as i would say ridiculous but i would say i don't think the protesters with the cherub out on the trunk that much i mean we've even heard calls of support from a person like benyamin netanyahu and i know they do you know everyone knows they do on israel relations are terrible but i think those kind of supports actually hurt the protests because it creates an image of these protesters being organized or perhaps supported by the enemies of iran and i i mean donald trump is not a very popular person even in the united states so you can imagine how awkward there are years in iran and i don't think i don't think those are genuine supports so we have the anniversary of the iranian revolution coming up is that i'm not the point where people may well take to the streets i don't think so because the cost to get involved in the next any kind of next massive protests and they're not all that on a happy. person alice munro definitely on the street i think middle class has just six months ago shut their dissent by participating in an election i just wanted to add to

protests we saw in 2009. this was not a mass uprising. even so, a lot of analysts and reporters describe it as such. ithink most levelheaded and sober minded analyst and reporters had a sober analysis. these are significant protest, but it is unclear where they are headed. information todaday is seemingl, seeminingly they are losing little steam. i think a lot of people will be anxious to see what happens today and the coming days, where this goes, and how the government, more important than anything else, addresses the economic grievances of the people protesting. i want to ask you a couple of things. one is your reaction to the response of president rouhani who seems to have, in some public statements, say there are legitimate concerns being expressed in the people have a right to protest. and secondly, the call by nikki haley for an emergency meeting of the united nations to deal with this issue. i mean, i can imagine, for instance, in 1992 after the the riots and los angeles followingg ththe court decision on rodney king where 55 people were killed and 12,000 were arrested just in los angeles, tha

i protest outside of windsor castle forthe royalwedding?edding. it says donald trump faces the embarrassment of not being invited. i think that is one thing he doesn't suffer! 0k, he doesn't suffer! ok, let's go now to the daily telegraph. would you get us on this? this is about the dreaded flu. the headline probably says it's all, chemist runs short of flu jab. yes, we've now on not only got to fear the australian flu but also the japanese flu and today... sorry, today the telegraph is saying people across the country were being turned away from pharmacies who had run out of stock of the vaccine. so there is a shortage in cumbria and the telegraph has contacted branches of routes across the midlands. it is not a cause for panic straightaway. boots said today, it has told the telegraph they would be being resupplied and swiftly. 0ne telegraph they would be being resupplied and swiftly. one of the things that comes up later in the story is high—street chemist said they avoided overstocking the jabs because they are only reimbursed by the nhs

protests. what is your sense? will they grow or this be it? >> ink we can salute the courage of these protests while, at the same time, being sober for the prospects of success. this is a regime which is very well practiced, and the science of brutality, they are deeply resolved to stay in power, and the protesters, as i said, they don't have leadership, they're unorganized, they don't have arms. so i think that they face enormous hurdleles. >> brangham:. >> brangham: karim sadjadpour, thank you very much. >> thank you. >> brangham: next, jeffrey brown explores the mixed signals coming out of north korea today, where a possible overture also came with more threats against the u.s. >> brown: it was an annual new year's address from north korean leader kim jung-un, but this year it came with a surprise outreach to seoul, including possible participation in next month's winter olympics, to be held in south korea. coupled with that, though: new boasts of the north's nuclear power. here are some key excerpts. e entire united states is within range of ou

so we remember the good old days but the kids with whom i protested in front of goldman sachs are now 20 years old. they don't remember the good old days the way we do at all and they still reject it unilaterally which is amazing to me. there was the security of goldman sachs and the game with the dog with just a bunch of kids outside. they got bloomberg and they got "wall street journal" and they got the financial times. it was for a page of the paper the next day and we humiliated goldman sachs so that's the power to say if you give money to these people these are the consequences. so really, and there's nothing illegal about it. really there's a great deal of power and raising consciousness of causality of how the choices we make impact the lives of others and i go into this because i used to -- with the asymmetric warfare counsel and i was the academic reviewer on counterinsurgency for columbia so i know a little bit about the subject. and you know i thought here we are spending all this money sending all these kids out to be alone up and i go in later and and -- the irony is you

