and that is over particularly because even if the party adores nicholas sarkozy, the kind of charismaticolitical leader that commands this kind of control, within the country, there is no way you can have a president with such a judicial case behind him. reporter: as president sarkozy projected an image of the tough talking conservative with a taste for luxury, now has become the first former french president to be handed a jail term. and with at least two more corruption trials expected, it is clear that sarkozy's legal problems are far from over. anchor: time for a short break. when we come back, still missing. the fate of 317 schoolgirls kidnapped in northern nigeria remains unknown. the philippines rolls out its covid-19 vaccination program. many don't trust the offer. more on that. stay with us. ♪ anchor: welcome back. a quick recap of our top stories. the biden administration is defending its decision to not apply sanctions on the saudi crown prince for the killing of jamal khashoggi. a re-rate -- it reiterated to fix the relationship. the united nations secretary general says he i

the former president of france, nicholas sarkozy, has been found guilty of corruption.istrate a job in monaco in return for information about a separate corruption investigation. sarkozy — who is 66 — was sentenced to three years prison, two of them suspended. lucy williamson reports from paris. he really saw the two sides of his image today, as he walks to the courtroom the police standing outside stood to attention and saluted him. just a few minutes later he was getting a dressing down from thejudge as later he was getting a dressing down from the judge as she convicted him of corruption and influence peddling. more surprising than that, perhaps is that this case would never have come to trial were it not for another inquiry that was taking place seven years ago. the police had tapped a phone line that saw him use to speak to his lawyer and they overheard the two men discussing a plan to bribe the judge in overheard the two men discussing a plan to bribe thejudge in return for information about yet another investigation. his lawyer said today he would appeal the verd

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nicholas sarkozy is found guilty of corruption. he has been sentenced to three years in jail.e has appealed and is facing at least two other cases. armenia's prime minister says he is ready to call a snap election to end his country deepening crisis. he has been under pressure from the opposition to step down. the handling of the conflict with azerbaijan over the region. those were the headlines of the news continues here on al jazeera after inside story. stay tuned. thanks for watching. bye for now. ♪ ♪ anchor: donald trump once again shows his dominance of the republican party. in his first speech since leaving office of the high profile conservative gathering. where does that leave the republican party and will he make a comeback in 2024? this is "inside story." ♪ anchor: hello. welcome to the show. i'm sammy's a den. the conservative political acnktion conference is usually n indicator of where the u.s.-republican party is headed. at this year's gathering in florida, there was only one man who stole the spotlight. former president donald trump. in his first major speech si

the former president of france, nicholas sarkozy, has been found guilty of corruption.in return for information about a separate corruption investigation. lucy williamson reports from paris. you really saw the two sides of his image today, as he walks to the courtroom the police standing outside stood to attention and saluted him. just a few minutes later he was getting a dressing down from the judge as she convicted him of corruption and influence peddling. more surprising than that, perhaps is that this case would never have come to trial were it not for another inquiry that was taking place seven years ago. the police had tapped a phone line that saw him use to speak to his lawyer and they overheard the two men discussing a plan to bribe thejudge in return for information about yet another investigation. his lawyer said today he would appeal the verdict, sometimes she says it takes a long time to get to the truth. in australia, specially—trained "covid detection dogs" could soon be sniffing out coronavirus in infected people. dogs' acute sense of smell is already use

the former president of france, nicholas sarkozy, has been found guilty of corruption.t he offered a magistrate a job in monaco in return for information about a separate corruption investigation. sarkozy, who is 66, was sentenced to three years prison, two of them suspended. lucy williamson reports from paris. nicolas sarkozy arrived at court today a former president, right up to the salute outside the court room doors. once inside, the president turned defendant. no salutes from the judge, just a dressing down and a guilty verdict. corruption and influence peddling. for him, his former lawyer, and the judge they tried to bribe. thejudge said that mr sarkozy had known what he was doing was wrong and spoke of a dark veil hanging over his lawyer's ethical responsibilities. years after mr sarkozy left office, his time as president of france continues to generate headlines. mr sarkozy�*s time in office has prompted several investigations. this trial was the result of an enquiry into campaign financing in which a police phone tap recorded him and his lawyer discussing plans

