the specific date for the proclamation of the first republic there's always has been involved in the background is always has been the other the not so important part of it this has been pushed a little bit further around just because today marks the hundred and it was free and what we see today is also that president funk tried to put all three events into one bigger picture on the americans focusing specially on the anniversary of the pogroms of the night of the broken glass because that's also what we're focusing on today the number of anti a semitic attacks in this country which include violent offenses and hate speech propaganda have remained fairly steadily for a decade at about fifteen hundred a year this according to an interior ministry report what do you make of germany at this moment and in terms of how was dealing with anti-semitism in the year twenty eighteen it is absolutely true that the actual numbers don't seem to be rather dramatic but if you look at how the actual victims what they tell us and how they react to these these and simply take things that how they have

changing events on the same day very remarkable of course you've got the prague proclamation of the first republic in the one nine hundred eighteen the anti jewish progress in one nine hundred thirty eight and then the fall of the berlin wall a five decades later in one nine hundred eighty nine i know it's difficult to pick one of those but what thomas has shaped germany the most. they have all shaped germany in different ways that's why probably this day house call has been called a day of fate in germany if you look at these three different events they unleashed a completely different process is in germany were you talking about the fall of the wall so closely attached to the values of freedom and democracy whether we talk about the program which foreshadowed the holocaust those are all events that were remarkably significant for germany and that's also the reason why it was such a solemn day of remembrance in that's also why politicians have been warning about the lessons that have to be learned from these events for today where we're seeing rising nationalism and we're seeing populism when we'

truly historic and in german terms big german events on the same day the proclamation of the first republic in one nine hundred eighty kristallnacht in one nine hundred thirty eight in the form of berlin wall in one thousand eight hundred nine which you think has shaped the country the most. they have shaped germany in very different ways i think you can say which one shaped germany more they were in different periods of german history and as well and they unleashed different eras in germany they are linked also in some cases to very specific values just think about the fall of the burley in the wall so closely linked to the values of democracy and freedom just think of what we spoke about a second ago the program which which in a way foreshadowed the whole of course and it was key to understand germany's sense of historical a responsibility something that is still incredibly important today so i wouldn't say that one of those three events that we're commemorating today is more important than the other i would say that we have to see them understand the most part of a larger process than a

other historic events that took place on the ninth of november. 100 years ago, philip claimed the first republic, marking the german empire. this is a revolution that transformed germany into a democracy. one group of germans once to change this. >> central germany. at this translation, performance react 1918. that is when sailors started an uprising to unseat the german kaiser, to evoke what played out at numerous train stations across the german empire a century ago. flash mobs with actors were staged at 47 train stations this week thanks to this man. he works for this foundation. a think tank ally with social democrats. he served as social affairs at the german embassy in africa. he is committed to a positive memory about germany's first microsoft. he and his tom wants one to bring history to life and have a lasting impact on the future. phil: he is with us now. welcome to dw. why do you think the germans should care more about the ninth of november, 1918? why should i care about -- they care about kristallnacht ? >> we don't want to make a competition between events. we think they are equall

of the former soviet republics first female president near final results show sort of really won fifty nine point six percent of the vote the former foreign minister is backed by the ruling party favors balancing georgia's relations with russia and the west. speaking of russia president vladimir putin has accused ukraine of orchestrating sunday's naval standoff russia sees three craney and vessels and has detained their crews pending trial in turkey has condemned the black sea off the coast of crimea as a russian act of aggression ukraine's president has declared martial law in the border regions he says is preparing for war. putting on a show of readiness ukrainian troops trenches near the russian border have been put on alert as martial law comes into effect. ukraine's president petro poroshenko visited a military training center urging his troops to get prepared for action many of them. will give them no chance to invade into ukraine. that's why today we are doing everything possible to provide extra financing of the armed forces. not to be outdone russia's defense ministry also rel

i'm here today on behalf of first republic bank. we sent you a letter earlier in the week. i have some extra copies here just to be sure you see that. we're really here today to ask that if this legislation does move forward, that you recommend an expanded grandfathering and legitimization process for these cafeterias. there's historically been a lot of confusion within the department about how to approve those, so as you know, there's a situation that first republic has, where the cafeteria was approved by the department, built out at a substantial cost, and then ultimately determined by the department that that permit was issued in error. we've been to you once to try to get a conditional use for that, and that was denied. we're in the process of developing a new proposal to come back to you, would incorporate some public access to the cafeteria, take-out window and public seating in a portion of that. we have a concern specifically with respect to that facility that if this legislation move forward quickly, we wouldn't have an opportunity to resolve that awkward situatio

