prime minister naoto kan in france to attend the group of eight summit met with french president nicolas sarkozy on wednesday. sarkozy expressed respect for how japanese people behaved in the wake of the march 11th earthquake and tsunami and said full french support would continue. the french president then proposed strategic dialogue to strengthen bilateral ties. the talks revealed a difference in views on energy policy. kan says he wants to boost the ratio of solar power and other renewable energies while continuing to use nuclear power, though with stronger safety measures. sarkozy replied that it is not a question of choosing one out of two options. nuclear power or not nuclear power. but he agreed that heightening the safety of nuclear plants is important. >>> in europe the position on nuclear energy is divided. while germany has taken steps away from nuclear power, france remains optimistic about the potential. [ speaking in a foreign language ] >>> president nicolas sarkozy stressed that france will continue using nuclear power as the best choice even after the incident at the fukushima p

he was considered the be chan of beating nicolas sarkozy in next year's elections. zy's campaign to get a lift with the news that his wife is expecting the couple's first child. sir cozy -- it ended -- nicolas sarkozy's father ended speculation, telling a german newspaper that he is looking forward to having a grandchild. >> stay with us for "in depth. >> welcome back. airstrikes in libya from nato include bombing tgets in the capital of tripoli, but there's little sign of the libyan letter giving up power. fighting is also reported from several towns with rebels and clashing with forces loyal to get off the good of the libyan opposition that up a base in the eastern city of benghazi. the the transitional national council is using it as the capital of the interim government. our reporters are in the city and said the people there remain determined and defiant. >> everything must go, they chant, as they held up pictures of their loved ones killed in the conflict. these women are out on the streets of benghazi every day. they are refugees from misurata. they managed to

he was considered the best chance of beating nicolas sarkozy in next year's elections. zy's campaign to get a lift with the news that his wife is expecting the couple's first child. sir cozy -- it ended -- nicolas sarkozy's father ended speculation, telling a german newspaper that he is looking forward to having a grandchild. >> stay with us for "in depth" where we will be looking at the conflict in libya. ♪ >> how will we live in the future? how will we communicate? get from point a to point b? retreat diseases? leading scientists are looking for answers to the most pressing issues of the future. future now, innovations shaping tomorrow. our series in at tomorrow today, on dw-tv, and on the internet. >> talking germany. the guest on the program on june 6 is well -- is deutsche welle's director general. you can get involved. what do you think of our programs? >> send us your questions and ideas and and put to www.dw- world.de. >> welcome back. airstrikes in libya from nato include bombing targets in the capital of tripoli, but there's little sign of the libyan letter giv

and now, strangely, we have nicolas sarkozy, who strikes as a presidential figure in contrast.here is another who has made momentum against the french elite. you could get a nightmare scenario of going through the second round of the president elections. just imagine. >> thank you both very much indeed. >> what would you give your right arm for, or your left? a viennese surgeon has amputated arms to replace them with bionic versions. here is neil. >> this is milo. he lost the use of his right arm in a motor bike accident a decade ago. surgery brought back some movement, but his hand still has no function. so frustrated is milo with his withered hand, that he has now opted for a radical solution, elective amputation in favor of a prosthetic hand. >> i lived 10 years with this hand, and it cannot be better. the only way is to cut this down and i get a new arm. >> the procedure is offered by this man. he calls the work bionic reconstruction. >> when you see patients like this, and they have a history of like 10 years, and you see the hand function is non-sufficient for him. but at

obama and to meet you had made it within the hour like i said president medvedev sat down with nicolas sarkozy and france is a very important player these days it's certainly being assumed that they spoke about the situation in libya like i said very different views hopefully we'll hear more from them throughout the day but france again a major player and this year some of the theme is new world new ideas and that is certainly the case when it comes to france's position on the world stage. the g. eight has gone full circle the last time the summit was held in france eight years ago the agenda looked almost the same. war the economy and somewhere in the middle eighty. africa on the table then iraq and boosting the euro now it's libya and saving the euro. two thousand and three france had a very different stance on global politics then it was staunchly opposed to the u.s. invasion of iraq french fries quickly became freedom fries after france u.s. relations soured despite summit smiles but with a new french president came a new friend circle as he has rejected entirely the possibility of friends

