hashem ahelbarra reports. >> this is a big moment. >> the new law doesn't conflict with the constitution. we are committed to defending little bit but at the same time, we want to make sure terrorism is not given a chance to prevail. this is the reason we said let's stand united as tunisians against terrorism. >> reporter: bill is a shame for a country that four years ago, inspired the mass protest movement. members of parliament says tunisia needs a tough law to repel attacks like the one that killed 38 in the coastal city of sousse. >> we have here a very controversial law which is also respecting the democratic new tunisia so we have fitting relief now. >> reporter: tunisia has been grappling with violence for years. thousands of tunisians joined i.s.i.l. and al qaeda in iraq and syria. hundreds have taken up arms against security forces. a military campaign against a group affiliated with al qaeda is still underway in this mountainous region. but the tunisian army and police remain largely outnumbered and outgunned compared to neighboring countries. this is quite a significant moment

hashem ahelbarra reports from tunis. >> secure forces sweeping powers in their fight against armed groups. the law imposes the death penalty on many so-called terrorism crimes. it also allows investigators to use phone tapping. for the governing coalition this is a big moment. >> the new law doesn't conflict with the constitution. we are committed to defending littledefendingliberties. this is why we said let's stand united against tunisians against terrorism. >> the human rights activists say the bill is a shame that for a country four years ago that inspired mass protest movement against oppressive regimes in the arab word. but members of parliament says tunisia needs a tough law to prevent attacks like the one that killed 38 people in the coastal city of sousse. >> what happened in sousse was another dreadful thing that happened to tunisia. like the trick at the mines that we have to vote this law. >> we have here a very consential law so we are feeling releafd now. >> reporter: tunisia has been grappling with violence for years. thousands of tunis yankees joined i.s.i.l. and al qaeda

hashem ahelbarra reports from tunisia. >> the imperial hotel almost deserted. last summer it was full. today the occupancy rate has fallen to 10%. the hotel depends largely on tourists from britain. after the u.k. adviced citizens not to travel to tunisia. >> it's really spreading, really international. we need to unite. all of us like the european country and like the new democracies like tunisia. >> reporter: there are very few western tourists on sousse beach. the ones we met come regularly to tunisia. >> i come back. i love tunisia. we say every people say please don't fly tunisia. you go another place. i say no. this place this place everywhere, are crazy people. >> for others like the al gadat family their stay in sousse is more than just a holiday. >> we live in france. my mom is english my dad is tunisian. i really want to support the tunisian economy by coming here. even though my presence won't change much because there are only three or four couples here. >> security has been tightened. hundreds of soldiers and policemen guard this beach. they patrol

. >> live in tunis for us, thank you, hashem ahelbarra. >>> the death toll in the boating accident in egypt has risen to 43. it happened on wednesday in northern cairo. a party boat collided with a barge and capsized. the search for more bodies continues. >> critical sources say army shelling has caused casualty. this shows the aftermath battle between iraq's army. as feign as four civilians have been killed and 14 injured in fighting this week. 77 soldiers and mop bar mobilization fighters were killed in bomb attacks in the northeast of the city. the numbers go against the numbers released on isil accounts suggesting a higher death cool. still ahead on the program winning the war against polio, a year without any reported cases of the disease. >>> and months on, we speak to nepalese who struggle to rebuild their lives after losing everything in that devastating earthquake. >> hello again and a reminder of the top stories. turkish fighter jets have launched airstrikes on targets in syria and northern iraq. they have carried out raids across turkey. >>> iran's supreme leaders said that

hundreds of police are patrolling the areas as tunisia tries to stop the industry crumbling, hashem ahelbarrain the capital. >> reporter: more police men and soldiers are expected to patrol tunisia's beaches. their task is to prevent attacks on tourists, like the one that killed 38 people in the coastal city of sousse. the worst in tunisia's modern history. but hotel owners and travel agents are already seeing what could be the long-term impact of the attack. tourists have cancelled their holiday plans, and those already in the country are cutting their stay short. >> tourism will face the crisis following an attack on the hotel. in sousse alone, tourism creates 20,000 job opportunities, hotel businesses will not boom. now they'll suffer. >> reporter: the prime minister visited the island, one of tunisia's top tourist destinations. his top priority is to win tourist's trusts and ordered the army to join the police in securing hotels and beaches. tourism generates almost $2 billion a year. >> the immediate impact will be strong. after the attacks we saw the decline in tourism industries, touri

hashem ahelbarra al jazeera, tunis. >>> new technology is opening up the countryside to visually impaired phone app is using gps to act as the eyes for blind hikers. as caroline malone reports successful tests have already taken place. >> reporter: a phone app is helping the visually impaired hikers navigate mountain trails on their own. audio from the app gives them specific directions so they can walk up and downhills, a new and exciting experience. >> translator: i have never done anything like this. it's a completely different experience. it's really -- the sensations are amazing. >> reporter: five people tested out the app. it's one of a number of phone apps on the market to help hikers follow trails or record routes. they use gps which bounces signals off of satellites in space to navigate on earth. it's the same technology many drivers use in their cars to work out where they are going. but it also use a system used on aircraft, it uses motion senators to calculate position by considering such things as air pressure which dictated altitude, and takes gravity in to account, all whil

hashem ahelbarra explains. >> reporter: tunisia is in the spotlight.arty is one of the organizations that government accuses of promoting violence and sedition. the party's leader says the government is exploiting the attack on tourists in sousse to stipel dissent. and sideline tourists. >> translation: the president should target those that kill tourists but he's taking on political parties in the same way as his predecessor. >> reporter: this was a gathering of a party banned for decades. the offsued of a banned islamic movement calling for a caliphate or the rule of islamic law, and rejects democracy and says capitalism is a threat to islam. interest. >> translation: we have a government that failed at all levels. the only solution should be through embracing islam. leaders insist that they are determined to change political reality. despite the challenges their movement is gaining momentum. the tunisian government fight streamism and cracks down on religious organizations accused of spreading violent ideologies a fight that officials say they can o