now, we see tunisia, and arab is looking for tunisia, and they will coexist. all. moderate supremacy groups, and the election will give home for other groups to isolate those extremists presented by isis. i know isil needs an operation, and it needs to be taken out, and that's why so so many groups are getting together to operate on this strange body that has been put in the middle of the heart of the arab world. and i think that it has no future there. it's an isolated group, and it has no popular embracement by the populous there. so it looks like it's very strong now, but it cannot survive without this popular embracement. >> let's talk about tunisia where it began, and voting in tunisia's elections, serving in the success of the country's revolution. >> reporter: violence and instability loom large in a country set to cast an historic vote. security forces track a group of people in a suburb of the capital of tunis. hiding out, killing the fighters, including five women. the police officials say they were arm and would planning to disrupt the country's politica

tunisia give a mother love and every arab is looking for tunisia. they are able to co-exist, modern islamic groups. that is the election. they'll give hope for other groups to isolate the extremist representatives by i.s.i.l. it's like - i.s.i.l. is an operation. it needs to be taken out of the body or it will kill it. that's why so many groups will operate. on the strange body. and i think it has no future there. it is an isolated group. it has no popular embracelet by the public there. it looks like it's strong. it cannot survive without this popular embracelet. >> we'll talk about tunisia, where the revolution began, more than 5 million will vote in the elections. it's expected to serve in a litmus test for success. hashem ahelbarra has more. >> reporter: violence and instability loom large in a country set to cast an historic vote. security forces track a group of people with explosives in-house in a suburb near tunis. special units stormed the house. police officials were planning to disrupt the political process. the raid happened as millions

be live in tunisia in just a little later in the show.et's know take you to ukraine where voting is underway in its parliamentary elections and post poroshenko's party will win the most of the vote and he may have to form a coalition and the president has made a surprise visit to a polling station in the eastern city and pro-russian fighters have threatened to retake the city after they were pushed out by government troops in july and baranabie is live in the capitol and explain to us how important are these parliamentary polls. >> reporter: i think they are very important, from the president's point of view what he is hoping for is a stronger mandate if you like. you have to remember there has been a, parliament which goes from viktor yanukovich who was over thrown and especially in central and western parts of the country are most members of parliament blocked reform in the subsequent months and they belong to the older ra of ukrainian politics of corruption and money and murky influence of oligogs and if you like it's trying to confirm

many of them, people here in tunisia right now younger people aren't going to come out now. but can you just tell us what's important for you today? have. >> it's a very important day, historical day, second election, free election in tunisia. what is important for the next few years, five years, the economy, the security, these are the main points and liberty also, of course. >> do you think the goals of the revolution which involve dignity, freedom they've all been achieved today or is there still a lock way to go? >> unfortunately, there's still a long ways to go and the previous three years have shown lots of issues and hopefully this will be less. >> thank you. jobs and security issue, it's quite a complicated process. there are thousands of potential candidates and so many different parties. but the two main blocks that are expected to do well have already spoken about a potential coalition. >> naz, thank you for that update. we will be staying with our coverage of the elections in tunisia throughout the day. >>> retaking the state from the islamic state of iraq and th

we talk to tunisia's youngest candidate. >>> welcome back, the top stories on al jazeera. egypt's president accused anti-government groups of plotting to overthrow the states. he warns egyptians to be vigilant. 30 soldiers were killed on friday >>> dozens of shia rebels have been killed in an ambush by sunni tribesman in southern yemen. fierce fighting in mraba city for days, and worst thing sectarian virus. >> reporter: the first confirmed ebola patient in mali died. the world health organisation is trying to trace people who had been in contact with the 2-year-old girl, and travelled from guinea. >> tunisia is set to take a next step with parliamentary elections on sunday. the country where the arab spring began is facing major challenges. this report from the capital. >> mokded is the youngsest candidate in the tunisia elections. he's campaigning in the area where he was born and spent most of his life. this 22-year-old recently graduated from university and want to win a seat in perimeter. his friend bike is the only way to move around and meet people. he doesn't trust

