sam kimball, reporting from 2 to thank you for bats. now we've been hearing from the us interstate antony blinking today. he's been in kuwait part of a tour around the region, but he spoke to al jazeera after his news briefing, spoke about the rights of journalists said they need to be held by attorneys. he has governments. my comment is that we stand resolutely for freedom of the press and for the ability of journalists to, to do their jobs, including denisia. and we look to the, the government of senior, to uphold and respect the rights of journalists. and that's one of the things that we expect to them. more on this with robbie plant side who is the head of global outreach for the international press institute on scott from vienna say, robbie, thanks for your time. whether this is what i would say people, there are some people calling this a qu, or a qu like situation. even if it isn't, it is that type of behavior trying to shut down the media control the media. alger the are, itself was targeted. it's very reminiscent of someone try

right, and update now from tennessee, with sam kimball. and sam, how is all of this being received here? the fact that 4 days ago, they were obviously very significant dismissals. and now they continue plus accusations of corruption because, well, the accusations abrupt and are very serious. they're very significant presidential statement last night with claiming that close to $5000000000.00 of the nation's wealth have been looted by politicians and businessmen. and many of these, these politicians are the ones targeted in the president's decision to remove parliamentary immunity on sunday evening. among other extraordinary measures, like stacking the prime minister, his embassy and freezing the parliament. and there is, i think you could say there's widespread discontent with the economic situation of the country. and then general impression that that many of the politicians, the elite level and, and who are not trustworthy or corrupt, and are behind a lot of the, the country's economic woes. so it's a very, it's very significant statement

thanks so much, sam kimball. ah, nigerian sprint, a blessing aucker bout a has been suspended from the tokyo olympics after failing a drug test. the 32 year old to one long jump silver in 2000 and the they tested positive for growth hormone. she had qualified for the 100 meters coming final on friday. 10 track and field athletes were ruled in eligible to compete 3 days ago. off the failing to meet the minimum or testing requirements. and richardson is in tokyo with some faith. yeah, we got so used to talking about positive covered 19 tests is bit of a change to talk about test band substances, but it hints into an underlying problem in nigeria. 10 athletes that are already arrived in tokyo and the build up to these games withhold with very short notice that they wouldn't be allowed to take part in the lympics because the national federation just hadn't done the required pre competition drug testing. it's a huge blow finance area, a 13 of the $25.00 metals they've ever wanted to know lympics with track and field .

prime minister and assumed executive powers and sla, go live now to tunis, where we have journalist sam kimball, sam. so more people have been dismissed from their jobs. their concerns now about freedom of speech, particularly as the person who was at the top of the tv station there has been dismissed. yes, these are significant dismissals on wednesday came out in the statement that the that the head of the national tunisian television station had been dismissed. this only hours after 2 very significant people had been blocked from entering the national television building, who had both been originally invited for on their interviews. now while they were original, while they were sorry, eventually allowed into the building to give their their honor interviews. the now former head of the national television station said they were blocked from entering from an order from the military. the military had since come out and denied giving such an order and the presidency office has also denied given such an order. the presidency office has also expressed support for freedom of expression. we spoke ear

on wednesday, journalist sam kimball is in tunis with more on the president's moves. he says he's got a list of several 100 people.

governing coalition, and others wrongly received foreign funds before the elections back in 29. him, sam kimball, joining us from june, is to talk through this and other events. hi them. the timing is interesting here. it looks bad for now that, but actually this was already on the way, you know, 10 days before the president used as power. yeah, the, the timing is, is raising a lot of questions and i would say among the timing also look bad for, for the president. just to give a little background. the local media is reporting as of today that there's been an announcement that an investigation into 3 parties and a 20 party, as well as the heart of 2, need their parties with the open on the 14th of july. that's a full 2 weeks ago. and it's only being announced today and being announced today, just about 3 days after the news in president took some extraordinary measures and sac to the news in prime minister and for parliament as he stated. so whether this is just a coincidence, it's unclear, but it seems like there is a possibility that there was some that there were some kind of back to our deali

