sarkozy before he was president and acted as interior minister while mr. sarkozy was president, that such a close ally and supporter someone who had been intimately involved in campaigning and fundraising for mr. sarkozy's election campaigns, the fact that he is now being questioned as a result of that evidence that the police believe is as her suspect it can only really be further damaged to what already looked like the waning hopes of nicholas sarkozy to resuscitate his political career and return to the palace. >> live for us in paris will keep her eye on all developments in the story. >> troops are narrowing down the area controlled by boko haram. goodluck jonathan has said that the army is closer to finding the school girls who were abducted by the armed group. the town has been retaken from the fighters and schools are being rebuilt. >> on a mission to secure schools, a nigerian government delegation traveling, the city has been cleared of boko haram fighters, but still trying to come to terms with the abduction of its school girls last year. this is

sarkozy has yet to announce he'll run for president in 2016. so will it be sarkozy round two? >> it was a big win for the u.m.p. but the big winner was arguably the party's new leader. >> our change in government is on the way and nothing will stop it. >> the subjects here of course is change at the top. sarkozy has made no secret of the fact he's eyeing -- after an embarrassing defeat back in 2012. but his political comeback has been one set by difficulties by failing to secure 70% of the votes within the party, his election to u.n. leader hasn't manage to draw a line on potential challenges for the presidential nomination. nicholas sarkozy is also the former french president to be held by police and still fighting accusations of peddling corruption of the 2007 presidential campaign. however, by steering the u.m.p. to a decisive victory in local elections, it's a reinvigorated sarkozy that will be vying for the presidential nomination and he may even unite the party behind him. >> this gives us free rein to sarkozy because activists, including those that didn't vote for him s

nicholas sara cow ---sarkozy and says a picture there of the former president nicholas sarkozy looking pleased with himself and headlines says faced with a divided left and a national front less strong than expected and leader of unp is winner of this first stage of the local elections so that is the french press and excited in the obvious that unp came first in the first round and national round second and socialist party dragging heels in third place. >> while i have you briefly please what conclusions can we draw for the longer term after the first round results? >> reporter: i would say there are a number of lessons to be learned here. one is that opinion polls are only that opinion polls are not scientific and not predicting the future and also depend on voters actually accurately telling polsters what they are doing when they get in the privacy of ballot boxes and opinion polls over state the national front and they also tell us and confirm to us it has been a very bad blow for the socialist party and says the socialist party is out of favor and the president and his picture not

a comeback for nicholas sarkozy. his coalition is the big winner in the local elections. no final results from the general rule elections -- two general elections in nigeria. it is between the current president and the former military ruler. also coming up, the very latest on the germanwings crash in the french alps. investigator searching through the wreckage are forced to resume the hunt on foot due to bad weather. a week after the plane went down, how much of a financial hit is the parent company lufthansa expected to take. first, our top stories. first, there is a little over one day left for international diplomats to find a deal on limiting it ron's -- iran's nuclear capacity. they have given themselves until midnight tuesday to draw up the outline of an agreement. for the latest on those talks i am joined by our reporter. deal or no deal? reporter: these negotiations are proving to be more problematic than the peace talks than trying to end the war with iraq. the sticking points are in place. they include research and development components in the latter stages, wh

. >>> could former president nicolas sarkozy be preparing for a comeback. and how advertising is changing the face of cuba. >> the stream, >> your digital community >> you pick the hot topics and express your thoughts the stream it's your chance to join the conversation only on al jazeera america >> hello again. the top stories here on al jazeera. singapore has declared seven days of national morning after it's foundafter the death of its founding father lee kuan yew. he'll be laid to rest on sunday. >>> the special enjoy to yemen has told the u.n. security council that yemen is on the verge of civil war. activists say that syrian rebels have captured several government airman after their helicopter crashed in northwestern syria. their helicopter went down after developing a mechanical fault. >>> indonesia's president said that china has no legal claim to the south china seas. it's the first time that widodo has taken position on the dispute between south korea and china. just the weekend the foreign ministers of south korea, china and japan met for talks a

