a prominent opposition politician was shot dead in front of his home in tunis. >> he was a member of the country's assembly and critic of the ruling party. this secular allies are up in arms, and some fear for the country -- beer for the future of the country's democracy. >> news of the assassination set off angry protest in front of the interior ministry in tunis. it is the second murder of an important opposition politician this year. brahimi was the leader of the nationalist movement of the people party and a member of tunis' parliament. he was gunned down in front of his family just outside the capital. the assailants fled on a motorcycle. human rights activists blamed the governing party and its leader. >> you are a murderer. >> he was a leader of the leftist national front coalition. he was killed in february. he was against what many see as a move toward tunisia's islamic state. the governing party denied any responsibility for the killing. they said extremist forces were trying their best to undermine tunisia's he. >> the goal of a murderer is to torpedo the only successful p

a prominent opposition politician was shot dead in front of his home in tunis. >> he was a member of the country's assembly and critic of the ruling party. this secular allies are up in arms, and some fear for the country -- beer for the future of the country's democracy. >> news of the assassination set off angry protest in front of the interior ministry in tunis. it is the second murder of an important opposition politician this year. brahimi was the leader of the nationalist movement of the people party and a member of tunis' parliament. he was gunned down in front of his family just outside the capital. the assailants fled on a motorcycle. human rights activists blamed the governing party and its leader. >> you are a murderer. >> he was a leader of the leftist national front coalition. he was killed in february. he was against what many see as a move toward tunisia's islamic state. the governing party denied any responsibility for the killing. they said extremist forces were trying their best to undermine tunisia's he. >> the goal of a murderer is to torpedo the only successful p

who's in tunis. duty hello and welcome to our see so what exactly happened and what's the situation like at the moment that. again there are big morning you know or tunisian people who woke up or another and a. modern teacher. who was. so few nations in tunisia. and oh yes all right thank you very much chad that was local journalist. a line from tunis thank you very much indeed and in the u.k. violence plastered with threshing illegal immigrants with the rest are soon to appear on the streets of london it's part of a new push to get people to contact local authorities if they're not allowed to stay in the country and it's still the fast and to immigration campaign to be launched of late so they fight against immigration begins beyond britain's shows and here are a series of suggestions from the public poking fun at government attempts to put on potential any grants citizens from countries still to be high risk will soon be made to pay a three thousand pound bomb to enter the country they'll get that

violent protests are raging in tunis year with thousands out in the streets following the murder of an opposition political leader mohamed brahmi was shot dead in front of his house by two government on motorcycles romney was the leader of the secular people's movement party and a member of the board drafting a new constitution his daughter says he received a phone call right before the killing. that she was sitting next to me in the room then she got up got dressed and went out of the house then i heard bangs at first with thought someone was using firecrackers to addle started running outside i wasn't allowed to go out i could never imagine my father had been short but then listening to the adults i understood she fell victim to an attack she wasn't even going to leave the house of first but then someone called him on his phone and he ran to his car that's when the shots started. as usual protesters marching to the interior ministry in tunis capital and in the city of city busy the local headquarters of the ruling party was today's assassination of a striking similarities to fairbrid

earlier on i spoke to the sunday times correspondent who is in tunis. i asked what the government is doing to address all of this public anger. >> the government, different voices from the government have variously some of them are trying to imply that it is some kind of deliberate attempt to destabilize the country which might not be coming from this very fringe islamist movement and there might be interests behind that with a regional agenda to discredit the arab spring. that was the version we heard thursday night. what has happened this evening is we have had the person who heads the constituent assembly elected in october of 2011 and he's appealing to tuni tunisian have patience and we have been working for a year and a half and he gave a timetable and said we can finish the constitution by the end of august and we can finish the new election by the end of september and have elections by the end of the year. >> in libya hundreds of mourners crowded the states of benghazi for the funeral of a murdered anti-islamist activist. he was killed by unknown

