there's not much to do in the small challenge closer to the capital city of tunis unemployment is high especially among the youth we are in to board about one in three young people does not have a job life has become expensive and the local markets are nearly empty these days. people are fed up with the economic situation in tunisia inflation was already quite high and now there is an additional price hike for basic goods like vegetables and fruits and it in places like this one in villages and towns just outside of the capital city tunis the frustration of a price hikes for basic goods could easily turn into a revolt against a government. people who do not have much suffer the most under the austerity measures in effect to reduce to balloon ing state deficit this woman leaves the market didn't empty back in them for what they have been used before her father. i didn't benefit from democracy we are so tired of this because everything became so expensive the government doesn't care about and so. people have been taking their anger to the streets over the past two weeks they're showing t

i was here as has reports now from tunis. they are fully as i can show you right now this build up which continues this is a protest that have been called for by the tennessean opposition by the popular front which is a an umbrella organization of different leftist groups opposed to the government and to the austerity measures so you can see behind me in this crowd which is chanting the people would like the government to scrap the austerity measures they want those decisions made by the government to be scrapped as soon as possible otherwise they say that they will continue to take to the streets until those measures are put on the. aside this comes as a very critical moment no moment for the two dizzy ends and for the government on sunday to his in will commemorate the seven and adversity of the two thousand and eleven revolution people say basically that they were hoping to see their lives improve their living standards much better than the past they say that the government has betrayed them about cutting unemployment pove

in tunis. the governor of hawaii has apologized to residents of the u.s. island off to an emergency misawa was mistakenly sent out yesterday the governor saying a state employee had pushed the wrong button which then sent a text message to hawaiians warning them that an intercontinental missile would soon strike the island over this against the backdrop of international tension of north korea's ballistic missile program. warning sirens well out over hawaii. right here. for nearly forty minutes it seemed like the world was about to end a text message was sent to people telling them to seek shelter and stressing that the missile alert was not a drill. hawaii's governor quickly apologized for what turned out to be a mistake made by workers manning the state's emergency warning system. you know this should not have happened we are investigating the sequence of events that occurred right and never risk meeting emergency management it was a procedure that occurs at the change of shift where they go through to make sure that the system is working and and employed

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i'm honors on thank you for joining us first protests have erupted in tunis here as the north african nation marks the seventh anniversary of the arab spring which toppled its former dictator has been banned. ali has in fact taken to the streets for a seventh day in a row demonstrating against price and tax hikes as the government struggles to solve decreases economic problems many protesters say they have been left empty handed for the revolution they claim corrupt officials are to blame for the country's lagging economy. well ahead of today's demonstrations the news twenty five char talked to the family of a man kills journey a protest earlier this week. there's not much to do in this small town clues to the capital city of tunis unemployment is high especially among do you are into board about one in three young people does not have a job life has become expensive and the local markets are nearly empty these days people are fed up with the economic situation in tunisia inflation was already quite high and now there is an additional price hike for basic goods like vegetables and fru

they have been clashes in tunis too. there've been clashes in tunis too.tones and burnt tyres. riot police responded with tear gas. translation: it's not the people's fault. young people have studied and studied, and then are left unemployed or in a difficult situation. as far as we're concerned, we have to endure clashes. protesters have been accused of using children to loot shops. so far, more than 200 people have been arrested after what the prime minister described as unacceptable violence. translation: every time there is societal friction in tunisia, the vandals come out. they start destroying things and recruiting small kids. these people don't serve the interests of tunisia. these protests started peacefully last week, but public anger has been building since the government raised the price of petrol and other staple items, and introduced new taxes at the start of the year. translation: our demands are the following — suspend the 2018 finance law, return to the original price of goods, and hire one member from every poor family. the government say

and fruits and it's in places like this one in villages and towns just outside of the capital city tunis the frustration of a price hikes for basic goods could easily turn into a revolt against a government. people who do not have much suffer the most on the the austerity measures in effect to reduce to balloon ing state deficit this woman leaves the market didn't empty back then and from what i have been used before her father. i didn't benefit from democracy we are so tired of this because everything became so expensive the government doesn't care about and so cool my mom's name being. people have been taking their anger to the streets over the past two weeks they're showing the yellow card to the government the red card will follow they say if things don't change peaceful demonstrations turned violent one man died during clashes with the police. he lived here into borba in this house we are meeting his uncle he takes us through the entire family. the mother is under shock she's concerned at the death of her son hums the best have ak was in way her daughter tells us why. they don't wan