it was thrown out of the picture in french politics does this give an edge to nicolas sarkozy yes it does because royale as we know it doesn't have much of a chance and she's proved they were her weakness and it's like that virtually in every country by the way and which they call it democracies you have these two parties that you know they they change positions back and forth it's kind of like here in the states you know having the presidential battle coming up in two thousand and twelve what kind of battle will it be so yes are cozies chances even though he's way down in the polls will be improved by the absence if he is that of the strauss kahn all right thanks for a comment charles holland a director of the trans research institute. finished journalist believed to be the organizer of an internet mouthpiece for russia's most wanted terrorist has walked free. has nothing to do with his possible links to terrorism he was accused of smuggling chechens into fenlon which officials later called a humanitarian action human rights activists believe authorities turn a blind eye the stories

nicolas sarkozy, the current president, faces re-election next year. he is deeply unpopular. and dominique strauss-khan was certain to win the socialist nomination and almost certain to defeat nicolas sarkozy. whatever happens with this case, that is over now. and the people of france realize it. so, there's very, very mixed and confused feelings here. a lot of empathy for the woman, the alleged victim. a lot of -- a lot of questions being asked. if this man's past has been known, if these accusations that he's been a sexual predator have been going on for years, why did it take the american justice system to finally catch up with him? >> as you said, an earthquake in french politics. jeffrey kofman reporting, live on the phone for us this morning from paris. thank you for that. >>> we'll have the latest, as well as expert analysis on the developing story, later today on "good morning america." >>> relations between the united states and pakistan are looking up a little today. pakistan is expected to give back the parts of that top-secret u.s. helicopter that were left behind

to five days of mass protests in the capital tbilisi dozens of those demanding that president nicolas sarkozy's resignation were hospitalized after police used tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse the crowds ahead of a military parade sarah furthur is in the middle of the events. well the independence military parade is going ahead. president sarkozy in a speech that he was talking about freedom of speech the georgian people but that comes on the back of extreme force from his police forces last night as the. protesters gathered at the main parliament square now he also. said he was going to defend the country from external forces and the protesters yesterday didn't want freedom of speech what they wanted was a victim of violence well whatever the case that certainly happened we saw all those silent clashes breaking out the dispersal happening very very quickly indeed also a very sadly some people dying in the violence as a breakout that we were actually seeing throughout the whole of that event as it was happening one of our correspondents actually go ahead by one of the rubber bullets of c

a joint statement from obama and medvedev later today but right now president is meeting with nicolas sarkozy and there we are expecting that topping the talks will of course be the situation in the be of france of course the first country to intervene in the war torn country and it's especially important to sit down and speak with france because france is a country and its position has changed on the global stage is now playing a much bigger world. the g eight has gone full circle the last time the summit was held in france eight years ago the agenda looked almost the same. war the economy and somewhere in the middle aid to africa on the table then iraq and boosting the euro now it's libya and saving the euro. two thousand and three france had a very different stance on global politics then it was staunchly opposed to the u.s. invasion of iraq french fries quickly became freedom fries after france u.s. relations soured despite summit smiles but with the new french president came a new friend sir causing has rejected entirely the path of good friends playing a constructive role in a multi mul

