germany promises extra financial support for tunisia's road to a democracy. >> scandal in switzerland, the head of the country's national bank is stepping down. ♪ >> a new year, a new conference to save the euro. the leaders of france and germany have been meeting in berlin to discuss ways of bolstering the common currency. they have reaffirmed their commitment to keeping the eurozone in tact and dismissed suggestions that greece can solve its debt crisis faster by returning to the drachma. progress towards a new tax on financial transactions. >> angela merkel and nicolas sarkozy get together to discuss the year a debt crisis so regularly that they have become experts at demonstrating confidence and unity. in berlin on monday, the french leader even agreed with the german hosts in her own tongue. one thing they really do agree on is the need for a transaction tax on stocks and currency dealing in the european union. sarkozy even suggested the possibility of prince going -- of france going it alone. he called the tax a timely and necessary solution and said it should be introduced soon

in the wake of the arab uprising which began a year ago in tunisia, a all of remaining tunisia jues were asked to move to israel. but it's being rejected by many of the jues themselves. we report. a proud tunisian and also jewish. but the area has just undergone a traumatic revolution. he says he doesn't intend to leave tunisia. >> i stay here because it's my country. why i have to leave this country? to go where? >> this is exquisite great synagogue in the heart of tunisia built in the heart of the community that was then 300,000 strong. today there are so few jews that this great hall is hardly ever used. services held instead in a smaller room. as in the rest of the arab world, tunisia's jewish community crashed dramatically and there are no more than 2,000 jews left here. but when an israeli minister suggested they, too, should leave, it was given short rift. >> me? i'm a tunisian,, too, says this senior figure in the community. i know my country well, and i'm against the proposition, because no one here is afraid. >> since last year's overthrow of the secular dictatorship, many musl

on fire in tunisia. last january, he poured petrol over himself and with a match. he survived and is being treated here at the burn unit in the capital. he told me he deliberately copied the actions of mohamed bouzazizi. unlike him, he has not become a full hero and he regrets what he has done. >> [speaking foreign language] >> i was jobless and desperate. the whole country seemed to be on fire, so i set myself alight, too. i destroyed myself psychologically and physically. i also destroyed my family. >> in the last week alone, at least three tunisians have set fire to themselves. a crowd desperately tries to extinguish flames that engulfed a jobless father of three. he died from his injuries two days ago. they are mostly young men from poor, rural areas with basic education. most importantly, they are desperate come out of work, and have little prospects of employment. another young man fights for his life in the burn unit. the bbc has shown previously unpublished figures that show that in the year sinc

a report from tunisia. >> and jacob, on the outskirts of tunis. he is a proud tunisia but he is also jewish and owns the last kosher restaurant in an arab nation that has just undergone a dramatic revolution. none of which is contradictory, says jacob. he certainly does not intend to leave tunisia. >> i stay here because it is my country. why have to leave this country -- to go where? >> this is the exquisite great synagogue in the hearts of tunis. built in 1937 to accommodate a community that was then 300,000 strong. today there are so few je here isw capitals that this great hall is hardly ever used. services are held instead in a small anteroom. as in the rest of the arab world, tunisia's jewish population crashed dramatically after the creation of israel. no more than 2000 jews left here. but when an israeli foreign minister suggested they, too, should leave, he was given short shrift. >> me, i am a tunisian j thisew senior figure in the community. i know my country well and i am against the proposition because no one here is afraid. since las

-- art tunisia's islamic party in fact moderate. we will be looking at those questions coming up on dw-tv. >> welcome back. in the arab world, of the for% your autocratic governments that have fallen over the last year, two of them are seeing a political transition that it is hoped will lead to a more representative form of government in each of those countries. in both nations, islamic parties claiming to be moderate have made the biggest gains. the muslim brother would get the most seats in the first round in egypt. in second place with a solid as, a party that wants to impose sharia law, even on the part of the population that is christian. here is more. >> it is by the will of god that islamist parties have emerged the winners of each its elections. that, at least, is what their followers believe. this is friday prayers in cairo. >> we will never said anything but god's laws. -- we will never accept anything but god's laws. the country will be better off when sharia law is the will of the land. >> the influence of the more radic

it's been exactly one year since the popular uprising mentor of president ben ali his role in tunisia but little has improved in that time as the country is still plagued by unemployment and crippling economic problems it has seen a wave of suicide protests attempts with four people setting themselves a light inside a week as are english going to reports the only real change since the revolution has been a surge in radical ideas. may have looked like a successful revolution getting rid of authoritarian regime while retaining its westernized facade but in parliamentary elections that followed tunisians voted for a naga and islamist party which now firmly holds the majority of seats in the new parliament. of political culture. the first experience. making the choice between. political programs it was hard. political campaign. that pushed people to choose either with muslims and then muslims. if you don't know this level. but western tourists need to have nothing to fear the party's leaders say beer and bikini's irregular. hotspots are here just yet recent events at the university one of