the former president of france, nicholas sarkozy, has been found guilty of corruption.b in monaco, in return for information about a separate corruption investigation. he's been sentenced to three years in prison, two of them suspended. lucy williamson reports from paris. nicolas sarkozy arrived at court today a former president, right up to the salute outside the court room doors. once inside, the president turned defendant. no salutes from the judge, just a dressing down and a guilty verdict. corruption and influence peddling. for him, his former lawyer, and the judge they tried to bribe. the judge said that mr sarkozy had known what he was doing was wrong and spoke of a dark veil hanging over his lawyer's ethical responsibilities. years after mr sarkozy left office, his time as president of france continues to generate headlines. mr sarkozy�*s time in office has prompted several investigations. this trial was the result of an enquiry into campaign financing in which a police phone tap recorded him and his lawyer discussing plans to bribe a judge, in return for inform

nicholas sarkozy has been convicted of bribing a judge after leaving office.e phillip has been transferred to a second hospital in london for tests for a heart condition. the 99—year—old duke has been in hospital for 13 days. let's begin with the latest on kovac smack. covax is a global scheme to get coronavirus vaccines to poorer countries — and it's underway. this is the president of ghana, who's become the world's first recipient of a jab delivered via covax. he received the oxford astrazeneca vaccine. and the ambition of the world health organization is that covax will deliver more than two billion doses by the end of this year, and that 92 lower income countries will receive vaccines, as well as 98 wealthier countries. covax vaccinations are also under way in neighbouring ivory coast. the bbc�*s lalla see is in abidjan. today, ivorians are among the first africans to get vaccinated against covid—19. so the government has made it a big, big event. it's happening in one of the biggest sports arena of abidjan. the government has also used a lot of communicat

nicholas harking al-jazeera. the former french president nicolas sarkozy has been found guilty of corruption isn't sentenced to 3 years in jail although 2 years were suspended and if the conviction is upheld on appeal he may serve his sentence under house arrest but as natasha butler reports from paris it's made a political comeback unlikely nicolas sarkozy arrived at courts in paris for the verdict in his trial a judge found the former french president guilty of corruption and influence peddling he was given a 3 year jail sentence with 2 years suspended he left the call to that comment but it's always later said that he would appeal so cozy was convicted of trying to influence a magistrate in 2014 to obtain information about another legal case against him during the trial he denied the accusations but the judge said that sarkozy and his 2 kohak used knew exactly what they would doing the judge told the court he took advantage of his status and the relationships he had made since being voted out of office in 2012 sarkozy has sought. political comeback even ran for the presidency again in 2017 but the guilty verd

corruption and sentenced to prison although it is unlikely sarkozy will ever spend time behind bars beyond his home we have this report. nicholas a cozy a convicted man a spectacular fall from grace for the former president once the most powerful man in france. the court heard how so cozy told his lawyer to offer magistrates a cushy job and exchange for information about an inquiry into his campaign finances just found him guilty of corruption and handed down a 3 year custodial sentence to prosecution such a verdict was never in doubt. so i did. it would have been impossible to have and of a decision he. promotes citizens should be reassured rivera no double standards in france and that you just show every is independent that he's even more different of in a post on instagram sarkozy's wife called the verdict unfounded and unjustified and said her husband was determined to clear his name the verdict is a blow to sarkozy's plans to relaunch his political career and it puts him on the back foot before he's jew in court again next week on separate charges that he overspent in his failed 2012 we election bid. but it's unlikely the

corruption and sentenced to prison although it is unlikely sarkozy will ever spend time behind bars beyond his home we have this report. nicholas a cosy lives caught a convicted man a spectacular fall from grace for the former president once the most powerful man in france. the court heard how so cozy told his lawyer to offer magistrates a cushy job in exchange for information about an inquiry into his campaign finances just found him guilty of corruption and handed down a 3 year custodial sentence to prosecution such a verdict was never in doubt. so i did. it would have been impossible to have an of a decision he. citizens should be reassured rivera know double standards in france and that you just show every is independent of he's. in a post on instagram sarkozy's wife called the verdict unfounded and unjustified and that her husband was determined to clear his name the verdict is a blow to sarkozy's plans to relaunch his political career and it puts him on the back foot before he's jew in court again next week on separate charges that he overspent in his failed 2012 reelection bid. but it's unlikely the former president will