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let's try and recall to be on the he's the project director for north africa, the international crisis group. joining us now via skype from lisp and the picture that we all see actually this to be on the all of people gathered on one side of a barrier. we're not quite sure exactly where that location is. of the heavy police presence from what we can see, what we do know is that it seem very likely this is now a qu, being instigated by the president and worrying development for to nicea just your initial reactions to what you've had these past few hours as a story has developed i think, i think we have to take in consideration here that there are 2 conflicting narratives. one of this day is the narrative supported by the president and his supporters and their idea. and their view of this situation is that this is an, an announcement with a series of emergency measures that in that are all within the boundaries of the constitution. and in particular, article 80 of the, of the charter. we have then another, a competing conflict thing, narrative obviously supported by now and the other pol

you know, decide that will be in north africa population is when people clearly have the solutions that belong to the 77 percent. now every region on the w the goal was right in front of them. they're all for this one moment. then suddenly, we agreed to postpone the game central europe $22421.00 strong off course during the quantifying ground. these for sports heroes, actually it was a flap in the face, but now we just have to fight there, mobilizing superpowers. i'm fired up and ready. count down during walk down the go to tokyo, started july 19. d w. me . ah ah ah was ah, this is the w news lie from berlin. italy are crowned champions at euro 2020. the fans celebrate and their team defeats england. any penalty shoot out at wembley stadium. the azurie lifting the trophy for the 2nd time in their history. also coming off after looters in south africa.

africa, the globe back against the center. and the coverage just grew worse, back in each room. right now, and 2000 people have been arrested. those governments have also diversified, their dissemination of propaganda. outsourcing what was once the responsibility of state own channel, to privately own, some newly taken over by the state. others just eager to please egypt meeting, have proven night after night that more voices do not add up to a plurality of opinion. journalism such a critical component of the notes of the arab spring has become one of its long term casualties. the egyptian state under c, c is not a practitioner of the old style of game where you have the one news anchor of the state deliver your child that everybody watches who says what the leaders want you to hear. for the very 1st time, a lot of the main television channels in egypt are directly on by the egyptian military. right? this is new. this did not used to be the case. that's dynamic number one. dynamic number 2 is the unleashing of these larger tha

africa analyst and international development consultant. he joins us now via skype from tonight. so thank you so much for joining us here on al jazeera. now what we've been hearing as is that these special measures have been put in place for a few weeks, roughly a month. but in these situations, the temporary can often become permanent. so do you think that tunisia is now facing a threat to its democracy? i don't think that there's a threat to democracy. you know, i think that the measures that were taken by the president could be interpreted as such. but to me that had been on a democratic path for the last 10 years. and i think all expert expected is going to consolidate democracy in the near future. when a democrat pass for 10 years, of course, the nicea is almost famous for being the one country that seemed to emerge from the arab spring, whether democratic system. and yet we have seen in those 10 years continuing accusations of corruption. the economy really never taking off and of course the code, the crisis exacerbating everything ov

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so from north africa, they went out of spain, sephardic tooth, and they ended up, they went to north africa, and then they ended up in venice. lane motor talks about their music, their liturgical music being turkish founding. so i think they also their instrumental music. what have the interpret bouncing spanish the same for spanish and of course for italians and we're living in the ghetto at the time where the carnival and the committee of the last day was really starting. so that would have had an enormous influence as well on the instrumental music. ah, the ah, i think the, i think this journey has shown me that jewish communities are very diverse and vibrant in everyday life has been shaped not by foreign politics, which is the impression that we always get. but my question was, how can we continue to live the jewish life? how can we establish ourselves? lots of jewish centers to being built with. people are trying to open new one about i feel that there's a lot of vitality that feels bitterly facing. i imagined it being very different. i come from berlin, where all our schools a