took place on the ninth of november one hundred years ago for the shout of one proclaimed the first republic marking the end of the german empire this is a revolution that transformed germany into a democracy for the first time despite this it's not widely commemorated but one group of germans wants to change this. i said central germany. their own sorrow. at stuttgart strain station performers reenact the revolution of november one thousand nine hundred. that's when sailors started an uprising to unseat the german kaiser. to evoke what played out at numerous train stations across the german empire a century ago flash mobs with actors were staged at forty seven train stations this week thanks to thais he works for the fleet was a bridge foundation a think tank allied with germany's social democrats he's also served as social affairs attache at the german embassy in south africa he's committed to preserving a positive memory about the birth of germany's first democracy that's why he's active in the weimar republic association he and his cohorts want to bring history to life and have a lasting

second, we are the first republic with a democratic foundation that believes the answer is consensusand empire believes the ultimate is coercion republic cannot be an empire what does that mean? because we are a democracy for all american commitments and eventually they will lose favor. exceptionalism to washington means exactly the opposite what it means to most people now. now it means god takes care of men women children in the united states and we are the chosen people washington said no. press icily because we have a unique set of conditions when we started, the land the distance, our experience is not transportable to other countries. in his time he meant france. in our time he would mean the middle east. anybody that thinks they will put jeffersonian seeds of democracy in the sands of the middle east need to have his or her head examined. that will not work certain places in the world that will not work and we should not try and we should know that. left for him, city on the hill is a good idea perfection of her own society as a model rather than the attempt to promote that by

plenty to come, but first the republic of ireland are on the hunt for a manager after the departure of his coaching staff are gone too, including roy keane, putting an end to a pretty torrid 2018 for the irish set—up. they haven't won a competitive game so far this year, finding themselves relegated from their uefa nations league group. a far cry from the side that reached the last 16 of the euros two years ago. joe lynskey reports. one was the tactician, the other had the temperament. it was the blend of personalities that ireland hoped would promise so much. and it comes i'iow. would promise so much. and it comes now. the republic of ireland have scored and the place is going mad! this was the high point of o'neill and keen cosmic revelation, a win against italy took them to the knockout stage of the euros, but the next cycle would bring harder times and keep players retirements were exposed in world cup qualifying, where ireland's hopes of reaching russia were ripped apart in a play—off. it was all a campaign where keen cosmic personality tested the squad. rows with players went pub

party well explained what they're angry about georgia is on course to elect the former soviet republics first female president. hello winter is creeping out again even by satellite you can get that hint when cold air comes off the land and over the water you get these shower clouds building up in the stream of the wind because it's cold enough you get snow that's exactly getting in the car day for the next day or so versus friday's picture support and they don't get the snow but it's still called a plus one seems that they were stuck as a snow head sayas and his lower granite tended to write in heavy rain for normal home shoot snow for the mountain sendai about eleven in tokyo is probably in the fine with that fifty it is cold further west but not as cold it could be beijing still at seven well i'm a tall man as for a month ago we're going to talk it about minus eleven as a day max was the cold hasn't really come any further science or east yet nor has it reached central or southern china you can see the northeast monsoon is in such fine looking weather occasional big showers develop in weste

muslim seleka rebels who seize power in twenty fifteen well our fredricka is the first suspect in central africa republic's current conflict to appear before the i.c.c. chalons has more from the hague. well alfred's yeah it's almost first appearance it's the.