gunned down in front of his home by two unknown gunmen local reporter for us some tea has more from tunis and there were hundreds and hundreds of submissions from our side we may have you now down to miss the police used tear gas spirits the crowds multiple times as small who rejects soon. gathered in front of the ministry of interior swell and police used tear gas water to disperse the crowd but then they were defeated crowds in different places where every gesture to onside the hospital where bradley's body was there were protesters outside the headquarters of. the government has been telling people that things progress that we've made and see and hear concrete results. the constitution is not ready yet it's been. two years since the national constitution center the state would be my. the elections the next elections there is no specific date set so people have been already frustrated and as mentioned the economy and. middle east risk strategist and a boy told us that but armies but armies murder will create huge problems for the ruling party no matter who is the black. this is a very s

on thursday well it's now discuss this live with professor russian khalifa a political analyst from tunis university think it's a much or this really for joining us here and you to discuss this so there are multiple reports at this point indicate that there are several pockets of violence that already spreading across tunisia do you think the islamist rule or russia do get oshie could repeat the fate of egypt's mohamed morsi what's your take on the situation. well actually what's going in of course is very disappointing there is excessive use of violence and excessive use of force in front of the constituent assembly these are peaceful demonstrators who just want to express their you know idea is that they are really you know fed up with this government the governments confusing them is. not going to do anything it's not you know trying to feel you know the revolution demands and they've been too much violence and i think this is very deplorable and i don't think you know russia's going to she will do anything i mean what we heard lately and you know his statements are basically adding i

and there were hundreds and hundreds of solutions outside of the main how are you in downtown tunis the police used tear gas squares the crowds multiple times as small group of projects are. gathered in front of the ministry of interior and police used tear gas water to disperse the crowd but then there were different crowds in different places in every gesture outside the hospital where grab used by the was there were protesters outside the headquarters of. the government has been telling people that their lives progress is made in seeing here concrete results. the constitution is not ready and it's been. two years since the national assembly started with. the elections the next elections there is no specific sector so people have been already frustrated and that's mentioned the economy and pull him instead. rami was a member and former leader of the secular people's movement party was also on the board drafting a new constitution for the country and the middle east strategist ana boyd told us his death will significantly bought that for us. i think it's quite a serious impact for the

capital of dispersing with tear gas early saturday tens of thousands of people flooded the streets of tunis for the funeral of mohamed brahmi he was a key secular opposition figure assassinated inside his home on thursday political analyst professor rashid khalifa from tunis university told us the government often flirts with terrorists instead of keeping them and they. they said they belonged to a certain group you know in. sherry out on sarah sherry yeah but you know we know that this group of course is is a terrorist group but i don't think the government is doing anything basically to. stop that and i would say at one point even they flirted with this group the government is run by these that was party and i think the islamists go it's not you're listening to the people it's not listening in to the opposition parties or the opposition parties so i think the rift is why did it and there's some kind of myopia is there some kind if you like this kind of theater and you know it's you know the pulse of the street and i think. you know the situation that we have today which is really exclusiv

from tunis university told us the government often flirts with terrorists instead of keeping up way. belong to a certain group you know in. sharia and sarah sure you know but you know we know that this group of course is is a terrorist group but i don't think the government is doing anything basically to. stop that and i would say at one point even they flirted with this government until it is run by these that was part of the islamists go it's not you're listening to the people it's not listening in to the opposition or the opposition parties i think the rift is why do they. look and if you like this. and you know it's you know the pulse of the street and i think. you know the situation that we have today which is really exclusive to. take a few minutes now to focus on brazil hundreds of outraged protesters have been wreaking havoc in brazil's major cities ransacking banks and setting fire to cars to come to the witnessing chaos in the streets for almost two months now as people been expressing their anger over the cost of the twenty fourteen football world cup as told a local genoc

