so this is a difficult point for tunisia. another big difference with egypt is that the military reportedly has absolutely no taste to intervene. so that the warring political factions do have to deal with one another. >> woodruff: and tunisia is a place we have not been paying a great deal of attention to until now. so margaret, to pull it all together, to step back, two countries that were in the lead when the arab spring began and here we are in 2013, nothing seems resolved, all this violence. i mean, what do you -- how should we see this? >> well, i think there is a connecting thread here. as you said, these were -- two of the countries, the ones with the highest hopes that they could make this transition from dictate orship to democracy, they both have a sense of nationhood, they have enough of an educated class and so on. instead, in both countries what we're seeing is they have not resolved this fundamental conflict over the role of islam in government. they have not also been able to resolve how do you bring different

>> tunisia in turmoil. thousands take to the streets after the assassination of the secular opposition leader. it is the second such killing this year. searching for answers. and investigations into why a train in the northwest of spain flew off the tracks killing 80 people. they are focusing on the seat it was traveling. after visiting one of rio de janeiro's most dangerous slum pope francis received a frenzied welcome kicking off world news day at copacabana beach. those at the top stories we are following on "france 24." we begin with all to familiar scenes in tunisia. riot police and protesters are clashing outside the interior ministry after the assassination of the opposition figure sparked angry demonstrations. he was a critic of the ruling islamist and mandy are pointing the finger at the party for his murder. it is the second such murder this year. >> gunned down in front of his wife and daughter. the opposition leader was shot 11 times before being brought to this hospital. his daughter said to gu

the in the same way that egypt saw its revolution which toppled hosni mubarak in the same way that tunisia so revolution that toppled the and in the same way that the people of libya rose the people of syria as well as yemen other countries also rose at the very same time the context can't be ignored the syrian revolution for six months after it starts all it was calling for was the reform of the regime not the fall of the regime you mentioned that their way of started to was through peaceful protests and i take your point i was there on the ground are so many of those peaceful rallies but i think the protests. is that i saw back then in damascus and in many other syrian cities have absolutely nothing in common with the armed rebels and the problem is that yourself your group and many other arab intellectuals in the west seem to you said just that you know on this particular case using violence using aren't resistance may be justified in my my argument is that it is not because in the case of george w. bush he also had some strong arguments of reading the world of saddam hussein for one pe

they want to finalize the constitution of tunisia. they want to set an election date, which would be the second election after the fall of the dictatorship. evolvesill see how this and the negotiations that will happen between the ruling parties and the opposition. >> thanks very much indeed. tunis. us from let's get more on our top story. just to remind you of what is going on, today is a day when millions of egyptians are holding their breath for what might be the next development in their political crisis. as you can see, on one side of cairo, we have millions of protesters expected to turn out morsipport the anti- movement. this is the movement that ousted the president from the muslim brotherhood, mohamed morsi. they have been called out by the military chief, general abdel fattah el sisi. mandate" toanted "a pursue an agenda of crackdown on violence and terrorism. but on the right, you see demonstrations that have been going on for weeks ever since mohamed morsi was deposed. these were called by the muslim brotherhood. they want

the in the same way that egypt saw its revolution which toppled hosni mubarak in the same way that tunisia so revolution that toppled the and in the same way that the people of libya rose the people of syria as well as yemen other countries also rose at the very same time the context can't be ignored the syrian revolution for six months after it starts all it was calling for was the reform of the regime not the fall of the regime you mentioned that their way of was through peaceful protests and i take your point i was there on the ground are so many of those peaceful rallies but i think the protesters that i saw back then in damascus and in many other syrian cities have absolutely nothing in common with the armed rebels and the problem is that your south your group and many other arab intellectuals in the west seem to you said just that you know on this particular case using violence using aren't resistance may be justified in my my argument is that it is not because in the case of george w. bush he also had some strong arguments of reading the world of saddam hussein to one percent had bl

