a group of eight summit opens on thursday led by french president nicolas sarkozy. prime minister kan plans to express deep gratitude for support extended by many countries in the aftermath of the march 11 earthquake and tsunami. kan will say he's determined to realize the highest possible safety for nuclear power joining hands with the international energy agency. he'll announce a -- from 9 to 20% by the next decade. >>> the leaders of japan and france have agreed to hold foreign ministerial level talks on energy levels following the accident at the fukushima nuclear plant. japanese prime minister naoto kan in france to attend the group of eight summit met with french president nicolas sarkozy on wednesday. sarkozy expressed respect for how japanese people behaved in the wake of the march 11th earthquake and tsunami and said full french support would continue. the french president then proposed strategic dialogue to strengthen bilateral ties. the talks revealed a difference in views on energy policy. kan says he wants to boost the ratio of solar power and other ren

sarkozy has told his conservative party not to take advantage of the situation. but they are not exactly feeling sympathetic to dominique strauss-kahn. >> i really do not feel affected about the questionable behavior of mr. dominique strauss-kahn. i am sorry, but i do not. it affects them and his friends among the socialists to abortion pill. >> the imf chief is facing a total of seven charges. if found guilty of the most serious, he could be sentenced to up to 25 years behind bars. >> european finance ministers have got portugal out of the way. >> the european finance ministers have just wrapped up their meeting in brussels, where the greek debt situation was on the table. all opons were discussed. new loans a second bailout, and possibly more time to pay back debt to greece. a restructuring of greek debt is now very likely. but the fate of the imf has dominated the discussions behind the scenes. >> a routine finance ministers' meeting, but the affair surrounding dominique strauss- kahn is anything but routine. the french finance minister had been gathering supp

sarkozy has told his conservative party not to take advantage of the situation. but they are not exactly feeling sympathetic to dominique strauss-kahn. >> i really do not feel affected about the questionable behavior of mr. dominique strauss-kahn. i am sorry, but i do not. it affects them and his friends among the socialists to abortion pill. >> the imf chief is facing a total of seven charges. if found guilty of the most serious, he could be sentenced to up to 25 years behind bars. >> european finance ministers have got portugal out of the way. >> the european finance ministers have just wrapped up their meeting in brussels, where the greek debt situation was on the table. all options were discussed. new loans, a second bailout, and possibly more time to pay back debt to greece. a restructuring of greek debt is now very likely. but the fate of the imf has dominated the discussions behind the scenes. >> a routine finance ministers' meeting, but the affair surrounding dominique strauss- kahn is anything but routine. the french finance minister had been gathering s

the sarkozy have been behind it? there is no evidence to support that conspiracy theory, but that does not mean it is not being promulgated. >> the prosecutor of the international criminal court is trying to get an arrest warrant for colonel gaddafi on charges of crimes against humanity. at the heart of the allegations are the city of mitrati. andrew harding is the only foreign television journalist currently in that city. >> a slow boat to trouble. we have hitched a ride with libya's rebels. it is the only way into the besieged city. nato warships, a reassuring presence. we approach the harbor cautiously. colonel gaddafi's forces have mined the area and shelled the docks. today, it is quiet. this city's suffering has been spectacular. on every street, the evidence of two will tell months under siege. but now, amid the ruins, a moment of celebration. civilians finally emerging from their homes to mark an unlikely victory. gaddafi's forces have been driven back. at least for now. the remains of his aerial bombardment