two hundred people have been arrested as authorities crack down on the grass and we'll go live to tunis also coming up conservatives have until the end of today to strike a deal with the social democrats or germany could face new elections but the most divisive issues still lie ahead and time is running out. plus french actress catherine the new faces a backlash of criticism after she attacked the me too of men for conducting a witch hunt against men. on a good to have you with us. tunisia has been rocked by a third night of violent clashes as unrest over government imposed price hikes intensifies riot police have used tear gas to disperse protesters in the capital tunis and four other cities one man has died scores have been injured and more than two hundred arrested the prime minister had warned rioters to expect a heavy security presence on the streets. not even threats of a clampdown could keep them away hundreds of disaffected tunisians clashed with riot police and another long night of violent unrest with both sides trading tear gas under rocks. some coming off wash for where. i w

of more on this we can talk to and it is a political commentator she joins us via skype from tunis thank you very much for taking the time to speak to us so if you were hearing there week of protests have been rounded off by thousands gathering to mark the seventh anniversary of the revolution which ousted president. ben ali tell us why seven years on people are feeling as angry and frustrated as we've seen well because to this is they still feel that the the revolution hasn't the finn's promises of dignity of freedom and economic recovery and so people are very frustrated they feel that the successive governments have whether in two thousand nine hundred to try the government and then with the with this current government you know they haven't made this promise isn't and so they felt the need that they need to go you know they need to come out you know in protest that you know since the last for the last week at least can you give us a sense of the geographical spread of these protests we've been speaking about demonstrations in tunis but where else have we seen people taking to the str

in the capital tunis. the man term continue we still see those confrontations with security forces across the country we're no longer talking about the capital tunis we're talking about the coastal areas the south and and there is some part of the country and all people angry a government decision to increase taxes and also was created which led to prices of rise affecting basic commodities which left thousands of people to say that there's absolutely no way we can deal with that this is a country which has huge problems in terms of rising unemployment needs of a same time revenues now it's tourism industry has been hit in the past by terrorist attacks and now the government is looking into different options to try to get more revenue is a particularly the taxes and this has created. a backlash egypt's former military chief of staff sami will run in the presidential election in march his party made the announcement on thursday current president of the fact that all sisi is expected to seek a second term bu

our correspondent mark lowen has been reports from tunis.anti—government protest, further down the boulevard, pro—government groups, all of them commemorating the seventh anniversary ofjune is ian's revolution, overthrowing the old regime. groups are calling for an end to the austerity measures, the tax rises and price hikes that prompted violent social unrest earlier in the week, more than 800 people were arrested and one person died. the president today has been visiting an impoverished suburb of tunis, and he hopes the symbolism of that visit along with an announced package of social welfare reforms will stave off further demonstrations. even though it has been a calm atmosphere here, almost like a carnival, tunisia is riven with political, social and economic divisions. for many in this country, the overwhelming hope that there was in 2011 in the arab spring feels increasingly like a distant memory. an iranian oil tanker is reported to have sunk in the east china sea, eight days after bursting into flames, following a collision with anot

more anger over austerity protesters in tunis clashed with police after the prime minister promises to crack down on rioters. a court blocks the u.s. president's plans to end a program that protects hundreds of thousands of young immigrants from being deported. south korea's president says he's open to meeting north korean leader kim jong un if certain conditions are met. choose days official talks between the two sides the first in more than two years from seoul reports. the first official talks between north and south korea in more than two years ended with an agreement that could make president vision of a piece of lympics a reality says domestic support for his policy of dialogue with north korea helped bring about the rare meeting and he had some one else to think as well. there will be accomplished mint of south korean dialogue was largely credited to president trump i'd like to express gratitude to him in a statement the white house welcome to the talks and said the u.s. and south korean presidents recently agreed to continue the campaign of maximum pressure on north korea towar

