we set off for jemaal, east of the capital, tunis. over 3 thousand tunisians have joined jihadist groups in syria and iraq. many of them come from desolate-looking villages and small towns like these. we're meeting the family of walid abdel hamit, a 35-year-old taxi driver who suddenly went to neighbouring libya. there we are told he was radicalised by salafi preachers. walid then decided to head to syria. >> walid acalled us from there and told us that he was going to join the jihad. i told him that true jihad would be to look after his family and himself. but he didn't want to listen. >> his family was often able to talk to walid in syria. but one day he phoned them from a training camp in iraq. he said he wanted to help the sunnis there. >> he asked my mother to forgive him but that by god's grace he would be going to paradise. he told her not to be sad, and then the connection was lost. his family found out on facebook that walid was dead. the islamic state posts videos of suicide attacks on pages like these. >> walid's death has

from tunis we have reports. >> reporter: the private school is on prime property. relatives of the former president wanted to build a shopping center here. the school's principal kept it open despite financial pressure and threats of imprisonment. he said that they also asked for a chunk of the profits from other education projects. >> i told him that there is a demand for university. he said, okay, but it has to be split 50/50. >> no one really knows how much money the former ruling family got away with, estimates range between $2 billion and $11 billion. tunisia said that some of the cash is in hundreds of bank accounts in switzerlands. tunisians were given insight into their luxury lifestyle when some of their things were auctioned off. during the revolution since family members of the former president escaped the country by boat taking with them money diamonds and gold. tunisians have mixed feelings about what should happen to the former ruling family, but most agree something needs to be done to get those stolen assets back. >> after more than four years of in

many believe that not enough is being done to track down the much-needed assets from the capital of tunis, we have our report. >> reporter: the private school is on prime property. relatives of the former president wanted to build a shopping center here. the school's principle kept it open despite financial pressure and threats of impressment. he said that benali himself also asked for a chunk of the profits from other education projects. >> i told him there was a big demand for an university. but my repeated requests were rejected. then he said okay, but it has to be split 50/50. >> no one really knows how much money the former ruling family got away with. estimates rank between two and $11 billion. tunisiaens were said that much of the cash are in several bank accounts in switzerland. many were able to see the luxurious lifestyle that they lived when some of their items were auctioned. >> most agree that something to be done to get those stolen assets back. >> so far only $24 million has been recovered. not many countries use the united nations to help recover the money. as you know, th

a report from the capital tunis. >> reporter: private school is on prime property.ives of the former president wanted to build a shopping center here the school's principal kept it open despite financial pressure and threats of imprisonment. he said benali asked for a chunk of the frosts other education projects. >> i told him there was a big demand for pharmacy studies university but our repeated requests have been rejected. he said, okay but it has to be split 50/50. >> no one really knows how much money the former ruling family got away with. estimates range between two and $11,000,000,000. tunisia says some of the cash is in hundreds of bank accounts in switzerland. tunisians were given this insight into the family's lux luxurious lifestyle when some things were auctioned off. boats are docked in this port close to the presidential palace. >> during the revolution family members of the former president evening aped the country by boat taking with them money, diamonds and gold. tutunisians have mixed fieldings about what should happen to the former ruling company

. >> close to the capital, tunis, the scientists and fishermen are trying to catch the offending jellyfish the creatures are hiding. when it's windy, jellyfish submerge in deeper waters. that forces the fishermen further out to sea. luckily, they're familiar with the area. but with more and more jellyfish in these waters, is the answer to just get used to them? >> the solution is either to reduce the fish catch or to assign a value to the jellyfish. that's why we founded a laboratory where we can extract collagen from them. >> jellyfish can in fact be used to produce collagen as an ingredient in cosmetics. this practice is common all over the world and demand is rising -- something tunisians are hoping to profit from. >> there are certainly enough of them. especially in the last few years, as the mediterranean has become flooded with jellyfish. why shouldn't we use them to make cosmetics and someday maybe even medicine? >> but the jellyfish are causing big problems in another sector -- tourism. thousands of people vacation on tunisia's beaches every year, and they don't want to be stung by

