talk about this is our take time for the headlines. a blow from the cause sarkozy an easy out to socialist candidate francois hollande in the first round of the french presidential election certain face off in the second stage in a fortnight so you can see becomes the first french leader to fail to win the first round more than fifty years. his new concern for u.s. soldiers over growth dependence on antidepressants during service an eight fold increase in a problem since two thousand and five and two thousand and nine affected. and syrian rebels refused to dance to a foreign troop system military intervention is the way to solve the deadly

conflict the un is deploying a three hundred unarmed observers to syria last ditch attempt to put oversee a cease fire. but as the french debate on the sector the first round of sunday's presidential election we talked to a member of the socialist party and one hundred one gives his views on the second stage runoff and talks about the huge challenges the country's facing. today we're joined by a good one he's been a member of the french socialist party since one nine hundred eighty seven he's also been a member of the european parliament from two thousand and four to two thousand and nine and today he's the spokes person of the socialist party that a french presidential candidate françois not thank you very much and for joining us today first question will be a course on the future of france there are two top candidates now socialist francois hollande and incompetent let's see what kind of france are we going to see

with the presidency. probably affronts that's much fairer a much more egalitarian than it is today the france we heard today is significantly poorer than it was five years ago but she's probably lost her influence in the world with for example the failure of the union for the mediterranean she's lost much of her influence in europe and the best example of this is her anger america will have a nickel or sarkozy have agreed on a draft european treaty which is very favorable to german interests and very very verbal for the rest of the rest of europe everything france is mostly very divided with here it's out of date the task for francois hollande will be to somehow repair rebuild or not assemble a fresh horse to avoid oppositions when in other words this is why his political project is intended primarily to address inequalities and just see the broad and think what if we could so you're talking about redefining or reestablishing france's the role of influence in europe and you bring up the treaty. does want to

renegotiate the fiscal part. leaders but how much leverage does he really have is going to go against german chancellor merkel and let's be frank with what she wants usually important role in decision making from this is a clear his message especially if the treaty is not. france will not supply and therefore it cannot. give merkel wants to impose physical. labor market the growth measure anybody will know where no. we want to make progress on europe we want more expansion really the european central bank is no question that we would not accept a treaty or result in front of a war and throughout europe at the same time most of our growth is related to trade with you that if the french cannot buy companies can't invest there's a mysterious policies your neighbors could not live by. because they refuse. so

there are as you know we believe that merkel is going to tell you that we're simply saying the treaty channel proceeded you only under the terms of germany's economy in fact this treaty does not benefit the italian economy or the spanish nor the french economy from a great regret is that nicolas sarkozy has not defended the interests of the french economy all the economies in europe are not actually for sarkozy greed to sign the treaty to appear a protector of for the security of the euro is a public relations because as he signed a treaty that we consider bad because if the purpose is only going to steroids or exclusive more with. now they're talking about a sturdy are you against all types of belt tightening nationals do you not see any merit to it and speaking about growth measures bringing it up doesn't really mean that. we want a real industrial policy based on a new instrument the public you know you probably can bet on bendigo that we will

develop tools that allow us to compete with other european or from brazil but also with countries around sign your name or on the do you want well let's talk about immigration other presidential candidates such as a national front panel and even the keep bringing up the problem of immigration by using this as a campaign point what is your view on immigration in france in general and in particular illegal immigration. were present when you got quite honestly immigration being an economic and social problem is primarily a political problem in many european countries the issue is systematically used to say that immigration is a threat to the country new york when they talk about immigration or you know and in the in those look as if this is the way people approach the immigration minister in a political debate in france angela appeared in front of what the president of public setting up with nothing but caricatures of your it will reach the point where

a great number of anger strikes a new strain of flu can no longer see the difference between your original plan though and nicolas sarkozy saying about islam and immigration. this is a major setback for from the see the president's ability either inspiration or program the front since there are rushes there this is a very grave step back of that although what we're saying is that we need to discuss the conditions of the economic migration and the different sectors of the french economy if we must add rules to economic immigration policy we will do so for good we don't want to make immigration issue used to divide and frightening the french this is a serious matter that must be treated as such and must be subject to political with economic and social responses we should not be as subject used by nicolas sarkozy all appended to win votes and raise racism in france the five years the french reality is the right including tolerance and violence is perhaps more racist now than it was five years ago yes there's discrimination in hiring yes there's