i want to keep the topic on the protests in iran. i don't want to make the whole focus be on the sanctions. i want to keep the focus on the problems inside iran. that is the center use of international attention. reporter: and the question about the european and russian reaction? >> i will give my own thoughts on the european and russian reaction. what we have seen so far is predictable from the russians. what the russians have said is, basically support the iranian regime's line which is that these protests are somehow foreign-inspired, or the work of foreign agents. this is similar to the explanation russia would give to any kind of protest within russia it off, not surprising. russia is also one of iran's external allies. it is one reason why i don't think we will see any type of effective human action. it might be useful for the united states to put russia into the position to veto any such action. it might be useful for the u.s. to put russia in touch a position as to veto any action but i do not think they will do so. the europe

i want to keep the topic on the protests in iran. i don't want to make the whole focus beyond the jcpoa. i want to keep the protests in iran, the problems inside iran as the centerpiece of international attention. >> any european and russian reaction? >> alchemical thoughts. what we've seen so far is i can, predictable from the russians, what the russians of said is basically support the iranian regimes languages of these protests are somehow foreign inspired or even the work of foreign agent. this is frankly the similar explanation russia would give her any protest within russia itself so it's not surprising. russian of course is one of iran's major extra allies outside the region. so again this is perhaps what we would expect. it's a reason why i don't think we'll see any effective u.n. security council action because russia would veto such action. it might be useful for the united states to put rush in the position of having to veto any such action but i think we know what russia would do. europeans are more complicated i think bec

especially the fact that these protests at times violent at times of the types of government buildings i think that it stopped them having a vast appeal in the way that the way the previous protests that what do these protests mean though the anti-government ones for president roh han he came to power as a reformers his position weakened right now. yes. sonny that bites us were directed against ron and some of his austerity measures introduced the budget just three weeks ago which was very focused because it. raised fuel prices and we've already seen. some of those measures show that they're responding. at the same time and this is just the conservative pundits correct pushing some of these very initial protests and this is a quote this may be an opportunity for us to say that we need to close right if you criticize them too. you see what happens erick randall for us in tehran bring us up to date thanks very much for that. well the protests in iran not only being fueled by human rights concerns also as we've been talking about it's the economy this feeling these protests economic grievan

on the newshour tonight, anti- government protests continue across iran leaving at least a dozen dead. >> i saw a group of 50 protesters that came out on the streets, shouted slogans against iran's supreme leader, shouted slogans against iran's intervention in syria and iraq, who burned down some trash bins on the street and then were, of course, chased by police and ran off. >> brangham: then, new year, new laws: the changes taking effect across the country from increases in the minimum wage, mandatory sick leave, and marijuana legalization. and, clearing deadly mines in afghanistan to save lives. >> clearing explosives is a slow and dangerous business. this area has been mined since the 1980s. mine clearance organizations have been able to get rid of about 80% of the old ordnance left in afghanistan. but new fighting means they still have a lot of work ahead of them. >> brangham: all that and more on tonight's pbs newshour. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: ♪ ♪ moving our economy for 160 years. bnsf, the engine that connects us. >> babbel. a language app that tea

the kids with whom i protested in front of goldman sachs are 20 years old. they grew up -- they don't remember the good old days the way ramon and russ and i do at all and they still reject it unilaterally which is amazing. there was the security of goldman sachs. they came with a dog and watch this and i later found out it is just a bunch of kids outside. a bunch of kids with signs and they got bloomberg and wall street journal and the financial times, front page of 16 newspapers the next day and we humiliated goldman sachs by backing away from that. that is the power to say if you give money to these people these are the consequences. there is nothing illegal about the transaction. there is a great deal of power in raising consciousness of causality of the choices we make impacting the lives of others and this is called asymmetrical because i consulted with the asymmetrical warfare group. i was academic review for special operations command on counterinsurgency so i know a little bit about the subject. here we are spending all this money, sending all these

