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Middle East roundup: Eid festivities mark final Hajj rites

Mounting concern about Israeli settler attacks and Tunisia’s worsening crises – here’s the Middle East this week.

Al Jazeera

EU leaders meet to assess Russia, NATO and migration crisis

NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg and Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky are the key figures at a European Union summit underway in Brussels this Thursday, highlighting the importance of protecting the EU's eastern flank from Russian aggression and bolstering support for Tunisia to combat illegal migration across the Mediterranean.

Radio France Internationale

Nearly 2,000 migrants have died crossing the Mediterranean this year. Here's why

Flimsy boats, EU policies and an increase in migrants attempting the crossing are some of the factors converging to make this year an especially deadly one.

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Tunisia struggles to progress under cumbersome bureaucracy

Analysts say successive governments have opted to kick the can down the road rather than take serious action.

Al Jazeera

EU accused of whitewashing Tunisian regime in bid to stem migration

Bloc is set to give country £860m despite rapid erosion of democracy since President Kais Saied took power in 2021

The Guardian - UK

TUI announce new flight routes taking off from Belfast next summer

It will also double its capacity of flights available from Belfast to Costa Dorada and Lanzarote

Belfast Live

‘Incomplete revolution’: Tunisia crackdown slammed by critics

Experts and family members of those arrested say the North African country is no more an Arab Spring success story.

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Tunisian President Compares Israel To Nazi Germany

Comment comes days after two Jews were shot and killed

Zenger

France offers help to Tunisia to curb migrants' arrivals

France pledged to give nearly 26 million euros in aid to Tunisia to help curb the flow of migrants crossing the Mediterranean.

Radio France Internationale

Prominent radio journalist Zied el-Heni arrested in Tunisia

El-Heni is a well-known media figure in Tunisia and has been vocal about his opposition to President Kais Saied.

Al Jazeera

Tunisia says attacker fatally stabbed police officer at Brazilian Embassy; suspect arrested

The Tunisian government says a police officer guarding the Brazilian Embassy in Tunisia has been fatally stabbed in an unexplained attack

The Independent UK

Nine due in Greek court over shipwreck as Pakistan holds day of mourning

Suspected people smugglers to appear in court in Kalamata, as police in Kashmir announce 10 arrests

The Guardian - UK

Tunisia protesters demand release of ‘political prisoners’

Some 300 demonstrators in Tunis demanded freedom for former ministers, businessmen and other opposition members.

Al Jazeera

France, Germany join forces against migration from Tunisia in wake of latest Mediterranean tragedy

Ministers from Germany and France tasked with regulating migration are joining forces to try to curb deaths on dangerous routes across the Mediterranean Sea

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Al Jazeera

In Gabes, Tunisia’s artisanal fishers are watching fish die

Between encroachments by big trawlers, lethal pollution levels and a cost-of-living crisis, life is harder than ever.

Al Jazeera

Tunisia bars TV, radio reports of opposition conspiracy cases

The cases banned from being covered involve at least 21 dissidents under investigation on accusations of ‘conspiracy’.

Al Jazeera

US senators introduce bill for restoration of Tunisia’s democracy

The legislation acknowledges that President Kais Saied has taken steps to undermine Tunisia’s democratic institutions.

Al Jazeera

Euro-Med Monitor calls on Tunisia to release hunger striker Atig

Jailed Ennahdha party leader Sahbi Atig is no longer able to walk or talk, his wife says.

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France 24

Sudan's army accuses paramilitary of killing West Darfur governor

In tonight's edition: The UN warns that Sudan's conflict risks inflaming instability in Darfur and says that the world can't allow the region to become a humanitarian calamity again. Also, African talent is on display here in Paris at the VivaTech trade fair. Finally, we see how beekeeping is causing…

Al Jazeera

Middle East Roundup: What’s going on with Saudi Arabia and China?

And a shark attack in Egypt, Gaddafi’s fifth son on hunger strike in Lebanon. Here’s the Middle East this week.

Al Jazeera

EC migration deal ignores Tunisia’s repression: Rights groups

Rights groups are concerned the EC deal, in following its anti-migrant agenda, props up Tunisia’s authoritarianism.

Al Jazeera

Three Tunisian opposition leaders on hunger strike in prison

Ennahdha party leaders stop eating to protest against their imprisonment on terrorism, money-laundering charges.

Al Jazeera

Why is the EU offering Tunisia a financial assistance package?

The EU hopes to stem the number of refugees departing for Europe from the country’s coast during an economic crisis.

France 24

UBS completes takeover of Credit Suisse to form Swiss banking behemoth

The merger was finalised just under three months after a rapid agreement brokered by the Swiss government. Meanwhile, European leaders are exerting pressure on Tunisia to accept a $1.9 billion IMF bailout. In other news, financier George Soros is transferring control of his $25 billion empire to his 37-year-old son.

Radio France Internationale

EU offers Tunisia massive aid deal to reduce migration and boost economy

The European Union on Sunday offered millions of euros in financial support to Tunisia, to boost its economy and reduce the flow of migrants crossing the Mediterranean Sea into Europe.

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