secular heart of tunis here came in 2nd place this. report the election outcome could lead to more political tension it's a moment of celebration for another supporter the conservative party has secured 46 seats in preliminary results but it's a bitter victory for a party that won 69 seats 5 years ago. then i remember what you did we are at the beginning of a new period that people have given us their trust and we will live up to it. we will use all of tunisia's political capital in order to achieve their main objectives of the revolution such as the protection of personal and public freedom . their 2nd objective is dignity which requires jobs education and health services. the secular heart of tunisia has come in 2nd with $35.00 seats the party was founded 3 months ago by media tycoon a bill how do we who is in jail on corruption charges the coalition of dignity and alliance of independent candidates came in 3rd with 20 seats and the surprising performance by the newcomer the constitutional liberal party securing 16 seats the party wa

exit poll showing tunis is conservative n.r. has won parliamentary elections by a narrow margin the secular heart of tunis your party came in 2nd place but is hasham a hobart reports the election outcome may lead to more political tension it's a moment of celebration for another supporter the conservative party has secured 46 seats in preliminary results but it's a bitter victory for a party that won 69 seats 5 years ago. then a memory that you did we are at the beginning of a new period that people have given us their trust and we will live up to it. we will use all of tunisia's political capital in order to achieve their main objectives of the revolution such as the protection of personal and public freedom . their 2nd objective is dignity which requires jobs education and health services. the secular heart of tunisia has come in 2nd with $35.00 seats the party was founded 3 months ago by media tycoon a bill how do we who is in jail on corruption charges the coalition of dignity and alliance of independent candidates came in 3

of optimism for the future with newfound freedoms there were opportunities to reconcile events in tunis he is past including the political and military confrontations that led to the country's independence for the 1st time he's allowed open discussion of the role the full like a plate engine is history. and now that you know there's a. little bit limp in the middle of. the mic if you miss little russia which is unison you can look old mean fadden listen look they visit ignat and can walk and then go you know even. the legacy of. is still a subject of debate to their critics they were a ruthless loosely organized armed group who showed little mercy both to find soldiers and civilian satellites. others see the for luggage as a highly effective fighting force patriots who tied down thousands of french troops over many years they also argue that their campaign in the 1950 s. accelerated tunas in independence that is probably their most significant legacy. had occurred. that would die in the future if told of a little less or. a less than one of the condition if you're looking live vs the. t

it is a few voters showed up at this polling station in the capital tunis mostly elderly but determined to be part of tunisia's 2nd democratic election since the revolution 9 years ago despite a campaign blitz by politicians and pledges to improve living conditions not everyone seems convinced man it in his he ends up and grier with their leaders are very much wanted to see young candidates unfortunately to the same or delete security and economy should be the top priority for the government and my party is to dismantle the corruptly and candidates manipulated by foreign countries i voted for the party with a clean record and a clear political agenda 2 parties are competing for a larger share of seats in the parliament the last 100 she has 6 to become parliament speaker leads the conservative in the other party. its main rival is the secular heart of founded by media tycoon an appeal. he's in jail facing corruption charges leaving his wife we in charge for men it is eons this by the political instability the challenges ahead and the election can only consolidate the democratic gains of

those in tunis what more are you hearing about this. fall it is in use. and shoes are saying today that they believe they were too busy and also involved in the incidents were. trying to reach the italian island of lampedusa but they don't know for sure whether they were among those arrested by the italian coast guard or those who. lost their lives when the boat capsized it took place at midnight when the boat carrying dozens of migrants was this way to the island of lampedusa but there were very rough weather conditions that and suddenly most of the biography of the pandemonium rushed to one side of the boat that's cup sized polities ballast a risk to $22.00 mine died and and there is the search continues for the missing and over the last few months the number of migrants trying to reach italy has picked up particularly from north africa algeria 2 days in july 82 vibrance died when the boats cup sized off the coast of those these which is a citizen city in the south of the country raising many concerns about the need to tackle this now when the italian g