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and then after the 2nd world war, many hundreds of thousands of jews travelled from north africa back to europe. and also israel. we don't know if it goes back to the old testament, if you want to look at it met the logically and this whole aspect of judaism in central europe is something we're not really conscious or not in the general community either in the open mind to mind so that's especially since clearly had such a major impact on europe. migration flows in both directions and now seeing another migration movement here in the same place they've been happening for centuries. and that's the reason we're starting our journey through europe. from the beginning i choose i've never been to my day, but i'm excited to see what jewish life is like here the . it's a typical pause city with lots of influences and immigration and that's why it's a city that's always been open to the jewish community. the life is obviously changed since the attacks on charlotte, abdul. it's now considered necessary for the press in france to have security and got the emissions. hello. you are listening to

it was in 2020 and that compared to 82 percent in north africa and the middle east. so let's discuss this a little bit further on cost to our kenyon to the canyon capital nairobi and corresponded that joy, doreen barrett, georgia read. so 25 percent of women in sub saharan africa. don't have a mobile phone. just explained to us why that's a problem. it is a problem because if we look at countries that have narrow gaps we are looking at, he cannot make independence. and so it is a problem because that wide a mobile gap means that these less women who are more women who are economically dependent. and of course that also translates into financial exclusion which flows down economic development in many african countries. so having a narrow gap means that the economic, independence, financial inclusion, and by default economic development, we saw a closing of the agenda gap in many possible during the pandora, particularly in south asia. but we didn't see that in sub saharan africa. do we know why that is? well, looking at the bigger factor which is depend demik of cours

and i just want to give the example for, for, for many generation coming from north africa, from, from my country, from the african continent that it's not impossible that we can do it. and you know, i'm trying to give you this message from very long time, and hopefully it is. it is working, you know, this is the w news live from berlin next to the 1st part of a documentary on jewish life in europe. phil gale will have more headlines for you at the top of the hour, and you can always find much more news and analysis on our website at www dot com. i'm rebecca is in berlin. thank you very much for watching the news . your goal was right in front of it. then suddenly we agreed to postpone the or olympic games that tokyo with 2020 course during the qualifying ground for sports heroes down during lockdown starts july 19th on d. w.

africa, and in algeria and in north african countries and around the world, you know, the wars of liberation from colonial power. there is this blossoming of utopia. in algeria after 1962 and more or less 1974, were the golden ages of the revolution. so i kept wondering what would have been to have been in the country that was so much fun, that there were so much joy, so much hope, you know, and having the opposite experience of having lived, being raised and growing up in a country that was all about the opposite, because algeria's independent in 1962 and the military came to power in brazil in 1964. i was raised in a dictatorship. [speaking portuguese] >> as well as your personal family history, this film is a snapshot of contemporary algeria, the encounters in the street, the conversations and observations you make. from that contact with the local people, what was your overriding impression about what they had to say to you? >> listen, i think that there is a sense of pride, which is great. i remember being in cuba and having that same sensation, this is ours. we've earned it. so that wa

much of the middle east and north africa is similarly situated. jane: of course, global water shortages are a concern. thank you very much for joining me. france has rolled out the first phase of its covid health pass in an attempt to control a fourth wave of infection. only those with proof of vaccination, immunity, or a negative covid test will be able to visit cultural institutions like museums and cinemas. bbc has been out to see how it is working. reporter: wednesday morning, the louvre has just opened. beautiful day. but. for the first time, these people will have to have with them their past, the health pass. a piece of paper or smartphone showing they have been vaccinated, or they have had a recent negative test, or had the disease recently and are immune. if they don't have that, they won't get in. we have already seen a few people turned away, politely, podesta go to a chemist where they can pick up a negative test pretty quickly. it is the same for all museums, theaters, cinemas, anywhere in france they can receive more than 50 people.

africa, but others include india, pakistan, and friends. nso group denies any wrongdoing and says the report is full of wrong assumptions. the phone numbers of 14 heads of state are said to be targeted. include pakistan's prime minister, a south african president, and the french president. a newspaper says mccrone's phone number is on the list selected by morocco's intelligence service for potential cyber spying. if the allegations are true, the president says it will be very serious. morocco has denied using pegasus spyware and rejected what it says are groundless allegations. other phones are said to be those belonging to people close to the saudi journalist who was murdered at the saudi embassy 2018. media organizations working with the pegasus investigation say more than 180 journalists were found on the list, including 25 in mexico. here's what one mexican journalist had the same. test had to say. >> i think a must all mexican journalists fear we have aside -- certain type of surveillance. we assume that because mexico is one of the mo