>> he had a meeting with the french president sarkozy on thursday. the leaders agreed their countries' foreign ministers would hold strategic die logs to touch on energy policy. in france, 3/4 of its power comes from nuclear plants. president sarkozy emphasized it will continue to be a main energy resource. >> translator: while recognizing the need to develop alternative ener energy, many countries believe there is no alternative to nuclear power. >> france is helping japan deal with the aftermath of the fukushima daiichi accident. it will provide technical support to clean up radioactive contamination at the plant. one example is contaminated water. there are 87 tons of it on site at fukushima daiichi. japan will use french technology to decontaminate the radioactive water. >> these big international meeting often attract protesters. are we seeing any protests in deauville so far? >> the main ones are focusing on the safety of nuclear power. the accidents at fukushima daiichi has given a boost to anti-nuclear campaigns around the world. in europe th

sarkozy most feared >> there are people who tell you that sarkozy didn't mind the idea of running against him because there's a pattern in france there is that there will be some strong man in the center who will do very well in the polling before an election. belladur was like this in '95 and when the election actually happens it tends to be the men of action rather than the men of poise who actually do the best but, yes, of course, i think that that's the case. and part of the tragedy of this, i think charlie, even assuming he is innocent, is in france it has a way of diminishing french politics, of degrading the general tone of french politics and making them-- and this is something i've heard from a lot of friends in patience the last few days-- in making them seem italian in the sense there's a kind of assorted overrun. that the idea of renewing the country of a new generation of leaders once again is stuck in this same kind of endless merry-go-round of the same people performing the same way. the likeliest candidate to emerge if strauss-kahn does not is francois aland. and he's one

alone on the left, he had the clout and the stature to offer a serious challenge to president sarkozy. beneath the smiles, another side of strauss-kahn has been little reported. it was an open secret that he was compulsively interested in women, but no one could have predicted this. on the left, it is devastating moment ampingseous to revive their presidential hopefuls, they have to separate the personal from the political. >> i told him to keep his eye on 2012. we have our commitment to meet the change. we are not weakened. >> the big winner from the scandal is the right. the national front leader, it's a god send opportunity to drive home her message that in the political elite this they are all rotten. >> the image of my country around the world is absolutely terrible because the image of the whole of france will be affected by this arrest. >> as for president sarkozy, this is a boost, but a relative one. his most potent challenger is gone and left is in disarray but the president is still unpopular and another year to the elections, plenty of time for the socialists to rediscover

head dumb and the extras come on might have knocked out a top contender competing against sarkozy for the presidency but experts say d.s. k. was toppled at the wrong time when still 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 un resolution a resolution that china and russia didn't veto their claim has been manipulated to suit western interests what happens 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 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's beautiful normandy was chosen to house leaders as they sit down to debate some of the world's ugliest problems

his opponent went on to lose the election to sarkozy. what happened is that after sarkozy came into power, he initiated the strategy of opening up his cabinet to the other side, transcending political boundaries. and part of the strategy was to get rid of dominique strauss-kahn by shipping him off to the imf and, therefore, making them further away from french domestic politics. >> ifill: if he shipped dominique-kahn to get him out of the way politically, did it work? was strauss-kahn no longer popular or well known in france. >> this strategy almost backfired. it worked in the sense that he would have been his most formidable opponent. the socialist party has been quite in disarray. they've lost three consecutive presidential elections. there was no sign of a leader emerging. but with strauss-kahn away, he actually acquired that stature of an international leader, that gravitas. at the same time by being away from the petty domestic politics, it made him... it made it more likely that he would be the favorite because he had stayed away

still elected president mr sarkozy which again we call a general. merely the country of love. and the awful. for growing numbers around the world frauds is no or very different kind of word valuable sure. when natives nies it's losing why isn't this depleted uranium weapons in libya even though the examination of bomb sites suggests differently later this hour on hunting nuclear activities tells r.t. there are legal and moral obligations when it counts endangering civilians with the notorious shelves. depleted uranium is a weapon of indiscriminate effect because of the impact what happens is that when the shell or the round hit its target is explosive it has what's been described as aerosol 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 entrants now. a lot of some

