during his twenty three years in power ben ali is credited with advancing women's rights as well as developing tunisia's highly valuable tourism industry and opening the country up to foreign investors. but to corruption was rife relatives of bin ali and his unpopular wife layla trabelsi became involved in almost every corner of tunisian business at times that competitors will order to close. down some tunisians have landed assets seized. by the end of the band all the clans wealth was estimated to run into the billions of euros. much of the money is believed to have gone into the luxury property for parents to do by. but above all they spend all these regime was characterized by repression. major fear was that neighboring algeria's islamist extremists might bring violence across the border. that's meant islamic groups in particular what crackdown on. but the rest of society felt the effects to with arbitrary arrests interrogations and torture. human rights campaign is rang alarm bells but ben ali still had backing in the west and shrugged off they y claim. so what can you have about human rig

to misha's former president ben ali has died at the age of 83 he was inside the a way he'd lived in exile since the 2011 revolution and ali had been in intensive care for 3. months sharon for takes a look back at his legacy that's when he was swept from power by a wave of popular protest fleeing tunisia saudi arabia a former military man and diplomat. ben ali took the presidency in 1987 with a bloodless coup unseating the country's 1st post colonial president in every election since he was returned to power with enormous majorities his opponents said the votes were rigged human rights groups described his government as authoritarian and undemocratic cracking down on any attempts at press freedom and handing out jobs and favors to a select band of supporters. ultimately protests over unemployment brought the people out of the streets demanding change. to me just economy looked relatively strong when the uprising began it was ranked 1st in africa the competitiveness. but accused of running a corrupt police state with money concentrated in the hands of a few powerful families including his o

formants museum president zina al aberdeen ben ali has been buried in the saudi holy city of medina ben ali was the 1st lady to be toppled by the arab spring protests in 2011 he fled to saudi arabia where he lived in exile until his death on thursday he was 83 years old ben ali ruled in his ear for more than 2 decades eventually frustration over high unemployment and his reluctance to embrace democracy sparked the uprising against him. and security forces have been deployed to central cairo after rare anti-government protests broke out on friday evening in the egyptian capital as well as other cities demonstrators called on president abdel fattah el-sisi to step down amid allegations of widespread corruption. say it don't be scared sisi has to go hundreds protest in and around her here square in cairo egypt calling on president. sisi to step down. these demonstrations are a rarity in today's egypt sparked by a pill shared on social media to take to the streets in opposition to government corruption and depression since l.c.c. was elected he's consolidated his power and not to an unprece

where he'd been living in exile since to 27 revolution ben ali had been in intensive care for 3 months she got 4 takes a look back at his legacy that's when he was swept from power by a wave of popular protest fleeing tunisia saudi arabia a former military man and diplomat. ben ali took the presidency in 1987 with a bloodless coup unseating the country's 1st post colonial president in every election since he was returned to power with enormous majorities his opponents said the votes were rigged human rights groups described his government as authoritarian and undemocratic cracking down on any attempts at press freedom and handing out jobs and favors to a select band of supporters. ultimately protests over unemployment brought the people out of the streets demanding change. to me just economy looked relatively strong when the uprising began it was ranked 1st in africa the competitiveness. but accused of running a corrupt police state with money concentrated in the hands of a few powerful families including his own most tunisians felt excluded under ben ali tunisia pursued a pro western

tunisia's former president ben ali has died in exile after a long battle with illness and more controversy for canada's prime minister a 3rd set of pictures like this one of him in brown face as setlist. we begin with breaking news this hour and russia and china have vetoed a resolution on syria at the united nations security council the resolution which was backed by the vast majority of members called for a ceasefire in the northwestern province of idlib that's the last rebel house stronghold in syria let's speak to our diplomatic editor james basis at the u.n. for is james tell us what was in this resolution and why the russians and chinese veto it. once again a grim day for syria what the idea of this resolution was and it was drawn up by 3 of the council members the kuwaiti there was one of those he's speaking to the security council right now and he was joined by the belgians and the germans have been working for over a month on this trying to get a cease fire in they knew the problem which was russian objections because of course russia along with the syrian government is a volved i

