tunisia injanuary 2011 has stability but little freedom. president ben ali maintains strict control of society, shored up by a vast network of spies, informers and secret police. ben ali came to power in 1987. he promised reform, democracy, women s rights and education. but he had failed to deliver a more free and open society. the protests that began in december erupt quickly. people are taking to the streets, railing against poverty, unemployment and political repression. 0n the evening ofjanuary 13, the president appears on television to address the nation, urging calm. a commanding ben ali says he will not step down. the bbc has obtained secret recordings of phone calls we believe to have been made by the president to some of his closest advisers. they have been forensically analysed by audio experts who found no evidence of tampering or manipulation. we have also played these recordings to people who know the individuals heard in them. they believe the voices to be genui
prince andrew has repeatedly denied allegations of sexual assault. the eruption of a giant underwater volcano near the island nation of tonga has triggered tsunami waves across the southwestern pacific. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. the senior uk conservative mp and former minister, tobias ellwood, says borisjohnson must lead or step aside following the controversy over gatherings at downing st while covid restrictions were in place. a number of tory backbenchers say they ve been inundated with messages from angry constituents about the growing list of parties dating back to the spring 2020. the opposition labour leader, sir keir starmer, says it s now in the national interest for mrjohnson to be removed from office. our political correspondent, iain watson, has the very latest. borisjohnson has come under renewed pressure following number 10 s apology to buckingham palace over a leaving do held last year on the eve of the duke of edinb
across the southwestern pacific. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. the senior uk conservative mp and former minister tobias ellwood says borisjohnson must lead or step aside following the controversy over gatherings at downing st while coronavirus restrictions were in place. a number of tory backbenchers say they ve been inundated with messages from angry constituents about the growing list of parties dating back to the spring of 2020. the opposition labour leader, sir keir starmer, says it s now in the national interest for mrjohnson to go. the bbc s political correspondent iain watson has the very latest. borisjohnson has come under renewed pressure following number 10 s apology to buckingham palace over a leaving do held last year on the eve of the duke of edinburgh s funeral. so today the labour leader urged conservative mps to force him out. of course there s a party advantage in him going, but actually it s now in the national interes
hurricane center. major update comes at 2:00 a.m. the reason why we re getting hourly updates now is because the national hurricane center can see this storm on doppler radar so these are position and intensity updates. we also have the air force reserve hurricane hunters en route to the storm that will give us critical new information. not a major just yet. i think the nac is likely waiting for what the hurricane hunters have to say. jane: that s right. the information coming in from the flights has been peniche seeing the upgrades in the last beneficial in seeing the upgrades in the last couple of days. ian: each pass through the eye, they were finding lower pressure and higher winds. we ll see what they find when they get there. they re likely less than an hour out at this point. welcome back in to fox weather. we d like to welcome all of our fox viewers tonight. i m ian oliver. jane: i m jane minar. we re expecting idalia to reach the major hurricane status at som
seniors. pharma is pushing back. good day, everyone. i m andrea mitchell in washington. donald trump s lawyers hit a wall in their attempt to delay his federal trial until two years after the next election, a proposal the judge in his case called unreasonable. the former president and leading republican candidate for the nomination will be tied down in court starting march 4th, the day before 15 states vote on super tuesday, instead of out on the campaign trail. the judge overseeing the case is being attacked by the former president. former trump chief of staff mark meadows became the first trump co-defendant in the georgia state case to testify in open court yesterday. a high stakes legal gamble that subjected him to hours of cross examination by the d.a. s office, only to have secretary of state brad raffensperger then, a republican, immediately contradict his testimony. joining me now, blayne alexander in atlanta, and catherine christian, former manhattan assistant di