dodge crowds gather in tunis protesting against government austerity with almost eight hundred people arrested in demonstrations over the last few days plus progress in germany's political deadlock hopes of a grand coalition on the horizon after months of post-election stalemate and south africa's ruling party moves to speed up the transfer of land to the black majority . u.s. president donald trump is facing widespread international criticism after reportedly using a vulgar word to describe haiti as salvador and african nations has since denied you denied using the term the opera's which was not initially denied by the white house is set to happen during a meeting with senators to discuss immigration hooper covielle from the u.n. human rights office says if true the president's remarks were nothing but racist. these shocking and shameful comments from the president of united states sorry but there's no other work on can use but racist you cannot dismiss the entire countries and continents shitholes whose entire populations who are not white. for no welcome well the u.s. president has

for more on the story let's bring in simon speakman korto a freelance journalist standing by in tunis simon the economy has been struggling for some time now tell us more about why we're seeing these protests erupt now well our building for some topping really many. issues right in the never. i'm principally the. business carnac i'm sure if you design a piece about that. when you get other areas that it gets rid of i think that we may hear it since the revolution so you have a groundswell of anger over successive governments not just on the dresser and out with the budget i think people are really getting very or. what exactly are they demanding from the government. well i think principally they would like the government to look at the budget and if you again. i'm going to use it does. this international that that it needs to say this but people feel rightly that paul wrote in the most of it the government is if you stop plot sites and such they can go to our show get into that you can tell it which means that in real time it's. a great portion of that income the rich ones who can aff

benefit that they had hoped for seven years ago funny viterra thank you for your reporting in tunis. and some of the other stories making news around the world. governor in cameroon says twenty one people have been killed in a growth crash in the west of the country but both veered off for road and crashed into a tree in a ravine at least thirty eight people were injured. at least one person was killed and dozens injured after a powerful earthquake struck off the coast of peru early sunday morning the quake with a magnitude of six point ace brought down homes in rural areas and damaged infrastructure . palestinian president mahmoud abbas says israel has ended the oslo peace accords abbas says israel's actions meant the oslo accords no longer existed he made the comments us amazing to discuss the u.s. president's donald trump's decision to recognize jerusalem as israel's capital abbas called the decision of the century while the head of french dairy company lacked says a recall of baby milk has been extended to eighty three countries. break at one of its production plants led to the o

our correspondent mark lowen reports from tunis.lying cry by tunisians that their revolution should not be in vain. seven years since toppling their dictator, the cradle of the arab spring has not fallen silent. they called for the basics — jobs and a better life. anger burned last week amid plans to raise prices and taxes, to satisfy tunisia's lenders. more than 800 people were arrested and a protester died. shots and government buildings were torched. poorer parts of the country feel the promise of change has died. nine governments haven't eased economic pain. youth unemployment is over 35% with terror attacks, tourism plummeted. the prices are so high, i had to borrow this money to survive, this woman told us. "we don't have anything, we are in need, we can't live." oil, sugar, even rubbish bags are too expensive now. we're miserable. ahmed was detained for two days on suspicion of fermenting the protests, which he denies. the government says they're destroying state. he believes the revolution didn't kill off the old regime. tra

this was the scene at tunis airport on friday as women turned up for flights the start of a u.i. travel ban against women and girls of all ages to be given it was really nothing if i came here and found chaos and they're saying to an indian woman under the age of thirty cannot board emerick plane family member money but i arrived here only for a man to come and tell me that any woman who holds a tunis in passport is banned from boarding us airline. two days later the u.a.e. explains the temporary travel restriction is for security reasons the minister of state for foreign affairs posted on twitter they had communicated security information with tunisia and that the u.a.e. appreciates and values to his young woman. but outrage across china zero and elsewhere grew with claims of discrimination and racism to his ears governments took immediate action the ministry of transport has decided to suspend emirates airlines flights to and from tunisia to the latter finds a suitable solution to operate its flights in accordance with international regulations and conventions emirates didn't r

