the european commission has signed for conventions with tunisia two hundred seventy million euros the agreements include support for tunisians energy sector and foreign trade tunisia is just slowly recovering from the impact of the two thousand and fifteen terrorist attacks that kept away tourists one of the country's most important source of income but things are improving travel agency now declared tunisia back on the map for tourists. is an artist's village near the capital tunis it's idealistic and calm to calm in recent years since terror attacks rocked tunisia and twenty fifteen few tourists have been coming here bookings tumbled seventy percent a disaster for a country that relies heavily on the tourism industry. but visitor numbers are on the rise again some eight million tourists are expected in tunisia this year far more than last year the crisis however has left its mark on the sector. we've lost twenty percent of our hotel capacity hotels that couldn't cope with the crisis and had to close their doors would like you would you met correctly. unfortunately some places have b

in the in the country how to give equal rights to women in terms of inheritance in tunisia which is a huge issue and a huge demand as well from women's groups but for the only in the context simple of growing reforms proposed for reform she's been under serious attacks you know whole of social network people asking her to be burned for to be killed and so she basically restart lives in order to defend the wellbeing of women in tunisia ok antoine matlab thank you very much from the international federation of human rights this is a summit will to last three days and at the end as you've heard that new strategies will be formulated and you plan on ways to try meat while it's human rights defenders say ah particularly challenging times for those who work in this to may act by succession tasha butler in paris. out to sea off the west coast of west africa is rich with marine life but illegal fishing has been threatening stocks and costing sierra leon up to two hundred million dollars a year local fishermen say their nets have been destroyed and the catch is dwindling every day how many t

in the in the country how to give equal rights to women in terms of inheritance in tunisia which is a huge issue and a huge demand as well from women's groups but for the only in the context simple of growing reforms proposed for reform she's been under serious attacks you know whole of social network people asking her to be burned for to be killed and so she basically research lives in order to defend the wellbeing of women in tunisia ok antoine matlab thank you very much from the international federation of human rights this is a summit will to last three days and at the end as you've heard that new strategies will be formulated and you plan on ways to try me.

tunisia's tourism industry is taken off the sandy beaches of the northeast are again so. general manager of siebel who tell all four hundred eighty beds are fully booked even though the hot season has ended a little come to. twenty seventeen we started to feel like european tourists are coming back and in twenty eighteen there was a remarkable increase in european tourism especially western european tourist traffic markets like belgian english luxembourg has and also french. scenes like these have not been seen since early two thousand and eleven for the uprising the toppled former president. that triggered a series of popular revolt in the region known as the arab spring. as you know an arab spring nations tunisia paid a hefty price for the southern political upheaval groups linked to al-qaeda. attacks across the country the bloodiest wars on the museum in the capital tunis in march two thousand and fifteen that killed twenty two people twenty of them your tourists. the attacks lead to a severe drop in visitor numbers hitting the country's economy less is on the deal cal

but first tunisia is enjoying a tourism revival the industry had gone into decline following a series of attacks by armed groups on visitors in two thousand and fifteen mohammad vall has the story. tunisia's tourism industry is taken off the sandy beaches of seuss' in the northeast are again sophia is a general manager of siebel who tell all four hundred eighty beds are fully booked even though the hot season has ended a little come to. twenty seventeen we started to feel like european tourists are coming back and in twenty eighteen there was a remarkable increase in european tourism especially western european tourist traffic markets like belgian english luxembourg has and also french. scenes like these have not been seen since early two thousand and eleven for the uprising the toppled former president. that triggered a series of popular revolt in the region known as the arab spring. as you know the arab spring nations tunisia paid a hefty price for the southern political upheaval groups linked to al qaeda and stage the tox across the country the bloodiest wars on the museum in the c

tunisia's tourism industry is taken off the sandy beaches of seuss' in the northeast are again sophia is a general manager of siebel who tell all four hundred eighty beds are fully booked even though the hot season has ended a little is brazil to come to the system in twenty seventeen we started to feel like european tourists are coming back and in twenty eighteen there was a remarkable increase in european tourism especially western european tourist traffic markets like belgian english luxembourg has and also french. scenes like these have not been seen since early two thousand and eleven for the uprising rock toppled former president zuma. that triggered a series of popular revolt in the region known as the arab spring. as you know the arab spring nations tunisia paid a hefty price for the southern political upheaval groups linked to al qaeda staged a tux across the country the bloodiest wars on the museum in the capital tunis in march two thousand and fifteen that killed twenty two people twenty of them your tourists. the attacks led to a severe drop in visitor numbers hitting the