discrimination in access to housing and yes there's discrimination in access to leisure it depends on whether you have a white face like mine and ronnie white mine and a position like mine in a socialist party or your game is good you're of arab or north african origin or free money but the cost and they think it's ok let's talk about nato and their france's participation in campaigns and various can face now first of all on that wants to withdraw more troops to afghanistan earlier than planned however he doesn't want to withdraw pull out france completely from nato. but. made for regarding nato we want to evaluate the decisions made by nicolas sarkozy to rejoin the integrated military commander of nato we're not sure that our reintegration into the military command has had the expected results and above all what we regret is that there has been no strong initiative of france in favor of

a genuine european defense system for five years we do not believe today that european defense and protection of the broader strategic interests of europe and the european union can be supported only by nato we consider it necessary to develop autonomous structures and that's why we insist on developing a european events we will evaluate the benefits and drawbacks involved with the return to the integrated military commander of nato and as you said in connection with our allies so as not to destabilize nato in afghanistan we will withdraw our troops from afghanistan before the end of twenty twelve when the ok you want to reassess the francis participation and fast or large ones cooperation of the european defense system however pulling out troops in afghanistan earlier than planned wouldn't that solve our relationships with britain or germany for example who are investing a lot in that effort and. now anything our analysis is that our military

intervention is not able to add a value that allows a peaceful solution to the crisis and the conflict in afghanistan will apply our military intervention there we lost the ability to act on political and diplomatic levels we want to regain freedom but room to maneuver politically and diplomatically over to find a solution. together with major regional players in the conflict. that requires to first withdraw all guilty from not get us down if we believe that a military solution is doomed to deadlock and it will for probably we do not believe that the solution to the conflict in afghanistan requires a military only approach otherwise we would have solved a conflict already the last synchronized attacks by the taliban in many parts of evidence that there is no longer any area in afghanistan today that is truly protected thorleif word from silly or must find ways to influence the immediate neighbors of afghanistan the larger regional players in order to hunt a political solution to the afghan conflict and military operation must one day

come to an end and we think it is now the time for that coming with a proposal ok so you're talking about political solutions here does that apply as well in syria for example. you know three syria is on the edge of a civil war and the truth is that despite the energy plan there are still dozens and dozens of deaths hundreds of dollars i want to come to talk about the role of russia in this matter by its place in the security council and through its role it can play by the syrian regime russia was elected the positions are unlike the syrian situation and to avoid a civil war or for both bilateral franker russian relations and of the people of the e.u. russia relationship we want to ritually tens association. we'll see what gesture along the international scene to contribute to stability but i thought we could understand the historical relations of the russian state with the syrian state but

today. is a destabilizing factor in his country how quickly also the whole region or we must respond in a concerted an automated way between russia the european union france and permanent members of the security council can a military intervention go through nato in syria at this point it seems premature and this is why the plan by vienna on opening the possibility of a political solution with the involvement of observers in fact considering the number of observers who will go there and the difficulty in verifying whether or not atrocities are committed against civilians should be a strong force in place to ensure that observers really do observe what happened before. france played a very big. intervention. in libya we played two different roles we are at one point. wanted to sell nuclear power plants to gadhafi

if any bomb to get out of iraq or you when you're a friend of nicolas sarkozy always and wary of her when she was the completely incoherent nature of nicolas sarkozy as for policy i think the intervention in libya was a necessary because gadhafi used his own fault. and bombs against his own people and that doesn't mean that was situation is now of stabilized we have zero of the movement of weapons and so build region is linked to the consequences of going to libya of course this helps to arm groups like al gore as a whole for your employer or you wouldn't get if some of the events in mali related to what happened in libya and therefore we need stabilization policies growth and development as a boy but there are two fronts as in to be able to help from the gadhafi regime the french development of the developing countries fell from a no point seven to not going to four percent of our g.d.p. so we give weapons but we don't help with development growth and job creation and as we know if there are weapons or no jobs there will be no more instability