salomé sort of this really has won george's presidential election becoming the former soviet republics firstfemale president near final results show zora bush really won fifty nine point six percent of the vote the former foreign minister is backed by the ruling party and favors balancing georgia's relations with russia and the west. thousands of colombian students marched through the streets of bogota on thursday they're demanding the government increased funding for higher education students and teachers at the nation's universities have been on strike since oct eleventh accusing the right wing government of undermining their institutions. of united states senate has voted to advance a bill that would end u.s. involvement in the saudi led war in the yemen the vote is being seen as a rejection of president support for the saudis after the join the killing of journalist jamal khashoggi senators will debate the bill again before casting a final. a peace settlement with taliban extremists in afghanistan is possible that's according to afghan president musharraf's ghani as he presented a road m

going to be elections there soon well as for the condemnation of these elections and donbass republics. first of all let's say that let's acknowledge that nobody is condemning the killings the murders that are going on politically motivated murders. and. what were the people organizing the people behind this crime thinking. of course elections were inevitable must come from within the secondly the meetings in the normandy format. just prior to the ukrainian elections is has makes really no sense and as we have seen the current give authorities are not at all interested in implementing the minsk agreement because for example the special status of donbass this decision was not. agreed on by the key of parliament and this was a key decision. they don't want to follow through with it. i think they are still awaiting. for us to do something about the means could dream and we are actually implementing the minsk agreements and they're not seeing that they're not doing their part. now finally is russia able to do anything to achieve a peaceful resolution there i don't think that we can until somethin

and recruiting child soldiers his extradition to the hague several days ago was the first from the central african republic northern california has had its first significant rainfall a month's helping to douse the deadliest wildfire in the state's history the wet weather is expected to continue for several days and people have been warned to prepare for flash flooding and mudslides in some areas at least eighty people have died and more than five hundred others remain unaccounted for those are the headlines one to one is coming up next right here on al-jazeera. china could be facing a debt i suppose that's according to s. and p. global trumpet ministration just been insisting towards the saudis and. that they want to have more production to cool down the prices we bring you the stories that are shaping the economic world we live in counting the cost on al-jazeera. in china women are in short supply. millions more men than women. so when it comes time to marry the odds aren't good. it's estimated one in five men won't be able to find a bride a personal and also national disaster. i'm steve chowed on this ep

for the first time, the czech parliament is set to debate same—sex marriage, with a proposed amendment to change the civil code. if the bill eventually becomes law, the czech republicadopt gay marriage. slovenia recently introduced a similar law, but it was later overturned in a referendum. from the czech capital, rob cameron has this report. prague, a place were gay and lesbian people have felt safe all decades. is ill gdp the festival has been going for almost 20 years. certainly the czech republic is one of the most sexually liberal countries in europe, but unlike western europe, where same—sex marriage is now a legal reality almost everywhere, here the issue is still unresolved. well, i believe that the gay people in czech republic should get married. i believe that is their civil right. i am kind of critical about how it limits, reduces the debate about queer rights and discriminations, there are so many more issues than marriage. this man leading the campaign for same—sex marriage, he married his partner in the netherlands but when he went to the netherlands but when he went to the authorities, they refused to recognise it. that is exactly how you feel that t

and their families and what they're thinking of the action of the weimar republic that it would be had effect beyond this first republican the mothers and fathers of the fed republic of germany many of whom were very much marked by the time of. the achievements of my mother after nine hundred forty five when they could learn from the only evidence. august said to us by the bible the fact that bond did not become vyner for down this is spot on due to the fact that by mug weimar existed. if you don't get off the hook because i think i can claim this thought for today's berliners well yes we live in a time when liberal democracy is again under pressure with its opponents becoming more vociferously and more assertive but even though occasionally it isn't gentle enough people quietly and with whispering the moon about it the conditions are fine but i would reject that most decisively ones would and that is the way in which we can be a little our own democracy a nice with the make larger their enemies larger than they are and there's no reason to do i've. got a very also i do want to go to tolly when i will be i rem

country's new president with nearly all the votes counted she will be the first woman to hold the office in the former soviet republic it's the last direct election of a head of state in georgia as the presidency will be diminished by a new parliamentary democracy the vote has been tainted by allegations of fraud and intimidation robin forestier walker joining us from georgia's capital tbilisi what are you hearing about the latest results. yes most of them are in now i think ninety nine percent of the counts is done and celebrated to be severely picked up basically sixty percent compared. with just forty percent more or less and that is an extraordinary turn around considering that in the first round the two candidates were absolutely neck in neck and. popularity really was not looking at all. looking good at all so this is really quite an accomplishment and quite unexpected how did you manage to make such a turnaround. i think two things mainly for her first of all the government went into overdrive supporters went into overdrive and they brought out a p.r. campaign that basically painted the opposition as criminal

