not going to work for tunisia now.oadmap he wants to put forward is not the way to help deliver for the people. bernard: the way it is happening in tunisia is not the way it pans out in egypt. our tunisians looking at egypt? are they worried that it could become a coup as bloody and as brutal as egypt went through? >> they are different countries with different institutions. i think the answer would depend on whom you talk to in tunisia and i think many nafta supporters are rightfully fearful right now because this is one of their worst fears you know, to be excluded from the system in a way that they cannot claim their word, so but for uh other tunisians i think some of them are hopeful as we saw in the streets. some a indifferent and others may be nervous. you cannot put all tunisiansn the same category when you conser perspectives towards their future but a certain portion of tunisian pulation is hopeful of getting rid of the so-called political class and only time will tell. bernard: tunisia is a different society

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let's introduce today's panel, all of them in tunisia.ember of the tunisian parliament and an international spokesperson. a human rights activist, member of the executive bureau. the editor-in-chief of a newspaper. thank you all for your time today, has been a tumultuous day. let me come to my first guest. i'm not going to say this is a coup, that is not for me to say. you tell me. >> i think the question is clear. it's a coup because, from the moment you don't respect the constitution, and you confiscate powers into one single person beholding legislative, executive and judiciary powers, contrary to the constitution, we can only use one word. is it an attempted coup? this is not a personal opinion. it is fact, which has been backed by all political forces. the situation, political crisis, sanitary situation, the pandemic. it's really concerning, something which is new. we don't think the answer to that was to confiscate powers into one institution. it's not to send the army to the parliament. it's not to consider the judiciary power bein

when ou sa star in tunisia now, surely. when you say it — star in tunisia now, surely. now, surely. when you say it was a _ star in tunisia now, surely. when you say it was a surprise - star in tunisia now, surely. when you say it was a surprise win - star in tunisia now, surely. when you say it was a surprise win for. you say it was a surprise win for everyone it was also surprising for him. he came into the pool in the morning, he packed his bag, but he did not carry his ceremonial kit. after the race, he said, i wasjust coming to participate in the 400 metres final, i did not expect to win, i was shocked i was in the final, so that is why when he got to the podium he was shot —— in shorts and a t—shirt. that is how big a shock it was for him but this is a boy who grew up in tunisia, trains and lives in tunisia unlike other swimmers from tunisia, some who went to france as a teenager, then he went to the us to continue developing as a swimmer, this is a man made in tunisia, so i think tunisians tonight are really celebrating one of their own in a very new way. is cele

tunisia's president has imposed a 7:00 p.m. till 6:00 a.m. curfew.eople are forbidden from gathering in groups of more than three in the streets. the president is dismissing allegations he's mounted a military coup. he sacked the prime minister after months of deadlock -- to dissolve his government all with the help of the army standing by. let's get the analysis, professor of political science at the american university. mr. lawrence, pleasure to have you with us. president sahid's opponents are calling this a coup. how are you reading the situation? >> first of all, the celebrations are not too large. they just ended. they were only taking place in five or six cities. if you look at the crowds, it was an older crowd. very much the anti-islamist party. the interview show that they were more anti-islamist than they were supporting said. in many cases. in terms of going forward, this is an extremely dangerous situation first of all. there are reports that i have gotten of the physically attacked -- was physically attacked sunday. he claimed that 64 pa

once again, tunisia is in turmoil.upporters are angry at the president's decision to sack the government, including the prime minister, as well as the justice and defense ministers. >> your pains are the president's choice. the republic from which the monarchy was overthrown. anchor: reporter: set porters are angry -- reporter: supporters are angry. a parliament speaker is staging a sit in in his car, refusing to move until politicians are allowed back in. he called it a queue. >> these decisions have no basis in the constitution or law, we are against them. it is a coup against the constitution, the revolution, and public and private liberties in the country. the president made a misinterpretation. reporter: the announcement came after antigovernment protests in several cities. >> the constitution does not allow the parliament to be dissolved, but it does not stand in the way of freezing its work. the second decision is to lift the immunity of all members of parliament. i will take care of the public prosecution. repo