just a quick update on the parliamentary elections in tunis here we're getting the 1st exit polls which are putting the the party with 17 percent of the vote followed by the new a group the secular half of 14 percent however leaders from both parties have already declared that they have won these the 1st. exit polls putting the enough the party about 3 percent ahead of heart of 2 needs a 17 to 14 percent so we'll keep an eye on those results coming from to news media right now though time for your sports and for that we join forest smell the world of the championships here and. welcome back to the khalif international stadium where in the last few minutes the championships have come to a close and the stadium the final events of 4 by 400 meters really saw double gold for america and then seen beating jamaica to the title and goal 2 for the u.s. in the women's race phillis france's sydney mclaughlin. and wide line johansen is winning in 3 minutes 18.92 seconds there was an incredible performance from timothy chariot in the 1500 meters final the kenyan raced clear of the field to take gol

vote in the 3 successive parliamentary or constitutions elections and that's a significant drop off tunis was founded 3 months ago but it was founded by mr karzai the one in jail who was a founding member of needed tunis so to in some sense since need to tune a scar nearly 40 percent the last elections and the party derived from them got only 15 percent i don't see that as a huge success i see that as a bit of a failure to and the next parties are unknown so what we have is a fractured and potentially fractious parliaments coming together to try to solve huge problems that the government's facing and i'm not so sure it's going to be that easy with such a variety of opinions that will be in the coalition. in kosovo supporters of the self-determination party are celebrating after the opposition party marriage with the most followed since sunday's general election with more than 90 percent of the votes counted resell show the center left party in the lead with 26 percent just ahead of the center right democratically of course of all the snap election was called after the resignation of forme

tunis have been severely punished by voters who were they made significant gains in 2014. completely losing ground with the president the 1st round of presidential election we see we've seen the same pattern which is voters is sitting as you are frustrated with the political elite are choosing outsiders the former. retired law professor who is now the likely candidate to become president and the man in jail that we will cover we who came 2nd in the presidential election. william lawrence a professor at george washington university elliott school of international affairs he joins us from washington d.c. thank you very much for your time so the let's start with the blow turn out what do you think that says about the state of things in tunisia that's been very misinterpreted because voter registration was up by 2 and a half 1000000 votes about 32 percent so actually voters are voting at exactly the same levels as the 2014 election now why did all the new registrants not vote or why were some of the previous registrants not voting that does have to do with some of the issues t

with that update on the elections in tunis thank you and also joining us from tunis we've got to see it here is the country manager for the united states institute of peace so let's build on what hashem was talking about there the fact that. it has the backing of his party they won the parliamentary elections he now looks like he was when we win again does that give him real strength 3 a real mandate to move forward. thanks for the question. the guy sayed he will become the president of tunisia and his primary responsibilities as president are foreign policy and security so the government that is formed by the legislative branch will nominate a prime minister who will be responsible for seeing a lot of the primary concern overseeing a lot of the primary concerns of tunisia such as the rule of law such as economy unemployment etc but where security is concerned where the economy is not the kind of where security is concerned it certainly has the support of the people and will be challenged as as others have said too over to work with a parliament that is highly fractured right so that

sarah mercian tunis thanks very much. iraq's prime minister has announced social measures designed to end the deadly antigovernment protests gripping the country the package includes new homes in poor areas job training schemes for the unemployed and free health care for the injured nearly 100 people have died in the violence late on saturday gunmen attacked the offices of several t.v. broadcasters. the work of unknown assailants were attacked media offices and the target several t.v. stations yet been receiving threats for days and see a link to their reporting on the ongoing anti-government protest in iraq. because we went faking reality we transmitted the truth as it is. the how much it seems that this state cannot bear the trees. and i hurt the prime you know what announced his stance but he stayed silent about what happened and how. the how death life in baghdad has become increasingly dangerous since tuesday demonstrators have been taking to the streets to express frustration over a lack of jobs and basic services t