all right, there's some troubling news coming from tunisia. a prominent opposition politician was shot dead in front of his home in tunis. >> he was a member of the country's assembly and critic of the ruling party. this secular allies are up in arms, and some fear for the country -- beer for the future of the country's democracy. >> news of the assassination set off angry protest in front of the interior ministry in tunis. it is the second murder of an important opposition politician this year. brahimi was the leader of the nationalist movement of the people party and a member of tunis' parliament. he was gunned down in front of his family just outside the capital. the assailants fled on a motorcycle. human rights activists blamed the governing party and its leader. >> you are a murderer. >> he was a leader of the leftist national front coalition. he was killed in february. he was against what many see as a move toward tunisia's islamic state. the governing party denied any responsibility for the killing. they said extremist forces were tryin

so expensive and that is why i contend that the people of egypt the people of libya the people of tunisia and the people of syria have nots resorted to the very last resort only after they have exhausted everything else let me just add that unlike people of egypt people of tunisia people of syria have actually taken up arms and this is ultimately the main factor that is responsible for the total destruction to receive the crime by the government should look at trying to also respond to the crimes of the regime itself please join us again same place same time here on the part. one of the greats spade blind to what is happening in their country. the american dream is disappearing. the houses with gardens are laid out the poor are left hopeless the streets are full of angry crowds fighting against. tyson who stole the american dream. hold it. hold it. really. does speak. with. tom it's good. and. bad economy mine i'm a little. timid speak your language. programs and documentaries in arabic in school here on. reporting from the world's hot spots to feel interviews intriguing stories for you t

all right, there's some troubling news coming from tunisia. a prominent opposition politician was shot dead in front of his home in tunis. >> he was a member of the country's assembly and critic of the ruling party. this secular allies are up in arms, and some fear for the country -- beer for the future of the country's democracy. >> news of the assassination set off angry protest in front of the interior ministry in tunis. it is the second murder of an important opposition politician this year. brahimi was the leader of the nationalist movement of the people party and a member of tunis' parliament. he was gunned down in front of his family just outside the capital. the assailants fled on a motorcycle. human rights activists blamed the governing party and its leader. >> you are a murderer. >> he was a leader of the leftist national front coalition. he was killed in february. he was against what many see as a move toward tunisia's islamic state. the governing party denied any responsibility for the killing. they said extremist forces were tryin

by the time of the egyptian revolution that egypt is not is not tunisia it can't have a precautions in libya and it is hurtful to what's going to happen in syria if the islamists reach power after removing all bashar losses if he succeeds of course and of course i just want to get your quick comment on this in a minute left but of course we're hearing you know this is a coup either from the mubarak regime or the military what's your response. i don't see the demo but a cruise able to the military you have the power to mobilize thirty million people this is unprecedented in the history of usually with the exception of the ninety nine. so it's definitely. not realistic to take it and dismantle it is amazing to see so many people pouring out in the streets demanding a referendum thank you so much for coming on sure and someone on the situation all fled thought he. journalist and columnist. like what you see so far had to our you tube channel youtube dot com breaking on the set and be sure to subscribe so you do not miss a single episode will solve all of our interviews posted separatel

by the time of the egyptian revolution that egypt is not is not tunisia it can have a precautions the libya and it is. what's going to happen in syria if the islamists reach power after removing all bashar losses if he succeeds of course and of course i just want to get your quick comment on this in a minute left but of course we're hearing you know this is a coup either from the mubarak regime or the military what's your response. i don't figure demob a cruise evil to the military you have the power to mobilize thirty three million people this is unprecedented in the history of usually with the exception of the ninety nine revolution so it's definitely. not realistic to take it and dismantle it is amazing to see so many people pouring out in the streets demanding a referendum thank you so much for coming on sure and somewhat on the situation all fled thought he. journalist and columnist. if you like what you see so far had to our you tube channel youtube dot com breaking the set and be sure to subscribe so you do not miss a single episode will solve all of our interviews posted separ