poverty is the only thing waiting in tunisia. he earns so little as a nurse that he could not afford to start a family. he hopes that one day he will be as free as his friend who has a french passport. both men think it will take years for things to improve in geneva, so he believes he was right to leave. >> he took part in the demonstrations and the revolution. if he had stayed in tunisia, finding a job would have been hard. for him, leaving was a way of getting ahead, a way of demonstrating his discontent with the past and present situations. >> still, he is thinking about returning. his entrepreneurial skills could help to build a new tunisia. sala has found work in a restaurant kitchen. he is concentrating on a burning and saving money. he lives in constant fear of being discovered, but finally agrees to accompany us. here, he looks over the city he has long dreamed about. >> the exhaustion and adversity of the crossing are forgotten. i'm fine now. if it is allah's will, i will return home soon. i say to my mother and father,

. >> tunisia today. the shackles of a fresh and discarded, people walking through the capital streets with smiles on their faces, no longer having to whisper for fear of who may be listening. on the surface at least, this is a much changed country. it's a far cry from this scene a year ago. fighting in the same street as a dictatorship has been ruled for 23 years, was overthrown. a discussion about politics and the press. not from a radio station faced in exile, but one that is now relocated to the tunisian capital. in a country where journalists and dissenters were regularly beaten up or arrested, progress is slow, but things are moving in the right direction. >> you have a new regime, and you have the old regime together at the same time, and you're pushing -- one is pushing back. >> one year on, and many things have improve for the people of tunisia, the freedom of speech, the ability to criticize their political leaders, but this revolution was as much about economics as it was politics. and there ar

tunisia but mideast expert tariq ali told r.t. that the new as well as leaders are indulging in a must know populism instead of real solutions to the country's was the way in which the army's been operating the way in which this extremely unintelligent president marco's see has been operating and the way in which the new justice minister than the slimy the sort of going social and moral pressure to decide what can go on and what can even go on and what shouldn't go on television is avoiding the real problems of country which are social and economic problems and a plan needs to be implemented to help the boy of the people who outreach aapl the dictators go back to be so-called moderate islamists of basically concentrating on moral censorship and what people should do in general is a sign of bankruptcy it's because they are not other people anything else so they are receding along these lines. so coming up for you in the program military optimism outweighs sober intelligence on the ground stop in the u.s. is doing well in afghanista

this is a region where things are run a little differently from the rest of tunisia. my father worked in the mine for twenty five years my two brothers worked and died in the mine we live in the mining region our days are arranged by the sound of the home from the mine not by calls to prayer. the gas a-basin is home to tunisia's phosphate mines one of the key exports in the country which ranks fifth in the world for phosphate production yet for the past three years the workers and their families have been involved in a bitter struggle with their employer gaffes of phosphates that we never took anything from the government and the authorities have always forgotten about us this year the gaffes are phosphates company or c f g conducted a competition for jobs just like they did in two thousand and eight we hope their choices would be based on a different criteria this time but they weren't. shares involvement in support of action for the miners during the authoritarian rule of president ben ali resulted in a prison term. in two thousand and eight we went on strike with t

when a fruit seller in tunisia set himself on fire just over a year ago, he sparked a change in the arab world. ewert think that it would be a desperate single act. there are statistics suggesting that he triggered a trend. despite the overthrow of the hated regime and the advent of democracy, two nations continue to set themselves of light. >> in the last 12 months, at least 130 people have set themselves on fire in tunisia. last january, he poured petrol over himself and let a match. he survived and is being treated here in the capital. he told me that he deliberately copied the actions. the market trader who sells the information began the tunisian revolution a year ago. unlike him, he did not become a folk hero and he bitterly regret what he has done. i was jobless and desperate. the whole country seem to be on fire. i set myself on fire, too. i destroyed myself psychologically and physically. i also destroyed my family. in the last week along, 32 in the shins have set fire to themselves. a crowd desperately tries to set -- stop the flames on this desperate father of three. they are

r t tunisia. and maybe mistakes that terry connelly told about the new is the misleading indulging in emotional criticism instead of real solutions to the country's was. the way in which the. operating that we. get is extremely on intelligent president mark good to see has been operating. the way in which the new justice minister than the slow minister of blind social and moral greater to decide what can go on and what can even go on joe not shouldn't go on television is awarding the real problems of third country which are social and economic problems and the plan needs to be implemented to the goal of the people who are treatable to dictate it just goes back to be so-called morgridge islam it's basically concentrating on moral censorship but more people should do it shouldn't do is a sign of bankruptcy it's because they've gone out of the people leaping out so they are receding along these flights. this is coming out of the year the corrupt legacy of hosni mubarak influences the presidential rac

