mike thompson reports now from tunis for newsnight.ne ben ali, and helped spawn the so—called arab spring right across the middle east. a song by tunisian rapper el general ripped into ben ali�*s much feared regime in a way few, if any, had ever dared before. it became the anthem of the uprising to many. translation: when the song - was released, it was a shock for me because i didn�*t know where these words would take me. as there was turbulence, repression and the possibility of bad reaction from the authorities. there were also consequences for the opposition at the time, which really scared me as i was very young. at the moment, i realised the danger of what i�*d done and understood that i had challenged the system, and it is not easy to do that. soon after el general�*s song went viral, he was arrested, before being released a few days later. after the revolution, he took a break from music to raise his family. but now, in his mid—30s, has returned to composing songs as he watches the country�*s freedoms being eroded all over agai

algiers and tunis recorded record temperatures.ildfires are common during the summer but this year, they are aggravated by a blistering heat wave. >> dozens are missing in afghanistan after three days of heavy rains caused flash leading. at least -- flash flooding. at least 31 have been killed. hundreds of houses have been destroyed and crops washed away. aid workers have been trying to provide relief. >> we have inspected 450 patients, most of them traumatized and affected by the flooding. on the second and third day, most had diarrhea because the water gets polluted and people get affected by it. most of the time they drink the dirty water and food is not available as before. >> china's foreign minister qin gang has been removed from his post after seven months on the job, replaced by his predecessor wang yi. qin gang hasn't been seen in months. >> this was the last time chinese foreign minister qin gang was seen in public, in beijing in june. speculation had mounted about his whereabouts. state media have confirmed that qin gang

that to the progress of iran and language and literature farsi speaks in the clip of jalaluddin homai tunisman, assign the first work to himself, a work that was praised a lot, in the competition section , various works participated, and many works were well appreciated, the number of acceptable works in the competition section compared to other sections it was more remarkable that the collective festival also had a special section, the section of hakim nizami, which was the section of hakim nizami, which was the best work of this section in nebashham, the best work of this section, and a documentary that is very listenable, which was given special attention this year, and was added to the public section, which the presence of the judges was accompanied by a very good reception it is accepted that they have the ability to broadcast on different radio channels. from hasan aramgah nizami, it could be the best work, and well, the works are going to be broadcast on different radio channels, and it has doubled compared to last year. regarding the holding of the second national mirror festival, i

>> the result is scorching temperatures all over the mediterranean with madrid, merrick cash, and tunisl reaching 40° on monday. this phenomenon is not new, but climate change is making it even more intense. >> with global warming, the soil tends to get drier, so there's no evaporation, so this is amplified, which means that extreme temperatures are even harder. >> the extreme temperatures will be sticking around for a while longer. the heat, though, not expected to dissipate for at least another 10 days. >> thousands of people will have taken to the streets in israel today blocking roads, railway stations, even the stock exchange in protest against plan reform of the judiciary by prime minister benjamin netanyahu and his coalition allies. at least 29 people were arrested during the course of today, which wasn't dubbed a day of disruption. since the start of the year, this same issue has triggered huge protests and has prompted concern for israel's democratic health amongst its allies. the question remains now -- will protesters managed to scupper the legislation before next week's fina

i live in bou-mhel, tunis.olleyball and tennis teams. >> in my freetime i like to crochet and knit. spend time with friends, solving puzzles, jigsaws, playing chess, things like that. >> what makes me happy mostly is when im reading a very good book. but also when im with my friends, especially my close ones. and im having fun with them specifically. ♪ >> this world is honestly full of problems. but i think the biggest one right now is definitely pollution. its pretty improtant and its basically like the root cause of most problems, aside from crime and such. ♪ >> not littering, recycling. getting the chance to donate to plant trees. thats very simple stuff, its very important. ♪ >> my hopes for the future are to become an aero space engineer. i am hoping i would get there some day, to design rocket ships and stuff. i just want to do that. ♪ >> of all the people in the world without electricity 80% , live in sub-saharan africa. no power means studying or working at night is a no-go. but in uganda, there's a bea

