still elected president mr sarkozy which again we call the general pinocchio. rules committee the country of love. and the awful tone of. the growing numbers around the world france is no or very different kind of f. word the new bush will see. nato has been reportedly using depleted uranium about zenobia later this hour nuclear activist tells r.t. about the long lasting consequences that could lead. to peace to derail him as a weapon of indiscriminate effect because of the impact what happens is that when the cheryl or the round hits its target as explodes and it has what's been described as a kind of air assault effect of radioactive particles and you can't ever ensure that those particles will only affect military personnel that means that they can indiscriminately affect civilians and that of course is illegal under international law also have a very long term effect because of the radioactive qualities has a negative impact also on the environment so these are illegal under international law some countries haven't yet recognized that it is indeed you you'v

well i think president sarkozy is an obvious. personality or an obvious candidate to benefit from from the scandal although he's very low in the poll at the moment the lowest. of the lowest rate in fact for any french president in the history of the fifth republic as he's. going to send us twenty three percent in the new rating but i think that this will benefit him hugely as he will be able to hoop that he will you know he he will reassure him give you more confidence to tackle the presidential elections. with much more strength than the current situation for him but of course it's very very damaging for the socialist party who saw dominic's tossed around as one of their strongest candidate and indeed he was the most popular one in his role as the head of the i.m.f. astro's carter was deeply involved in efforts to revive the e.u. how much will his arrest impact aid talks for the troubled you members. but we don't expose kind was you know he had a brilliant mind for economics he served in the decisions government in france as fin

and is part of international moves to stop the program to moscow's would become a springboard for the sarkozy administration as it pushes east it wants in syria progress according to the libyan scenario we will probably see a similar development in iran unfortunately that is iran will repeat the syrian scenario russia watches western military interventions with rising along it warns the fueling violence across the middle east doesn't dilute brutally escalating the conflict is an invitation to a series of civil wars outside forces that should not interfere give advice or take sides in internal conflicts but russia's foreign minister adds there could be a sting in the tail he says only chaos in the region helps the very extremist the west wants to stop gaining power valuable shore r.t. paris. julius jones has laid into online social networks for helping the united states collect information and spy on citizens and during an interview with r.t. he said the likes of facebook and google never been roles in the arab uprisings. is the most appalling why they have been they work google yahoo always m

had done an extra one might have knocked out a top contender competing against sarkozy for the presidency but experts say d.s. k. was toppled apple blown time when you've still got worries about whether the euro will still be the currency of all these european countries in the next twelve to twenty four months and at the same time spending hundreds of millions forcing their way into libya conflict they don't see eye to eye but they going to try to regroup around. the idea that it's a humanitarian intervention and the u.n. resolution a resolution that china and russia didn't veto but it claims has been manipulated to suit western interests there will be an appearance of agreement but if there is an appearance of agreement in my mind it won't be an appearance appearance at the g. eight is hard not to notice the venue is usually exclusive resort town where you can't hear protest over the euro and it's easy to forget bombs are falling. this year france's beautiful normandy was chosen to house leaders as they sit down to debate some of the world's ugliest problems and once again are faced with

and rape and with a presidential campaign i think president sarkozy is an obvious candidate to benefit from from the scandal although he's very low in the poll of the moment the lowest. the lowest rate in fact for any french president in the history of the fifth republic but i think this will benefit hugely i see will be able to hoop that he will you know he can you will reassure him give you more confidence to tackle the presidential elections. with much more strength than the current situation for him. remember you can gather very latest updates on developments in europe on our facebook and twitter pages scenario also find more on our developing stories as well as photos videos and polls make sure you take a look next time you're online. now there are calls from within the nato led coalition to step up the bombing campaign against libyan regime and possibly even kill colonel gadhafi the leader is claiming to power the spy dearly two months of grueling airstrikes britain's military chief says the campaign is failing to topple gadhafi and once to hit more targets and his role general s

