osama ben javad reports. >> it was supposed to be a new dawn as millions of egyptians came together. people from ought faiths backgrounds and ages united in the call for chang. nearly 50% of egypt's population is less than 24 years old. so the youth were the driving force of the revolution. even opposing football fans, the ul trasultras and the white kni, joined the protest. and it started with a tech-savvy generation that galvanized the group with mobile device and cell phones. >> they don't really care or know much about politics, who was left wing who was right wing, we just knew this was wrong and we should stand up to that and that's exactly what happened. >> even walls became canvases. it was much later that organized groups and political forces joined the protesters, all calling for an end to decades of tyranny and injustice. but in the 18 days it took to force hosne mubarak to step down hundreds of protesters were killed. since then an elected government is replaced, consisting of the military. many of those who became icons of the revolution are in exile or in jail. >> the s

more on that from osama ben javad in erbil. >> the regional government in northern iraq exports over half a million barrels of oil a day but its problems with the government in central baghdad are hurting the economy. it owes builts to oil firms and financial institutions and has stopped 600 public projects including schools hospitals and roads. in addition to helping 2 million displaced people, it also needs to find money for its fight against i.s.i.l. >> the biggest problem is the oil oil prices and that's wreaked havoc. both sides would be having trouble sort of paying the bills. >> reporter: the kurdish region's economy is almost exclusively dependent on the energy sector. the krg estimate that it has nearly 3% of the world's oil and gas reserves. but many politicians see it as more of a challenge than an opportunity. infrastructure to export gas is still being built. the kurdish region's gas exporting segment is said to come in 2016. on top of the financial and regional issues, there is corruption. >> translator: yes, it's true that we have a problem of corruption. we don't have

osama ben javad, al jazeera. >> european leaders are in their second day of meetings trying to figure out how to reduce the number of refugees. they may vote to eliminate the schengen zone. barnaby phillips reports from germany's bother with austria. >> reporter: on the austrian border the german police have been controlling the border, this is not what the schengen zone is accounting for. in amsterdam european ministers held talks again on how the manage the flow of refugees and migrants. some governments increasingly frustrated with greece which they say has failed to control its borders with turkey are now talking openly of suspending it from the schengen zone. >> i believe if it is not possible the protect the border then the border will move towards europe, greece must accept help. >> the greeks say they have carried an unfair burden on behalf of the rest of europe. it is a blame game against a fractured continue inept. all the while refugees keep on coming. these companies mainly syrians and afghans are being processed in austria before crossing into germany. all ages all hoping

osama ben javad, al jazeera. >>> iran's president hassan rouhani is in italy on his first tour sincehe lifting of international sanction he this month. he's expected to sign off on a number of lucrative business deals, including a $2 billion contract with italian firm danielli. he clearly has his checkbook out but so have the countries that he's visiting. >> reporter: yes, it's really seen from an economic point of view, as pretty much a win-win situation. we have to remember david that iran has about $100 billion in frozen assets that have been held by the west during the sanctions. now those assets are being slowly released now so iran has money to spend. but iran is also looking for western investment as well, western know-how and state-of-the-art equipment, particularly as you mentioned steel, oil and gas, also, aircraft. the iranian state carrier iran air has very old planes. all of these areas need upgrading and this is a real opportunity for western companies to get in there. >> do any of these countries in europe have any misgivings about what's happened or are they all very