francois hollande ambition is to focus on stabilizing the maghreb and north africa region it because it's a hotbed of potential unrest for europe and beyond including much of the african continent or the piece of cake. thank you again on the sawmill for your time and for giving us a sense of you something. that i kill innocents here a wiser calm face a crisis and that's never and said. mama something that's constantly me i think of it every day. i feel the flashbacks from the memories. of so much so long time this year trying to

know. i was ashamed. i was ashamed that i didn't. i was ashamed that i had many. why i got my arm i got my legs come along. in the mine. where i want to be our nominee was a boy. cannot believe what i was going on once or i think. that i was a book for. most soldier on the other side and i think i'm just a good. player you for spring over seas my grace rebirths will come home to roost. when their massive hungry. empathy gives way to other motions. towards those who live on the current.

a blow for nicolas sarkozy and losing out the socialist candidate france well known in the first round of the french presidential election that took place off in the second stage in the night with the becomes the first french it's afraid to win the first round more than fifty years. there's a new concern for u.s. soldiers over a growing dependence on antidepressants during service and eight fold increase in the problem since two thousand and five more than one hundred thousand military personnel. and syrian rebels refuse to dance to foreign chuse insisting a military intervention is moved way to resolve the conflict when he's calling three hundred unarmed observers to syria a last ditch attempt to oversee a cease fire. well the unit is here for us next to the latest school turned

last you know we have an arsenal football story like me because you have a duty while you know i'm going to have to take up this time i have robin van persie carry credit he is the best player in england oh yes it is just being said but i tell you what a pity he doesn't have a trophy to lift at the seaside to celebrate. our sport coming your way right now. if your company this is sports have a plan to head for the next ten minutes including all this. greens dented sports like moscow's iyam of making the champions league for the first time in half a dozen years suffers an un g.'s size setback. first of the season for a one world champion sebastian vettel finally gets to the top of the podium this year winning in bahrain to take control of the drivers' championship stuffings.

and hope crew hockey a star studded select those politicians and athletes lined up on the moscow ice a children's charity fun. story and when are coming up we start with football where after a great recent run of form sports. being brought back down to earth in the russian premier league the red lights losing on home turf three g. on sunday a strange one this is the dominating decision but it was getting started is limited opportunities kind something left to the man getting his scoring six minutes before half time substitution lucky yellow for double visitors lead shortly after the break a really it was a gift after a questionable call keeping from sports are chamar a draw off and she's pushed her europa league qualification next season was for the schrempp in sixty nine minutes in an own goal from nicolas. topping off a dismal day for the muscovites to remain third in arch of the champions league but

it's. just the one other game in the championship group on the day on dates so luck i'm. sure the spoils in the couple a win for the real women would have seen the move of both cross-town rivals into fourth but this their fifth or routine are forced into seven by when will the fun. for game for me in this season with the title essentially already sewn up by holders is a neat sin petersburg. the opposite story over in england meanwhile where it looks as if the title run in could well go down to its very last day all i know on manchester united seeing their league cut the three points on sunday the champions of all in a four four thriller at home to everton second place month city meanwhile taking full advantage about the role a trio win over not relegated walls means they could go level with united when the two sides meet in a massive clash next monday eastlands former moscow striker peter odemwingie scored

the winner us west brom component liverpool's wolves with their first win of on field since one nine hundred sixty seven. will be another trophyless year for arsenal but supporters tell at least salut star man robin van persie is mean in the professional footballers' association here of the year the dutch international leads the scoring charts with thirty four goals in all competition all england's international kyle walker has been recognised as the cream of the crop amongst the league's rising stars the twenty one year old tottenham defender and and young player of the. this year's fed cup finale will feature the czech republic and first timers serbia the serbs select taking care of russian women tennis is premier team advance scores were tied at one river apiece heading into sunday's final day of action in moscow and things look to be when the hosts will win on the sea of publishing colver took the first set against and evanovich before one rallied to win ten consecutive games to take the match three six six love six