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. >> tunisia's scefltunisia's cony looks defeated in party elections. this is al jazeera live from our headquarters in doha. coming up, the most intense fighting for weeks as kurdish fighters battle i.s.i.l. for control of kobani. >>> under arrest, dozens of people are rounded up in spain linked to a crungs case. dilmcorruption case. dilma rousseff narrowly defeats her opponent. >>> three and a half years to progress. though it has not conceded defeat, senior party officials admit dmit to al jazeera that it is lagging behind. nazanin has more. >> waiting for official results before declaring victory. some unofficial results suggest the secular centrist party is in the lead. but even if it wins its members admit it can't rule alone. >> translator: we cannot talk about coalitions yet but we don't seclude anyone. and a main part of the political landscape in tunisia. >> want to be part of a new government and over the last three years has shown it's willing to compromise . anything we've said we stick to it. this is our country, in democracy we can be numb

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tunisia is about to complete a vital step.his is the second vote since the uprising that overthrew the then president. the anada party fired by politicalislam took 40% of the vote in elections that took place that followed in 2011. and that made way for elections under a nigh constitution. this year which allows parliament every oversight as well as independent monitoring. the parties are competing on two key issues, a shaky security situation in the country and, also, there is an economy with an unemployment at around 15%. hashima has covered. is that a polling station in tunnis. the polling stations have now officially closed, hasham. >> indeed, it's eight minutes past 6:00 p.m. local time and voting is over in tunisia at one of the biggest polling stations here in the capitol, and as you can see behind me, counting officers and scrutinies representing candidates are about to start counting ballots. it's going to take them some time. now, the voting has been described in general as regular, things went pretty smooth accordin

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tunisia's election system is based upon proportional representation.o party is likely to win a majority. the leader -- for the leader consensus is the only way forward. >> the lesson we learned from egypt and other countries is that in a transitional period, a simply majority won't be able to find it. you have to have an extended coalition consensus. >> the election will end four years of a transition that was marched by violence, instability and a deaning rift between conservatives and seculars. >> i think it's defining political moment. tunisia will basically stand on the basis of the outcome of this election as a country with some kind of opportunity to rebuild society, to rebuild the state. i guess to be the shining model. >> tunisia's future will be decided by more than 5 million voters. according to receipt opinion polls, half of them are undecided. >> this is where four years ago, thousands of tun easeians took to the streets to denious government oppression. freedom, 5 millions across the arab world. now people in the renalon wonder whether tun

tunisia is now about to complete a vital step in its democratic transition. this is the second vote since the uprising that overthrew the then president benali, the party inspired by political islam took 40% of the vote in elections that followed in 2011. >> made way under a new constitution this year which allows parliamentary oversight and independence monitoring. the parties are competing on two key issues. a shaky security situation as well as an economy with unemployment that's standing at around 15%. let's cross over to tunes and bring in albara. i was mentioning the security situation there, which we will talk about in just a moment. it's just about two hours left until the closing. the official closing of the polls there. how has it been? >> . >> reporter: well, international observers say the day went very smooth so far except for minor irregularities like officers turning up late or vot heers showing up at a polling station only to be told that we are not registered. the voter turnout is at 42%. good news here according to officials who expect that

back to tunisia. people are going under the polls under a proportional representation. 15,000 candidates are competing. 217 seats. this parlor particularly have sweeping executive powers. the winner should get 51% of the seats to form a government. 96 parties are taking part in the elections. the main battle is likely to make between conservatives and centrist parties. as you heard in the report, the elections are over shadowed by security problems and high unemployment. let's go to our correspondent. she is joining us from the capitol, tunis, for us. so no doubt, problems as we go in to election day, but what is the overall atmosphere feeling like in the capitol? >> reporter: i have to say there is a mood of excitement in many polling stations here in tunis and, also, around the country. people may be politically divided but at least now, they do have a choice of which path they want to take. but joining me now to talk about this further is yousef sharif, a blogger and researcher. yousef, how are you

. >>> a second part in tunisia overtakes to win parliamentary elections. >> it is now 40 years since the rumble in the jungle >>> the shooting of a right wing israeli rabbi led to the closure of temple mount in occupied east jerusalem. neither jews nor muslim worshippers can go there. the right wing rabbi was wounded outside a meeting to allow prayers sacred to jews and muslims. the gunman was shot and killed by security forces. palestinians - the third most sacred site to muslims - security forces are clashing in east jerusalem. we'll be live there in a moment. worth tying this in to the fact that the united nations security council had an emergency meeting on israel's plans to build more illegal home. u.n. warning israel, no resolution adopted by the council. the diplomatic editor james bays reports >>> soon after the announcement of more than 1,000 new illegal settler homes in occupied jerusalem, there was a meeting with the u.n. >> as long as they do not listen, peace will not move forward. it's an explosive situation, such as that faced today. >> there was widespread condemnatio

