with the former president ali abdullah saleh for me and many people like me who participated in 2011 we saw it like a counter revolution against whatever ideals and beliefs we had we tried to bring brinkley always sure that things would have been different if the his i mean can you be certain about that if we hadn't seen the he take a very stand up because i suppose many might argue that they felt it was necessary in order to correct an imbalance in in power so the having elections and referendum definitely is better than having having a conflict stepped up like kept escalating the situation from september until eventually in march 2015 we saw the unfortunate events of a of the conflict i mean moving towards a 4 scale civil war i think it's important we're not so its decision from the saudis not yet but i mean there was a civil war there was an internal and internal conflict and i think it's important for many of the people not to sort of to keep on the struggle until hopefully you know the youth women of civil society can seize the moment and maybe come back for with and you know be

algeria will hold a presidential election on december 12th interim president saleh made the announcement in a televised speech saying it wasn't heard at step for the country mass anti-government protests forced longtime president adel as he's but a ficca to resign in april. it's widely viewed as a test of one of the world's youngest democracies counting is underway in the 1st round of tunisia's presidential election the country was the birthplace of the arab spring but it's only the 2nd time voters have had a chance to choose their leader in a free and fair elections the country's electoral commission says turnout was low at just 45 percent. 26 names are on the ballot paper though only 24 candidates are standing to withdrew from the race just days ago to support a former rival the head of the poll there was no clear front runner among the most prominent of the hopefuls youssef shahid who served as prime minister since 2016. media mogul now bill carter we who is in prison on suspicion of tax evasion and money laundering before official results are out currently spokesman already said he'd

but atta mohamed saleh stayed. atta: for me, the leopard is a kind of natural heritage.'d like to see more of them in these mountains. reporter: the new nature reserve is also meant to attract tourists, a much needed source of income. a tourist lodge is currently being built with the support of is for vacation ananfor havingg fun, but actually i can promise that this regionon is very saf. reporter: but the first visitors are not the guests they were hoping for. oil reserves are believed to be situated along the border of the protected area. even though the oil company is considering ways to support the reserve, drilling would nevertheless be inevitable. after half an hour, the unwelcome visitors leave. hana: my personal thinking is that oil and oil exploration is one of the biggestst negative impacts on the environment, and no matter how they try, they would still leave a big footprint on thehe environmen. reporter: the isolation of the mountains in the kurdistan region is the best protection for iraq's leopards. only if the area is left untouched, says hana raza, does t

and joining us now for some analysis of this election is mohammed saleh on marie he's a professor of arabic and comparative literature at the university of oxford thanks so much foror being with us this evening. thank you. what does this say about the changes in tunisia since the last election that these outsider canandidates seem to be r resoning g with voters. your td points and indeed in this isn't an absence. in the. cocoalitions that have been running the country in the last fifteen years. clearly too museumss well as an i invasionn democracy in these elections clearlyy and were in part to protest vote the fact that the. two front runners and as you know. news the- outside. is a difference b between being kind of who's the media t tycoon's currency in james. analysts suspicion corruption and tax evasion is actually part of the system. engine no electing shsheen behind him in hihis life lewis was an orthodoxy this only takes as well. is s that clear r to csese and chrysysler. and the muscle swims size that's well known in within the music constitutional presidency actually has li

the government is also pushing to hold elections this week interim presidedent b b saleh said the votote will b be held n december. that's something protesters oppose even though the one two elections the say the votes can't be free and clear it's officials linked to the old abilities with difficult regime or still in place for them the priority is to force those in power to step down. away from algiers in schools for you now in the rugby world cup host japan is open the tournament with a sexy ten when that russia this friday. using it meanwhile face a huge test in their opener against south africa old site today south africa's captain see a police say has held the return of the old black the spring bolt rivalry. police say is already making history as ross twenty full. stephan constance i'm carolylyn do may now reportrt. when the spring book team was announced there was only one name many south africans were waiting. this is already going down. he's the first black captain of the springboks leading a multi racial t. he's coaches brought to full i loved t that people talklk about our res