it is not just tunis. trying to destabilise the state. it is notjust tunis.ding. how did this come about? at the beginning ofjanuary a new austerity budget came into effect, raising taxes and leading to higher prices. within days, people had taken to the streets. hundreds we re had taken to the streets. hundreds were arrested. now the president and prime minister say they will try to help low income families with new measures coming into effect in the next few days. fresh protests have in call for sunday, the seventh anniversary of the fall of the country's former dictator. —— have been called. tunisia has long been called the one true success story of the arab spring, but not everybody is convinced. here in britain, a surgeon who branded his initials on to the lives of two transplant patients has been fined and given community service. he pleaded guilty to two counts of assault in december. his crimes, carried out at a hospital in birmingham, were discovered when the patient‘s return to hospital for further surgery. reporter: mr bramhall, what's your reactio

institutions the government wants open dialogue regarding the demands nicholas knows direct of the tunis exchange conference a research summit involving all sides of the political debate in tunis and he joins us from beirut always good to see you nicholas know these protests say don't seem to be going anywhere away soon from the streets how damaging do you think this is for the government it's very damaging for the government it's already damaging the tunisian economy for sure it's damaging also to european an external interests who are quite worried about the situation of another kind of seemingly unstable state on the mediterranean on their borders so all around this is great greatly concerning it's also concerning to our tunisian friends as well who are experiencing extreme economic hardship but who are also scared about unrest and violence and some reports of thuggery and vandalism except for us so i would say really you have all of the different actors that have a hand in tunisia future they're all quite concerned at this moment and do you think is benefiting from this disruption on

and it might be because back in two thousand and eleven at the start of the arab spring the tunis here was the first country to a dictator in a move that the western world widely hailed as democratic change but since then there has been no less than governments in place internet and none of them have been able to get a grip on the economic situation there. and talk drones are becoming an increasing threat as they can be easily assembled from parts or timeline according to the russian defense ministry but more on that after this short break. and when i was sure seemed wrong. why don't we just don't call. me. yet to shape out this day comes out today. and in detroit because betrayal. when so many find themselves worlds apart we choose to look for common ground. this is an amazing story because there were say real geopolitical impact of bitcoin on a g. twenty country g. seven countries japan actually the spending power they called it the rise of big going in the millions of people who were buying it in japan the multi billion dollars that they've appreciated in value is causing a genuine

unemployment has never been implemented so you get basically two things here today in the capital tunis. national pride about what happened in two thousand and eleven but at the same time loads of anxiety about the future all those concessions that the government has offered its plans and programs to help the poor out how will they go how have they been received cash. well basically come out of which you can about something like thirty five million dollars the government has promised to. help those. in need and basically the mostly affected by poverty so we're talking about basically families that would end up having something like fifty dollars and people say this is just like tin tuna round the as well they would like to see is a genuine reform of the economy so that poverty and unemployment permanently tackled by the government here lies the problem of tunisia which is basically it is not rich in natural resources the main sectors are ugly culture mining and tourism and they were affected in the past by instability and the armed groups which launched attacks against tourist into his

a journalist assignment speakman cordell for us in tunis thank you very much for that update. now there is a seventy percent chance of success that is the verdict of one senior german politician on the exploratory coalition talks between chancellor angela merkel's conservatives and the social democrats almost four months after voters went to the polls the parties have set themselves a deadline of today to decide whether they can agree on terms america's conservative bloc is sitting down for its fifth day of discussions with the center left as a lead by martin shuls the two sides are said to have made progress on issues like taxation and clean energy but they've left the more sensitive policy disagreements until today if successful the parties will enter into formal coalition goshi actions if not germany could face fresh elections and that means an uncertain future for chancellor merkel. let's bring in our political correspondent michelle akers now with us here in studio michelle good morning to you what is the thirty percent that is keeping the two sides apart. well there's a