but as that system heads its way through wednesday into thursday it will be the temperature down in tunis so we could see. a 26. time to take a look at the top stories here it is there are protests as in hong kong are coming out in support of the teenager who was shot by police during demonstrations on tuesday the british foreign minister has called the use of live ammunition a disproportionate response u.s. secretary of state's rights pompei has called an order for 5 of his officials to appear before congress bullying the chairman of the 3 house committee is investigating donald trump's dealings with ukraine say any attempt by pompei to obstruct access to information will be illegal. peru's vice president with a day's other yours has resigned her post and declined to become the interim president her resignation is the latest twist in a deepening political crisis playing out in peru she has called on the constitutional tribunals to settle on the legality of the president's decision to dissolve congress. has been a year since journalist jamal khashoggi entered saudi arabia's consulate in i

in the bustling capital tunis an ordinary looking government building would become one of the country's most feared places its stone walls and dark corridors still hold secrets today. some but the limit of new work was invented. out of india from the shrub just we're . used to 5 years should some like you can you talk about the un not a lot of use phenotype people me i mean we don't know if i'm to be it can move to germany i mean we moved to the moon from butin there. i saw that and can apply you know a lot leave it up a little bit to beacon a set you know an old idea well you know shania. clear after the demo were there was a computer in her journey a woman there that's new in marriage for marriage but you're a good woman for the truck fuel medicine that you checked and mowed even a lot of hospital. you know that was christian myself but it was when it was close to my labor to give. mr to. react to that they need. to see the day and wouldn't stop. one stop and the kick would have that. we need to look and has it. so where's the how to the public thing that i'm attending i'm sorry what

hello i'm adrian for again this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up tunis in supposing for the next president the choice between a law professor or a media tycoon who was recently released from jail. ecuador under curfew the president deploys the military after violent demonstrations walked to the capital but office to talk with protesters plus. i'm a quote reporting problem i found on a very brittle demonstration of the effects of climate change the flow disappearing of the nation's glass. turkey is pushing forward its offensive in northern syria with more strikes explosions have been seen in be out on sunday morning the u.n. now says that 130000 people have been forced to flee their homes and in a new advance took his forces into syrian allies of captured large parts of the town of so look that's according to the syrian observatory for human rights the town as important as it lynch will supply routes from turkey as the operation goes forward let's go live now to charles stratford who's sin act kala on the turkey syria border charles what's the latest. well there's been anothe

tunis party which was formed in 2019 so this. was just for him to run for they make show is the old guard completely out of that one that's one part of good the north as a whole the guards there are no longer part of the sea and once during that time of then ali and bookkeeper but not all of this but the flexibility of the political system that allows for the 2 main front runners that the one is coming from as an independent case and and the other one just for the party and you know he's running in now for competing for the presidency so the flexibility of the political system and this gives a good indicator on the transition from dictatorship to democracy in tunisia the democracy is flourishing in tunisia specially that we're seeing this is the 2nd time of election and usually in the literature of on the. ocracy is that they measured it with like running 4 times election right and freedom fair elections so in the loser going to last is this something of a comeback here for another since the course is an independent but he's been

live for us there in tunis. now iraq's observatory for human rights say $105.00 people have now been killed after 5 days of protests earlier the speaker of parliament threatened to join mass demonstrations unless the demands of protesters are met thousands a battle police in the streets demanding jobs that's a public services and an end to corruption a number of t.v. stations were attacked on the night imran khan is live for us in baghdad so iran what are you seeing and hearing every now well what we've seen and heard in baghdad is in the early hours of the morning we saw clashes between security forces and the protesters on the outskirts of central baghdad is they try to push into takrit square which is always been the focal point for the protest movement they weren't able to get to a square but we did hear live fire and we have seen pictures of life i guess being fired on to the protesters but beyond the protest movement is also a political crisis brewing here in baghdad the year old government of prime minist