. >>> and former french interior minister is arrested over possible illegal funding of sarkozy's presidential campaign. ♪ >>> hello there. there are signs of a break through in the peace talks in morocco between libya's rival governments. both sides having a agree the structure of an deal on security. but talks are set to resume next week in morocco. but in central libya gunmen attacked an oil field killing eight guards. the government targeted the field in the south of the country. witnesses report smoke rising from the fas till. a statement from the national oil corporation, which runs the oil field implies the attackers are from the city of sirte which has been ceased by the islamic state of iraq and the levant in the last month. hashem ahelbarra has the latest from rabat now. hashem when we say they have agreed to the structure of a deal what does that mean? >> reporter: well basically delegations from the internationally recognized government of tobruk and the -- the tripoli-based gnc which is recognized as legitimate by though country's constitutional court came out of a meeting with

michelle: nicholas sarkozy immediately ruled out any alliances. the former french president instead instructing unp voters to abstain. genie: nexen they will see several runoffs by the conservative blocks -- next sunday will see several runoffs for the conservative blocks. anti-immigration had a particularly strong showing in southeastern france. you will find a 25-year-old unp was also the niece of the national front leader. michelle: there is still a second round to go, but on sunday, supporters were celebrating. here a city of avenue on, the far right party receiving 35% of the vote thanks in part to this person. >> we treat the second round in all of the districts. michelle: as the youngest impey ever elected to the national assembly, she is a rising star. the 25-year-old is a useful step away from her grandfather and party founder. >> she has a kindness and restraint to her. she doesn't lash out or use word games like her grandfather to upset people. >> i was with another party for while and it was a total mess. why not go with the national f

. >>> a tv exit poll in france suggested that the former french president nicolas sarkozy. is leading for president. >> consolidating his political come back. ex-president nick has sarkozy is head-to-head weakening the national front's hopes of a first round win. >> i confirm that there will be no agreements, local or national, with the leaders of this party. >> marie la pen has turned france's political landscape on its head. transforming the initial front from a fringe moment to one of europe's most postal far right parties. they now want to gain more ground. >> the goal is to demonstrate that the initial front is a great strength with local presence and not only a force to attract french people in a national election. >> the latest result show important gains for nicolas sarkozy's party and marie la pen's national front but the country's embattleed president franÇois hollande has steadily seen support. his acceptance rating is at an all-time low. >> vote something a victory for men and a bit too late for women. today we can vote. we will elect as many men as women. >> i

sarah: they took second place to the conservative ump alliance under former president nicolas sarkozy. ben: and fresh blood to france will hollande's -- two francois hollande -- to francois hollande's party. reporter: france is divided into three main camps, the conservatives around nicolas sarkozy, marine le pen and the socialists of manuel valls. the are being -- these elections are being seen as a bellwether for the next presidential elections. >> i voted for the national front. they should get even more votes. if you want to know why, you should take a look around you. the rise of the national front and this mentality -- that worries me. reporter: all suggested the far right national front would win but it's leader -- win but it didn't. marine le pen still called it a triumph. it came in second. former president nicolas sarkozy and his conservative ump and its allies were the winners with 29%. >> our compatriots have turned away from the left in huge numbers because they feel they have been lied to the past three years. reporter: president francois hollande's socialist party took

it is undeniable. >> tonight big winner was nicholas sarkozy. his conservative unp party took to thirds of the -- two thirds of the department. >> through their vote, the french people have massively rejected the policies of fred -- of president francois hollande and his government will stop change is coming and nothing -- francois hollande and his government. change is coming and nothing can stop it. >> but others have their eyes set on the presidential palace too, like right wing leader marine le pen. although she has failed to win a single department, her party did pick up dozens of seat, setting the stage for a showdown. >> over the past year, germany's army, the food is has been hit by a barrage of allegations about the shoddy -- shoddy state of its military hardware. >> that is right. its helicopters have been grounded and other aircraft cap suffered multiple -- have suffered multiple malfunctions. greg now it has been revealed the standard issue combat rifle, the g 36 has numerous potentially fatal flaws. >> the german defense minister wa

sarkozy. what is the significance of a win for his party? greg: sisi came at a similar retirement to take over the reins of the first big test. -- since he came out of 70 retirement to take over the reins this is first big test. the view of old all of the papers. national front it did well, 25%. a few years ago, that would send alarm bells. the polls before this election showed the national front and net and not ahead of the unp. the fact it took the first round by several percentage points we do not have the final results yet, but about 3%, closely a big victory for sarkozy. it has to be confirmed in the second round next week. the people who did not get a majority in the first round runoff again. it looks like the unp will have a historic run and will probably control 80 of the 100 departments. jonathan: a quarter of the vote still the national front, a win for the former president sarkozy, is it a vote against president aland -- hollande? charles: yes and no. they run a local transport -- greg: yes and no. it should've been abolished ages

he has to get past nicholas sarkozy, the party leader. this week he said it is the battle between him and nicholas sarkozy to run up to the 2017 election. they are saying there is mania among certain people on the left. you want to watch out for them. anchor: the jihadist threat that continues in many countries around the world. reporter: one magazine is called " alternative nationalle." this is about the wave of jihadist groups we have seen around the world. the main article opens with these words.' they are delighted because we are afraid. it looks at how the network around the world is building and incorporating. their hundreds of chechen fighters in syria. the leaders in syria is chechen. another example is that the indonesian group is in principal renounced violence but has been recruiting for people to go to syria. it sent finds to syria. another magazine, which is looking at the plight of christians in the middle east. you can see the headline there. it says the vatican is launching an offensive to counter these attacks. last month