ok, sam kimball, reporting from tuna se, thanks them. and now sharefile kathy who's a former 10 year parliament and political office, also in june. so as sam was pointing out, the new minister, not exactly a member of the political circles, but he's been in the presidential guard. he has expertise in counter terrorism. i feel this is sending some sort of message the sort of appointment. yes, going to the fact that it was good. it was quite a let's say a norman, a decision front by side knowing that the prime minister machine, she was the minister minister of interior. so by, by dismissing or by or by the resign office in the she, she, the position was vacant. and clearly i saw it was in need of someone on board because the, as we, as we, as we know the minister offering there is really a big piece. okay, to denisia, especially with all the security threats that there isn't threats. but that was, and unfortunately facing the mr. us today, we is a former member of the national guard. he was pointing in 1996 and he's he has an expertise in,

live to tunis . journalist sam kimball is joining us from there to talk us through. not only the latest arrest, but the wave of arrest that we've seen over the past few days. yeah, there have been a numerous arrest of some significant people. one of the most recent being of the judge locked me and he's been placed under house arrest 444440 days under order of the interim interior minister. read how to say we who was sworn in just a couple of days ago. now civil society groups in tunisia have accused the seed, the, the judge lock in any of not dealing with terrorism cases. some say he had thousands on his desk and making them essentially go away or hiding them. this comes on the back of several other arrests, including the rest of 2 parliament members yesterday, one of whom was seen i yadi an independent m p co founder of the hope and work movement and also an outspoken critic of the president side. in addition, there was the arrest of, of the parliament member that had his ead from the parliamentary cut. i'm a coalition now. there are conflicting reports going on. it

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on wednesday, journalist sam kimball is in tunis. with more on the president's moves. he says he's got a list of several 100 people that are accused of, of losing the countries wealth. those largely being politicians and members of parliament who, who his, who is immunity. he removed on sunday night. and in when he took some extreme measures, including the attacking of the prime minister, his embassy. and so he's his claim that the while the huge amounts of wealth have been taken from the country without giving the names or exactly how it was done, he said that the country is not a beggar country, and it deserves a better future. syrian government forces are continuing to strike the central district of data in southern syria. the area and it's $40000.00 residents, have been surrounded for more than a month off, and cut off from food and medicine. straight is entire limpid track, and field team went into isolation after the american athlete tested positive cobra . 19 us pole, vaulter, sam kendrick, he's been ruled out of the competition. all members of the strain team w

as talk to sam kimball, he's a journalist and joins us now live in to as to how people seeing this move by the judiciary that being seen as completely coincidental and law and order. well, what there's, though, there's a lot of suspicion here that there is that this is more of more than just a coincidence in terms of timing this investigation by the 2 nations. you did sherry of 3 major parties, including another party which has had a plurality in parliament as well as the the heart of to need a party and the eastern party. this investigation was opened on the 14th of july. it was on the 25th of july on sunday that can you just president i cited took some of these extraordinary measures sacking susan prime minister, his embassy as well as freezing parliament. and it's only just been today that we're hearing from local media reports that the judiciary rather that the that the, there's been the announcement of this investigation. so that investigation was opened on the 14th to clarify. and we've, we've learned about it only today. and so it seems like it could be more of a coincidence. the

witness the jasmine revolution a decade ago will remain silent. gillian wolf, al jazeera john, the sam kimball is in tunis with more on the president moves. he says he's got a list of several 100 people that are accused of, of looting the countries wealth. those largely being politician and members of parliament who, who his, who is immunity. he removed on sunday night. and in when he took some extreme measures, including the attacking of the prime minister, his embassy. and so he's his claim that the while the huge amounts of wealth have been taken from the country without giving the names or exactly how it was done, he said that the country is not a beggar country, and it deserves a better future. so it seems to be, it seems to be a move to reassure those who may have doubts about these extreme measures that he's taken over the last several days along with freezing parliament and dismissing the p. m. and numerous ministers that, that these, these powers, these actions being taken are for the good of the people and to needs ins for years have been complaining about corruption and, and the fli