can i say t kristen welker at the white house, aman in new york. kristen, reacting to the protests, and we're hearing from the eiyatollah who is striking back to the u.s. >> reporter: that's right, he had some very firm words for the president. i asked if this would deter the president in terms of using some of this tough talk we have heard. the administration official said no, but at the same time the president does understand that he needs to walk a somewhat fine line here. i am told he wanted to stand with the protesters, wanted to make it very clear that yet again the united states denoun ces what it perceives to be bad reaction by iran. administration officials said, look, this is essentially echoing what we have heard from the white house, from this president before, but again, in the wake of these protests, andrea, the president giving those frustrations new voice. i am told that there are discussions here behind the scenes about potentially imposing new sanctions, again, just discussions that the point -- at this point this time, but this comes as president trump dangles th

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like to you know but but there are protests there of course mainstream media was like going crazy everyone's talking about it it was going nuts i just want to get to this quick quote before we move on to the next piece american reading author trita parsi writes that when compared to the massive election protests in two thousand the corporate there's appear much more sporadic with no clear leadership in shifting objectives for c.n.n. he writes according to witnesses i spoke to the protests were initiated by in mashad by religious hardliners who sought to take advantage of the population's legitimate economic grievances to score points against the rouhani government which they consider too moderate so before we start getting behind protests in iran everybody all those people we saw that we need to figure out who actually are these protesters and how much the cia is kind of in the scene there were guys these important questions. some say golf is for the birds and it was constant one golf course developers actually using golf to save birds according to the american bird conservancy in the united states almost three hundred of the s

i don't think the protesters are taking any cues from him. is not a plus to have him on your side right now. i think his impact on the ground is minimal. however, he is once again clearly expressed his desire for some form of a confrontation with the iranian government. this probably will give him an added excuse to get rid of the nuclear deal, which he is scheduled to renew the waivers for on january 12 or january 13. it does increase the likelihood that he will not renew the waivers. if he doesn't, that means the sanctions come back into place. and the deal will most likely collapse. we are standing at a point which the likelihood of the deal collapsing is probably higher than it has been. tracy: coming up, oil's on the boil. prices surging to a three-year high. is opec's gamble finally paying off? more on that. this is bloomberg. ♪ ♪ tracy: welcome back to the "best of bloomberg markets: middle east." oil's charged into the new year with unprecedented vigor. analysts say the credit goes to opec and compelling finds that the cartel is winni

i want to keep the topic on the protests in iran. i don't want to make the whole focus be on the jcpoa. i want to keep the focus on the problems inside iran. and your quest -- and the question about the european and russian reaction? iswhat we have seen so far predictable from the russians. ,hat the russians have said is basically supporting the iranian regime's line which is that these protests are somehow foreign inspired or the work of foreign agents. this is similar to the explanation russia would give to any kind of protest in russia, itself. russia is also one of iran's major external allies. -- i don't we don't think we will see any type of effective human action. it might be useful for the united states to put russia into the position to veto any such action. europeans are more complicated because the united states would like to see some sort of joint statement, joint sentiment between the unit's states to put some international pressure on the iranian regime, but it has not happened so far. instead, we have seen mild statemen

after a series of protest, i think that will happen, there will be more intelligence officers trained, there will be more presence of the police and the guard and the procedure the different cities, especially cities where we saw the protest. already we see more security forces and also the smaller cities around the country and also at the same time we will see more protests by citizens as soon as there is a measure of space available to them. that can be a demonstration after football match. they're going to play in the world cup this summer and they may play three matches with us portugal, spain and there will be demonstrations. part of a demonstration will lead into protest against the government. >> there might be a funeral as we saw of not a very popular singer. imagine a michael bolton dies. there would be a demonstration after his funeral, that happened two years ago and no one knew who he was. his death led to funerals and protests and that's actually how it iranian revolution started. it started in 1978. some came and demonstrated. there were funerals for those people, every