still elected president sarkozy which again we call a general you know q. france was merely the country of love war and the awful. for growing numbers around the world france is no a very different kind of f. word than your bush you see paris. the pressure on libya began weeks ago with a set of sanctions by the u.s. now the european union is telling the same tactics towards syria it includes an arms embargo and a travel ban for thirteen top syrian officials this is gus these latest developments with mideast expert but i'm a car driving us on the line from madrid. got a bit of deja vu here and we imposing sanctions were. libya was dealt with before the gun ships moved in is syria heading down a similar road you think. well no obviously i think that there is a different situation but this prevailing we syria i mean what we saw before within the libyan case was there was a certain degree song countries including france and the united states in one two or three mistakes that had been made in the tunisian and egyptian cases but i mean by that they suit that pres

nicolas sarkozy's the most unpopular president in the history of the. republic according to the latest polls france's bombing of libya has made him even more disliked as soon as you use force they will be careful. there is no such thing as a clean war and war is about killing people three in four voters think so because these presidents people say they are he's abused the u.n. mandate on libya which allowed only the creation of a strict demilitarized area a guy. a no fly zone is enough of. expression to. express. we are going to. campaign even if new presidential elections aren't till next year fridge people and politicians already say sarkozy no longer represents them actually the difference is that it's not friends decided it's. still elected president sarkozy which again we call a general in the queue. to many the country of love. and the awful. growing numbers around the world france is no or very different kind of words don't you go see how it. has reportedly been using depleted uranium bombs in libya later this hour an activist tells r.t. about th

nicolas sarkozy's the most popular president in the history of the fifth republic accord. the latest polls fraud says bombing of libya has made him even more disliked so as soon as you use force there will be casualties there is no middle ground there is no such thing as a clean war a war is about killing good reason. because he's a bad president people say they had he abused the u.n. mandate on libya which allowed only the creation of a strict de ville a trust area of sky. what a no fly zone is an act of war it's a very. palatable expression. express that we are going to engage in a campaign even if you presidential election results will next year french people and politicians already say sarkozy go longer represents the actually the difference is that it's not friends who decided it's. still elected president mr sarkozy which again we call a general in the queue. françoise so many of the country of love why and the awful tower. for growing numbers around the world france is now a very different kind of f. word and you bushel see paris. where nato has reportedly been usi

his opponent went on to lose the election to sarkozy. what happened is that after sarkozy came into power, he initiated the strategy of opening up his cabinet to the other side, transcending political boundaries. and part of the strategy was to get rid of dominique strauss-kahn by shipping him off to the imf and, therefore, making them further away from french domest politics. >> ifill: if he shipped dominique-kahn to get him out of the way politically, did it work? was strauss-kahn no longer popular or well known in france. >> this strategy almost backfired. it worked in the sense that he would have been his most formidable opponent. the socialist party has been quite in disarray. they've lost three consecutive presidential elections. there was no sign of a leader emerging. but with strauss-kahn away, he actually acquired that stature of an international leader, that gravitas. at the same time by being away from the petty domestic politics, it made him... it made it more likely that he would be the favorite because he had stayed away fr

still elected president sarkozy which again we call the general you know q. france was to many the country of love war and the awful. for growing numbers around the world france is now a very different kind of f. word than your bush you see paris. when they say denies it's using poisonous depicted uranium weapons in libya even though the examination of bonds i suggest definitely will next hour and new clear activist tells r.t. that there are legal and moral obligations when it comes to endangering civilians with a notorious child. to pleated uranium is a weapon of indiscriminate effect because of the impact what happens is that when the law of the round hits its target is explodes and it has what's been described as an aerosol 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 effects because of the radioactive qualities has a negative impact also on the envi

still elected president sarkozy which again call a general pinocchio. to many the country of love war and the awful. for growing numbers around the world cross is no very different kind of f. word. nato has reportedly been using depleted uranium bombs in the bit next hour an anti-nuclear activists tells r.t. about the long lasting consequences it could have is a preview. defeated uranium is a weapon i think discriminative fecht because of the impact what happens is that when the share of the round. is explodes and it has what's been described as an aerosol 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 some countries haven't yet recognize that as indeed you have seen on the web sites the british government just. suffice to continue but it's absolutely unacceptable if you're talking where it's done except for any particular talking about being there to protect the civilians to