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sorry a whole bara in tunis. it is a few voters showed up at this polling station in the capital tunis mostly elderly but determined to be part of tennessee as 2nd democratic election since the revolution 9 years ago despite a campaign blitz by politicians and pledges to improve living conditions not everyone seems convinced man it in his he ends up and grier with their leaders who are very much wanted to see young candidates unfortunately it's the same old elite security and economy should be the top priority for the government and my party is to dismantle the corruptly and candidates manipulated by foreign countries i voted for the party with a clean record and a clear political agenda 2 parties are competing for the larger share of seats in the parliament the last 100 she has 6 to become parliament speaker leads the conservative in the other party. it's been a rival is the secular heart of the founders by media tycoon an appeal. he's in jail facing corruption charges leaving his wife we in charge for many it i

supporters of tunis is another party celebrate as the polls show it has a slight lead in parliamentary election. crisis mode the world health organization meets in manila after news that up to $11000000.00 children are at risk of death or disability. but 1st the white house says turkey will invade northern syria soon and that it's been threatening to do so for a number of months washington released a statement in which it said the united states armed forces will not support or be involved in the operation and having defeated the isis territorial caliph it will no longer be in the immediate area right this at the very latest now from our correspondent in istanbul seen them called the early and sinister this information coming out of washington what is turkey saying about this operation which apparently is imminent. marty actually right before 1000 how does announce the persons present project i presented to us for donald trump had a phone conversation and after that we had a readout from the kurdish presidency saying that they're both leaders actually kenyans talked about the possible m

so to in some sense since need to tunis got nearly 40 percent the last elections and the party derived from them got only 15 percent i don't see that as a huge success i see that as a bit of a failure to and the next parties are unknown so what we have is a fractured and potentially fractious parliaments coming together to try to solve huge problems that the government's facing and i'm not so sure it's going to be that easy with such a variety of opinions that will be in the coalition a scottish court has rejected a legal bit to force the u.k. prime minister boris johnson to ask for de lay judges considered whether johnson could be jailed if he takes the u.k. out of the european union without a deal johnson has previously said he'll comply with a new law which forces him to prevent and no deal breck said on october the 31st he submitted new proposals on wednesday which he hopes will lead to a deal for britain to leave the e.u. by that deadline paul brennan has more. an interesting case this and one that was brought about by the apparent contradiction it was boris johnson the prime mini

' intent is you continue to send those strong messages of a view to the political establishment in tunis the i clued into tonight many of the established political parties like the heart of tunisia like. tunis have been severely punished by voters who were they have made significant gains in 2014 and completely losing ground to the president the 1st round of presidential election we saw we've seen the same pattern which is voters is sitting as you are frustrated with the political elite are choosing outsiders the former. retired law professor who is now the likely candidate to become president and the man in jail maybe they'll cut we came 2nd in the presidential election. a lot of reporting there les still to come in this news hour from london. thousands rally against the french government's plan to let single women and lesbians have babies via i.v.'s falling incomes in russia for some of the country's most vulnerable people to take out loans they cannot pay back and then sports with fire on how france clinched their place in the rugby world cup quarter finals. but 1st police in hong kon

tunis have been severely punished by voters who were. they've made significant gains in 2014 a completely losing ground to the president the 1st round of presidential election we've seen the same pattern which is voters is sit in his ear frustrated with the political choosing outsiders the former. retired law professor who is now the likely candidate to become president and the man in jail that we will cover we who came 2nd in the presidential election iraq's government has denied that any of its security forces have fired directly at protesters during 6 days of violent demonstrations but the best talk continues to rise with another 5 people confirmed killed on sunday i think up to. 109 people have now been killed since the end rest began on tuesday and more than 6000 have been injured the violence continues despite the prime minister announcing a number of measures to try to appease protesters. exit polls out of kossovo show 2 opposition parties coming 1st in elections they're the center left self-determination party in the center right

2013 by i b m o c a lawyer and loyalists of the former president ben ali but the biggest loser is tunis or the call of tunisia the party of former president. which was the largest party in 2014 with $86.00 seats in parliament it was an election marred by a growing discontent with the political establishment a few voters showed up at this polling station in the capital tunis most of them early but determined to be part of tennessee a 2nd democratic election since the revolution 80 years ago menat uneasy and angry with their leader. i very much wanted to see young candidates and fortunately it's the same old elite security and economy should be the top priority for the government during the campaign another and the heart of tunisia brushed aside joining a coalition government if another fails to form an alliance within 60 days the president can call for new elections there is a feeling of anxiety about what may happen next if another the heart of today's set aside their differences that we guarantee stability in a country beset by economic problems but the 2 have been trading accusations