. >> the bloody rampage through tunis' bardo museum has left tunisia reeling as it comes to terms with an is attack which struck at the heart of both its tourist industry, and its national identity. the country once held up as the arab spring's last beacon of hope is now faced with some tough soul-searching as it moves to tighten its security. find out more after this quick round up of today's topics, here on "global 3000." terror in tunisia radicalisation brings violence to the state and grief to families. biodiversity's playground: mexican environmentalists keep a close watch on the gulf of california.

al jazeera tunis. >> zimbabwe's president robert mggabe has spoken out against events in south africa>> a day of departure has finally arriveed. the crew of 88, 55 of them voluntary make their maiden voyage of the crossing made hundred years ago. bearing a message for general george washington in boston, that the french would come on side in the american war of independence to help defeat the british, which is exactly what they did in a series of battles of naval blockades. >> lafayette is really well-known. he is a house old name even if people are not exactly sure what he did. that gives us an in, in that we have this attachment to lafayette as a brand i guess. that allows us to have fresh ground to make a big splash. >> you can bring that history back to life for a lot of people who have forgotten it. >> we can make a great deal of the fact that france helped to free our nation as an independent country. >> i'm very happy because i'm sure i am on the best ship in the world today. with a good crew, and with exceptional mission. >> the voyage will take them from the french coast by t

look what happened in tunis at that museum.nis said, if you're muslim, duck. >> the problem here, that we see a common link. these are different countries with different contexts. some are muslim sunni. others are shia. others have more or less minorities christians yazidi or others. one common thread, jihadist ideology. divide the world in mind of it es subscribers to two. one you can kill at will are those christians jews, baha'i other muslim moderates. we're dealing with a word problem, not just a terror problem in kenya. this is a world problem. bill: what is the real goal for attacks like these? is it just about christianity do you believe walid? >> christianity or judaism or muslim sects with a different point of view are the alibi. they're always there. but in fact i see ominous goals by shabaab in this case. they are entwined to promote sectarian fights in they're trying to divide the country. trying to provoke warfare as retaliation. fortunately kenyan government and christian community in this case are serious enough

sweep, the government has vowed to boot out activist after gunmen stormed a museum in the heart of tunis. >> the attackers declared allegiance to islamic state. the growing number of tunisians joining islamic state ranks. we take a closer look. >> a small town northwestern tunisia, not are from the algerian border. we go to the house with this man's friend used to live. a year ago, he left for syria to fight or islamic state -- for islamic state. >> he would not do that three years ago, but now i do not understand why he would do that. he was our friend. we do everything together, but i do not understand that. >> his family are also struggling for an explanation. they are devout muslims but they stress that they are not fundamentalists. >> he prayed just like his mother and i prayed. we thought it made him a good person. he did not smoke or drink. he never gave us any trouble. then slowly, he changed. he would not even let his mother watch tv. those people manipulated him. >> the people he is referring to our islamist -- are islamists. he accuses them of radicalizing his 17 year old son.

like i said we have our international presence at the tunis.we have national staff in tripoli come in benghazi. we work with ngos both international and national to do what we can. the program is underfunded. access is for a limited, and so there's no pretense that what we are doing anything on the order of the crossline operations or for that matter the cross-border operations as well in the syrian context where other idp emergency situations. and with respect to jeff thank you very much for your observation. in fact, we have always together with iom spoken about that to the extent that we can count them. we get this information from those guards, so they are not our numbers but we publish them because they are part of the movement of people of concern or potentially of concern. i misquoted the number of deaths on the mediterranean. since january of 1776 so that's a number that i should have more easily remembered. [inaudible] >> 1296 in april of which 900 or so. but the numbers are also not as precise as we pretend. several dozen in the carib

