this has never happened in the history of tunisia.onstitution of tunisia has always kept the army neutral from political affiliation or involvement. the army in tunisia does not vote. now i think sayyid -- >> sorry, we have run out of time. i want to get a response. you are waiving your arms around when it comes to the army. -- waving your arms around when it comes to the army. >> i do not agree with my friend. i cannot accept that the army put itself in the position of the constitutional court. the supreme leader of the army is the president of the republic. i am totally opposed to sayyid but i would never want the army to get involved in a constitutional issue because when it starts to do that, we will start to be ruled by the army. the army is there when people would be on the street. it will be neutral. it is a political issue. make your mind between party, civil society, and that is it. >> i want to thank all of our guests and for you -- and thank you for watching. you can watch the program any time on our website or to comment,

this is a historic moment, a female prime ministe in tunisia?najla bouden romdhane the first prime minister of tunisia and this decision must be celebrated. we are proud and happy with this decision. this is a truly historic decision but at the same time we have mixed feeling because her appointment comes amid constitutional crisis. first of all, this appointment is limited with time, i mean, president saied said today that she will govern only under this exceptional measures period, so the time is limited and also her power is limited because the president gave himself extensive powers according to the decree, he announced on september 22, the president, according to this decree, upon the cabinet, the prime minister and all other ministers. so i think hearing it today, that it might be a topic, prime minister, as she sole limited powerith a limited time of ruling. >> a puppet prime minister, the words you say there. the tv appearance as we saw it with the president doing all of the speaking, the new prime minister saying nothing. it kind of sug

reporter: he she has been thrust into the spotlight by tunisia's president, coming prime minister atoment of national crisis. the president is under pressure to name a government after he dismissed the prime minister, suspended parliament and assumed executive authority in june. it is a move that opponents call a coup. [speaking in foreign language] -- >> [speaking in foreign language] translator: fighting corruption is the starting point. we will fight in all fields, including health, transport, and education. may god help you and your team that i hope you will form quickly tooth catch up on the time lost in so many ministries that became arenas flowing with blood. >> she has little government experience. her appointment comes as political parties and civil society groups were becoming increasingly frustrated with the president's failure to consult with them since he seized power. tunisia's powerful workers union is not impressed with the announcement. >> [speaking in foreign language] translator: either we are all together and partners or we agree amongst ourselves or we are people

file footage: bourguiba is tunisia. for 30 years, he's fought for his country.attled for independence from france, and wasjailed and exiled for his trouble. since independence, he's been his nation's leader. translation: i knew president bourguiba l during the struggle against colonialism. in the equal rights law, he banned polygamy, he gave women social, political and economic rights. he introduced the law on 13 august 1956. thanks to this law, women were allowed to vote and also become politicians. i am one of the founders of the tunisian women's union and president bourguiba relied on us. file footage: in this school, 100 miles from tunis, - a teacher hammers home the newly discovered facts of female life to 60 teenagers. there are 13 such schools in tunisia, organised and staffed by the tunisian women's union, a militant and powerful body of opinion in the land. the teacher leaves them in no doubts about their right. she tells them, "you are not slaves anymore, "you are like european women. "you have equal rights with men. "this, you must understand." transl

on monday, tunisia's foreign minister told the u.n.al assembly the president was acting with the will of the people. >> the dangerous tradition threatening our country and community is attributed to a deeper rooted political polarization and a socioeconomic crisis. this is why the president of the republic had to interfere and take serious exceptional resolutions and measures, based on our constitution, to put the country back on the right path towards democracy. reporter: the largest political party says the president should call elections to prove he has a mandate. >> why should one person say he can embody the will of the people? if he is the will of the people, if he is expressing the will of the people, he has to call for elections and let the people decide. reporter: local and international human rights groups are warning of a slide towards authoritarianism. while the developments in july were in popular, people are growing frustrated by what they see as elective progress that could work in the new coalition's favor. >> we are go