former president sarkozy and his party allies leading in the first round. the for right front is in second place. their leader hopes to build on that momentum for a presidential bit in 2017. we'll talk to jacky rowland in paris, but first this report: >> consolidating his political comeback expenalty sarkozy's party is ahead in region ales, weakening the national front's hopes of a first round win. >> i confirm that there will be no agreements local or national with the leaders of this party. >> france's political landscape is turned on its head, transforming the national front from a fringe movement into one of europe's powerful far right parties. after their historical win in e.u. elections last year, they want to gain more ground. >> the goal is to demonstrate that the national front is a great strength with local presence and not only a force able to attract millions of french people in a national election. >> the latest results show important gains for sarkozys party, and the national front. for the countries embattled president, francois hollande, has

sarkozy himself has been questioned. all of this has started to cast a big cloud over his hopes for a political comeback and it looks now as though there are other politicians on the right who could be more likely than mr. sarkozy to be eventually chosen to stand as the right-wing contender in those elections in 2017. >> jacky thank you. >>> opposition leader has been shot dead in turkey. he was killed by an unknown assailant in istanbul. he was one of the most outspoken critics of his country's president. >>> staying in turkey and a 16-year-old has gone on trial for allegedly insulting the country's president. he could face up to four years in prison if convicted. the case was adjourned until next month. for more let's speak to a lecturer of international law at the university in istanbul. what is your reaction first of all to the arrest of this 16 year old? who apparently criticized the president? how significant is this? >> it is quite significant when you consider the general framework in which it has taken flight. t

the sarkozy has won his that. he took over his old party a few months ago. they are clearly the top party in france and the main opposition party. a good score. it's not the breakthrough that a lot of people were expecting. guy: how can we extrapolate from this? they are up 10% on where they were last time. people are beginning to talk about 2017 and wondering how the lay of the land will look. can we extrapolate from this realistically? guest: i think we can. the one point is 25% sounds a lot. if you take the socialists and the unp one reason that sarkozy did well is because he struck alliances with other centrists before the vote. that is why they are leading in all departments. the socialists did not do that. the socialists don't have analytes alliance with ecologists or some of the other parties. they will probably win the presidential election. if you add up all the scores of all the center-right parties they are nervous -- not as far apart as it might appear. if you take all the leftist parties they came in with a combined score of 35%. the national fr

the former president nicolas sarkozy came in first. marie la pen with the national front in second with just over 25%. >> it was quite a convincing lead for the unp the center right party led by the former french president nicolas sarkozy. the national front did less than opinion polls predicted but we have to remember that opinion polls are not an exact science but just a suggestion of voting tendencies. very much enforcing the over all trend that the national party seems to be losing favor and president hollande is not highly rated at the moment. we must remember also this was the first round of voting because in france there is a system of two rounds. it does give people the luxury of maybe registering a protest vote making some kind of a statement in the first round while then getting more serious in the second round. also these are local elections rather than national elections. again, people will sometimes vote in a different manner. what often happens in elections in france if the national front does well in the first round gene

. >> nicholas sarkozy is leading in the french elections marine le pen didn't do as well as she had hoped. simon mcgregor wood reports. >> as she voted on sunday, marine le pen projected results shows a big disappointment for her. while her party gained more councilors, they did not gain one more councilor. >> the national front as a powerful force this jurisdictional victory is a good sign for future. the socialist party is disappearing while the national front is showing ssms successful results. >> led by former president nicholas sarkozy might help his fall tergfaultering campaign to become the next president. >> this has never happened before, never before have the government lost so many departments. >> reporter: the socialists of president francois hollande have been punished by voters the high unemployment and staggering economy of france. before these elections the polling suggested the french people were turning towards the national front in greater numbers, attracted to the antiimmigration stance. doesn't yet have the critical mass to intraik through and break through and that w

the real gains have come from sarkozy's ump. it is in opposition now and it typically opposition does well in this midterm mandate type of boat. the national front was expected to do very well and it didn't actually capture any governmental seats in the department or in they have done very well in terms of the popular vote. so, it is also something to watch. anna: how much of a preview are these elections to the presidential elections? do they tell us anything useful? >> i think they underlined the size of the challenge that is facing francois hollande. he as two years left and if he wants to return to power in 2017 he has a lot of work to do to make the socialist more positive again. at the same time, these are elections at midterm and midterm elections often go against the government. hollande is not totally without help but the defeat is very marked and there is a lot of work to do. anna: thank you very much. mark dean joining us from paris. from that u.k. now, the campaign officially kicks off today. prime minister david cam

