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Tanks have sealed off central parts of Tunis Security has been stepped up in centre of the Tunisian capital, a day after President Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali was forced from power by street protests.
Hundreds of troops are patrolling Tunis and a state of emergency is in force. Interim leader Mohammed Ghannouchi has said his priority is restoring order.
There were scenes of looting overnight in several areas, witnesses said.
Mr Ghannouchi said he would hold talks with opposition groups to try to form a unity government.
The main thoroughfare in Tunis, Avenue Bourguiba, was blocked off by troops after the lifting of an overnight curfew.
“There are a few people out and about, but the troubles will probably start later”
Zouhair Ben Jema Tunis resident
The streets are largely deserted, AFP news agency reported.
There have been reports of overnight looting in the city’s suburbs, with French-owned supermarkets among the properties targeted.
Tunis’ main train station was burnt down, AP news agency reported.
Resident Zouhair Ben Jemaa told the BBC: “We couldn’t sleep all night. We hear everything – the helicopters, the gunfire. It’s quiet now. There are a few people out and about, but the troubles will probably start later.”
However Tunis Carthage International Airport, which was closed amid Friday’s unrest, re-opened on Saturday. Hundreds of tourists and other foreigners have been trapped there.
The BBC’s Wyre Davies in Tunis says people are now waiting for some indication that the interim administration is prepared to bring in widespread economic and political changes.
Mr Ben Ali’s plane refuelled in Sardinia, before going on to Saudi Arabia Late on Friday Mr Ghannouchi said his “absolute priority” was restoring security in the face of looting and robberies.
“We are at the service of the Tunisian people. Our country does not deserve everything that is happening. We must regain the trust of citizens in the government,” he said.
Mr Ben Ali, who had been in power for 23 years, boarded a plane with his family amid widespread speculation about his destination.
The French government rejected a request for his plane to land in the country. It refuelled on the Italian island of Sardinia and later landed in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
A Saudi palace statement said: “Out of concern for the exceptional circumstances facing the brotherly Tunisian people and in support of the security and stability of their country… the Saudi government has welcomed President Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali and his family to the kingdom,” the statement said.
The 74-year-old leader conceded power after weeks of protests culminated in a giant rally against him in Tunis.
Dozens of people died as unrest swept the country and security forces cracked down on demonstrations over unemployment, food price rises and corruption.
The UK, the US and France are among the countries advising against non-essential travel to Tunisia.
Mr Ben Ali was only Tunisia’s second president since independence from France in 1956. He was last re-elected in 2009 with 89.62% of the vote.
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The Irish prime minister is to resume contacts with with his party on Saturday about his position as leader.
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The salmon fishing season is formally opened on the River Tay, where restrictions are still in place to conserve stocks.
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A mother and her three-year-old son have died after apparently being electrocuted while in the bath.
The 34-year-old woman and her child by emergency crews called to their home in Romford, east London, on Thursday.
Police said the boy died at the scene and his mother died in hospital the next day.
The Metropolitan Police said the pair were treated by paramedics after being found in the bathroom. The deaths are being treated as unexplained.
Post-mortem tests have yet to be carried out.
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US actor Keanu Reeves discusses guns in movies and if they lead to violence
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Flooding led to the A487 at Machynlleth being closed on Friday The Environment Agency is urging households across Wales to remain vigilant against flooding as heavy rain falls again over the weekend.
The Met Office says up to 100mm (4in) of rain could fall on higher ground in northwest Wales on Saturday.
Those storms are expected to move southeastwards across Wales through Sunday, bringing another 40mm (1.5in) of downpours on hills.
By 08.05 GMT Saturday, there were two flood warnings and eight flood alerts.
The Environment Agency flood warnings were in place in the Conwy valley around isolated properties and the Gwydir Road and on the River Ritec in Tenby, Pembrokeshire.
The heavy rain on Friday brought disruption to both roads and rail services.
The A474 at Briton Ferry, Neath Port Talbot, and the A487 at Machynlleth, Powys, were closed.
“Our officers on the ground will continue to check flood defences, clear river blockages and install flood barriers where necessary”
Jeremy Parr Environment Agency Wales
Swansea and London-bound trains experienced severe delays due to flooding at Chipping Sodbury tunnel.
It meant First Great Western services to London Paddington had to be diverted via Bath.
“More trouble is brewing in the Atlantic, bringing another dose of wet and windy weather – some heavy rain and strong to gale force winds,” said BBC Wales weather forecaster, Derek Brockway.
“More heavy rain, hill fog and poor visibility. Gales in the northwest and through the Menai Strait – severe gales on the mountains.”
He said Sunday will see more heavy rain, with the risk of flooding.
“Spring is a long way off but next week will be much drier with some frost and fog patches,” he added.