ah, tunisia has a new prime minister. she is not lab dean, a geologist with little political experience and the 1st woman to hold the position . present side has passed her with forming a government for weeks. now he's been under pressure to appoint a new premier after he suspended parliament in what the opposition has called a call. bernard smith have more from today's natural food and has been plucked from a relative academic obscurity and thrust into the spotlight by unity. as president high side, she becomes a prime minister at a moment of national crisis. why the president has been under mounting pressure to name a government after he dismissed the prime minister, suspended parliament and assumed executive authority in june. a move opponents called a qu, why the law many yet? i see a lot more citing corruption is our starting point. we will vote relentlessly to do this and to respond to all requests unique eons in all fields, including health transport and education. my god, help you and your team that i hope will be

october on al jazeera ah, learn fully batch boy in doha, with a look at our main stories on al jazeera tunisia, the president has named a geo physics professor with little political, political experience as a country's 1st female prime minister. his task, national den with forming a government present case, aid has been under pressure to appoint a new prime minister after he suspended parliament in what the co operation has called a call. then as smith re force from tunis, national a boot and has been plucked from a relative academic obscurity and thrust into the spotlight by unity as president. she becomes a prime minister at a moment of national crisis. why? the president has been under mounting pressure to name a government after he dismissed the prime minister, suspended parliament and assumed executive authority in june. a move opponents called a qu, why the law many yet? i see a lot more citing corruption is our starting point. we will vote relentlessly to do this and to respond to all requests to news. he ends in all fields including health transport and education. my god, help you and

tunisia, for example, we have seen the backslide of democracy in tunisia, right after the suspensionthe president. we are looking to limit the threshold of the backsliding, if there is any. that can be done either by having a coalition of governments, and on the other side, having an institution with a counselor institution, which is a royal institution. anchor: suggesting that it's important to protect whatever was won after the february 20 movement. do you think moroccans believe there will be any change, however they vote for? >> i really don't. i sort of circulate in a mix of different levels of society here in morocco and there are so many people that see there is no change coming whatsoever. after two terms of the p j.d. -- the pjd party, they feel that whoever gets in, it will be more of the same. it is an issue of trust. a huge lack of trust in the government and elections themselves. we see that also went there is corruption, for example, when people are paid for their votes. we see that all over the place, near me. that is a lot of money even though it is 100, 150 durams, i

he said it was a dangerous situation that tunisia was facing. he said there was the polarization and as a severe he cannot crisis. he said that the actions by the president were the ones he was forced to take. he says they were exceptional and he said they would put the country back on the right track. and then i think the important bit, he said that democracy still was the irreversible option. although the reality is it has been reversed, at least for now, causing real anger. in today's here on the ground, as you say, barbara, that been protests in the last 24 hours or so on the streets of tunis. we reckon somewhere between 2000 and the $3500.00 protest is that on the street. that's the biggest protest. since banashali the former dictator, was ousted back in 2011. and it's worth reminding viewers that when he 1st suspended parts of the constitution back in july, there was quite a lot of people who were supportive of this plan to root out corruption. but it's clear sentiment public sentiment on the streets so choose, have changed in the interven

with the headlines on our jazeera tunisia as president has named de geo physics professor with little political experience as the countries 1st, he made a prime minister. his asked nash la den to form a government last week. president case said, announced he would rule by decree, and ignore parts of the constitution, sparking protests. would mara, a few good people with us? this is a historical moment where we see the 1st time ever a lady who has a prime minister in our country. we will be taking care of our responsibilities in such a moment. it's an honest genius and fortune. as in women, seeing he was our prime minister. women can be successful leaders just as men can and have a clear vision exactly like man. i hope with the blessings of god that you can within the next coming days, nominate the proper names, your cabinet. we've lost a lot of time and we need to act quickly with full harmony between members. if your cabinet work hard to fight corruption with the united nations humanitarian chief mountain. griffith is warning that people are starving to death in ethiopia. to dry regi