i don't mind the protests outside my office. i cut my teeth in the mccarthy campaign where there were protests. but i'm on their side of the dreamers, and i'm doing everything i can. we need more people to join us so we get 60 votes in the senate. and now we have a chance to get that. >> at this point in the fight, when i look at republicans in the house, i see them just over the last couple of days as becoming even more hard-line than they've ever been on this issue. steve scalise said today no deal with the house. basically, there is no chance that we're going bring this up. you see the hard-liners, the super anti-immigrant hard liners in the republican caucus. >> yes. >> now thinking that they're going get the most anti-immigrant bill they could hope for passed through the house because they got a scalp here in the shutdown. do you think that this politics is hardening in the republican party? and if so there s if there a democratic public to try to undermine it? >> well, first, the hard right has always oh posed immigration.

but the kids with whom i protested in front of goldman sachs are, like, 20 years old. up under -- [inaudible] they don't remember the good old days the way ramon and russ and i do at all. and they still reject it unilaterally, which is amazing to me. and, youat know, there was the security of goldman sachs and the, you know, they came with a dog, and they watched us, and apparently i later found out somebody said, well, it's just a bunch of kids outside. yeah, but we were ade bunch of kids with signs -- well, i wasn't a kid -- and they got bloomberg, and they got, you know, "wall street journal," and they goty the financial times. it was, like, front page of 16 newspapers the next day. and then we humiliated goldman sachs. and so that's the power to say if you give money to these people, these are the consequences. so really -- and there's nothing illegal about that transaction. so really there's a great deal of power in raising consciousness of causality, of how the choices we make impact the lives of others. and i backed sort of into this, and -- my country, i used to

in two thousand the current protests appear much more sporadic with no clear leadership and shipping objectives for c.n.n. he writes according to witnesses i spoke to the protests were initiated by in mashad by religious hardliners who sought to take advantage of the populations legitimate economic grievances to score points against the rouhani government which they consider too moderate so before we start getting behind protests in iran everybody all those people we saw it we need to figure out who actually are these protesters and how much the cia is kind of in the the scene there were guys these important questions. some say golf is for the birds and it was constant one golf course developers actually using golf to save birds according to the american bird conservancy in the united states almost three hundred of the seven hundred fifty native bird species are declining and population that's nearly thirty seven percent of the total population being sensitive to environmental and habitat changes birds are an important tool for ecologists protecting egos predicting an ecosystem development agriculture wildlife water and even tourism and th

who faces trial over a twenty fifteen paris terror attack and i protested clashes erupted with police outside the prison. today we're strong because discontent is spreading across france. the security prison personnel. is the issue of islamic radicals. it's dangerous for us to be around the inmates because for them we are everything the hate for them we are enemies but definition. the protests started after three security guards were attacked by an inmate a string of other incidents followed including another assault that saw two guards hospitalized some of the attacks were reportedly carried out by radicalized prisoners now prison staff demanding one thousand extra guards be employed to help control the situation they also want radicalized animates kept in a separate high security facility. i'll use it all our work is very dangerous where weak teams of aggression and insult experience violence which is not taking into consideration by the government of us that's why they don't like it has become more and more difficult for us to act that i've seen physical aggression towards my colle

as well now here in moscow the police presence now on the day of the protests is is huge as i said i was walking along this main street where the protests were were are being held and they were really there's a police man every policeman every five meters or so step. going along the street now it seems that that means they were really ready for any who came out on to cheers guy a street where the protests are being held and he was almost immediately arrested. ok so we are actually looking at live pictures here huge crowds outside the made national news paper there emily what more can you tell us about the detention of accent of ali. well i know that he was detained on to this guy a street which is one of which is as i said the street where the protesters are marching today apparently he was shouting thief's fifty fifth which is an accusation that he's leveled at putin and his inner circle several times. and of course you have to remember that. has been detained several times previous to this time today last year he was actually arrested three times. ok now we're looking at also live p