reports now from tunis on what the wind could mean for the country. he has achieved what eluded his predecessors since the 2011 revolution basis ayad won the presidential election with more than 70 percent of the vote a big win and a strong bandaid for an outsider who never gator threw it in his ears complex political landscape throughout the campaign sayet focused his masters on overhauling state institutions and being political divisions and fixing economic problems but. you've shown the world you freely made your choice and start a new chapter and i'd like to thank the young for their determination you continue to inspire the world. sayen a law professor who ran as an independent defeated his rival now bill carter we the media mogul and leader of the secular heart of tennessee a party cutaway was released from jail a few days ago after being detained on charges of corruption and tax evasion he dismissed the accusations as politically motivated saia took a principled stance on his opponent's detention refusing to campaign while he was locked up but

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tunis have been severely punished by voters who were made significant gains in 2014. completely losing ground to the president the 1st round of presidential election we saw we've seen the same pattern which is voters is sitting as you are frustrated with the political elite are choosing outsiders the former. retired law professor who is now the likely candidate to become president and the man in jail that we will cover we who came 2nd in the presidential election. police in hong kong have once again clashed with protesters have to tens of thousands the find the ban on face masks to march through the city in heavy rain chief executive kerry land banned facial coverings in the hope of calming for months of anti-government demonstrations but the move appears to have backfired and have galvanized the citizens scott heide law has more now from hong kong. defying the master bath and flouting the police who projected approval for their march thousands of homecoming protesters also ignored heavy rain most of them covering their faces beneath a sea of umbrellas this was the 3r

preliminary results have begun to roll in from tunis here where voters of cast their ballots to decidewho the next country's president will be let's take a look at what the exit polls are saying conservative law professor has secured 72.5 percent of the vote whereas media mogul kerry has secured 27 and a half percent that's based on a turnout of 60 percent actually joins us live from the capital tunis so if these results are confirmed what will it mean for 2 years here. it's a huge story here. it's the. it has managed to achieve what has eluded his predecessors is to $1011.00 this is someone who has won the election with more than 70 percent of the electoral vote which means that he has a strong bandaid by the tennesseans to tackle the issues that the country faces particularly the economic problems and the political divides i think as soon as he takes the oath of office he's going to talk to the political parties to form a governing coalition as soon as possible is a call because a country cannot afford to wait longer and then start to talk in the issues that the country faces with ta

discontent with the political establishment a few voters showed up at this polling station in the capital tunis most of them early but determined to be part of tunisia 2nd democratic election since the revolution 80 years ago menat uneasy and angry with their leader. i very much wanted to see young candidates and fortunately the same old elite security and economy should be the top priority for the government during the campaign another and the heart of tunisia brushed aside joining a coalition government if another fails to form an alliance within 60 days the president can call for new elections there is a feeling among what may happen next if another heart of tunisia set aside their differences that me a guarantee of stability in a country beset by economic problems by the 2 have been trading accusations over the past few weeks raising fears of a prolonged political impasse. to this. but when lawrence is a professor at george washington university elliott school of international affairs he says despite and not in success they've lost significant support in recent years i was surprised that ne

thank you very much for that live update from tunis. an american scientist who identified one of the key materials and richardo batteries has become the oldest nobel laureates in history 97 year old john b. good enough discovered lit him cobalt oxide as a useful material back in 1979 and he'll be sharing the prize with britain's m stanley witting him who developed an early patent for the batteries and japan's a cure i guess you know whose work made them safer more efficient and less expensive well john good enough held a press conference shortly after the prize was announced that he says if you can live to 97 you can do anything what was the. like. ever. i love beef or forward to this particular day but i'm very happy that it's a robe that was bird does to his receiver recognition yes still ahead on the al-jazeera news hour the sports news and novak djokovic he defends his shanghai masters title will have the action coming up in a moment's. teller again time for the sports news with peter hyperion thank you hi so female football fans in