and not just in afghanistan, but also in tunisia, egypt, libya, syria, and yemen.rd to watch, but please, make yourself. >> we are on the verge, in my view, of turning this thing around. i see afghanistan, tunisia, egypt, libya, syria, yemen as incredible opportunities to change the world for the better. if we as congress accelerate the withdrawal schedule because it is popular at home, we will undercut all of the gains we have made. >> tucker: so the beauty of videotape is that it lives forever. that was ten years ago. afghanistan, tunisia, egypt, libya, syria, yemen, lindsey graham described them all as little laboratories to test his theories. all of those places still exist and are still countries. the question is, how are they now? has anyone of those countries been improved by lindsey graham's game plan? that's a good question, you have to ask the people that live in those countries. many of whom have since bled as refugees to germany and sacramento, california. lindsey graham himself weighed in on the results of the game plan. he does not like to look backwa

but are all the top story today has been developed in tunisia, thousands of people that protesting against the president and the capital coon is a furious with chi sides announcement on wednesday that he would rule by decree and ignore parts of the constitution. but not everyone is unhappy side support says will also out in force. lexi o'brien, now or force under a heavy police presence, crowd gathered on the tune as in capitals main boulevard, to protest against the president. the anger has been growing since july when chi said suspended parliament and sec to the prime minister. 2 months on they still know parliament, no prime minister, and people here say no plan to improve their lives. but when you have a know me what i, what i, but let me, he's acting like he is the sunday is rising on the country. the general prosecutor, the president, the parliament, the government, he's acting like he is everything. that's an issue. people and it's movement don't want to play site. president side says his actions when needed to address economic stagnation and a poor response to the corona virus. his

the spark would have been a man, a shop keeper, self emilating in tunisia. it's what you can't see. you see the kindling gathering but don't know when it's going to ignite. the best thing to do is try to get ahead of it and know it could ignite at any time. and getting our friends in the middle east to reform before they get in the streets was our way of trying to get ahead of what happened ultimately in egypt and tunisia and other places. >> let's talk about the collapse of the soviet union and you were right there. >> i was and we used to laugh that people would say gorbachev is bound to fall from power. thank you but when was the issue? because a general sense that things are going bad have not enough. people knew that infrastructure, political, economic, social of the soviet union was weak. i went to the soviet union for the first time in 1979 to study language. i was there for an extended period of time. i remember thinking i had this image of the soviet military and i remember going to a store to booir something for my family and they were doing the computation of the prices o

tunisia's president has named the first female prime minister. last week the president announced he would rule by decree and ignore parts of the constitution, sparking protests. >> this is a historical moment when we see for the first time ever a lady as prime minister in our country. this is an honor to see you as our prime minister. women can be successful leaders, just as men, and have a clear vision, just as men. i hope that you can nominate the proper names for your cabinet in the next few days. we have lost a lot of time and need to work quickly in harmony to fight corruption. >> martin griffiths is wording that people are starving to death in -- are warning that people are starving to death in ethiopia. in yemen, many killed in fighting as they fight for control of a city. it is full of people who have fled conflict in other parts of yemen. the death toll is at least 100. two rival gangs fought inside a prison with guns, knives, and explosives. it took military five hours to regain control of the facility. a los angeles judge has removed t

i think it's very difficult to look at the moroccan case and the case of egypt and tunisia and compare morocco has always had its own way to do what moroccans do, but in a very different way. in morocco, the way we dealt with islamists was completely different. the moroccan strategy consists of simply allowing them to integrate institutions as a way to take them, and then they will realize that it's not that easy to achieve in practice what they were promising to do. bernard: the leader is a billionaire businessman, former agriculture minister. he has talked about the need to move forward with the kings agenda, this economic development project with the parties in power. is there a good chance morocco can move forward and will the parties want to win that way? mohamed: i want to speak to the blow to democracy if i could because we have a hybrid regime. a hybrid representative type of government. i think that's what the morocco's neat -- moroccans need. and in the arab world, we need those kinds of hybrid regimes because we need some stability. bernard: and i should say you are still in

