le pen and her father. that is the platform from which marine le pen is expected to be speaking from soon. this is critical for marine le pen, isn't it? >> yes, it will show where the party goes in the coming months. >> and we lost you, christian. we lost the picture, we lost christian. just try christian again. i don't know if you can hear us now, christian. i don't know if you can hear me. christian, last try. can you hear me now? i hope the rally goes more smoothly than our correspondence in the last moment or two. but it is a key moment for her, isn't it? >> yes, of course. she took 6.5 million votes in the first round of this election. you can see the flags of the national front waving here. some of her critics saying they are waiting for the lady to sing or words to that effect. what she says will affect the president. if she endorses him, this may help him. he's trailing in the polls. i think it is more likely here hell she will tell the people here to abstain. she wants to throw off the right wing o

seeing what a firm marine le pen -- sitting in whatever marine le pen is setting. -- saying. >> in the event, marine le pen refused to endorse either candidate. >> i do not trust either of the candidates. one wants the right to when, the other the left. they have both contributed to failure over the years. sunday, i will cast a blank vote. >> across the city, a huge crowd turned out for president sarkozy. he turned his fire on the unions and the left, saying they stood in the way of change. >> look at what is going not in countries that do not make the necessary changes. look at what is happening in greece, in spain. nobody wants to see that in its france. >> his opponent, francois hollande, remains ahead in the polls. >> to make the danger of immigration,no. the main issue is unemployment. he has promised to make growth rather than austerity his party. tomorrow night, there will be the only face-to-face television debate between the candidates. perhaps his last chance to reduce francois hollande's lead. >> back not to the story we have been learning about president obama. the attacks

today, his chances for reelection were dealt a blow by the leader of the far right, marine le pen. she drew more than 6 million votes in the first round, but she said she will not vote for mr. sarkozy or his opponent in the final round on sunday. we report from paris. >> the french far right leader is at the center of attention. in at the first round of elections, over 6 million people voted for her. she had promised that on a day she would advise her supporters had to vote on sunday's decisive round. whether to back president sarkozy or the socialist candidate, francois hollande. president sarkozy will need many of these votes from the far right if he is to make it into the palace for a second term. in recent days, he has been seen sang several things normally associated with the far right. despite his frequent attacks on immigration, these voters aren't convinced. >> he has the same attitude had five years ago. he is saying whatever marine le pen is saying to have our votes. >> this woman had voted for president sarkozy in the past but said he had failed to live up to his promise

marine le pen did not support either candidate. oshe has no interest in during the president in lifeline, some say, it does not suit her ambitions. >> she wants to demolish the classic center-right of france and rebuild a hard right in its place that would be more powerful. >> rural france was built on traditional industries and all have taken a battering. they long for the old certainties here. anger is the theme of the election and a stalled is a close second. >> national and regional papers, this one that is the leftist, along this debate in modern history since the beginning of the fifth republic. the paper says hollande commanded sarkozy last night and kept him on the defensive. not so in this right leaning newspaper, high tension. and the editorial, the ancients and the modern, it's their interpretation that mr. sarkozy is the future and that hollande is the old-style socialist who will not be good for the economy. and this other paper really sums it up and to abide sized chunk. here it says, it is never your fault, mr. presi

in times that are bad, they rise and jean-marie le pen, and now ma rein -- marine le pen is doing well in these times. >> this weekend is parliamentary elections. >> yes. and drawing the comparisons between france and greece. you heard from christian about the anger other the austerity measures and unemployment. that's also what's driving the rejection of main stream politicians here. the political parties that have dominated over the last four decades, i think will take a pretty big hammering in favor of smaller anti-austerity parties. although as marine will he pen risen in france, here anti-immigrant far right party scored not just 2.9% of the vote in 2009. now enters parliament scoring well other 5%. over the threshold here, so specific trends you can see here in greece and france and in the netherlands and denmark as well, which have seen a rise in the far right. but the anger over the austerity is drawing out people in the streets here. >> are we seeing a backlash or alternative? >> a backlash. terms of whether there's a credible alternative, that's difficult to know simply becau

a blank ballot. >> he would need to get 60%-70% of these voters, also the same of le pen voters. >> on saturday, there will be no campaigning. just the preparations for the big day. already, the anticipation is building for a close finish. almost 1/5 of the french electorate has yet to make its choice. just to give an example of how angry this debate has been, let me show you the front page of "le monde" newspaper. it shows these boxers in the ring after the end of a bruising round. the idea in this newspaper that the campaign has been backward- looking. it has not told us about where france fits in the modern world. it has been introspective. it focused on immigration, globalization, unemployment, without looking outward. that is what these candidates will need to address in the future, whichever one is elected. >> and other news, it has been another day of violence in cairo where security forces clashed with protesters. police used teargas and water cannons to drive back hundreds of stone-throwing protesters. the violence erupted after protesters ignored warnings not to approach t