issues james thank you very much for being with us on the program first off french president nicolas sarkozy who's hosting the summit is facing flak at home and abroad for over what's being seen as colonial grandstanding in north africa and the question is will he use the g eight to rally support for the upcoming presidential election. well certainly i think you will do him no harm to be seen as the sort of king of mount statesman when he's hosting the g eight and i think it will be very interesting to see exactly what kind of memoranda come out from it you have to bear in mind most of the work around the g. eight occurs before the actual summit itself it will be of course underground bilateral diplomacy that's unexpected the most agreements will already have been made and i think there are lots of very positive announcements to come out of it he's a v a to tunisia and egypt and supports the g eight and its other institutions that it supports whether the i.m.f. or the world bank will give to these countries in the form of debt relief and loans and what have you so i think that will be the ma

hasn't yet said who it will support, the french president nicolas sarkozy is hoping to security support from the u.s. president barack obama at the two-day summit. and the bric nations have criticized the unwritten rule that the leader must be from europe. the question is whether they can coalesce again a single candidate to represent them. let's look at the european debt crisis. the imf's position is to top up the bailout funds but how are able greece, ireland and portugal to pay back their staggering debt? some are calling for the dealts to be restructured. yesterday, restructuring was described as a horror. there's the u.s. economic policy for the g8 members to get their teeth into. they want to warn that america could default on bonds, social security or medicare. and then, of course, there's a discussion of aid to tunisia and egypt. the leaders of both those countries are at the g8, negotiate with them for aid to help their transition to democracy. nina, there's certainly a lot to get through in the next two days. >> yes, absolutely. especially after obama's visit to the united kin

straus-khan's hopes of challenging nicolas sarkozy for the presidency next spring are dead. cnn will be there chatting with you throughout the day on facebook. >>> now we return to libya. the court's chief prosecutor will announce that gadhafi is wanted for war crimes against humanity in libya. meanwhile, a special u.n. group is asking for a cease-fire. she joins us now live from the libyan capital with more on that. nema. >> well, many say the libyan government has been accused in the past of persistently violating previous cease-fires. as we speak now, reports are reaching us that shell rg continuing in the western mount along the tunisian border. but saying all that, the u.n. envoy here at the invitation of the libyan government, even though he had said to the security council that they would require for a cease-fire to be in place before any negotiations could go ahead. that seems to be in line with what the libyan government is thinking. they say that they are prepared to have impartial independent observers on the ground and have adjabia before then negotiating. throug

but nicolas sarkozy opens the conference on thursday.he imf leadership will also, you can bet, loom large. jim bitterman is live in paris for us today. jim, this conference will kick off, i assume the official agenda is already set. boy, the subject of christine lagarde's potential candidacy for the imf will be high up there, won't it? >> reporter: well, it certainly will. we saw a little bit of sarkozy this morning, he was talk together g20 labor ministers this morning. what starts later in the week in doville is the g8 conference. the labor ministers from the g20 conference are gathered here this morning. sarkozy delivered the opening address, basically urging them to take unemployment and labor concerns, put them more in the forefront about economic concerns. with him was christine lagarde. he said nothing at all about the leadership battle for the imf. christine lagarde is now the front-runner. almost all the european governments, including the netherlands, great britain, germany and others are backing christine lagarde. where she's

the comments came after nicolas sarkozy said paris would consider such a move. after talks with mahmoud abbas, merkel said berlin was skeptical of any unilateral steps towards an independent state. the top and hamas are now working towards the international -- photog and hamas are now working towards the international recognition in september. >> mahmoud abbas flew dict that is s boan made her onea o state.> posed. >> state solution tain pis milar akta b ltoco ild t tilngf irisimrtt r hi oase mm m usen countries would not be abo t bog german economy because investors ha aes cheap loans foinvestmentn consumers are concerned about rising prices. >> negotiatio portugals bailout deal have wrapped up in lisbon. they have announced a total of aid. in return, portugal has to cut spending, reformts labor market, and opentr to more international >> in exchange for financial assistance, portugals creditors are demanding that list and cut deficit down to less than 3% of gdp by 2013. >>th deficit is program to come down by more than 6% in just three years. those three years