the question thinking very much for that hashem i had baron live for us there in tunis. the iranian oil tanker that's been burning in the east china sea since last week is said to have sunk in the latest footage broadcast by chinese state t.v. the ship is bang the visible above the water we're going to cross over to adrian brown who is in beijing for his age and what's the latest on this it's a disaster. well firstly we are getting our information from state controlled television here in china they say this vessel the century sank at noon on sunday remember it was carrying a cargo of one hundred thirty six thousand tons of ultra light crude oil known as condensate what we don't know is how much of that oil has been burned off in the fire that's now been raging for eight days and how much of that oil has actually sunk to the ocean bed of course if it has sunk there's the potential for this old to leak in the coming weeks months and years which means potentially we could have a serious environmental disaster in these china sea in the period to come now china of course has

the two thousand and fourteen elections brought power to the secular new that tunis party which later formed a coalition government but the conservative in the party but the security situation failed to improve. the lives of twenty two people including twenty one foreign tourists were killed when a gunman opened fire at a museum in the capital tunis. in june thirty nine people nearly all of them foreign tourists were killed in a gun attack on a five star hotel in seuss' than easiest tourism industry has struggled to recover since then people were out on the streets once again now they didn't feel safe and also had no jobs in two thousand and sixteen tenn a build a two hundred kilometer barrier along its border with libya to try and keep out fighters and refugees but in march fifty five people were killed when dozens of fine to storm through the town of been going down near the libyan border attacking army and police posts last may president the sipsey ordered the army to protect oil facilities in the south after protests planned to destroy production. and if he has made major advancem

chris moore is int tunis and joins us now. more protests overnight in various locations of the country ranging from the relatively poor interior town 40 kilometers from tunis where a man lost his life after protests on monday. also clashes in various suburbs, particularly some of the poorer suburbs of the tunisian capital. there have been smaller gatherings out here. obviously the epicenter of the revolution in 2011. if you talk to people about why they are out voicing their discontent it reallyly does all stem back to this year's budget. a budget which contains austerity measures put in place an agreement with the international monetary fund which has really hit the price of basic goods very hardof basi. as one man put it to me obviously we are unhappy with -- we are happy with the 2011 revolution. we are not happy with the economy afterwards. a frequent gripe that you hear people voicing their frustration with politicians. at the same time the price of very basic goods like bread and petrol continues to rise in some cases by

the two thousand and fourteen elections brought power to the secular new that tunis party which later formed a coalition government but the conservative enough the party but the security situation failed to improve. the lives of twenty two people including twenty one foreign tourists were killed when a gunman opened fire at a museum in the capital tunis. in june thirty nine people nearly all of them foreign tourists were killed in a gun attack on a five star hotel in sousse been easiest tourism industry has struggled to recover since then. people were out on the streets once again now they didn't feel safe and also had no jobs in two thousand and sixteen tenn a build a two hundred kilometer barrier along its border with libya to try and keep out fighters and refugees but in march fifty five people were killed when dozens of fighters stormed through the town of bint girl done near the libyan border attacking army and police posts last may president the sipsey ordered the army to protect oil facilities in the south after protests planned to destroy production. to libya has made major ad

right fani for in tunis thank you very much for that update. you're watching the news coming to you live from berlin coming up ahead challenging patry arkell structures in pakistan artist. has gone viral really to impact the ongoing need to debate and discuss this with our culture editor robin merrill. but first to daniel and facebook announces controversial changes and that's right some people are not happy about this business in particular facebook shares of tumbled by more than five percent after announced its overhaul of the news feed feature from now on little prioritized posts by friends and family over unpaid content by companies and media organizations facebook says companies that use pages to promote content will likely see a decrease in views c.e.o. mark zuckerberg says the changes should make people spend less but more valuable time on facebook the company is responding to a growing tide of criticism about its role in society. as a bricks at negotiations and choppy waters at least britain's luxury boat business is receiving a new wav

this was the capital, tunis, with some demonstrators waving yellow cards.and a government they feel is doing nothing to help. translation: this protest is against the budget, which is leading to poverty and hunger for people. our protest is completely peaceful. we are not calling for the overthrow of the government. we are calling for the overthrow of this budget. despite those claims there were some scuffles with police. the prime minister has condemned the demonstrators, accusing them of trying to destabilise the state. it is notjust tunis. this protest took place in the coastal city of sfax. discontent is spreading. how did this come about? at the beginning ofjanuary a new austerity budget came into effect, raising taxes and leading to higher prices. within days, people had taken to the streets. hundreds were arrested. now the president and prime minister say they will try to help low income families with new measures coming into effect in the next few days. fresh protests have been called for sunday, the seventh anniversary of the fall of the country's

let's bring in simon speakman cordell a freelance journalist in tunis it was then about for us hi simonthe economy in tunisia has been a lie.