when you're bush or paris in time for president sarkozy leading france into being a world policeman is doing nothing for his flagging popularity ratings which are at an all time low. so that by focusing abroad instead of at home the voters will be reluctant to give him another chance when i've heard of the french plans to intervene in syria the first thought that came to my mind was what is the presidential elections in france actually it's in less than a year and how's president sarkozy doing according to the recent poor also he's had the record of a lot worse two thirds of the french population is unhappy with his policies and in france us involvement in afghanistan ivory coast and libya was not enough for the french voters to change their mind so because they came up with a new idea to intervene in syria what surprises me is that sarkozy wants his own brand but he forgets that to me to run the former french president will sound french troops to wonder in one thousand nine hundred ninety four was accused of supporting the genocide of the sick such was the conclusion of a public inqui

but nicolas sarkozy opens the conference on thursday. the imf leadership will also, you can bet, loom large. jim bitterman is live in paris for us today. jim, this conference will kick off, i assume the official agenda is already set. boy, the subject of christine lagarde's potential candidacy for the imf will be high up there, won't it? >> reporter: well, it certainly will. we saw a little bit of sarkozy this morning, he was talk together g20 labor ministers this morning. what starts later in the week in doville is the g8 conference. the labor ministers from the g20 conference are gathered here this morning. sarkozy delivered the opening address, basically urging them to take unemployment and labor concerns, put them more in the forefront about economic concerns. with him was christine lagarde. he said nothing at all about the leadership battle for the imf. christine lagarde is now the front-runner. almost all the european governments, including the netherlands, great britain, germany and others are backing christine lagarde. where she'

this gives sarkozy a little wiggle room now that his big political rival is off the stage. sarkozy can step in and be a deal maker in a way that he couldn't be before because it would give a win to his opposition. gwen: we don't talk about crime stories here much but this was a story which wasn't just about infidelity, it was far more shocking than that. will that affect the outcome? >> absolutely. we all know that the french have a more liberal attitude toward politicians who filander than americans do, but this as you say is much beyond that. that's why the french public was so shocked and we saw this initial sort of revulsion in the french public who said this can't be true, this must be a setup. this could never happen. well with, you know, it looks like -- well, you know, it looks like it did happen, at least that's what the new york police department is saying and dominique strauss can said he's innocent and we'll see where the case goes from there. gwen: thank you. thank you, everyone. there's more to talk about, of course, but for that you'll have to find us online

president sarkozy acknowledges a huge gap of incomprehension between the attack and the college -- a policy makers. the internet can be allowed to grow at untethered. >> the universe that you represent is not a parallel one. free of the rule of law, float -- free of morals, the fundamental principles which govern social and democratic countries. >> president sarkozy is known for its tough line on interest parsee -- piracy. the kind of regulation that creates great anxiety within the industry. >> why are you here? >> is a good idea to be present when movement is afoot to to take away some of the values that he chairs. >> both sides agreed that they need to encourage more growth. the disagreement is on how much control there should be. the other view adopted by an increasing number of european countries you would like to regulate the industry. where is the balance? privacy is a hot topic in the uk at the moment. tens of thousands of people on twitter -- on the other hand, twitter played a seismic role in the successful uprising in egypt. >> freedom of publication on the internet should

naturally, they say, uh-huh, sarkozy must have done this somehow. but there's absolutely nothing to support that kind of conspiratorial thinking. >> what if he's proven completely innocent? what if it turns out he really didn't do that? >> well, how long is that going to take to prove that? right now, he can't even get out of jail on bail. if you look at the case of somebody completely unrelated. kobe bryant, an american basketballe star was accused attacking a woman in a hotel in colorado in 2003. in the summer. it wasn't until the fall of the following year that those charges were finally dropped. so i think we're looking at months of legal proceedings ininvolving strauss-kahn, he's not going to get back and run for the presidency anytime soon. >> i think as somebody who is a prosecutor in the state system here, it's clear that this will take several months barring some unforeseen reversal. the witness recants her testimony, it would take months at least to clarify this. as of now, he's held without bail. he may even be held for some period of tim

