefits

most i suppose in one sense it is north korea because if there were a new war on the korean peninsula it is true north korea of it to be entirely destroyed i'm not sure south korea would be even though it would suffer great devastation so if you talk about total destruction as opposed to very serious harm in south korea i suppose in that sense the north has gained more but look for south korea north korea china russia japan the united states if we can keep on to this track it would be a big win for everybody the latest polls follow months of escalation in rhetoric and saber rattling between north korea and the united states however the south korean president says donald trump deserves credit for making the talks possible let's take a quick look back at the kind of diplomacy that according to trump himself eventually led to this dialogue. totally destroying north korea that's called the military option the nuclear and

ballistic missile programs of that regime require a determined response. there. that man is a sick puppy. a lot of people said a lot of people who've written that without my rhetoric and without my tough stance and such just distance i mean this is this is what has to be done if it has to be done that they wouldn't be talking about olympics that they wouldn't be talking right. past the hour here in the russian capital still to come on our international why one french chef is putting an end to his michelin dreams full story after the break. a cursory glance at the media environment could easily give you the impression that the vast majority of journalists studied psychology at university so many are

convinced donald trump is not mentally fit to be president or the same journalist suffering from trump arrangement syndrome. unfortunately it appears that once people learn that you've reported in a sexual assault or may have been involved in an incident that they become scared if you instead of being scared of the perpetrator. seem wrong. just don't call. me. yet to stamp out these they become advocates and engage equals betrayal. when so many find themselves worlds apart we choose to look for common ground.

thanks for joining us the b.b.c. is being accused of censorship by its own stuff some claim they have been prevented from talking about equal pay following the resignation of the b.b.c.'s china editor over alleged salary discrimination carry gracie worked at the b.b.c. for thirty years in an open letter she accused the network of managing a secretive and illegal salary system over the residence over her case unexpected stumbling blocks as boyko explains. boston news of this story broke the head of news at the b.b.c. center polite reminder to all the staff saying that because of impartiality rules no one would be able to report on the story if they had expressed a view on it but the problem is that plenty of women at the b.b.c. have to eat it their solidarity with kerry gracey over this issue and they are now

accusing the b.b.c. of trying to keep them quiet and of trying to censor them the rules of also resulted in a situation whereby effectively because of this you've got the story being reported almost exclusively by men now the b.b.c. won't comment on the controversy however they have referred us back to their guidelines take a listen to what they have to say when dealing with controversial subjects concerning the b.b.c. or reporting must remain julie impose sure as well as accurate we need to ensure the b.b.c.'s impartiality is not brought into question and presenters or reporters are not exposed to potential conflicts of interest the b.b.c. might have to get used to reporting on itself or to referring us back to those guidelines because this looks like an issue that isn't going away and there are likely to be more high profile resignations over this issue of gender pay inequality and we discussed this issue with independent journalist martin somers.