had done an extra one might have knock out a top contender competing against sarkozy for the presidency but experts say g.e.'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 libyan 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 won't 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 probl

still elected president mr sarkozy which again we call a general in the queue. to many of the country of love war and the awful. for growing numbers around the world france is now a very different kind of f. word than your bush or c. paris. or nato house reportedly using depleted uranium in libya next hour. long lasting consequences. but here's a quick. it's a piece of uranium is a weapon. discriminative fecht because of the impact what happens is that when the cheryl or the round hits its target and explodes and it has what's been described as an aerosol 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 some countries haven't yet recognized that it is indeed you you've seen on the web sites the british government justifies the continued use but it's absolutely unacceptable if you're talking where it's an exceptionally any particular feel talking about being there to protect the civilian

still elected president mr sarkozy which again we call a general in the queue. rules with so many of the country of love. and the awful tower. of growing numbers around the world france is now worth very different kind of word don't you bush or paris. or nato has reportedly been using it depleted uranium in libya and twenty minutes time and. tell me about the long lasting consequences how has it. created uranium is a weapon of indiscriminate effect. because of the impact what happens is that when the law the round target is explodes and it has what's been described as an aerosol 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 some countries haven't yet recognized that it is indeed you you've seen on the web sites the british government justifies the continued use but it's absolutely unacceptable if you're talking where it's an exceptionally any particular you're talking about being the

france continues to promote nuclear energy and president car so sarkozy established new standards to nuclear safety. they promised the international community it would destroy the information in a timely manner regarding the disaster at fukushima. and the result of its investigation. prime minister kan said japan has a responsibility to history and actively disclose information with a high degree of transparency. his promise may serve to hold other developed nations and more accountable to the general public as they continue to promote nuclear power. nhk world, kobe. >> the g 8 leaders are expected to ledge aid to support efforts in egypt and tunisia where autocratic governments have been overthrown. at a dinner on thursday, leaders exchanged views on how to support efforts currently spreading through arab countries. they plan to invite the prime ministers on sunday. nis lack sarkozy supported the need for reform. >>. >> translator: considerable support to achieve reform is one of the most important issues for the g 8. >> however g 8 nations remain divided on how to deal with libya a

still elected president mr sarkozy which again we call a general you know pure. frauds with so many the country of love one and the artful tower. for growing numbers around the world france is now with very different kind of f. word than your bushel paris. when i say denies it's nothing when you consider a new weapons in libya even a the examination of the death differently next hour and the nuclear activity tells r.t. that there are legal and moral obligations when it comes to endangering civilians with a notorious shall. depleted uranium is a weapon of indiscriminate effect because of the impact what happens is that when the law the round hits its target explodes and it has what's been described as an aerosol 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 can have a very long term effect because of the radioactive qualities has a negative impact also on the environment so these

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and rape with a presidential campaign i think president sarkozy's an obvious candidate could benefit from from the scandal although he's very low in the poll of the man with the longest. the know mr reith in fact for any french president in the history of the fifth republic but i think this will benefit him hugely i see will be able to hoop that he will you know he will reassure him give him more confidence to tackle the presidential elections. much more strength than the current situation for. journalists to be around dining out how sex assault allegations against the head of the i.m.f. might affect the balance of power in french politics. turning back to our top story now russia says it's ready for a dialogue with both sides of the libyan conflict help resolve the crisis and end the violence foreign minister sergei lavrov says officials from tripoli and representatives from benghazi will come to moscow for more on this we're dry live out here our peter moscow is ready to make good on its push to use talking to bring the two sides together tell us more about that. but that's right s

