sarkozy sought support for his plan to create a mediterranean alliance to be led by france. assad was treated like an honored guest during his visit he attended the annual busty de military parade on the sean sleazy. he joined other heads of state on the reviewing stand. but sarkozy's efforts to build a mediterranean alliance stalled and assad was still dragging his feet on implementing economic and political reforms at home. his trip to france ended without a single major agreement still needed sarkozy to help him achieve his immediate goal to convince washington to lift the sanctions it had imposed on syria. bashar assad said. he knew that france enjoyed excellent relations with the united states after told washington about its new contacts with. and indeed in two thousand and ten u.s. diplomats traveled to damascus to meet the syrian president. assad made an astonishing gesture of goodwill he offered to start talks on a peace deal with syria's archenemy israel the us responded by appointing a new ambassador to damascus the post had been vacant for five years. i. seem to b

in two thousand and eight the new french president nicolas sarkozy sent his chief of staff. to syria for talks it was the first time in three years that the french government had had contacts with assad. that pulled me off when someone called we met for the first time in damascus us the streets were blocked off with armored vehicles and troops. asaad was trying to expand syria's economy and to normalize the country's international relations with the of the he and his wife had been educated overseas and they were tired of being treated as out costs by the international community as the. friends demanded that syria recognize lebanon sovereignty assad agreed and a few weeks later he was welcomed in paris and invited to attend a summit of european north african and middle eastern states. sarkozy's sought passant support for his plan to create a mediterranean alliance to be led by france and. assad was treated like an honored guest during his visit he attended the annual busty de military parade on the shuttle is it. an. he joined other heads of state on the reviewing stand. but

there was talk of libya and even the formered jab at french president nicolas sarkozy. >> yes, indeedso candid on the topic of security and regarding the situation in libya, european countries have e a responsibiliy to the current situation in libya and he directly y pointedo that without mentioning nicolas sarkozy or his policy in libya. he also pledged to supporort tunisisia and he said that tunisians are the ones living with the stress and instability in libya. he insisted on medititerranean policy and more cooperation with europe and security and immigration. anchor: keeping us up-to-date from the tunisian capital, for now, thank you. billenate has backed a outlawing public statements which attribute the crimes of nazi germany to the polish state or its people. the bill, which sets fines or a maximum of three years behind bars, has sparked anger from israel. poland's president must sign the bill into law. to get more on this, our correspondent is standing by in jerusalem. for israel, this is about: wanting to change history. what have reactions been to this today? >> there have be

i detested sarkozy he called people here trash that needed to be swept away so i tore down that. he's always opposed making concessions to the conservatives not goes for his fellow left wing as in germany two. hundred one in germany the social democrats say they need to govern with the conservatives for the good of the country but that's a mistake because europe needs a common discourse we need to say we will no longer accept the status quo a europe that pleases the rich and crushes the poor the wife. made a child himself grew up in a poor family but he worked hard in school and came here every evening to get help with his homework so he was able to study and lol at seventeen he joined france's socialist party its been in power and leader for decades and is renovating the area maybe child grew up in though even that he sense well leveled the playing field for its residents. as a teenager it became clear how important this is so sation was doing because no one could help me at home for kids whose parents are teachers doctors or lawyers it's a different story and that's simply not

sarkozy a bit less with a loan has been about keeping public radio under their control i think he's really old world in that he thinks he should have complete control over public broadcasting but. when it comes to the media. are not all that different. even if the tactics and the rhetoric are if the french president gets away with it his so-called revolution will be televised this way. finally the media extravaganza that is the super bowl american football's annual finale is a showcase for advertisers they pay up to five million dollars for a thirty second spot ram trucks ponied up this year and used an unlikely pitch man martin luther king through extracts from one of his speeches back in one thousand sixty eight the company somehow failed to foresee that the appropriation of the words of an african american civil rights leader to sell cars would not go down well and it's the n.f.l. where hundreds of players have been taking a need to protest the treatment of african-americans at the hands of the police in short the optics were brutal here's some of the ad in question alongside another ve