it was hosted by the french president nicolas sarkozy. he insisted it must be regulated. the forum will be presented at the g8 leaders later this week. our correspondent reports from paris. >> ordinarily, they might have meant in an on-line forum. but this week, the intent industry has come together the old fashioned way to debate the big issues at the highest level of world politics. on the guest list, eric schmidt. the french president acknowledges a huge gap incomprehension between the techies and the policy makers. >> the universe that you represent is not a parallel one, free of the rule of law, free of morals. >> present sarkozy is known for his tough line on internet piracy. the kind of regulation that creates great anxiety within the industry. >> why are you here? >> i think it is a good idea to be present when movement is afoot to take away some of the values that you cherish. >> both sides agree they need to encourage more growth. but this agreement is on how much -- the disagreement is on how much control there should be. the other view is that they would like

and now, strangely, we have nicolas sarkozy, who strikes as a presidential figure in contrast. there is another who has made momentum against the french elite. you could get a nightmare scenario of going through the second round of the president elections. just imagine. >> thank you both very much indeed. >> what would you give your right arm for, or your left? a viennese surgeon has amputated arms to replace them with bionic versions. here is neil. >> this is milo. he lost the use of his right arm in a motor bike accident a decade ago. surgery brought back some movement, but his hand still has no function. so frustrated is milo with his withered hand, that he has now opted for a radical solution, elective amputation in favor of a prosthetic hand. >> i lived 10 years with this hand, and it cannot be better. the only way is to cut this down and i get a new arm. >> the procedure is offered by this man. he calls the work bionic reconstruction. >> when you see patients like this, and they have a history of like 10 years, and you see the hand function is non-sufficient for him. but

but you know why we're in lib yam it's sarkozy started this thing because he's in trouble politically and trying to make >>> issue two, pawlenty's in! >> we need a president who understands that our problems are deep and who has the courage to face them. president obama doesn't. i do. >> i'm tim pawlenty. and i'm running for president of the united states! [cheering] >> tim pawlenty made it official this week. he is the recently retired republican eight-year governor every minnesota. he wants to be next year's republican candidate for president. here's why. >> president obama won't even address the major spending and deficit problems in the country. he's no plan for reforming social security, he has no plan for reforming medicare, he has no plan for reforming medicaid to speak of. >> pawlenty has a major advantage in the republican presidential primary race. namely, where he is from. his heartland, minnesota. pawlenty was born raised in and served as governor of the state of minnesota. and minnesota has produced towering figures in american politics, culture and jurisprudence. warren

politics is a dirty game in france, especially as they think the way sarkozy plays it. that's why they would suspect it, but there's no proof of this. this is all suspicion and conjecture. >> reporter: but prosecutors say they have solid forensic evidence in this case, including dna they found inside the hotel suite where he was staying this weekend. they also have strauss kahn's own past. in 2002, a young woman in her 20s accused him of sexually attacking her. in 2008, strauss kahn admitted to an affair with a lower-level employee at the imf. tonight, he finds himself alone in a jail cell in protective custody in rijker's island. >> not far from us in manhattan tonight. thanks. >>> we now turn to politics and big questions this late in the game about the shrinking field of possibilities for the republicans to run against president obama. two men in the last three days have announced they are not running. one of them happened to have a show on this network, our chief white house correspondent and political director chuck todd with us. and chuck, of course, we're talking

. >> so can we assume that sarkozy has an easier path to get himself elected? a socialist as well, sarkozy back and forth still has an uphill battle and may help him somewhat but not a whole lot. most of the voters that would have voted for strauss-kahn will go alone with some going to the center and possibly a few to the right. sar cozy is not likely to be watched. >> jim, thank you very much. >>> a new olive branch from pakistan to the united states. it's the tail of the chop thear the u.s. navy s.e.a.l.s left behind on bin laden's compound. will it help repair relations between the two countries and why presidential candidate newt gingrich being accused of playing racial politics against president obama. i was driving in northern california. my son was asleep. i really didn't see it coming. i didn't realize i was drifting into the other lane. [ kim ] i was literally falling asleep at the wheel. it got my attention, telling me that i wasn't paying attention. i had no idea the guy in front of me had stopped short. but my car did. -my car did. -thankfully, my m

diverse and we have to respect it and you cannot you have a video so when for instance the president sarkozy said this about the color i can understand because he also added. a chance for america lead it's also that. we should know a lot of societies to develop that idea we should not have perez inside his bid in the society with the developer all knows. because everybody should have something in the same basis the same laws but not only on the polling the political sphere and mean i mean on the summit level but on the grassroots level we are witnessing today the rise of a serious praised far right parties in the first big point is. extremely powerful the police there is there i mean there the whole european project is addressed. it has been not only at risk. to save fall apart. earlier. because of even not able to do literally diversity so we are not able to live with diversity barely with respect if problem then. the whole project is at risk that is why i think we should now pay much more intense attention to what is holding us together to convey to people what are the common european stan