who was assassinated and son is home on thursday political on this professor wretched khalifa from tunis university claims the government often flirts with terrorists instead of keeping them a bay. they said it belonged to a certain group you know in. cheri and sarah sherry yeah but you know we know that this group of course is is a terrorist group but i don't think the government is doing anything basically to. stop that and i would say at one point even they flirted with this group the government is run by because there was a party and i think the islamists it's not you are listening to the people it's not listening in to the opposition parties or the opposition parties so i think the rift is why did they get some kind of myopia is there some kind if you know like this. and you know it's you know the pulse of the street and i think this you know you know the situation. that we have today which is really explosive device. presidential candidate who said molly finish campaigning ahead of sunday's poll the electoral commission says it's concerned though the ballot could be marred by low t

was assassinated outside his home on thursday but they planned this professor wretched khalifa from tunis university claims the government offered flirts with terrorists instead of keeping the day. they said they belonged to a certain group you know in. sherry out on sarah sheria but you know we know that this group of course is is a terrorist group but i don't think the government is doing anything basically to. stop that and i would say at one point even they flirted with the government and this is run by these there was a party and i think the islamists go it's not you're listening to the people it's not listen you know the opposition parties all the opposition parties so i think the rift is why did he make some kind of myopia you know there's a kind if you like this kind of and you know it's you know the pulse of the street and i think this you know you know the situation. that we have today which is really exclusive to. the people of mali is prepared to pick a president on sunday but there are fears of organizing a success simply too much too soon for the war talk about racial. hundr

who was assassinated outside his home on thursday political analyst professor wretched khalifa from tunis university claims the government often flirts with terrorists instead of keeping mcveigh. belonged to a certain group you know in. sherry i'm sorry but you know we know that this group of course is is a terrorist group but i don't think the government is doing anything basically to. stop that and i would say that even the flirted with the government in this is run by this there was a party and i think the islamists it's not you're listening to the people it's not listening in to the opposition or the opposition parties i think the rift is why did he. stick around if you like this. and you know it's you know the pulse of the street and i think. you know the situation. that we have today which is really exclusive to. the people of mali are prepared to pick a president on sunday but there are fears that organizing a successful ballot simply too much too soon for the war right nation we've got report of my coming up in just a bit. more thought to be america's largest fraud scheme in years

. >> protesters have been back on the streets of tunis chanting slogans against the governing islamist party. the strike has seen many businesses closed. washe capital, the mood not as explosive as a is been feared in the wake of mohamed brahmi's assassination. bullet holes were a reminder of the brutality with which he was gunned down in the street on thursday. mourners paid their respect, his wife accused the islamist of using violence to try to destroy the opposition. >> the people must not miss this chance to overthrow the government. this a system dirty and treasonous. they did not take advantage of the moment. >> she was referring to the very similar assassination six months ago of chokri belaid, and opposition leader who commanded widespread popularity and support. his death trickled protest that took of the government. his killers have not been caught. triggered a protest that shook the government. at a news conference with the interior minister had a surprising announcement to make about the investigation. the shocking finding is that the automatic weapon used in the murder is

mourners have been taking part in the funeral procession in the capital, tunis. he will be buried alongside fellow opposition leader who was murdered in february. the same gun was used to kill the two men. the government says that radical is killed them both. the u.s. says it will not seek the death penalty or torture -- or use torture if edward snowden returns home. it is the latest step in washington's campaign for extradition from russia. snowden has been living at moscow's airport for over a month to escape detention from the usa. a russian government spokesperson said russian never had and never would extradite anyone. the u.n. china have averted a trade war. yours trade commission or says the two sides have reached a deal to establish a minimum price at which china may sell solar panels within the european union. the deal comes weeks before brussels was set to impose high duties on chinese made panels. to north korea, where pyongyang has staged a massive rally to mark the 60th anniversary of the korean war truce. it has been a show of military might and pag