The Met Office has issued severe weather warnings for virtually the whole of Wales for both Saturday and Sunday.
Only the northeast areas of Denbighshire, Flintshire and Wrexham escape the warning.
“With strong winds and further heavy rain expected we are continuing to monitor flood risk across Wales,” warned Jeremy Parr, from Environment Agency Wales.
“Further flood alerts and flood warnings may be issued and these could remain in place over the weekend and into next week in some places.”
He said it was important that people remained vigilant throughout the weekend.
He added: “People should stay away from rivers as they can be very high and fast flowing and avoid trying to drive or walk through any flooding.
“We urge those in coastal areas to be on their guard from big waves caused by very strong winds.
“Our officers on the ground will continue to check flood defences, clear river blockages and install flood barriers where necessary.”
The latest flood advice and updates are available on Environment Agency’s website www.environment-agency.gov.uk. There is also a 24-hour information service Floodline on 0845 988 1188.
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Police search land beside the M4 in Wiltshire in connection with the Donavan Van Lill murder investigation.
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Tottenham boss Harry Redknapp says he could abandon his attempt to sign David Beckham on loan if Los Angeles Galaxy want him to return by mid-February.
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Several hundred people gathered on Friday evening at the Ballygawley roundabout, several miles from the Harte family home Hundreds of people are expected in Ballygawley over the weekend to pay their respects at the family home of Michaela McAreavey.
Mrs McAreavey, 27, daughter of Tyrone Gaelic football boss Mickey Harte, was found murdered in her honeymoon hotel room in Mauritius on Monday.
Her body was returned to the home of her parents on Friday evening.
Friends and neighbours lined the route close to the Harte home as the hearse carrying the body passed.
Members of the Tyrone GAA club formed a guard of honour.
Park and ride facilities will be set up near the family home to cope with the large number of people expected to visit on Saturday and Sunday.
Her funeral will be held next Monday at 1230 GMT at St Malachy’s Church, Ballymacilroy – the same County Tyrone church where she was married.
In a quiet, private corner of Belfast City Airport, the Harte and McAreavey families came together for the first time since the wedding of Michaela and John.
It is difficult to imagine a more painful re-union.
Together they then accompanied the hearse carrying Michaela’s body on the hour-long journey to the Harte family home in Co Tyrone.
Michaela and John were so close that they were known by friends as ‘Mic and Mac’. The nicknames were derived from Michaela and McAreavey.
In a measure of how popular the 27-year-old Irish teacher was, special facilities are being set up near her family home to cope with the large number of people expected on Saturday and Sunday to attend her wake. A park-and-ride scheme will be in place.
The plane carrying the 27-year-old’s remains touched down at Belfast City Airport at lunchtime on Friday.
Her husband, John, was on the flight that brought his wife of just 12 days back to her home in her coffin.
He was accompanied on the flight by his father, Brendan, his brother, Brian and Mrs McAreavey’s brother, Mark.
There to meet them at the airport was the Bishop of Dromore John McAreavey, uncle of the groom, who married them on 30 December.
The bride’s three brothers were also present to escort her body home.
The coffin was covered with a purple drape as the hearse drove from the airport. The family followed in cars behind.
The procession made its way out of Belfast to the Harte family home near Ballygawley, County Tyrone.
She was found murdered in her room at the Legends Hotel on Monday. Three men have been charged in connection with her killing.
It is thought that she interrupted thieves in her room taking money from a purse. They panicked and she was strangled.
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Neath Port Talbot says it is the first council in Wales to reach such an agreement Staff at Neath Port Talbot Council have agreed to cuts in pay, overtime and travel allowances as part of the authority’s cost cutting measures.
The 7,000 workers have accepted a deal brokered by managers and the unions.
The one-year agreement is aimed at minimising compulsory redundancies as the council looks to close a £24m gap in its budget by 2014.
Council leaders had warned staff they would dismiss and re-employ them on new terms if an agreement was not reached.
The council says it is the first authority in Wales to reach such an agreement.
Higher earners will see a one-off 2% drop in pay on top of a proposed three-year pay freeze.
Reaching agreements over downgraded pay and conditions in the light of budget cuts has become a crucial issue for tens of thousands of council staff across Wales.
Earlier in the week Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales’ second largest council, imposed lower terms and conditions on 14,000 workers, with accusations from union officials the measures were being bulldozed through.
The significant element here is a voluntary contribution which amounts to 2% for all those earning above £21,000, as well as the reductions in mileage and overtime allowances.
It’s unclear how much this will be used as a blueprint for other councils across Wales.
The Welsh Local Government Association says it doesn’t necessarily mean that the deal will be replicated elsewhere, however it’s still a significant development.
The lowest earners will not lose any pay while “several thousand” staff will have a pay deduction of less than 2%.
There will also be cuts in overtime rates and mileage allowances.
