we have this report. >> this is a moment tunisia's parliament agreed on a new government. it wasn't an easy decision for many of these members. it will be a coalition government. the opposition will be small and weak but tunisia's next prime minister says it's the only option. >> we're all invited. the government and political parties, national organizations and civil society to work hard hand-in-hand to open the doors of hope. >> most of the ministers are from tunis the biggest party. a small number are from it's named political and ideological rival. >> they seem to put aside their differences on how much influence religion should have on state affairs and focusing on issues they agree on. >> like improving the economy. that's a priority. she renovated this historical building into a boutique hotel. she wants to see more economic reform. >> i think there are tremendous investment opportunities in tunisia in almost every sector and a lot of educated youth to create jobs for so i think the priority would be to make the administrative process a lot smoother for startups. >>

. >> let's go to tunisia where the punters started to debate unity on monday. it includes members from the party who won the election and from the main political rival. here live is our correspondent nisreen al-shamayleh who is there. confidence is expected in order for the government to be adopted. are we expecting it to go. >> know. ... and the broad culture established successfully in tunisia, on the other hand it's almost as if you have a one-party state. and there are those that cry out that democracy is not respected. >> well exactly. in october it was tunisia's first ever democratic election for a new parliament which is behind me here. and the country really was polarized on whether to vote for nidaa tunis. they won. but they are going into coalition with the opposition. leaving a thin opposition in parliament. it almost will become like a one-party state. others say look the party is so polarized at the moment unity is good to bring about stability which the country needs. to sort out all the economic and social matters. >> nisreen al-shamayleh live fr

and tunisia is extremely concerned.has its own issues with a large number of nationals who have gone to syria and iraq. and now it is said that there is a large number of tunisia nationals who have made their way into libya. an estimated 400 tunisiians and yemenis are currently in sert. and then we have had just 24 hours ago, fighting in the southwest of the country. that has been ongoing for quite a while. so certainly a lot of concerns. you have algeria who is also very concerned. both tunisia and algeria have beefed up their security at the borders, but these are very long borders, and it's extremely complicated. >> hoda abdel hamid thank you. >>> qatar has recalled its ambassador from egypt for consultation. the decision follows comments by the egyptian envoy to the arab league about qatar backing terrorism. something qatar strongly denies. >>> united states has identified 1200 syrian rebels as so-called moderate fighters that it can train to take on isil. it's part of a u.s. military-lead program expected to begin

. >> reporter: i am in southern tunisia.ill be explaining why so many people are leaving this region and the impact it's having on the community here. ♪ ♪ >>> the u.s. has criticized nigeria's decision to postpone presidential elections scheduled for next week. secretary of state john kerry has issued a statement saying the u.s. was deeply disappointed with the move. he said political interference with the independent national electoral commission is unacceptable and it is critical the government does not use security concerns as a pretext for impeding the democratic process. now, the electoral commission says the polls will be held six week later than planned because of the security concern. kerry says the international community will watch closely a report from abuja abuja now. >> reporter: the head of the said he was ready to conduct the polls. but the security chiefs said they could not guarantee the safety of voters, in particular of areas affected by boko haram. >> if the security of personnel voters election observers

it's a concern for tunisia. the border security beefed up by tunisia and al jazeera. domestically there are many problems. just yesterday morning there were four security forces killed in the south-west. an area where there has been a lot of confrontation with one group. tunisia had one of the largest numbers of foreign fighters. first to syria and iraq and now, indeed - so syria does not favour foreign intervention at the moment. >> thank you for reporting to us from the tunisian-libyan border >>> qatar recalled its ambassador from egypt. there are reports of a row. a row where an egyptian delegate accused qatar of terrorism. all arab league members should have been consulted before any military action. president obama is saying the united states is not at war with islam. but those that have distorted the religion he has been speaking at a summit on extremism. patty culhane reports. >> reporter: this summit was called for last year. the obama administration said the attacks in canada australia, paris and copenhagen gave the issue new urgency. president obama took to