reporter: he told the nation tunisia deserves to be in a better place.said the country has financial pressure, but it is not a baking country. -- begging country. he tried to assure the public the measures he took were imposed by his duty. he said he did not fear anyone, and he will not oppress anyone. he spoke at length about the fact that there were many people, basically within government, who had looted tunisia for far too long. he said they are going to go after those people and get that money returned one way or another. at one point he also -- asked business owners to not engage in any kind of price gouging. trying to convey that people should be calm, it should trust the fact is doing everything he can do. that is what we have heard. we did not hear any kind of announcement if anyone had been selected as the next prime minister, or when, perhaps, parliamentarians might return to their jobs. these kind of questions, they were not sure if he was addressing this today or not. earlier he chaired a meeting of the supreme council of the army, senior se

look to the government of tunisia to uphold and support the rights of journalists.things we expect of them. correspondent: for his part, president saied has tried to reassure the company he is trying to save tunisia from corruption. but for a population exhausted by political turmoil, fed up with economic crises, and increasingly alarmed by the surging number of covid cases, the uncertainty is only deepening the collective sense of fatigue. lauren: pakistan is about to introduce sweeping coronavirus restrictions which will ban unvaccinated people from venues across the country. from sunday, it will be impossible to travel by air without a vaccine certificate, while government offices, schools, and restaurants will be out of bounds without a jab by the end of august. it comes as the country sees a surge in the cases. pakistan reported nearly 4500 new cases on thursday. a double world champion has become the highest profile olympic contender to be ruled out by the coronavirus. u.s. polevaulter sam kendricks is now in isolation. that threatens to cause wider disruption

when tunisia was able to organize elections and tunisia was seen as a beacon of change, a positive change in the world. we saw what happened in, in libya, we saw what happened in syria, civil war, 1000 of people being killed and you know, people who are appealing, their hope, anton is yeah, this is a different case. tunisia is an elite society that they mean the, the tuition of, of, of education, tunisia. so this is a model to, to, to imitate, in the world that has been the hope. but, you know, we have seen this 5 mentation and nobody could actually, you know, stabilize the situation because many players, many players were unable actually to sit together for a long time and to organize politics in a way that could serve the country. and people are frustrated with this situation they, that's why you have seen demonstrations in the states, you know, supporting the decision of the, of the president, even though the president is seen by a huge, huge part of the population as a way of man who has you know those strange ways of taking decisions and not consulting with anyone. he has opponents,

to scuses the event in tunisia and the u.s.ponse i'm joined by sarah yerkes senior fellow at the carnegie endowment for international studies. welcome to the newshour so was this a coup. >> from where i stand it is a coup. i think if you look at the constitution, the way the president is justifying this, there is no way that you read this that looks like it's justified. is he not allowed to dissolve particle am, that is against the constitution, so to me that is a coup. >> schifrin: he did warn that he wanted a direct democracy rather than a parliamentary democracy, do we know what his intentions are, do we know what his goals are? >> unfortunately he's really a black box. we don't know what his long game is here. it seems right now that he's looking to consolidate power in the hands of one person and that person happens to be him. so i think in the long run he's probably trying to turn tunisia into more of a presidential, authority arian system than a particle amary one but he hasn't tomed us yet what his plans are. >> schifri

but this is a boy who grew up in tunisia, trains and lives in tunisia, and like other swimmers from tunisiaer big—name swimmer oussama mellouli, who went to france as a teenager so that he could improve and then went to the us to continue developing as a swimmer — this is a man made in tunisia, so i think tunisians tonight are really celebrating one of their own in a very new way. and is that quite unusual that all the training would be done at home rather than him traveling abroad? yes, it is a bit unusual, especially for a sport like swimming, because you find a lot of our countries in africa, maybe a lot of our coaches are not at that level, the facilities also that are available to use, the kind of equipment and the kind of knowhow and the capabilities of the coaches, so the fact that he has two tunisian coaches, everybody�*s screaming and celebrating him, he's just one half of the duo. so he trains and lives in tunisia with his coach and so i think, for him, it meant a bit more because even for his coach, you could see that, because it's very difficult to get a lot of recognition. even