he was supposed to announce his candidacy and according to the polls, he was ahead of sarkozy in most of the polls, between six points and 10 points ahead system of yes, he had a reputation as a seducer, he liked to -- he did actually say to us when he had lunch with some of my colleagues on the newspaper that he liked flirting with women but it has nothing to do with what happened here where he's been basically accused of attempting rape and sexual assault. obviously, he was, you know, the pictures today, seeing him getting out of the police station handcuffed was also a bit of a shock. as you know, in france, we don't show those pictures before the person accused is convicted and a lot of other french politicians reacted very strongly facing those pictures. >> those pictures we are showing on air at the moment of him earlier in court an they are banned, you don't see these sorts of images in france but undoubtedly they'll be on the front of the world's newspapers. you talked about this case causing a political tsunami from france. tell us about the image that he has in french politi

still elected president mr sarkozy which again we call a general. rule too many the country of love war and the awful toll. for growing numbers a role the world folds is no or very different kind of words don't you go see how the. meantime nato's deny your choosing poisonous depleted uranium weapons in libya even though the examination of bomb sites suggest differently next to nuclear activities tells r.t. that there are legal and moral obligations when it comes to in danger of civilians with these notorious shells. depleted uranium is a weapon of indiscriminate effect because of the impact what happens is that when the cheryl or the round hits its target explodes and it has what's been described as aerosol 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 as a negative impact also on the environment so t

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 only to run a former french president will sound french troops to rwanda in ninety ninety four was accused of supporting the genocide of the two such was the conclusion of the public inquiry conducted by the independent rwandan commission into person sex later some declassified french documents confirm that as well of course the violence in syria should be stopped but the intervention would only make matters worse your national current terror group has agreed to give rebel groups more money with a temporary fund and within weeks washington's trying to release more than thirty billion dollars of it are frozen character given to the opposition but professor alan cooperman says it's unlikely to become a turning. if their rebels were strong then a little bit of outside assistance to them might have been enough to topple the government but the rebels were extraordinarily weak in fact the war would have ended more than a month ago if not for intervent

still elected president mr sarkozy which again we call a general. rule this was merely the country of laws of war and the oracle. for growing numbers a role in the world france is now a very different kind of word than your bushel see paris. where the pressure on libya began weeks ago with a set of international sanctions now the european union is telling the same tactics towards syria in the last twenty four hours where and the government protests have been raging since march and includes an arms embargo as well as a travel ban and asset freeze for thirteen top syrian officials let's discuss this event with online current affairs editor and he's in london this lies even see now he's recently adopted sanctions regime in the last twenty four hours target many top officials but not the country's leader himself why is that you think. well there's been some disagreements in the european union about that i think that some member states including germany perhaps think that there's still a possibility of doing business but pressure our who's western educat

still elected president mr sarkozy which again we call the general pinocchio. submitting the culture of love. and the orphans. of growing numbers a role the world falls is no or very different kind of words. see how it. well made the knives it's anything poisonous to pieces uranium weapons in libya even though the examination. suggest definitely in about twenty minutes from now and the nuclear activity tells r.t. that there are legal and moral obligation when it comes to maintaining during civilians but the notorious shells. it's a pretty dear amy i'm is a weapon of indiscriminate effect because of the impact what happens is that when the share of the round hits its target is explosive it has what's been described as an aerosol 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 enviro

and francis and francis former colony ivory coast started to hide stuff obligation which president sarkozy has driven his nation into and daniel bushell explains why syria could become next like stalin's cousin was shot by the troops during syria's protests his parents there now live in hiding but he fears france will make things even worse mean his country on the pretext of stopping the violence i don't wish to have. done on an air force in syria but i but i. you know it's the same chain of events that brought war with libya i know on folding its whole first syrian leader bashar al assad was invited for talks in paris as was colonel gadhafi but at the same time france reportedly was funding opposition groups in both states now nicolas sarkozy's government is slipping damascus with so insurance the precursor to the version of libya humanitarian aid says one also will give their excuse to go in the logic of going they're going to need is that they shouldn't have been in syria. syria was once on the fringe occupation but analysts say friends behaves as if it's still in control of france they