before the size of round on sunday but the fight is getting tougher as right wing leader of marine le pen refuses to endorse either candidate. it's exactly three decades after the urgent time cruiser general belgrano was sunk in the first major british attack of the focus war and next we sit down with historian and author hugo chana to discuss whether the conflict was worth it. it's now thirty years since the war between britain and argentina over the falkland islands but like the islands themselves the accounts of that war and the reasons for it are still hotly disputed to talk more about this i'm joined by hugh ritson oh a historian and author of races age the unofficial history of that war he thanks for speaking to r.t. during the period known as the dirty war the buildup to the invasion of the falklands you were actually working in argentina as a british intelligence officer how much to the british government know about what was going on in argentina at that time everything mass murder disappearances. corruption. gosh i mean the dirty war you just named them in the only two people who

alond who's currently leading the polls they're fighting for the votes of dry when leader marine le pen ho herself has refused to endorse sarkozy and suggested her supporters make their own choice and that won't be an easy one as has her so you now reports so it's down to two men socialist francois long and incumbent nicolas sarkozy the french say around one of the presidential race is about choosing the candidate you like the most round two is voting for the one you dislike the least unless of course you voted for one of them to begin with but this is where it gets tricky for some especially for those who question what kind of power or if there really is one. or. maybe in jest but what's seen as a lack of a clear solution for france's economic woes have left citizens skeptical from the onset. of the french people to hue one of the two come to do. this the most productive the next five. i will see the wall. and i will i would like to see for all in this wall in this in this. especially when francis economic quagmire is already a tough one to muddle through unemployment is at a twelve ye

presidential candidates sought to use may day as a chance to rally support but rivaling leader marine le pen refused to give cultural backing to either president sarkozy or his socialist rival who faced each other and iran off this weekend for the top job in spain trade union activists marched against a record e.u. unemployment rate of twenty five percent as a country suffers a double dip recession while worst hit greece saw crowds massive outside parliament in athens with some protesters calling for revolt started to flare goodfellow leader believes the economic troubles in europe spell a larger political crisis. the problem with the euro zone idea and the european community it's a never been a democratic ideal whenever the european constitution has been up for a vote its has lost in every referendum popular referendum that's been out there and now you are having the problem of this economic crisis which is becoming worse and worse what you have is the european union and the european central bank demanding that the national governments cut spending and go into these austerity programs rathe

le pen said they should go with their conscience. my feeling is that many will decide to abstain. a> in some ways, it's european issue. >> very much so. george, in this part of france, you get a reflection of some of the concerns of other european countries. we're in the deep south and we are close to italy. i told you about the traditions. they feel their traditions are threatened. when you look at the mass of france, the fm did well in the east of the country. also near the borders. you can make what you will about that. people feel their lives are under threat. they do not feel that it is creating a better quality of life. earlier i said -- if this vote is about anger, it is also about nostalgia. they told people what france used to be like. they show them what it is like under globalization and europe. that's not a picture people like. >> thank you very much. thank you. egypt's in military council says it will hand over to civilian rule by the end of next month, despite the death of at least 20 protestors on wednesday. it said it deeply regretted the killings. it is not clear

he received a blow on monday when marie le pen refuse to endorse him. >> dominique strauss-kahn may face charges after rolf. the judge refused to reject the charges on the basis of diplomatic immunity. >> the new york state prosecutors dropped the criminal case last august, saying they had doubts about the plaintiff's credibility. >> the u.n. secretary-general has held his very first face-to- face talks with burma's opposition leader aung san suu kyi. >> this is the latest of top- level diplomatic visits to the country. >> this meeting shows how things have changed in burma. on his last visit in 2009, ban ki-moon was denied access to aung san suu kyi, who was under house arrest. now she is poised to take a seat in burma's parliament. suu kyi relented on her position, drawing praise from ban. >> we have differences on some issues, this flexibility is for the greater cause of people. and this is what she has done. >> suu kyi insists her concession is not a setback. her party will continue to push for changes to the constitution which grants the military excessive powers. >> we have always

socialist will confront merckle on expansive policy, in the june elections the big winner will be marine le pen and the national front, because sarkozy will be gone. >> and the euro zone is in peril. >> judging by obama campaign ads already running in virginia, obama is going to aggressively frame mitt romney's job creation and a sending jobs overseas. >> tim? >> richard lugar's career will end on tuesday, he will lose his republican primary in indiana to richard murdoch, the treasurer, and murdoch i think will win the general election also. >> mort? >> the very weak employment numbers that just came out really now tell you that we're going to have a very weak summer in terms of the economy. still going to be an even larger issue on i think we'll see unemployment really, really be hurt. >> newt gingrich will be offered a job but with mitt romney's administration and newt will accept the position. cinco de mayo! bye-bye!