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and west africa, to europe, and from central and south america to north america. the fees charged by smugglers are different depending on the point of origin. it could cost about $2000.00 across from mexico into the us or $10000.00 from countries beyond the mexico. and about $55000.00 people are told to be smuggled from africa into europe each year being smuggled from as it is in the jail to libya and then on to europe. could cost about $2.00 to $3000.00. will ill? yes. hi. this is chief of the human trafficking and migrant smuggling section at the us office on drugs and crime me joins us live now from vienna. so thank you so much for joining us here on al jazeera. i mean, how much bigger is the sort of people smuggling becoming both? i mean, we've mentioned the 2 routes from latin america to the united states and of course, from african, the middle east to europe. thank you very much. smaller, you have big business. you're measuring already so much of it, and i want to say that the figures are to measure from our own reasons, relates to all the fraction of the gl

the situation has triggered solidarity and fears across the country -- north africa. with neighboring countries sending medical supplies. >> japan's capital tokyo has hit a six month high of covid-19 cases, just a day before the olympic games opening ceremony. 2000 positive tests were reported over the past 24 hours. that is despite tokyo being under a state of emergency for the past 11 days. to add further problems, the director of the opening ceremony has been sacked after footage emerged of him telling a joke about the holocaust during a comedy show 23 years ago. >> to get toward the ceremony, even in the best of times, there is a degree of public reticence. will there be any meaningful legacy when the games finish? here we are on the eve of the opening ceremony and the show director has been fired. it pours assault on previous controversies. the composure for the opening -- the composer for the opening ceremony had to step down. the president of the organizing committee had to step down after making sexist comments. one problem after another. we have this balancin

anchor: a north africa analyst said tunisians are looking for more change it decade after the jasmine revolution. >> i do not think there is a threat to democracy. i think the measures could be interpreted as such, but tunisia has been on a democratic path, and i think all experts expect it will consolidate. we should look at the longer time horizon. when the protests were happening in 2011, you had revolutionaries there on something along the lines of grassroots, horizontal formations. something that can to a welfare state, social democracy. we saw the political parties stepped into the fray. many were from the old guard. as a result, he we see the coloring of democracy that is not the kind of color the people would like. the economy has not done well, partly as a result of business as usual. the same economic model is still persisting today. ♪ anchor: for january 6 on the u.s. capitol building was a clear plan to disrupt democracy, that is according to one police officer present that they. d was one of several officers testified in marchant and d.c.. -- washington, d.c.. they told

i must off africa, of course is hot and dry. but the rain gets a long way north this time. yeah. if you, if you, how's the seeing showers are a big shower in guinea and living further north, but it's certainly that part of west africa where you see the biggest dam pause this time of the year. and they are, they are in the forecast. they're long way north, feathery as well. for example, in geneva the, the, the world's lungs are being seized. the amazon rain forest is diminishing the rate of football pitcher a minute to meet the market insatiable appetite for logging, mining and farming. as both scenarios, government seek to relax, conservation laws and increase production. indigenous communities on the brink of extinction. no, it's the bite of their life. people empower brazil's amazonian battle on algebra. ah the a tough stories on i'll just be around. all us troops on nato troops pulled out of the background the air base and i've done it on nearly 20 years. after arriving taliban has seen more territory and recently, a completely role of us forces inspector advice. september the

