mr. 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

mr. sarkozy himself has been questioned. 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. there

mr. sarkozy. what is the significance of a win for his party?reg: 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 a