i understand the economic hardship the unemployment rising prices but with the current protests i do not see a clear goal there's no concrete plan demonstrations need to be organized. by the about them it is either of us it has all. we ask if it's dangerous to protest the whole thing as banish was of course many students end up in prison this way without achieving anything or maybe this time they'll accomplish something nobody knows if the demonstrations had a clear goal maybe i would take part again along with my entire family i. was quite ambitious to shake out when. it's mostly very young people often without any job prospects who've been clashing with security forces they're seeking out confrontation by attacking police stations and ripping up posters of iran's supreme religious leader on tuesday the supreme leader spoke out about the protests for the first time and he blamed foreign elements that that's. but iran's enemies have conspired together and are using various means such as money weapons politics and intelligence services to sow unrest in the islamic republic. where your

reserved for donald trump whose closing address on friday is the meetings most and dissipated moment i protests have already taken place nearby. trump is the first u.s. president to visit down most in eighteen years and one who stands apparently opposed to the devil's ethos of globalism with his america first policy of economic nationalism i think we should be surprised i was always plays where we look for surprises and i hope it would be a positive surprise for your expect him to be rather more can fill its current conciliatory rather than. his feisty sell. he is coming to davos is already a message and it's. trump's inauguration that so dominated as the snow fell on davos last year feels like a long time ago now an upswing in the global economy has lifted the mood of many but they'll be asking themselves here is it sustainable n.g.o.s will again warn that global growth can only go up if inequality comes down the world's eight richest people they say hold the same amount of well as the poorest four billion this year's meeting with c.e.o.'s to be improved their companies contribution to society

saw something about egg prices rising. >> i don't know that could be a trigger for nationwide protestsection of the economic situation. i think the jury is still out on that. donald trump needs to be careful what he wishes for on twitter. if there is a scapegoat to iran's economic problems posed nuclear agreement, it would be the u.s. administration, that donald trump continues to threaten to renegotiate the deal. that does not encourage investors to enter the market, but also banks threatening to cut off other financial is regionons in the if they do i ran business. iran business.- to the extent it is, i would say the u.s. administration is partly to blame in these problems. tracy: you mentioned foreign investment. iss is coming when iran trying to bring in outside capital, especially non-u.s. parts of the world like europe. how much of a headwind will social unrest be when it comes to that? >> it does not help. we have to think about the prospects that these protests spiral out of control to the same extent we saw in 2009. right now i would think that probability is low. it does not

i have a lot of work to do -- >> stephen: it wasn't a partly to mostly? >> it wasn't a protest. : you paid money? >> i went down to the theater on 23rd street. >> stephen: you paid money, walked in, and it it occurred to you in the middle of the movie, "i don't have time for this." >> yeah, yeah. "i'm not giving in the attention it deserves." >> stephen: which is really a compliment. >> it's like this deserve myself attention. i'm not giving it my attention. >> stephen: it's like with when you're making love to someone in the middle of it you g, you know what, i'm not giving it my all." i should come back. "let's put a pin in this. let's table this for a moment." >> i did see "i tonya." >> stephen: i did not see "i tonya." but i am a huge jeff gilouly fan. let's talk about actual news going out there. i have unplugged a little bit. >> that's what i thought. >> stephen: i don't know what the hell is going on. >> you caught up on the tweets. >> stephen: well, it's easy. it's shorthand. it's like the "spark notes" of democracy, just reading his tweets. >> sad. >> stephen: sad. iran,