grenades it was a very homemade device now this comes at a very fundamental time politically here in tunisia because the the moderate islamist party has just broken away from the secular forces in the coalition that has been a very successful evolving democratic institution jane is of course is the country where the arab spring first started and the only one which is seen or talk see move towards a viable form of democracy so. that the president here that she is in president said that a sense lee they thought they defeated terrorism and driven the terrorists into the caves but he said now they've returned to the very center we don't know of any connections between the thirty year old woman who set off this explosive device and any extremist organizations she told her parents from the eastern coast that she was coming up to tunis just to find some work so nobody has any idea who was behind this attack but clearly it's meant to attack the main source of revenue here at a particularly vulnerable political time and that is to keep the tourists away and that will be destabilizing for the whole of

tunisia's tourism industry is taken off the sandy beaches of seuss' in the northeast are again bustling sophia is the general manager of siebel hotel all four hundred and eighty beds are fully booked even though the hot season has ended a little is the still to come to the system in twenty seventeen we started to feel like european tourists coming back and in twenty eighteen there was a remarkable increase in european tourism especially western european tourist traffic markets like belgian english luxembourg has and also french. giving away. scenes like these have not been seen since early two thousand and eleven for the uprising the toppled former president. that triggered a series of popular revolt in the region known as the arab spring. as you know an arab spring nations tunisia paid a hefty price for the southern political upheaval groups linked to al qaeda isom stage the tox across the country the bloodiest wars on the museum in the capital tunis in march two thousand and fifteen that killed twenty two people twenty of them your pea and tourists. the attacks lead to a severe drop i

to get to a wta semi—final. first from tunisia to get to a wta semi-final.tarted bad so i had to win at a certain point. really happy with the grass season certain point. really happy with the grass season this year and finishing like this in moscow is amazing. i keep thinking about the vacation i'm going to have after this tournament, so going to have after this tournament, so maybe this is my motivation for this week. jabeur plays the number five seed, sevastova, who beat dzhalilov bondarev, budgie had to come from behind to win it after the russian won the opening set. but the latvian, who reached the final in beijing last week, one that aside 6-3. beijing last week, one that aside 6—3. sevastova is one win away from her fourth final this year. —— won the third set 6—3. there would be one more unseeded player in the semifinals and it was konta, who has fallen to 44 in the world rankings, who drew first blood, taking the opening set 6—2 after reading of four games in a row. back came the bela rusian, reading of four games in a row. back came the belarusian

tunisia's tourism industry taken off the sandy beaches of the northeast are again so. general manager of siebel who tell all four hundred eighty beds are fully booked even though the hot season has ended a little come to. twenty seventeen we started to feel like european tourists are coming back and in twenty eighteen there was a remarkable increase in european tourism especially western european tourist traffic markets like belgian english luxembourg has and also french. scenes like these have not been seen since early two thousand and eleven for the uprising the toppled former president. that triggered a series of popular revolt in the region known as the arab spring. as you know the arab spring nations tunisia paid a hefty price for the southern political upheaval groups linked to al-qaeda. attacks across the country the bloodiest wars on the museum in the capital tunis in march two thousand and fifteen that killed twenty two people twenty of them european tourists. the attacks led to a severe drop in visitor numbers hitting the country's economy list is on the deal

where that is in the same place of this part of libya in fact if anything it will retrogress towards tunisia giving rain here and equally coming to morocco persistent rain and strong winds. he was malaysia's prime minister. until his government was strong and out of the scandals and allegations of corruption in an exclusive interview one no one speaks with. on al-jazeera every weekly news cycle brings a series of breaking news stories joined the listening post as we turn the cameras on the media and focus on how they were called on the stories that matter the most they're listening post on al-jazeera. then you're watching out of there has reminder of our top stories this hour. he says she holds saudi arabia swiss responsible for his death speaking in london has also asked anyone involved in the killing to reveal where his body is. and indonesian divers are scouring the ocean floor for the black box flight recorders from a missing from a passenger plane that crashed on monday with one hundred nine people on board. seventy seven max plunged into the sea just minutes after taking off from the c

board the liner flights it's the low cost carriers eleventh major accidents in sixteen years and tunisia's government has ordered the inspection of all boeing seven three seven max planes following the crash has more from jakarta. piece by piece. bring back what the found floating on the java sea. possible woods and other personal items belonging to some of the one hundred eighty nine people on board a being so. body parts are being taken to a nearby hospital where relatives have the harrowing task of making identifications but that was a bit ahead of the men here our family still hoping she survives we still have a big hope for that but if she did not survive we pray that her remains can quickly be discovered so we can take a home to be buried finding out what happened in the final moments of lion air flight six one zero and why it crashed into the sea soon after takeoff is likely to take a long time. my father was on board but we still don't know we're still hoping for the best because there hasn't been an official statement from lion air so we are still hoping for the best but increasin