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. >> you can say if the talks to unum markell or nicolas sarkozy? -- angela merkel nicolas sarkozy? >> when you look of the features of the compound, the 18-foot walls with barbwire on the top, this was a fact -- a compound that had limited interaction to the best of our knowledge and observation with the surrounding houses. it clearly was different than any other house out there. it had the appearance of sort of a fortress. it raises questions. i think -- we have had some indications that the family that was there tried to remain anonymous and tried not to have interaction. it raises questions about a compound of that size in this area not raising suspicion previously. >> i want to clear something up. the woman that was killed was and he wass wife? using her as a shield? >> she served as a shield. that is my understanding and we're still getting reports of what happened at that particular moment when she fought back and when there is opportunity to give it tobin laden, she was positioned in a way that she was being used as a shield she may have put yourself there or the sun parlor

it was hosted by the french president nicolas sarkozy. he insisted it must be regulated.he forum will be presented at the g8 leaders later this week. our correspondent reports from paris. >> ordinarily, they might have meant in an on-line forum. but this week, the intent industry has come together the old fashioned way to debate the big issues at the highest level of world politics. on the guest list, eric schmidt. the french president acknowledges a huge gap incomprehension between the techies and the policy makers. >> the universe that you represent is not a parallel one, free of the rule of law, free of morals. >> present sarkozy is known for his tough line on internet piracy. the kind of regulation that creates great anxiety within the industry. >> why are you here? >> i think it is a good idea to be present when movement is afoot to take away some of the values that you cherish. >> both sides agree they need to encourage more growth. but this agreement is on how much -- the disagreement is on how much control there should be. the other view is that they would like to

strauss-kahn is accused of attempting nicolas sarkozy.ed of raping a house maid on saturday. richard takes inside the courtroom as the drama played out today. >> reporter: just minutes after other defendants faced charges on drug possession, burglary and public you're urination, one of most political clients walked into this courtroom. he was in a glass-enclosed booth talking much of the time with his attorneys almost like he was a suspected war criminal. and then the attorneys went at it with the prosecutor's office. the chief argument would he receive freedom, temporary freedom, on bail. the prosecutor said he was a flight risk, someone similar to roman paman polansky. he has a daughter here in manhattan with whom he could stay with. the judge said he's going to be treated just like any other defendant but he indeed was a flight risk because he was on an air france jet bound for europe. but his defense attorney said that was a ticket bought long ago. john? >> richard, we understand we have new details of this alleged incident tonight, w

french president nicolas sarkozy is speaking. president >>> these are live pictures from the g8 summit in fans. that is the french president nicolas sarkozy. president obama and the g8 leaders considering about $40 billion in aid to arab nations trying to establish democracies. >>> 5:24. >>> a scare in the air. the wife of a pilot had to take the controls of a plane after her husband passed out. that couple flying from san bernardino to colorado springs. the 70-year-old pilot was apparently overcome by altitude sickness. his wife then took over speaking with air traffic controllers along the way: >>> the woman said she was so terrified, she was ready to deploy the parachute. but as the plane began descending, her husband regained consciousness and control. and he landed safely in new mexico. >> that is a little scary. i got a brother that's a pilot. my mother would never let both of us go up. he still flies out of concord a little. not as much. >> have you gone up with him? >> yes, several times. i have taken a few lessons. >> so

. >> she has the full support of both president nicolas sarkozy and the prime minister. she is by far the most popular minister in their government, nothing short of a financial rocks starke according to an imf insider today. the opposition socialist party has also largely swung into position behind her candidacy. having lost their own man an unfortunate circumstances, you might have expected some gripes about his possible replacement, but the fact there are only a few rumblings of dissent is proof of lagarde's image as a consensus builder and extremely talented candidate who could if chosen go a very long way to restoring the imf. >> why is she considered so suitable? >> for one thing, the brand is extremely recognizable. both in 2009, she was already the 17th most powerful woman in the world by forbes magazine. she is known as outspoken, charming, ferociously hard working, and extremely effective. she is a lawyer by training, not a career economist, and that may be a minor point for the imf job. germany, the u.k., and italy have come out in support of her candidacy, an

