Known as the jasmine revolution. Well t today june is in the middle of a democratic selection of a new president people have not y yet seen perhaps the reward stay hopeful but there is a clear belief that unity is on the right track for a Better Future for all. We take a look back at the life and times of dictator ben ali in tunisia. For r more than twtwty years h he was an only presesent but untntouchable lea. Until the jasmine revolution of january two thousand eleven. Zine Al Abidine Ben ali was almost inescapable in tunisia. Hes rise began in the military. After training in france been on the rose to the rank of general in the tunisian army. He founded and ran to his his military Security Force for ten years before turning to politics. Finally reached the highest echelons of power w with breaknececk s speed in nineteen eighty six he became interior minister. Just onene youre wrog he moved on up the ladder to become Prime Minister benjamin tracing the frail pleased in florida. Little over a month later i can be so cold medical to data. Doctors declared the eighty five year old boy diva incapacitated. Interview president was sworn in an alley. One of his first acts was to abolish life presidency speaking to french tv ten months after being sworn in. He insisted he was reforming tuninisia. The democratic way t. Look for the z. June is there was in danger of including on itself those institutions were frozen awful. The law was not respected broke it awhile. The whole of our society was paralyzed. I was kind of an achy. City aka souought and all of this on top of a serious economic crisis is sort of form please the e economy. So you think it is the is on route to demomocracy. Or is already is a democracy because you know chin is it already has democracy so it. A democrcracy n which the same man always one every five years unlike clockwork bin ali was voted back in always by huge margin. During his twenty three years in power ben ali is credited with advancing womens rights as well as developing tunisias highly valuable Tourism Industry and opening the country up to foreign investors. But to corruption was rife relatives of bin ali and his unpopular wife layla trabelsi became involved in almost every corner of tunisian business at times that competitors will order to close. Down some tunisians have landed assets seized. By the end of the band all the clans wealth was estimated to run into the billions of euros. Much of the money is believed to have gone into the Luxury Property for parents to do by. But above all they spend all these regime was characterized by repression. Major fear was that neighboring algerias islamist extremists might bring violence across the border. Thats meant islamic groups in particular what crackdown on. But the rest of society felt the effects to with arbitrary arrests interrogations and torture. Human Rights Campaign is rang alarm bells but ben ali still had backing in the west and shrugged off they y claim. So what can you have about human rights smoking plates going pretty easy ill put. My vinyl me though it was these complaints which ended in all these real. A lack of freedom of speech suppression. Of political opponents not to mention soaring on it. Tens of thousands of. They could take no more took to the streets at the end of two thousand and ten. By the fourteenth of january two thousand eleven the jasmine revolution had one three. Familyly fled the country immune from tunisian courts which convicted him in absentia he died away from the limelight. Join the so many years. The weapon elia passing awaway the agage of eighty three lets brig in for analysis William Lawrence from George WashingtonUniversity Professor of Political Science and international affairs. Im willing the always appreciate your points of view on maxs set in the mac rap on this of course right at the heart of what happened in the arab spring the q question i have for you to stop it so is june is yet today you. Better off. Ececonomicalally its worse off. Politically its much much better off. I say. Sometimes your greatest strength is also your greatest weakness and you could say that ben alis. String continue just strangle economics particularly development of the coast. The most diversified error economy growth rates over 5 every year. And yet that ended up being his downfall because his family and his wifes family scheme so much money off the top there was corruption itself. Which united coastal beats with interior protesters to briring him down. There was one ststudy out of Tulane University that said a hundred and eighty years. The top two hundred. Tunisians farms in the latete and early erara were eir completely controlled by the two families or worse had profit schemes from the two families. So it was it was the corruption on top of the economic success. Which led to his downfall. How much of the ban on the network has remained. I wonder in the corridors of power in june this year. Well this is many layers to that i think that the Widest Network with your about two million members of his party and that was the way. In which you can get a job in the tunisian economy andnd p political posits and economic favors. And those networks are alive and well in your body in some of the Political Parties and they played a role in the municipal elections in twowo thousand eighteen. A and when you look at the sort of old establishment parties and thehere were bunches attitudes there they are but a sort of as you. Go up through the layers most of his. Ministers ex ministers abandoned him. Many somehow cleaned theirir records and ran in the recent president ial elections. And of course is closest family members your family members theyre all in exile or in jail. And you need to teach ins continue to where should they can return. The rich is based off mediation economy although as you know you know after missions its really hard to repatriate all stones songs and dave once its gone its gone and its very hard to get it back in thats one of the big tragedies of life on every level. Im coming back to that question does wonder about the current contenders for the presidency kay says side and that not bill kali actually they are men of a certain generation a certain. Age group and they would have been. Active on the ben ali. Yeah and so little car we as i mentioned last time. We spoke a few days ago very much comes out of that will give us tradition. He was one of the founders of the needed to respond you along with the late president is s sexy and hes s t of that. Is this for a woman. Secular