the rain is going to be quite heavy and really here for tunisia we don't expect to see too much of a change particularly in tunis where was heavy rain on thursday may be getting a little bit better by the time we go towards thursday afternoon and friday all here towards algiers though it is going to be a mostly cloudy day at about twenty degrees but still the rain continues out here towards morocco if you want better weather go out here towards the east we do expect to see partly cloudy conditions for cairo at thirty two. yes. i would use iraq where ever you. insult career around two million dogs are eaten every year but now animal rights groups want the ancient tradition taken off the menu want to an east investigates korean dog. food on al-jazeera. welcome back just a quick look at the top stories now sources tell jazeera the saudi public prosecutor in istanbul is refusing to answer questions about where saudi journalist jamal khashoggi body is this as the u.n. human rights chief calls for an independent expert to be involved in the murder investigation. the u.s. president is in pi

the police and security forces now will have to step up their efforts again to remove the threat tunisia is the country where the arab spring started and the only one to successfully establish a stable democracy but this latest attack could undermine those gains and provoke political instability already threatened by harsh austerity measures david chaytor al-jazeera shoot us. now the speaker sri lanka's parliament has told president policy to see now he must recall parliament by friday at the latest the president has been accused of violating the constitution after he fired the prime minister and appointment of an appointed every placement by the ousted leader become a singer has refused to leave his official residence as political tensions rise across the capital when a smith reports from colombo. supporters of sri lanka's ousted prime minister oh i'm going to let him go quietly. run away from a single has refused to leave his official residence here in the capital since president might recall a serious a in a fight and i'm suspended almonds and fried i think. the president has gone mak

the suicide bomber has injured at least twenty people in tunisia capital eight of them are police officers and one of civilian a woman blew herself up in front of a shopping center so far no terrorist group has claimed in the attack in the area has a strong police presence as a number of government buildings are located nearby tunisia's last major terrorist attack was in two thousand and fifteen when thirty eight people were killed at a beach resort. u.k. energy company quadrille is suspending its operations at a fracking well in northern england after another tremor in the area drilling began at the site two weeks ago on october twenty fourth miner seismic activity was detected but operations continued after a stronger tremor on october twenty sixth operations were halted but only for eighteen hours has defended its activity saying it poses no danger. microseismic events such as these results in tiny movements that are way below anything that would be felt its surface much less cause any harm or damage without the sophisticated monitoring in place it could drill or they would not be detec

but first tunisia is enjoying a tourism revival the industry had gone into decline following a series of attacks by armed groups on visitors in two thousand and fifteen mohamed vall has the story. tunisia's tourism industry is taken off the sandy beaches of the northeast are again sophia is a general manager of siebel who tell all four hundred eighty beds are fully booked even though the hot season has ended a little come to. twenty seventeen we started to feel like european tourists coming back and in twenty eighteen there was a remarkable increase in european tourism especially western european tourist traffic markets like belgian english luxembourg has and also french. scenes like these have not been seen since early two thousand and eleven for the uprising the toppled former president. that triggered a series of popular revolt in the region known as the arab spring. as you know an arab spring nations tunisia paid a hefty price for the southern political upheaval groups linked to al qaeda and staged attacks across the country the bloodiest wars on the museum in the capital tunis in

tunisia's tourism industry is taken off the sandy beaches of seuss' in the northeast are again sophia is the general manager of hotel all four hundred eighty beds are fully booked even though the hot season has ended a little is brazil to come to the system in twenty seventeen we started to feel like european tourists are coming back and in twenty eighteen there was a remarkable increase in european tourism especially western european tourist traffic markets like belgian english luxembourg has and also french. scenes like these have not been seen since early two thousand and eleven for the uprising the toppled former president. that triggered a series of popular revolt in the region known as the arab spring. as you know an arab spring nations tunisia paid a hefty price for the southern political upheaval groups linked to a stage the tox across the country the bloodiest wars on the museum in the capital tunis in march two thousand and fifteen that killed twenty two people twenty of them your wrists. the attacks led to a severe drop in visitor numbers hitting the country's economy list