, and sheiks find what is behind the unrest in tunisia.he crisis we saw on sunday, covid was the start. the crisis has been handled catastrophically here, but it is also a general situation of people feeling they are fed up and they need a change. people were happy with the city and becau -- with the sit-in because it was seen as a possible change in exit out of that previous situation. then there was also wariness and pele saying that it is good, it is change, but it's also scary because it's a step into the unknown. the fact that power had been taken in this way and that it is not clear where it is going. >> tell us a little bit about the president. you described him as a populist and also a political outsider. how is he viewed, and this decision to do this, how is that being seen? reporter: he was voted in a landslide victory in 2019 election. he was a political outsider and he didn't have a political party or political campaigning machine. he didn't have money behind his campaign. he wasn't part of the political elite with the connecti

in addition, there is a real problem i of corruption inside of tunisia. .$4.6 billion that's been swindled away. - people's day—to—day lives have not improved since the revolution- more than a decade ago. and covid—19 exacerbated it. the president said he would suspend parliament for 30 days, _ the first week is about to end - of that 30 days, and then has said we must work at fighting corruption, getting better governance. - in general, people in tunisia - support that, and they feel tired because the parliament - and government has largely been spending most of its time | squabbling amongst itself. there's a sense that we need - somebody to bring all these elements together and make it work. however, what makes tunisia a success story is also - because it is a pluralistic society, and that's important — _ in addition to the fact that - you have strong trade unions, you have strong civil society, that actually even predates l the revolution of a decade ago. those actors are still playing . a prominent role and have said they will watch what has happened, b

tom: on your first question, i have strongly supported greater aid to tunisia. you know, me, jerry, i have my druthers. i take every $1.2 million and maybe spend half of it for egyptian students and the other half on assistance to tunisia. but whatever we end up doing with egypt, yes, i think we should do more for tunisia. in -- in -- in congress, those decisions are made by appropriations committee which has the foreign operations subcommittee that deals with foreign aid. and so i've -- i have and will continue to urge my propertyor friends to -- to continue to do more for tunisia. as far as the authorization bill , it's been tough. we -- chairman meeks our new chair as all his predecessors is very determined to pass regular authorization bills. i think it's doable, the problem is that -- that to pass -- the easiest way to pass a state department authorization bill is to make it as noncontroversial as possible. to make it as anadine as possible. we still end up using the defense department authorization bill, the ndaa to legislate on more controversial, more di

it didn't work for tunisia, underbelly. it's not going to work for tenicia under side. mean, i think what we've shown throughout the world is that, you know, you need to have people, institutions that are accountable to the people. you know, people have a say in a voice in the origins that affect their lives. and the way that they're going this roadmap that i think he's going to put forward is not the way to actually help deliver for the people. ok, sally, what's happening in june is there's not how it pound out in egypt, but ought unions looking nervously over to the egypt of a lot with envy at the apparent stability that are they worried that it could become a coup with bloody and as brutal as egypt went through, well, i think the comparison, it's making a comparison will be almost catching the concept of power graph. so to me is a different country, egypt with different institutions and kind of say, it's not a system. but i think the answer will depend on, on the talk. so into nature. and i think me and not the supporter

we will bring you news from tunisia shortly. first, a bit more on the olympics.the japanese summer on the events in various ways. organisers have done their best to try and protect their best to try and protect the athletes from the high temperatures, but it is not proving an easy task, as our reporter, mariko, can tell us. sally, i am sure you can see the temperature board behind me. it is brutally hot. we heard from djokovic and tennis complaining about the head. sarah mentioned naomi osaka is doing extremely well, but still, it is extremely hard, and outside sports, this has been challenging. it has been an issue ever since i was a child, especially if you were playing sports outside, but it has gotten a lot hotter. i have noticed this year, as i came home to do reports, and that basically means that schools, teachers, coaches have to be extra careful to make sure the children are protected. under the scorching sun of tokyo, girls from this tennis club carry on with their extracurricular activities, but, every year, around 3000 children suffer from heatstroke

the answer is always tunisia. anthony has effectively demonstrated that the revolutionary potential can materialize in a positive way. i will conclude with an observations on what came at the beginning the news coverage of early 2011 when examined. in retrospect, some of the reporting was caught up in the exuberance this network, and this program included, that is not an admission of error or even even millions of people in one country after another. we're tasting freedom of expression for the very 1st time, the voiceless. finally, telling their own stories, driving their own revolution, the journalism was a reflection and it focused on what was happening at the time. and it remains undiminished by one was. when you're standing in the moment of defeat, you are inclined to look back on the beginnings and to just completely dismiss him as childish or naive or premature. i think one of the main responsibilities that we have as journalists, if you be able to retrieve and reflect on that moment. and it's very, very imp

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there have been celebrations on the streets of tunisia after the streets of tunisia after the presidentclimate summit in glasgow in november, alok sharma, has told the bbc the impact of global warming can be seen around the world and there is now an urgent need to prevent temperatures rising now on bbc news, dateline london.

