Tunisia's prime minister fired after protests: BBC News Review 2022

February 1, 2023



Tunisia’s president has dismissed the prime minister and suspended parliament, after violent mass protests across the country on Sunday.

The protests were due to the government’s handling of a massive recent increase in Covid cases – along with general unrest over the nation’s economic status

Neil and Roy talk about the vocabulary from this story so you can talk about it too.

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Video chapters:
0:00​​​​​​​​​​ – Introduction
0:30 – Story
1:30 – Headline 1: Tunisia’s president accused of ‘coup’ after dismissing PM
5:18​​ – Headline 2: Protesters in Tunisia demand government step down amid Covid-aggravated economic woes
8:26 – Headline 3: Tunisian president ousts government in move critics call a coup
10:06 – Language summary

The story:
The President of Tunisia, Kais Saied, has sacked his prime minister, Hichem Mechichi, and suspended parliament following nationwide protests against the government’s mishandling of the worsening coronavirus crisis.

Addressing an emergency meeting of military commanders, Mr Saied said the measures were aimed at saving the state.

Key words and phrases
dismissing
removing someone from their job

* Be careful when you speak to the manager. He’s known for dismissing staff very quickly.
* My boss always dismisses my plans as ridiculous.

woes
worries; big problems or issues

* The new economic plan was designed to help the country recover from its financial woes.
* After the terrible news, her face was full of woe.

ousts
forces someone to leave their position

* A new board sometimes ousts the previous CEO after a takeover.
* She was ousted from the party after her aggressive attitude.

Test your understanding on our website at: https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/course/newsreview/unit-19/session-204

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  1. Reply
    BBC Learning English February 1, 2023 at 10:35 pm

    Hello! If you're enjoying our channel, why not hit the notification bell – we'll let you know when we upload a new video so you'll never miss a thing!

  2. I wish i could dismiss some people from existing. Well, its because they are added to our planet’s woes. I wish soon a law will be passed to oust them from darling Earth to Jupiter.

  3. Love Roy's speaking English. He is very intelligent, knowledgeable and humble. He is a great gentleman and a truly valuable guy to join this excellent channel.

  4. Thank you for this amazing video, especially for the subject ^^
    🇹🇳 🇹🇳 🇹🇳 🇹🇳 🇹🇳 🇹🇳

  5. Thank you guys, you are great and helping me to improve my English.❤️

  6. Reply
    Артур Богданов February 1, 2023 at 10:35 pm

    I love this duet

  7. Reply
    iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii February 1, 2023 at 10:35 pm

    Imagine that you are Tunisian and you are against the islamist & you don't support the president's decisions, and you didn't want to leave your country because you had / still have faith in the révolution. Fuck this shit

  8. Why you said it was violent? It was not violent at all ..
    and the protest not only because of Corona crise but because of 10 years of bad management's parlement (corruption terrorisme and nepotism ) and gouvernement as well

  9. Very very interesting, a bunch of thanks!

  10. Reply
    Степан Басманов February 1, 2023 at 10:35 pm

    Thanks for your work and interesting ideas!

  11. Does no one question why France is taking all Tunisia’s oil??? This should be brought to the worlds attention more. I can’t wait to move over to Tunisia to my husband & family. A beautiful country, beautiful people. France is putting them in poverty, it is sickening

  12. You should dismiss Aljazeera from your vocabulary.

  13. Thank you so much for your amazing video lesson. I really appreciate it 👌❤

  14. Difficult times and incompetent leadership to deal with overwhelming problems. It shows that we, i.e. the humanity has not produced institutions, which are up to the tasks!

  15. Completed 7/28/21

  16. I will definitely miss you, Roy if you're "dismissed" from News Review😢

  17. The Tunisian people need politics to bring more unity with one goal: to fight political and economic corruption that's all. Therefore, all Tunisian parties are required to achieve a plan that will have a strong state that relies on itself.

  18. Thanks for this vedio

  19. Please , good people. I have asked the last time to be provided with transcript for every podcast (Global News Podacast) it is very rich !!!!!
    Much appreciated

  20. There are huge woes of hunger and desperation around the world dou to covid, dramatically, it's exceptionally unfair and heartbreak.

  21. Democracy in exchange for the oppression of the Tunisian people is inacceptable.the islamic Renaissance exploited the texts and the constitution in exchange for stealing the people and exploiting positions they destroyed Tunisia healthily 🇹🇳 economically socially and culturaly.they planted terrorisme assassinations and the tunisian identity.they deported young people to syria and Iraq and abandoned the youth to the seas towards Europe.they stopped investing in the country and decimated the people.unemployment,poverty, and marginalisation rose, educational and environemental deterioration,ecc.the Muslim Brotherhood,this nahdha destroyed Tunisia ,the article of their immunity and their constitutional political standing.stop and the people ended with thé présentent and the changes and they must be held accountable and put in prison

  22. I know this is an English lesson but BBC could lose credibility by writing the news this way . It is not the president's power to fire the PM . MAYBE you know that.

  23. The Muslim Brotherhood, the Ennahda movement, the criminals, destroyed the Tunisian people at all levels. The Tunisian Renaissance for the Tunisian people killed us for 11 years, they destroyed us, they oppressed us. That is why the Tunisian people want to bury the criminal brothers in their own hands, not only with the army and the president. They killed us. They destroyed us 11 years of poverty, starvation, educational decline, thefts, corruption and displacement And the destruction of the competencies and brains of assassinations and the propaganda of young people to Syria and Iraq. Environmental deterioration, cultural deterioration, health deterioration because of them, economic deterioration, unemployment, foreign policy with the Brotherhood, Turkey and Qatar. I do not change a false policy and serve the agendas of the Brotherhood only, not in the service of the people. Suicide is on the rise of terrorists These Muslim Brotherhood committed massacres against the Tunisian people, and they must be held accountable. The Tunisian people eat only one meal a day, and the whole people have become poor.the democracy is what the people want ,The people want to change the Islamic Renaissance Movement after the failure of 11 years in destroying the country

  24. Greet Tunisia

  25. It's always good to see Roy

  26. Very useful lesson. thank you so much to give us free education. God bless you all doing a great job.

  27. Thank you very much

  28. good morning! I love BBC!😀

  29. It's not about covid please report correctly

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