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straus-khan's hopes of challenging nicolas sarkozy for the presidency next spring are dead. cnn will be there chatting with you throughout the day on facebook. >>> now we return to libya. the court's chief prosecutor will announce that gadhafi is wanted for war crimes against humanity in libya. meanwhile, a special u.n. group is asking for a cease-fire. she joins us now live from the libyan capital with more on that. nema. >> well, many say the libyan government has been accused in the past of persistently violating previous cease-fires. as we speak now, reports are reaching us that shell rg continuing in the western mount along the tunisian border. but saying all that, the u.n. envoy here at the invitation of the libyan government, even though he had said to the security council that they would require for a cease-fire to be in place before any negotiations could go ahead. that seems to be in line with what the libyan government is thinking. they say that they are prepared to have impartial independent observers on the ground and have adjabia before then negotiating. throug

springboard for the sarkozy administration as it pushes east even tents in syria progress according to the libyan scenario we will probably see a similar development in iran unfortunately that is iran will repeat the syrian scenario russia watches western military interventions with roy's in a law he warns the fuel in violence across the middle east doesn't really liberally escalating the conflict and is an invitation to a series of civil wars from outside forces it should not interfere give advice or take sides in internal conflicts but russia's foreign minister adds there could be a sting in the tail he says unleashing chaos in the region hopes the very extremist the u.s. wants to stop gaining power valuable szell r.t. paris. the uprising in egypt was called the facebook revolution as protests there were coordinated on the websites pages by julian assange was the founder of wiki leaks says the service has paid a much more sinister well skousen to watching his a preview of what's to come around to us. facebook in particular. is the most appalling with by being facebook google yahoo al

springboard for the sarkozy administration as it pushes east it events in syria progress according to the libyan scenario we will probably see a similar developments in iran unfortunately that is iran will repeat the syrian scenario russia will choose with the military interventions with rising along it warms the fuelling boylan's across the middle east when all those a little bit early escalating the conflict is an invitation to a series of civil wars outside forces and should not interfere give advice or take sides in internal conflicts and russia's foreign minister adds there could be a sting in the tail he says only chaos in the region helps the very extremist and west wants to stop gaining power tell you bush or r.t. paris. the general public in europe and the us having reconsidered duped into supporting foreign interventions so says genocides the founder of wiki leaks exclusive interview with r.t. is a preview of what's to come in an hour's time here about. the number one enemy in ignorance . and i believe the number one in media everyone is not understanding what is actually go

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president sarkozy is an obvious candidate to benefit from from the scandal although he's very low in the call of the man to the longest. the lowest rate in fact for any french president in the history of the fifth republic but i think this will benefit hugely as he will be able to hope that she will you know he will reassure him even more confidence to tackle the presidential election. with much more strength than the current situation for him remember you can gather very latest updates on developments in europe on our facebook and twitter pages there you also find more on our developing stories as well as photos videos and polls make sure it's take a look next time you're alive. it's. good to be. watching r t now there are calls from within the nato led coalition to step up the bombing campaign against the libyan regime and possibly even kill colonel gadhafi a leader is clinging to power despite nearly two months of grueling airstrikes britain's military chief says the campaign is failing to top of it often and wants to hit more targets and his room general sir david richards insist