i think tunisia's democracy still has a fighting chance.e look at the way , these protests are being reported upon, the way that people are allowed to go into the streets, the way that people can criticize the government, they can go out there and call this a coup, and they're not getting arrested, that shows that democracy is alive and that it is functioning. this is a major threat to tunisia's democracy i think when we look back at this in six months, maybe a month, i might have something different to say. but for now, i do think that we should still consider that democracy alive. nick: so you just said what the u.s. and europe should do. today, the u.s. spoke with senior tunisian government officials early -and released a statement saying that no one should stifle democratic discourse or take any actions that lead to violence. what should the u.s. do? sarah: i think the u.s. should be out there making much older statements andrankly calling this a coup. that needs to go through the crack legal channels. frankly, i think that is what we a

tunisia's biggest political party is calling for calm and dialogue.eporter: the heart of a diplomatic area has long been a stage for protest and political stage. this week was no different. security forces lined the streets, the army set up barricades, locking people and politicians from accessing government buildings. the president sacked the prime minister of the prominent -- other prominent members, and announced a freeze of parliament. he says the decision was taken after following the constitution, but the move has divided opinions. >> if the people see he wants to be a dictator, of course the people will rise up against him. >> it is really a rescue operation, because lately the social situation has deteriorated a lot. reporter: the biggest political group is calling the move a coup, but says it is open and ready for dialogue. >> we reject the unconstitutional announcements and welcome the rejections from most other parties and society organizations, and call on the tunisian people to be calm and vigilant and be ready to defend democracy. . repo

tonight, turmoil in tunisia. the arab world's only democracy in crisis after the president fires the prime minister and suspends parliament. the president's supporters celebrated in the streets, blaming the former prime minister's party for corruption, high unemployment, and a lack of coronavirus vaccines. but the president's opponents say this is nothing but a coup. also coming up tonight. >> it was just a new wave. brent: spiraling out of control. covid-19 cases and deaths are rising fast in africa, fueled by the delta variant. and the white house says still no european tourists allowed in the u.s. biden's coronavirus team keeps the travel ban in place as a precaution against the spread of new covid-19 variants. and on day three of tokyo 2020, another historic victory for the host nation. japan in the new olympic sport of skateboarding. momiji nishiya becomes the second youngest gold medalist ever. ♪ i'm brent goff. to our viewers on pbs in the united states and to all of you around the world, welcome. tunisia'

next, tunisia's leading islamist party has moved to ease the country's political crisis. he's calling for dialogue and urging supporters not to protest. this comes after having first accused the president of launching military coup. france and the united states are urging tunisia's president to respect democracy and human rights. >> t larger political party in tunisisays it is ready to talk, after fierce clashes broke out on monday which it blames on organized thugs, he called on his supporrs to go home to intain peace. they are now calling on tunisia's president to hold presidential elections adding that any delay would be a pretext to maintain an aucratic regime. on sunday night, the democratic credentials were thrown into doubt after the prime minister was fired and parliament suspended for a month. while many have celebrated the latest moves from the president, opinion on streets is split. >> hopefully everything will go well. i hope the future will be good. the president has taken a good step, very positive one, and i hope the future will get better and better. >> we

has done. >> reporter: yeah, ayman, tunisia is a country deeply divided right now.people can agree son this is a critical moment for the nation's future. the president's supporters will say he had no other option here. the country was in crisis, in economic turmoil. it's facing a very acute covid outbreak, and the government basically wasn't functioning, so he had no other choice but to declare a state of emergency and take control. now his opponents will say this is basically a coup. this is one man seizing complete control of the government, suspending the democratic process and doing it with the support of the military. now among those opponents is a moderate islamist party that has consistently won the most seats in tunisia's parliament. interestingly they initially told their supporters go on to the streets. protest. they are now saying stay home, avoid conflict and that's about lowering tensions in tunisia and that's about not getting the president and the army any further excuse to crack down. now our team on the ground in tunisia caught up with a member of p