has died he was inside eurabia where he'd been living in exile since the 2011 revolution ben ali had been in intensive care for 3 months sharon saga for takes a look back at his life and legacy. he was swept from power by a wave of popular protests. i mean tunisia saudi arabia a former military man and diplomat. ben ali took the presidency in 1987 with a bloodless coup unseating the country's 1st post colonial president in every election since he was returned to power with enormous majorities his opponents said the votes were rigged human rights groups described his government as authoritarian and undemocratic cracking down on any attempts at press freedom and handing out jobs and favors to a select band of supporters. ultimately protests over unemployment brought the people out of the streets demanding change. to me just economy looked relatively strong when the uprising began it was ranked 1st in africa the competitiveness. but accused of running a corrupt police state with money concentrated in the hands of a few powerful families including his own most and asians felt exclude

ben ali has been buried in the saudi holy city of medina and ben ali was the 1st lady to be toppled by the arab spring protests in 2011 if led to saudi arabia where he lived in exile until his death on the day. the security forces. has been deployed in central cairo after a rare anti-government protests broke out friday evening in the egyptian capital as well as other cities demonstrators called on president abdel fattah el-sisi to step down amid allegations of widespread corruption. saying don't be scared sisi has to go the message from hundreds of protesters in and around tahrir square in cairo egypt calling on president abdel fattah el-sisi to step down. that was these demonstrations are a rarity in today's egypt sparked by appeals shared on social media to take to the streets in opposition to government corruption and oppression the since l.c.c. was elected he's consolidated his power and enacted an unprecedented crackdown imprisoning fountains of political islamists secular opposition figures and popular bloggers this is the 1st major protest against l.c.c. in which demonstrators

former tunisian president zin zanni ben ali has been buried in the saudi holy city of medina ben ali was the 1st leader to be toppled by the arab spring protests in 2011 he fled to saudi arabia where he lived in exile until his death on thursday . a bomb aboard a minibus in iraq has killed 12 people and wounded 5 others the blast near the shiites shrine city of karbala is one of the biggest since the defeat of us in the country 2 years ago iraq's prime minister says security forces have detained a suspect. china and the solomon islands have formally established diplomatic ties after the solomons broke off relations with taiwan it was one of 2 pacific island nations to switch their allegiance to beijing this week lured by the promise of economic investment only 15 countries worldwide now recognize taiwan's independence from china. organizers of a climate march in paris have told protesters to call it quits following violent clashes between police and radical activists who authorities said had infiltrated the rally on twitter the organizer said the conditions for a nonviolent march are

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has died at the age of 83 he had been in intensive care for the past 3 months ben ali was in saudi arabia where he'd been living in exile since the 2011 revolution in tunisia. 2 photos have a marriage of canada's prime minister wearing brown face make up both pictures date from 2001 the 1st was published in a school yearbook and the other in a newsletter justin trudeau worked as a teacher the pictures were taken at the school's annual dinner which hadn't of arabian nights seen says it was a mistake and now a 3rd image has since been posted online which shows him in blackface during a high school talent show and in the last few hours a video has surfaced appearing to show trudeau dressed in black face in a separate incident is facing a tough reelection fight and canadians go to the polls on october 21st i attended and indeed year gala he was already a nice. stop in a lot because you. put makeup on. and. you. should in the letter but i didn't. remember the story. stephen chase is the national correspondent for the globe and mail newspaper and is covering the election campaign he says

zizii el abidine ben ali has died at the age of eighty three he was the first long standing leader to be ousted by the arab spring uprising in twenty y eleven in excell bin ali was cononvicted y the colts engine is the abuse of power. manslaughteter and embezzlement during his twenty three years since almost absolute power he died in saudi arabia where he fled after he was forced out what became known as the jasmine

tunisia's ousted president ben ali has died in exile in saudi arabia that according to his lawyer he ruled the country of more than 20 years from 1907 until he was forced from power during the arab spring in 2011 ben ali was 83 years old. 36 migrants have been rescued from an overcrowded wouldn't vessel in the mediterranean at the request of maltese authorities the migrants were transferred to a rescue ship the norwegian flag ocean viking where they joined another 182 margins were picked up in the waters north of libya earlier this week. the racism scandal surrounding canadian prime minister justin trudeau is intensifying multiple images of him wearing black and brown face at events dating back to the ninety's have been published photos apologized for the images saying they caused deep hurt but he will continue his reelection bid. this is news live from berlin still to come on the show the forest fires in the amazon shocked the world of course but what no one realized back then was that the flames were burning even more fiercely in africa. but 1st a german icebreaker said to begin a