the comments came after nicolas sarkozy said paris would consider such a move. after talks with mahmoud abbas, merkel said berlin was skeptical of any unilateral steps towards an independent state. the top and hamas are now working towards the international -- photog and hamas are now working towards the international recognition in september. >> mahmoud abbas flew directly from cairo to berlin. that is seen as a potential boost for the peace process, but the german chancellor has made her r sition clear, peace in the middle east will only come if the radical hamas movement follows the lead. that means renouncing violence, recognized israel's right to exist, and a willingness to hold peace talks. >> we want a two state solution, and we have to work at this to state solution. we don't believe that unilateral steps will help. that the palestinians are considering declaring statehood within the next few months. some european countries have given such a move cautious backing. germany is flatly opposed. mahmoud abbas is lifted by the cairoeal, saying it is a step to

you have to understand how incredibly on popular president nicolas sarkozy is here. his approval ratings are below 30%. if he was not able to recoup 20 points on that in the next year, there is no reason to believe he could, it was going to be a walkover for strauss-kahn. he was going to probably win in the first round and the second round. all of the polls show that and there is every reason to expect that to happen. now there is every reason to expect that his presidential ambitions are completely finished. >> the french are tolerant of the sexual peccadilloes of its former presidents. in this case, we are talking about something a bit more serious. is that the way the french public is seeing it? >> yes. we are talking about something a lot more serious. it seems like everyone in french politics is having an affair with everyone else. this is quite different. this is a powerful man alleged to have taken advantage or to have tried to take advantage of a powerless woman. there is nothing seductive about rapes. he had a reputation of a -- as a great lover of women. th

president nicolas sarkozy observed some nuclear power plants and reiterated safety is the country's number one priority. [ chanting ] >> reporter: however, a sense of distrust is brewing among the french people as well. some experts point out that the safety of this next generation reactors is questionable. >> the problem is that it works on paper but no one knows how it would operate in the real accidental -- we have to change the way we think after fukushima. >> reporter: the g-8 summit started on thursday. as a chair france is expected to call for measures to increase the safety of nuclear plants and easing the fears of the anti-nuclear movement. nhk world. >> now we have some perspective on how a nuclear issue is playing out at the g-8 summit. this became the hot topic because of the nuclear accident in fukushima. how is the japanese government approaching the discussions? >> prime minister naoto kan gave a speech at the first meeting on thursday titled solidarity of japan. it marked the first time in the summit's 36-year history that a known chair country made a speech at the beginnin

chief, dominque strauss-kahn, was expected to challenge french president nicolas sarkozy in electionsnext year and was championshipped to win, but -- and was expected to win, but not anymore. he's in prison in new york after a judge denied to grant him bail. he is charged with sexual assault. the charges are grave and have sent shockwaves around the world, especially in france. >> one of the most powerful men in the world and now he's in police custody. dominque strauss-kahn looked exhausted. his lawyer's attempts to win bail failed. for the time being, he won't be freed. the drama began on saturday at j.f.k. international airport. strauss-kahn was in an air france plane awaiting takeoff to paris. police boarded the plane and arrested him. the accusations leveled against him emerged quickly. a maid at this hotel says he sexually assaulted her but it's far from clear exactly what happened or didn't happen. some french media doubt the version of events put forward by the new york police. they say strauss-kahn has an alibi, that he was dining with his daughter when the assault is alleged