and rape and with a presidential campaign i think a president sarkozy is an obvious candidate to benefit from from the scandal although he's very low in the poll of the moment the lowest. the lowest rate in fact for any french president in the history of the fifth republic but i think this will benefit hugely i say he will be able to hope that she will you know he will reassure him give him more confidence to tackle the presidential elections. with much more strength than the current situation for him over memory can gather their latest updates on developments in europe on our facebook and twitter pages and you also find more on our developing stories as well as photos videos and polls make sure you take a look next town you're online. well there are calls from within the nato led coalition to step up the bombing campaign against the libyan regime and possibly even kill colonel gadhafi the leader is clinging to power despite nearly two months of grueling airstrikes bertha's military campaign failing to topple gadhafi and wants to hit more targets to end his rule general sir david richard

and is part of international moves to stop that program damascus would become a springboard for the sarkozy administration as it pushes east it means in syria progress according to the libyan scenario we will probably see a similar developments in iran unfortunately that is iran will repeat the syrian scenario russia which is western military intervention is with rising along it warms the fuelling boylan's across the middle east and all those deliberately escalating the conflict is an invitation to a series of civil wars outside forces should not interfere give advice or take sides in the internal conflicts at russia's foreign minister as there could be a sting in the tail he says only chaos in the region helps the very extremist the west wants to stop gaining power the new bushell r.t. paris. where he leaks founder julian assange armed his lays into online social networks for helping the united states collect information i own citizens and a interview with the likes of facebook and google play significant roles in the arab uprisings. face talking about if the most appalling spying if you h

in libya on the front line with the euro crisis in the background leads to questions like this will sarkozy. say tens of thousands of civilians and garcia will be known as the man who runs to economic ruin in a never ending war in libya he must go g eight leaders agreed word for word in their declaration about gadhafi saying he has lost all legitimacy though it's understood behind closed doors there was harsh debate on the sidelines russia was asked to step in and broker a cease fire it accepted and will send an envoy and we are in touch with both sides the new forces in gaza and representatives of gadhafi we haven't broken diplomatic ties but i think it's useful in any case because we're trying to make closer approaches to reducing the reasons for the escalation of violence which is still ongoing as we discussed it at the g eight not their creation says that we get a few regime has lost its legitimacy he must step down rice's approach to interfering in the internal affairs of sovereign nations differs dramatically from the west which appears eager to back some countries but not others and

springboard for the sarkozy administration as it pushes east events in syria progress according to the libyan scenario we will probably see it similar to iran unfortunately that is iran will repeat the syrian scenario russia which is western military interventions with rising along it was the fueling violence across the middle east. deliberately scores in a conflict is an invitation to a series of civil wars outside forces should not interfere give advice or take sides in internal conflicts but russia's foreign minister adds there could be a sting in the tail he says only she chaos in the region helps the very extremist moves to stop gaining power valuable shore r.t. paris. at least six people were killed in the latest crackdown by syrian troops on anti-government demonstrators officials blame armed terrorist groups for the rest of protesters say they want to end to decades of repression and corruption it's now for more than five hundred people have been killed since the uprising began seven weeks ago following the introduction of u.s. sanctions the e.u. also agree that an asset freeze

springboard for the sarkozy administration as it pushes east it wants in syria progress according to the libyan scenario we will probably see a similar development in iran unfortunately that is iran will repeat the syrian scenario russia watches western military interventions with rosina law it warns the fueling violence across the middle east and deliberately escalating the conflict is an invitation to a series of civil wars outside forces should not interfere give advice or take sides in internal conflicts but russia's foreign minister adds there could be a sting in the tail he says unleashing chaos in the region helps the very extremist and worse wants to stop gaining power though you will sure r.t. paris. people in europe and the us have been repeatedly duped by the media into backing foreign interventions that's the opinion of joy. or of a controversial web site wiki leaks who spoke exclusively with r.t. here's a preview of what's to come in about fifteen minutes. our number one enemy of ignorance that i am and i believe that is the number one it in me is not understanding what

meeting will be hosted by nicolas sarkozy and his country holds the presidency of the group this year and that he is and he said now reports france under his leadership leading role in causing the problems the summit is aiming to solve. the g. eight has gone full circle the last time the summit was held in france eight years ago the agenda looked almost the same. war the economy and somewhere in the middle eight africa on the table then iraq and boosting the euro now it's libya and saving the euro. two thousand and three france had a very different stance on global politics then it was staunchly opposed to the u.s. invasion of iraq french fries quickly became freedom fries after france u.s. relations soured despite summit smiles but with a new french president came a new friend circle as he has rejected entirely the possibility of friends playing a constructive role in a multi multi-polar world and has aligned himself with the single superpower the united states nowadays france is barking much louder with more soldiers involved in foreign military conflicts of broadbent ever before it