. >> tunisia's parliament are based on a uni government. it includes representatives from both parties >>> tunisia has thrown up many surprises. they have to wait. the two biggest parties in the country. the agerity, uniting mps, agreeing to the government. they are concerned. they have come together in this way. it was more like a one-party state. some say that when they voted in the democratic elections in october, they were hoping that it would count for the party they voted for. others say the unity government is stability. it seems tunisia's political leaders put aside the role relationships play in state affairs to focus on issues in the country. like security. >> i.s.i.l. fighters captured an oil field south-west of the city of kirkuk. a governor - a major assault and setback. zeina khodr reports. for two days the oil field belonged to the islamic state of iraq and levant. the attack was part of a major offensive. last friday i.s.i.l. fighters fought the stronghold. they laid claim to kilometres of territory where there are many oil

there is a great deal of polarization in tunisia. we will assist the opposition to make for the people of tunis. >> let's go live to our correspondent correspondent. is there any doubts that the new government will be confirmed. it's a matter of rubber-stamping, is it? >> tunisian politics came up with many things over the last four years. they need 109 votes from members. and you would think that number one and two biggest parties are in the bost enabling for is to be past and the government to get to work. it seems that it is a party promoting political system and nidaa tunis, a secular type of party, have put aside their differences on religion and the role it should play in state affairs, and decide to focus on the economy. they come together forming the unity government. >> tunisians for the most part. what do they make of the coming together of the two. a vast number needed for nidda and assumed they'd take up an opposition role to act as a check to nidda tunes, which they won't as they are in a government. ounes, which they wo

we know that qatar tunisia and algeria are opposed to the egyptian plan.two of those countries tunisia and algeria will be speaking in an hour heirs time from now as well the egyptian from libyan counterpart. i think also worth adding, julie, there are quite a lot of other countries that don't think that the right answer is sending more weapons to lib y even if it's just to one of the governments. they believe the way forward is more talks between the two governments, and we'll also hear in that meeting the u.n. special envoy who has to deal with all this, and trying to get the two sides together. i think it would be important to listen to them and see if they think more talks are feasibler and can achieve anything. >> we'll be talking with james bays later this evening. thank you. >>> now in libya the fall out from egypt's airstrikes against ill go on. egypt says that it targeted isil training camps but witnesses say some of their attacks mistheir target. we have reports from the tunisian border. >> this boy was a casualty of airstrikes by the egyptian mi

tunisia had all the time said we are absolutely not apologizing. they've now since suspended the president of the federation and given him another ultimatum. you apologize by 31 march or you'll be kicked out of the 2007 africa cup of nations. >> robin adams, thank you very much for that. >> on friday, the rugby union six nations gets underway with a big game between championship contender wales and england but unwailings research has been taking place into the effects of concussions on players which is causing increasing concern. we have a report. >> the bigger the sportsmen the bigger the tackles and the impact. >> it's a simple equation. with the increasing size of those who play rugby concussion and long term effects are something they need to take into account. >> in wales the professor and his team analyzed 280 current and retired players in laboratory conditions and investigating the early onset of dementia. >> concussion an injury to the body or the head. most don't involve consciousness, they are very, very subtle, so these are alternative

ben ali ruled tunisia for 23 years. tunisian voters in december elected beji caid essebi as president. he is the leader of a secular party. creating jobs raising the standard of living and increasing economic opportunities are priorities for tunisians. analysts warn that islamic extremists are becoming more active. they're reportedly recruiting many young tunisians. the country's new leaders face the dual challenge of maintaining security and stabilizing the economy. >>> the positive pulse on the japanese economy, ron madison has the details on the latest data just released. >> yeah that's right, gene. a key japanese economic indicator rose in december. this has prompted officials and the cabinet office to raise their assessment of the economy for the first time in 17 months. officials now describe the economy as improving. they cite the 1.5 point increase in the coincident index to 110.7, compared to november. the index is based on a range of data from factory output to personal spending. the officials attribute the im

they haven't crossed yet into tunisia. this is a huge lodge asking challenge for tunisia. if there is a run of some of these immigrants, some put the number at 1.3 million so a whole lot of numbers tunis want to make sure they are airlifted back to egypt as quickly as possible. >> thank you from the tunisia border. >> qatar recalled its ambassador to egypt recalled him for althoughation after comments from the egyptian envoy to the arab league about qatar allegedly backing terrorism something qatar said it doesn't do. the secretary general said the gulf states are voicing support for qatar. >> the united states claims it's identified 1200 syrian rebels which it describes as so-called moderate fighters which it believes it can train to take on isil. this is part of the u.s. led military program that is expected to begin next month. turkey, saudi arabia and qatar have offered to carry out the training. >> germany rejecting a greek request for more time to pay back his massive loan to the european union. the tsipras government asked for a six month extension the existing bail