is not only the chief of the monetary fund but is considering a challenge to french president nicolas sarkozy in next year's election and polls have shown hhae s a strong following at this point. the imf, by the way, has announced a replacement as strauss-kahn awaits charges. >>> israeli troops clash with palestinian protesters along three hostile border areas today. at least 12 people were killed and dozens were injured. israel says the protesters tried to storm the borders as part of the palestinian's annual day of murk marking the anniversary of the founding of israel back in 1948. israeli prime minister netanyahu denounce what had he called violent demonstrations aimed at undermining israel's existence. lebanese security officials also said today that the palestinians were killed by israeli forces to keep them from crossing into israel from lebanon. >>> find a terrorist or face losing critical aid funding. that is the message from senator john ker who says the relationship between the u.s. and pakistan is at a critical moment in the wake of the death of osama bin laden. kerry, who is the

that the current french president, nicolas sarkozy, may have set him up to shut his campaign down. >> politics is a dirty game in france, especially as they think the way sarkozy plays it. that's why they would suspect it, but there's no proof of this. this is all suspicion and conjecture. >> reporter: but prosecutors say they have solid forensic evidence in this case, including dna they found inside the hotel suite where he was staying this weekend. they also have strauss kahn's own past. in 2002, a young woman in her 20s accused him of sexually attacking her. in 2008, strauss kahn admitted to an affair with a lower-level employee at the imf. tonight, he finds himself alone in a jail cell in protective custody in rijker's island. >> not far from us in manhattan tonight. thanks. >>> we now turn to politics and big questions this late in the game about the shrinking field of possibilities for the republicans to run against president obama. two men in the last three days have announced they are not running. one of them happened to have a show on this network, our chief white house corre

kan plans to meet french president nicolas sarkozy and u.s. president barack obama on the sidelines of the summit. the prime minister will also meet leaders of the eu to discuss the launch of negotiations on an economic partnership agreement. >>> thjapanese foreign minister says japan will cooperate with tunisia in human resource training and building infrastructure to support its transition to democracy. matsumoto met his tunisian counterpart in tokyo on monday. in january, protesters overthrew the 23-year-old authoritarian government of ben ali. tunisia is preparing to elect a national assembly that will draw up a new constitution. his country wants to share japan's principles of democracy and freedom. as well as establish a multiparty system. he also says tunisia is formulating a five-year plan to build a democratic nation and ask for japan's support. matsumoto said japan maintained good relations with tunisia and will support efforts for reform. he also said japan plans to send election monitors to the country. >>> the number of new aids p

don't need to stay in western europe we don't need to look at eastern europe so much anymore is nicolas sarkozy trying to achieve on the world stage. well i think what mr sort goes he wants to do is elevate france from a major world player a neo colonial master of francophone africa and francophone north africa to move himself upward to be in the inner circle the highest rank of global management which is the western country club of the us britain germany japan and i think mr so cozy wants to break with the old position established by shelby gollin one nine hundred fifty six when you go broke from nato all right and then he did unilateral nuclear testing and he did other other military industrial operations abroad fine. however he did wish france to stay outside the sphere of influence and made to go it alone mr cozy is realized with with global management operation succeeding a new parent time succeeding he would like to be sitting there at the round table with the. select group of global managers which are elected officials and corporate managers from the united states from britain from germa

gadhafi but at the same time france reportedly was funding opposition groups in both states now nicolas sarkozy's government is slapping damascus with sanctions the precursor to the version of libya humanitarian aide says one also will again be their excuse to go in the logic of their intervention in libya is that the shooting of the in. syria was once on the french occupation but analysts say france behaves as if it's still in control of france they've had their spies there for decades now and the religious movements have had their people there for decades so they're going to do whatever they can to use that influence it change the regime in a way that they see fit intervention would leave france fighting in four wars that hasn't happened since it was a colonial power french defense ministry hasn't been this busy in over fifty years already fighting in afghanistan libya and the ivory coast is now turning its sights on another former colony syria but expose think the real target is serious key ally iran france is growing increasingly angry at tehran's nuclear ambitions and is part of internationa