africa. ok when we've gone to talk to their manufacturers, they tell us that they are completely maxed at meeting the needs of europe. we are referred to india. ok, where a number of manufacturers exist that are manufacturing vaccines like the astrazeneca vaccine under license. ok, so your customers are, you know, you can't say you supporters, they have vaccinated, so many of their own people that they can now watch football without masks. i've heard serge of creating a virus infections that gripping africa has been described as extremely aggressive . 5 and a half 1000000 infections have been confirmed among the continents. 1.3000000000 people. the head of the africa centers for disease control and prevention wound, there's been a 23 percent increase in the number of cobra race death. in the past week, he says 1600000000 vaccine doses and needed to meet the goal of fully vaccinating 60 percent of the continents population. kovak promised to deliver 700000000 doses to africa by december. but t

can you tell us what you -- it was you took away from that trip to north africa? >> morocco had an extraordinary effect on me, but i knew that it would. i went there to see about hypnotic, rhythmic geometry. not the geometry of order. but the geometry of psychological, emotional saturation. when i went there, i connected with it immediately. i just loved all the stripes and patterns and the way that that went with the music. and, in fact, i was walking around wearing a -- i slept on the ground in it. i pulled the hood down, put my arms ina nd went to sleep on the ground. so, i became part of the country. >> adopting the local textiles. the interpretations of life at the edges of the desert are a new feature of a new group show in france, as part of the africa 2020 cultural season. hotel zahara brings together many pieces in paris. ou reportersr went to find out more. >> the largest sand desert in the world, the sahara, is vast yet full of clichÉs. it's the job of these ten artists in residents to reveal his true complexity as the project commissioner explains. >>

africa, egypt. that region has population of about 5 percent of the population, but just as one percent of the global water resources. and soon, another factor could make the foundation even more crucial global warming. the as the climate warms, more water will evaporate. and as aristotle noticed more vapor equals more clouds people's more rain. but that rain won't call evenly map shows how precipitation will change as the climate heat up. regions in purple will get more re those in orange less now compared with this other math, please read does indicate areas that are already experiencing in water scarcity today. dry areas like calla fornia in the middle east will have even less rainfall . other countries, like india, will have more rain in the monsoon season, but left and the dry season when people need it most. this will make desalination even more popular. and this route is starting to explode, i'd say since to lay a ninety's, but especially in the last 20 years you've seen a big acceleration. e

you know, just said that would be in north africa. population is growing fast and young people clearly have the solutions. the future belongs to the 77 percent. now, every on the w. w . news a show coming up today. chinese workers caught up in a deputy explosion in august on please 9, i killed as they headed to work on a hydro power dam project. china goes with an attack party on accident, which is plus new social media rooms in india, checking the freedom to express news on twitter. but not everybody thinks that we look at the divide and money, fish eating slimy caterpillars. why? south korea wants everyone to enjoy.

you know, i know we in north africa population is willing the young people clearly have the solutions, the future. 77 percent. now, every weekend on the w. w. crime fighters are back africans, most bullying, radio drama continues this season. the story focus on have speech. cholera, prevention and sustainable charcoal production, all of those are available online. and of course you can share and discuss on e w, africa, facebook page, and other social media platforms. crime fighters to noon now. every day counts for us and for our planet. ideas to bring you more conservation. how do we big cities? how can we protect what to do with them all our ways we can make a difference by choosing smartness solutions overstayed said in our way, the global ideas, mental theories in little 3000 on the w online the, the hello there, and welcome to our latest edition and to kick off a week will need not or 40. i am one of africa, visionary creatives, who worked tirelessly to preserve and showcase the past, present and future of african arts and culture. also coming up with based photographer zach fun

what her scarcity is fast becoming a life and death matter in the middle east and north africa and not been on the situation so dire, but the children's charity. unicef is calling for immediate action as millions in the country, which indeed is a huge percentage of the population risk losing access to clean water and just a number of weeks. well, utility companies in lebanon, approximately would have between 4 to 6 weeks before they actually shut down altogether. we're extremely concerned that due to the economic crisis, which is spiraling out of control, that this is not going to affect the very essential water supplies for 4000000 people in the country. and the deterioration of the crisis have really accelerated in the past 12 months to a point where now even basic, essential, spare, spare parts, consumer. even chlorine actually make sure that the water is safe to drink, even that is often no longer available for the utility companies. unicef estimate shortages could see water fi search by 200 percent a month, meaning the most vulnerable will be unable to meet the most basic needs. l