. >> in france, former president nicolas sarkozy is leading in the first round. the far right national front is in second place. >> it was quite a convincing lead for the unp the center right party led by former french president nicolas sarkozy. we have to remember that the opinion polls are not an exact science, they're only a suggestion of voting tendencies. but very much disappointing performance by the socialist party, pretty much reinforcing the overall trend that the socialist party seems to be losing favor and in particular the french president franÇois hollande is not very highly rated at the moment. we must remember that this was only the first round of voting. in france there is a system of two rounds. it does give people the luxury of maybe registering a protest vote making some kind of a statement in the first round while then actually getting more serious in the second round. also these are local elections rather than national elections against sometimes vote in a different manner. what often happens in elections in france is if the national front d

nicholas sarkozy marine le pen's party coming in second. here is jacky rowland in paris. >> a convincing lead for the unp, led by the former french president nicholas sarkozy the french president did somewhat less than opinion polls. the opinion polls are not an exact science a suggestion of voting tendencies. very much a reinforcement of the socialist party losing favor in particular the french president francois hollande is not very highly rated at the moment. we must remember also this was only the first round of voting. because in france there is a system of two rounds. it does give people the luxury of maybe registering a protest vote, make some sort of a statement in the first round while getting more serious in the second round. also these are local elections rather than national elections. again sometimes people vote in a different manner. what often happens in elections in france is that if the national front does well in a first round generally people voting for parties that have been knocked out in the first round will then rally

. >>> france's former interior minister, during nicklas sarkozy's presidency is in custody being questioned of possible illegal funds during the campaign. jacky rowland has more. >> reporter: well, the questioning that has been going on since the early hours of friday morning surrounded a sum of approximately $700,000 which appeared in claude gueant's bank account back in march 20th [ technical difficulties ] the explanation given was this was payment for two paintings he said he shareholder a malaysian art collector. but the paintings are believed by experts to be worth only a fraction of what they were allegedly sold for, also because if you are selling valuable paintings, you have to a export license. so there are some questions, which is why police are digging bit further to see whether this mystery $700,000 could be money that came from the regime of former leader of libya gadhafi to finance the election campaign of nicklas sarkozy. >>> a mob in india has beaten a alleged rapist to death. the prison is in the northeastern state of naggaland near bangladesh. >> reporter: local madia are

exit poll suggests nicholas sarkozy's and allies leading in the local french elections. the national front party is in second place. it's expected to make big gains against potulny's lance armstrong. a sirius kong 10er for the presidency in two years time. more on this now live in paris. what is thought to be behind marine lapenn's momentum in routined years and the gains she is likely to make in these local elections? well, they have made history here in france. shock results, of course last year when the party won 24 seats in eu parliamentary votes. >> sent shock waivers across france's political landscape. initially, the national front shared they were against continuing with the euro. they wanted to return to the franc. they wouldn't to introduce things like a referendum on the death penalty. in receipt years in the wake of the financial crisis and the rise of home grown viewer lens and the influx of fighters leaving france and heading to the middle east all of this has played in to a narrative that marine lapenn and the national front continued to share that they ar

led by former president nicholas sarkozy. it is projected to win almost two-thirds of france's councils. that might help his faltering campaign to become the you feel m.p.'s next presidential candidate. >> translator: with their vote the french have reject the massively the politics of francois hollande's government. this has never happened before. never will have have the has the government lost so many departments. >> reporter: the social assists of president francois hollande have been punished by voters, frustrated with france's stuttering economy. and high unemployment. the result suggests they have lost up to 30 councils, to the u.m.p. before these elections the polling suggested the french people were turning towards the national front in greater numbers. increasingly attract today its anti-immigration anti-europe nationalism. these projected results show that while the party is gaining grassroots popularity, particularly some nba some regions it doesn't yet have the critical mass to breakthrough. and that will reassur

finally this local paper for us here in paris simply headline sarkozy and divided left and less strong than predicted the leader of u.n.p. appears as the viktor of - -- victor and that was live from the first rounds of voting. >> jacky thank you very much. forces from chad have killed several dozen boko haram militants in northern nigeria and offensive took place in borno state in the village across the border and military officials say helicopter bombs destroyed several vehicles and motorcycles carrying fighters, this is the latest move in a joint force mission to take down boko haram and we report from one of the battle fronts in northeastern nigeria. >> reporter: preparing for attack on boko haram, the troops are upbeat about this assignment after resent successes against the group. but as their commander was about to lead them out, the mission was aborted. a large number of boko haram fighters who are seen heading their way. every soldier is told to go to the trenches. from attack mode to defense, a posture they know too well after six years of insurgency. and the coup was ordered