this is tebourba, 20 miles west of the capital, tunis.ng people took to the streets for a third successive night. one man died in clashes here on monday. police and troops have been deployed in several cities. there have been clashes in tunis, too. demonstrators threw stones and burnt tyres. riot police responded with tear gas. translation: it's not the people's fault. young people have studied and studied, and then are left unemployed or in a difficult situation. as far as we're concerned, we have to endure these clashes. protesters have been accused of using children to loot shops. so far, more than 200 people have been arrested after what the prime minister described as unacceptable violence. translation: every time there is societal friction in tunisia, the vandals come out. they start destroying things and recruiting small kids. these people don't serve the interests of tunisia. these protests started peacefully last week, but public anger has been building since the government raised the price of petrol and staple items, and introdu

hikes on food items and all of this is of course being met with fury and outrage on the streets of tunis at the same time we do witness some of the protests happening in another country also focused on the economic situation and that of course is in iran but there is a noticeable difference while there has been international outrage against the situation in iran and the way the government is dealing with it there when it comes to tunisia basically the international community is keeping mum so for example with iran you had the french president calling you had the head of the european union high commission and you had the american president donald trump basically calling for regime change here in june is the same situation and yet we're hearing nothing from the international community and it might be because back in two thousand and eleven at the start of the arab spring. to mr was the first country to dictate to in a move that the western world widely hailed as democratic change but since then there have been no less there are nine governments in place and none of them have been able to g

from the capital tunis, mark lowen reports.rsary of their revolution, pride they brought in a democracy of a sort. but also frustration that the dreams in 2011 of a better life for all have faded. seven years on, from revolution until now, we think alongside with the tunisians themselves that politicians have done nothing. nine governments later, they had seen waves of social unrest, terror attacks, and a sharp drop in tourism. this week's protesting was sparked by austerity. around 800 people were arrested for protesting. the government has now announced a $70 million package of reforms to help poor families, hoping it will stave off more demonstrations. protest against the budget, they are bringing up the price is too much. we cannot afford anything. translation: it is not going well, that is the truth. it is imperative they lower prices, that they do something. the government has done nothing in the past four years. there is talk of raising the minimum wage and universal healthcare. the plans will reportedly be discussed in

more people to be displaced one hundred and twenty thousand people have fled in the past three weeks tunis in authorities have arrested another one hundred fifty people including local opposition leaders in response to almost a week of demonstrations there both eight hundred people have now been detained because of their opposition to the government's plan to raise taxes and the price they said. you are for we have today those are your headlines stay with al-jazeera came to the cost is next thanks to a company. china has a serious shortage of women and a lot of. one on one used meets those desperately seeking any way became at this time on al-jazeera. hello i'm sam is a this is counting the cost on al-jazeera the weekly look at the world of business and economics this week oil hits its highest level since two thousand and fourteen we look at what's behind the rise of black gold. also this week anger over all stare it's a redesign in the economic reasons for the protests in tunisia. and it's all about china for a man who micron has been pushing for greater access for french companies. oil h

is whether or not we'll see these course for machine change and condemnation and criticism against tunis here like we've seen for example against when sociology professor saeed sadiq told us instability in iran is always exaggerated by the us government media who is on the small country not many people know about the inside america and our society in iran who many in america are. i mean i mean. the american policy says it's a month of if we mind. the purpose it is more important to include to look as if this is. the. port this. russian bases in syria have been attacked by drones that story and more after the break. so this is an amazing story because there were say real geo political impact of it going on a g. twenty country g seven countries japan actually the spending power of the culture the rise of big going in the millions of people who are buying it in japan and the multi billion dollars that they've appreciated in value is causing a genuine effect in their economy and this is going to be the year twenty eighteen twenty cryptocurrency to have this geo political influence. politicia