protesters are demanding democratic rule in tunisia, which was the birthplace of the arab spring one decade ago. >> we followed a revolutionary patrick tenures in which there were negatives and positives but what happened july 25 took us back years to kleptocracy. amy: back in the u.s., in washington, d.c., police in riot gear ringed the u.s. capitol grounds saturday, outnumbering an estimated 200 protesters who rallied in support of the pro-trump mob that attacked congress on january 6. the so-called "justice for j6" rally failed to draw the large crowds organizers had been hoping for. ahead of the event, crews reinstalled a high metal fence around the capitol. in labor news, nabisco workers in five states have ended a weeks-long strike after union members overwhelmingly approved a new contract that includes a 60 send in our -- 60-cent-an-hour annual wage increase for the next four years, a $5000 bonus for all employees, and blocks proposed cuts to workers' healthcare. nabisco workers say they had been forced to work grueling 12- to 16-hour shifts during the pandemic, often includin

i'm fully becky boy, you're watching al jazeera life from joe also ahead the downs in protest in tunisia, in demonstrations both or and again, the president moves to consolidate is hold on power.

tunisia has announced a coalition to oppose the president.he group says he lost legitimacy, accusing him of a coup. those are the headlines. next, "inside story." stay with us. >> a fuel crisis for one of the world's richest nations. petrol pumps and the u.k. -- in the u.k. are running dry because there are not enough truck drivers to deliver the fuel. is brexit to blame? is this supposed the problems within the industry? this is -- has this exposed deeper problems within the industry? this is "inside story." hello and welcome to the program. it is not something you see every day in the u.k. drivers waiting hours to fill their cars. the government says panic buying is partly to blame for the pumps running dry. fuel companies say there is no shortage of petrol, just a lack of tanker drivers to deliver supplies. the government placed soldiers on standby to help and it's granting temporary work visas to 5000 truck drivers. industry leaders say the measures are not enough to solve the crisis. andrew simmons reports from london. andrew: a new work

busy off the news officer eyes of other brought this across tunisia or even of the same place since the capital. but actually, i don't think that would be just but this for the upcoming weeks. this won't be, i mean us because we may be, would like to seem to seeing or would like to to, to say, because it's pretty obvious not the people that gathered yesterday. they were rejected or they are rejected. even according to recent polls, they are just rejected by the population. and that's why they are supporting president, president 5 decisions they are wrote to support a prison fight, maybe program or vision of already present boats of democracy or direct democracy as we may call it. but they are just supportive of theme because he simply letter lies them. if we can say this way, so they are 40, they are seen as the core up what it's going to need, who faded to address the the problems of the real problems, often asia in terms of economy in terms of reforms. when i, in terms of reforms of the judiciary, the history for the, for this reforms. and of course, in terms of the economic forms bec

and i just want to remind in, in may, i mean there was a leak about the cook in tunisia. i don't know if we just talked about that, but we are left, i personally literally left about that document top secret, but you could from gosh. and now i'm in, geneva is really a pacific country. i just want to remind you of that for much less than that in the us. in the end of trump term people are most, it's not so much. they took their fire arms and the internet for no, i mean there was not moment of expectation the moment where people are really digesting recoup. but from now and i think and what we saw yesterday is just the beginning of the arena, furthest against the i said. and that should read because it's really not find them . and i am really, they say, i do believe the junior army natural as it is. i mean, they, we didn't, they would never shoot people on the street during the max of the fact of the matter is, is that case, i said has a huge amount of political support. still he still popular and puff of the country . so there is support for him, i'll guess in june is talk

who faded to address the, the problems of the real problems of tunisia in terms of economy in terms of reforms, when i, in terms of the reforms of the judiciary, the history for the, for this reforms. and of course, in terms of the economic conforms because what we were facing before, right, when you say and even know what to a certain extent, is that okay, we have free stems. we have free elections or some sort of free elections, but it's a bit different currently. and this is what the regulation was about. what you haven't paperwork 1st for testing for their economic rights for the social surplus you're putting in also. busy into this we seem to be hearing that, you know, he hasn't address the real problems of chinese structural problems generally, which aren't going to go away over night. but he is popular. is he listening to these protests, or is he ignoring them because he feels he has the political and popular support? let me sort of all tell you that it has become clear that all that mr side has wanted to to, to do or to people he'd like to do. he didn't, he was unsuccessful to