union and that's why that meeting was so important because this was all also the first time between since the federal republic of germany has been founded that a german chancellor and a french president went to continue a place that was symbolic before that for hatred was symbolic for humiliation and also for revenge and if you look at that picture between i'm going to back of the german chancellor and french president it would i would not call them eckel snuggles up to my call this could be the symbolic moment of this commemorative week . all right max we know emanuel mccrone is hosting some sixty voltmeters at remembrance ceremonies this weekend what can we expect for tomorrow. there you are you can already see all the preparations going on behind me so many dignitaries of course there's a huge police presence here what will you see what will we see at the arc it's the all through there will be music there will be speeches including from him around to my call you will have world leaders as diverse as the one from turkey putin from russia from from the united states and of course the europeans that will be h

will have weather with rob here on al-jazeera also georgia is set to elect the former soviet republics first ever female president. here's a busy with thousands of central american asylum seekers stuck at a camp in mexico. a fire and fury a brawl breaks out as time heavyweight boxer is face off for the final time before their big alto about details and sports. by the spring time flowers of a mountain lake. to the first snowfall on the winter. out of the spring rains in south america are pretty active so far this year some big downpours a could just recently in this week it perri causing pretty widespread flooding cutting off some roads this one here for example which is a typical thing every spring news is developing these could be greater depths because of that school still has to go on the site but this is peru i'm talking about and the showers of course do exist further east they've moved into paraguayan and brazil that's for one hundred one reason twenty four hours again this week flash flooding territory however that's where the rain is more or less stayed as you can see this big gap he

first time. the czech republic have been defending champions the usa to win their sixth fed cup title in eight years katrina's sick and overcame sixty of them in an epic match that lasted almost four hours the victory gave her team an unassailable three no lead in prague. the season ending a.t.p. finals got underway in london with roger federer suffering a shock to feet in this first round robin match corey was on the verge of losing the first set on sunday when he pulled off this rescue and went on to take the sat on the entire break father hadn't lost an opener of these final since two thousand and thirteen far back in the second but the japanese world number nine wasn't shaken pulling off a seven six six three with an. and now boat race with a difference from caroline india this is the snake boat race or vellum kali each boat is about thirty five metres long with up to one hundred paddlers on board the race is held as a harvest tradition with the design going back to worship commissioned in the thirteenth century. and that's all your support for now back to you has them that's it for this news ho

first a politician and former militia leader accused of war crimes in central african republic has appeared at the international criminal court in the hague. also known as a rumble was a senior leader within the mostly christian movement and fighters attacks muslim seleka rebels who sees power in twenty thirteen tom is accused of killing civilians rape and recruiting child soldiers where we challenge reports from the hague. well alfred soames first appearance at the international criminal court in the i was short some procedural just thirty minutes or so long the three judges confirms the suspects identity they also establish the language in which he is to understand proceedings as they own fault and state outlines the charges against him he specifically accused of being involved in murder so cruel treatments mutilation intentional attacks against the civilian population intentional attacks against buildings dedicated to religion and this means of child soldiers and displacement of the civilian population this is a step of some significance for the central african republic it's the first ti

is the first suspect in central africa republic's current conflict to appear before the i.c.c. rory chalons has more from the hague. well alfred soames first appearance at the international criminal court here in the hague was short and procedural just thirty minutes or so long the three judges confirmed the suspects identity they also establish the language in which he is to understand proceedings as they are told and stay outlines the charges against him he specifically accused of being involved in murder torture cruel treatments mutilation intentional attacks against the civilian population intentional attacks against buildings dedicated to religion in this mince of child soldiers and displacement of the civilian population this is a step of some significance for the central african republic it's the first time that anyone involved in the recent conflict has ended up here to face charges it's going to be some time before the actual trial proper gets underway the judge said that it wouldn't be until april thirtieth of two thousand and nineteen that things really will swing int

president's a successful attempt to oust the president at the time and this is therefore a first for central african republic to have a fight involved in that. conflict brought here to the international criminal court to face trial all right charles thank you. still ahead on al-jazeera will millions more be spent in new york can be enough to keep homeless students off the streets and back breaking work on the fields but rich with world war and white iran some from industry is thriving despite u.s. sanctions. the weather doesn't look too bad for japan over the next couple of days laws each ride with a high pressure dominating proceedings here so we'll be essentially set a laboratory of high pressure the moment it's just located around the korean peninsula but a little system making its way towards the yellow sea will bring some wet weather in sioux north korea some snow there into north korea as well also seeing some some of that wet weather as we got one into saturday before japan dicksee largely dry cold enough there would be eleven celsius there for tokay that sweeps through as we go on through sunday dry