among those killed was the alleged attacks on western tourists in neighboring tunisia. a local approaches me and my interpreter. he says he witnessed the american air strike. he asks us not to show his face or use his name. everyone around here is part of the same tribe, and heould get in trouble with relatives, he says. so, you came out here when you heard the explosion.ed >> ( transl ): i was the first person here. >> reporter: and what did you see? >): i saw smoke, rubble and bodies everywhere. ct there were survivors. some drove away in. one was the leader of the isis cell. 's still on the loose. his wife just had a baby. >> reporter: and how..ow how does he his? >> ( translated ): he's my uncle. like i said,e're all part of the same tribe in this area. >> reporter: we head for the beach, miles of open sea separate libya from europe. until recently, this entire coastline was controlled by isis. it's safer now, but locals say we still need to be extremely careful because of possibl sleeper cells. we're met by a coast guard commander named jalal dabashi. he says his t

a suicide bomber has injured at least twenty people in tunisia capital eight of them are police officers and one civilian a woman who blew herself up in front of a shopping center so far no terrorist group has claimed the attack the area has a strong police presence as a number of government buildings are located nearby tunisia's last major terrorist attack was in two thousand and fifteen when thirty eight people were killed at a beach resort. all right that does it for me i'll be back with more news at the top the hour stay with us you're watching our children. with manufactured consent to public wealth. when the ruling classes protect themselves. with the crime larry go around the lives and be the one. doing all middle of the room sit. in the real news room. in saying the numbers mean something they matter the u.s. has over one trillion dollars in debt more than ten like her current happy each dish. eighty five percent of global wealth you longs to be all for rich eight point six percent market saw thirty percent rise last year some with four hundred to five hundred three per second pe

suicide bomber has injured at least twenty people in tunisia capital eight of them are police officers and at least one of them is a civilian woman blew herself up in front of a shopping center so far no terrorist group has claimed the attack the area has a strong police presence as a number of government buildings are located nearby tunisia's the last major terrorist attack was in two thousand and fifteen and thirty eight people were killed at a beach resort. syria's national museum in damascus has reopened six years after it was shelled by militants for many is a sign that life is returning to normal after years of civil war. they are going to . be set up and deciding the reopening of the museum shows that civilization has conquered terrorism the national museum of damascus serves as a witness to the long and bright history of the syrian people the reopening of the museum is significant. in the city of rocco which was previously held by islamic state the losses are far greater more than forty five hundred artifacts were looted during the jihadi occupation according to syrian official

throughout the next few months, the page was growing until what happened in tunisia. >> events in tunisia captured t attention of viewers around the world, and a lit of it was happening onne. >> it took just days until e fall of the regime. >> and it just created for me a moment of,maybe we can do this." and i just posted an event calling r a revolution in ten days, like we should all get to the street and wshould all bring down mubarak. >> organized by a group of online activists... >> they're calling it theok faceboevolution... (crowd chanting) >> narrator: within days, ghonim's online cry had helpedfi the streets of cairo with hundreds of thousands of protesters. (crowd chanting) 18 days later... >> (translated): presidentni muhammad hubarak has decided to step down. lyheering) >> they have tru achieved the unimaginable. man: i s generally acknowledged that ghonim's facebook page first sparked the protests. >> jacoby: there was a moment that you were being interviewed on cnn. >> yeah, i remember that. >> first tunisia, now egypt, what's next? >> ask facebook. >> ask what? >> facebook.

from singapore with specialist equipment to try to detect exactly where those recorders may be in tunisia at least twenty people were injured when a female suicide bomber blew herself up in the capital tunis fifteen policemen are among the wounded the country has been under a state of emergencies in two thousand and fifteen after dozens of people were killed in a series of i saw attacks david chaytor has more from tunis. this attack happened in a main highway in the center of tunis which is known as the seans elisei of the capital the explosion occurred just two hundred yards away from the french embassy and very near the main municipal theater a thirty year old woman approached a police checkpoint and then detonated what appears to be in a bag of grenades it was a very homemade device now this comes at a very fundamental time politically here in tunisia because the the moderate islamist party has just broken away from the secular forces in the coalition that has been a very successful evolving democratic institution jane is of course is the country where the arab spring first started and

derek: tunisia. susan: not tunisia. was ouror mitchell first ambassador to myanmar under president obama when we reopened relations and it appeared at the time to be a great example of a country moving away from a military-led rule and, i believe, controversially somewhat inside the obama administration even led to a presidential visit, two visits with the leaders. we now have obviously this unfolding tragedy with the rohingya. what can you tell us that is relevant to your new role, you know, in understanding how democracys work or don't work from your experience with being ambassador to myanmar? derek: there is a democracy part and a rohingya issue. i hate to set aside ethnic cleansing as if it doesn't matter. i think one thing that is absolutely critical to understand, true about any country, is what i started with, expectations management. that no single moment makes a democracy. we knew that the election, the opening of the society, the opening of civil society, of freer media, and then an election in which aung san