it was thrown out of the picture in french politics does this give an edge to nicolas sarkozy yes it does because royale as we know it doesn't have much of a chance and she's proved they were her weakness and it's like that virtually in every country by the way and which they call it democracies you have these two parties that you know they they change positions back and forth it's kind of like here in the states you know having the presidential battle coming up in two thousand and twelve what kind of battle will it be so yes are cozies chances even though he's way down in the polls will be improved by the absence if he is that of the strauss kahn all right thanks for a comment charles holland a director of the trans research institute. finished journalist believed to be the organizer of an internet mouthpiece for russia's most wanted terrorist has walked free. has nothing to do with his possible links to terrorism he was accused of smuggling chechens into fenlon which officials later called a humanitarian action human rights activists believe authorities turn a blind eye the stories

president sarkozy next year's presidential elections and i don't think this president. kind of will even think of running for president because i think will prove extremely difficult to juggle allegations of sexual assault. and rape with a presidential campaign i think president sarkozy is an obvious candidate to benefit from from the scandal although he's a very poor the man with the lowest. rate in fact for any french president in the history of the fifth republic but i think this will benefit hugely as he will be able to hope that he will. he will reassure him give him confidence to tackle the presidential election. much more strength than the current situation for a. journalist and a beloved ambani there on how the sex assault allegations against the head of the i.m.f. might affect the balance of power in french politics. israeli troops of killed at least sixteen people after opening fire on protesters marking the day that palestinians were displaced by the creation of a jewish state thousands of demonstrators trying to get into the country from syria lebanon and ga

and rape with a presidential campaign i think president sarkozy is an obvious candidate to benefit from from the scandal although he's very low in the call of the magnitude of the longest. and the no worst rate in fact for any french president in the history of the fifth republic but i think this will benefit him hugely i see we'll be able to hope that he will you know he will reassure him even more confidence to tackle the presidential elections. much more strength than the current situation for. the growing number of refugees fleeing the unrest in the arab world is creating a rift between the e.u. members some are calling to temporarily or even permanently tighten borders between states and bring back passport checks and as our g.'s daniel bushell reports european unity could be on the brink of collapse the dream of a few appeared in seclusion goes off the rails you know it's a few between. all train services from italy after finding carriages full of african migrants italy had handed out visitors visas allowing travel in the european union that shattered the trust on which the e used

to succeed president sarkozy next year's presidential elections and i don't think this thing. kind of world. are running. president because it will prove extremely difficult to juggle i think. sexual assault. and rape with a presidential campaign i think the president sarkozy is an obvious candidate can benefit from from the scandal although he's very poor the man with the longest. you know worst thing fact for any french president in the history of the fifth republic but i think this will benefit hugely i see we'll be able to. reassure him that you can more confidence to tackle the presidential election. much more strength than the current situation for. journalists are now below ramdani right there on how sexual assault allegations against the head of the i.m.f. might affect the balance of power in french politics. israeli troops have killed at least sixteen people after opening fire on protesters marking the day that palestinians were displaced by the creation of the jewish state thousands of demonstrators tried to get into the country from syria lebanon and gaza the clashe

visible part or sorties can now read people's emails under a law passed quietly in february president sarkozy also signed a bill for police to touch phones without getting judges authorization to justify the invasion of people's privacy says one author sarkozy makes france's six million arabs a scapegoat he has to make them afraid thinking that there is an arab with a bomb here. down. the government recently branded muslims a problem and burned the muslim full. some already. and what we see is an arab witch hunt going out in virgil's and mini skirts there's also the large cost workers continue to be laid off in the economic crisis. estimated price is eighteen billion euros each year enough to create a million new teaching jobs and embarrassed government analysts say tries to hide the amount. is very expensive because the executive can move resources from one area to another quite quickly it's very difficult to find an exact figure critics like michele coleman have dubbed the vigil systems vishy pirouettes vishy was france's first regime in the second world war it spoiled and informed people a