sam kimball, covering events for us in june. as he says, he doesn't want to be a dictator, but he wastes no time or opportunity. does he does the president to make big changes and, you know, target certain individuals yeah, indeed. certain individuals have been targeted in what some are saying, alarming ways this include can me, who's the judge placed under house arrest for the next 40 days? mr. ark, me had been accused by some human rights group and lawyers, groups of, of hiding terrorism related files and making them go away. and these include files related to the high profile, assassination of leftist politicians show. can you believe aid and mohammed, but me in 2013 this just following the arrests on friday of to parliamentary members. one of them is the independent m. p. seen i yada use the co founder of the hope and work movement. who's been an outspoken critic of the actions of president sy it saying that his actions amount to a qu, this also includes the rest of the parliamentarian ned a z dede from the canada coalition

by denies leading a coup and insist he doesn't want to return to the z a to dictatorship or from sam kimball in tunis. certain individuals have been targeted in what some are saying, alarming ways. this includes can me, who's judge placed under house arrest for the next 40 days. mr. ark, me has been accused by some human rights groups and lawyers, groups of, of hiding terrorism related files and making them go away. and these include files related to the high profile, assassination of leftist politicians show, can you believe and mohammed, but me in 2013 this just following the arrests on friday of 2 parliamentary members. one of them is the independent m p. c id, who is the co founder of the hope and work movement, who's been an outspoken critic of the actions of president cited, saying that his actions amount to a coo and this also includes the rest of the parliamentary and my head is dede from the could ama coalition who was released today, and it's unclear whether these arrests are related to previous cases against them. or if it's a political conflict being settled in there are more pro

sam kimball, as a journalist, joining us from today on the news our hi sam, take us through these latest developments and i guess the timing of it all and investigation into foreign funding. hi there. yeah. what we're hearing from local media is that the chinese and judiciary open investigation on july 14th into suspicion of 3 major political parties receiving foreign funds in the 2019 election campaign. and that includes another party, as well as the heart of twos, party, and the, the dignity alliance. and this comes, this was just about a week and a half before the current seizure of emergency powered by the tunes in president. and the resulting protests and demonstrations. ok, so the investigation was happening before this, but as i said, the timing it, i mean, it doesn't, it doesn't look good for enough than now given what the president did just a couple of days ago. yeah, that's, that's right. yeah. and since the seizure of power of emergency powers, as well as the freezing of parliament, and the dismissal of prime minister, msc on, on sunday, the 25th, not the party and their suppo

sam kimball is in tunis. ah, well the ask on president shafan is delivered a policy speech on the future direction of the country and his address come moves as the taliban of course continues to make territorial gains across afghanistan. shawna bill us reports from campbell. the northern city of telecom is surrounded by telephone fighters, but more than one month, its people have withstood wave. the tech's residents now armed and afghan security forces are united in trying to keep vices out of the city. well, maybe if i want to go to the making us to them, i hope i'm not captured. we've been attacked more than 10 times here. we've beaten them and push them back. don't lose your morale and get it governess. the telephone no controls, large areas of rule less ghana stone, including more than half of the countries districts as ask and security forces, attempt to slow the televisions. momentum in a nationally televised address, president gunny had a message of diplomacy with articulated a widely supported program

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the conditions at this historical moment forced me to take such exceptional measures. journalist sam kimball is in tunis. he says those who oppose president case the i is are under increasing pressure. the independent parliamentary member year seen i yadi was arrested from his home in the northern suburbs of tunis. i've spoken to his wife, who said that a group of cars arrived with civilian clothes, the officers who she said called themselves security, who she said, removed him forcefully and violently from his home. his lawyer had suggested that his arrest could be because of his outspoken criticism of the action of president side, which include freezing a parliament, the dismissal of the prime minister, and the removal of parliamentary immunity on sunday night. so the head on al jazeera, the 1st person gerald on the hong kong is national security log. it's 9 years sentence activist phase meant to send a message and new research on the course of ours. delta various shows its as contagious as chicken ah hello. good to see you. an abundance of sunshine and high heat. that's the name of the ga