nicolas sarkozy has set the stage for a possible run at the lycÉe. exit polls suggest his allies push the far right national front into second place. a recent survey put sarkozy ahead of francois hollande. the regional event will be held on sunday. the greek permit us to has reportedly warned it will be impossible to service his country's debt unless the eu provides more aid. alexis tsipras made the comment to angela merkel. -- in response to angela merkel. tsipras will meet merkel in berlin later today for more talks. hong kong is hosting the might and money conference, bringing together the leading players and top investors from across the region. china continuing to slow. joining us is fortescue metals representative. how would you describe the mood at this conference compared to previous ones? >> the conference has been a little at the start. all of us recognize it is cyclical business. when prices are down it's an opportunity to make sure we are ready for the upturns. rishaad: iron ore's collapse has worsened. it has been one of the biggest stor

they were beaten into second place by conservatives, led by nicolas sarkozy. the united states says it won't participate later today when the humane rights debates in the palestinian territory. washington normally defends israel on such occasions. the u.s. has given no explanation for the planned absence this time, but recently signaled it's reassessing its relations with israel. >>> the republican senator of texas, ted cruz has become the first major candidate to announce he'll stand in next year's presidential election. mr. cruz a conservative, who battled against president obama's health care reforms, posted his intention on twitter. >>> and four live shows of the bbc's "top gear" program are due to take place in norway next week have been postponed. the show's presenter is being investigated over an alleged clash with a producer. a report on the incident will be given to the bbc director general later this week. >>> more than 10,000 people have been killed by ebola in the years since the first deaths from the outbreak of the disease was confirmed in west a

recent surveys put sarkozy ahead of the current president. rishaad: coming up next, the case for the yuan becoming a global reserve currency. details next. ♪ china is campaigning hard for the currency to become a reserve currency. that put the case before the imf. christine highs in beijing. reporter: she was scared to talk about monetary policy. they very successfully steered the discussion for everyone. the nationalization of the yuan. he was making a case for the yuan to be added to the special joint right basket. it currently has four currencies. china has been pushing for this for a while. was not the imf said it a good candidate because it was not freely usable. they makene how can it more so this time. they will loosen up the qualified for an institutionalized investment program and free up rules for chinese citizens investing overseas. china has also opened up the free-trade sounds -- free-trade zones. have enabled many more financial products to come into the global market. that itsaid in return clearly belongs in the basket, but t

sarkozy got the most votes. the national front took 26.4% and another party 1 -- national front is running neck and neck. hosting a regional election over the weekend. the socialist president got 47 seats in the parliament, short of the 55 needed for the majority. the anti-austerity party is allied with greece. in the united states, the cruise confirm that he is running on twitter and asking followers for support. the senator is the first republican to kickoff the presidential campaign. caroline: join in the conversation and let us know what you think of the show. i am at caroline hyde. bringing you some exclusive interviews. mark: still to come, we bring you the exclusive interview and it is a conversation you will not want to miss. we are back in a few. mark: welcome back. they week for greece. the talks continue to work towards a deal on future financing. let's bring in the head of strategy. good morning. there have been decisive weeks and months and years. to quote a regular guest, this could be the endgame

. >>> france's conservative ump party, led by nicolas sarkozy is showing a strong showing. the ruling socialists of francois hollande appear to have lost about 30 departments. sarkozy calls a conservative victory a massive rejection of hollande's policies. >>> greece is hoping for approval today of its new list of economic reforms demanded by international creditors. if accepted, it would mean the release of more bailout money to the cash-strapped country. leaders spent the weekend in talks in brussels. >>> another story we're following. according to yemen's foreign minister, -- >> saudi war planes have begun daylight strikes in sanaa. now these latest strikes are described as some of the most intense since the coalition began its campaign last week. the rebels say the strikes have killed 48 people. >> the fighting comes amid word that the arab league is forming a new joint military force. ian, the arab world has seen so much division. how much coordination can we expect with this new military force? >> reporter: well, zain, first off, this is unpress didn'ted. we've never