inspired the tunisian president diem and said tunisia is not egypt reminds me of what mubarak said by the time of these are of illusion that egypt is not is not tunisia it can't have a precautions in libya and it is hurtful to what's going to happen in syria if the islamists reach power after removing all bashar to last if he succeeds of course and of course i just want to get your quick comment on this if left but of course we're hearing you know this is a who either from the mubarak regime or the military what's your response. i don't think that the mubarak regime or the military you have the power to mobilize thirty three million people this is unprecedented in the history of usually with the exception of the nineteen nineteen revolution so it's definitely. not realistic to take it in this manner it is amazing to see so many people pouring out in the streets demanding a referendum and thank you so much for coming on sharing some thank you on the situation all fled. journalist and columnist. if you like what you see so far have you are you tube channel you tube dot com breaking the

the in the same way that egypt saw its revolution which toppled hosni mubarak in the same way that tunisia so revolution that toppled the and in the same way that the people of libya rose the people of syria as well as yemen other countries also rose at the very same time the context can't be ignored the syrian revolution for six months after it starts all it was calling for was the reform of the regime not the fall of the regime you mentioned that there were fired . through peaceful protests and i take your point i was there on the ground are so many of those peaceful rallies but i think the protesters that i saw back then in damascus and in many other syrian cities have absolutely nothing in common with they aren't rebels and the problem is that your south your group and many other arab intellectuals in the west seem to you said just that you know on this particular case using violence using aren't resistance may be justified and my my argument is that it is not because in the case of george w. bush he also had some strong arguments of reading the world of saddam hussein fell out percent

by the time of the egyptian revolution that egypt is not is not tunisia it can't have a precautions in libya and it is hurtful to what's going to happen in syria if the islamists reach power after removing all bashar to last if he succeeds of course and of course i just want to get your quick comment on this in a minute left but of course we're hearing you know this is a who either from the mubarak regime or the military what's your response. i don't think that the mubarak regime or the military have the power to mobilize thirty three million people this is unprecedented in the history of egypt with the exception of the nineteen nineteen revolution so it's definitely. not realistic to take it in this manner it is amazing to see so many people pouring out in the streets demanding a referendum and thank you so much for coming on shore and somewhat on the situation of lead thought he is usually merican. journalist and columnist. if you like what you see so far had to our you tube channel youtube dot com breaking the set and be sure to subscribe so you do not miss a single episode will

mohamede protests after brahmi was assassinated outside of his home in tunisia. according to the interior ministry, the same gun was used to kill another opposition leader six months ago. >> protesters have been back on the streets of tunis chanting slogans against the governing islamist party. the strike has seen many businesses closed. washe capital, the mood not as explosive as a is been feared in the wake of mohamed brahmi's assassination. bullet holes were a reminder of the brutality with which he was gunned down in the street on thursday. mourners paid their respect, his wife accused the islamist of using violence to try to destroy the opposition. >> the people must not miss this chance to overthrow the government. this a system dirty and treasonous. they did not take advantage of the moment. >> she was referring to the very similar assassination six months ago of chokri belaid, and opposition leader who commanded widespread popularity and support. his death trickled protest that took of the government. his killers have not been caught. triggered a protest

. >> in tunisia, there were angry protests following the killing of a left-wing opposition leader on thursday. he was a parliamentarian who headed the people's movement artie. theas gunned down before eyes of his family outside his home in tunis. his assailants fled on a motorcycle. human rights activists blame the governing party and its leader. it was the second killing of a prominent leftist politician this year. in february, the murder of a popular secular leader sparked mass protests and the government crisis. on thursday, the leader denied responsibility for the killing. he said extremist forces were trying to undermine tunisia's government grade -- government. >> the goal of the murder is to torpedo the only successful polle old model area -- only successful political model. >> it was announced to his killed with the same gun as the other man. he blamed extremist groups with links to al qaeda. protesters poured onto the streets to voice their anger. they say the leader threatens democracy in the country. >> the european court of human rights says russian officials violated the