with ad juice and tunis have registered record high temperatures this week. what was fuzz upcoming in north africa during the summer months? this year? the aggravated by blistering c face and the consumption. i'll just see the, as without the air is ultimate. it's right in a sweltering onto the intense heat wave. the spots of many wildfires across the region. 2 pilots have died in greece off of that same crashed. but it was battling blazys on our end of the of the countries experiencing one of his west while 5 seasons in recent years. don't know how report. so thousands of people have been evacuated homes and livelihoods destroyed tourist holidays cancelled in almost a week since they began the wildfires on the island of rhodes rage, on its estimated the 10 percent of the islands land area has been ravaged with 5 fighters and a croft working round the clock for one plane and its crew fighting another fire on the island of evian, near athens. tragedy upon tragedy, as the pilot loses control and installs necessary for weeks now, while trials have devastated lar

now, if tunis gets this temperature today at $49.00, that will be a new all time temperature record. and speaking of records, elders once again seen its hottest stay on record. pretty close to 49 degrees and a breezy day for most and beaks capital. my puts a wind gusts about 50 kilometers per hour. replacing the issues of the day, we've got to start the intensive farming systems. the climate change protect disruption, otherwise we wouldn't be able to feed ourselves. everyone has a voice. one of up here says pipes, helping me to am says this is american economic car wash. what would you say about the wash and light target either, but it's only going to be nice targeting vulnerable, but it's, well, it's important to have this conversation. we need to talk about and not about narrative. the street on algae 0. the the fucking back or mind of our main storage is being 100 days of conflict between saddam's army and the rifle power minutes. we've acted simple forces. the fighting stems with a power struggle between the army chief and the head of the 5 fonts as in greece, are struggling to c

the president of tunis met with the head of the 2 easy and red crescent of the they discussed the issue of the migrant stranded up the border. and, and they said that a delegation was to move to the place where these displaced migrants are so that they do not remain in, in humane conditions. that's really given a lot of people some, some hope that perhaps there is some kind of assistance that can reach them. but we haven't heard of any uh, actual uh, aid of whether was food or water, or medical assistance of reaching the, the migrants or just a couple of kilometers away from where we're standing right now. so i think that's an agents to put them there in the hopes that they would be able to cross into olivia and make this a living in a living uh, responsibility uh, deliveries are saying that, you know, even when we, we asked officials here, why are, why aren't why isn't a region them from the living side? and they, they told us, it's a very complicated issue. you know, it, how, if we were to, to go into, if we were to give these a, these migrants a, then we would be crossing into 2 unit

both as juice and tunis have registered record high temperatures. this week was fuzz upcoming in north africa during the summer months this year. the aggravated by a blistering c face and the consumption deep. i'll just see the still ahead on alpha 0, african migrants appeal to the u. n for help after they say they were dumped in the deserts. a massive salvage mission is under way off the coast of human to avoid what could be a devastating was the . here's your weather update in a minute 15, great to have you along the wet weather continues and focused on these are monsoon rains. many provinces have dealt with flooding and certainly we could see some more on wednesdays. some periods of heavy rain here amounts of about 50 to a 100 millimeters in a short period of time. we do have read warnings, that's the highest level alert for under per dash taylor and gonna rate through to ma ross stress. so i think we are bound to see flooding in some of the states over the next little bit. as this month soon, rains really kicked into high gear. let's talk about

pushed east towards tanisha, we igniting plains in a pond forest along the border with as juice, and tunis have registers record high temperatures this week. while wi fi is common to north africa during the summer months this year. the aggravated by blistering c face and the consumption of just season it already exists right in the delta, the so started strike action and the latest protests against the far right government, the changes to the judicial system. um, it was ever so also refusing to report for gc demonstrations. confronted police on monday off the parliament pos legislation which prevent supreme court judges over ruling government decisions. lower con reports from west to east to lock ads in major newspapers month to move across israel, paid by a highly tech workers group, purchasing the legislation. we can the powers of the court. the reasonableness bill was the best policy to move on monday. part of a heidi defined seduce reform package pushed by prime minister benjamin netanyahu, and it's called rights coalition. in virginia, who district in west drew some opinions of mix wh

pushed east towards tanisha, weak nodding planes in a pine forest along the boulder. boat at juice and tunis have registered record high temperatures this week. while wi fi is common to north africa during the summer months this year, the aggravated by a blistering sea face and the consumption of the season. naval in tennessee, a hundreds of people evacuated by land and see from the village of balloon the funds of spreading in a pine forest near the border. without julia powell caught something implemented. the country won. as electricity usage has peaked and the green governments largest for our rescue operation on record is continuing thousands of people waiting to be moved to safety as was five's rage across the country. cruise and struggling to contain more than a t blazes. evacuation orders have been issued on the popular tourist islands of rhodes, cofer, and asia. the prime minister says greece, is it? well with want 5, are still a head on alex's era. hank, the refugees and indeed administered cuz she made state homeless try to protest against the detention the although we knew that st