you've heard similar comments here in tunisia and in nearby algeria. the main problem in libya ever since the fall of muammar gaddafi regime, there hasn't been any political unity. there is not one track that has been coming forward and without that, without unity it's very difficult to demilitarize the country, because hundreds of brigade that is exist around the country have said it very clearly ever since gadhafi was killed said there they would not give up weapons until there is unity or neutral national security forces. all of that does not exist in libya. there is a meeting scheduled to be held next monday in morocco. that comes at the back of two other u.n.-sponsored meet thanks happened in geneva and inside libya. now this time, i spoke to some of the politicians in both tripoli and in tobruk and they said they will hunker down until there is unity. both governments realize they have the backing of a coalition of strong militias, but a lot of libyans are alienated from both sides. >> while we talk about the political ma entrepreneurings, fighti

southern tunisia is mainly oil smuggling from libya since the security has been beefed up.l trade has come to a stop. now there is little to do for most of the people here. >> translator: nothing will change whether one talks or not. it was daily trade. they call it smuggling. it was just enough to feed us, nothing more, now there is nothing. >> reporter: the situation has hit young people, particularly hard in an area where economic development is close to none. some say it's so dire it is pushing some of the youth to look in to the wrong direction. >> translator: the youth in this country are under pressure to find a solution. they have lost all hope. so they deciding to and maybe die. >> reporter: it's a worry that haunts him his two sons of 28 and 30 years old are unemployed. he says they are at breaking point. >> translator: they could steal, they could look the other way and join isil. they have nothing to lose. of course some will go for sure. the government is doing nothing for them. my sons are disgusted. there is so much danger for the youth now. >> reporter: peop

tunisias federation has until thursday to send a letter of apology or risk being banned. they've been fined $50,000 for insolent aggressive and unacceptable behavior. during their loss to equatorial guinea a controversial penalty was awarded to the host, helping them to a 2-1 win. fights broke out the referee at the center of the match has been suspended for six months for failing to maintain calm. the equatorial guinea coach had this to say. >> we should not be talking about something that does not add anything to football. if beckham wears clean or dirty underpants. let's talk about football. enough with questions that aren't related to out cambridge tuesday. after holding them to a draw at home reality hit for cambridge beaten at stat ford. preston will now be at home to united. >> golden state tightened their grip routing sacramento 101-96. 21 points on the night opened up a nine-point advantage. the jazz rallied and managed to cut the lead but came up one point short. portland hanging on for a 103-102 win. >> michael clarke will return to captain cause cause's contra

tunisia, and yemen. it's not clear how much they are in the style of al qaeda, and to what extent they are seeking to capitalize on the vicious branding of isis. a new feature in "the atlantic" argues that isis and its adherents subscribe to a remarkably coherent ideology rooted in a literal reading of islam harkening back to the middle ages, and here in u.s. we'd do well to pay attention. graham, great to have you here. you talk about it basically being a kind of apocalyptic fundamentalist vision of islam returning to its eighth century roots. >> that's well put. and you can see that really in all of the rhetoric that the islamic state puts out, including the video of the 21 christians killed over the weekend. it's not just one of the rhetorical modes that isis uses. it really is the only one. and the message is the way it justifies itself. >> one of the things i learned from the article, there's a part of the message where they talk about rome, that actually in this kind of apocalyptic ideology that th

if tunisia goes, i don't know that we have much to say positive about the arab spring as a whole. >> what role does the u.s. have to play their? >> there are a lot of things on the table right now that are not good ideas or not peaceful. one is another large-scale military intervention. that would be too costly right now. another would be to back the factions on the ground. egypt is doing that. they are backing the house of representatives, which is the internationally-backed fashion. the prospects for that to work and in force military piece on libya are very low and it would be a bloody route. we are trying to contain it the problem in hopes of a negotiated settlement. even to contain the program, a lot more needs to be done to eventually conduct counterterrorism operations. >> when you look at the state of north africa, how worried are you? >> it's hard not to -- there are a lot of crises in the world which is one of the reasons it is not receiving the attention that it perhaps deserves. i think it goes without saying that were not for ukraine, the growth of isil, syria, and iraq,

