he was released by nicolas sarkozy. he served twice as prime minister and was the mayor of paris between 1977 and 1999 almost exclusively. day in ill health. museum.cy is the here is a look back. we seem to be having a technical pitch. we will try to bring that to you shortly. mark is here with me. it is fickle to overstate just how important jacques chirac was. he was a giant. the career spanned over four decades. he played many roles. minister twice. paris for nearly two decades. it is a long time in french politics. all of the french have memories of jacques chirac. in recentng to age years because he has virtually disappeared. waslast public appearance before fivive years ago. he was very ill. his family was keeping him from the public eye and the news of his death is not a surprise. inyears old, he had a stroke 2005 while he was still in power and he has been sick for many years. .e could not attend his trial that is the biggest thing. it was the first time a french president was brought to trial and he was convict

he had championed was his biggest failure in office he had little love for his party colleague nicolas sarkozy yet he could not stop him from becoming his successor after she rocks term in office was over old scandals return to the public eye he was accused of paying party colleagues for fake jobs while mayor of paris he was sentenced to a 2 year suspended prison term junk chirac remained popular though he'll be less remembered for his politics and more for his warm bond to the french people. now being applied except the world championships kick off in qatar on friday and we are joined by retired german track and field athlete betty heiler she is a hammer thrower european and world champion and a silver medalist at the 2012 a london olympics so good to have you here with us i'm just warning you ended your career 3 years ago how does it feel to not be a competitor and a soviet spectator. it's quite cool. very good to sit at home and just what's to be and i don't know how the essence feud and for me it's. not the same like some years before but i'm still nervous because i know they are now strug

he had little love for his party colleague nicolas sarkozy that he could not stop him from becoming his successor after chirac's term in office was over old scandals returned to the public eye he was accused of paying party colleagues for fake jobs while mayor of paris he was sentenced to a 2 year suspended prison term. but jacques chirac remained popular though will be remembered less for his politics and more to the french people. that's all for now but still in this hour business news with stephen beardsley so stay tuned. coming up on the adventures of the famous naturalist and explorer. to celebrate clicks on the from the boats from 250. marking on the for each of discovery. expedition in boyd on to the limits.

he had championed was his biggest failure in office he had little love for his party colleague nicolas sarkozy yet he could not stop him from becoming his successor after she rocks term in office was over old scandals return to the public eye he was accused of paying party colleagues for fake jobs while mayor of paris he was sentenced to a 2 year suspended prison term junk chirac remained popular though he'll be less remembered for his politics and more for his warm bond to the french people. want to say now about some of the other stories making news around the world. a strong earthquake has struck the maluco islands of eastern indonesia killing at least 20 people the $6.00 magnitude tremor caused widespread damage and landslides it was centered and north east of the provincial capital authorities say there is no danger of a tsunami. zimbabwe's says robert mugabe will now be buried in his home village not a national monument in the capital harare the late president's final resting place has been in dispute between the government of president emerson god and mugabe's family since he died at th

he had little love for his party colleague nicolas sarkozy he could not stop him from becoming his successor. after chirac's term in office was over old scandals returned to the public eye he was accused of paying party colleagues for fake one mare of paris he was sentenced to a 2 year suspended prison term. that will be remembered less for his politics and more to the french people. that's all the news for now but don't go anywhere the documentary botswana's heavy metal queens is up next there's more news at the top of the hour state. line which of course is. anytime anywhere. the subject.

back we also saw the former afghan president hamid karzai as well as a former french president nicolas sarkozy unfolds while known to came here to pay their respects as well as the current administration and the president might call on to the prime minister edward phillipe who is actually outside the church to greet many of those in the days and the mourners as they were wrong the funeral here for this service at the coffin when it arrives is drape does you'd expect in the french flag and what was really interesting was the moment that it was a brutal after the hearse that was being taken against a soul soupy a moment where the crowds of which they can hear people coming to pay their respects clucked it was if they will greeting and saying go buy it at the same time as the former french president a man who spent 40 years in a parliamentary career in politics he joined the national assembly also to being elected in 196070 when told to serve as a minister in many governments he was twice prime minister of france he was mayor of paris and of course the all cumulated in him becoming president of f

he had championed was his biggest failure in office he had little love for his party colleague nicolas sarkozy yet he could not stop him from becoming his successor after she rocks term in office was over old scandals return to the public eye he was accused of paying party colleagues for fake jobs while mayor of paris he was sentenced to a 2 year suspended prison term the judge chirac remained popular though he'll be less remembered for his politics and more for his warm bond to the french people. now let's take a look at some other stories making news around the world a strong earthquake has struck the islands of peace and into music killing at least 20 people and causing structural damage the 6.5 magnitude tremor was centered northeast of the provincial capital on authorities have not issued a tsunami warning for the. ongoing unrest in the caribbean nation of haiti has left at least one person dead and several others injured demonstrators clashed with dr police who used tear gas that people are protesting over food and fuel shortages spiraling inflation and government corruption. a massive f