among working-class voters, le pen is winning the argument. the rhetoric was steeped in history. in the end, she offered no endorsement for either candidate. mr. sarkozy would be able to win if points were awarded for stagecraft. however, they're not. he has been questioned on immigration, labor, and economy. today, hollande made decision to stay away from labor day. he said it was a day for the workers, not the politicians. perhaps, it is of the coffin is that he holds in the polls. tomorrow, this is the only time that the case will go head-to- head in this election. mr. sarkozy needs a career best performance. without it, his presidency has just days to run. moste of britain's advanced warships is well on her way to the falkland islands. it is the first of the royal navy's latest high-tech type 45 destroyers to be sent to the south atlantic. this comes as the same time as rising tensions with argentina. we have been given exclusive to the warship as it makes this journey south. >> it is one of the largest and most powerful warships. it is on his long journey to the other side o

voters before the decisive round on sunday the fight is getting tougher as rivaling leader marine le pen refuses to endorse either candidate. as we have lines next it's a songe time here on our t.v. with his explosive show the world famous whistleblower talks to the new president of tunisia who says securing human rights in the country is his stop for a already. i'm julian assange. that is true of wiki leaks expose the world secrets these documents belong united states government been attacked by the powerful united states strongly condemn it said quote after quote people illegally shoot five hundred days now i've been detained without charge but that hasn't stopped us. today we're on a quest for revolutionary ideas that can change the world tomorrow. during the last year the middle east has been shaken by rebel movements in tunisia is the country where it all started. today i talked to the first president of the new tunisia months if you keep a medical doctor and human rights activists by training my zuki he's cut from a very different cloth to his plan point and corrupt predecessor bee

but the fight is getting tougher as right wing leader marine le pen refuses to endorse either candidate. well next to him here in r t with his explosive show the world famous whistleblower talks to the new president of tunisia securing human rights in the country is his top priority. it is true of wiki leaks expose the world secrets the united states government being attacked by the powerful united states strongly condemn going after what people illegally should five hundred days now being detained without charge but that hasn't stopped us. today. revolutionary ideas that can change the world tomorrow. during the last year the middle east has been shaken by rebel movements in tunisia is the country where it all started. today i talked to the first president of the new tunisia. keep a medical doctor and human rights activist by training my zuki is cut from a very different cloth to his plan boyington corrupt predecessor bin alley. and imprisoned under the bin ali regime he is considered to have the greatest moral authority of all arab leaders but i wonder how long can it last the transfo

before the decisive round on sunday but the fight is getting tougher as right wing leader marine le pen. he uses to endorse either candidate. we are now turning to the world of sports and you didn't hear good morning to you well i the tragedy once again hits the professional sporting world yemen a seems i'm talking with things like this much too often a twenty six year old norway swimming champion a world champion who so the big silver medalist has died aged as i said just twenty six more in that story coming up we're going on the rest of the sport as well. plenty ahead over the next ten minutes including. in charge roy hodgson is named the new english football manager on the four year deal will remain in charge of the final two games of the premier league season. middleweight world champion to be key for all defenses. or foolhardy the austrian alps. one of the most challenging extreme really races in the world with. testing the best. named as the country's new manager for the upcoming four years the sixty four year old will remain in charge of the bodies for the last couple of premier

before the decisive round on sunday but the fight is getting tougher as right wing leader marine le pen refuses to endorse either candidate. but israel on the defensive the country deploys troops in the south and north fearing an escalation of turmoil in syria and attacks from. ok back with more in about quarter an hour from now and the sports. thanks for joining us this is sports of a plenty ahead of the next ten minutes including these stories and. the man in charge roy hodgson is named as the new english football manager on a four year deal with me in. the final two games of the premier league season. going the distance christian middle with world champion to me puke hurled the fences in moscow seeing all the japanese challenger. on. the austrian alps host to one of the most varied and challenging stream relay races in the world with nine events in all testing the best the best. full first ending then west brom boss roy hodgson named as the country's new manager for the next four years the sixty four year old will remain in charge of the baggies for the last couple of premier league