. >> violence in libya is affecting businesses across the border in tunisia. towns where people depend on the flow of traffic have been worse affected. movement dwindled since tunisian authorities closed several cross sings. we have this report. >> reporter: not many customers come to this man's shop these days business has been slowed down sense the tunisian government imposed an export tax of $15 for each foreigner leaving the country with goods through land borders. >> translation: so the libyans don't come any more. i used to have 50-60 client per day. now there are none. my income decreased, our situation was worse with the chaos in libya >>> the world bank said cross-border illegal trade is costing tunisia more than $600 million a year. the government decided to clampdown. the border is open but there's less traffic because of decreasing speed and lack of security on roads in libya. a few months ago the government declared the border area a military zone. the army has been deployed to stop weapons or fighters getting into the country. it's having an impa

and the government says there are thousands of young tunisias fighting for isil. the vice president of parliament says the country needs unity. we agreed that this is aphids that we are passing through, a phase of agreement, we should all agree for the interest oz if country. for some, the new government is a threat, for others it offers stability. but most people here, say they are willing to give it a chance. to prove it can change things. >> in west africa the fight against boko haram is escalated. most of the dead are civilians witnesses say they were killed in their homes and mosques. they are planning a military strategy to take out boko haram. france is conducting surveillance from the air they are not doing enough in the fight against the rebel group, the u.s. which is on the sidelines is also calling for a global response. forbess from chad declared victory on tuesday. they say they killed more than 200 fighters but each victory seems to spark a new attack. divers are still searching for victims of a transairways plane. the pilots are being hailed at hero

but tunisia's next prime minister says it is the only option. >> we are all invited. the government and political parties national organizations and 70 society to work hard, hand in hand, to open the doors of hope. >> most of the ministers that's the biggest party. and a small number are from the party the main rival. >> tunisia's leaders seem to have put aside their differences on how much influence religion should have on state affairs and are instead focusing on the issues they do agree on. >> like improving the economy. that's a priority for hala. she renovated this history call building into a boutique hotel. she want today see more economic reform. >> i think there are tremendous investment opportunities, and almost every sector. a lot of education to create the jobs for i think to make the process a lot smoother. >> and the government says there are thousands of young tunisias fighting for isil. >> the vice president says the country needs unity we agreed as we felt that this is a phase that we are passing through, aphids of dialect agreement and harmony, we sh

our correspondent is in tunisia close to the libyan border. she sends us this: >> we do have confirmed that there was at least two car bombs, one that targeted a police station and one a gas station. the significance of the area is that it's in eastern libya but it's also the hometown of the speaker of the dissolved parliament, or if you want to put it another way now the parliament in tobruk. people i spoke to say that could be in retaliation of the egyptian airstrikes in the sense that the government in tobruk welcome assistance. >> the phone call is from more than a year ago. it was when sisi was not the president, he was then defense minister of egypt. >> now to syria and turkey said it and the united states want to start training moderate syrian rebels on turkish soil next month. syria's information minister said if the u.n. wants a ceasefire in aleppo to succeed it has to get the countries that back the rebels onboard. we have a report. >> the moderate syrian opposition which is battling both isil fighters and president bashar al assad's

they targeted the building with homemade bombs more on hoda form until neighboring tunisia. what's the significance of this? >> reporter: the most significant part of this is really to create the sense of insecurity even in tripoli. now, we know that benghazi, there is lawlessness and it has been there awhile. tripoli has been more or less stable. so probably the main point is that bearing in mind that the residents of the ambassador had been an empty building since 2012 and that the bombs were not really very big. the detonation did cause minor damage but nothing significant. there were no casualties. i think it's come at a time when everybody is asking the question: how spread is isil and the affiliates around libya. have they infiltrated and are they in the east and west? all of this plays well into the sort of insecurity and uncertainty that libyans are living in and certainly, also raising the questions of the international community level. >> why hoda? why attack the empty iranian ambassador's residence in tripoli? >> well, the republican -- iran has never been a frien

