of nicholas sarkozy. ultimately, they agreed to put the name change down to a vote. we said earlier it is going to be on thursday and friday for the big ump congress. what is interesting in all of this is that in a recent poll a majority of french people are opposed to the name change. you have 73% of the french who are opposed to it, and more than half the french people feel that they republicans is a name that sounds too american, not representative enough of french values. beyond the legal battle, it seems sarkozy's branch to -- sarkozy's attempt to rebrand has caused delusion divisions. they will launch an appeal and go on with this vote with the party supporters, and it will be interesting to look at the results. for the time being, it appears it is a 50/50 within the party for this name change. will the ump be called the republicans? we will know very soon. genie: you will be here to tell us more about that later. let's take a look at eurovision winner, who made a victorious trip back to sweden, the

if they reject the barehand -- the brand, it could be a blow for nicholas sarkozy. annette: returning to his swedish hometown after winning the eurovision contest he was met by scores of jubilance. his song won the competition on saturday night, watched by 200 million people across the world. >> we are the heroes ♪ annette: a very happy musician there. a reminder of what is making news. the battle for ramadi now launching an operation to drive the islamic state organization out of anbar province. this comes as allies are targeting fighters within another round of vader strikes. also the close trial of journalist accused of iranian authorities gets underway only to be adjourned several hours later. and five rockets have been fired from the gaza strip landing in southern israel. it is time now for a look at the business news. markus karlsson is with us. we are starting with greece. markus: we have seen a fresh concern regarding greece's finances. the country faces a 300 million euro repayment to the imf next week and it is not clear whether or not greece will be able

away from the party congress nicholas sarkozy's fellow citizens are citizens are less enthusiastic to laying the claim to the name republicans. >> i don't like it at all. it's not for everybody not just for one party. >> the french are republicans. sarkozy is trying to cash in on that. >> sarkozy was the star at the party congress but he still needs to win his party's nomination to be their candidate for presidency, and he can't take that for granted. jacky rowland al jazeera, paris paris. >> human rights activists who was on hunger strike in an egyptian prison is heading to washington, d.c. after the u.s. secured his release. he washe is a citizen of the u.s. and egypt was arrested when police came for his father. >>> bb king's death earlier this month ended a chapter in blues music, and with the genre's biggest names now dead, it is hoped that they'll be able to keep the music alive. we have reports from mississippi. >> on his front porch strumming his guitar, his vocal chords in full throttle. leo bud welsh is in his element. he plays a unique strand of blues that is steeped in his

host: france has acquitted a former ally of nicholas sarkozy on charges of swindling millions of euros from france's richest woman. the judge has handed down a three-year jail sentence to a famed photographer in one of the longest-running scandals. reporter: the trials of the ultra rich. lillian betancourt is worth an estimated 66 billion euros. she is at the middle of a soap opera. the now 92-year-old only daughter sued a friend of her mothers's. but artist and photographer, he maintained that betancourt was just being generous with your gifts including over 400 million euros in bequests over four years. the rifle prerogative of a wealthy woman or the manipulation of a frail one? a court did roll that he did take advantage of betancourt and he was sentenced to three years in prison. the judicial investigation uncovered other scandals and questionable relations with her notary one of the implicated was eric worth, the once finance minister who is accused of taking cash envelopes to find nicholas sarkozy's campaign. the former president was questioned but let off for lack of evidence. h

she blames the socialist government, nicholas sarkozy the ump party, for the chaos. she called for the end of immigration. she said that france should follow the australian example of turning away all migrant boats and sending them back from where they came from. that's what she said, marine le pen, who also said these migrants are lured by the french social model and that these migrants are only here to get french aid money and that the french people are suffering as a consequence. she said the only way to put an end to terrorism is to close friends's borders. >> france has the right to know who is living on its territory. we have to re-examine conditions for accepting refugees to avert infiltration. we have to deport any french citizen who supports islamic state. any person with double citizenship who joins the jihad will lose his french nationality. those who return will be tried for their crime. molly: there is the party leader speaking, addressing supporters. i understand there were reports of several incidents in today's rally. tell us about them, clovis. clovi

they can bury them to nicholas sarkozy and jacque chirac. the editorial talks about an alliance between opposites, but the values between saudi arabia and france are so different from our democratic and secular values. five people were executed yesterday for stealing in saudi arabia. it is completely different from our system and the editorial warns that any push for alliance is risky. genie: and another accuses him of only putting france's business interests first. flo: that is right, this would be the pro-business paper. it is interesting to keep that in mind. they call him francois hollande of arabia. saudi arabia is not only a country that is committed against women, christians minorities etc., is also a regime that is spreading a radical and old-fashioned form of islam. this is a similar feeling i pulled out of another article that is critical of francois hollande the says he is becoming the best friend of the godfathers of jihadism and there is a fundamental contradiction here. on the one hand, france one -- francois hollande is fighti