the former president of tunisia zine el abidine ben ali has died in exile aged 83.er two decades in power, following mass street protests which triggered a wave of similar uprisings across the arab world. ben ali was sentenced in his absence to thirty five years in prison for embezzling public money. residents of the northern french town of armentieres were shocked to see what looked like a black panther stalking the rooftops. the big cat spent nearly an hour on a ledge before a vet sedated it with a tranquilliser dart. before its capture, the panther had gone into an apartment belonging to a family whose15—year—old daughter was at home. police are seeking the panther‘s owner for questioning. indonesia is still fighting to cope with thousands of forest fires which are sending thick smoke across the region. most of the fires are being started to clear land for plantations. the haze is causing health problems for local residents and wildlife — as rivan dwiaston reports from kalimantan. firefighters and volunteers struggled to put out this fire. one of the thousands of

to me as is former president ben ali has died his 3 year old had been in intensive care for the past 3 months ben ali was in saudi arabia wed been living in exile since he was overthrown after the 2011 revolution he claimed his rule. it was criticized for widespread corruption and suppressing political freedom. pakistan's declining rupee has sent the price of basic goods soaring it's now cheaper to buy a lead to a petrol the nature of milk and the country's central bank is warning inflation will only increase flow heidi reports from is not about. a country of over $200000000.00 people or the august on its confronting an economic crisis its population expanding at a rate of 3 percent annually by the inflation a. double digit figure after the government run for a bailout package from the international monetary fund. and creating that gap between the rich and poor because the pakistani rupee rally you and i'd already shared almost 30 percent against the us dollar buckstone is going through a partially artificial inflationary situation and because of massive defense devaluation of the re

to news is former president's day in ben ali has died the 83 year old had been in intensive care for the past 3 months ben ali was in saudi arabia where he had been living in exile since being overthrown in the 2011 revolution claims his role gave to stability but he was criticized for widespread corruption and suppressing political freedom. russia and china have vetoed a u.n. security council resolution demanding a truce in northwest syria it called for an end to hostilities in the last rebel held province but a new deal between turkey and russia has been reached on the demilitarized zone there so hold the reports from beirut. the revolution hasn't died in syria's north west these people were forced from their homes in the recent russian backed syrian government offensive that took control of the northern countryside of hama province and many towns and it limps else including. at least half a 1000000 syrians have been displaced since the end of april. we the people of honshu we are not asking assad to allow us to return to our town we will never accept his role our revolution will c

has died his 3 year old had been in intensive care for the past 3 months ben ali it was in saudi arabia where he'd been living in exile since he was overthrown after the 2011 revolution he claimed his rule games to believes it isn't as if it was criticized for suppressing political freedoms and widespread corruption. russia and china have vetoed a u.n. security council resolution demanding a truce in northwest syria a call for an end to hostilities in the last rebel held province russia is the assad government's main ally and this is its 13th security council veto in relation to the syrian conflict is that diplomatic editor james bass. about the defense here are you going to use your feet or you will see it was clear by the time the russian ambassador arrived at the security council that he was likely to yet again use his veto on a resolution about syria 3 members of the security council kuwait germany and belgium have been working on a resolution calling for a cease fire need lived for over a month their draft allowed for what they called counterterrorism operations but only if

has died he had been in intensive care for the past 3 months ben ali was in saudi arabia where he'd been living in exile cincy 2011 revolution he was 83 russia has casts its 13th a veto at the united nations security council on the syrian conflict blocking a demand for a truce in the northwest of the country because it does not include an exemption for military offensives against black listed military groups change space has more from the u.s. . this is a resolution of the been trying to negotiate now for over a month trying to get a ceasefire in the lead you're seeing the us ambassador kelly cross speaking to the security council right now moments after this 13th the to russia she's just said it's deeply regrettable that the security council was unable to reach agreement that we have this 13th veto by russia joined by china and she said this council must start the leader of israel's blue and white party benny gantz has announced he plans to form a unity government with himself as leader dan says the government will be for all the people of israel but did not mention benny minutes n

former president zine el abidine ben ali has died they 3 year olds had been in intensive care for the past 3 months ben ali was in saudi arabia where he had been living in exile since he was so overthrown after the 2011 revolution he claimed his rule gave stability to denise but was criticized for suppressing political freedom and widespread corruption. now al jazeera journalist mahmoud hussein has now spent a 1000 days imprisoned in an egyptian jail he's accused of defaming the state and spreading false news but has yet to be formally charged or faced a trial laura burden manning has more. formal charges no trial and no conviction mahmoud hussein has been locked up in jail for 1000 days egyptian government prosecutors accuse him of broadcasting what's described as false news receiving foreign funds to defame state institutions hussein strongly denies the allegations and soldiers al-jazeera the journalist base in qatar flew from doha to cairo for a holiday almost 3 years ago after he landed he was stopped questioned and detained. hussein has been helpful long periods in solitary confi