. >>> former interior minister of nicolas sarkozy is in prison charged with illegal financing in 2007. the police say that the money could have come from libya. we have reports from paris. >> the questioning that is been going on since the early hours of friday morning surrounds a sum of approximately $700,000. which appeared in claude guillen's bank account back in markin 2007. gueant said that 24 was for the sale of two paintings, but there is dispersion and doubt over the story partly because the two paintings themselves are considered to be worth a fraction of what they were allegedly sold for. also if you're selling valuable paintings and shipping them overseas, you need an export license from the ministry of culture. there are questions marks over of isevery the election campaign of 2007 of nicolas sarkozy. >> still ahead, another stalemate. we'll have the latest on the peace talks from south sudan's government and rebels. >>> flooding in argentina leave thousand homeless and an entire town abandoned. >>> and italian football club parma is given a financial lifeline. >> i was go

it's only a local election it is success conservative alliance led by the former president nicholas sarkozy, first in those elections with the national front marine le pen's group second. let's hear from jacky rowland in paris. >> it was quite a convincing lead for the ump the center right party led by the form he french president nicholas sarkozy. the national front did less well than some opinion is poms had predicted. -- polls had predicted. but we have to remember national polls are a suggestion, not a predictor of voting tendency. pretty much reinforcing the trend that the socialist party seems to be losing favor in particular the french president francois hollande is not very highly rated. first round of voting, in france there is a system of two rounds. it does give people the luxury of maybe registering a protest volt making is somewhat of a statement in the first round while getting more serious in the second round. also these are local elections rather than national elections. again sometimes people vote in a different manner. what happens in elections in france if the national fr

what we are seeing is the return of course of the ex president nicolas sarkozy leading the emp party, the center rite party, making gains. leaving the national front in second place. but, of course the incumbent president francis hollande socialist party, in third. he has failed to make any significant gains in recent months despite the overall view in france that his handling of the attacks in paris in jan were handled very well. this is of course a 3-horse race as we have seen from the early results. >> the remains of medieval king richard iii has been transferred to a formal burial place. it passed several historical landmarks, including the battlefield where he was killed more than 500 years ago. king richard's bones were found under a car park previously the site of a church >>> still to come an al jazeera - we go ideas the lucrative and murky world of pigeon racing and tell you why this bird is worth $264,000. and star of the galaxy a great goal from the football league and the rest of sport from around the world. >>> welcome back. it's never been the most my flying of sports bu

the party of nicholas sarkozy came out better. the party did best in the southeast of the country. >> still a second round to go, but on sunday, national front supporters were celebrating. southeast apartment that includes the city, the far right party received 37% to the vote. thanks, in part to marine le pen . marine le pen: we are satisfied because we reached our objective. we came in first place in 11 out of 17. reporter: marine le pen is the national front's rising star. the 25-year-old is a -- >> she has a kindness to her. she is not like her grandfather. i believed in other parties for a while. why not go with the national front? reporter: according to her critics, she is a puppet for her grandfather and her aunt. the national front needs to win nine districts. despite strong turnout for the far right the party has been socialist for 14 years. laura: it was probably a tense meeting between the greek prime minister and the german chancellor. >> they want to reboot what has become a sour relationship. she wants to see a succe

. >>> france's former inteen your minister during nicklas sarkozy's president is in police custody. he is being questioned about a possible illegal funding of the 2007 presidential campaign. jacky rowland has more. >> reporter: the questioning that has been going on since the early hours of friday morning surrounds a sum of approximately $700,000 which appeared in claude gueant's bank account back in march 2008. now the police want to know what was this money? where did it come from? it was a payment from overseas. now the explanation provided by claude gueant is that this was payment for two paintings, which he said he told to a malaysian art collector, but there are some questions, some doubts over this version of the story, partly because the paintings themselves are believed by experts to be only a frac shin of what they were allegedly sold for. and if you are selling valuable paintings and shipping them overseas you have to have a special export license. so there are some big question marks, which is why police are digging a bit further to find out if this could be money that c

nicolas sarkozy are leading in the first first round. the far right national front is in second place. >> it was quite a convincing lead by nicolas sarkozy. the national front did less well than some opinion polls predicted, but then we have to remember that opinion polls are not an exact science. they're only a suggestion of voting tendencies. but a very much disappointing performance by the socialist party, and pretty much reinforcing the overall tripped that the socialist party seems to be losing favor and in particular french president franÇois hollande is not very highly rated at the moment. we must remember also this was only the first round of voting because in france there is a system of two rounds. it does give people the luxury of maybe registering protest vote making some kind of a statement in the first round while then actually getting more serious in the second round. also these are local elections rather than national elections and again people sometimes voting in a different manner. what often happens in elections in fra