continue at home in tunisia for some time.ting loss for australia as the world number one tennis player, ash barty, spun out of the first round women's singles with a dismal defeat to a8th—ranked sara sorribes tormo — just weeks after winning wimbledon. the spanish player looked to be in complete shock when she won the match. and in gymnatics, simone biles booked her place in all four apparatus finals, but a series of uncharacteristic stumbles elsewhere meant the defending gymnastic champions trailed in second place behind the team respresenting russia, at the end of the session. we can take a look at the medal table now. as you can see, china are currently at the top of the medal table with six gold, one silver, and four bronze medals — with usa not far behind with ten medals, and the hosts japan in third place with six medals so far. i must say my heart went out to the woman when she thought she had won that race, but really hadn't. that's an awful feeling, i imagine. it's the men's triathlon next, what can we expect? i don'

there've been international calls for calm in tunisia, after the country's president sacked the primeests about the govenrment�*s handling of the covid outbreak. after parliament was suspended, supporters of president kais saied clashed with those who oppose his action and accuse him of staging a coup. the president insists that he acted in line with the nation's constitution. i asked steven cook, senior fellow for middle east and africa studies at the council on foreign relations, if he thinks this is a coup. it's a very, very good question. the president certainly has an assumed executive power — something that he previously shared with the prime minister — and has suspended the parliament for at least 30 days. that seems kind of like a coup, but of course, a coup is in the eye of the beholder, so he claims that everything he has done is perfectly legal and is consistent with article 80 of tunisia's constitution, where as his opponent, the parliamentary speaker, rached ghannouchi, who is the leader of an islamist party called ennahdha, has called it a coup d'etat. given time frames

among them, the islamist party and its ally, the heart of tunisia.t investigation coming from complaints that those three parties have received foreign funding for the presidential election campaigns in 2019. foreign funding is illegal for those reasons. they are already seeing dwindling support among the general public. this news will certainly not help. in the streets of tunis, people are keeping a watchful eye on the latest developments. it is fair to say there is a general sense of tentative support for the president's actions, because there was so much anger at the political quagmire the country had been experience in these past few months. but it's also important to remember that the revolution and the democratic gains achieved during the revolution are ajust ten years old. the people we spoke to says whoever ends up being in charge will have to be -- to uphold those democratic gains. so this is anything but a blank check for the president. >> we continue to watch over developments in tunisia. of course, on all the world stories. stay with us.

the us what this means for tunisia and the swimming sensation.— us what this means for tunisia and then. the fact he has tied tunisian _ the swimming sensation. the fact he has tied tunisian coaches, _ the swimming sensation. the fact hej has tied tunisian coaches, everybody screaming and celebrating him, it's one half of the duo. he trains and lives in tunisia with his coach and so for him i think it meant a bit more because even for his coach he could see that in him. it's very difficult to have a lot of recognition, even a swimmer from europe, he is africa's top swimmer. the women's weightlifting events begin on monday and one of those going for gold rugby team gb�*s emily campbell, she is already the european champion, she has a good chance at the middle, but there will be a lot of focus on this event because the games' first trans— athlete from new zealand will also be competing. i spoke to emily a short time ago, she is in the athlete's village, and i started by asking her what it was like to be at the opening ceremony. it asking her what it was like to be at the opening ceremony

the rest of the day's headlines: celebrations in tunisia as the president sacks his prime minister anduspends parliament following a day of protests against the government's handling of the covid pandemic. as more extreme weather is recorded around the world, scientists warn of the urgent need for action on climate change. hello. day three at the tokyo olympics is now well underway, and the medals are coming in thick and fast. tea m team gb have picked up their first gold through adam peaty. but, they are not the only country celebrating. it was a great day at the pool, let's cross over to sarah. yes, welcome to tokyo bay, a brilliant monday morning in the pool for some great drama. let's start with adam peaty, unbeaten in that breaststroke and seven years. there was so much pressure on him coming into this. he was the defending champion from rio five years ago, and he started really well. usually, the start is where he can be slower but he got a very good start, and once he touched the wall he really moved on, ramped up, turned the gears for his final 15. he was roaring withjoy and ge

so there is very much the possibility of brought instability in tunisia.e could we expect. it seems at this point the president does retain the support of the security services, the national police, the ministry of interior, and the ministry of interior, and the military. he also does seem to have at least some base of support among the tunisian people, who are tired of poor governance, a lack of economic opportunity, and, quite honestly, a third wave of covid i9 honestly, a third wave of covid 19 that has just devastated the country. it seems there is at least some significant number of the tunisian population is willing to give some form of authoritarianism a chance again. 0k, we'll keep an eye on that situation. thank you so much for coming on. that was a cook. lebanese lawmakers have chosen the billionaire business person as the next prime minister. he has served in the position twice before and will be tasked with forming government. economic troubles will be a major challenge as they face one of the worst financial crises in the world. the website of