the conditions at this historical moment forced me to take such exceptional measures turn. la sam kimball is in tunis . he says, oh, if you oppose president quiet the i a are on the increasing pressure the independent parliamentary member. yes. seen i yadi was arrested from his home in the northern suburbs of tunis. i've spoken to his wife, who said that a group of cars arrived with civilian clothes, officers who she said called themselves security, who she said removed him forcefully and violently from his home. his lawyer had suggested that his arrest could be because of his outspoken criticism of the action of president science, which include freezing a parliament, the dismissal of the prime minister, and the removal of parliamentary immunity on sunday night. that the bar head on the news all including ah, will be live in tenure were covered $900.00 cases and death arising. government is extending restrictions to prevent it from getting worth running dry. rock finds itself short, water is around the very well it's reliable supplies for the 1st metal is awarded as track and field compet

they held a citizen which descended into classes with supporters of the president, journalist sam kimball's. ingenious, he says those who oppose precedents aid now under increasing pressure. the independent parliamentary member. yes, seen i yadi was arrested from his home in the northern suburbs of tunis. i've spoken to his wife, who said that a group of cars arrived with civilian clothes, officers who she said called themselves security, who she said removed him forcefully and violently from his home. his lawyer had suggested that his arrest could be because of his outspoken criticism of the action of president pe side, which include freezing a parliament, the dismissal of the prime minister. and the removal of parliamentary immunity on sunday night demonstrations are taking place in syria against the governments offensive. and there are hundreds rallied in several northwestern towns controlled by the opposition forces. the government intensified its bombardment after on thursday. doesn't have been killed. thousands have been displaced, it is the worst violence since the government recaptu

thank you very much for that up there, sam kimball in tunis. me a corona virus crisis and the linux host country is getting more worrying by the de, depends, extending the state of emergency and restrictions will remain in tokyo until the end of next month. by minister shaheed, he says the virus is spreading at an unprecedented speed, and it's mostly because of the delta variant has run mcbride with cases spiking. tokyo, it seems, has no choice, but to extend it state of emergency through to the end of august. because then you're going to deal with unprecedented speed infection is spreading in the capital and can cy area the delta variant spreading with strength. and if this doesn't slow down, it will potentially lead to a medical health system crisis. japan is struggling with competing trends. the increasing spread of the more transmissible delta variant accounting. now, for nearly 3 quarters of all new cases in tokyo versus growing pandemic fatigue. with noticeably more people failing to stay off the streets than they did after state of emerg

i live to tennis journalist sam kimball to bring us up to date. and it's quite something when a president has to come out and say, look, i promise i won't become a dictator when he has taken all the executive action. indeed, the president coming out and saying, i will not the dictator. all the actions that i've taken over recent days are in accordance with the constitution. and i know the constitution well. and also trying to reassure critics by saying that he will protect fundamental rights and freedoms . this comes on the back of 2 notable arrests yesterday. the 1st one of the independent juniors in parliament, parliamentary member, yes. the nie yadi is also the co founder, co founder of the of the hope and work movement in parliament. he's been an outspoken critic of science, calling his moves, a qu, that's referring to president. i cited freezing of parliament dismissal of the prime minister, his m a c c, and removal of parliamentary immunity on sunday night. i yadi had called those moves a coo and had been a well known blogger during and sinc

and we've got sam kimball following developments for us from tunis over the past several days since the chinese and president of him, the secular powers prime minister, his embassy, as well as for parliament, removed parliamentary immunity. there have been numerous dismissals, various ministries, various ministers, sorry, as well as most recently a statement coming out from the presidency office last night that made it known that the head of 2 needs is national television television station had been dismissed. this come just hours after 2 people were invited onto the national television station for on air interviews, however, were prevented from entering the building. so it's being said, the head of the, or rather the spokesperson of the national television station claimed that an order had come from the military to prevent the entry of the 2 people who had been invited for an interview. however, the military had denied that they give such an order. likewise, the presidency office has denied that they gave in order to prevent them from entering. and these 2 people were the deputy head o