sarkozy's party got more than 50 events. a left leaning government has failed to fix a lagging economy. >>> the horn of africa is a repressed area. but jib djibouti is different. >> reporter: djibouti sits across the strait, access to the red sea with only about 30 kilometers across at its narrowest point the strait separatesyseparates djibouti from yemen. >> what you want to do is establish a port presence. our model is singapore hong kong kong moritius. >> providing yet another source of revenue . djibouti is home to the biggest u.s. base in africa, counters terrorism operations in yemen and somalia. this is the u.s. base, giving american forces the opportunity to strike al qaeda and its allies in yemen and somalia. the pentagon has used djibouti for training its forces and carry out drone warfare. germany japan and spain have followed the u.s. example and set up bases in djibouti too. >> the foreign force he pay a fee to they djibouti officials. there is an issue of job creation, actually over a thousand jobs have been cr

led by former president sarkozy. it is projected to win almost two thirds of france's councils. that might help is faltering campaign to become the next presidential canned doubt. >> with their vote, the french people rejected massively the politics of francois hollande's government. >> the socialists of president francois hollande have been punished by voters, frustrated with the staggering economy and high unemployment. the results suggest they have lost up to 30 councils to the u.n.p. before these elections, polling suggested the french people were turning towards the national front in greater numbers. increasingly attracted to its anti immigration anti europe nationalism. these projected results show that while the party is gaining grassroots popularity, particularly in some regions it doesn't yet have the critical mass to break through. that will reassure those looking ahead to the 2017 presidential election in which marine la pen will run as a candidate. >> on to bolivia the ruling party suffered a setback in local elections. the president lost may orual elections in lapas

sarkozy is considering another run for the presidency in 2017. and so is the front's lepen. >> the socialists came in third with about 20% of the vote. >>> it appears a group of western medical students have traveled into syria. and now there's a desperate scorch get them back. a live update after the break. >>> what lies ahead for the first candidate to announce his run for the white house in 2016. take a look. >>> more than 500 years after his death, ending lap's king richard iii is being laid to rest again. >>> in tunisia, the search is on for a third suspect in the massacre at the bardo museum. the suspect appears to have been involved in directing the attack rather than as a gunman. 23 people were killed mostly foreigners. tongue security forces -- tunisian security forces shot and killed who gunmen at the scene. isis has claimed responsibility for wednesday's shooting. authorities have arrested at least nine people in connection with the attack. >>> tunisia's president says the bardo museum will reopen on tuesday. he added that security mea

the nicolas sarkozy party is leading in the first round. the far right national front is it in second place. their leader is hoping to build on that momentum for a presidential bid in 2017. neave barker reports from paris. >> consolidating his political comeback. ex-president sar cosy ump's party edged ahead, weakening the national fronts hopes of a win. >> i confirm that it's local or national with the leaders of this party. >> they turned the landscape on its head transforming the front from a fringe movement into one of the powerful parties. after their historic win last year. they now want to gain more ground. >> the goal is to demonstrate that the national front is a great strength with local presence, and not only a force to attract people in a national election. >> the latest result has gains for sarcozy's ump party, at the national front. it's seen support for the socialist steadily dwindle. the approval rating is at a low, despite prays for the handling of the paris attack. >> in january, men and women were killed because they were

. >> in france the party led by the former president nicolas sarkozy looks set to win local elections. president francis hollande's socialists are thought to have reacted badly. marine le pen's party did not do as as well as she hoped. >> as she voted on sunday. marine le pen hoped this would be a break through election and it would gain control of local councils. projected results suggested a big disappointment for her. while it gained more members, it will struggle to control even one council. she stride to put a brave face on it. >> translation: the historical fact is the establishment of the thanksal front as a force. it is a good sign for the future. the socialist party is disappearing whilst the national front showed exceptional results. >> reporter: the clear winner was projected to win two thrds of france's councils. that may help the campaign to become the umps next presidential candidate. >> with their vote the french poem have rejected the politics of france where francis hollande's government. this has never happened before never have they lost so many. the socialists have

the front nationale campaigning ahead of these region elections as it stands sarkozy and the other party are roughly neck and neck. for the president and the socialists, they are trailing in third. the question is: further gains. they most sentially are making sure the socialists and umm party are making a run for their money. thank you very much indeed six days until nigeria's presidential elections. several other independent candidates his main rival abstained from the debate saying it would not have been fair or balanced. our correspondent is in nigeria's capital and explains what dominated the debate: the president answered questions head-on about what he intends to do if he wins the election about corruption. said he put in preventitive measures fighting corruption was about strengthening institutions and talked about examples of what he had done in the ruling party he talked about the government payroll system people don't work but get paid. there are execute challenges he talked about those in his own regions in the niger delta. people feeling they had this resource oil but they d