. >>> thousands of people hoff also taken to the streets in tunisia. they called for the overthrow of the islamist-led government. on the day of the funeral of an assassinated opposition politician. supporters of tunisia's secular opposition groups held massive demonstrations. they accused the government of failing to curb the activities of extremists. security forces used teargas to disperse the protesters. the anti-government protests are fueled by the gunning down on thursday of a senior member of a secular opposition party. 52 opposition members of parliament resigned in protest. they say they will continue to fight to oust the government. the current administration was formed through elections after the country's long-running government was toppled by pro-democracy protests in 2011. >>> cambodia's governing party has declared victory in sunday's general election. but opposition parties allege the ballot was fraudulent. with vote counting still under way the election committee has not yet announced the outcome but an executive of the ruling cambodi

coming up to tunisia could be on its way towards plunging into chaos. erupted tens of thousands gathered for the funeral of been assassinated opposition leader. plus find out why the world's i give me my football loving country brazil is experiencing a wave of public outrage at the world cup approaches a story and more. wealthy british style. time to play let's go. to. market. to. find out what's really happening to the global economy with mike stronger no holds barred look at the global financial headlines kaiser report. good laboratory. to build on these most sophisticated. rigidly doesn't give a darn about anything mission to teach creation why it should care about you and. this is why you should care only. welcome back you're watching r t what he saw in tunisia have fired tear gas to disperse angry crowds of protesters were took to the streets of the country's capital for the funeral of the assassinated secular opposition leader several artists have also been made to mohamed brahimi was shot dead. thursday political analyst professor from tunis univ

that question sorry ok i'll repeat it for you so this this wasn't the first such assassination in tunisia whitson hey strange is it correct this is the second one yes indeed so can you tell us about the it's this situation general bad was going on back. so i told you so this is the second to the second political assassination i think those two british american you just now i cannot repeat there can also some calls to overthrow the current government we have also that if you know the kind of. movement that started egypt you have to see movement here to be calling for the over for government therefore they want to solve that you did your government and also the national concern of some people to their eyes in the constitution now because now for example like syria comes from some opposition parties are also from the civil protection movement who overthrew the government to dissolve the government actually i'm forming will government of national probation supersensitive of the. pharmaceutical additional term for the use of the gold structure all right ok local journalist gravy live from atta

tunisia could be on its way towards plunging into chaos after violence erupted when tens of thousands gathered for the funeral of an assassinated opposition leader and we've more on the developments in just a few minutes here in r.t. . now a u.n. inquiry into the use of chemical weapons in syria has got off the ground as investigators and damascus officials finally reach an agreement the probe was stalled as the un to manage for access to syrian facilities which the authorities denied and now there are breaks or has been reached in new york a key rebel group has agreed to take part in a peace conference aimed at resolving the two year war in syria after a meeting with security council members but as more important i was playing there are conditions attached to what those preconditions are it's hard to detect it seems as though they want to make sure that syrian president bashar al assad has no authority following the key to meeting and another precondition possibly that once the transitional government is is established that that transitional government would have full authority over

could this revolt fever spread to other arab spring countries like tunisia for instance. well this is one of the interesting implications of what's just happened in egypt what does it mean for others it is a new tunisia syria turkey iraq one simple jordan it's an alert early to predict but what's the strength it is within except actions of the turkish tunisian government it's all the governments of the region have been quite welcome and wants us to include soviets and the syrian government so that so it's a little on. everybody's problems but look at what the syrian ruler of course are also said yesterday he said we are against this shows that political islam is dead and we're against any kind of religious is the most involved in the government but you supported primarily by the one of your government it's a law which of islamists or. indeed it's a state of confusion right daniel pipes from the middle east forum think tank mr pies thank you very much indeed for all time thank you thank you for being with us . all stories ahead for you including outrage in south america tr

network and other the same in syria and we saw that in iraq as well we saw that in libya and even tunisia even tunisia let's get to our second topic which is related and it has to do with the house of representatives is expected to vote on in iran and iran sanctions bill tomorrow the bill is expected to put further pressure on iran's oil exports so in order to get around the current dollar in europe sanctions iran plans to accept its rupee payments for oil from india this is just one of those you know collateral things that's happening but what are the what are the effects of sanctions in the country a lot of people would say that the sanctions only affect the normal people the government is doing business as usual maybe not as efficient as they would like it to be but does the fact that people don't want to you know like we might not necessarily be friends of the iranian regime but it does have it does take a toll on the people and i mean even albright was famous kind of saying herself in the mid ninety's that five hundred thousand iraqi deaths you know which were children would be accep