three that's with means continued so we needed a win against this woman in a younger age but the russian got no where near one going down comprehensively in straight sets six one six games to four. american of believe the final. historical moment for us. remember those days when we were playing in the lower groups you know i have achieved. playing for your country something very special. in the men's game rafael nadal has won the monte carlo masters for the consecutive year the spaniard seeing off novak djokovic in straight sets in the final six three six one to reassert his dominance on clay cook of which drown father died on thursday of up clearly contributing to the serb never really getting close to his usual imperious self with the tiles first victory over the one eight that. is the real goal he had

a few more mistakes than usual and they were stolen from the baseline with only. a few guys playing in he was almost perfect every day he wasn't. i think the. from the one reigning world champion sebastian vettel has stirred his first victory of the season the win in bahrain also propelling the red bull mountain top of the drivers' championship standings after finishing three seconds ahead of look at this in the right in vessel reprising last season's pattern of grabbing pole and then establishing a healthy advantage from the off pulling away from second seeded lewis hamilton almost a second a lap and would finish if well recommends teammates running third the first time voters have been on the podium this season while for rory's from the no longer finished seventh on the team is a must the ninth on a day when both car struggled for pace a problem that has plagued the team. and it's been the ultimate weekend for ben

curtis over on the golf greens with the american winning the texas open for the first trophy in six years for him the thirty four year old future looking a lot more secure and pocketing over a million dollars along with a two year tour qualifying exemption curtis going from holding up the british children's part joke in two thousand and three to me being able to enter for p.g.a. events this year he would ruin one of his three birdies here on the seventh hole not every state in contention by sinking three birdies in a row with the final effort coming six john holl though he finished tied for second with every curtis held his nerve to cart a birdie on the final. for a much needed win perseverance being dividends for curtis in the two stroke. but could well be a new name on the continental hockey league trophy later today guard currently three in the best of seven final series against school the scores prepare for game

six in the capital the hawks have a commanding three once she's lead before develop brought themselves back from the brink in a controversy late in game five on sunday i'm going to start on time pull off some i thought much of partly due to injury but according to the country's deputy sports minister a twenty five year old how the earlier tested. positive for performance enhancing drugs the russian anti doping committee has now temporarily suspended the aspiring russian international pending further investigation. and funny often in the big money and even bigger hype world of sports things can get forgotten it really shouldn't be not so last weekend with an exhibition i saw the game between russia and slovakia played any and all the children starting robert report. russia taking on slovakia always supposed to be a top ice hockey clash but this time around there would be only winners and no losers. the game played in the russian capital and certainly is just

a small forest for the charity project and to help kids with severe this is the start of the sports bullocks and or its joining together first time told by just the start of the games and since that time we collected a lot of mine you killed more than one thousand kids to improve their health and beat. the international level. with the various kinds of games from football ice hockey and basketball. firstly our findings to how kids suffer in-city diseases as the health care costs vast sums of money that founders just counted foodie and that's why charities should really help constantin is one of those parents were supported in their desperate fight for their kids' life. we were only given four hundred fifty thousand rubles to boil the necessary medical equipment one of our two different doses i needed

a machine to help with three very grateful to the confidence that she is now staying home with us and making great progress because. it was not only russians and slovaks who played by the canadian legend of the sport to a close old of the hosts line up revealing the hockey hall of famer and six times to the cup winner glen anderson get used to because i'm over here quite a bit and we're playing quite a few games with what the russian team. one of the celebrations was a sexy sixty five year anniversary so we did a game up in st petersburg and we hear very much a category basically that's what we do almost nine months of the year so we play a lot of charity games and there's a chore that we do right across canada that happens every year play golf thirty games a year the teams also include some young very young hockey hopefuls some skills to show off their big games and trophies mind before ahead but they have already

claimed their biggest victory. helping to save the life. of recording your own party must fill. some stars of the future there no doubt i create cause trouble on the spot there whether it's next after this.