Eddie Gabrielsen, regional organiser for Unison, which represents 3,000 staff at Neath Port Talbot Council, said the deal went through with a majority of about 2-1 in favour.
He said: “I can’t say they are ecstatic about it, but they see it as a way of ensuring their employment for the future.
“There are some circumstances where you cannot do anything but make the redundancy but, in the main, the agreement is geared towards ensuring proper consultation before any outsourcing or other factors come in to play, where compulsory redundancies may be the end result.”
He said the agreement was the staff’s contribution to “get past the short-time financial situation the councils finds itself in – that the government has put it in”.
He added: “We feel that the cuts by the government are too fast and do not allow councils to adjust properly.”
Mr Gabrielsen said his members also expected councillors to make a contribution beyond declining a recommended increase in their allowances.
He said: “We would invite the councillors to look at their allowances in relation to taking percentage cuts on that.”
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The film shows a couple (Ryan Gosling and Michelle Williams) at the start and end of their relationship The director of Blue Valentine has said the recent battle over its certificate in the US has helped open a debate over cinema sex and violence.
The film won an appeal over its adults-only NC-17 rating and was released with an R rating instead.
The marital film drama, which opens in the UK this weekend rated 15, is in the running for two Golden Globe awards.
Ryan Gosling and Michelle Williams are nominated for best actor and actress in a film drama.
US ratings are set by the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA), which originally awarded the NC-17 rating for a “scene of explicit sexual content”.
“I think the MPAA made a mistake,” director Derek Cianfrance told the BBC this week.
“They were humble and generous to reverse their decision and I have a lot of respect for them for that.
“It’s started a big discussion in America about why is sex taboo and why is violence okay. I think the MPAA has to re-evaluate its stance on things.
“I feel like my kids will see far worse things during commercials on football games – violence and guns. Blue Valentine is just about intimacy and emotion. There’s very little nudity in the film. It’s more about naked emotions.”
Derek Cianfrance (left, with Michelle Williams) conceived the film in 1998 The film’s new R rating means those younger than 17 can see the film if they are accompanied by an adult.
Blue Valentine is the story of the dying relationship between couple Dean and Cindy (played by Gosling and Williams).
It juxtaposes scenes of their courtship, set several years earlier, with painful scenes of marital breakdown in the present.
The filming required Gosling and Williams to undergo hours of demanding sex scenes.
“Michelle and Ryan gave such brave and emotionally naked performances,” said Cianfrance.
“I’m so proud of them. I really admire actors that are willing to be vulnerable and willing to take big risks on the screen. They deserve any accolade that comes their way.”
He added: “We tried to treat the sexuality in Blue Valentine with responsibility. There are consequences to the sex in the film. We treated the sex as we treated every other scene – with a certain kind of honesty and raw integrity.”
The film has been a 12-year journey for Cianfrance. He had re-drafted the script 66 times since 1998. Both Gosling and Williams were attached to the project for several years before it finally started shooting.
“I felt like the movie was cursed, but once it started shooting we were blessed because all these magic moments started happening in front of the camera,” said Cianfrance.
Whatever happens at the Golden Globes, the director is keeping an open mind about its Oscar chances.
“Those things are so out of my hands. For the last year I’ve been on the road supporting the movie. There’s nothing else Michelle and Ryan can do.
“The business and the critical acclaim has been amazing and it’s heartening to know that something that was so personal to me is now becoming personal to other people.”
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Martin O’Neill is set to replace Avram Grant as manager of West Ham after Saturday’s match against Arsenal, BBC Sport understands.
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Tehran insists its nuclear programme is for peaceful civilian purposes A group of foreign diplomats is expected to begin a two-day tour of some of Iran’s nuclear sites.
Iran has said that the tour is a gesture of goodwill and transparency.
The move comes ahead of the resumption of talks about Iran’s nuclear programme with permanent members of the UN Security Council plus Germany.
Western nations suspect that Iran is attempting to build nuclear weapons, but Tehran says its nuclear programme is for peaceful civilian purposes.
Iran guards its nuclear sites pretty closely, but now ambassadors from Egypt, Algeria, Venezuela, Syria, and the Arab League will get their own tour of two locations – an enrichment facility at Natanz, and a heavy water reactor at Arak.
But, for the hosts, there is a problem. There may be some empty seats on the minibus.
The European Union turned down its invitation, saying that a tour for diplomats was not a substitute for proper visits by inspectors.
It also looks like Russia and China have decided to stay away.
And the United States, which was not invited, has called the tour a ploy.
It is unlikely that the event will change many people’s minds about the nature of Iran’s nuclear programme.
Diplomats who are not nuclear scientists or weapons inspectors will not be able to give a definitive answer one way or another.
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Holiday makers in Tunisia have begun leaving as violence in the country escalates.
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