we begin in tunisia. thousands of people have been protesting in the capitol in the 1st major demonstration since july. when the president ty site sees governing powers and dismissed the parliament, he's now indicated that you pines to amend the constitution. but opponents of calling sides move and organized qu, dosage bari has more on the story now. the array show of public dissent against president case. in the twenty's, in capital, thousands of people rallied in the center of tunis on saturday, chanting shut down the coo and we want to return to legitimacy. we follow the path of the revolution with its negatives and positives for 10 years. but what happened on july 25, took us back 50 years to talk, proceed, which we tried with dba and benignly, but the policy is what a failure. and we couldn't advance on july 25th president's dismiss prime minister, his sham, she, she froze parliament and these traditional power insisting it was not a qu, but others called it a threat to the region. few democracies. so supporters held accounted, demonstration chanting. the people want to dissolve parlia

decided to deviate from the constitutional legitimacy and the legitimacy of peoples well in 2011. tunisia was the 1st country to rid itself of autocratic rule and what would become the arab spring. i would expect that in one or 2 months because of social economic keys, and we may see the beginning of opposition in the street that was actually joined the good of the put it, it'd be happening right now. protests are already planned for sunday in the same square where more than 2 decades ago, the people rose up against then president ben ali leo harding al jazeera rival groups of brazilian cocoa farmers. the fort was police in the capital, the pads. farmers through roxanne farr crackers that officers the respondents with tear gas in the spots by among flung disputes about the leadership of the regional co performance association, the co kelly trading legal business in bolivia and as controls by local unions. so hang on, i'll just, sarah, we'll have the sport for you and we'll take a look at what makes the wider, comp, special stories coming up for you after the break. ah ah ah ah ah ah, me o

it ends at 2 week man hunt protests have been held in tunisia for and against the president. it's the 1st major demonstration in the power and dismiss parliament in july. is critics accused him of a relatives of the family members killed during the us. drone strike in capital are demanding compensation and to be relocated from afghanistan. it comes after the us admitted mistakenly targeted and aid worker and 9 of his relatives, instead of eyes full fighters on kong, political elite or voting for a powerful committee, which will choose the cities next leader and nearly half of its legislator. fewer than 5000 people from mostly pro establishment circles are able to vote its territory 1st election. since paging overhauled its electrical system and thousands of haitian migrants across into the us are to be reported. it's estimated that more than 13000 people are saying at make ships camp in the border town of del rio, the only border crossing there has been close. yesterday with the headlines on al jazeera, i have more news for you after accounting, the cost. stay with this we un

the security council 1st met on the issue of the down back in july at the request of tunisia. but there was no statement or outcome from that meeting to nisha is been trying to get a statement ever since. and to get to this point, they included the coffee that the statement does not in any way set precedence for other water disputes, other trans boundary water disputes in particular. so the reaction to this is a bit mixed. the egyptian foreign ministry released a statement saying that it was a welcome push, an important push that forces ethiopia back to the table. but e v o p says that water disputes are not under the purview of the security council and any claims made as a result of the statement will not be followed. the trial of 4 former volkswagen executives has begun in germany. they are accused of using manipulated software on millions of cars that allowed vehicles to cheat emissions test. it was exposed by u. s. regulators that has already cost volkswagen billions in fines and compensation to car owners. dominic cane is following the store force from berlin. so don't kn

the matter, so the girls can complete the study. thousands of people have taken to the streets in tunisia, capital and the 1st major demonstration, since president chi side sees power and dismissed, the parliament in july protested, chanted, shut down. the qu many faring the new right one in the 2011 revolution which box, which spot the our spring. we last president has rejected the accusations and indicated the plans to amend the constitution. dozens of the president supporters also gathered the thing he wants to and corruption. and the french on back to australia has left the country off the france recalled him and its envoy to the u. s. it's the latest escalation in a dispute of a new, a new security agreement in the pacific. under the deal, australia scrap the contract with fonts in favor of acquiring nuclear power submarines built with us and british technology front says there is now a serious crisis between the allies. i was the main stories this our, the listening post is coming up. next, i'll be more news after that. i will see you in about half an hour time. i lose you know who