success story but despite the progress made since the overthrow of the dictators in our abbot in ben ali 2011 the country is facing a raft of challenges chief among them the economy. and those are upset on many occasions over unemployment and poverty riots in the central city of kasserine fled after a journalist committed suicide to protest against the lack of opportunity. his case recalled the death of the street vendor mohammed a boy is easy now mortar lies in a mirror and his hometown who is easiest decision to set himself on fire to protest against economic conditions and repression was the spark that set off revolutions across the region in 2011. cheney's ia was the only country to undergo a lasting transformation but many here are frustrated with the slow pace of change and the weather being in a moment that we have to vote to get our country back on its feet we need things to get better at the beginning it was a disappointment and now the expectations of the population and the promises are important. but there are also reasons for optimism campaigning was peaceful the election wil

some of the other stories making news around the world to mrs ousted president as in the aberdeen ben ali has died in exile in saudi arabia according to his lawyer he ruled the country for more than 20 years from 1987 until he was forced out of power during the arab spring in 2011 he was 83. years. north america is facing several severe storms hurricane humberto muted with winds of up to 200 kilometers an hour tropical depression imelda has deluge southwest and texas with 30 centimeters of rain flooding roads and causing schools to terms tropical storm jerry is expected to turn into a hurricane and reach puerto rico by saturday. austria's parliament has voted to reject a trade deal agreed by the european union with or south american countries vienna could not veto the agreement between the e.u. and the purpose of a block which took 20 years to negotiate austria is the latest country to cast doubt on a deal that's been 20 years in the making for the past several months the planned agreement between the european union and for south american nations has shown signs of on unraveling a trading

of the other stories making news around the world tunisia's ousted president as they have a dream ben ali has died in exile in saudi arabia who are going to his lawyers he ruled the country for more than 20 years from 1987 until he was forced out of power during the arab spring in 2011 he was 83. liberia is in mourning after a fire at a school killed at least $26.00 people in 2 teachers in the capital monrovia the boys were asleep in the school dormitory when the place broke out fire officials believe a faulty electrical cable may be to blame. european commission says it has received new documents from the british government reworking the rejected threats it divorce deal as the 2 sides try to reach a compromise britain says it will make a full submission when it's ready. and dozens of civilians have been killed in 2 separate incidents in afghanistan a u.s. drone strike targeted a high that used by islamic state in the eastern province of non-god but hit workers in the field and the taliban have claimed responsibility for a truck bombing next to a hospital in the southern city of color tha

spare time now to some of the other stories making news around the world news he is the president ben ali has died in exile in saudi arabia according to his lawyer he ruled the country for more than 20 years from 9097 until he was forced out of power during the arab spring in 2011 it was 83 years. the european commission says it has received new documents from the british government that outline ideas on brink working the contentious breaks of the 4 still to sadat trying to reach a compromise on the deal after the u.k. parliament already rejected it multiple times. to afghanistan now where dozens of civilians have been killed in 2 separate incidents a u.s. drone strike targeted a hideout used by islamic state in the eastern province of neg but instead it is said to have hit workers in a field and the taliban have claimed responsibility for a truck bombing next to a hospital in the southern city of kalat. even by afghanistan standards the bloody times this hospital in the south of the country bore the brunt of a taliban truck bombing the 3rd consecutive day of violence and bloodshed. and l

sneezy his former president zine el abidine ben ali has died the 83 year old has been living in exile in saudi arabia since he was overthrown off to the 2011 revolution and hundreds of people have been forced to leave their homes in parts of texas because of tarantula rains and flash floods authorities have warned more rainfall could bring what's being described as catastrophic flooding as tropical storm imelda lashes the area those are the headlines the news continues here on auxerre after the rest of witness stay with us. yeah boudicca. humor can with our best explain why. what we're up on at. the freaky commenter gnostic you said so many yeah you touched them sapphic it to was that gets you on a just shows that thomas cage with them on top i don't see if esoteric logic can check. on to climb at the summit on our paths tulay surely aqil can't you can supplant a tool as you'll just be glad i'm sure as sure as you have a point of almost without vocal didn't you obviously didn't have this ability have a clue but no meant not a killer show this if you think you can move out of course a