from the regime of the former leader of libya, to finance as has been alleged, the 2007 election of sarkozy. >>> a mob in india has beaten a suspected rapist to death after dragging him out of prison. guards say they were overpowered by thousands of people. the 35-year-old man was accused of raping a 24-year-old woman last month. it is believed he may have been an inlegal immigrant from bangladesh. our correspondent has the latest from new delhi. >> reporter: local media are suggesting that what started as a peaceful protest against the alleged rape of a local woman late last month took on unexpected turn with the mob, approximately 1,000 people turning to the prison where the alleged rapist was being held. they stormed the prison. took the prisoner out, beat him and paraded him to the center of town. he died of his injuries at that point. they suggest while there's no connection between the events and the documentary that relates to a rape of a medical student in new delhi and what happened here. but the events have unfolded at a time when there is a resurgent debate about rape in india, a

former president sarkozy's party is favored to lead the polls. >> the city first known as another name, now istanbul is undergoing changes sending rent properties soaring. bernard smith has the story prom istanbul. >> it's a shop from a by gone age paying by gone rent. just over that thousand dollars a month on the famous street, could fetch $20,000 a month on the open market. ilia is being forced out. >> they say you will go. this is the corset shop. we've been here for the past 80 years. every customer knows us here, but if i leave here, where will my customers find me? how can i set up a new shop, rent a new place costs are so high now you burn your hands. >> the cash poor catholic church landlord is taking advantage of a new law that means tenants of 10 years or more can be convicted without cause. activists worry this ancient city is losing its character. >> this was the cultural centered of the city, the heart of the city, but now it's shaped by the investors investment region, investors came and spent lots of money and turned a movie theater into a shopping mall and that is just

former president nicholas sarkozyed party and allies are leading. the far right national front is in second place. jacky rowland has more from paris. >> it was quite a convincing lead for the u.n.p., the center right party led by the former french president nicholas sar koas i didn't, the national front did less well than some opinion poles predicted. very much a disappointing performance by the socialist party pretty much reinforcing the overall trend that the socialist party seems to be losing favor and in particular the french president francois hollande is not very highly rated at the moment. we must member also that this was only the first round of voting, because in france, there is a system of two rounds. it does give people the luxury of maybe registering protest vote making some kind of a statement in the first round while then actually getting more serious in the second round. also these are local elections rather than national elections again sometimes people vote in a different manager. what often happens in elections in france is that i

a comeback for nicholas sarkozy. his coalition is the big winner in the local elections. no final results from the general rule elections -- two general elections in nigeria. it is between the current presiden

in france, former president sarkozy made gains in elections. voters expressed anger at president france a hollande -- francois hollande. and earthquake struck off pop in the guinea -- papa new guinea. the warning has been lifted. >> join the conversation with caroline and i this monday morning. 6:18 a.m. in london. never has the market ever been ever in history of data been so short of euros pretty like it you some sense of what is going on on the greek story. not sure what you treated. join as pit we are there live -- join us there. we are line. -- live. >> indeed. the country could see more stimulus. we break it down for you. please stay with us. ♪ >> and ed miliband. we bring in the first interview of the date right here. ♪ >> welcome back to "countdown." tiny stocks are rallying to the central bank -- china stocks are rallying. the slightest whiff coming from the people's bank of china, that growth might fade a bit. the us stocks are roaring. +++ the best in 2015. >> right. the nation's growth tumbled a bit too much. china does have the

the lead party was nicholas sarkozy's mainstream party. about 50% of voters turned out on the first round of this poll and they voted in the mainstream conservative party. second place was the socialist party. there has been a lot of disenchancement with be socialist president francois hollande. and 24% of the vote they had a decent score. >> on that decent score is that motivated in part by the terrorist attack or immigration policies or what's been happening? >> absolutely, after charlie hebdo astack, their popularity dubilityd. -- doubled. that they don't control corporation and crime has really increased their numbers but another thing that added to the national front success during this campaign is there's a lot of disenchantment with both mainstream peashts that they're the same thing, that -- parties that they don't do the same thing, marine le pen, the new leader for the last four years she took over from her father, she's really changed the image of the party. it used to be sort of a good old boys club of these former algerian fig

later that year president sarkozy of france telling president obama i cannot bear netanyahu, he's a liar. president obama, you're fed up with him? i have to deal with him even more than you. obvious exasperation there. as president netanyahu heads to congress. this is susan rice, the president's national security adviser, listen to the language. >> happened over the last several weeks by virtue of the invitation that was issued by the speaker and the acceptance of it by prime minister netanyahu two weeks in advance of his election is that on both sides there has now been injected a degree of partisanship, which is not only unfortunate, i think it's -- it's destructive of the fabric of the relationship. >> destructive of the fabric of the relationship. now normally an israeli prime minister doesn't want to get too much in the face of the american president. it hurts him back home. why is netanyahu willing to do this? look at this. 62% of the israelis believe the obama administration is medaling in the election. as the president comes to washington. he will address congress. we know the wh