>> tunisia, yes. no major changes on the economic level. i think nidda tune ace, as liberal as others, perhaps a little less. it's a liberal party. it will depend who will be the coalition members. because nina tunize is obliged to go into the coalition and and to appoint the next government. it depends if they make alliances with more leftist groups and a more liberal right wing groups. until now, on the economic level, there would be no great change. perhaps the big difference between another led government in 2012/"13, and the nidda tounis led government. security can be a problem in terms of democracy, because sometimes it takes over a lot of prerogatives of dem okay rahsize and freedoms. that's why we have good checks and balances, in that records we have government threatening on security, and an opposition and the civil society arguing for freedoms. so same thing on the freedoms level will be on the same situation as in 2000, as before. >> we thank you. we have to leave it there. another country that has seen political upheaval, turm

>> the transition is new to tunisia so exit polling are new in tunisia and a new practice here.new for us but it's not new in established democracy and election is working against this practice but it is, we have to admit it, ruling and we will see what would be their judgment on this but we say this kind of practice is helpful for the democracy, to give an opinion even before the issuing of the results. they said they needed to wait for the end of the day but they have the results around 9:00 p.m. which very little influence on the election process itself. >> thank you so much for joining us here, of course, as he mentioned the important thing is that we wait for those official results and they are expected either today or in the coming days. >> thank you for that in the tunisia capitol and it was a close brazilian election in generations and president rousseff reelected for the second term and split in the biggest country almost evenly in two and pressure on to revive the economy and unite the country and we report. >> reporter: she is known not for charisma but fighting spiri

tunisia is volting to elect a new parliament.s one of the final stages in the country's four year political transition. in 2011, a popular uprising toppled former leader zin zina benali. ukraine's president made a surprise visit to the eastern city of krematosk. pet two poroshenko spoke to soldiers there and visited a polling station. in the last hour, polls have opened in brazil's presidential run-off. now, it's been a bitter campaign and the outcome is anything but certain. incumbent president dilma rousseff has just cast a vote. she is up against neves, a senator and former state governor. louis e a newman has more from the capital, brazil i can't. >> buying and selling a coconut at this market is a chance to show allegiance. no opportunity is too trivial to demonstrate who's side you are on brazil's most fiercely fought elections. >> the dual is between the incumbent worker's party, jean roussef rousseff. and social democratic senate neves, the grandson of a famous politician who died the day becoming brazil's first elected p

a very crucial moment ahead for tunisia., latest development is the official say that the voter turn out is at 51%. that's quite significant for them. because they were concerned that the uncertainty, the dissolution. over the event. might prevent people from further taking to the polling stations and cast a vote. who will win these elections? we don't know. but we know that parties are braced to make some significant gains tonight but there might be some surprises. independent candidates or other blocks having said that, the only way sought a government of national unity. most of the political leaders said after tonight they will reach out to each other. they will try to form a government. >> we were mentioning some of the challenges for tunisia as a country including the security challenges as well as the economy, it is still being hailed as a landmark elections, really a success story, a model for the arab world following all of the revolutions that have taken place. >> reporter: it's interesting to hear people when we ta

it's been closed for several hours in tunisia amidst enormous security concerns. we'll have a live report in 25 minutes. >> the u.s. led coalition forces launched five airstrikes against isil near kobane today. isil has been shelling kobane's city center. the peshmerga fighters prepare to go to syria from iraq to help their fellow kurdish fighters there. >> all that separates turkey here is barbed wire. syrian kurds on the other side. if they wanted to, they would be allowed to cross but don't want to leave behind their cattle or vehicle. most have elected to stay there and now have been there for weeks on end since isil started to circle and push on kobane. in the distance over there is kobane. this entrance to the area is one of two that could potentially be used by the iraq peshmerga when and if they come to kobane. you can see how close we are, just hearing the gunfire and the artillery in the distance. the other border crossing right in the center of kobane is where isil forces have been shelling with mortars, because they want to stop, they want to take cont