theas gunned down before eyes of his family outside his home in tunis. his assailants fled on a motorcycle. human rights activists blame the governing party and its leader. it was the second killing of a prominent leftist politician this year. in february, the murder of a popular secular leader sparked mass protests and the government crisis. on thursday, the leader denied responsibility for the killing. he said extremist forces were trying to undermine tunisia's government grade -- government. >> the goal of the murder is to torpedo the only successful polle old model area -- only successful political model. >> it was announced to his killed with the same gun as the other man. he blamed extremist groups with links to al qaeda. protesters poured onto the streets to voice their anger. they say the leader threatens democracy in the country. >> the european court of human rights says russian officials violated the rights of jailed world -- oil tycoon mccullough gronkowski. but it was not politically motivated. the judge ordered russia to pay 10,000 euros. t

tunis. us from let's get more on our top story. just to remind you of what is going on, today is a day when millions of egyptians are holding their breath for what might be the next development in their political crisis. as you can see, on one side of cairo, we have millions of protesters expected to turn out morsipport the anti- movement. this is the movement that ousted the president from the muslim brotherhood, mohamed morsi. they have been called out by the military chief, general abdel fattah el sisi. mandate" toanted "a pursue an agenda of crackdown on violence and terrorism. but on the right, you see demonstrations that have been going on for weeks ever since mohamed morsi was deposed. these were called by the muslim brotherhood. they want morsi to be reinstated. it is a country deeply divided it -- divided. an egyptian judge and constitutional scholar joins me from cairo. i wanted to ask you about the accusations that have apparently been brought by egyptian prosecutors against the former president morsi. there was a point

there's a very deep underlying political divide here between the secularists and the islamists within tunis here this is really all about determining the nature of what to his is going to look like socially as well as politically following the uprising in the revolution so it's a very contested area that is likely to be polarizing people very much already and i think the assassination is just going to bring that to the fore once again. now at r.t. dot com slick moves come back to haunt halliburton the controversial u.s. congress admits destroying evidence related to one of the world's worst oil spills the gulf of mexico disaster in twenty ten online we'll tell you what's at stake for the company also that as tensions grow in asia japan considers whether its military should be beefed up so we can conduct preemptive strikes head online to learn more about the story it's. right to see. her story. and i think you're. on the record with. the rampant violence in iraq during the holy month of ramadan has seen the latest assaults claim at least forty two lives it's thought the number of deaths in j

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building in the capital this comes just hours after tanzer thousands of people flooded the streets of tunis for the funeral of a key secular opposition figure who was shot dead outside his house on thursday a bomb blast ripped through a police vehicle just hours before the funeral was held nobody was hurt in the explosion. now but as well as president has ordered thousands of soldiers into the streets of the capital caracas to stand down on crime but with murder rates some of the highest worldwide people there are arming themselves and taking security into their own hands just as are silly now reports. election campaign may have been based on the lead this is legacy but if there's one the major issue as well as a new president can be credited for bringing to the forefront it's the country's lack of security you can be abducted even from your own home there's no safety in our country government figures show more than sixteen thousand people were killed and it is well into thousand and twelve an increase of fourteen percent from the year before and a murder rate of fifty five point two per hu

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there's a very deep underlying political divide here between the secularists and the islamists within tunis here and this is really all about determining the nature of what to his is going to look like socially as well as politically following the uprising in the revolution so it's a very contested area that is likely to be polarizing people very much already and i think the assassination is just going to bring that to the fore once again. iraq is enjoying one of its deadliest months. in bombings and killings during ramadan in a few minutes we hear whether the country's security forces are losing control over the country thought to be on the brink of civil war. plus france's double digit unemployment rate leaves no choice for the ambitious except to turn away from that country in search of a better life we've got these stories plus more quick bright. things with. dates and you try to transmission makes for a smoother ride bush and scientists conjure up crystals the e.u. says he's laser sight some on one of the take giants comes to. a year on. the judges a sense on some. children the streets