france it is election time and the far right national front are rally supporters would lead a marine le pen addressing crowds should earlier laid a wreath at the statue of joan of arc demonstrators are heading to the parliament building in athens as well which has now become a traditional protest site in the e.u. country a worst hit by the economic crisis. now as we heard earlier here on r.t. the occupy wall street movement is planning a general strike across america to protest against what it calls the corrupt global economic system and corporate injustice organizers are billing the event as a spring comeback since the group's encampments in the u.s. and beyond but dismantled by police last week last winter activists in london say that for the meantime though the movement it's only getting stronger. we have to do something about this unsustainable system and this is the movement for us to do that we are questioning what we see is a political system that seems to be working just with profits before people. intertwined with the corporations we also question the idea of regulated bodies being

seven percent or whatever there is still the question of who are the voters that have voted for money le pen of the national front or centuries from where they go to choose for this round also the question of how many people in total at the end of the day will come out and cast their ballots now there's one on lawn who was presenting himself as a president who's going to unite france's cycles he for his part is saying he is a president with a strong leadership scale but a lot has been supported by this a wide ante a stared the sentiment sweeping much of europe with ten e.u. governments already swept from power since the crisis had started let's get a bit more analysis on what's going on now from my nabila ramdani she's a journalist as well as political analyst thank you very much for joining us today now if the law and it does win which the polls say he's favored to win he says the first thing is going to do is talk to angela merkel what is your. reading on the impact this will have on europe yes indeedy will have a huge impact indeed because as we know fossil along has a completely differen

month in france where in paris the far right national front rallied supporters with leader marine le pen addressing crowds i should earlier laid a wreath at the statue of joan of arc tens of thousands also expected to march across europe which is going through a tough economic crisis coupled with crippling austerity crowds are heading to the parliament building for now in athens which become a traditional protest site in the e.u. country worst hit by the ongoing economic crisis. and as we heard earlier here on r.t. the occupy wall street movement is planning a general strike across the u.s. in order to protest against what it says is the corrupt global economic system and corporate injustice organizers are billing the event as a spring comeback since the group's incompetence in the u.s. and beyond were dismantled by police last winter but activists in london say the movement is only gaining force. we have to do something about this unsustainable system and this is the movement for us to do that we are questioning what we see is a political system that seems to be working just with profit

voters before a decisive round on sunday but the fight is getting tougher as right wing leader marine le pen refuses to enter.

sway voters at the last minute they're trying to scoop up supporters of a far right leader marine le pen who's refusing to endorse either of them but it's a hobson's choice for weary french voters as artie's tests are cilia explaining to you. so it's down to two men socialist francois long and incumbent nicolas sarkozy and the french say round one of the presidential race is about choosing the candidate you like the most round to. two is voting for the one you dislike the least unless of course you voted for one of them to begin with but this is where it gets tricky for some especially for those who question what kind of a. bill really is one. that yeah yeah yeah. it may be in jest but what's seen as a lack of a clear solution for france's economic woes have left citizens skeptical from the onset. of the french people to see one of the two come to the t.v. you will see on say. this in my approach that the next five. i will see the wall in this. and i will i would like to see for all in this wall in this in this. especially when france is economic quagmire is already a tough one to muddle

before the size of round on sunday of the five weeks is getting tougher as right wing leader marine le pen's refuses to endorse either candidate. as we have lines here in our team sports next with you know. thanks for joining us this is sports of a plenty ahead of the next ten minutes including these stories and. the man in charge roy hodgson is named as the new english football manager on a four year deal with me in. the final two games of the premier league season. going the distance russian middle with world champion to me hurled the fences in moscow seeing all japanese challenger. or foolhardy be austrian host to one of the most varied and challenging stream relay races in the world in all testing the best. full first sending them to west brom boss roy hodgson named as the country's new manager for the next four years the sixty four year old will remain in charge of the baggies for the last couple of premier league matches this season but they've agreed to release him from his contract early ahead of euro twenty twelve touch and immediately confirming that england squad for the european

national front the extreme the far right party saw unprecedented support with their candidate marine le pen and there was and then and for the first time and greece the far right party the neo nazi party is expected to for the first time gain seats in parliament so do you see this trend as significant and gaining steam well you know one hundred percent and i was going to say in france they're going to be in parliament for the first time i think since one thousand eighty four ninety six so you know in both places they're going to have. representation the far right and really would have boils down to is that you know the e.u. is the superstructure on top of national sovereignty saying that we're to strip you of your national sovereignty and we do it in such a way that it's so obvious that you don't have any rights you are going to be billed out and i have to go on undergo austerity use you know twenty five percent unemployment and we're going to give you even more austerity those are the kinds of things that lead to a nationalist type of response is just a natural thing what i do want to get