somebody that has been doing business with iran for years what do you make of these weeklong protests we've been seeing. i guess the protests because after the price ever was rising for some nutritions and i'm pretty sure if we will have a stable economy and economy there then the protests will be we will be gone real soon and thomas finally do you think those protests will change anything in the long run. i don't think so. it's a little bit complicated to go deeper inside the ring. but i'm pretty sure that their rings are smart enough to know what's what's best for them in the future thomas gave our head of project coordination a blue ocean a german company with close business ties to iran thank you so much for your analysis oil prices it is three year high on thursday the cost of one barrel of brant crude is now above sixty seven dollars the rise comes after oil prices have hit historic lows in recent years leading all exporting nations have been trying to address the issue with production curves recently stabilizing the price somewhat. for some more analysis let's bring in yellen stanzel he's chief mar

especially the fact that these protests at times violent at times of the types of government buildings i think that would stop them having a massed appeal in the way that the way the previous protests that what do these protests mean though the anti-government ones for president roh han he came to power as a reformers his position weakened right now. yes and suddenly the protests were directed against romney and some of his austerity measures introduced a budget just three weeks ago which was very focused because it. raised fuel prices and we've already seen. some of those measures and show that there is funding to. get at the same time this suggestions that the conservative opponents of iraq are actually pushing some of these very initial protests and this is of course maybe an opportunity for us to say that we need to close wraps because if you criticize them too much you see what happens garrick randall for us in tehran bring us up to date thanks very much for that. we have some sports now where world football spotlight will be on the canadian capital across tonight our sports reporte

first of all, i want to say i support protesters. it's crazy what's going on. it. on twitter, "you misrepresented the protests!" it's an interesting thing going on because a lot of people don't know what's happening. it's happening so fast, and it's different from like what you said the 2009 protest. >> stephen: it's hard to communicate because social media is shut down. >> one of the things is a debate should trump talk about it? should he not talk about it? and i said he should talk to other people before he talks about it. you know what i'm saying? ( cheers and applause ) i'll tell you why. i have three reasons yes i'm a little wary of trump talking about iran. number one is i don't like him. ( cheers and applause ) that's just who i am. i know-- i-- number two is that he hasn't been a friend of the iranian people, as you know, the travel ban. he band iranians from coming to er and number three is this is a very nuanced situation. and i don't know if you have not

i. protesters gathered to demand the reinstatement of the local government they threatened to occupy the building unless the mall was reinstated session intended to reelect the former president today was postponed to guarantee his freedom and the result of the democratic elections which known faces the rest of the space his involvement in last year's illegal referendum. and this is what is happening outside the capital in parliament right now live pictures for you and it seems like police have managed to ring secure the perimeter there but protesters have been running in barcelona for five hours at this point they seem determined to stay as well in the streets we'll be bringing you updates on the situation throughout the evening. now a newly published report appears to show that doping is a much wider problem in sport that ever thought details after the break. when else should seem wrong but i. just don't. get to shape out to stay active. and engaged because betrayal. when some find themselves worlds apart we choose to look for common ground. we've seen that market failure many times we

david: he thinks and i think, frankly, that we have a lot in common with the protesters here. >> we obviously do. i mean, obviously, these protesters in iran, you know, want to see democracy, they want to see freedom, they want to be empowered and that's what they're fighting to do and it does seem to me, from my understanding and i don't climb to be a middle east expert, i've focused more of my academic works on the former soviet republic, but it's my understanding a huge impetus behind the protest in iran is because of very high unemployment, high inflation and high prices. the lack of economic opportunity that is brought these folks to the street and no question about it, the mismanagement and handling of funds and including any of the assets that were available to them post iran deal, and i'm not weighing in on whether or not the iran deal is good or bad, but it's clear that the government in iran is not directing any of that towards the people of iran to help them. david: and rich, president obama said that one of the reasons for the iran deal was bringing iran out of the dark ages, whic