liberty, is that reflective of the wider mood in tunisia? what are the issues that matter to tunisians? >> jobs and security the main issues when you speak to people on the street and of course those freedoms that they fought and died for are in the revolution. this is part of the fact that they now have a choice, they can choose whether they want islamic party or islamic path or more secular path. during ali there was only one party and one path. that was one of the freedoms that people have gained. they want freedom of speech they want the constitution that was brought in in january of this year to be actually implemented so the freedoms are guaranteed. >> nazaneen mashiri, joining us from tunis. >>> retain the strategic city from islamic state of iraq and the levant. could help slow i.s.i.l.'s advance towards capital, baghdad. >> lebanon's gun battles in around around the northern city of tripoli, violence is seen as a spillover of the civil war in syria with sunni fighters snider by i.s.i.l. and al qaeda. stephanie decker is following th

it falls on the back of sunday's elections in tunisia. as mentioned they are viewed as crucial to restoring stability in the north african country. unemployment is an issue, despite job creation being an issue. we have this report from tunis. [ ♪ music ] >> reporter: the music is about poverty and unemployment. this group is recording lyrics in tooupizian -- tunisian slang, to dub over a french cartoon, they have a huge audience on social media. the message is don't vote unless you know why you are taking part in the elections. >> translation: when you watch television adds they don't mirror the streets. >> reporter: that is why many young people are angry. this is a graduate who can't find work. she travels to a job center every day. >> translation: the education system has not changed for countless number of years, it's more and more mediocre. jobs and dignity are among the slowingians of the uprising. the frustration that unemployment keeps rising. we speak to young people in cafes like this. many tell you they don't know if they are v

. >>> votes are being counted in tunisia. in 2011 a revolution sparked uprisings across the middle east and north africa. monitors say voter tonne out hit 60% in a pole that was free and fair. there has been heavy security presence, but no violence reported. al jazeera's hashem ahelbarra sent this update from the tunisian capital. >> many political parties have hailed the elections as a milestone towards democracy. voter turn out reached 21%, quite significant, and there were concerns that voter turn out would be low, given the security concerns. stability and violence. it has, in fact, succeeded 2011, which was at 51%. now the centerist that tunisia calls is leading followed by another. we have to wait for the results of other party to be able to give a sense to - that the parties are likely to form a unity government. however, comes to power, we have to tackle the following issues or instability to the rise of armed groups, and the same time they had employment, tunisians have become disillusioned with the political process

. >>> polls have been closed for several hours in tunisia. the country that sparked revolutions across the middle east and north africa. residents are voting for a new parliament. a test for the effort to achieve democracy >>> there is a sense of excitement across tunisia. for many young people, this is the second time they voted in a free election here. the thing is democracy will not be easy to achieve. >> it's a long way to go. i see so much creativity, and so many things coming out of the revolution. i'm staying positive. i know that there's a long, long way to go. >> most people are expected to vote for the two major political forces. the call for tunisia promises a separation between the state and religion. and another which is an islamic party led by this man, who lived in exile for decades under the previous regime. >> today the dreams of the martyrs of april come true. those who died when they spoke up in tunisian parliament, and god bless the army and police men. >> the electoral system, proportional representation makes it unlikely

. >> my priority is security, gich the ruse of terrorism in tunisia and the region. i'm determined to fix the economy and build strong ties with the international community. >> morjane and others face a tough challenge. the tunisian election system is based on proportional representation. no party is likely to win a majority. the con sensis is the only way forward. the lesson that we learnt from egypt and other countries is that a transitional period, a majority will not be able to solve the problems. you have to have an extended coalition. to do that you need consensus. >> it will end four years of a transition marred by violence and instability. >> i think it's degining political moment. tunisia will basically stand on the basis of the outcome of this election as a country with some kind of opportunity to rebuild society, to rebuild the state. i guess to be the shining model. >> tunisia's future will be decided by more that 5 million voters. half of them are undecided. >> this is where four years ago thousands of tunisians took to the street to denounce government

there is a sense of excitement in cues across tunisia. for many young people, this is the second time they voted in a free election here but he admits democracy won't be easy to achieve. >> it's still a long way to go. being a fashion entrepreneur, i saw so much creativity and so many things coming out of this revolution, i am staying positive. i know there is a long, long, long way to go. >> most people are expected to vote for the two major political forces. the, one party that means the call for tunisia calls for a separation between the state and religion and an islamic party led by this man who lived in exide i'll for decades under the previous regime. >> today, the dreams of the marters of april come frew, those who died when they spoke of the tun easeian parliament. god bless our army and policemen who protected this path. >> the electoral system makes it unlikely one party will win an overall majority. there will have to be some sort of an agreement. i don't see any coalition, they are grass roots toward each other and they have b