the authorities fail to stop them at least five people are dead two missing after flash floods in tunisia heavy rain caused waters rise of a number of cities in the north of the country damaging homes and shops ecuador venezuela have expelled each other's ambassadors it follows an accusation from a venezuelan government minister that the ecuadorian president lied about the number of migrants crossing the border. and there's the headlines the news continues here on al-jazeera after today's edition of the stream thanks. afghanistan is finally preparing to hold parliamentary elections by constant violence and continually influenced by foreign powers many afghans are hoping for real change what direction the country takes will give you an in-depth coverage of the afghanistan elections. and you're in the stream three. member states have been brutally murdered in the past year causing some industry experts to wonder whether this is the start of a trend or explore each of these cases and what they move for the future of press freedom in the region but first things out. with more. victoria marrie

as you know arab spring lation is tunisia paid a hefty price for the southern political upheaval groups linked to al qaeda isom stage the tox across the country the bloodiest wars on the museum in the capital tunis in march two thousand and fifteen that killed twenty two people twenty of them your peon tourists the attacks led to a severe drop in visitor numbers hitting the country's economy this is the deal killer britain said the hot season has ended but urgent season is excellent as well and there are still lots of her tales which will be full for an early november it was positive and statistics are here to confirm that. but that situation began to change early two thousand and seventeen with a marked improvement this year. nearly five point five million tourists have arrived since january and major european operators including the.

produce a few showers or two as well but with that storm system in the central part of the med for tunisia we do expect to see some windy conditions on the coast for you maybe a shower or two there also some showers over towards maine guys there with the temperature there of about twenty six degrees but looking fine and dry for cairo we expect to see about thirty five there in us one at thirty eight degrees. the with the sponsored by cattle lease. getting to the heart of the matter plus three big challenges facing human crime in the twenty first century and they are nuclear war climate change and technological destruction facing realities whatever is there to fear is not in me it is in the people of uganda hear their story on talk to al-jazeera i really feel liberated as a journalist was. getting to the truth as it always does with his job. watching our desire time to recap our headlines now a saudi official has reportedly provided a new detailed account of saudi arabia's explanation about the death of journalist to moussa a. senior official spoke to reuters news agency saying she died aft

plus sunshine and sooks tunisia's tourism industry is back in business. the alleged killing of saudi journalist. the country's consulate in istanbul as shocked the world saudi arabia is under intense pressure to explain what happened the world's largest oil exporter could face international sanctions well the cost of insuring against saudi default has increased thirty two percent that means investors view the country as a much riskier bet now the government may now be forced to raise more debt at a higher cost it's already running a budget deficit the saudi government is trying to court investment for new cities and projects big names in business and finance ministers including u.s. treasury secretary steven the new can are boycotting a key investment events the conference is scheduled to run from october the twenty third to the twenty fifth right matheson reports. only last week christine lagarde the head of the international monetary fund said she was still going to saudi arabia even though she was horrified at the disappearance of jamal khashoggi now h

so essentially what they will try and do is reassure people both here and any tourists coming to tunisia that they have got the situation under control but that's going to be a tough call for the president the state of emergency as you said came into force in twenty fifteen and it's just been extended to november the sixth so i think we'll see yet another extension to the state of emergency they want to make quite sure that things settle down again and they need that tourism industry it's seven percent of the g.d.p. here that is money they cannot afford to lose and of course this news going around the world will once again make tourists hesitate before they come to tunisia and i think that is the deliberate reason why whoever was behind this attack who have supplied this woman with the grenades this is the reason they would pushing forward this attack in the very center of the capital here david thank you very much for that is david chatham live and tunis thank you. now donald trump will visit pittsburgh on tuesday the same day the first funerals will be held for the eleven people killed

in tunisia at least twenty people were injured when a female suicide bomber blew a self up in the capitaltunis fifteen policemen are among the wounded donald trump will visit pittsburgh on tuesday the same day the first funerals will be held for the eleven people killed it is shooting in a synagogue there. those are your headlines the news continues here on al-jazeera after counting the cost you can keep up to date with the news head over to. his story say for the people every week brings a series of breaking stories told through the eyes of the world's journalists these two voices journalists were one of the few journalists that were actually doing investigative work listening post as we turned the cameras on the media focus on how they report on the stories that are demand see the rights to those stories but then he never publishes those stories they're listening post on al-jazeera. hello i'm sam is this is counting the cost on al-jazeera your weekly look at the world of business in economics this week the killing of a saudi journalist sparks talk of sanctions against saudi arabia we'll