long oppressed people rising up against their dictator still with all the money i mean in any country people can protest against high prices but when i have a such them astray sions happen in our country opponents of the establishment come out and support them and some western leaders are barely able to contain their enthusiasm for regime change and are rushing to throw their weight behind the demonstrators we are now seeing an organic popular uprising organized organized by brave iranian citizens on the largest scale since two thousand and nine the greats of rain young people have been repressed for many years they're hungry for food for freedom along with human rights the wealth of iran is being looted song for change it is essential that western powers. the west the powers. back in the arena. because it's only with their backing that the the iranian people are secure and can go all the way in securing their freedom in the previous regime but we've seen where this apparent pro-democracy fervor can loot. join a you get the american president says he supports the protesters but these protests are not pr

bombs have injured a number of police officers the government is urging people to protest peacefully we saw that. you have i think what happened yesterday is a violation of the law since a state of emergency has been declared in tunisia these protests are the results of operations that aim to revive the unrest on social media about protesters say they have only to look at their wallets to be reminded of how they're struggling to afford basic necessities anger has been bubbling since the government introduced austerity measures on january first after the government raised the price of fuel and taxes on many items in an attempt to reduce. annual deficit. though the bylines we witnessed yesterday the vandalism of the stores and the private property we obviously don't accept it however it can be seen as a natural result of the starvation and the impoverishment of the tunisian people for years. while tunisia has been heralded as the one success story of the arab spring nine governments have been unable to ease the economic concerns that have driven protesters onto the streets people have vowed to continue demons

after the syriza protest, i think that will happen in iran, as well. there will be more intelligence officers trained, there will be more police presence and guards in the different cities, especially cities that saul protests. aw protests.hat sw 've seenwe increase in smaller cities around the country. at the same time, we will see more protests by citizens as soon as there is a measure of space available to them beard -- to them. it could be demonstration after a football match. iran is going to be playing in the world cup this summer. they're going to play at least three matches, portugal, spain and morocco. if they beat spain, imagine if they beat spain or there is a draw, there will be demonstrations. part of that will lead into a test against the government. , as weight be a funeral saw a couple of years ago, there will be a funeral of not a very popular figure, innocence, a very bad figure. [laughter] >> imagine if michael bolton dies, there will be a demonstration after his funeral. that happened in iran two years ago. nobody knew who he was. to

finding its feet. >> 28-year old zied zarrai from tunis is a child of the revolution. >> i was there for the protests of 2009 when ben ali was still dictator. a lot of young people, students in particular, were detained at the university and thrown in prison. that's why i chose to campaign for my people, to fight for a different tunisia with democratic values. >> in the wake of the arab spring, zied zarrai and his fellow campaigners founded what they called the alternative youth network, known b by its french acronym, r.a.j. they campaign for environmental protection, jobs, and political change. there are big problems in the country -- economic growth is slow, and terrorism is still attracting too many young people. youth unemployment stands at more than 30% in tunisia and the political situation remains unstable. >> we're convinced that ngos can bring about as much change as a political party. with politics, you get tied up in the election process. it takes so much effort. and tunisians have just had enough of politicians, especially after the revolution, when we had more than 120 parties. >> today,

lot of messages on the facebook live feed showing sympathy really for the will support shall i say for the protest as. some call themselves blue i don't know if that's correct but the iranian people want to be free of religious and capitalist oppression so how about other countries mind their own business and let them get on with it also carol said i understand the people are protesting the theocracy i support that one hundred percent so keep your thoughts coming and that's the what's that number plus one seven four five zero one triple one four nine tag everything with that the hash tag is a.j. news grid now the spokesman for the palestinian president mahmoud abbas says a new israeli law which makes it harder to hand over parts of jerusalem is equivalent to a declaration of war is ready m.p.'s passed that bill which means two thirds of the knesset must now approve giving up the territory under a future peace deal simple majority was previously required comes a day after the party of prime minister benjamin netanyahu approved a draft resolution that called for large parts of the occupied west bank