she lost out to nicolas sarkozy. she met along as she graduated from a free -- prestigious french school. she became an advisor at the elysÉes. royal and hollande climbed the career ladder as france's political power couple. became aar-old royal finance minister, keeping up a steady fight for women's rights along the way. >> domestic violence, forced marriage, inequality in the workplace. >> her hands-on relationship with the public did her well in the polls. after separating from hollande, she ran in the presidential election in 2011 but was badly defeated. disappointment for all those who supported me. circle,he has come full once again in the ecology ministry and once again ready to work with hollande. interesting stuff. let's take a look at our headlines for you. the prosecutor general in ukraine says the death of someone hundred demonstrators during the maidan protest in kiev were under the direct leadership of ousted president viktor yanukovych. a deadly shooting at the fort hood military base in texas. a soldi

a lot of people tend to compare valls to the former president, nicolas sarkozy.t's take a look at the front page of this magazine. this is going to come out tomorrow. you can see sarkozy, there is no doubt about this. sarkozy and valls are similar with the same character, hyperactive and ambitious and controversially curious -- and there are other similarities. in fact, there is a list of seven similarities. kind of a reverse game of spot the difference. think about their personal life, both married to musicians, both a fan of for all and working out -- football and working out. they both have a square job. and they both come from the region and like white horses. >> thank you so much, that is a look at the papers today. next is sports. >> the champions league, manchester united and bayern munich with a draw. captain vidic in the corner. the bundesliga champions -- he finds fienstein to score. bayterern with the crucial away goal. >> you have to be satisfied especially when you are down, it was not an easy game. everyone said before the game, everyone said that b

. >> in 2010 nicolas sarkozy was the first french president to visit since the good afternoon side. saying the international community, including france was guilty of errors which prevented us seeing or stopping this appalling crime. others say it's too early for france to turn the page on the event that happened 20 years ago. >> one in five rwandans died. the two have seen rapid population growth. for the generation after the atrocities, they are learning from the past. >> this man was only three when houthi militia killed parents and three older brothers. neighbours save this woman's life and her younger brother by hiding them. at 23 she doesn't dwell on the past. >> i want to move on with my life. i don't want to no this is tutee and this is houthi. in this period i feel like painting. i know i don't have parents, they have been killed. but i don't really want to focus on that. that's why hopps of rwanda are pegged on the young people. every month they are happy to discuss issues that expect them. e-, patriotic moving the country forward. >> the youth are important. for them it l

cast your mind back, finance minister of france nicolas sarkozy, he rescued alstom. 8.4 billion eurosped into the business. ge potentially paying $13 billion for the business. we will see if that pans out. they are known to be fairly interested in protectionism. he has the year of the prime minister and the president. we will get a take on where that story is going to go. ge has a pretty big footprint in france as well. stephen king is coming in from hsbc. i think we do need to talk to him about structural reform in europe. the resistance to foreign takeovers that we have seen recently. look at what has been happening in the cement sector. french structural reform. we will address that. we will also talk about the death of money and why draghi is right. some great guests coming up on "the pulse." can't wait. >> i am looking forward to that interview as well. thank you. here are some companies on the move in the meantime. estimates as demand stabilized in europe and the company has performed in asia and latin america. underlying sales rose 3.6% but came in slower than that in the fourt

interesting that nicolas sarkozy rescued alstom, $8.4 billion in 2004. on and figure what else is going on. let's talk tech, earnings from facebook and apple came in ahead of estimates. whether this will be enough to calm investor concerns about the tech sector, jon ferro joins us. bar was really low yesterday. these companies did not trip, they beat. revenue at facebook up 72%, that is a big beat. they generated more advertising revenue and are doing it on mobile. they are doing well and keep doing better. the likes of apple are doing the same. selling more iphones than many people anticipated, 43.7 million of them on the quarter. this quarter for apple, the best corner outside holiday season ever. there are the bright spots. also the bright spots, ipad sales are down 16%. dependentcoming more on the iphone. that could create problems down the line. the question is underlined, when does the next big blockbuster product come from? when will they actually deliver that product? you have tim cook talking about we're not about being first or the past. is tha

if you'll remember, a few years ago, the former president, nicolas sarkozy accused bankers of being overpaid, not doing their job. they'll have to attend the meeting with the economy minister. we don't know the date, when it's going to happen. of course we'll follow the story. >> as usual, stephan, sounds good. >> as usual. >> did you have a nice easter weekend? >> fantastic weekend. >> what did you do? >> can i say that on tv? >> i don't know. i don't know. i wasn't there. >> no. i had a fantastic weekend. what did you do. >> i ended up going to the middle east. yes. saw some friends, et cetera, et cetera, fantastic. really nice. you? you don't want to tell? >> i was in the south of france. >> very nice. very nice. >> i stayed in france. >> excellent. long way to go for a chocolate egg. what did you do, tim? >> i did jobs around the house. i painted a bench. how's that? >> very nice. >> handy man. >> put in, changed some lightbulbs. >> excellent. we love men who can do stuff like that. >> try to be useful occasionally. >> it's all good. stephan, thank you very much. >>> astrazeneca shares s

by rome as well as madrid now john pier thomas who is a former adviser to french of president nicolas sarkozy has also told r g that it would be very difficult for europe to agree on economic sanctions. i would be very surprised that's your core european country find a common position on the good to be sentient people when a country say we don't speak about finance we can speak about sanctions and media to feed the trolls as in when we have to respect i was sitting in a chair some countries say we don't speak about energy so we don't speak about nazis that's why we are right unfortunately on person there are sections with us coffee tea and no nonsense farsi is a strategic partner for russia and the us is the truth is it bought there for us to study a good an extra day g. now is to be a free zone including all you will come under russian that's a good strategy on the european continent so now it's a problem we have a great in us not to interfere with our deep look money could again the queen in crisis will be one of the hot topics in our new program in the now with an isa now of the premier of

being coordinated and financed by n.g.o.s and the former ruling party of georgia's ex president nicolas sarkozy really worth noting the country's former leader of course openly supported the protests in central kiev that led to the regime change in ukraine in the first place. and a new development in the last few hours as well regarding the oas see delegation in surveillance if you've been following that strand of it they've managed to secure the release of one of the military experts detained by self-defense members on friday the man who's got diabetes was freedom account of his health there are two versions of the current status of the remaining experts making the rounds meanwhile those holding them say they're prisoners they want to trade them for activists held by forces loyal to kiev the other side of it the experts themselves insist they're just guests despite the fact they're being kept in a basement and they don't know when they'll be released moscow for its parts called for their immediate release and promises to do everything possible to ensure that. we believe these people must be fr

thomas who's a former advice to ex french president nicolas sarkozy has also told r.t. that it would be very difficult for europe to agree on economic sanctions but i would be very surprised that you know european countries find a common position on the good of extension because when a country say we don't speak about finance we can speak about sanctions and you're to see it still doesn't work we have to restrict i would signature some countries say we don't be devoted g.'s so we don't think about nazis that's why we're right unfortunately on personal sanctions we does call it the no nonsense charge the strategic partner for russia russia is a strategic partner for us to start the victorian extra day geno is to be a free zone including all europe under russian that's a good strategy for european countries so now with the problem we have the brain has not to interfere with our development in the good of. afghanistan's a form of finance and foreign ministers going head to head in a runoff for the country's top job is going to be as close as it gets bought whoever ends up

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