leaders in tunis say a constitutionconsulate will help with that >> last month government forces and shia forces reclaimed the city from isil but many of the sunni residents forced to flee during the conflict are now pointing fingers at shia militiamen accusing them of abuse. >>reporter: birds singing are the only sounds of life in . >> are there hidden agendas about the time? we want officials to tell us if we can get back to our homes or not. we want answers. >>reporter: both the shiite militias and iraqi security forces we've spoken to say isil is to blame. >> it is isil who blew up these houses before leaving. >> we are calling on the families to return and we're waiting for them to help. >>reporter: when military operations began in neighboring tikrit those still left in al-dor fled the violence. it may now be safe to return but they still fear the militias controlling their city. >>> a peaceful political rally was rocked by a suicide blast in afghanistan today. this was the scene in the east of afghanistan. at least 16 people were killed and 40 others injured. the demonstrators

. >> iraq for a long time has had tensions between tuny and shia communities. since isil's take over many say it's got worse particularly in anbar province where isil has become a formidable force. some say that their fighters may pretend to be refugees and come into baghdad. >> this camp is well run and ordinarily. on the majority skirts of baghdad many have been turned away for not having the right identification, and that's led to a lot of resentment. rumors of sectarian killings from both sides are common across social media which are adding to the tension. so far there have been no large-scale attacks but many remember the sectarian violence from 2006 to 2008, and wonder if iraq might return to those days. al jazeera baghdad. >> italy is struggling to cope with the number of migrants arriving on its shores just this year. 25,000 have crossed the mediterranean sea. those seeking asylum are housed in reception centers around the country. we visited one in sicily finding frustrateed residents and evidence of exploitation. >> it's market day these are the peop

tunis. >> recreating a journey made by a famous french general who played a key role in the american revolutionary war. june in a hull is on board of the rebuilt jewel of the french navy. >> the day of departure has finally arrived. the crew of 88, 55 of them volunteers they're making final preparations for the maiden voyage across the atlantic remembering the crossing of 200 years ago when theage french naval frigate bearing a message for the george washington that the french would come on side to help defeat the british, which is exactly what they did in a series of battles of naval blockades. >> lafayette is really well-known. he is a household name even if people are not sure what he did. that gives us an in in that we have this attachment to lafayette as a brand i guess and that allows us to have a lot of fresh ground to make a big splash. >> you can bring that history back to life for a lot of people who have forgotten yes. >> in a certain respect history is what you make of it. we can make a great deal in the fact that france helped to free our nation as an independent country

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little more rich, i would go to gavis or tunis. but that does not mean there are some who have financial and have problems of schooling, problems of getting to access to the health system. the other thing about political affiliation if you like, no money that you see the people of tunisia, we have seen minor tension between different libyans in tunisia. fortunately it was contained, but maybe most of them are pro-gadhafi cities, but we don't have any idea about that. we have seen some kind of tension that was contained and maybe that gives ideas to possibilities of external reconciliation. we manage to contain tension between libyans and they don't think there are any problems. sometimes very minor incidents, but totally under control. thanks to libyans themselves. they're behaving good. >> my answers here will be short, i don't know. i don't know the answer. maybe somebody else does in the room about how many potential folks there are that will leave by boat. i just don't know. there may be some estimates out there, but i don't ha

tamara tunie joins us.utiful monday morning here in new york city. it's april 13th. >> you know why it's a beautiful day today? >> go ahead. >> it's national grilled cheese day. yes. >> i thought you were going to say because you're back and we missed you. >> i missed you too. national grilled cheese today. that's what i'm talking. >> that was yesterday. we observe it the day after. >> it's like presidents' day. >> what's your favored grilled cheese to use? >> american cheese. yeah. on wonder bread. boom. >> old school. >> i like some stuff, but old school. and if it's a cold day the hot cream of tomato soup. >> i like the craft. you take it out of the wrapper. >> i'm so old i remember before it was actually wrapped individually. you'd have to peel it off. >> really? >> oh, yeah. it claim in a block. it was sliced, but boom. you peel that off. sometimes you cheat and take two at once. >> you have to eat one before you put any on the bread. >> we're going to observe hard core in a few minutes. we're going to