but karubi left in twenty seventeen to found a new party called tunis making his own political ambitions public. in august twenty nineteen the mobile was arrested on money laundering charges but still came in second in the first round of presidential poll. he was released on wednesday and said the charges against him were politically motivated. i was i was jailed so that my opponents would win this you know so that they could get first place in the legislative election. i think i would withdraw my candidacy from the second round of doubt if any of the essay yeah. sayed meanwhile has led a door to door campaign. repeatedly shunning political parties and meetings. well paying out of his own pocket. use me to conclude that i belong to no party issues i'm nobody's canada's deplorable i am and will remain independent is realistic. socially conservative site yet wants to brining back the death penalty and criminalize homosexuality. he's also called for a rigorous overhaul of tunisia's constitution and for a de centralization of power. the twenty nineteen nobell peace prize has been awarded to

in the bustling capital tunis an ordinary looking government building would become one of the country's most feared places its stone walls and dark corridors still hold secrets today. some but the limited knew what was in the can. and enough of the shrub just we're well. 5 years just some light year the communal pub of the united lot of you miss phenotype people me i mean we don't know if i'm to be it can move to germany in the mood to have meaningful beauty there. i shot it and can apply you know a lot i leave it up a little bit to beacon a set you know an old idea well you know shania. clear after the demo were there was a conspirator in her journey a woman that this new birth for america but you're a good woman for the truck fuel medicine that you checked and mowed even a lot of hustler. you know that was christian myself and was going to to musculature my labor given mr to. reality. to see the day in 50 wouldn't stop. one stop in the key of course and that. we need to look and has it. so where's the how did the pope thing that i'm attending i'm sorry what did they do would you pick

as more from a polling station in the capital tunis. 7000000 to 0 expected to cast their votes in these crucial elections let me just give you an idea about what's happening in this particular polling station in the capital tunis as you can see there is this line behind me and expectations were basically that you might see a huge number of voters turning out to cast their votes at this choose the parliament which is going to shape the political agenda in the upcoming 5 years but as you can see the voter turnout seems to be pretty much very low today compared to previous elections and the reason for that particularly is that because to these years are frustrated with the political establishment that has run the country since 2011 they say that the topple the government of the former president that i've been a bit early hoping for a better life better living conditions those dreams have been completely shattered by political instability and economic problems this is a country that has very few natural resources and the expectations of the people are very high unemployment is at something

tunis all right time for a short break here and al-jazeera when we come back poland's populist ruling party appears to have swept back into power but a lot still hangs in the balance and face to face off to 18 years of fighting sudan's transitional government sits down with armed groups but is there any real chance of a breakthrough in that state. hello there the snow is continuing to blow across those northern plains the crossing's united states also eastern as a canada but as we go through the next few hours this storm will actually clear away from the northern plains the upper midwest pushing back up into canada and you'll notice here we've got some snow beginning to push down on the backside of this system so much cold air coming back in play no doubt though monday across the eastern seaboard $24.00 in washington $22.00 celsius in los angeles those santa ana winds beginning to ease but the time which is also coming up on tuesday $27.00 degrees celsius cloud pushing in the pacific northwest and then that same system pushing into eastern canada now feeding the snow back again into m

tunis his talks are being held between sudan's transitional government and armed groups they includeighters accused of genocide in the darfur region but as her morgan reports from niala and sell star for some who fled the fighting are skeptical about what the latest talks can achieve tiredness is not just you his face but also her 3 children she fled fighting 17 years ago to live here in camp in south dar for and says the past 3 years have been the hardest. the last part of that life during the camp is different from life outside here there is a lot of suffering outside things are available here we lack many things we lack and our food there is shortage of water we have to go out searching for our basic needs. is one of the largest displacement camps in the darfur region home to more than 150000 people many arrived when the world began in 2003 between government forces and rebel groups fighting against marginalisation the rebels accuse the sudanese government of oppressing non arab tribes. the un says were in darfur killed more than 300000 people and displaced over 3000000 the sudane