had done an extra scar on might have knockout a top contender competing against sarkozy for the presidency but experts say d.s. k. was toppled at the wrong time when you've still got worries about whether the euro will still be the currency of all these european countries in the next twelve to twenty four months and at the same time spending hundreds of millions forcing their way into the libya conflict they don't see eye to eye but they going to try to regroup around. the idea that it's a humanitarian intervention and the u.n. resolution a resolution that china and russia didn't veto but have claimed has been manipulated to suit western interests perhaps there will be an appearance of agreement but if there is an appearance of agreement in my mind it will only be an appearance. appearance at the g. eight is hard not to notice the venue is usually some exclusive resort town where you can't hear protest over the euro and it's easy to forget bombs are falling in libya this year france is beautiful normandy was chosen to house leaders as they sit down to debate some of the world's ugliest pro

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board for the sarkozy administration as it pushes east ignorance in syria progress according to the libyan scenario we will probably see a similar development in iran unfortunately that is iran will repeat the syrian scenario russia watches with military interventions with rosina law it wants the fueling violence across the middle east was deliberately escalating the conflict is an invitation to a series of civil wars outside forces should not interfere give advice or take sides in internal conflicts but russia's foreign minister has there could be a sting in the tail he says only chaos in the region helps the very extremist the west wants to stop gaining power valuable sure r.t. paris let's go back to the day's top story and try and catch up again with crystal forstall is a political business consultant for joining us on the live from berlin i was always like in c. and b. on the telephone there over the sound a workable bit better this time the question i was putting to originally sure if you heard or not there's been a lot of criticism of the way that the u.s. announced osama bin laden's

springboard for the sarkozy of ministration as it pushes east events in syria progress according to the libyan scenario we will probably see a similar development in iran unfortunately that is iran will repeat the syrian scenario russia which is western military interventions with roy's in along it was the fueling violence across the middle east. deliberately a school is in a conflict is an invitation to a series of civil wars outside forces should not interfere give advice or take sides in internal conflicts at russia's foreign minister as they could be a sting in the tail he says unleashing chaos in the region helps the very extremist to stop gaining power valuable shore r.t. paris. at least six people have been killed in the latest crackdown by syrian troops on anti-government demonstrators officials blame a terrorist group for the rest of the protesters say they want an end to get the book and. it's no more than five make a field since the uprising began seven weeks ago following the introduction of u.s. sanctions and also agreed to an acid freeze and a travel ban for top syrian off

but at the same time france reportedly was funding opposition groups in both states and their nicolas sarkozy's government is slipping damascus with sanctions the precursor to be a version of libya humanitarian aide says one also will again be their excuse to go in the logic of their intervention in libya is that they should intervene in syria also syria was once on the fringe occupation to turn loose say france behaves as if it's still in control france they've had their spies there for decades now and the religious movements have had their people there for decades so they're going to do whatever they can to use their influence it change the regime in a way that they see fit intervention would leave france fighting in four walls that hasn't happened since it was a colonial power the french defense ministry hasn't been busy in over fifty years already fighting in afghanistan libya and the ivory coast is now turning its sights on another former colony syria but expose think the real target. it's serious key ally iran france is growing increasingly angry at tehran's nuclear ambitions and this par

springboard for the sarkozy administration as it pushes east even tents in syria progress according to the libyan scenario we will probably see a similar developments in iran unfortunately for that that is iran will repeat the syrian scenario russia will choose western military interventions with rising along it warns the fueling violence across the middle east when the new liberally escalating the conflict is an invitation to a series of civil wars outside forces it should not interfere give advice or take sides so in internal conflicts but russia's foreign minister adds there could be a sting in the tail he says only she chaos in the region helps the very extremist the west wants to stop gaining power valuable short r.t. paris. the general public in europe in the us as have been repeatedly duped into supporting interventions this according to julian assange founder of wiki leaks in an exclusive interview with our king here's a preview of what's coming your way in about twenty minutes. our number one enemy of ignorance. and i believe that is the number one in me of everyone is not und