first. and opposition democratic republic of congo have withdrawn from a deal to support one candidate in nextmonth's presidential election the opposition coalition had agreed to back the candidate at the long delayed polls but dropped their support after this. their supporters protested against the choice. now international pressure is mounting on yemen's opposing groups to end the vote for the un bush and france are the latest to call for a cessation of hostilities particularly around the port city of how data assad the erotic coalition is trying to retake it from the rebels local local sources say at least one hundred fifty people have been killed since sunday the home of the reports from djibouti just across the red sea from yemen. fierce fighting on one of the front lines on the fringes of the port city of data this is one of the largest bottle so far in the war in yemen. losing the strategic port is not an option and they are putting up a stiff resistance. which is an attempt at another suicide attack but it failed we are advancing. despite earlier promises by the. pro-government forces

displacement of the civilian population this is a step of some significance for the central african republic it's the first time that anyone involved in the recent conflict has ended up here to face charges it's going to be some time before the actual trial proper gets underway the judge said that it wouldn't be until april thirtieth of two thousand and nineteen that things really will swing into full action here at the i.c.c. . guinea's government has deployed elites only battalions to patrol the capital conakry following a number of opposition led protests that i'm straight as unpaid wages on disc you should election results as nicholas hawke reports. discontent is spreading teachers left their classrooms swapping pens and paper for rocks and sticks protesting for better pay they joined a growing wave of discontent against president condé and his government civil servants want their unpaid wages trade unionist wanted to oil price hikes the opposition want the killing of protesters to stop the killing of the shelf and that the army has been deployed against the people the military are heavily armed this i

much about historical societies and yet they played this really important role in the early republic. the first historical society was the massachusetts historical society, founded in 1791, still in boston today. for our purposes which is partly we're thinking about the rise of the city on a hill sermon, and how it went from winthrop to regan, this is the first society that printed it, it was never printed, it was never remarked upon, nobody knew that winthrop gave this sermon. there is no record of it. they find it in 1838, where do they find it? the second historical society, in the new york historical society. that's where it still is today. they find it there and they send a part of it to massachusetts which is the first place where it gets printed. now, what you see happening in that basic development there is something more broadly happening, which is that these are societies founded to preserve american history and pass it on. why are they founded right after the revolution and the constitution? because what they are saying is american history, first of all, is a thing and second of all,

displacement of the civilian population this is a step of some significance for the central african republic it's the first time that anyone involved in the recent conflict has ended up here to face charges it's going to be some time before the actual trial proper gets underway the judge said that it wouldn't be until april thirtieth of two thousand and nineteen that things really will swing into full action here at the i.c.c. a feel croc is an africa analyst and author of distance justice the impact of the international criminal court on african politics he says the i.c.c. isn't actually doing a good job at bringing high profile suspects to court. yes it's all me is in effect a middle ranking actor in the violence in central african republic there's no doubt that he's charged with extremely serious crimes but but within central african republic he's not considered one of the big fish and so the suspicion around his case is that we're seeing something that we've seen with many of the other icy seas callouses across africa which is that the court is going off to suspects who are available rather than those

be the new president with nearly all the votes counted she will be the first woman to hold the office in the former soviet republic it's the direct election of a head of state in georgia because the country is turning into a parliamentary democracy the vote has been tainted by allegations of fraud and intimidation robin forster walker has more from the capital tbilisi. really received sixty percent of the votes in yesterday's turnout now that is an extraordinary turnaround when you consider that in the first round of these elections she and her rival rick overshadowed they were practically like an egg i think then she had just a percentage point over here in the first round poll and the reason for that was that she has been very struggled let's say two to resonate with voters because of remarks she made about georgia's war with russia where she said georgia should shoulder some of the responsibility there was a new p.r. campaign that so want to patrol the opposition. as criminal as dangerous step backwards for georgian politics because they her rival had promised to pardon members of the former government who had