the gas a-basin is home to tunisia's phosphate mines one of the key exports in the country which ranks fifth in the world for phosphate production yet for the past three years the workers and their families have been involved in a bitter struggle with their employer gaffes of phosphates the hermitage we never took anything from the government and the authorities have always forgotten about us this year the gaffes are phosphates company or c f g conducted a competition for jobs just like they did in two thousand and eight we hope their choices would be based on a different criteria this time but they weren't. shares involvement in support action for the miners during the authoritarian rule of president ben ali resulted in a prison term. in two thousand and eight we went on strike with the miners and were arrested all those who supported them lawyers teachers professors we were told we were an organized gang who wanted to overthrow the regime. the government's been gone since then but the problems remained so the strikes continue unemployment in the region is a staggering fifty five perc

tunisia. businesses next year in order to with katie stay with us. hello there welcome to the business program this hour a number of european energy fans will now get cheaper russian gas and energy monopoly gas problem has eased gas supply term seeking to keep its market share amid economic troubles in the region artie's done your bushes that gas from headquarters here in moscow. they've shown it goes from the willingness to compromise despite the efforts of some to paint it always in a negative light it is adjusting contracts with e.u. suppliers including g.d.s. first sue is a frog's also germany's windass which will make the price cheaper one source says the price will come down significantly now of course the euro crisis the euro dec crisis has squeezed demand is cut demand for gas making it harder to make a profit for those suppliers but the question is will the suppliers pos on the savings to customers they would be unhappy to raise prices when the price has gone up but not always sometimes pocketing the difference when the price comes down ukra

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events today that are geared towards discussing that very issue with some prominent leaders from tunisia and egypt here at the forum this year we've seen the occupy movement gather such steam and really of course they would be expected to be at davos at the world economic forum the irony is that as i was reading one analysis they were saying it sounds a little like klaus schwab the founder of the world economic forum is channeling occupy and his rhetoric about the problems of capitalism the irony of course is that occupy. protesters and activists are part of the conversation here at the forum. laura list of the couple of world news headlines to make you aware of the syrian troops stormed their heavily populated damascus suburb where government forces pulled out earlier this week after clashes with opposition fighters and security council could vote in the next few days on a resolution aimed at stemming the country that's going to conflict in syria itself the arab league's crucial monitoring mission resumed for the first time week after the set by which saw six gulf nations pull out and c

of events today they're geared towards discussing that very issue with some prominent leaders from tunisia and egypt here at the forum this year we've seen the occupy movement gathers that steam and really of course they would be expected to be at davos at the world economic forum the irony is that as i was reading one analysis they were saying it sounds a little like klaus schwab the founder of the world economic forum is channeling occupy and his rhetoric about the problems of capitalism the irony of course is that occupy protesters and activists are part of the conversation here at the forum . to reporting from davos ok let's go to the world for some of the international headlines a brief of the central iraq know an explosion there has killed ten members of a single family as they slept two police officers their wives and six children died as the house was destroyed when insurgents plot to bomb around with three people killed in a separate building these are the latest in a string of attacks in the country since the u.s. military withdrew in december. the u.n. says it is concerned about

local is better but we haven't we should remember also a local was possible in the case of egypt and tunisia very you had a national army that could serve as a buffer between the regime and the people the point was that in libya you had no national army you had militias that stood you know i had to be has did that were there at the behest of the gadhafi government when in libya the uprising started you truly had an implosion and what really was revealed was what we haven't seen in every other country so far that there's a total vacuum of power a total vacuum of institutions that the other speakers have really talked about and that makes it much much more difficult whether that is with western intervention or without western intervention to create a modern state in libya ok ok nic i'm going to you the last word you have thirty i know that is i know you want to make please let me go to nic nic is it getting messier in libya. well yes i think it is going to be messy i think there's going to be several years of turmoil there may be some bloodshed there may be fighting between militias but i don'

tunisia. middle east expert told r.t. the new islamist leaders are indulging in emotional populism instead of real solutions to the country's woes. way in which the young meats been operating that we in which there is exclusively on intelligent presumed market will see has been operating and the way in which the new justice minister than the slow minister of going social and moral creature to decide what can go on and what can even go on and what shouldn't go on television is already in the real problems of photogrammetry which are social and economic problems are looking ahead and needs to be implemented to help the goal of the people who outreach aapl to do just go back to be so-called moderate islamists are basically concentrating on moral censorship and what people should do in general is a sign of we want to complete bankruptcy it's because they are not of the people anything else so they are receding along these lights. still coming up field military optimism our way sober intelligence the pentagon for vishal says t