and libya is indeed producing showers of the next two days we'll see them in both tunisia and libya and they could indeed be having. the weather sponsored by cat time and place. more than seven decades ago a country was split in two we believe that they did anything and now with the time to bend winfield ridhima age all it took was a pan a mom and a collapsing empire when the british had to draw a line they pulled in six seven two hundred have been to india before al-jazeera examines the violent birth of india and pakistan and asks what the future holds for these meekly and neighbors partition borders of blood. these are the top stories right now. reporting that the turkish government says it has video and audio recordings proving the journalist was killed in the saudi consulate in istanbul he was last seen ten days ago walking into the building to get documentation for his upcoming marriage. and detained american pastor at the center of a diplomatic dispute between the u.s. and turkey has arrived in court for a hearing. to groups involved in the failed turkish crew in two thousand

an ioc commission chose senegal ahead of botswana, nigeria and tunisia, who were also interested in becomingnt. the 2022 youth olympics will take place in capital city dakar. south africa recently lost the right to host the 2022 commonwealth games but olympic swimming champion chad le clos believes this will help heal that disappointment. iam i am ducted from outside to get the, what games in 2022. i know the difference that i can make. you look at swimming and athletics that has improved since london 2012 and how it has grown during this year. more swimmers and more athletes and more weig htlifters swimmers and more athletes and more weightlifters will get more involved in that and through sports, definitely can make a big impact in africa and definitely in senegal. it isa africa and definitely in senegal. it is a starting project and we will see what happens. hopefully it will bea see what happens. hopefully it will be a stepping stone to getting a senior olympics, is that what you would hope, that commonwealth ‘s could have been the step, but this could have been the step, but this could

coming up on this programme: tunisia's malekjaziri displays all the skills as he knocks alexander zverev out of the china open and progresses to the quarterfinals. it's a two—way lead after the opening round of the alfred dunhill links championship in scotland between australia's marcus fraser and england's matt wallace. and krasnodar shock five—time winners sevilla in the europa league, taking a 2—1 victory in russia to move top of group]. hello, and welcome to the programme, where we start with tennis, and the news that us open champion naomi osaka is through to the quarter—finals of the china open in beijing, but there was a shock defeat for the wimbledon champion angelique kerber. jim lumsden rounds up thursday's action. for those bemoaning the lack of depth in women's tennis look no further than naomi osaka, the form player. last month she stunned serena williams in a memorable us open final. she has confirmed in next month's tour finals and her progress in beijing continued on thursday. the 20—year—old eighth seed was rarely troubled, racing through the match 61, 6—2 in little over

youth games to senegal it was a unanimous vote says with senegal beating out with rana nigeria and tunisia. president macky sall is have promised the i.o.c. voters that his country would build a new fifty thousand seat stadium and make sure the whole country benefits from the global event. the fall a few there with a sweet tooth it's time to take you to an edible adventure now london has been playing host to a baking competition featuring outrageously over the top cakes of ord shapes and sizes and let me assure you these creations are a bit fancier than just tea and scones. here. anyone knows the more stressful thing about being a dragon is trying to blow out all the candles on your birthday cake did someone say kike in a country known for its weight truth that towering slice of this british eye connies shorter take everyone's fancy. stuff. around the world in cakes the theme of this year's cake and bank show in london inspiring a tasty international adventure involving huge amounts of flour and sugar and more than just a dash of creativity. people think the idea of making a statement with

he compares arabic nations such as tunisia with saudi arabia and this is why they are saying what hasned has happened, because it is not about a free press. he gave into it. it is the nice last column but this is his last one. these are his final words. the global opinions editor at the paper tells how she received this column from him the day after he was reported missing in istanbul. exactly. the last thing but he will say that this is because of what has happened, what has happened since... and it talks about the arab world and parts of it and have the internet, they say they are about being forward and progressive in certain ways but when it comes down to it, you penalise for anything you might say against those regions. it is incredibly sad and we are watching as things continue about how they may affect their relationship with other countries andi relationship with other countries and i think that may have a huge impact on what happens next. davos in the desert happens quite soon in saudi arabia and many companies have pulled out. the imf leader is no longer going. it is having