and — calls for calm in tunisia — after the country's president sacked the prime minister and suspendedo newsday where it's 7am in singapore, and 8 am in tokyo where the first medal of day four will be awarded soon. it'll be in the womens triathlon and it's the first of 22 medals to be won today — an increase caused by the rescheduling of the surfing competition because of here's how the overall medal tally looks at the start of day 4 — japan leads with 8 golds, one more than the us and two ahead of china. i'm joined now by sports presenter sarah mulkerrins who's in tokyo. sarah, looks like a very rainy morning there in tokyo how has the weather affected events? yes, you will be used to seeing this in the last couple of days high above tokyo bay. it is our point but because of the approaching storm, we have had to go indoors. but we are close to go indoors. but we are close to the triathlon event which is ongoing now, delayed by 15 minutes to begin because the heavy rain and going down in births, bits and births in the athletes that are out on the road bike section it's an awful lot of

and calls for calm in tunisia, after the country's president sacked the prime minister and suspendedliament. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it is newsday. welcome to newsday, it's 8am in here singapore, and 9am in tokyo where the first medal of day four has just been won by bermuda. their first ever gold medal. flora duffy came first in the women's triathlon — that's the first of 22 medals to be won today — an increase caused by the rescheduling of the surfing competition because of the weather. she finished a minute ahead of the second competitor. here's how the overall medal tally looks at the start of day 4 — japan leads with 8 golds, one more than the us and two ahead of china. i'm joined now by sports presenter sarah mulkerrins who's in tokyo. sarah, what a win for bermuda, the least populated nation ever to win gold in the summer olympics — what a moment! such a moment and we love these stories around the olympics. we had the news of the philippines winning theirfirst had the news of the philippines winning their first gold, had the news of the philippines

this was tunisia earlier on sunday when protesters clashed with police.h police. covid is one factor behind the unrest. the country experienced a record number of deaths last week and its vaccination campaign has had many problems, but there are other factors. deep—rooted economic issues which were partly behind the uprising in 2011 have never been resolved. here's what one protester had to say. translation: our main demand is that the ennahda movement, i which ruled for ten years, leave the parliament. as a young man in 2011, i called forjobs, freedom and dignity, and in 2021, i still call forjobs, freedom and dignity. for many tunisians, this moment clearly feels like an opportunity, but it's been denounced by the president's opponents. the ennahda party, which wasjust mentioned by the protestor, is a moderate islamist party and it's the biggest in parliament. its supporters hold it up as an example of how a balance can be struck between modernity and islam, but its critics claim it puts tunisia's secular tradition at risk. this is the leader of the the

and i think this view overlap with tunisia, disclosure illegal and with both parties overall. and i will also cite and parameters study from 2018 where above 90 percent of the major consider individuals the national institutions to be corrupt, to engage in correction. so i say simply built upon this perception and checking campaign and kept his momentum on being an off site or is usually right now. blame come for for better, right or wrong. maybe to use just it should be in the countries trying to ill current shortcomings on the boat to go on the ruling. julie and the fate strategy is now is to continue placing him outside or so this particular class. well, we were, as you will see in the next 30 years, so it least started for portion of the population, given him some credits. we will see in the next 30 years, 30 days story, whether he can deliver or not. if he can do, or she can keep his momentum, or if you fails to do so in popularity, it might, it might be dropped substantially. ok, carrick, democracy doesn't solve unemployment, doesn't fix poverty, it doesn't improve publi

troubling times in tunisia, where the president is accused of plotting a coup.ning hearts and minds as gold medals mount. ho japan's olympic victories are changing opinions. plus. if these winws could talk. the stained glass in canterbury cathedral could be, the oldest in the world. welcome to world news america on pbs and around the globe. president biden says u.s. troops will end their combat mission in iraq by the end of the year. america has about 2500 forces to help iraq. this comes as u.s. troops are ending their mission in afghanistan. mr. biden tries to wind down wars launched after the 9/11 attacks. iraq's prime minister was at the white house today. >> be available, train, assist and help. we are not going to be in a combat mission. laura: our correspondent joins us now from the white house. our u.s. troops actually withdrawing from iraq or is this a symbolic announcement? reporter: president writing did not talk about a troop withdrawal, he talked about ending the combat mission. it looked as if this is a redefining of what the americans are doing, de