tunisia. when middle east expert terek of the told r.t. that the new islam is leaders are indulging in emotional populism instead of trying to bring on a practical change the way in which the army has been operating the way in which this extremely unintelligent president market will see what has been operating and the way in which the new justice minister than the slimy this sort of going social and moral crater to decide what can go on and what can even go on and what shouldn't go on television is avoiding the real problems of photogrammetry which are social and economic problems and a plan needs to be implemented to help the boy of the people who outreach aapl the dictators go back to be so-called moderate islamists of basically concentrating on moral censorship and what people should do in general is a sign of the bankruptcy it's because they are not of the people anything else so they are receding along. meanwhile in syria there is a warning from the head of the arab the that the conflict torn nation is sliding into civil war it comes

of events today they're geared towards discussing that very issue with some prominent leaders from tunisia and egypt here at the forum this year what we've seen the occupy movement gather such steam and. and really of course they would be expected to be at davos at the world economic forum the irony is that as i was reading one analysis they were saying it sounds a little like klaus schwab the founder of the world economic forum is channeling occupy and his rhetoric about the problems of capitalism the irony of course is that occupy protesters and activists are part of the conversation here at the forum . so other news from around the world in brief now this hour in baghdad ten members of a single family have been killed as they slept after their house was blown up by insurgents two police officers their wives and six children died after explosives were planted around the home three people also died when a motorcycle bomb exploded in the northern city of kirkuk the latest in a string of attacks since the u.s. military withdrawal in december. the international medical aid group doctors with

they not a leaders have made numerous this year and says that they're not going to turn tunisia interesting sharia law states but many in the country are already saying that the worrying signs are here. r t tunisia the middle east expert tariq ali told me that the new islam is leaders are indulging in emotional populism and set of real solutions to the country's woes. the way in which the young meats been operating that we in which this extremely unintelligent president mark was the king has been operating and the way in which the new justice minister than the slow minister of going social and moral crozier to decide what can go on and what can even go on and what shouldn't go on television is awarding the real problems of photogrammetry which are social and economic problems and the plan needs to be implemented to help the boy of the people who outreach aapl addicted to the fact to be so-called moderate islamists are basically concentrating on moral censorship and what people should do in general is a sign of your own complete bankruptcy it's because they are not other people anything else

are tunisia. but mideast expert terry goalie told r.t. that the new islamist leaders are indulging in a most know populism and set of real solutions to the country's woes. way in which the young operating that we're. extremely unintelligent president mark good to see congress has been operating. the way in which the new justice for him is to be useful only the start of going social and moral greater to decide what can go on and more can even go on to know more shouldn't go on television is a war within the real problems of third country which are social and economic problems and the plan needs to be implemented rid of the ball of the people who are treatable dictators go back to the so-called morgridge islamist basically concentrating on moral censorship and more people should do in general is a sign of bankruptcy it's because they are not of the people anything else so they are proceeding along. well so coming up here in our to military optimism outweighs silver intelligence the pentagon proper for us all for us is doing well in afghanis

the other leaders have it worse this year and says that they're not going to turn tunisia into is to sharia law states but maybe the country already saying that the worrying signs are here in the r t tunisia. when it is the expert eric told r.t. that the new islamist leaders are indulging in emotional populism and sort of trying to bring any practical change. the way in which the young me speed operating that we're in which is extremely unintelligent president mark good to see who has been operating and the way in which the new justice minister than the slow minister of going social and moral crozier to decide what can go on and what can even go on to know more shouldn't go on television is awarding the real problems of photogrammetry which are social and economic problems and the plan needs to be implemented to help the board the people who outreach aapl the dictators goes back to the so-called moderate islamist of basically concentrating on moral censorship and what people should do in general is a sign of the bankruptcy it's because they cannot for the people anything else so they

are tunisia middle east expert tara galley told r.t. the new islamist leaders are indulging in emotional populism instead of real solutions to the country's workers. the way in which the you know i mean it's been operating the wind which is extremely unintelligent present and mark was the thing that has been operating and the way in which he knew just as well as a minister of glowing social and moral creature to decide what can go on and what can even go on and what shouldn't go on television is awarding the real problems of photogrammetry which are social and economic problems i look at and needs to be implemented with the ball of the people who outreach aapl to the interest of fact to be so-called moderate islamists are basically concentrating on moral censorship and what people should do in general is a sign of bankruptcy it's because they are not of the people anything else. receding along. the m.e. of catarrh has become the first arab leader to openly support the idea of military intervention in syria he says arab states should sen