and protests that are taking place in tunisia well here they've kept mum now it might be that too lizzie a was the first country back in two thousand and eleven at the start of the arab spring to a dictator in a move that was widely accrued by the western world as being one of democratic change but since then there have been no this government in place 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 calls for regime change and condemnation and criticism against tunisia like we've seen for example against iran. so if your professor says the different approaches to the similar protests in tunisia and they're wrong 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 the american society. who may. have been the. major obstacle for american

policy since it's a month seventy nine in their case all to you are very happy to look at any small deal that happens in a small port this to inflated the media to look as if this is the end of the regime so it is totally different. in covering tunisia. protests totally different. ecuador is pushing to resolve the case of wiki leaks editor julian assange he's been holed up in the country's london embassy for more than five years and faces arrest if he leaves and now ecuador's foreign minister says his country may seek outside help laura smith now joins us live on the program here for more details on this laura what is a court or saying here where the ecuadorian foreign minister has in the last day come out and said that the situation with julian assange is unsustainable and for

the first time she's raised the possibility of mediation to resolve the situation where she is. reconsidering the option and mediation we know they don't have that but that could be done in fire resistant country or individual the more less loose no solution is possible is a house international corporations or without that if the u.k. which has expressed interest in finding one. so in terms of reaction as long as his legal team has welcomed this initiative it says if the u.k. wishes to show that it's a nation that respects its human rights obligations and also its commitments to the united nations then it should let us all walk free when the team talks about the u.n. they're referring to a two thousand and sixteen ruling by that organization that said that it was being all betrayed early detained the u.k. government remains unswayed it says that the government of ecuador knows that the way to resolve the issue is for us to leave the embassy and face justice when he

does meanwhile the media here in london is speculating about whether the door is actually trying to push our sons out he has been at times quite inconvenient for them in that tiny embassy but he's also more recently been politically inconvenient for them in september he tweeted in support of the catalan separatist movement spain of course is an ally of ecuador and the ecuadorian president tweeted in response saying that our son should keep his nose out of the business of its allies here's a taste of how. responded to that he didn't take it lying down whose was advise anyone in saying that i'm not allowed to talk about the politics of any country than to do slandering me as a hacker. there are other issues at play here though several days ago the ecuadorian foreign minister also said that you're not so interested in quite a delicate health situation he is receiving medical attention she said but there's

a limit to the amount of medical attention that one can receive at home without going to hospital which of course he can't do as she will so we can fund that ecuador is guaranteeing his protection he's been staying in the embassy in spread chair in london for the last five and a half years and there's been several key moments during that time one of which was just last year when swedish prosecutors dropped their rape investigation into him that that doesn't mean that he can leave the embassy there the reason he still can't leave is because british police say that if he does set foot outside the door then they will arrest him for breach of his bail conditions and then wiki leaks of course is always forced concerns that the u.s. would seek his extradition from that so he remains living in this small office room which has been converted into living quarters in this quite cramped building several months ago the ecuadorian said that they would call in the u.k. to guarantee safe passage to ecuador but that seems to be something that the u.k.

is no closer to doing one of the lower smith in london thank you. meanwhile for over a week now follow the rules of the wiki leaks editor have been left scratching their heads over a cryptic new year's message left on twitter the songs you posted a seemingly indecipherable code and a link to a popular up song since then he's remained silent online it did certainly generate debate about what the tweet could actually mean.

since that tweet hasn't posted anything else although he has made a small change to his account adding a small time to his name. the german army is recruiting an increasing number of my nose according to figures from the country's defense ministry thousand teenagers and volunteering for germany's armed forces that is three times more than six years ago now germany is one of the few countries worldwide that allows under eighteen's to volunteer though only in a non-combat role. if they are seventeen with parental consent in the

military is currently conducting a recruitment drive sending officers to give talks in schools nationwide the campaign also features an online reality show. excuse. 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 to young people has drawn criticism in the united nations is concerned the recruitment drive specifically targets children as 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 so he's against the idea of focusing on under

eighteen's for army recruitment they had been a huge campaigns in schools even in kindergartens. to. make the army more attractive to young people there had been some schools who had been working together with the army to put the young students in some kind of came through the support some initiatives called peer you don't want to born this way or for example which c.s. where that education should take place without going 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 ph 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 it. pressure is mounting on the israeli. prime minister binyamin netanyahu after a controversial recording involving his son yielded 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 on israeli television. in that recording every quarterly made in twenty fifteen could be the son of israeli gas tycoon outside a strip club and my mom is a shareholder at a gas company that allegedly benefited from a controversial twenty fifteen law or natural gas drilling rights legislation

pushed by netanyahu is government concerned to massive newly discovered gas fields off the coast of israel it essentially gave corporations control over the development of the deposits but the government arguing it would stimulate investment however critics slam the proposal as corrupt giving too much power to corporations and demanded nationalization of the deposits now following the release of this controversial video 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 apologize 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 the allegations include receiving bribes and negotiating favor all favorable media coverage the prime minister strongly denies all accusations but in the meantime

he's now pushing for a special immunity law which could allow him to avoid prosecution we discuss the latest controversy surrounding the netanyahu family with the regional experts it looks really bad for the prime minister and it doesn't look like you know someone who wants to be a leader of a country to have his son running around in a government vehicle doing things you know don't look so complimentary and it's not the kind of line that the prime minister would want to do whether it's a danger to the prime minister or undermines no i mean it's a self undermining thing and the reason he did it is because it looks bad but you know we're in a democratic country and as long as. he's living in the prime minister's residence i may have to answer some questions this is not the first case that we're speaking about corruption in the family of binyamin netanyahu as the prime minister of israel these are either may lead to that would draw

a lot of confidence and that's the the main threat. that's why they're trying as a family to play with words showing that it's not. a fact well 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 you worldwide a wednesday headlines continue in just a moment. the most. when i was told small seemed wrong one old quote just don't call. me old if you get to shape out this day it comes to educate and in detroit it was betrayal. when so many find themselves worlds apart. just to look for common ground the.

politicians to do something good. to put themselves on the lawn to get accepted or rejected. so when you want to be president or injury. or something or want to be rich. have to be right to be trusted that's what before three in the morning can't be good that i'm interested always in the waters of my house. this should. it is aussie international north korea and south korea have held their first official talks in over two years ago she took place in the demilitarized zone

between the two countries the two sides agreed on the participation of north korean athletes in the south korean olympics and also discuss the potential reunification of families separated by the korean war and in what is being called a significant breakthrough the two koreas agreed on talks between a high level military officials in order to avoid dangerous military incidents so that you have two points of view one is that buying time to perfect military capability the new capability the other raise that is self-confident enough no then accepted a nuclear power they can then become acting as a normal state and start negotiating with other states kim jong un 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 would 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 again. more but look for south korea north korea china russia japan the united states if we can keep onto this track it would be a big win for everybody the latest talks followed months of escalation in rhetoric and saber rattling between north korea and the u.s. how.