africa. the institute of development studies at the university of sussex joins us by skype from freeburg in germany. good to have you with us. so this lines talk about how the speaker of parliament has been calling on the president to reverse is decision. do you think the president will be listening to that? i imagine he'll be listening it to i doubt he'll be following it. i don't think that is an unsurprising call, but it is the logical call for the speaker parliament to make it a logical cause, a parliament to not accept it. it's 3 thing, but there seems to be a larger kind of plan in place and including obviously the a worrying attack against your colleagues to know that does not make me think that this will, this will be walked back too quickly. that being said, there are political forces with and near the and i think the labor union, this includes wider society organization and includes the remaining force parliament that can push back against us. and i think that can still affect how th

but 6 years on 10 years after the arab sprang, swept north africa and the middle east. there's a sense of street violence. as the focal point has been the countries crumbling health care system which has contributed to one of the highest per capita coven 19th death rate. but it's not just the corona virus that has left many feeling ill. many people who are deceived by hypocrisy, territory and robbery of the rights of the people. i warn any who think of revolt into weapons and whoever shoots a bullet the armed forces will respond with bulus. tunisia is facing the biggest crisis in a decade of democracy. after president chi saeed house did the government and froze the activities of the parliament widely seen as unconstitutional because of side stay, you are a limited powers. his pose labels the move, a qu, that should be opposed, but his position remains strong. thanks to the support of the armed forces, troops have prevented lawmakers from convening, which gave the parliament speaker appetite for some strong language. these decisions are not supported by the law or the c

africa . recent wars have cost untold lives and have given rise to a black market that has helped to fund islamic terrorist groups. was do you see the result? 1200 going once solve 423000 over the illegal trade. the total in hundreds of millions of euro's a year sold. this carving was confiscated in london and was to be listed for 1500000 euros. this one here was listed 220000 heroes when it was intercepted by police in the us. ah, in order to put this type of shady business to an end, a group of archeologist students are helping the police ah, gospel to king of how can an artifact appear on the market in the midst of a war without anyone wondering without any response from the auction houses from ancient cities in libya. someone dug here. the tomb was clearly alluded to the art galleries of paris and online dealers. the hello. are you interested in anything in particular? ah, we spent an entire year on the trail of these are traffickers infiltrating online chat routes where plunderers and middleman plied their illegal trade. the how do these antiquities cross international borders?

africa, analyst and international development consultant. i spoke with him earlier and he said to museums are looking for more change a decade after the jasmine revolution. i don't think that there's a threat to democracy. you know, i think that the measures that were taken by the president could be interpreted as such, but to me that has been on a democratic path for the last 10 years. and i think all expert expected is gonna consolidate the democracy in the near future. i think we should look at the sort of longer time horizon when the house, the square protests were happening in 2011. you had a lot of the revolutionaries. there was something along the lines of grassroots, horizontal formation. really something more akin to a welfare social democracy. what we saw that, that little party stepped into the break. many of them were from the guard. and as a result, we the coloring of democracy, that is not the kind of color that the confusion people with. so the economy a to has not done well partly as a result of businesses usual, the same eco

africa to the iranian don't leave him to the idea of if the regime of president been and he created a kind of political police and a whole network to get into people's heads. so that no matter where you are, no matter who you are. we found that was real and we can do old 90 only to talk even families inside their own home. if not that i speak about been id and obviously people didn't know that to post on social networks or discuss what was happening in the media. did not criticize the regime except to minority within them . and that completely changed. the feeling of fear was completely over 10, said birth a couple more, but really what was bubbling in 24th was a movement that until the uprising had been underground of bloggers of citizen journalists, of people who use the new emerging digital information fear to begin exchanging information to create networks. once the uprising started into these yeah, that whole network came about the draft. once tunisia became this magnet for news, but images for stories about that could be different tomorrow, then emerge as a note in that big ne