leads. That donnie to certain side of tunisian politics although he did break with them. Are 2 degrees after the revolution formed his own Political Party of doing this. And of course also is accused of. A very much the types of corruption that a lot of people in the regime and then if you stop. And he is currently in jail and will be in jail for the second tour of. Elections of course price i eat a and didnt really emerged in the consciousness in most seasons. That werent his law students at thehe law faculty. Until two thousand fourteen so hes very much a product of the revolution. Became famous making tv commentaries about what was wrong with the revolution. And in a strange sort of way. As as as very revolutionary ideas and kind of direct democracy doing. Away with the Political Parties every tunisian doesnt say. Shopping terms of politicians in a strange sort of way it reminds us of our doctors you too will be in the general area of direct direct democracy from the bottom. And that tends not to work in modern con. We long to leave him but thank you very much indeed we could go o n for a long time because your insights really interesting. But sadly time against us and thank you againinor sharingng yourur time with u us here. On france t twenty four wee apprpreciate it. Next irans foreign minister Mohammad Javad zarif is warning that. Anyny u. S. Or saudi military strike on iran. Will result in all out war. Its a stock is one yet and a long summer of mysterious attacks and incidents following the collapse of around twenty fifteen nuclear deal with world powers of more than a year after donald trump. Unilaterally withdrew the us from the cold. And in many ways his words are divert riposte to us sector state mike pompeii who calalled the attack on Saudi Oil Fields last saturday an act of war. Only because it was popping up the drumbeat of warnings see rounds foreign minister shop in his tone in respononse the us secretary of state mike the bay describing. Saturdays drone attacks as an act of war. Acts of war education for war remnants of beating try to deceive donald trump into war for their own sake they should pray that they wont get but they seek. The beating had requested us allies in the region including saudi arabia and israel. In ann interview with cnn divide sorry said that any u. S. Saudi military strike against iran bring an all out war. Wrapping up the regional tool to discuss possible responses to the september fourteenth bombings on saudi aramco facilities the top us diplomat said washington profess a diplomatic solution. While the foreign minister of iran is threatening all out war to fight to the last american were here to build a coalition aimed at achieving peace in a peaceful resolution of this thats my mission s set. For president from certainly wants me to work to achieve. While saudi arabia has not directly accused iran for the drone attacks and requested a u. N. Investigation. Has said that there was an enormous regional consensus thats tehran was behind them. Us allies in the region we got yemens who the rebels he claims the attacks as an iranian proxy. On wednesday saudi arabias Defense Ministry presenented wreckage of drones and cruise missiles which it said proved iranian involvement. Three former executives of the company that round the Fukushima Nuclear plants have been cleared of responsibility for the meltdown disaster of twenty eleven the tokyo electric executives were accused of failing to foresee the tsunami. That struck the slight. Three defendants acquitted of all charges in the only criminal case links to the worldds worst nunuear disaster since chernobyl. The three former executives for Tokyo Electric Power company which operated the Fukushima Nuclear plant syracuse of professional negligence resulting in death and injury. We cannot understand its when not satisfied. In these eight and a half years so many people were forced to leave their homes forced to leave their homelands and still. Remain displaced and unable to decide what to live. How would you feel if your house today were taken away from you. The prosecution charged with t the filter put sufficient safeguards in place despite having detailed information about the risk of a major tsunami in the area and possible consequences. A report by a g Government Panel concludd aave of up to o fifteen meters could hit the plan and conserve your accidents. The accused to face up to five years in prison insisted the Data Available to them prior to the disaster was obscure and unreliablble an argument t the prosecution itsef one seem to sharee. Secures had twice refused to proceed with the case citing insufficient evidence making convictions unlikely. But a Judicial Review Panel composed of japanese citizens ruled in twenty fifteen that the trial should move forward. Lawyers representing the thousands of citizens who pushed for the investigation have vowed to appeal thursdays decision. Insisting its just the beginning of what they expect to be a long legal battle to come. Come on this show bernie joins a scenic this specialist for green peace joining us from tokyo good evening to you sir in terms of what was seen here. Is there a sense from your side this is actually a cover up all these men are basically a quick double. Its about judgment there are many slows in the rational used by the judges. For example they basically say that because regulations were weekend trying. Not requiring the highest safety standards. We take we take years were not required to act. Thats incredible we know from the evidence that was submitted to the court. Thats as good news at the t time there was a risk f a five fifteen point seven meter tsunami hitting thehe plot and in facac thats exaxactly wt hahappened. So y yeah the indusy has covered up for decadedes theyre vulnerability on their reactors not just here in japan but world might protect particularly. Find out weve already beeeen prosecuted in civil lawsuits and found guilty its just. Today we got a bad judgment from the criminal court. Is this the end of the actual line here in terms of the legal case can you take it further. Well the legal team met with the citizens theres fifteen thousand citizens right what part of thihis. Lawawsuit d you met with some of them this evening and it made it clear. To the prosecutors that they would like them to appeal so thats not the end of the road for r this case. But there are many other lawsuits that are already under way against both tech cool. Nickel industry generally to stop react just restarting a and the japanese