and we may think, we may think that tunisia and more or less a bo release it sits. but i just want to remind you what happened is absolutely, absolutely any magic. i mean, no one ever so that this could be possible. and i just want to remind in, in may, i mean there was a leak about the coup, indonesia. i don't know if we're just talking about that, but we are left. i personally literally left about the documents, a top secret that you get from us. and now i'm in geneva, it's really a pacific country. i just want to remind you of that for much less than that in the us. in the and trump term. people are most, it's not so much. they took the fire arms and the internet for no, i mean there was not moment of expectation the moment where people are really digesting the group. but from now and i think and what we saw yesterday is just the beginning of the arena, protest against the i said, and the read because it's really not like them. and i am really, they say, i do believe that the junior is in army natural as it is. i mean, they will, they will never shoot people on t

now, thousands of people have been protesting against the tunisia. presidents moved to rule by decree. supporters of car saw were also out in force on the street of tuna . a funeral is taken place for one of 5 palestinians killed by is writing forces of bodies for august has not yet been released. and our top story today, vote counting has started in germany general election. exit polls are showing the 2 main parties, the vd and cd you are running, neck and neck, agreeing to polling in 3rd place. say they're open to coalition discussions. 7 now joined by player kindest or last bunker who is in berlin. and so just looking at and we just wanting through the results there. and the 2 mainstream parties have in delton blow in this election. now, green party has a fat of support and they're likely to be approached by both of the main parties in coalition talks. what, how would you describe that position now? what sort of concessions will they want in order to, to enter into a coalition agreement? yeah, the greens are definitely one of the 2 king makers here for the coming weeks. their domin

there isn't a lot of clarity hasn't been given conferences, hasn't been talking to tunisia, journalist news press. i've given just a few interviews to international outlets. polls are closed in macau as legislative assembly elections, the turnout rate was about 42 percent. that's the 15 percent lower than the previous election. in june, the government disqualified 21 opposition candidates from standing, including veteran politicians who served for decades. could say beijing is extending its crackdown and descend from hong kong to the former portuguese colony . me. so the number of new cases of covered 19 in miramar has fallen, but many patients are having difficulty getting treatment in hospital distrust of states run facilities has led some people sick vaccines on the black market from st . louis reports cove at 19 patient of being treated inside his private facility that used to be a boxing stadium. it was converted into a treatment center by a group of business men in young gun and his run as a not for profit enterprise. the idea came about as myanmar was experiencing its 3rd and mo

there were being sped around, people were assuming that it might be an economist, given the fact that tunisia is how it was with just the negotiations with the international monetary fund. but she seems a bit like a political outsider, like the president himself, the position himself as an outsider. and this is someone, again who does not seem to come from the traditional political lead to the political clock. she someone coming from academia with a ph. d. she has been at the ministry of higher education. so we're still just finding out more about her about someone who seems to be quite new to the stage. but certainly the president is pointing to the symbol is not the 1st female foreign minister. and not just in teja, but perhaps in the entire world. it does seem that even a group that we're initially supportive of the president are starting to become more concerned starting to voice their criticism much more separately. this may have been some of the pressure for him to, to name a prime minister as well. we'd expect that he would name a new government much earlier. he had initially given a 3

for example, or tunisia. morocco has always been able to have its own way to do what they do, but in a very different way. in morocco. the way we dealt with the islamist was completely different instead of completely eliminating them from the or in egypt or play in to give them some kind of for you to power engineers yell the, the moroccan strategy consisted in simply allowing them to be included in great and integrated institutions as a way to take them. and then they will realize that what they were promising people is not really easy to achieve in practice. ok, often national relative independence is now when the bulk of seats, as e dot com slash it's late, a 1000000000 businessmen, agra form agriculture minister, mama talked about this need to move forward with the kings agenda. this economic development project with those part is in power. is there a good chance that morocco can move forward with a king's agenda? willows party want to implemented? can just fix it, the question of the states and also the congress just for i think we have a hybrid in the sense that an executive ki