with ad juice and tunis have registers record high temperatures this week. what was fuzz upcoming in north africa during the summer months? this year? the aggravated by a blistering c face and the consumption the. i'll just see the neighbors, nosy, a hundreds of people evacuated by land. then see from the border for the village of luna. fall just fighting in a pine forest near the border with algeria how costs are being implemented countrywide. as other tricity usage has paint and the largest of a fire rescue operation by the greek government has continuing thousands of waiting to be moved to safety. as 5 flights of struggle to contain more than 80 blazes. evacuation orders have been issued on the popular tourist islands of prose, cofer, and easier to from 5 to flaws and thousands of people have died in slash flooding and it's gone. a son, at least 30 missing hundreds of homes, have been destroyed and crops washed away. alex bed reports troubles and months old, but it slipped behind so many communities across the eastern afghanistan. the provinces of may don

we igniting plains in a pond forest along the border with ad juice and tunis have registered record high temperatures this week. what was fuzz upcoming in north africa during the summer months this year? the aggravated by a blistering c face and the consumption the. i'll just see the a 2 pilots have died in a water bombing plane crash while sliding a blazing grease. it happened on the island of area close to where a fire started on sunday. state tv video shows the plain clipping a tree and the nose diving and exploding pilots were members of the greek air force . heavier it is one of the popular tourist islands where evacuation orders have been issued. now on other islands, roads for food. thousands are also waiting to be moved to safety, and firefighters are struggling to contain more than 80 lasers across the country. still ahead on alice's 0, african migrants appealed to the un for help after they were left stranded in the deserts. engineers here putting a barriers in the rio grande. why the plans are stopped migrants from mexico looks like it's going to end up in courts in texas stat

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amy: in tunisia, hundreds of protesters rallied in tunis, tuesday, to mark two years since president kais saied dissolved parliament, ramped up his power grab in what many are calling a coup. protesters are also demanding saied release 20 imprisoned opposition figures. this is lajmi lourimi of the opposition salvation front party. >> the situation now is a state of frustration and despair among the citizens generally. this is the result of seizing power with an iron fist, consolidating all authorities in one hand. the unfortunate reality is that demolishing democracy does not foster development or stability. amy: in cambodia, prime minister hun sen announced he would step down in three weeks and transfer power to his oldest son hun manet. the widely expected move comes just days after hun sen won re-election in a race where he ran virtually unopposed after suppressing the only viable challenger. indian prime minister narendra modi's bj party is facing a no-confidence vote in parliament in a bid by opposition parties to force modi to address the escalating violence in the northeastern

chances are you're on the water with your fishing rod looking for puppies to catch the strippers and tunissharks. all the bay is in at the scene if of life along our coastlines in new england, new york and connecticut. sharks are there, people are there. the good news though is if there is good news, these are probably very small sharks, maybe like sand tiger shots, certainly not great whites, a large predatory shark like that will be more than getting bit on the hand and foot, it'd be quite a serious injury. >> but i don't wanna be bit on the hand or foot either by a smaller shark, but did you see, jeff, that video of all of the swimmers in pensacola? and the shark is so close to the shore, isn't that unusual, that seeing if in like that that close? >> it's actually not unusual at all. every time i am in florida, i see sharks. every time i am on the water, i was out today, and i saw a shark. they're very common. we've said this before, if you are in a healthy, pristine marine ecosystem, you're never more than 300 feet away from shark. most shark attacks have been five feet of water or les

party is not welcoming and inclusive, young people and increasingly other voters will continue to tunist the party must in fact indeed be inclusive and welcoming. but there was another, a lesser known autopsy report released around the same time. it was developed by the american principles project, a socially conservative think tank. and it called for exactly the opposite strategy. it says that the d o gop should dig in on social issues. and of course, the next presidential election, that rhetoric of the gop with one particular candidate leading the way, took a sharp turn from the collegiality of john mccain and mitt romney. >> when mexico sends its people, they are not sending their best, they are not sending you, they are not sending you. they are sending people that have lots of problems. and they are bringing those problems to us. they are bringing drugs. they are bringing crime. they are rapists -- >> do you believe in punishment for abortion? yes, or no, is it principle? >> the answer is that there has to be some form of punishment -- >> for the woman? >> yeah. >> that somehow wor

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