government. So yeah thiss is not the end of the of the battle for the japanesese people to secure justice. And we will follow that every step of the way show that a green peace thank you very much indeed. X. Eleven paris hilton two story about football itself father from the champions league. We take you to the massive refugee camp on the syria jordadan border. Children being helped to forgeget the horrorors of cil war by g getting a chance to play. I willl have more moments on prince aly jordans Global Football project first football at the satori refugee camp. No sooner are they back from school than hannah and laid a getting ready for the thing that they love the most. Playing football. In facact thee two little syrian goes live and breed the beautiful game. They lived in the south tower refugee camp for the past five years. In that time School Teachers have also become footballll coaches. Going on hee so i can use that time we. The note on the pitch we have a number. Arsenal fc in london laununch pad of choice for the Global Version of whats happening at satori its all the idea of prince aly jordan. And these are communities as e kids werere traumatized. And we started with a third page onn both for the children and so that that they have something you know obviously to do nineteen one of. Satire eightyy thousand people livive here its the biggest refugee camp in the middle east by far. Half of the people here the children. 20 of them are under the age of five. Amid all the challenges that refugee life presents. These two little girls are taking strength and confidence for sport. Sometimes i look atat other things and they dream. After seven days like i hear better because theres n no war no shelling. Over here i have my friends my mother my sister. When michelle aside lease power and the war ends i can return to syria so do you. With the rose in hand smile in the faces and football boots still on their feet the girls walk on entry one day of playing at the real home. Lets s get more prince ali of jordan Global Football project and bring in najaf system was chief executive of a ftp g global printsts out his right hand man in many ways. Jeff thank you for joining a seal from twenty four we appreciate your time. Tell us please how the project is going what are you up to now. Good evening the. Every project totop of ththe no twenty thirten at the time it was like a very yeah and they safe environment modern peach well more than five thousand boys. And girls can play football almost every day. And about number of these repeat to support the runner bean through i think about from as in the past and end up very very young age. As you know who voted uniquely power. Helped children build relationships and also the ball them in united in their communities we changed our Mission Number one. Gore and children and young adults united is around the world the back of the project is the very much growing. Weve been bothering review it. With fifty code ladies and now we embarked on a new relationship in addition to the previous weve that he got with cheese. This tiny strip primarily. Together we often i did not the only man. Red red been playing with us and we have not kidding playing with us. And what is interesting to note that order professisional spanish the rhetoric about the map and then yeah all of them off the phone to ring the local. So this project eve going from you know. Hes engaging mall and more. And is being demonstrating that food bowl canned reedy pacify and unite the munich these very very complex. Yeah you are based in london but you are a frenchman should get parry sound you meant to get involved you think. Well twenty you know im going to see the french you know National League professiononal league next week. 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Engineering at the time but i knew that. Fantastic stuff and i hope we can follow the development of this project. All along the way yes you know all of that area global the project started by prince ali of jorordan thank you so v very much for joining us. And itt just to let you know as well watching that a larger version of that report will be. Going out here in just about a an hour and a halfs time. Top business can we join this uncertainty is the word of the day is yet another g gloomy economic forecast. Warns of problems ahead economically never betweeeen kate and i i. Knoww im sorry i cant bring you better. Is on its front mark anyway. A this is i have to say the weakest outlook since the end of the Global Financial crisis. With trade tensions and brags that among the clouds hanging over the horizon. T the organization for econonomic cooperation and development is once again slashed its predictions for the coming year. Expectations for economic expansion across the globe lowered point 3 to two point nine for this year. And 3 next. Predictions of the eurozone at United States and United Kingdom were all produced as well. The ocd warns that Major Economies could get stuck in a low growth trap. I spoke to chief economist blowholes boone about why the prospect of a no deal brings it so damaging. So in the event and where there would be no id no agreement on what happened about the trade relationship and or the relationship between the uk and the u. We would see a very large impact creating by. The trade channels so because there would be less explanation i its having said that and do you k. You know sense about 48 of their exports of goods to the e. U. S. D. You on the sands about. 8 of their exports to thee u. K. So the effect would be much be gear for the u. K. And the e. U. 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Foror full way says thatat is a workarounds to get access to google. The question remains whether consumers in eurorope can imamae a phone. Without google immediately at their fingertips. Life without google mark i cant tell if it is sounds like a nightmare or something of a relief sometimes i think it be nice to go back to the old school. Inin a tie for ages before google was a very. No chance of that happening will say we have a case thank you very much to be great to see. That capability shes great just google to find out. Thank you. Stay with us more to come live birth 09 19 19 09 19 19 [captioning made possible by democracy now ] amy from new york, this is democracy now the strike led by our children the climate strike led by our children is a wakeup call to all political and Business Leaders that we are running out of time. 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