jeffrey: throughout 2011, from tunis to cairo to tel aviv to santiago to zuccotti park to oakland to cities around the united states to moscow at the end of the year, the call for true democratic representation, a true governance by the people and not by corrupt interests, not by the autocrats. this has been a worldwide call, and it's a worldwide struggle. news commentator: half of them say they want to turn this into a socialist-communist party and have the country run like that. second commentator: pot-smoking, sex-addicted morons, you compare that... lillian: they weren't being fooled by all the slanderous things that were said about them. howard: there's a lot of filthy, dirty hippies hanging around who have no clue what's going on whatsoever in the world. jose: people, they're hooked on media that's owned by the 1%, and they're telling their side of the story. they're telling you what they want you to hear. they're telling you that we're a nuisance down here at zuccotti park. they're telling you that we piss all over the place and that we're just a bunch of hippies, and that we

little more rich, i would go to gavis or tunis. but that does not mean there are some who have financial and have problems of schooling, problems of getting to access to the health system. the other thing about political affiliation if you like, no money that you see the people of tunisia, we have seen minor tension between different libyans in tunisia. fortunately it was contained, but maybe most of them are pro-gadhafi cities but we don't have any idea about that. we have seen some kind of tension that was contained and maybe that gives ideas to possibilities of external reconciliation. we manage to contain tension between libyans and they don't think there are any problems. sometimes very minor incidents but totally under control. thanks to libyans themselves. they're behaving good. >> my answers here will be short, i don't know. i don't know the answer. maybe somebody else does in the room about how many potential folks there are that will leave by boat. i just don't know. there may be some estimates out there, but i don't happ

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solidarity but there is some kind of -- even within itself there were so many campaigns of deep moving from tunis to inland regions opening support and offering donations, and now the economic situation, i'm not in the same kind of attitude, and so these are some of the challenges that we are facing, and that has been said we are facing alone without any international support, but i think the minimum is to try to work on emergency plans to provide support, but also to provide support in terms of management, crisis management, and procedures to deal with possible new influx of refugees. so maybe you can have questions later. >> thank you very much. let's turn to shelly, high commissioner for refugee. >> thank you very much, beth. it's a pleasure to be here. my conversation starts with three perspectives. one, libya specific talking on briefly, and as we must with any refugee situation, look at the neighborhood and region by definition. in the case of libya given the security situation, our presence in libya is naturally constrained, getting to the points mentioned about the level of assistance tha

. -- out of tunis. we were with ngos, both national and international to do what we can. the program is underfunded, access is very limited. there is no pretense that what we are doing is anything on the order of the cross line operations, or the cross-border operations as well in syria. for other idp emergency circulations -- situations. thank you for your observation we have always, together with iom, spoken about deaths to the extent that we can count them. they are not our numbers but we publish them because they are a part of the movement of people who have concern, or potential concern. i misquoted the number of deaths on the men's. since january the 17t -- it is 1776. it is a number i should have remembered. the numbers are not as precise as we pretend. several dozen in the caribbean already this year that we get from the u.s. coast guard, from the bohemian, from the turks and caicos coast guard as well. i have to say that my short answer to your question is i do not know, but i do not think so. i do not imagine that you have relationships as such with traffickers

there's an indication more to say on this, but as i said, we have our international presence out of tunis. we have national staff in tripoli and benghazi. we work with ngos, both national and international, to do what we can. the program is under funded. access is very limited. and so there's no pretense that what we're doing is anything on the order of the cross line operations, or for that matter, the cross border operations as well in syrian context or other idp emergency situations, and with respect to, jeff thank you very much for your observation. in fact, we have always, together with iom spoken about that to the extent we count them. we get the information from coast guards so they are not you know our numbers, but we publish them because they are part of the movements of people of concern or potentially of concern, and i misquoted the number of deaths on the mediterranean. since january of 1776 -- so that's the number i should have more easily remembered. 1296 in april, but the numbers are also not as precise as we pretend. several dozens in the caribbean already this year that w