tunisia's president sacks his prime minister and suspends parliament after a day of protests againsthe government's handling of the covid pandemic. hello and a warm welcome to the programme. it's day three of the olympics and we have all the latest from japan. sarah mulkerrins is live in tokyo for us, where the first medal of the day has gone to norway. tell us all about it. it certainly _ tell us all about it. it certainly has. welcome to tokyo bay early on monday morning in the japanese capital and the behind me is where the triathlon took place. it is also where we saw that false start occur. what happened is that all triathletes were on the pontoon and ready to dive in, half went in but there was a big lack boat covering one half of them so they were blocked from entering into the bay here and they had to pull the swimmers already in the water back onto the pontoon and then they finally got under way. they had a 1500 metres swim around the bay here and then on their bikes for a0 kilometres cycle around the streets of tokyo and then they transitioned into that ten kilometre run. a

and we want to make sure that as we have the situation on the ground in tunisia, that press freedoms are respected. with the fear that if you could slide back into a full revolt, similar to the 2011 jasmine revolution, the e u. n. a u. s. a calling for com and the un is following the situation closely. bought a decade home from the revolt, the brought democracy to museums defied is direction that country should take a lot of money out of there as well as get more now from mohammed vall, he's coverage. she does. he extensively flores, mohammed's you're in touch with the people in the country. how are you news? he is reacting to yesterday's events. and there are the approving of the action that's being taken. you know, how we can talk about to the, to, to basic views. and that was very clear from yesterday's confrontations between the supporters and the opponents of president. for tenisha is not in one man's opinion about what's going on. and we know that i cited by the measures that you took both the 2 days ago. and yesterday he tried, according to his opponents to hush the voice of t

but its critics claim it puts tunisia's secular tradition at risk.is also the speaker of the tunisian parliament, in the early hours of monday. he was blocked from entering the parliament building and responded with a sit—down protest. here's what he had to say about the announcement. translation: today, - we were surprised by supreme decisions that not only surprised ennahda but also surprised the tunisian people and the world, in a country that is proud of being the first arab democracy and having the latest constitution, announcing decisions that are essentially a coup d'etat and is called nothing but a coup. others are worried that the move could destabilise the country and lead to more unrest. here's what one man had to say. |translation: there is a conflict in | tunisian society which is dangerous. this conflict will lead to blood. people are injured and beaten. it leads to bloodshed and violence. for what? and by monday, there were clashes on the street. rival groups threw stones at each other outside the parliament building, which has been ba

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a medalfor tunisia, a medal for tunisia, africa's a medalfor tunisia, africa's first gold medal as wellwon a silver medal for team gb in the 200 metres individual medley in the 2016 games in rio dejaneiro. good to see you. it was an incredible game for ahmed. he was racing in the last my billing at the very sight, he had the slowest qualifying time. he went on to win. —— the lane on the outside. i'm unusual is this? it -- the lane on the outside. i'm unusual is this?— unusual is this? it is really surprising. _ unusual is this? it is really surprising. i— unusual is this? it is really surprising, i do _ unusual is this? it is really surprising, i do not - unusual is this? it is really surprising, i do not think. unusual is this? it is really l surprising, i do not think he expected when encode. you could tell by his reaction, he was overwhelmed and shocked. i think he is the third swimmer to win olympic gold from the outside lane, especially in an event like the 400 metre freestyle which is all about pacing and quite cagey. it was a fantastic race and he was already on to win.— it was a

we are concerned about the developments in tunisia which come as a chinese authorities are seeking to stabilize their economy in frontier resurgence in the coven. 19 pandemic, and improved living standards for all tunisians. we are in touch at the senior level for both the white house and the state department with denise and leaders to learn more about the situation. urge. com and support tunisian efforts to move forward in line with democratic principles. and hardy jo castro has moved from washington dc. those developments are under close watched by the us and today and a phone call between us state departments. secretary antony blinkin and the president of tunisia, lincoln told side that he should adhere to the principles of democracy and human rights. and said that open dialogue was needed between all political actors and the technician people. lincoln follow that up with a tweet, saying that this was a good phone call and that he was able to express his support for to easy as democracy. now the us has been hesitant to call this a coo, why, how spokeswoman said that a thorough lega

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