africa. the 1st 2 nicea has been plunged into a political crisis off the president sack the prime minister and suspended parliament saying they mishandled the cobra pandemic. on top of that, the president dismissed the country's defense minister and the acting justice minister, also stripping in peace, if their immunity from prosecution. he said to point a new prime minister in the coming hours, protest as though a demanding snap election process over the situation of seeing some hell objects. a police responded with tear gas from demonstrators were arrested. wildfires are quickly spreading on the italian island of sardinia with 50000 acres of forests already destroyed. reportedly about $1500.00 people have been forced to flee their homes and as an extra spring and a step for the rabbits who invaded the gardens of france's military history. museum housing napoleon tomb. the bunnies received a last minute reprieve from the authorities, which rule that they are not pests, so they can't be eutha

africa. soon as he has been plunged into a political crisis out, the president fact the prime minister in suspended parliament saying they'd mishandled the cobra. pandemic on top of that, the president dismissed the country's defense minister around the acting justice minister. but also stripping in pays of their immunity from prosecution. he said to point a new prime minister in the coming hours, the protest as though that demanding snap elections during the protest over the situation. some held objects of police who responded to tear gas several demonstrations. what arrested wildfire cooking spreading on the italian island of sardinia with 50000 acres of forest already destroy, reportedly about 1500 people and it was to flee their homes. are many blaming the current spate of natural disasters on climate change and with german elections moving to particularly environment conscious parties. the greens and the social democrats and trying to reduce speeds on the national motor ways, saying that

in istanbul bachar el-halabi, -- in istanbul, bachar el-halabi, middle east and north africa senior geopolitical analyst for clipperdata. and also in beirut, christophe abi-nassif, director of the lebanon program at the middle east institute. a warm welcome to you all. thanks so much for joining "inside story" today. rana, i want to start by talking about the human toll of this political deadlock. the lira has lost 90% of its value. more than half of the population has slipped into poverty. there are fuel shortages and medicine shortages. how much are people in lebanon struggling right now? >> first, hello. i don't know if you're hearing me correctly, because part of the total collapse of lebanon is also electricity, and the internet. now, it's definitely a very severe humanitarian crisis, when it comes to access to basic needs, food, medication, the health care system is collapsing day after day. however, this is not a typical humanitarian crisis, so it's not something that was -- not that we couldn't prevent this. it's a systematic murder of the lebanese people and people living in in lebanon.

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africa are buckling under a growing number of problems. water is scar, city being one of them in lebanon. it's some other verge and see with unicef, calling for immediate action as millions their risk losing access to clean water. in just a matter of weeks, we heard from the u. n's representative in the nation. well, the utility companies in lebanon approximately would have between 4 to 6 weeks before they actually shut down altogether. were extremely concerned that due to the economic crisis, which expiring out of control, that this is not going to affect the very essential water supplies for 4000000 people in the country. and the deterioration of the crisis have really accelerated in the past 12 months to a point where now even basic, essential experimental, fair part, consumable even flooring, actually make sure that the water is safe to drink. even that is often no, no longer available for the utility companies. will unicef estimates that water fees could shoot off by 200 percent a month due to the shortage this meaning that vulnerable

most of the numbers were in gulf countries and north africa, but others include india, pakistan, and france. and as a group denies any longer and says that report is full of wrong assumptions. you know, the phone numbers of 14 heads a status center being targeted for potential surveillance. the include pakistan's prime minister in non con, south african president said from oppose and the french president emanuel mac chrome. lamond newspaper says, mccombs phone number is on the list selected by morocco's intelligence service for potential cyber spying. if the allegations approved true, the president stuff say it would be very serious. morocco was denied using packets of spyware and it's rejected what it says or groundless allegations. other chosen phones are set to be those belonging to people close to saudi janos jamal facility who was murdered at the saudi embassy in turkey in 2018 media organizations. working on the pegasus investigation, say more than a 180 journalists have been found on the list, including 25 in mexico. here's what one mexican journalist had to say. they want to,