being questioned in a corruption case that reaches all the way up to former french president nicolas sarkozythat is over her alleged involvement in a 400 million-euro state payout for a business tycoon in exchange for his backing of sarkozy. lagarde is to face her former chief of staff in the french court of justice for a decision she took when she was finance minister under nicolas sarkozy. it all goes back to 2008, when she had to rule on a dispute between a business tycoon in the resale of his company adidas. he claims he was sold short on the deal and at the end of a lengthy judicial procedure was awarded close to 400 million euros. the judges are trying to determine whether the private arbitration which awarded tapie the money was a sham organized inclusion with the government. have helpedations provide answers to the questions that have been raised about the decisions taken at the time. my status as a witness is not a surprise to me, because i have always acted in the interest of the state and in conformity with the law. >> the current head of the imf reshot who wass in favor of arbitr

threatens to cut ukraine off from its gas supply for the next race is more pro kremlin protests nicolas sarkozy's in the hot seat once again report says the judges were tapping the former french president phone. as part of an investigation into his two thousand and seven presidential campaign the false bank and these are my molly whole eggs for joining us. we begin the news of the malaysia airlines flight which went missing over the south china sea on saturday a plane carrying two hundred and thirty nine people on board took off from kuala lumpur. headed for beijing. some ninety one and two hours after takeoff radio contact was lost at this hour airlines officials are still denying the plane has crashed no wreckage has yet been found. ships from malaysia china and vietnam are currently carrying out search operations. all family members wait for news of their loved ones posting cats mark thompson has more. and of the suites are friends on from the passengers on flights in each three seventeen. i was off the plane was due to land the arrivals board in beijing still reports the croft is delayed. bot

nicolas sarkozy has had his phones tapped for the past year on the order of judges over allegations ofampaign issues and payments from libya, among other things. mr. sarcoesy's lawyer denies the claims and says the phone taps were illegal. today the former girlfriend of oscar pistorious took the stand in preat oria and offered some dramatic evidence. she testified that pistorious always carried a begun a gun, that he once fired it through the roof of a car and that he cheated on her with streemp -- steempsteemp, the woman he is on trial for murdering. >> we briefly met at a rugby game -- >> in court today, oscar pistorious' character under fire again, this time from a former girlfriend. she asked not to be filmed but cried frequently. she described an incident in 2012 when their then-boyfriend pistorious fired his pistol through a car sun roof after being pulled over for speeding. >> he was angry at the police for being stopped. thereafter, when they wanted to fire a shot, they found it funny. they fired a shot and then laughed. >> that won't help pistorious. he suggests he fired a gun

that is the former president of nicolas sarkozy. the far right party did not win much. overall, the message for the socialists was not good. >> let's talk a little bit about what happens next. beingof question marks raised about the leading politicians and his government. are we going to see any changes? when are we going to see them? >> the big question is when, not if. the if is certain that there will be a cabinet reshuffle. do they keep the prime minister or change the cabinet? there are rumors he will go on tv tonight -- it has not been confirmed yet. it is likely to be this week. it is an old french tradition tough,en the going gets the president sacrifices his prime minister. it has rarely worked in the past, but that is the tradition in france. >> thank you very much indeed. joining us from paris. >> now, onto ukraine. john kerry pushed sergei lavrov to withdraw forces from ukraine's porter. -- porter. -- border. the two men met yesterday. they have basically decided to come back another day to discuss it again. >> that is the main take away. they decided that t

. >>> former president nicolas sarkozy, recordings between his singer songwriter carla bruni in which she teases him for being a kept man. the website has since taken them down. >> translator: the being violation of bruni's private life is merciless, recorded without her approval, this recording was broadcast. it's the right of each and every person to talk to his or her husband in a free society. >> can are we're up to date from the news in europe. back to jane. >> still to come. the drug that could make the detection of alzheimer's disease much more accurate. >>> and one golfers trophy challenge, robin is standing by with the details in sports. al jazeera america gives you the total news experience anytime, anywhere. more on every screen. digital, mobile, social. visit aljazeera.com. follow @ajam on twitter. and like aljazeera america on facebook for more stories, more access, more conversations. so you don't just stay on top of the news, go deeper and get more perspectives on every issue. al jazeera america. >> researchers in the u.s. have developed a blood test they say can tell w