former tunisian president ben ali who was forced out of office following the 2011 revolution has. turned around is ready for an all out war well that's the warning from iran's foreign minister if the u.s. takes military action following the bombings of 2 major saudi arabian oil facilities. says iran won't cling to defend its territory if it's attacked is denied terror on had any involvement in the drone strikes iran's oil minister says the u.s. is using oil as a weapon just cheer up a conflict the u.s. secretary of state however says iran was behind the attacks which he called an act of war by from payer arrived in the u.a.e. for talks after visiting saudi arabia's crown prince on wednesday and in the last few hours saudi state t.v. is reporting that its coalition forces in yemen have launched an operation against military targets in the rebel who the stronghold of the data. said it's destroyed 4 sites using assembling remote controlled boats and. this report from tehran. drone and missile attacks on saudi oil facilities last week iranian leaders say the only reason the u.s. and s

look now at some of the other stories making news around the world to tunisia's ousted president ben ali has died in exile in saudi arabia calling to his lawyer to rule the country for more than 20 years from 1987 until he was forced out of power during the arab spring in 20 in the 83. years at least 30 people have been killed after a u.s. drone strike in eastern afghanistan the target was an islamic state hideout but the missile struck civilians in a nearby field meanwhile a taliban car bomb flattened the hospital in the south of the country killing at least 20 people and injuring scores more if this is the 3rd consecutive day of violence ahead of presidential elections. liberia is in mourning after a fire a school killed at least $26.00 children and 2 teachers in the capital monrovia the boys were asleep in the school dormitory when the place broke out fire officials believe a faulty electric cable and may be to blame. european commission says it has received new documents from the british government reworking the rejected divorce deal as the 2 sides tried to reach a compromise britain

elections to be held here 8 years after mass protests force the ouster of strongman zain aberdeen ben ali there are $26.00 candidates among the prime minister and defense minister a former president a couple of lawyers and even a media tycoon who is currently in prison they represent a cross-section of political social and religious ideals illusions have a lot of toys and that's a real difference and before the protests broke out here in 2011 which is in decades of single party rule tunisia is often cited as the only success story of the uprisings which swept across north africa in the middle east for 2011 but it's not that simple 1st of all i mean having. the democratization process succeeding and this is happening. in the middle of the middle east and north africa this is unique this is an exception we cannot deny that at the same time what can democracy provide in terms of economic demands that's the major challenge so it's a mixed story we meet a group of ladies in the medina they too aren't happy with what's been achieved in the last 8 years economy security corruption the main issue

ben-ali payors president dies in exile aged 83. this is something that i deeply deeply regret. canada's prime minister apologizes again as he faces intense scrutiny over historic images that show him in brown face. under the leader of israel's opposition a blue and white party benny gantz says he should be the nation's next prime minister after he narrowly to just number of seats in tuesday's election if mr rejected current prime minister benjamin netanyahu is offer of a power sharing unity coalition making a 3rd election of the year more likely are a force that reports from west jerusalem. a symbolic handshake between rival would be prime ministers benjamin netanyahu and benny gantz choreographed by israel's president reuben rivlin at a memorial for shimon peres a man who held both positions doesn't have direct political power but he does have influence and in the current deadlock a lot of freedom of action in who to give the 1st chance of forming a government and i hear loud and clear the voices calling for broad and stable national unity government and i cannot gradually to

tunisia's ousted president ben ali has died in exile in saudi arabia that according to his lawyer he ruled the country for more than 20 years from 1970 until he was forced out of power during the arab spring and 2011 he was 83. it's to canada now where a racism scandal surrounding canadian prime minister justin trudeau is deepening video dating back to the 1990 s. has now emerged wearing black face on thursday time magazine published a picture of him wearing brown face at a party at an elite school where he taught in 2001. go has apologized for the images saying they caused deep hurt but he's vowing to continue his reelection bid . after repeated embarrassing and what the prime minister himself called racist revelations from his past candidates justin trudeau trying to set the record straight that i recollect it but i recognize that it is something absolutely unacceptable to do and i appreciate calling it make up but it was blackface and that is just not right it is something that. people who live with the kind of discrimination. that far too many people do because of the color of th

presidential elections since the 2011 arab spring uprising which toppled the authoritarian president ben aliwas brought forward after the death of the first democratically elected president bayji kaaid essebsi. 26 candidates, including two women are running in the election in one of the world's youngest democracies here's professor mohamed salah omri from the department of oriental studies at the university of oxford on why this election is so important. this election is very significant. first, it's the first election in general in tunisia since 2011 and it's also a presidential election in a new system for tunisia which is where parliament has a lot of power but the president has less power, yet the perception of the presidential office is still very, very significant in the minds of tunisians. it's also significant because it's the first time in the country's history that we had 20 people running for office and they represent the entire spectrum of ideology and politics in the country and also age groups and there are a lot of stakes in this and therefore it is another test for this young