president sarkozy in a speech that he was talking about freedom of speech the georgian people but that comes on the back of extreme force from his police forces last night as the. protesters gathered at the main parliament square now he also. said he was going to defend the country from external forces and the protesters yesterday didn't want freedom of speech what they wanted was a victim of violence well whatever the case that certainly happened we saw all those silent clashes breaking out the dispersal happening very very quickly indeed also a very sadly some people dying in the violence as a breakout that we were actually seeing throughout the whole of that event as it was happening one of our correspondents actually go ahead by one of the rubber bullets of course they were firing water cannons gas in the rubber bullets into the crowds and we can say more now about what happened as the violence unfolded. it was held by the opposition is the day that would determine judges teacher instead is a traitor saying that ousting president saakashvili ended in violence and bloodshed a huge f

protecting civilians that will come up with 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.t. have been analyzing how france is position on the world stage has changed and it's now playing a much bigger role. d.h. 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 ages 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 the new french president came a new friend turkey was rejected entirely the possibility of france playing a constructive role in a multi multi polar world and has aligned himself with the things. superpower the united states nowadays france is barking much louder with

high profile engagements which president sarkozy has driven his nation into daniel bush the explains why theoric become the next. cousin was shot by troops during syria's protests his parents there now live in hiding but he fears france will make things even worse for me his country on the pretext of stopping the violence i don't wish to have. been on and therefore since. but i but i. you know it's the same chain of events that brought war with libya and now on full during its whole first syrian leader bashar al assad was invited for talks in paris as was colonel gadhafi but at the same time france reportedly was funding opposition groups in both states now nicolas sarkozy's government is slipping damascus with sanctions the precursor to the invasion of libya humanitarian aide says one also will again be their excuse to go in who would think of their own government in libya he's not going to be in. syria was once on the front jokey petion but friends 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 peo

on the fourth anniversary of president sarkozy's election when francis looking back at his promises to break with the past and reshape the country for the better party contributor catarina to lead better things that break appears to be from his own people. 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 polls he's at the record low with two thirds of the french population happy with his policies and the francis involvement in afghanistan ivory coast and 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 literally the former french president will send french troops to rwanda in one thousand nine hundred ninety four was accused of supporting the genocide of the tutsi such was the conclusion of the public inquiry conducted by the independent rwandan commission i

of international moves to stop that program the most because it would become a springboard for the sarkozy administration 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 watches western military interventions with rising along it warms the fueling boil and across the middle east. 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 only chaos in the region helps the very extremist the west wants to stop gaining power there you go short r.t. paris. but we can expand the jurors found has laid into online social networks helping the united states collect information as pio citizens and during an interview with the likes of facebook and google plays the controls and uprisings. pace in particular. is the most appalling by being in facebook google yahoo always made us

for an international investigation into georgia's all new crackdown on protesters demanding president sarkozy resign. international news and comment live from our studios here in central moscow this is our t.v. twenty four hours a day our top story this hour and that is the fugitive army general and one of europe's most wanted alleged war criminals has been arrested he's been on the run from the hague tribunals to sixteen is often being accused of genocide and crimes against humanity not that she's currently at the course in belgrade his lawyer said the judge did not question him because of what's described as a not just poor state of health a physician to the hague could take up to seven days to go through all these countries are of a has more from. now from well great. we know from various sources that he was arrested in a village called laws that which is just over sixty kilometers away from the capital of serbia belgrade just a little over an hour drive we know that he was using a fake name and also that he was armed when he was detained he had two guns on him but didn't attempt to resist

head germany extra's come on might have knocked out a top contender competing against sarkozy for the presidency but experts say diaz k. was toppled at the wrong time when you've still got worries about 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 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 perhaps there will be an appearance of greenman but if there is an appearance of agreement in my mind it will 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 protests over the euro and it's easy to forget bombs are falling. this year france is beautiful normandy was chosen to house leaders as they sit down to debate some of the world's ugliest problems and once again