tea party, nicolas sarkozy the former president party as well.he disillusionment spreads across the boards really. it's interesting in the election to see how well the national son does fielding more candidates than ever before in this election. of course, we won't get the final results tonight. we'll know the winners and losers in a week's time. >> the polls will close in 20 minutes. we'll check in at the time of the 19 gmt news here. thank you. >>> the thing in france is controversy there's an auction of napoleon's prernl effects. they were recently discovered in the home descended from napoleon's horsemen. they were going to be sold on sunday but the auction was blocked by his family who say the items belong to them. the search the french emperor wore on his deathbed was expected to sell for $55,000. >>> spain will observe three days of national mourning to observe suarez dying at the age of 81. he steered spain through one of the most turbulent periods in history. we have more. >> reporter: he's been called one of the most important names in

back support on france twenty four dot com the story of a top advisor to former french president nicolas sarkozy who tape recorded all his conversations according stated now been leaked the ex president. but he seems to be plotting a political comeback reportedly furious over what the press is now calling circle weeks thompson explains behind the scenes of the costs of casey's presidency. hundreds of hours of secretly recorded forty eight made to join the form of french leaders two thousand seventy thousand twelve ton of links to the press. the protest was made by one of soccer's useful let's hope needs to be sold. like the lazy comments he's the head of states weekend retreat to the site on wednesday weekly newspaper like an alternate on the websites have something published extracts well my daughter. among the conversation school taunts me. discussions about to happen the reshuffle replace you with all know that's a poet is only one person who could replace view of the moment that's uk. i get along very well with that out. while the spurs news of the tapes existence and fabric. it's revealed h

that compares with only 13 trips in the two proceeding years, the last years of nicolas sarkozy's regime. it is paying off in spades. 8.5 billion euros worth of deals. they got the deal to recycle nuclear fuel. we have the peugeot deal which has been signed off on. so a lot of business has been taking place but there has been a lot of homework to get this business done. >> david, it is not all about china. france is looking to do business all over asia of course. >> you know, you could really call what's happening under francois hollande a pivot to asia. it is not just france. they are extremely aware there is a lot of other business to be done in asia. france has trade surpluses are singapore, asia, australia. with the deal just announced today with japan, a.n. sambings going therewith split a 16.6 billion order with boeing. this is the first time a.n.a. actually bought airbus planes. that is very significant given the fact that japan airlines just last year also ordered airbus planes for the very first time. this is significant payoff when you're talking about france's economic diploma

bugging the ex-president a court reporter be ordered to the phone of former french leader nicolas sarkozy to be tapped to make claims his election campaign was partially funded by the late libyan president duffy. german schools could soon teach children about minority sexual lifestyles as part of the curriculum the plan has already met strong opposition from some parents who only want kids taught traditional family values parties lucy caffein of explains. where lee has a curriculum caused this much of a stir in southern germany a fight is brewing over a proposal to teach about sexual minorities in schools. the initiative won't go into effect until next year the goal is to teach students to be tolerant of different lifestyles and relationships according to germany's largest family planning and sexual education nonprofit understanding and accepting differences is what it's all about. the world is car for and that's how it should be presented to a child after all some classes have students with different sexual orientations could be excluded if only they had transsexual model is taught left

bugging the ex-president to court reportedly ordered the phone of former french leader nicolas sarkozyto be tapped amid claims he's election campaign was partially funded by the late libyan president warm khadafi. modern weapons has become increasingly difficult for criminals in the u.k. but legal loopholes have allowed them to boost their arsenals with anti guns are two steps are still your reports on how weapons from the past find their way into the hands of the modern criminals. this piece dates back to the late nineteenth century and it's classified as a collection piece now there's no formal requirement for any registration for this but we're in no museum we are in a high security low profile forensics laboratory of the national ballistics intelligence service where some of these pieces are analyzed in order to help authorities understand how they end up in the hands of criminals and also to be able to cut off supply at the source between two thousand and three two thousand and thirteen gun crimes have fallen by more than half in england and wales but there's been an increase of t

party headed by former president nicolas sarkozy they made most of gains preliminary results showing that they earn some forty six percent of the vote in these local elections second are the party in power the socialist headed of course by president francois hollande a very disappointing forty percent or so for them as it stands and front national coming up the rear in third place with seven percent or so it really is the story of voters getting disillusioned with the economy in particular the high unemployment rate we're hearing. figures of around ten percent that's three million people of working age of work that stands under this socialist government the country's press are making sure that the president knows all about it some of the headlines in the main newspapers such as upset slop in the face kick in the pants as some of the headlines staring at france were all on today he is expected later in the day to go on television live on french t.v. possibly cabinet reshuffle maybe even going as far as to sacking his prime minister replacing him with the popular interior minister but