is this enthusiasm being shared across tunisia? >> definitely, and also by the international community. the problem here is that people remember what happened here in neighbo neighboring libya. at the same time they all know this is still a fragile political process it means that the international community wants this to be a genuine, peaceful smooth transition, otherwise they have to grapple with another country facing more instability and violence. this is something that could pave the way for groups to launch many attacks. >> it should be interesting to see what the development happens. thank you, live from tunisia. let's go to richard. we have heavy rain hitting south america. >> meteorologist: yes, we've got a front that is interacting with this area of play. it's tropical depression number 9. you can see this area of cloud stuck over the region. that's given some very heavy rain over honduras. 73 millimeters, and if you put it in context of what we normally expect at this time going into november you're probabl probably looki

>> with the general election days away, tunisia security forces surround a house near the capitol in a major anti terrorism operation. >> ukraine ceasefire at risk, the pro russia rebel leader in donetsk plans to retake three cities. >> there has been brutal and violent attack on our soil. >> canada's prime minister calls for killing of the soldier outside parliament a terrorist attack. we'll be live in ottawa. >> once the sound of mobile technology, now nokia cell phones reached the end of the line. >> just a couple of days before the general elections and supreme court force in tunisia have been exchanging fire with an armed group just west of the capitol. police surrounded a house where suspected fighters have been hiding out since wednesday. so far, one policeman's been killed and another injured in the standoff. >> sunday's elections are seen at crucial to restoring civility in this north african country. unemployment is a big issue, despite job creation being a key issue in the uprising of 2011. we report from tunis. ♪ the music is about poverty and unemployment. this group is

because they are very strong with huge backing here in tunisia. but it remains to be seen whether two parties have been having many, many differences in the past, huge divisions, politically divided can agree on a new agenda to rule the country. but the general sentiment here is that if tunisia is to be an exception in an arab world that has been beset by military coups, civil wars, sectarian divide, there need to be compromise and consensus. and to build that consensus you have to bring all the political parties and agree on a plan and move forward. >> over to ukraine now. early results are in for today's parliamentary election. prowestern parties who support president petro poroshenko look like they'll dominate the parliament. >> the results of the election bring all the prodemocratic, proeuropean forces. that gives us a lot of opportunity to develop to provide the reform, to present the program of strategy 2020. where we have steps for anticonstructioanticorruption, e rule of law, steps for the investment requirement. >> produce separatists are

. >> reporter: tunisia's youngest candidate in the upcoming election.is campaigning in the area where he was born and spent most of his life. 23-year-old mukdad realtime graduated from university and wants to win a seat in parliament. his friend's bike is his only way to move around and meet people. like many young tunisians, he says he doesn't trust the political parties. >> i have decided to run for the election so that young people in tunisia take destiny in to their own hand. here, political parties use young and poor people to distribute leaveless, banners and candidate posters and when the elections are over, they ignore them. >> people here say they are willing to vote for him but they are not sure a young inexperienced candidate can solve their problems. he is getting a taste of the challenges candidates face. munya lives with her family in this crudely-built place. she wants a decent house, financial aid and free medicine for her chronic illness. a day later, she is in good spirits. he is joined by young candidates for a final rally. apart from

the largest number of fighters have come from tunisia, saudi arabia and jordan. more than 100 fighters are from the u.s. alone. social media such as youtube, twitter and facebook play a large role in isil recruitment. there is one village in the south of france that shows the power of the message. 18-year-old sarah grew up in a town where her family says relations turn ed sour when she demanded to wear a full islamic veil. she began looking herself up in her room with they are computer. one day she is disappeared. >> it's psychological kidnapping. i don't know how long sarah was indoctrinated. they must have told her various things and brainwashed her to reach this point. >> sarah said she's not coming back to france. if she does she could face terrorist charges. >> the new phenomena that i worry about are the fighters and threat of violent extremism here at home. those two phenomenon are things that our government needs to prepare for. >> passing a resolution to adopt laws to penalize foreign fighters. >> isil poses a significant threat to the people of iraq and

>> i mean, tunisia, what is happening in tunisia does not suggest that they are a perfect ideal fullyfunctioning democracy. these are the real problems and will continue to have real problems for a while. ..

