From all of us here. Thanks for joining. Us with. Rising prices unemployment. Police used to Disperse Protesters who. Were the least one protester reportedly killed and the rest erupted around the same time as the demonstrations in iran. Well these protests intern is here started after the new year and they came in reaction to the tennessean government introducing a new budget plan for two thousand and eight that included amongst other things a rise in fuel prices and tax hikes the response from the trinity and street was one of anger and what weve seen is protests taking place in several dozen cities around the country with a result that one person has been killed and several people have been injured now it is familiar to protests happening in another country mainly what youre saying we have here are two countries with protests taking place on the street by people who are unhappy with the Economic Situation. The root of it is just a canard its the problem of youth unemployment i perso
Change but since then there have been no less than my own government in place intern is the all of whom have been unable to get a handle on the Economic Situation the question of course is whether or not well see these cause for vision change and condemnation and criticism against tunisia like weve seen for example against him when sociology professor. Says that the different approaches to the similar protests in tunisia and their run could be simply explained by the fact that one of these countries is viewed as an enemy tunisia is on the military its a small country not many people know about that in american society. Who many in america have been the. Major obstacle for american policy in the middle east since its the whoosh of money in seventy nine in their case all to you are very happy to look at any small detail that happens in a small part this. To inflate it to look as if this is the end of the vision. In covering tunisia and. The german army is recruiting an increasing number
Policy since its a month seventy nine in their case all to you are very happy to look at any small deal that happens in a small port this to inflated the media to look as if this is the end of the regime so it is totally different. In covering tunisia. Protests totally different. Ecuador is pushing to resolve the case of wiki leaks editor Julian Assange hes been holed up in the countrys London Embassy for more than five years and faces arrest if he leaves and now ecuadors foreign minister says his country may seek outside help laura smith now joins us live on the program here for more details on this laura what is a court or saying here where the ecuadorian foreign minister has in the last day come out and said that the situation with Julian Assange is unsustainable and for the first time shes raised the possibility of mediation to resolve the situation where she is. Reconsidering the option and mediation we know they dont have that but that could be done in fire resistant country or i
A warm welcome youre watching r. T. International coming to you live from the russian capital and the karen good to have you with us. The u. S. Embassy in iraq has announced one hundred fifty Million Dollars is to be spent on rebuilding cities left devastated in the war on Islamic State but thats only a fraction of what the u. S. Has earmarked for its continued military operations there are these more advanced you have has more on the story what does this look like to you. Mark. Resident evil no this is mosul or rather whats left of it quote a sea of thousands of air strikes we film this a few weeks ago and nothings really changed from when we were there last this is what the aftermath of a classic strike in mosul look like neighborhoods that numbered in the thousands its been reduced to a handful. The iraqi army and the u. S. Led coalition seem to make sure to not leave a square meter and scorched earth it took of precision i havent yet seen a single house and mine still untouched by
A fraction of what the u. S. Has earmarked for its continued military operations there are these more advanced years has more on the story what does this look like to you mark mark. Resident evil no this is mosul or rather whats left of it quote a sea of thousands of air strikes we filmed this a few weeks ago and nothings really changed from when we were there last this is what the aftermath of a classic strike in mosul look like neighborhoods that numb but in the thousands its been reduced to a handful. The iraqi army and the u. S. Led coalition seem to make sure to not leave a square meter on scorched earth it took a preseason i havent yet seen a single house and mine still untouched by fighting the neighboring street all but destroyed the street across rubble the street over there its the same story wherever you look cities and towns that house the medians a devastated hospice even now in mosul you are never far from the stench of rotting bodies or unexploded bombs help reconstructi