made mohamed brahmi was shot dead outside his home on thursday political analyst professor rush from tunis university claims the government often flirts with terrorists instead of keeping them at bay. they belong to a certain group you know in. sharia and so sheria but you know we know that this group of course is is a terrorist group but i don't think the government is doing anything basically to. stop that and i would say at one point even the flirted with this group the government is run by these those party and i think the islamists go it's not you're listening to the people it's not listening in to the opposition parties or the opposition parties so i think the rift is you know why did it take and there's some kind of myopia is there some kind if you know like this kind of theater and you know definite you know the pulse of the street and i think this you know you know the situation that we have today which is really explosive and. hundreds of outraged protesters have been wreaking havoc in brazil's major cities ransacking banks and setting cars on fire the country has been witnessing

the country's capital and several protesters were arrested political analyst professor at cheder from tunis university claims the government often flirts with terrorists instead of keeping them at bay. they said they belonged to a certain group you know in. sherry out on sarah sheria but you know we know that this group of course is is a terrorist group but i don't think the government is doing anything basically dinner to. stop that and i would say at one point even they flirted with this group the government is run by these the response in or think the islamists it's not you are listening to the people it's not listening in to the opposition parties or the opposition parties so i think the rift is you know why did it and there's some kind of myopia is there some kind if you like this kind of theater and you know that. you know the pulse of the street and i think this you know you know the situation that we have today which is really exclusive to. hundreds of outraged protesters have been wreaking havoc in brazil's the major cities are ransacking banks and setting piles on clamp the countr

from tunis university claims the government often flirts with terrorists instead of keeping them at bay they said they belong to a certain group. shehri out on sarah sherry are you know we know that this group of course is is a terrorist group but i don't think the government is doing anything basically dealer to. stop that and i would say at one point even they flirted with this group the government until this is run by the islamist party and i think the islamists it's not you are listening to the people it's not listening in to the opposition party or the opposition parties so i think the rift is why did it get some kind of myopia you know there's a kind if you like this kind of. you know the pulse of the street and i think this you know you know the situation. that we have today which is really exclusive to. hundreds of protesters have been wreaking havoc in brazil's major cities ransacking banks and setting cars on fire the country has been witnessing chaos in the streets for almost two months now people have been expressing their anger over the cost of the twenty fourteen football

backlash from anti-government protesters police used tear gas as best friend isn't both the capital tunis and the brownies hometown crowds demanded the ousting of a slam this ruling party blaming it for the assassination according to the interior minister bromley was shot with the same gun used in february to kill another secular opposition politician that incident also provoked mass unrest and resulted in the resignation of they slammed his prime minister and middle east analyst and a boy to believe the latest killing could lead to a similar escalation. this is a very sensitive issue as you know the last time we saw hundreds of thousands of people take to the streets we saw strikes across multiple sectors and we have been identifying such a political assassination as a potential trigger for that kind of thing to happen again the problem is that no matter how much the party leadership strike to rein in their supporters there's a very deep underlying political divide here between the secularists and the islamists with intimacy and this is really all about determining the nature of what tun

dispersing them with tear gas earlier on this saturday tens of thousands of people flooded the streets of tunis for the funeral of a key secular opposition figure who was shot dead outside his home on thursday a few hours before the procession a bomb blast ripped through a police week old and nobody was hurt in the explosion. presidential candidates in mali have finished campaigning it had of sunday's poll the electoral commission says it's concerned the ballots could be marred by a low turnout in countries in a country that's about twice the size of france the e.u. insists the election must go ahead for billions of dollars worth of aid to start flowing to mali it's money that sorely needed after a billion in the north unseated the government and lead to more than a year of conflict. well world orthodox church delegations have arrived in the ukraine following in historical holy relic the singlet andrews cross that unites the nations of ancient russia by the symbolic event and key of comes during politically hard times for ukraine where the country at the crossroads between russia and the e.u. e