ferry concerned about the future question many thanks some serious national but other live for us in tunis here's a closer look at what's at stake then in this election it follows the 1st round of last month's presidential vote that saw 2 outsiders making gains the main concern as you heard among most humans june is eons is the economy inflation is running at nearly 7 percent and unemployment is above 15 percent the national debt to g.d.p. ratio is above 70 percent of the i.m.f. says that in order to bring down that debt the government needs to slash spending but it's too noisy and say there aren't happy with what's already been caught. yes of sheriff is a political analyst and head of china's global centers he joins us now live from his capital via skype good to have you with us on whether you heard our correspondent there a few moments ago saying the turnout in this election looks as though it may be running at 10 percent what does that say about the legitimacy of it i mean to do now that would be low but we expect more people to vote and up to noon we still have more or less 4 hours and

reports from tunis. and yet face off in a debate a rare event in the arab world and a moment of pride for the tennesseans who 80 years ago inspired the pro-democracy movement also known as the arab spring. the debate was a crucial moment for the 2 candidates the election divided tennesseans secular and liberals back while conservatives leftists and nationalists endorser yet. this is always leading in the parliamentary and presidential elections into jail despite there are still moved on to the 2nd round my opponents thought i'd be defeated. in the free they will never return to the cage and won't accept being given crumbs they are free already committed to building a new country. supporters of the bill carter we are job and their leader and media mogul was released from jail and is back on the campaign trail but the man and his party have only a limited time to convince people that he is the right person to leave the country . party heart of which he founded 3 months ago came in 2nd in the parliamentary

hopes for a better future and fueled a growing disillusionment with the political elite well i'll just tunis it was another historic night at the world championships here in doha let's join. up the road at our studio khalifa international stadium. thank you very much well that's right a.j. and 6 champions were crowned on friday with the home fans finally able to celebrate their 1st goal that coming up but 45 c.n.d. qatar's hyde superstar martez delivers when it matters. also ahead the american athlete is making a record breaking her new home. find out who took home gold in what was the closest finish of the 10 digits and we also look ahead to what's coming up here in the stadium later on saturday join us in about 20 minutes. so i will see you then next on the journeys here with the weather but still to come. after months of stalemate u.s. and north korea negotiations get together in sweden to talk nuclearization. art from rubbish but it's not rubbish shots where in doha where a highly acclaimed artist shows us work that he's made out of recycled material. hello there we have got some severe

europe we could just see one or 2 rain showers just clipping these coastal areas of algeria on into tunis he said temperatures a little bit lower still warm 28 celsius in algiers but as that system heads its way through wednesday into thursday it will be the temperature down in tunis so we could see a nice high temperature the of 26. al jazeera world tells the dramatic story of the birth of a nation and how a political agreement reached my france in 2 newseum would spark the bitterest of few. this guy the london see it. meant we were still ok rivalry conflict murder division to have tunisia the battle for independence on al-jazeera. hello again undermined of the top stories on al-jazeera they have been mass rallies on violent clashes between protesters and police because of the 70th anniversary of the founding a communist china police using live rounds of ammunition and one person is in a critical condition after being shot. at least 2 people have been killed and more than 200 injured in iraq of the anti-government protest violence over the 1000 people most of them students marched on bag

was founded by mr karzai the one in jail who was a founding member of needed tunis so to in some sense since need to tunis got nearly 40 percent the last elections and the party derived from them got only 15 percent i don't see that as a huge success i see that as a bit of a failure to and the next parties are unknown so what we have is a fractured and potentially fractious parliaments coming together to try to solve huge problems that the government's facing and i'm not so sure it's going to be that easy with such a variety of opinions that will be in the coalition. the news hour including. portables socialist celebrating the election when widely attributed to the country's economic turnaround. women's desire to become mothers is causing an uproar in france. board including a golden finish to the world athletics championships for the united states. iraq's government has denied that any of it security forces have fired directly at protesters during 6 days of violent demonstrations at least 109 people have now been killed since the unrest began on tuesday and more than 6000 people have