this morning president obama met with french president nicolas sarkozy. yesterday he announced washington's plan for a european defense system with dmitry medvedev. the plan is opposed by russia. >> we're committed to working to the so that we can find an approach and configuration that is consistent with the security needs of both countries. >> russia is also complaining that nato air strikes in libya have gone too far. after the summit ends today, president obama heads to poland, the last stop on his european tour. >>> while in france president obama signed into law a four year extension of the patriot act. it was due to expire at midnight. the senate and house both passed the extension with just hours to spare. the bill extends the life of three terrorism fighting powers, roving wiretaps, court-ordered searches of business records, and the surveillance of so-called lone wolf suspects, those without known ties to terror groups. >>> politics now, in the race for the republican presidential nomination, former massachusetts governor mitt romney plans to fo

looks like the weiss there, carla bruni, the wife of french president nicolas sarkozy.ooks like the wives there. the president will have one on one meetings with leaders of france, japan and russia. one issue involving russia is the u.s. plans for a missile defense system based in europe. >>> it is 4:49 now. >>> the criminal case against the man accused of shooting congresswoman gabrielle giffords and killing six others is now on hold. a judge ruled that loughner is not mentally fit to stand trial for the january shooting. experts concluded that he suffers from schizophrenia. before the ruling, federal marshals dragged loughner from the courtroom screaming. he will remain in custody until september. and another hearing will decide whether his condition has improved over the next three months. >>> elizabeth smart got her first chance to address the man who held her captive and raped her for months when she was 14. it took smart about 30 seconds to speak her peace to brian david mitchell, who closed his eyes and sang hymns as she spoke. yesterday, he received two life sen

out and will plead not guilty to marry former french finance minister is a front runner to beat nicolas sarkozy at the next french presidential election but french politics expert says his hopes of landing the top job are now effectively over. he wasn't going to announce his candidacy for the clinton twelve presidential elections and i think these allegations will come as a huge blow for french socialists who saw him to succeed. next year's presidential elections and i don't think at this stage. kind of will even think of running for president because i think will prove extremely difficult to juggle i think actions of sexual assault. and rape with a presidential campaign i think. president sarkozy is an obvious candidate to benefit from from the scandal although he's very low in the call of the man to the longest. the lowest rate in fact for any french president in the history of the fifth republic but i think this will benefit hugely as he will be able to hope that she will you know he will reassure him even more confidence to tackle the presidential election. with much more strength than the

prominent bankers, strauss-kahn was expected to run against and likely beat french president nicolas sarkozy next year. those ambitions were now almost certainly derailed. in court today, u.s. prosecutors said they were investigating at least one other similar case, likely an alleged sexual attack in 2002. on a french talk show, writer tristan banon claimed strauss- kahn assaulted her nine years ago. she never filed charges then but is considering them now. known as the great seducer, the twice divorced married father of four as has admitted infidelity, most recently an i.m.f. staffer in 2008. supporters say it was a consensual relationship. even his current wife, an american-born journalist, came to his defense in a statement she said: >> reporter: strauss-kahn will be held in a jail cell on rikers island, a far cry from the luxury hotel suite where the attack allegedly took place. if convicted, he faces five 25 years 25 years in prison. >> couric: meanwhile, up in orbit, the shuttle "endeavour" is closing in on the international space station. "endeavour's" 25th and final flight is also th

nicolas sarkozy's the most unpopular president in the history of the fifth republic according to the latest polls france's bombing of libya has made him even more disliked as soon as you use force there will be casualties there is no middle ground there is no such thing as a clean war a war is about killing people three in four voters think so because he's a bad president people say they had he's abused the u.n. mandate on libya which allowed only the creation of a strict demilitarized area of. a no fly zone is another for it's a very. palatable expression to. we are going to. campaign even if you presidential elections next year rich people and politicians already three sort. of represent actually the difference is that it's not friends who decided it's. still elected president mr sarkozy which again we call a general. rule too many the country of love war and the awful toll. for growing numbers a role the world folds is no or very different kind of words don't you go see how the. meantime nato's deny your choosing poisonous depleted uranium weapons in libya even though the examinat