what is his last piece, he condemns a lack of press freedom onlye arab world, noting tunisia was the only arab country classified as having free press. despite the hope that the arab mostg uprising brought, have fallen back on the old status quo or has become worse. arab world are not informed or are uninformed about what is going on in their daily lives. these views are ultimately the reason he was reportedly killed. >> a controversial hot air balloon is set to soar the skies . 10 bulbous hanging breasts. were offended, it was pulled out of the sky, but now it is back. yarral float over the valley month. the artist behind the sculpture focuses on - hey, i'm darius rucker. coming up onreel south. - we're e kinda rolling into our 50th year right here at the broken spoke. - [darius] for the country western faithful, heaven is austin's broken spoke. - we've e had peoplele like bob wills s right here, willieie nelson, george strait, dolly parton, ernest tubb, jack feder, the list goes on and on and on. ♪ oh the key's in the mailox come on in ♪ - [darius] but for this honky tonk, every te

dictators were to fall in tunisia and egypt. leaving get their feet s'posed to the resistible winds sweeping through north africa and. libya was in because of a seismic up evil. one that would bring calm ahmed and gadhafi is ruled and lived to a grisly end. seven years after moammar gadhafi is controversial rain came to a violent end libya is frozen in time. competing forces each running for power and influence continue to disrupt a broken state but time forgot. in the second of a two part series the big picture asks who is to blame. the lust for libya on al-jazeera. and there is rather cool for many of us in north america at the moment this is the leading edge of that cool air so every where to the north of that the temperatures have dropped off recently looks like a maxwell move around nine in chicago much in that interim take for wednesday and if we fast forward to thursday we see the temperatures just recovering a little bit in chicago there as they will be in denver to the south though that area of cloud will still stay wit

also qualifying from that group are tunisia. debut as they won 2—1 in niger. all the results and permutations are on the bbc sport website. brazil defender miranda scored the only goal of the match in the 93rd minute to win their friendly international against argentina in jeddah. the sa year old headed home skipper neymar‘s corner. elsewhere, belgium who finished third at the world cup earlier this year were held to a 1—1 draw against a much improved netherlands side. jose mourinho could face a touchline ban this weekend if found guilty of using inappropriate language aimed at a tv camera in manchester united's last premier league match with newcastle. he's been charged by the english fa over comments made in his native portuguese as he walked towards the old trafford tunnel, having witnessed his side come from two goals down to win 3—2. it had been suggested defeat in the match would see the manager lose hisjob. he has until friday to respond to the charge. now to cricket and having faced calls to be stripped of the pakistan c

>> well, not tunisia. you know what i'm going to ask about. ambassador mitchell was our first ambassador to myanmar under president obama when we reopened relations with them. and it appeared at the time to be a great example of democratization and a company that was moving away from military-led rule and i believe controversily somewhat inside the obama administration even led to a presidential visit. >> two. >> two visits, that's right, with the leaders. we now have this unfolding tragedy with the rohingya. what can you tell us that is relevant to your new role, in understanding how democracies work or don't work from your experience with being ambassador to myanmar? >> there is a democracy part and a rohingya issue and i hate to set aside ethnic cleansing and if it did not work but if we're talking about democracy as democracy in myanmar, i think one thing that is absolutely critical to understand and true about any country that i started with is expectations in management. that no single moment makes a democracy. that we knew that the elec

coming up on this programme: tunisia's malekjaziri displays all the skills as he knocks alexander zverevterfinals. it's a two—way lead after the opening round of the alfred dunhill links championship in scotland between australia's marcus fraser and england's matt wallace. and krasnodar shock five—time winners sevilla in the europa league, taking a 2—1 victory in russia to move top of groupj. hello, and welcome to the programme, where we start with tennis, and the news that us open champion naomi osaka is through to the quarter—finals of the china open in beijing, but there was a shock defeat for the wimbledon champion angelique kerber. jim lumsden rounds up thursday's action.

the french open champion lost the first set to the one hundred thirteenth ranked on step book of tunisia six one before retiring after just thirty one minutes. plenty of fireworks in the final of the chengdu open is but atomic to confound be a funny well tomic is usually the one who gets the bad press over his behavior this time it was for many who lost his cool after losing a point in the second set the italian got a code violation for smashing his racquet and folding it in hoffa's also caught kicking it as he lost two sets to one for tomic this was his first a.t.p. title in three years. and that is all useful for now have will feel later joe thank you very much that's it for this news hour on al-jazeera from me for me back to the whole team thank you for watching rob matheson is with you next to stay with us. one suffer because wealthiest country held together with an iron grip libya is now torn apart everybody wants to have its share of authority and all the money they can not be centrally just from one city like to put in the big picture that dissects the roots of the conflict and as