no it flowed on the main boulevard in tunis. feel budding democracy. doesn't of side supporters say liberating the men with a say can keep alive the spirits of the 2011 revolution. young people sure they can. news they vote to change the system several political parties give a lot of money to win the presidency but the people and the young ones who are part of the revolution in 2011 did it again a new revolution this time with a ballot. case side is a low profile conservative low professor he campaigned for a radical decentralization and pledged to build a democracy that all tunisians including the youth can have a say in. yes because we will face up to all the challenges without blood sweat and that will power especially the economic and the social ones because the tunisian people expect solutions in this respect. but he will have to work with the parliament where no party has a clear majority he supporters though are hopeful that the independent outsider can convince and succeed. now we need good down south to a never election this one in mozambique

tunis. the u.s. and china have struck a partial trade deal that could end the 15 month long trade war between the world's 2 largest economies after holding talks with china's vice premier donald trump suspended a tariff hike on 2 $150000000000.00 of chinese imports that had been due to take effect on tuesday it may take more than a month for a full deal to be written. but we've come to a deal in intellectual property. financial services. a tremendous deal for the farmers a purchase of from $40.00 to $50000000000.00 worth of agricultural products another big issue that we've come to a conclusion on is currency foreign exchange we've also made very good progress on technology transfer and we'll put some of the technology transfer in phase one phase 2 will start negotiations almost immediately after we've concluded phase one and papered it the thoughts now of jeffrey wright who is a united states policy analyst at the eurasia group he thinks one of the reasons behind trump's decision is to get some reli

in tunis we'll be talking to hash and more as we get closer to the polls closing out the son of former u.s. vice president joe biden says he will step down from the board of a chinese company that's been the target of criticism by donald trump hunter biden made his 1st public statement on his work in ukraine and china saying he's always conducted his business independently and did not discuss it with his father president trump accused him of corruption and escaping responsibility because of his family connection of course joe biden in a tight race for the democratic presidential nomination japan's military is deploying tens of thousands of troops to help with rescue and cleanup efforts after a powerful typhoon swept through the eastern coast that is 23 people were killed many more are still missing the storm brought damaging winds and heavy rainfall causing flooding and landslides the latest from tokyo now with way. those living in the path of typhoon were told to expect a short sharp burst of violent weather it soon became clear that the main feature of this storm was a huge amount of

sit at that very few of tunis years electoral lists can claim das only about 14 percent of more than $1500.00 taking part in the poll have a woman at the top. as my house is one she had chooses democratic and social union and she's calling on voters to choose her list in sunday's poll and when economics give you the business but. the number of women who take part in political life in tunisia is very low and women are not politically active despite their obvious ability. yanni out that i think women are just as competent as men can be and even more so than men sometimes have. been had the statistics say that the percentage of girls who are successful in school is higher than that for male pupils as it is but. when they can however they remain less well represented than they are discriminated against in decision making positions. as it. is reducing the chin is in league of women voters this backing health is aims to empower female candidates and enable their participation in political life. in this realm with us she had when accounts women candidates are subject to political pressure f

been dominated by the islamists and not the party its ruling an alliance with the secular party in tunis high unemployment and a lack of public services are fueling discontent. well to me is traditionally a male dominated society so women's rights advocates are campaigning to get more female candidates elected into parliament by improving representation they hope to reduce discrimination i said with democracy in action raja jerry found at the independent electoral lists called citizens and we participate she's brought her supporters to the city of our you know to campaign the 2nd todd mark is here is a popular spot where many women shop. and they can imagine is even women come to this market from the surrounding areas i know too noisy and women decision makers and women should support each other that's why we came here today to make sure these women know that they are important to enable them to improve their situation taking part in the elections and being able to choose the list that is headed by women he said hurriedly sit us at that very few of 2 nazir's electoral lists can claim das

any 2 part series al-jazeera world tells the dramatic story of how martin tunis you know was born in the morning to give us back our land and sea level 40 below. with a rare eye witness testimony from the man who fought the french on the ground to newseum the battle for independence episode one of the rebels on out is iraq. the long long. long. while a geisha is about donald trump as an impeachment inquiry intensified. the u.s. president is accused of pressuring a 2nd foreign leader for his political agenda. hello and welcome and if you go paula you know watching all desire live from doha also coming up. paul ben ceremony in china as beijing celebrates the 70th anniversary of the people's repub.