protecting civilians that will come up when president medvedev sits down with french president nicolas sarkozy of course france was one of the first countries to intervene and as host of the summit this year we here at r.g.p. have been analyzing how france's position on the world stage has changed and it's now playing a much bigger role the g eight has gone full circle the last time the summit was held in france eight years ago the agenda looked almost the same. war the economy somewhere in the middle aid to africa on the table then iraq and boosting the euro now it's the libya and saving the euro. two thousand and three france had a very different stance on global politics then it was staunchly opposed to the u.s. invasion of iraq french fries quickly became freedom fries after france u.s. relations soured despite summit smiles but with a new french president came a new friend circles he has rejected entirely the possibility of friends playing a constructive role in a multi multi-polar world and has aligned himself with the things. our the united states nowadays france is barking much louder

after police brutally crack down on thousands of protesters demanding the resignation of president sarkozy get. a very warm welcome to you this is live from moscow colonel gadhafi suffered a major blow at this week's g. eight summit in france as russia joined forces with naysay allies calling on him it's a quit well they declared his rule in a just a measure discuss ways to broker peace but there are still differences on syria with russia saying it won't back any u.n. action and it's now a report. new world new ideas host france put that concept on the g eight table at a time when it looks like old ways aren't working a war in libya on the front line with the euro crisis in the background leads to questions like this will sarkozy be known as the man who saved tens of thousands of civilians and garcia well he was the man who brought us to economic ruin never ending war in libya he must go g eight leaders agreed word for word in their declaration about gadhafi saying he has lost all legitimacy though it's understood behind closed doors there was harsh debate on the sidelines russia was asked

head dumb and the extras come in might have knocked out a top contender competing against sarkozy for the presidency but experts say dear ask. it was toppled at the wrong time when you still got worries about with the euro will still be the currency of all these european countries in the next twelve to twenty four months and at the same time spending hundreds of millions forcing their way into the libya conflict they don't see eye to eye but they going to try to regroup around. the idea that it's a humanitarian intervention and the u.n. resolution a resolution that china and russia didn't veto but if claim has been manipulated to suit western interests perhaps there will be an appearance of agreement but if there is an appearance of agreement in my mind it will only be an appearance appearance at the g eight is hard not to notice the venue is usually some exclusive resort town where you can't hear protest over the euro and it's easy to forget bombs are falling in the obeah this year france's beautiful normandy was chosen to house leaders as they sit down to debate some of the world's

and rape with a presidential campaign i think president sarkozy is an obvious candidate to benefit from from the scandal although he's very low in the poll at the moment the lowest of the no worst rate in fact for any french president in the history of the fifth republic but i think that this will benefit him hugely as he will be able to hoop that he will. he will reassure him give him more confidence to tackle all of the presidential elections. with much more strength than the current situation for him. we with our team live from moscow now are still ahead for you this hour meet the doomsday designers with some convinced we are rumbling toward snowmageddon we meet the enterprising entrepreneurs who are coming up with a twenty first century answer to that of noah's ark. israeli troops have killed at least sixteen people after opening fire on protesters marking the day the palestinians were displaced by the creation of the jewish state thousands of demonstrators tried to get into the country from syria lebanon and gaza the clashes broke out on what's known as a day when some seven hundre

was when was the presidential elections in france actually it's in less than a year and how president sarkozy doing according to the recent poor also he's the record low was two thirds of the french population unhappy with his policies in france us involvement in afghanistan ivory coast and libya was not enough for the french or just to change their mind so because they came up with a new idea to intervene in syria what surprises me is that suppose he wants his own drowns out but he forgets that's meant to run for the former french president who sound french troops to rhonda in ninety ninety four was accused of supporting the genocide of the sick such was the conclusion of the public inquiry conducted by the independent rwandan commission in two thousand and six later some declassified french documents come from that as well of course the violence in syria should be stopped but the intervention would only make matters worse. russia's foreign minister has weighed into the nato led coalition's decision to pump money into the libyan a rebellion so the criticism comes a day after the internationa