mediterranean so plenty of wet weather plenty of thunderstorms across many parts of northern area and into tunisia and some of those showers really will be very heavy that also be pushing their way into more of morocco there as we had through thursday so again this whole region looking very unsettled indeed for the central belt of africa where here there's still quite a few showers but they are rich reaching further south now one or two of them perhaps around the coast of west africa but most of them are just that little bit further towards the south. we're. i have dedicated almost my entire professional life to the bench and fight against corruption and what i have learned is that we need champions we need also to shine the light on those shampoos and this award bridges a gap that existed in this. nominate your own version of your own child the light on what they do and do it not shine a light on your hero with your nomination for the international space award two thousand and eighteen for more information go to isa war dot com. time now for a reminder of the top stories on al-jazeera turkish pol

weather continuing that around northern parts of africa just from the coastal fringes of algeria tunisia and maybe some wet weather still to come from libya. welcome back here with al-jazeera live from the top stories today aid supplies are starting to trickle out to earthquake and tsunami ravaged city in indonesia the authorities say scores of people are likely to still be buried underneath collapsed buildings the official death toll on us now standing at one thousand four hundred soldiers have been placed a petrol stations and supermarkets to prevent looting. the shia politician. has been appointed prime minister in iraq he was chosen by the newly elected president kurdish politician. was elected by m.p.'s its hopes this will end the political deadlock from the disputed elections in may. a prominent saudi journalist and a vocal critic of saudi arabia has gone missing the washington post says contributor jamal khashoggi was last seen entering the saudi consulate in istanbul to pick up some paperwork the post says it doesn't know it could show he is being detained is a common freeze and

there's also been plenty of showers here the latest system making its way eastwards through parts of tunisia and eventually into parts of libya as we head through friday some shop showers here towards the south of the central belt of africa expect quite a few showers across this region as well particularly over policy go beyond very very wet here on thursday and friday to. we're. i have dedicated almost my entire professional life to the bench and fight against corruption and what i have learned is that we need champions we need also to shine the light on those captives and this award bridges a gap that existed in this. nominate your own version of your own child the light on what they do and do it not shine a light on your hero with your nomination for the international space award two thousand and eighteen for more information go to isa war dot com. welcome back here's a reminder of the top stories on al-jazeera the u.s. president says he's spoken to the saudis at the highest levels following the disappearance of saudi journalist jamal khashoggi turkish media has named fifteen men allegedl

the rain is going to be quite heavy and really here for tunisia we don't expect to see too much of a change particularly in tunis where was heavy rain on thursday may be getting a little bit better by the time we go towards thursday afternoon and friday over here towards algiers though it is going to be a mostly cloudy day at about twenty degrees but still the rain continues out here towards morocco if you want better weather go out here towards the east we do expect to see partly cloudy conditions for cairo at thirty two. in the eighteen seventies hundreds of genes were banished to the foggiest corner of an empire where their descendants still live today. my grandparents died with a heavy heart they left everything behind. you don't deliberately marjeyoun identity it's always present in sorrow as this french territory in the pacific prepares to vote on independence al-jazeera world tells the story of exile in new caledonia. welcome back a quick look at the top stories this hour sources tell al-jazeera the saudi public prosecutor in istanbul is refusing to answer questions about wher

in tunisia. in mexico. may be nervous it's not going to jump your links angry. playing to me what exactly is involved with the project. then me is a large scale project aiming at discovery of new drugs instead of using for example medicine and then. to look at new york's we're using more because they hold such a high potential and under such a large number of molecules this seems slightly in congress that venom is designed to. kill you could potentially be the source of life saving drugs but then again a poisonous plant also has the same properties and if you extract these compounds one of those compounds given to the right those age can actually cure you. surely we should start lifting rocks as you go. the toxic proteins or peptides within venom target and interact with the specific cell receptors within the body affecting the vital functions of the heart nervous system blood or other tissues. it's the targeted nature of these toxins that gives this huge potential for the development of drugs which have highly specific and effective therapeutic actions. toss to

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at least nine people have been injured in an explosion in tunisia as capital tunis state radio says a woman has blown herself up near a group of police officers in the center of the city and the area around habib bourguiba avenue is being cordoned off. officials leading the search and rescue operation after the crash of a passenger plane off indonesia say they're not expecting to find survivors one hundred eighty nine people were on board the lion airplane which lost contact with air traffic controllers minutes after takeoff. a german chancellor angela merkel has announced she will be stepping down as leader of our ruling christian democratic union party merkel says she will stay on as chancellor until the next election but will not run in three years time her party will meet next month to work out who will succeed her as chair both major parties and germany's governing coalition suffered heavy losses in recent regional elections. the next cd a party called was december and hamburg i would not put myself forward again as candidate for the c.d.u. chair secondly this full term has been