and this part of international moves to stop that program damascus would become a springboard for the sarkozy administration as it pushes east if it meant in syria progress according to the libyan scenario we will probably see a similar development. iran unfortunately that is iran will repeat the syrian scenario russia watches western military interventions with rising along it warns the fueling boylan's 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 only 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 sure r.t. paris. will expand the julian assange has led into online has laid into online social networks for helping the united states collect information and suppliers citizens and during an interview with r.t. the likes of facebook and google played significant roles in the arab uprising. facebook in particular is the most appallin

what surprises me is that sarkozy wants your own brand but he forgets that's literally the former french president who sound french troops to round in one thousand nine hundred ninety four was accused of supporting the genocide of the sick such was the conclusion of a public inquiry conducted by the independent rwandan commission in two thousand sex. later something classified french documents come from that as well of course not instance the race should be stopped but the incident only make matters worse. the international contact group on libya has agreed to give rebel groups more money with a temporary fund in place within weeks washington is trying to release more than thirty billion dollars of gadhafi frozen assets to give it to the opposition but professor alan cooperman says it's likely to become a turning point if very rebels were strong and a little bit of outside assistance to them might have been enough to topple the government but the rebels were extraordinarily weak in fact the war would have ended more than a month ago if not for intervention the rebels simply with the feel

obama and to meet you had made it within the hour like i said president medvedev sat down with nicolas sarkozy and france is a very important player these days it's certainly being assumed that they spoke about the situation in libya like i said very different views hopefully we'll hear more from them throughout the day but france again a major player and this year some of the theme is new world new ideas and that is certainly the case when it comes to france's position on the world stage. 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 eighty. 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

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'

board for the sarkozy of ministration as it pushes east it wants 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 watches with the military interventions with rosina law it was the fueling boylan's across the middle east. 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 she kills in the region helps the very extremist which wants to stop gaining power valuable shore r.t. paris well the latest from within syria is that tanks and security forces have reportedly moved into the southern town of top brass making arrests along the way this comes a day after at least six people were killed as syrian troops swept through the coastal city of banias suppressing anti-government demonstrators officials blame terrorists for the rest while protesters say they want to end two decades of repres

lyrics to a song president sarkozy's polje tried to which blew. treatment of foreigners and its own people rapper so i do says the hope of liberty galatz a fraternity is anything but i just put it secret societies white masculine and reach for them everyone else is separate human a needs to be taught the civilization is france has been condemned for told it to its me groups such as illegally depaul to group with gypsies while it seem tyria minister also labels muslims as a problem france responsible for securing the arrest of formal ivory coast leader laurent gbagbo france was also the first state to attack libya. cheese eating surrender monkeys some in the u.s. the french for their perceived fear of fighting now even american say the short war hungry to learn of combat has become this blog just saw its protesting the libyan wars being swamped with support from the united states to the middle east the major friends some say creating created this i got a message. from intense and. many people in the world and they're saying what is going on in vari

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

and rape with a presidential campaign i think president sarkozy's an obvious candidate to benefit from from the scandal although he's very poor at the moment. no worse than the great in fact any french president in the history of the fifth republic but i think that this will benefit hugely as he will be able to hoop. you know he will reassure him and give him more confidence to the presidential election. with much more strength than the current situation for. remember even get the very latest updates on developments in europe on our facebook and twitter pages there you'll also find more on our developing stories as well as photos videos and poems make sure you take a look next on your on line. 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 britain's military she says the campaign is failing to topple gadhafi and once they hit more targets and his rule journalists are david richards insisted killing gadhafi

still elected president mr sarkozy which again we call a general can look at. the country of love boy and the ordeal. for growing numbers a role the world holds is no different kind of words than you bush will see her as . a retired nato denies it choosing poisonous to pleated uranium weapons in libya even though the examination of bomb sites suggests differently later this hour on the program an anti-nuclear activists talks to us and says the legal and moral obligations when it comes to in their injuring civilians with these notorious shells. it's a piece of uranium is a weapon of indiscriminate effect because of the impact what happens is that when the share of the round hits its target is explodes and it has what's been described as an aerosol 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