tunisia tops that list.what they are doing in syria is the right way. >> do you know how they died? >> they were kill eded. one of them exploded himself. and he made a video. i saw it. >> all the people think about going because of freedom. most didn't even read the koran. they met people and they just went with them. they came from poor places. they even live in poor places. >> why are so many people from tunisia joining isis? >> the internet, you go to the paradise. >> we watched the video they make. . >> when you see an isis video, what do you think? >> sometimes i'm proud. >> watching a video about osama bin laden and how he is going to fight because they get so many people in iraq. >> message to america you want to give out? >> just know that we hate them. >> more and more isis recruits troubling. but another trend we're watching is voices of dissent rising up. some taking on terrorists face to face. a video of one brave elderly woman has been circulating. the woman is seen confronting two member member

well looking at devoting in parliament 166 votes that's a pretty comfortable passing of tunisia's new government, controversial because it includes the main ideological and political rival of the party which won most votes in the election but at the same time, i think most people just want this new government, whoever it includes to get on with the job of solving the problems of this country, which include the economy, joblessness the social problems that led to the revolution in the first place and the new additional problems of the last four years which have to do with security. >> as with this deal, we've got both sides unifying, so to speak. do we still have an opposition? that is one of the problems. the main two parties in government and other smaller parties are quite popular here, so that has weakened the opposition. a lot of people are saying this is like a one party plate. others say this will bring stability to the country and the country needs that desperately right now. this is of course for many tunisians, the fact that parliament agreed on this coalition going forward a

. >> many in tunisia are searching for jobs and a better life. the change is damaging close knit communities. in our series, depopulation. we report. >> for almost all her children's live, has she been both a mother and father figure. her tunisian husband stayed in france even after they married. they facebook and skype but only see him once a year. she doesn't want to educate her children in france, so her family will continue living separate lives. >> he wishes he could find work here. if there were jobs here and a good salary, because our needs have increased then of course it would be better for all of us if he could come back. >> this is why there's no work here this desert region has a harsh, dry climate. there is as lack of water and facilities and no fourism. >> immigration in the area is nothing new. people started to move to tunisia's coastal citied and then went to places likeable injury i can't. most of the people of this town today ever ended up in france. >> many of the these areas were built by france. >> tunisian authorities and p

. >> tunisia has worked out. >> right. we would be remiss to celebrate tunisia and move on. >> tip they had to them. [laughter] -- toip a hat to them. >> whether or not the saudis become a western-style democracy anytime soon, in that neighborhood, it has historically been true that you take your friends and allies rather as they come and understand that you have alignments of different sorts, strategically. we got away from that of it in egypt. it has resulted in a bit of a confused state as to who it is we would actually wish were there. we don't have the strong egypt we once had which created a significant buffer to iran. what is your sense of how we harmonize our ideological views and having a secure ally that thinks differently than we do? >> this is your best question so far. [laughter] this is a question we need to think about a lot. foreign policy is not one thing. american values and american liberty is a force for good in the world. if we could create the freest world, we would have less threats, less violence, l

al jazeera has more from the border with libya in tunisia.eporter: it was early morning when a triple car bomb attacked ripped through the village. the sequence of bombings took place. this is the hometown of the speaker of parliament of the u.n. recognized government. he says the bombing was likely in retaliation for egypt egypt's air strikes. friday's bombing underlines how much more these air strikes have further destabilized the country. it's had an impact on the estimated 1 million egyptians who work in libya. this is the first batch who left the country via tunisia. >> i'm so happy i'm safe. the issue is much bigger than us but suddenly we were targeted losing our jobs and many things happened. >>reporter: but the majority of people here would not tell us their story on camera saying that ever since egypt carried out the air strikes in eastern libya, the situation of egyptian workers has become more vulnerable. the international community is also concerned about the impact of egypt's increasing role in libya libya libya. those who choos