well, in 2011 tunisia was the 1st country to rid itself of autocratic rule and what would become the arab spring. i would expect that in one or 2 months because of social economic stevens, we may see the beginning of opposition in the street that was actually join the of the put it's happening right now. protests are already planned for sunday in the same square where more than 2 decades ago, the people rose up against then president ben ali, leo harding al jazeera. 35 people have been killed as fighting, fled up between humans who the rebels and pro government forces in southern shambler province. dozens more were injured on the 3rd day of classes and the government controlled area. who if he's recently captured to districts inside shop or province, government forces now trying to push the rebels back. humans internationally recognized government, backed by a found the lead. military coalition has been locked in war with the iran back to the since 20143 enforcers have entered several more villages around the southern city of bringing the region under government control. the consolid

and the legitimacy of peoples well in 2011 tunisia was the 1st country to rid itself of autocratic rule and what would become the arab spring. i would expect that in one or 2 months because of social economic keys, and we may see the beginning of opposition in the street that was actually joined the anger of the be happening right now. protests are already planned for sunday in the same square where more than 2 decades ago, the people rose up against then president ben ali. leah harding al jazeera. the taliban takeover in afghanistan has been welcomed by those who live in the group stronghold of can the hall. i'll just there is gain red access to the grades to come to her region in the south. ca hi. does this report from that greater kunda hall, a region defined by common culture and history? richard gross, nevada, dawn and competing every province, including his mind and its capital life. good god. until recently, there was never and page of operations. the us led coalition voted in the national army some of the most intense fighting of the almost 20 wall vince, that all of our earlier

we've seen the suspension of parliament in tunisia, the assassination of the prime minister in haiti. how worried are you about democracy in the world? i'm very words. i think that's not only democracy. i'm worried with the fact that more and more we see poet taken by force. and i see all the visions increasing within societies. palletization of societies. the vessel truce. when the same facts is described in totally different ways by different politicians and different groups within the society population. since phobia racism, i think there is a number of serious threats that are happening to the in the developed world in traditional liberal democracies that are serious threats that need to be faced. in a matter of weeks, it will be the 1st anniversary of the clashes in tea grey and of the military intervention by ethiopia. in the early stages, i know you used your relationship with prime minister abbey ahmed to try and calm things down. he told you that there were no retrench troops in the country, and yet they were, they were executing people. they were raping people. he told you h

the security council 1st met on the issue of the dam back in july at the request of tunisia. but there was no statement or outcome from that meeting. tenicia has been trying to get a statement ever since and to get to this point, they included the caveat that the statement does not in any way set precedence for other water disputes, other trans boundary water disputes in particular. so the reaction to this is a bit mixed. the egyptian foreign ministry released a statement saying that it was a welcome push, an important push that forces ethiopia back to the table. but e d o p says that water disputes are not under the purview of the security council and any claims made as a result of the statement will not be followed. the pan american health organization says cone of virus infections of 3120 percent across the americas. in the past week, cases rose by a 3rd in north america's infection source in the us and canada. in the past day, the u. s reported nearly 144000 u infections. so these $1800.00 death countries average daily death tool is noted the highest since the peak of the

listening to a good number of important speeches as well as speech is like say for example, that tunisia and president are the gypsy president to see the move there. and then at least about the move towards change or not change. but clearly, i think the biggest question of all facing the world today is what relationship with china and the united states. and while president biden says, there is no cold war, everyone is feeling the cold war. he think of, isaac, where between china and the united states. and i think the 3 important questions that the 3 c issues climate, corporate and conflict. without the big c corporation between china and the united states. we're going to see our secretary good tourists, warned us that this is a world on fire and it will continue to rage. and we, and our children on the guns for them are not going to have it's well in the future . if china and the united states as well as others in europe and elsewhere, co operate on the important questions of dependent x on the, on the questions of global warming, climate change on the questions of conflict. and on the q

ah, look at the main stories now and thousands of people are taken to the streets of tunisia capital in the 1st major demonstration, since the president chi side sees power and dismissed, the parliament protest has chanted shut down the cope with many ferry. the new right one and the 2011 revolution which box the arab spring will be last. president says rejected accusations and he's planned to indicate that.

