player is targeting a third african title with a third african country. >> former french president nicolas sarkozys under investigation over the financing of his 2012 election campaign. he's accused of false accounting. we're live from paris. hi there, david, sarkozy has been told he's under former investigation. remind us how this all unfolded. >> yes, all during the course of this day nicolas sarkozy has been questioning magistrates who are looking into the pygmalian affair. it's something that this company put $20 million worth of false invoices in an accounting system. this allowed that money to go into the election coffers of nicolas sarkozy, which meant that he had twice the amount of money for his campaign than president franÇois hollande. let me tell a bit more about what is under investigation means. it's essentially the forerunner to trial. we don't know if that's going to go ahead, but he's going to be put on assisted witness status on charges--allegations of fraud, forgery and abuse of trust. these are serious sets of allegations. he could be involved in legal proceedings for several m

. >>> the former french president nicolas sarkozy has been placed under formal investigation. he was question pd by judges on -- questioned by judges on tuesday on excessive spending. >> reporter: french prosecutors say the formal investigation could be a major setback for nicolas sarkozy, his attorney says the former president is not being charged in the long-running scandal known as the mcmillan affair. >> the judge stated, after having explained it. it was the overspending in the campaign finance by the signature of the account which justified being put under investigation. >> it is alleged that the campaign spent more than 21 million on the election attempt in 2012. more than double the limit. >> sar cosy denied knowing anything about the invoices, and the event organising agency. >> it allegedly charged fees to the right wing party instead of billing its campaign. >> four of the sarcozy leadership team members are being voghted. several agency employees have admitted to the existence of the fraud. no one has implicated the former president. tuesday's legal notice does not

former president nicolas sarkozy is a leading voice supporting the constitutional change. far left groups and the greens are opposing it. hererench politics editor told us earlier that the law changes not quite a done deal just yet. guest: you have to go through both chambers of parliament on an equal footing and that is unusual. that's because it is constitutional reform. usually the lower house of harlem and has the upper hand in the senate has less weight on the decision. are on equal footing, so you will have a normal vote in the lower house of the assembly on this package broadening the state of emergency and this controversial stripping of citizenship proposal. the vote was the part of bill of the constitutional reform, not the bill, that is meaning that in striding the state in the constitution. the other part which is the controversial proposal to strip citizenship is much more controversial. we are seeing very heated debates today in parliament and arm-twisting going on saying that france is under a terrorist threat as a way to tell the socialist mps to follow the

former french president nicolas sarkozy is placed under formal investigation for it illegal campaign funding. that is a new blow to his hopes of getting back into the presidential palace next year. both the u.s. and taiwan confirm reports that china has sent missiles to one of the disputed islands it controls in the south china sea. that has sent tensions to a new level as barack obama is urging restraint. hour -- in up this business, a crisis in croissant. we will be telling you why more french bakers are turning to frozen pastries to make their lives easier. cityhe pope wraps up his -- his trip to mexico in a city considered by many to be the most dangerous in the world. "france 24," live from paris. five years ago this week, a revolution began in libya that eventually brought down moammar gadhafi. but since then, the trouble in libya has skyrocketed with two rival governments fighting for control of the country and its oil. is rising up among the chaos the ever-growing presence of the islamic state group print mark thompson reports. revolution that was meant to offer libya a fresh

former french president nicolas sarkozy is placed under formal investigation for it illegal campaign funding.

. >> former president nicolas sarkozy is the subject of a formal investigation. magistrates questioned kofi sarkodie about claims he broke spending limits during the re-election bid in 2012. sar cosy denied knowledge of the overspending. it's not clear if he'll be charged with a crime. the investigation is likely to dog him for months when he runs for president next year. >> a strike in democratic republic of congo sent a strong message to the country's president. many of the streets were empty, there was a few customers in stores. critics of joseph kabila suspect he may try to change the constitution to allow him to run for a third term. most shops were closed and public buses empty. >> reporter: the government positioned the police in different parts of the city. that sired people coming to the -- scared people coming to the mark. here in the market it's empty. we need the government to take things seriously, that the head of state understands that his entourage is lying. >> today was the anniversary of a pro-democracy administrator 24 years ago. >> a deadly ri