first time. the democratic republic of congo struggles to deal with its worst ever outbreak of ebola. french president emmanuel mccraw has led tributes to the millions of servicemen and civilians who died in world war one leaders from seventy countries are in the french capital paris for the one hundredth anniversary of the end of the conflict which became known as the great war the trust to sit together the traces of this war will never be wiped away neither in france nor in europe the middle east nor all over the world let us remember let us not forget because the memory of these sacrifices makes us worthy of those who fought and died so that we can be free let us not give up the ideals the principles and the pizzeria tism of those who thought . of the ceremony centered around the tree at the base of it the torch which is late every day to remember the unknown french soldiers who gave their lives during the conflict about twenty million people were killed in the war the last four years and three and a half months before ending on november eleventh one thousand nine hundred. tasha bu

be the new president with nearly all of the votes counted she'll be the first woman to hold that office in the former soviet republic south korea's supreme court has ordered japanese industrial giant mitsubishi to compensate twenty south koreans for forced labor during the second world war the decision follows the court's ruling in october in favor of those seeking damages from another japanese company for its use of forced wartime labor those are the headlines keep it on al-jazeera much more to come witness is that next. question economy but i was on a hitch is that i'm not sure that i can hang on and that this and. must plan i can manage going on but i was ten and i went down the. street and get the first step make them again let me have a hug. but i'm going there at the five and i thought they got. through it before it goes there fortunately it was the holy mother church for. the service that's. really in. it wouldn't. be best able. to get little. good news from. the north has just. moved on into florida one of those are two cities. with. the death toll to. come out and become a little too good to continue. to ke

under what circumstances could a hard border be erected between northern ireland and the irish republic? first a customs union might imply to some listening that that could be the long—term permanent relationship of the united kingdom and the european union and it is not. this isa european union and it is not. this is a temporary arrangement until the future relationship is in place, it need never happen. can we stick to my question, under what circumstances could be hard border be erected? we have said we would do everything in our power not to exercise, not to have a hard border but we are not the only party to this arrangement. 0bviously but we are not the only party to this arrangement. obviously there is the irish government, i havejust said, as the taoiseach has made clear, sometimes it is said to me everybody says they won't have a ha rd everybody says they won't have a hard border but as, the point he has made is, you cannotjust rely and put a little statements for no hard border, you have to have the arrangements in place which enable no hard border to be erected. you have still not a

but first aid agencies are calling the crisis in the central african republic one of the world's most neglected conflicts an elected government is now in power however the violence between armed groups continues it's forced more than twenty thousand people from their homes and this year alone nicolas hoch sent this report from a refugee camp and. it just arrived ulead displaced children in this refugee camp the latest victims of the and then dig sick tarion violence in central african republic. some have their homes burnt to the ground others were chased from their villages by young men with machetes and guns among them are survivors of unspeakable violence. ten year olds to the his mother is dead her father is killed because they were christian by their own muslim neighbors. she hid in the bush with her uncle then tried to return to her village but the men kept coming back so she had again. there's no hiding from the violence we want the arms to go the violence to stop we just want peace this is silliness you home an overcrowded refugee camp of twenty three thousand people surrounded

first half. mick mccarthy says that he is ‘honoured and excited to be back with the republic of ireland' his two has been confirmed by the fai today. he replaces martin 0'neill who was sacked last week. the republic were on a six match losing streak. he will hope to take the republic to euro 2020 with four matches scheduled to take place in dublin. dundalk manager stephen kenny has been appointment as under—21 coach and he will take over from mccarthy after the 2020 finals. whether or not the republic or ireland are actually in them. the formula one season has drawn to a close with lewis hamilton on top of the podium at the abu dhabi grand prix. his 11th win of the year saw the five—time champion become the first driver to pass 400 points for the season. after securing a fifth world title, it isa after securing a fifth world title, it is a seasoned lewis hamilton will wa nt to it is a seasoned lewis hamilton will want to remember. securing pole position here was one of many highlights and his fantastic start to set up a cruise to be finished. while he strolled, others stumbled. nico hulkenberg d