in one of her starbucks tunisia eleven shot. through him. another prominent opposition politician was assassinated in february this year plunging the country into a political crisis secularist chalky was killed in a very similar manner by gunmen on motorcycles the demonstrations following his killing drove down the islamist government on the top of the time. analysis tricks and other international news and breathed this hour and his vivid security footage of the train that hurtled of the tracks in northern spain killing at least seventy eight people who police say it may have been going around the corner at more than twice the speed allowed the high speed passenger train derails several kilometers from the famous pilgrimage town center compostella two investigations have been launched to find out how the accident happened. and thousands a ray will watch things have have come out to this tree so very many as capital bucharest to demand better working conditions they gathered outside a transport ministry and marched to the government's headqua

we've seen it isn't a sort of come to power in several countries how does this bode for example for tunisia or for libya or other places that of so. in similar kinds of uprisings. i think we see this in the ranks of the children singing about their mission secular forces it all depends on the economy you see in any government in tunisia or egypt economy they will get majority support whether an islamist government or secular government you know when you haven't got a job when you have a good read when you have a book when you haven't got hope you don't really care what the government is whether it's little discover or secular so you ask your question whether these limited governments are successful depends on whether they can almost as morsi didn't you why you lost power you didn't lose power because it was an islamist you lost power because it wasn't for the record i mean all of these and as i said with egypt point is that us has dominance over what it got only in may we had john kerry lecturing and he had to take the army you have to make structural economic reforms which would be more pr

congress did tunisia relent and allow the f.b.i. team to return to interview this suspect for a mere three hours. then when the terrorist is released there is a celebration. that's shameful. we lost four americans in the attack on benghazi. and a number were wounded, and two were wounded very seriously. because the two nearbyians obstructed the f.b.i. investigation, the house has taken the first step today to send a signal to tunisia and other countries harboring the terrorists responsible for the death of four americans in benghazi, this is an important and overdue step. overdue because the obama administration could have long ago terminated its payments to tunisia or other countries that failed to cooperate with the f.b.i. in this investigation. this brings me to today's questions. the fourth in a series of critical unanswered questions, why has the obama administration not taken any steps to apply pressure to countries that have refused to allow the f.b.i. access to terrorists responsible for the benghazi attack? after nearly a y

already tonight in tunisia, there's a movement that wants to emulate this.n the arab spring began, it was students. it was generally secular people using information technology that took to the streets. they were disorganized. they were politically inexperienced, and they lost power to the islamic groups, which because of years of operating, hiding from the military, hiding from authoritarian states, were very effective at organizing themselves. the islamic groups not just here in egypt but across the region managed to seize power through the ballot box. this could be the start of a change, a change in egypt, a change in tunisia, maybe even a change in turkey, a change in many countries around the world. if egypt after today is a success and not the failure that it was under the muslim brotherhood, then it could be a success that other new governments, new arab spring transitional governments seek to emulate. >> richard, the unemployment rate in egypt is now over 13.5%. that's 3.5 million people who aren't working. perhaps more than that. if that doesn't cha

this issue is not the problems of egypt or syria or tunisia but it is the prism of pain through which arabs see america and we see that over the whole decade of information on how it is that this is the one that -- is the central one for arabs passing judgment, that's why, by the way in egypt or in syria you find both opposition to the government and the government itself both blaming each other for being backed by the united states, orin being called agents of the united states because the mistrust of the u.s. is not over what the u.s. does in the short term in egypt or syria or tunisia but really over this mistrust of american objectives that are tied to support for israel and oil. >> rose: go ahead. you had a regional conference out west in which american general mathis former head of sitcom said. >> he said two things, the reason today that goes by when this israeli-palestinian issue doesn't pose a security problem for him in the middle east, and second, he said that the israeli settlements could lead to an apartheid relationship that the u.s. has to deal with. but the reality of

