Last updated: 14 january, 2011 - 17:11 GMT
State of emergency declared in Tunisia
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It was less than 24 hours ago that Tunisia's President Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali appeared on national televison in response to weeks of protests in the country.
The president announced that he would not be standing for re-election in 2014 in a bid to appease those angry at the apparent lack of political freedom in the country as well as high unemployment levels.
But today the capital once again saw confrontation between the police and demonstrators calling for the president to go.
There have now been further dramatic developments. BBC's Adam Mynott reports from Tunis.
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