july but the government of the military have been reluctant to offer further concessions general guy saleh is pushing for an early vote and wants the interim president to announce december date . let's bring in our guest here in the us. and professor of political science and international relations of qatar university in algiers on skype a kind of play of journalists at the middle east i also in algiers on the phone a research fellow at the school for advanced studies in the social sciences welcome to your use of why do protesters reject. push for elections to be held by the end of this year simply because the demands of the plotters have not been met yet obviously since the 22nd of february when the demonstrations started didn't want to clear the demands some of them have been for instance because of the kind of. left who was duly the president of the constitutional council but did most of us still asking for his government to go up till now but we are still the prime minister and. he will as to the full time be over to see the elections of jillian's i've been quoted in. full but we will

people are loyal to the saudi arabia after the former president ali abdullah saleh in a really major problem alliance with the whole he's along with his 5 wife when they have been captured inside how to present the saudi fighter jets targeted those who are loyal to booth. and also the 3rd to saudi arabia ok mohammed stay close we'll come back to you as and when we get any more information for an update from you many thanks let's talk now here on the news out about a shoe bomb in london on skype he's the middle east and north africa casework of the international n.g.o.s reprieve barash about what's your reading of what's going on as of right now in yemen. well i mean it's quite. quite depressing and i would say honestly also shocking every time we think we're coming close to. to not just ending the conflict but at least there is a there is that sense of the escalation in terms of violence and such a tragic incident. occur and not really have to put this into perspective also. there is a crime committed by the. painting of political activists and journalists and and political dissident

july but the government of the military have been reluctant to offer further concessions general guy saleh is pushing for an early vote and wants the interim president to announce a december date. let's bring in our guests here in the surgery. and professor of political science and international relations of qatar university in algiers on skype a column hey of journalists of the middle east i also in algiers on the phone a research fellow at the school for advanced studies in the social sciences welcome to your use of why do protesters reject. push for elections to be held by the end of this year simply because the demands of the plotters have not been met yet obviously since the 22nd of february when the demonstrations started do mostly clear to them and some of them have been for instance opposed to the kind of. left who will do you the president of the constitutional council but did mostly still asking for it but we and his government to go up till now but we still the prime minister and. he will to the for the time being over and see the elections of jillian's i've been quoted in. full

july but the government of the military have been reluctant to offer further concessions general guy saleh is pushing for an early vote and once the interim president december date. let's bring in our guest here in the us. and professor of political science and international relations of qatar university in algiers on skype a column hey of journalists of the middle east i also in algiers on the phone a research fellow at the school for advanced studies in the social sciences welcome to your use of why do protesters reject. push for elections to be held by the end of this year simply because the demands of the plotters have not been met yet obviously since the 22nd of february when the demonstrations started didn't want to clear them and some of them have been for instance opposed to the kind of. left who will do you the president of the constitutional council but did mostly still asking for it but we had his government to go up till now but we are still the prime minister and. he will as the for the time be over and see the elections of jillian's i've been quoted in. full but we used to go

erek fudge, thomas mcnicholas, lois oglesby, saeed saleh, logan turner, beatrice warren curtis. thank you. yield back. michael turner i now ask that all members and -- mr. turner: i now ask that all members and guests rise for 32 econds of silence. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from florida seek recognition? >> madam speaker, i send to the desk a privileged report from the committee on rules for filing under the rule. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the title. the clerk: report to accompany house resolution 548. resolution providing for consideration of the bill, h.r. 205, to amend the gulf of mexico energy security act of 2006, to permanently extend the moratorium on leasing in certain areas of the gulf of mexico, providing for consideration of the bill, h.r. 1146. to amend public law 115-97 commonly known as the tax cuts and jobs act, to repeal the arc tick national wildlife refuge oil and gas program and for other purposes. and providing for consideration of the bill, h.r. 1941. to amend the outer continental shelf lands act, to p

hello i missed the how with the top stories on al-jazeera saudi arabia's crown prince mohammed bin saleh has spoken publicly for the 1st time about the murder of journalist jamal khashoggi he told the c.b.s. program 60 minutes that he takes responsibility for the killing because it happened under his leadership however he denies any personal involvement this week marks one year since she was murdered inside the saudi consulate in istanbul this was a heinous crime like a loser but i take full responsibility as a leader in saudi arabia especially since it was committed by individuals working for the saudi government. when a crime is committed against a saudi citizen by officials working for the saudi government as a leader i must take responsibility for this was a mistake and i must take all actions to avoid such a thing in the future. u.s. president donald trump says he wants to meet his accuser as the push for impeachment proceedings against him gathers pace trouble made the revelation in a tweet saying the accusations are totally inaccurate and forgery and it's over a phone call in whic