this is honestly and arise out of the break or lack of this is haitian tunisia hit by a wave of cross has sponsored by the plank of a prominent opposition that. this will consult you updates and you try to transmission makes for a smoother ride bush and scientists comes of course he is crystal's the e.u. says he's laser sight sometimes on one of the take giants comes to town she updates here on all. you've got to. play. more news today violence is once again flared up. these are the images for world peace and seeing from the streets of canada. giant corporations are on the day. you. to us. this is also he welcomed their birth place of the arab spring has once again engulfed by protests as thousands clashed with police in tunisia security forces used tear gas to try and despise the crowd angered by the assassination of a popular opposition leader mohamed brahmi was gunned down in front of his home by two unknown gunmen a local reporter far as somebody has more power to this. and there were hundreds and hundreds of submissions to our side of the main avenue and now down to eunice the po

interior minister of tunisia has acknowledged that he is ready to resign.e made the announcement as pressure grows to step down the violence in the country, calling for national unity government to take his place. at least 10 people have been killed in nigeria after multiple explosions in the mainly christian city. it is not known who is behind the attacks. one of the longest serving presidents is trying to win another term in office. campaigning has been taking .lace meanwhile, there has been international praise for european observers who reported no major faults for the presidential vote. dozens of candidates are vying for the top job. >> having said that, information from our own observers, we believe that a first-round victory as possible. the second round is inevitable, taking into account when we have in terms, figures, and the situation. let anyone walk all over us. we are more determined than ever to say yes to democracy. but we will not take part in any more things in front of the entire world. benedict, rather polk francis, in fact delegates cand

staying in north africa, feelings are running high in tunisia. a funeral is underway. the opposition leader was assassinated on thursday. mourners have been taking part in the funeral procession in the capital, tunis. he will be buried alongside fellow opposition leader who was murdered in february. the same gun was used to kill the two men. the government says that radical is killed them both. the u.s. says it will not seek the death penalty or torture -- or use torture if edward snowden returns home. it is the latest step in washington's campaign for extradition from russia. snowden has been living at moscow's airport for over a month to escape detention from the usa. a russian government spokesperson said russian never had and never would extradite anyone. the u.n. china have averted a trade war. yours trade commission or says the two sides have reached a deal to establish a minimum price at which china may sell solar panels within the european union. the deal comes weeks before brussels was set to impose high duties on chinese made panels. to north korea, where pyo

a dozen cables from tunisia exposed widespread corruption there, and helped fuel a revolution, and arguably had a domino effect. >> i mean, i don't want to give wikileaks credit for, you know, the transformation of the arab world but, you know, to the extent that tunisia influenced egypt, these cables played some role in the overthrow of the mubarak regime. and these things are having an impact that i don't think any of us imagined at the time when somebody was just handing us a huge trove of secret documents. >> if you boil it down, look at what happened as a result of wikileaks. we gained a tremendous understanding of how government works, how wars are conducted. balance the disclosures and the impact and the importance of the disclosures against everybody's fear over what was going to happen-- seems to me it ended up okay, right? >> army intelligence private first class bradley manning has been held for seven months in solitary confinement. >> he is in isolation as we keep our most serious criminals, even though he has not been convicted. >> free bradley manning! free bradley manning! >>

would in effect other islamist movements from tunisia to lebanon? >> everything that happens in egypt has a regional impact. it seems as if for a long time the muslim brotherhood was the force of the future. if it has to step down in egypt, that will weaken the whole movement all over the region. if it does not step down, we will have to contend with the brotherhood for a much longer time. >> thanks so very much. >> now onto another story that has been dominating the headlines -- germany has has joined a growing list of countries refusing to grant political asylum to former intelligence analyst edward snowden. he has applied for protection from 21 countries after turning down an offer from russia. >> for more than a week, he has been an international fugitive, basically, since exposing american intelligence gathering activities without warrants against civilians. the u.s. has filed charges of treason on him and called on the kremlin to hand him over for trial. well, the door is slamming shut on mr. snowden, including here in germany. let's cross ove