. >>> we begin in to yo to tunisia. sources tell more about its parliamentary election. >> it was an historic vote that was not without pride. a businessman turned politician not long ago comes forward in these elections. in the party that many thought would win these elections have conceded defeat, and they accept the choice of the people. more details about the after mast of the elections, the expectations an. >> there is a quiet sense of expectation at the headquarters of t use n circumstance. they'll be waiting for official results before declaring victory. some unofficial results suggest the party is in the lead. even if it wins its members admit it cannot rule alone. >> we cannot talk about coalitions here, but we don't exclude anyone. and it is part of the political landscape. >> it's rival is also waiting. it wants to be part of a new government and over the last threw years it has shown it's willing to compromise. >> anything that we've said we stick to it because this is our country, this is democracy. and dem

tunisia is also voting to elect its new parliament under a new constitution. one of the phases in the political ousting of zine el abidine ben ali in 2011. >> if i can take you inside i'll show you why the protest has been particularly slow. only allowing one at a time. observers national and international watching over the proceedings. people really are thinking about jobs and security but also about their freedoms. if you remember, four years ago, before the revolution took place, there was really only one choice, that was zine el abidine ben ali. now people can vote for a more secular path or a left wing or socialist path. they have a choice, and they want to maintain the selections people die for. >> iraqi security forces say they've retain the strategic town of jal el sakr from islamic state of iraq and the levant. it is hoped it can slow i.s.i.l.'s advance towards the capital of baghdad. let's go to our correspondent imran khan. why is this seen as so strategically crucial. >> well, the town of jafar el sakr is a jumping off point. if i.s.i.l. was able t

general decided to sell back two-thirds of the funds we had frozen in switzerland to tunisia. that's only after three years. we never had that in the past. the quickest case we've had so far -- don't know if you perhaps have more rapid procedures -- the quickest case in our history took five years. we were efficient because we had an excellence cooperation with nigeria in that case. now in tunisia we solved the case within three years, and i think that in part is also due to an excellent international cooperation. we could solve the case because we have close cooperation with tunisia but also because we worked with other jurisdictions. and in order to collect all the information you need, that's the best approach. so i am pretty confident for two reasons. first, asset recovery is now a topic on the international agenda. and second, international cooperation has usually increased over the past two years. i think that is a very important development. >> your point about this being a north-south issue now where it's not just seen as an issue of the affected countries or the corru

. >>> in a few hours preliminary results expected in tunisia landmark election and the parliamentary step in the democratic transition since the overthrow of the president in 2011. elections that year brought in a party inspired by political islam to power. under that government a new constitution was introduced in january. and new rights of freedom and subjecting the government to parliamentary oversight and sunday's election sets the stage for a presidential election next month and we are in the capitol tunis for us and uncharted territory today in tunisia. >> yes, it is and it's a lot of excitement and talk in the cafe in tunis and around the country and this is a person from i-watch monitoring the elections and the newspapers are full of news about the high turn out, 60%, were you surprised by this figure? >> positively surprised actually and we are expecting the boycott containing to be of an interest and to be like somehow in the ground and we have 10% more than 2011. it's funny that some news outlets consider this as mediocre turn out and i don't know how they make their own d

a main part of the political landscape in tunisia. >> it's arrival party is also waiting. it wants to be part of a new government and over the last three years it's shown it's willing to compromise. >> anything that we've said we stick to it. because this is our country and this is democracy, we can be number one, almost number two. there is no issue, the issue the program. >> reporter: the tunisian people are the real winners. there was an unexpected high turnout and now a possible change, without the problems of other arab spring countries. >> this is very important for the establishing of democracy. we are not having a same political party winning over and over again, we are witnessing, probably witnessing in the next two or three days a smooth assignation of powrt. power. >> but that will not be over yet. , also need to win the trust of the people in the system. >> in less than a comom as it finally gets to choose its own path, nazanin oshiri, al jazeera, tunis. >> how will the party lead the next tunisian government? >> first option is to forge an alliance with both h

