manuel valls is married to violinist and grab one -- violinist anne gravoin. government ministers were quick to condemn the comments, among them the education minister, who accused him of nursing anti-semitism. staying in france, five out of six plaintiffs in a high prostitution -- high-profile prosecution trial have dropped their executions -- their accusations against dominique strauss-kahn. he argues he did not know the women participating in the sex parties he attended were prostitutes. this increases the chances that he will be acquitted. the leaders of france and germany say they are concerned about a cease-fire in eastern ukraine. there have been reports of shelling. close to the government held town. both sides refusing to withdraw heavy weapons from the region as outlined in the minsk agreement. >> the separatist flight has been flying over donetsk since pro-russian forces seized the strategic location. despite a cease-fire coming into effect on sunday, the fighting and shelling continued. separatists showed journalists these scenes of devastation, bl