. >>> and part 2 of our series on depopulation - we will be in southern tunisia, where some areas were coast downs. young people were relocating to the capital, because they can't find jobs. sunday here on al jazeera. >> next here on the newshour it's been a here since the russian city of sochi hosted the winter olympics. we tell you why sanctions are now leaving it out in the cold. cold. we understand that every news story begins and ends with people. >> the efforts are focused on rescuing stranded residents. >> we pursue that story beyond the headline, past a spokesperson, to the streets. >> thousands of riot police deployed across the capital. >> we put all of our global resources behind every story. >> they are waiting to take in the wounded. >> and follow it no matter where it leads... all the way to you. al jazeera america. take a new look at news. >>> scientists in the u.s. are preparing to launch a satellite they hope will give them warning of solar storms. it can damage the power grid and communication systems on earth. >> reporter: a combination of gas, mass and energy erupts

tunisia has been given a fine. and they have been told to apologize. they said they expect extreme bias, and they said, look, withdraw the statements and apologize by midnight the 5th of february or we'll kick you out to have to 2017 tournament. now equatorial guinea have been fined, and their players went on the pitch during that game when all this altercation started with the referee. they've been given a $50,000 fine and their coach has been had a. -- >> we have more about why he left germany's bundesliga. he has struggled to hold down a regular sport on the side. >> what i like is playing football. i couldn't do this often at chelsea in the last weeks on the pitch during games and then wolf wolfsburg was interested, yes and they convinced me, the ceo and it became clear that i would like to do this. >> and now in golden state tighten their grip on the western conference on tuesday. they flashed sacramento. it was tighter between. portland and utah. matthews with 21 points on the night the jazz rallyied and managed to cut the lead but came up one po

just five years ago, freedom house ranked tunisia among the most oppressive regions in the world.otwithstanding, autocracy is on the march. if you look at beyond metrics, the nature of autocracy is changing. autocrats no longer paying lip service to democracy as they once did and returning to 21 -- 20th century modes of oppression. russia's crimea is most prominent, a boldface move that 0th century modes of oppression. russia's crimea is most prominent, a boldface move that recalled world war ii. china is detaining activists under stricter conditions rather than just house arrests, the organization says. they are also televising people's confessions. in egypt, the military is in charge and the court sentenced hundreds of political prisoners to be executed in sham trials, the report points out. and it says there are overlooked autocracies, flying under the arar dp like azerbaijan vietnam and thooet and ethiopia which don't receive the ire of the free world despite oppression. of course the news isn't all bad.ire of the free world despite oppression. of course the news isn't all bad

are you seeing an exodus of people arriving or departs to tunisia due to the chaos in neighboring libya>> reporter: well actually just now a couple of hours ago, a group of more than 180 egyptians had arrived at the airport here behind me. i spoke to them at length. some of them come were living in tripoli, some were living in sirte. they do say the situation has become very give -- difficult for egyptians living in lib lib -- libya, and depending on where you are you would be accused of being from the other camp. among them were those seven fishermen who the local council had said had been taken off of the coast and entered the territorial waters of libya illegally. many of them did not want to speak, saying they could not tell us what happened to them there. they looked tired and haggered but they said there were too many egyptians still in libya for them to explain the whole situation. but what i do understand from them is that a lot of egyptians would like to get out of that country as soon as possible and they specifically fear maybe there's more air strikes or military involvement

and the government says there are thousands of young tunisias fighting for isil. the vice president of parliament says the country needs unity. >> we agreed as we felt that this is aphids that we are passing through a phase of dialect agreement and harmony. we should all agree for the interests of the country. >> for some, the new government is a threat to democracy. for others, it offers stability. but most people here say they are willing to give it a chance. to prove it can change things. >> al jazeera. >> india's christian community is demanding greater protection from rising religious violence and hate crimes. five churches have been attacked recently. community leaders accuse the government of failing to act. >> police were deployed to deal with troublemakers instead they watched as members of the christian community prayed for justice. earlier some of them were detained for police, the protestors say the police used a disproportionate amount of force during what was a peaceful demonstration. >> i had to lie on the floor and beat my hands. and say don't wrap