full sarkozy sions it is now in the hands of israel's attorney general. mendel believed to make a final decision on indictment. well netanyahu is fate might be hanging in the balance and europe has seen two major resignations this tuesday but there is someone who will not be going anywhere for any time for the time being anytime soon wiki leaks co-founder julian have seen his latest appeal for lifting his arrest warrant thrown out by u.k. court he's wanted for skipping bail in the country it is the second time in a week that songes lawyers have been in court to appeal against of the warrant parties honest as you're going to as more. despite any high expectations that julian assange is defense team and supporters might have that could have come from inside this courtroom here in london did not materialize as the judge has ruled that the status quo remains that the arrest warrant against julian assange imposed by britain is not going to be lifted now last week the judge said that b. sigmas off the fact that the swedish investigators have long drop the case

geo kurdish militia undertake against sarkozy interest forces or territory. thank you very much for that for now that as a child joining us live from ancora let's get more on this now with a bit of him say help he's a conflict resolution professor at the institute for graduate studies so our correspondent jamal a child just talking us through what we often say because it's true that this is just such a complex situation you have the u.s. defense secretary calling this the most complex in fact security and fighting situation he's seen in over four decades of dating with fights. why is it so important do you think for the u.s. to continue supporting the kurds and said here of course it is because they have been their strongest ally against the islamic state of the islamic state is all but defeated in syria and yet they are continuing their support going against a nato ally why thank you well there are many reasons for why the u.s. is the king such a strong position on supporting the y p g the conditionally share. the memories and actually when. we are entering

nicolas sarkozy good which goes remember i carry oh yes it was the cure for using close to the then we've already begin to begin to dissect these websites things that social media that he was on and some of the things that come to mind are very very disturbing the u.n. special envoy to syria has warned that violence in the water own country is amongst the worst he's seen since taking the job four years ago six hundred mistura said he has received reports of up to one thousand civilians being killed in one week recently at least thirty billion dollars have been pay should help rebuild iraq after the defeat of eisold there seventy six countries promised money at a summit in kuwait but mainly in the form of loans which will need to be paid back the un has warned meanwhile there are unexploded bombs in iraqi city of mosul will continue to put the lives of people at risk for a decade many of the devices are buried under the rubble they could pose a threat to a million or more civilians who want to return home the city was devastated after a nine month long campaign to retake it from i saw last

before the end of the trial of the mayor of dakar and all physicians challenger to president nicolas sarkozy and his following the story for us. for. one day when i gather. their election ahead of the presidential election that will take place in two thousand and nine. elections are year and a half away so why is this happening right now well they say here it's because the government is imprisoning their political leaders in the last few years we've seen the former president of. being in prison. and then there is. the mayor of the car and we supposedly also be seeing corruption charges he says this is politically motivated now we spoke to this person of the government and the representative of the ruling party and this is what he had to say. the president sound is a real democrat he's results of the election was simple can you did he's ambition is not to be the only can you that democracy has gone through to a successful and peaceful transitions currently we are heading to the polls with a party with a great record and the weak a position in difficulty. this is the first time that the govern

before sarkozy since it is now in the hands of israel's attorney general i mendel believed to make a final decision on the indictment or we spoke to or through a senior editor of the real news much blumenthal who told us that binyamin netanyahu policy reminds him of the us president. netanyahu is opposed by that kind of metropolitan middle class very similar situation to what donald trump faces in the u.s. and netanyahu is tape taken trump in tactics of accusing his opponents of fake news he struck a very confident tone tonight he is the most sophisticated political animal in israeli political history he's going to fight this and you know if you talk to the man in the street in israel although netanyahu is historic unpopular by historic standards he remains the most popular figure in israeli politics today. former u.s. president barack obama has reportedly received a letter containing an all night ten to five white powdery substance and he's not the only high profile figure to receive a suspicious letter over the past number of days with more here than. now the incident took place at