to have committed these crimes war crimes crimes against humanity this is the first time that the central african republic has extradited someone involved in that fighting to the international criminal court so this is a significant moment for that strife torn country it's a trial although the proceedings today are going to be very brief it's a trial that is likely to go on for several months. rory chalons live at the hague thank you. government workers intimacy of being on nationwide strike because they say they cult afford to make ends meet more than half a million public sector workers walked out in the demands for higher pay mariana honda has more. from the capital tunis to. the city that gave birth to the arab spring around two thirds of a million people stopped work. was public sector workers went on strike after negotiations between the powerful trade union that represents them and the government failed they want better wages but they say they're marching for old tune izzie and her engineering soaring living costs and high unemployment but soon as you told it here people here don't have enough to b

from the first days of our republic until more recently, the idea of the conduct of war was left to the president of the united states and the executive branch. after all, the constitution says that the president is the commander in chief. so basically the rules of war actually, the rules of governing the troops, the rules of conduct, was left to congress. but the president basically from an operational standpoint, had the authority to go forward and handle things pretty much as he executive breast thought appropriate. but more recently, particularly since the 11th of september of 2001, and the fighting in military operations in iraq and afghanistan. the series of supreme court decisions have thrust the supreme court into the conduct of war and in particularly, the handling of the unlawful combatants who had been captured on the battlefield in both iraq and afghanistan. the supreme court stepped into that to an extent, and in handling matters never before believed to have been in the province of the federal judiciary. that has made the end the question that we are talking about today ev

from the first days of our republic until more recently, the idea of the conduct of war was left to the president of the united states and the executive branch. after all, the voice of our constitution says, the president is commander in chief. so basically, the rules of governing the troops, the rules of conduct were left to congress, but the president basically, from an operational standpoint, had the authority to go forward and to handle things pretty much as the executive branch thought appropriate. but more recently, apparently since the 11th of november, 2s 001, and the fighting and the military operations in iraq and pakistan has put the war and particularly the handling of the unlawful combatants who have been captured on the battlefield in both iraq and pakistan. the supreme court has gotten into that to an extent and handling matters they never before believed would be in the federal province of the judiciary. so that has made them -- the question we're talking about today even more relevant to the present time and raises more to a higher level of questioning. what is the role

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hearing for his forthcoming war crimes and crimes against humanity trial this is the first time that the central african republic has extradited someone to the international criminal court to face charges for their involvement in the recent conflicts and as such it represents a significant step for the country in dealing with the violence but how he got here is something of an accident late october the militia leader turned m.p. was detained in bangui after firing a gun inside cia ours parliament's only after this on november eleventh did the i.c.c. publishes arrest warrants and he was hastily extradited a week later all this has reaffirmed for some the suspicion that there's a degree of opportunism in how the i.c.c. works i think what we've learned to about the r.c.c. in the last sixteen years is that it's a much less impressive institution than many people hard and it lacks resources it also lacks knowledge of complex conflict zones in africa and as a result of that it can't go after the big fish it can't go after presidents of countries instead it's having to go off to often middle ranking actors and you coul

president and put their at a time when the revolution was trying to evolve from the islamic republic of iran first and foremost islamic was trying to become more of a republic but how many did not have his own power base so very taters lesson in the future for when you try to put a weak manpower. they go to the military security force to build up a force. the guy was a mediocre mind to put it mildly, very limited experience with the other world, not western educated that is now this proportionally powerful and then in the office now for almost 30 years, three times that ayatollah home and he was. it's important to understand how this process plays out. i was struck after the announcement of sanctions this week that one of the things president rouhani said was we don't rule out sanctions and that's what he said to meet in september when i saw him at the united nations. he said in september it's easier for us to go back six months than it is to go back six years. this week, little understood, little covered was a statement that we don't rule out negotiations but have to go back to the terms you have

was put there at a time when the revolution was, again, trying to evolve from the islamic republic of iran, first and foremost islamic, was trying to become more of a republic. but khamenei didn't have his own power base, so a very dangerous lesson in the future for when you try to put a weak man in power. where do they go to? they go to the military security forces to build up a power base, and that's what he did. for a guy who's a mediocre mind, to put it mildly, very limited experience with the outside world, not western-educated, that, you know, he is now disproportion nately powerful. he's been in that office now for almost 30 years, three times that ayatollah khomeini was. and it's really important in understanding how this process plays out. now, i was very struck after the announcement of sanctions this week that one of the things president rouhani said was we don't rule out sanctions. and that's what he also said to me in september when i saw him at the united nations. finish -- he said this september, it's easier for us to go back six months than it is to go back six years. and this wee