. >>> let's get more now from hoda abdel hamid who joins us near the libyan border with tunisia.s this mean isil's influence is growing in libya? >> reporter: that's what a lot of libyans would tell you, and actually the main question now is how -- how much of a footprint does isil or its affiliates have around the country? there was this bold triple attack this morning. we have seen isil's presence in sirte, actually a battle is looming there, the fighters wanting to retake that city from isil affiliates who are occupying government buildings there. they are in derna. we have seen attacks in tripoli, so certainly people are extremely worried about that and ever since the air strikes -- the egyptian air strikes happened libyans are even more worried because that had further widened the gap in the country, especially on the political front. >> i want to take you up on that particular point. libya of course going through its own political chaos. what is the likelihood of the two rival governments putting aside their differences two thwart isil. >> reporter: there is a meeting set t

we go to tunisia. >> among the defenders is the minister of muammar gaddafi's regime. a close friend much also in intelligence, and his two sons. now the brigade is holding some of the prisoners, one appeared by video link for security link. the list of charges is very long. it uses excessive force against protesters misleading and fighting muammar gaddafi forces. there will not be a verdict. but we should be included until the end of the trial. a lot of people would tell you that that is justice and accountability is a huge issue ever since muammar gaddafi was caught years ago. another that joined the fighting said they would not give the weapons until they make sure that muammar gaddafi are brought to justice. many libyans hope that it could come down to a decision even though over the past four years they are more complicated and the country is more fractured than it was after muammar gaddafi was captured. >>> more than 1,000 muslims formed a human chain at the main synagogue in the norwest capital oslo. it followed an attack on a synagogue in denmark. a group of yo

just five years ago, freedom house ranked tunisia among the most oppressive regions in the world.withstanding you a stock raise on the march, if you look beyond metrics, the nature is changing. autocrats no longer paying lip service to democracy as they once did and returning to oppression. russia's crimea is most prominent, a boldface move that recalled world war ii. china is detaining activists under restrictive conditions rather than just house arrests. they are also televising people's confessions. in egypt, the military is in charge and the court sentenced hundreds of political prisoners to be executed in sham trials the report points out. and it says there are overlooked autocracies, azerbaijan ethiopia don't receive ire of free world despite oppression. of course the news isn't all bad. ukrainians rebelled against government and stood firm despite russia's power moves. we've seen resistance in hong kong. vladimir putin is in a tough spot thanks to falling oil prices. still, we must face a sobering fact. at the end of the cold war, it seemed like freedom was an unstoppable w

let's go live to neighboring tunisia. this building's been empty. explain the significance of this attack for us. >> i think the significance is much more symbolic than anything else. the claim of responsibility came from several of these on line accounts that usually do speak in the name of isil or its affiliates. now, the main message here is that we are underground and we are present in tripoli. there have been no casualties. the damage done to the buildings from the pictures i have seen is quite minimal but the message is resonate is that isil is there, and it's spreading at least it's showing that it's greeing geographically around the country. >> already. how are international efforts to resolve the political crisis there in libya going right now? >> well, the efforts have been on going these are the u.n. led mediation efforts between all parties. a meeting was scheduled to start on monday in morocco. that has been postponed until thursday, as we understand it, but it has nothing to it with political discord as much as that after the triple bo

. >> anti-islamist party promises it's voters it would never work with tunisia's leading party. now it may have to go back on its word. the prime minister presented a government which includes both parties. >> we have made changes to widen the composition of the government. >> the first one he presented to parliament failed to pass. they may have a hard time cooperating with its rival. the prime minister said there is no other choice. they need a government to tackle their security problems. >> we have no more time to lose. we are in a race against the clock to find solutions to urgent matters. >> if validated, the government would be the first formed after free elections. it has been held up as an example of democratic transition. >> here in france, setting aside political difference to keep the far right party out of power has become a hot topic. the center-right ump party is divided and what stand to take in the runoff vote now that it has been knocked out. >> all rights on the far right candidate as she makes it to the second round of elections held in eastern france. the ce

our correspondent covering libya extensively live from the too nearby i can't libya border on the tunisia side. we'll get on to the actual facts are where you are and what's happening in a moment. for the benefit of those people who haven't followed the kayoutic developments since muammar gaddafi was deposed let me put it this way. you have two governments, one u.n. recognized, one recognized by the libyan courts. they are opposed but are they joined in their fight and the way of doing it against isil in libya? >> well, this is not clear at the moment. i think that's where the concern is for the international community, and especially when the west says more weapons could pour basically more oil on the fire. these two governments are opposed to each other. they are backed by a coalition of brigades that are loosely connected to each other mainly because of local interests some because of ideological or political interests but it's very shifting sands and allegiances shift all the time. there has not been a unified position on how to deal with the isil threat in libya at least not publicly