supportive of what the president was doing because of the sort of political and economic situation. tunisia was in a really political system that wasn't working, wasn't moving how it wasn't advancing any economic plans. and so the president sees power with a lot of public backing, the empire as barely crippled the economy. but in those 2 months, the president have not forwarded has not offered a new economic klein. i'm the main complaint, the civil side to groups. and i'm the political parties is the president has not spoken to them. he's not engaged them. he's not a not invited them to him. he's don't, i doubt speaking to them. i think it would seem appointing this prime minister. so the present, the challenge for the prime minister must be to somehow engagement civil society groups engage with these political parties in some way to try and lay concerns. that though is they are making progress in advancing a plan. but unity in terms of economic development in terms of getting the country out of the political crisis. of course, the new prime minister is yet to speak to us and we wait and se

i've been talking to tunisia, journalists, music press is given just a few interviews to international outlet. so it's very unclear where he's going from here. and certainly there are critics within parliament, especially the, the, is not the party said that they disagree. they do that. this is a crude, a do not think that what he's doing is the constitutional, the head of the party and just came out with a statement recently say that they would not like to see any changes to the system that they believe the parliamentary system as a business is the right one. however, some members of the party have said they're willing to talk about potential changes to the system if people into, to believe that the current system is not working to, to really support the demands of the people. well, there's not only been criticism inside the country, but outside the country to unsurprisingly plenty of concern from foreign leaders about the future of democracy engineers. yeah. do they have any influence over what happens now? well, they release some statements. we've seen you, we've seen us officials,

no, i think people and political parties are pushing more far between all the political parties in tunisia. but if you will, to describe the feelings, i would say that they are disappointed. they are great. that's i told you, because they are, we think more district most more decisions from the presidents and more execution. let's say i'll be by the way, is a journalist based in june. she's been talking to us from the scene of those protests which would be taking place in the capital city against the actions being taken by the president high society who has dismissed the government in july and subsequently not imposed upon new prime minister or a new government w, thank you very much indeed. well, france is recalling its own box. it is from the us and australia after what it called a stab in the back. it's part of a dispute about a new security packed in the pacific. under the deal is trailer will be able to require nuclear power. somebody is built with us and u. k. technology. but it's come at the expense of france is a multi $1000000000.00 agreement to buy friends. submarines has been ca

he has been talking to tunisia, journalist news press. i give him just a few interviews to international outlets. when i'm moving on and one week after they seized power guineas, truly it is yet to form a government. they've offered no clear plan to return the west african nation to democratic rule. and many people in guinea becoming increasing the impatient for reforms to undo decades of misrule and interest reports. now from the capital connor cri, that's $21.00. 79 political present recently released from jail save us his new found freedom. jailed for posing deposed president l for candace constitutional amendment. the activist says he won't hesitate to take a stands against the military if they overstay their welcome look up the question, if in fact, our struggles for democracy is not over, it's an everyday fight. i ask the people of kenya to mobilize and defend our young democracy. we must defend it one week ago, the army led by colonel mom i did to me, and the president of a condition 11 year old and arrested him. the court has been

were being spread around, people were assuming that it might be an economist, given the fact that tunisia is how it was with just the negotiations with the international monetary fund. but she seems a bit like a political outsider, a bit like the president himself. it does seem that even a group that were initially supportive of the president are starting to become more concerned starting to voice their criticism much more separately. this may have been some of the pressure for him to, to name a prime minister as well. we'd expect that he would name a new government much earlier. he had initially given a 30 day period, but we've seen that that's gone way power. so certainly when we're seeing this, part of it may be to, to sort of lay the fear that people who say it doesn't matter who don't have a direction of where he's going with the country. you, military and chief says the crisis in if you refuse to cry is a stay in a law conscience bought him. griffith recently visited the area and says people are starving to death because deliveries of food. and although the vital aid have been block