but i think quite honestly, the people of zimbabwe, like people in tunisia and egypt and around the world, want to choose their leaders freely and hold them accountable. it is simple request. you see people in the cold and zimbabwe's standing in long lines to be able to have that power to determine their future. >> a lot is on the line. 89 years old, he has been in power for 33 years. he said at the people don't vote for him, he will step down. do you take him at his word? >> it is difficult not to be quite frank. and ars in office, machinery that some say not only instigated the violence and intimidation in 2008, but machinery that is still very much in favor of continuing the status quo in zimbabwe. generals thatof want to maintain power at all costs, even if mugabe himself would be willing to step down. clearly the people of zimbabwe are wanting to have a new way forward. there is a new constitution that was really endorsed by so many people throughout the country. there is a sense that there needs to be a new road forward for a zimbabwe and for all of the people, regardless of their p

experiment in democracy fail, should the muslim brothers go underground, there will be repercussions in tunisia algeria. muslim brothers in other countries will also go wild. >> there are certainly a lot at stake. miguel, thank you so much for joining us. bolivia has appealed to the united nations to take action against what they are calling the kidnapping of its president. by european countries test. test. test. test. test. test. test. test. test. test. test. test. test. test. of the human rights commission. >> bolivian officials say his jet had departed when france, italy, and portugal withdrew permission to enter their airspace. the aircraft diverted to vienna where it remained grounded for 13 hours. the european countries suspected that u.s. intelligence whistleblower edward snowden might he on board, but he said he had nothing to do with snowden accusing them of making a historic blunder. france apparently lifted its ban after learning morale us was on the airplane. critics say the incident raises troubling questions about how far the u.s. can go to catch snowden. >> apparently the u.s. ha

would in effect other islamist movements from tunisia to lebanon? >> everything that happens in egypt has a regional impact. it seems as if for a long time the muslim brotherhood was the force of the future. if it has to step down in egypt, that will weaken the whole movement all over the region. if it does not step down, we will have to contend with the brotherhood for a much longer time. >> thanks so very much. >> now onto another story that has been dominating the headlines -- germany has has joined a growing list of countries refusing to grant political asylum to former intelligence analyst edward snowden. he has applied for protection from 21 countries after turning down an offer from russia. >> for more than a week, he has been an international fugitive, basically, since exposing american intelligence gathering activities without warrants against civilians. the u.s. has filed charges of treason on him and called on the kremlin to hand him over for trial. well, the door is slamming shut on mr. snowden, including here in germany. let's cross ove

and knocking into a ben kira from justice and from morocco who's toppling from the harada party in tunisia. >> and a possible comeback for former president nicholas sarkozy. >> it's the million dollar question in inference. he made his first official political appearance this week after losing his bid for re-election last year. a lot of people -- well, say maybe this was the beginning of a comeback if it was not quite the real come back. but he's been very mysterious you about the whole thing. we take a look at the secrets of a strange comeback. he's doing a great job at it. but the truth is, he hasn't really changed at all. when he's really out to do is get revenge according to them quite left liening magazine here in france. he's not really a rallying figure these days. >> that's dominick, the former i.m.f. chief and quite a famous figure here in france now. time wonders if he could be making a come back. and that makes me elliott spitter. >> what about dominique's. he's been making several provide experiences. he was at 10 and this week he gave his first international interview since hi

there's been high emotion in tunisia as thousands turned out for the funeral of a leader. his funeral took place under high security with riot police firing tear gas to disperse angry people. >> mohammed brahmi's could have,whave have,-- coffin was carried out of his home under military escort. in the crowd there were no  government representatives, only family members and friends who came to pay last respects and express anger at the leader of the other party. they are coming to dig your grave. >> mohammed brahmi's daughter ask her father serve as an example to the people. >> my father is a martyr to the arab nations. if the people ignore this blood shed there will be more martyrs. >> brahmi's widow and children accompanied his remains as the funeral correspond tennell made its way to the burial site. surrounding them thousands of people from all over. it ended at the gates of the cemetery. the crowd cheered as the casket was carried inside. the cleric led them in prayer before he was buried. he was laid to rest beside another opposition leader who was assassinated last