zena eleventeen ben ali 2 news years deposed president dies in exile aged 83. iran's warning to the u.s. and saudi arabia any military response over attacks on saudi oil facilities will result in quote all out war. this is something that. i deeply deeply regret. and canada's prime minister apologizes again as he faces intense scrutiny over historic images which show him in brown face. head of the leader of israel's opposition blue and white party benny gantz says he should be the nation's next prime minister it appears to have rejected current prime minister benjamin netanyahu as offer of a power sharing unity coalition making a 3rd election of the year or more likely with 99 percent of the votes counted against his centrist blue and white party with $33.00 seats is just ahead of netanyahu is conservative likud with 31 both are well short of the 61 seats needed for a majority in israel's 120 seat parliament president ruben rivlin now has to decide who has the best chance of forming a coalition he says he'll do all he can to avoid an unprecedented 3rd vote but t

zine el abidine ben ali was forced from office after two decades in power by mass street protests, whichings across the arab world. he was sentenced in his absence to 35 years in prison for embezzling public money. facebook‘s chief executive has been talking with president trump at the white house. on twitter, mr trump said it had been a nice meeting. 0n capitol hill earlier, mark zuckerberg met members of congress and rejected calls for him to break up the social network. the former british prime minister sirjohn major has accused the current prime minister, borisjohnson, of being dishonest about his reasons for suspending parliament. speaking through his lawyer at the supreme court, sirjohn said the only reason mrjohnson wanted a longer than usual suspension of parliament was to stop mps interfering in his brexit plans. the government argues it is not a matter for the courts at all. here is richard lister on day three of an extraordinary case. it seems at times like an argument without end. but those who gathered outside the supreme court today, intent on either stopping a coup or stop

some of the other stories making news around the world to news is the ousted president in aberdeen ben ali has died in exile in saudi arabia according to his lawyer but he ruled the country for more than 20 years from 1987 until he was forced out of power during the arab spring in 2011 he was 83. at least 30 people have been killed after a u.s. drone strike in the east of afghanistan the target was an islamic state hideout but the missile struck civilians in a nearby field meanwhile a taliban car bomb flattened a hospital in the south of the country killing at least 20 people and injuring scores more this is the 3rd consecutive day of violence ahead of presidential elections. liberia is in mourning after a fire as a school killed at least $26.00 children and 2 teachers in the capital monrovia the boys were asleep in the school dormitory when the blaze broke out the fire officials believe a faulty electric cable may be to blame. a month ago a church an asylum seeker was shot dead in broad daylight in a park in berlin a suspect was quickly identified and arrested his passport showed him to b

ben ali has died in exile in saudi arabia that's according to his lawyer he ruled the country for more than 20 years from 1987 until he was forced out of power during the arab spring in 2011 he was 83 years old at least 30 people have been killed after a u.s. drone strike in the east of afghanistan the target was an islamic state hideout but the missile struck civilians in a nearby field meanwhile intel upon car bomb flattened a hospital in the south of the country killing at least 20 people injuring scores more it's the 3rd consecutive big of violence ahead of presidential elections in the country. the racism scandal surrounding the canadian prime minister justin trudeau is getting worse images have now emerged of trudeau wearing black face he'd already apologized after time magazine published a picture of him wearing brown makeup at a party back in 2001 the affair is a bombshell in the middle of an already tense canadian campaign yearbooks have a hobbit of haunting politicians this 2001 photo of justin trudeau and bryan face is no different clearly rattled the canadian prime minister

elections to be held here 8 years after mass protests forced the ouster of strongman zain aberdeen ben ali there are $26.00 candidates among the prime minister and defense minister a former president a couple of lawyers and even a media tycoon who is currently in prison they represent a cross-section of political social and religious ideals and asians have a lot of toys and that's a real difference and before the protests broke out here in 2011 which is in decades of single party rule tunisia is often cited as the only success story of the uprisings which swept across north africa in the middle east from 2011 but it's not that simple 1st of all i mean having. the democratization process succeeding and this is happening. in the middle of the middle east and north africa this is this is an exception we cannot deny that at the same time what can democracy provide in terms of economic demands that's the major challenge so it's a mixed story we meet a group of ladies in the medina they too aren't happy with what's been achieved in the last 8 years economy security corruption the main issues eve