nicolas sarkozy's the most unpopular president in the history of the fifth republic according to the latest polls france's bombing of libya has made him even more disliked as soon as you use force there will be casualties. there is no such thing as a war is about killing people three in four voters think so because he's a bad president people say they had he abused the u.n. mandate on libya which allowed only the creation of a strict demilitarized area of sky. a no fly zone is not the full. expression to. express. we are going to join in the campaign even if you presidential elections aren't till next year french people and politicians already say sarkozy no longer represents them actually the difference is that it's not friends decided it's. still elected president sarkozy which again we call a general you know q. france was merely the country of love war and the awful. for growing numbers around the world france is no a very different kind of f. word than your bush you see paris. the pressure on libya began weeks ago with a set of sanctions by the u.s. now the european union is tel

go before the g eight summit kicks off in the french resort of the meeting will be hosted by nicolas sarkozy whose country holds the presidency of the group this year and i was artie's and it's in our reports from on sunday his leadership played a leading role in causing the problems that the summit is now aiming to solve. the g. eight has gone full circle the last time the summit was held in france eight years ago the agenda looked almost the same. war the economy and somewhere in the middle aged africa on the table then iraq and boosting the euro now it's libya and saving the euro. two thousand and three france had a very different stance on global politics then it was staunchly opposed to the u.s. invasion of iraq french fries quickly became freedom fries after france u.s. relations soured despite summit smiles but with the new french president came a new friend turkey was a has rejected entirely new path a good way of france playing a constructive role in a multi multi-polar world and has aligned himself with the single superpower the united states nowadays france is barking much louder

comes with conditions russia will have to greater safety from terrorist attacks french president nicolas sarkozy's to sign an agreement to develop the caucuses the g eight summit. that's the latest business for now we'll have more for you in less than one hour journey that. more than a month. in one of the most extreme environments on the planet this is and charge it up and people have to be aware that they are far away from civilization shawntel is discovers fault makes antarctica so special and attractive for many the wildlife in antarctica is a both and the struggle. expedition to the bottom of the earth our teams. will. remain you the latest in science and technology from around the world. we've got the future covered. it's. if. any gave.

there was also many bilateral meetings president maybe did met with host nicolas sarkozy the french president also sat down with president barack obama there they spoke of course about libya and exchange but they said they were a bit vague about it their opinions on the situation there the focus was on missile defense russia lately raising concerns cosigning of the chicken for adoption treaty that america is not transparent enough when it comes to their plans for future plans for missile defense the russian president also pointing out that he does believe finding a solution that is acceptable to both parties when it comes to national security is possible it won't happen in the near future but what they are going to do brock obama and president medvedev is lay the groundwork for that's happened in the future. plenty more from you and the next course tomorrow from the g eight summit in the meantime thanks very much indeed for about an update on the tsunami back in the french town of. well michelle cullum he's an investigative journalist and author on international affairs told me a little earli

the president out by wednesday thousands have been rallying in the capital tbilisi of cornwall nicolas sarkozy really to step down. the new turns up the heat on greece to get russia to stop cracking down in euro productions eyelashes that claiming it's already pushing itself to the limits of things that greece may also work together. sports news with sasha is next. thank you carrie a watching the sports update live on our to the headlines chelsea manager a car launch lottie's sec following the blues less than impressive performance both domestically and in europe this season. barcelona boron's a boston to tell makes it four wins from five races by taking the formula one spanish grand prix. and gold lee westwood remains well number one after the man who could have leap frogged him lugard old lost the final of the match play championship to fellow englishman yan pull to. a let's get going to mass tickle and so this guy have added a sixth russian cup trophy to their collection lower division leaders put up a spirited effort in the final but came up short on sunday say to them via open for thirtee