could predict with the data we had we could predict what was going to happen in libya, in egypt, in tunisia before it happened. >> explain that. >> well, the majority of the people who are in the suffering stage, and people start to suffer, then revolutions happen, social unrests happen, traffic accidents increase and violence happens. i teach a class on this, and one of my students in the class was qaddafi 's son. >> wow. >> basically they wanted to quote/unquote rebrand libya into a country that paid attention to well-being because they were aware of this data. >> was it one of the sons, by the way who is on trial? >> he died three weeks after he left my class. it was very sad because you could see there was this absolute huge anxiety that some disaster was going to occur. >> libya is just one of many places in the midst of crisis right now. >> yes. >> talk about how you view the world at this point. is it at a tenuous time. >> if you have 50% of the world living on less than $2 a day that's a catastrophe, we have that right now. >> you think its rooted in poverty. >> it's rooted in pover

. >> tunisia's high on the agenda, thief had to apologize by yesterday's deadline midnight for august ethics and being biased. >> we understand that they are going to face sanctions. we don't know how the sanctions are going to be. this is very important because don't forget, tunisia are one of the companies short lifted to hold the 2016 cup of nations. if this doesn't go their way it might result in them being banned but the tunisian, it seems like they just don't care. they are angry at the fact that they were kicked out unceremoniesly as it were. i got a message from colleagues that businesses have been shut down in reaction to all that is going on. teams were supposed to fly out by now and haven't. >> we'll keep on eye on developments. always good to have you around al jazeera. we will keep a close eye on those developments. back to doha for now. >> tense times at the african cup of nations. >> tiger woods has pulled out of the opening round of the farmer's insurance open because of an apparent back injury. the former world number one struggled with his swing and short gain. the 1

cover up iran's alleged involved in the 1994 bombing of a jewish center >>> a vote of confidence for tunisia's president-elect. he announced a unity government. it will include members of two parties. joining us live on the political future of tunis is the president of one of the parties. thank you for talking to us at al jazeera. can you explain to us why anada decided to join the coalition, a government of national unity. >> translation: simply for the reason that at the moment all the political parties, it's in their interests for the people we are 27" as we gained confidence of the voters. we are many in number, however we should live up to the expectations of the people. we should take part in the government to dismiss all the reports and rumours. there is a great deal of polarization over the past four years. we are glad to see this position coming to an end. it will make all the people believe that we are all capable to deliver. >> and do you believe that you can be a strong opposition party, and a member of the government. >> translation: today we elected to being part of the governmen

hoda al hamid, al jazeera tunisia. >> modern fighters fighting the islamic state of iraq and the levant. the goal is to go after i.s.i.l. but turkey has suggested the rebels could also tackle the syrian government of bashar al-assad. ceasefire was called into effect on sunday in ukraine. president petro poroshenko army withdrew on wednesday. >> translator: i'd like to add that the situation is getting more exacerbated because with the support of the russian army militants virtually wiped out debaltseve from the surface of the earth and now debaltseve reminds me of the moon landscape. >> one year ago ukrainian snierp issnierpsukrainian snipesnipers opened fire. >> igor hardly needs photographers to remind him of the antigovernment protests on the square the maidan that ended in bloodshed. >> translator: i was proud that we were able to unite and this we weren't cared off by the power that was destroying us and that we were able to withstand us. that was maidan was all about. >> she was there too. a volunteer medic tending to the injured and the dead much. >> translator: i cannot find the

. >> tunisia's parliament has approve add new coalition government. and the religious base another party, it comes after the country's first free presidential and parliamentary elections last year. there is the moment the parliament agreed on a new government. it will be a coalition government the opposition will be small and weak, but the next prime minister says it is the only option. >> we are all invited the government national organizations and civil society to work hard hand the hard to open the doors of hope. the mill leaders seem to have criticized their differences on how much influence religion should have on state affairs. and are instead focusing on the issues they do agree on. she renovated this history call building into a boutique hotel. she wants to see more economic reform. >> i think they are tremendous investment opportunities and almost every sector, and a lot of -- educated to create jobs for us. it doesn't have the wide that has been a probable elsewhere but there are security threats here. there's a fear that violence may spill