some see him as the bell sconeny of tunisia.re's no doubt that media free dome is important to tu -- tunisia democracy. this is the organization appointed to watch over the broadcast industry. it was set up last year after a lot of political disagreement. it has tough on outlets that break rules. taking away some licenses. >> translator: politics is politics and immediate wra is media, and we need to separate the link between them. because in modern history media was corrupted by mixing the two, and that leads to propaganda. >> reporter: this new documentary tries to capture the atmosphere of the last four years. it could never have been made before the revolution. >> we need politicians also to -- not to make us go back to where we came from. so with these elections, i hope that, you know, we will go on and continue to -- on the path of democracy and liberty of speech. >> reporter: now the media is free to question politicians, but it's still learning to adapt to this new more independent environment. >>> a doctor in new york h

another is the main part of the political landscape in tunisia. >> the rival is waiting. it wants to be part of a new government. it is showing that it is willing to compromise. >> anything we said, we stick to it. this is our country, democracy. this will acknowledge it. the main thing is the program. the campaigners, the tunisian people, are the real winners. there was unexpected high turn out. and now a change in government, without the violence of other arab spring countries. >> we are probably going through, as the nation of power. this is important for the establishing of democracy. we are not having the same political party winning over and over again. we are witnessing in the next 2-3 days, a smooth acclimation of power. the transition is not over yet. >> the next government needs to get to work quickly, to create jobs and bring a sense of security. it needs to win the trust of people in the democratic system, before going to the polls again. >> in less than a month, tunisians will elect a new president, an historic moment for the country as it chooses its own pat

>> i mean, tunisia, what is happening in tunisia does not suggest that they are a perfect ideal fully functioning democracy. these are the real problems and will continue to have real problems for a while. .. never even showed up in the results. what is that telling you? people want results. and if people, you know, do not see results, they are not going to cast their vote blindly just because of some islamist party or just because it's the party -- and who is the party that is one? a new party, not mrs. or progressive led by an 86 you old man formed only two years after the revolution, right? and it was able to succeed the largest islamist organized party in the country which has been operating since 1981. the message is clear. from now on performance is going to trump ideology. this is a war of values i think that need to be fought in the arab world. it's not being fought. other than tunisia we have very few countries, if any, that understand that the real battle is a battle for pluralism and for inclusion, not a battle between secular and religious elements. >> thank you. we will o

. >> in tunisia, polls have been closed for hours now. residents voted for a new parliament.it is the country that sparked revolutions across the middle east and north africa. today's election is seen as a test in the countries transition to democracy. we have more. >> it was really amajor concern just to give an idea in a city which is on the western part of the country, polling stations opened late because of the same time the army was launching a counter terror operation. a group the government accuses of having ties with al-qaeda, but the 60% of the registered voters who cast their vote today had a strong message that whoever wins the election has to tackle this issue, because tunisia has been grappling with the arrival of armed groups and violence and people say we don't want democracy coming along with instability. we want to strong government that puts an end to violence. >> what are people expecting? are people preparing for a coalition government? >> as we speak, we know from our sources that the race is very tight between the conservative party and the centrists. no

>> i think tunisia is a huge deal. i read a lot about over the weekend. and liberia and they decided to go secular after a two-year islam experiment. though they have made a secular choice, they are sending a lot of fighters to isis. you have volunteers who don't feel and franchise by what is going on there. >> you are about ready to wander into that area. the arab spring started in tunisia and it is the last experiment of democracy standing. >> you go back four years to see whether the region would look like this now. i'm reading more to get up on speed. >> i am watching ebola. that's my agenda today and i'm not watching new jersey and new york. i'm watching it in west africa is that's the real problem we have to worry about. what we are looking at here is theater and their is an unchanged global problem. washe mayor of new york eating meatballs of the same place the dr. who came down with a virus eight. a --te. >> this is a critical moment. economicagenda, cut data, pending home sales for the month of september and that comes out after the market opens

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and that's the main part of the political landscape in tunisia. >> reporter: the rival is also waitingit wants to be part of a new government and has shown it is willing to compromise. >> anything we have said we stick to it. because there is our country, and we stick to democracy. the main thing is the program. >> reporter: the democracy campaign is the tunisian people are the real winners. there was an unexpected high turnout, and now possible change of government without the violence of other arab spring countries. >> we are probably going through an alteration of power. this is very important for the establishing of democracy. we are not having the same political party winning over and over again. we are witnessing, or probably will be witnessing, a smooth alteration of power. >> reporter: but that transition isn't over yet. the next government will need to get to work quickly, and win the trust of the people in the democratic system before they go to the polls once again. in less than a month tunisians will elect a new president, an historic event for this country, as it finally g