secularists and the islamists with intimacy and this is really all about determining the nature of what tunis is going to look like socially as well as politically following the uprising of the revolution so it's a very contested area that is likely to be polarizing people very much already and i think the assassination is just going to bring that to the fore once again. coming up after the break ups on our boy casts of the questions on the syrian conflict. we speak your language as i think about the war not advance. news programs and documentaries in spanish what matters to you. the eternity of angles keep these stories. here to. try to alter the spanish find out more visit actuality on t.v. dot com. oh and while. controls of heart humanitarian concerns have been thought of in syria to justify all sorts of military actions with the distinction between combatants and civilians purposeful is learned how much more difficult has it made the provision of help to those who desperately need it well to discuss that i'm now joined by sir john holmes former if you're an emergency relief coordinator an

it was shot dead in front of his home by to a node one local reporter far somebody has more now from tunis. and there were hundreds and hundreds of submissions outside of the main have you enough time to notice the police used tear gas squares the crowds multiple times as small group of the jesu's were gathered in front of the ministry of interior slow and police used tear gas water to disperse the crowd and there were different crowds in different places in every gesture to get outside the hospital where he is by the was there where protesters outside the headquarters of brahmins party the government has been telling people that there is progress that we've made in seeing here concrete results. the constitution is not ready and it's been. two years since the national institutes certainly started with the mom in. the elections the next elections there is no specific date set cetera so people have been already frustrated and as mentioned the economy and foreign minister. rami was a member and former leader of the secular people's movement party it was also on the board drafting a new consti

the allies tried to cut off the germans from tunis, and they failed to do that in their rush from the invasion area. they were in sort of disarray. they formed defensive positions. they had to defend quite a long front. now, then rommel launched his famous casserine pass which was a disaster, but frieden jdahl was replaced after that as commander of the second corps. bradley recommended his replacement. eisenhower had been pretty satisfied with him and said positive things about him up until then. and my question, i guess, here is do you think he was just a fall guy? and do you have any other insights? >> guest: well, thanks, harry. i think that friedendahl is the wrong man for the job, and i think he demonstrated that aptly. it took eisenhower a while to recognize that. eisenhower's feeling his way, and when a commander has been sent to him by george marshall, the chief of staff -- who's not only eisenhower's superior, he's ten years older and eisenhower reveres him -- so when the chief of army ground forces send him out as effectively the senior combat leader for the u.s. army, eise

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first is about '08, the commander of the second quarter, the allies tried to cut off the germans from tunis and failed to do that. a disarray with defensive positions to defend a long french. then the famous pass was a disaster but he was commander of the second corps. but the allies said positive things about him up until then so my question is do you think he was a fall guy and you have any other insights? >> i think he was the wrong man for the job and demonstrated that it took eisenhower o awhile but incentive from the chief of staff 10 years older than eisenhower that when marshall in the chief of army ground forces since the not as a senior combat leader eisenhower will take awhile to realize he is not up to snuff there were some suspicions he may have been a physical coward. i of the the evidence is there to make that type of charge against him but there is ample evidence he is not the guy to lead the second quarter when the offensive begins in 1943 he is nearly a paradise it the on negative paralyzed he has taken in the precious engineering resources to gain from a the bottom of a c

the allies tried to cut off the germans from tunis and they failed to do that in a rush from the invasion area. they were in disarray, they had defensive positions and they had to defend quite a front. now, then a disaster was passed. but it was replaced after that and laugh proudly recommended his replacement. and he said positive things about him up until then. my question, i guess, it is do you think that he was just a fall guy and do you have any other insights? >> well, thank you. i think that he might be the wrong man for the job and i think he demonstrated that often. when a commander has been sent to eisenhower by george marshall, chief of staff, it is not only him, but eisenhower era term. and when marshall and the chief of army ground forces sent him out of the senior combat leader for the u.s. army, eisenhower is going to take a while to recognize that this guy is not up to snuff. there were suspicions that eisenhower came to share that he might have been a physical coward. i don't thought that's true, i don't think the evidence is there to make that really damning charge again