he had championed was his biggest failure in office he had little love for his party colleague nicolas sarkozy yet he could not stop him from becoming his successor after she rocks term in office was over old scandals return to the public eye he was accused of paying party colleagues for fake jobs while mayor of paris he was sentenced to a 2 year suspended prison term juncture iraq remained popular though he'll be less remembered for his politics and more for his warm bond to the french people. or the united nations high commissioner for refugees is urgently calling on countries worldwide to take in refugees trapped in libya the commission has described its migrant center in tripoli is severely overcrowded but it's not the only camp is one of the most important transit boards for migrants who are trying to cross the mediterranean to get to europe poting camps have sprung up for the thousands of refugees stranded inside the war torn country german diplomats. i've described conditions in those camps as being in shimon and investigating those conditions it's almost impossible but i do w. news tea

he had little love for his party colleague nicolas sarkozy that he could not stop him from becoming his successor. after chirac's term in office was over old scandals returned to the public eye he was accused of paying party colleagues for fake jobs while matter of paris he was sentenced to a 2 year suspended prison term. but jacques chirac remained popular that will be remembered less for his politics and more his warm bond to the french people. of the u.n. high commissioner for refugees is urgently calling on countries around the world to take in refugees trapped in libya the commission has described its migrant center in tripoli as severely overcrowded but it is not the only camp libya is one of the most important transit points for migrants who are trying to cross the mediterranean to get to europe holding camps have sprung up for the thousands of refugees stranded in the war torn country german diplomats have described the conditions inside these camps as inhuman investigating those claims those conditions is almost impossible but a d.w.i. news team managed to meet some camp surviv

i know the culture from within and more than this we all know you know even in his last book nicolas sarkozy is saying he is followed by so many people it's huge so i want to destroy him they are targeting the public figure someone who is perceived as a leader because in fact the more important problem is not about me. i want the activist and all the people who are vocal about their rights being as you know a european muslim in the muslim europe in a western muslims to understand it would happen to them as well because at the end of the day they don't want us to be equal citizens they don't want us to be french and say you know what this is our country if you are threatened because a city says my country the problem is not me it's you it's you the problem is the far right but is this normalize zation of islamophobia and structural racism targeting the muslims so this is where i stand and this is what i understood from the very beginning that they were targeting you know one year before all the story started in 26 in 2016 i met with a representative of the domestic intelligence and he told me

who served 2 terms in office the last president to do so because of course since then we had nicolas sarkozya president or loans who both only serve one term each and of course president not gone is in his 1st term at the moment jacques chirac a man who died on $86.00 he died at 86 years old at president putin we just hearing has come out of the plane here in france which means that he will be at this ceremony in the next hour asserted to pay those tributes to his great personal friend jacques chirac that latest update president putin of russia has left his plane he's here in france and he will be attending this ceremony to remember back who died last week at the age of 86. think about solidly russian president that is the exiting the plane in paris to attend the funeral of his close friend and ally for the out there thank you so much. more news coming up after this very short break to stay with us. join me every thursday on the alex salmond show and i'll be speaking to guest of the world of politics sports business i'm showbusiness i'll see you then. welcome back a controversial canadian ps

i know the culture from within and more than this we all know you know even in his last book nicolas sarkozy is saying he is followed by so many people it's huge so i want to destroy him they are targeting the public figure someone who is perceived as a leader because in fact the more important problem is not about me. i want the activist and all the people who are vocal about their rights being as you know a european muslim and a muslim european a western muslims to understand it could happen to them as well because at the end of the day did don't want us to be equal citizens they don't want us to be french and say you know what this is our country if you are threatened because a city says my country the problem is not me it's you it's you the problem is the far right but it is this normalization of islamophobia and structural racism targeting the muslims so this is where i stand and this is what i understood from the very beginning that they were targeting you know one year before all the story started in 26 in 2016 i met with a representative of the domestic intelligence and he told me we

forest to being evicted the government says it's to protect east africa's largest forest but it's nicolas sarkozy most of those evicted so they've been cheated out of the state. segre phillips and his family were having dinner when they heard the sound of a tractor it was kenyan security forces who arrived unannounced they ordered them to leave and then demolish their home 20 years of memories destroyed in a matter of minutes right in front of their eyes. this is my bedroom. you know in. my bedroom when i went out of yemen in the thought. of my. where i used to visit us you know and i've just lived with them the thing they never did and they got to come. kenya's government wants the phillips and $60000.00 other families living in the mouth forced out it says decades of settlement expansion agriculture and illegal logging is having a devastating ecological effect according to the u.n. east africa's largest indigenous forest has lost almost half of its size the mouth force has a unique ecosystem kenyans call it the water tower because towering above are clouds that drop so much rainfall this forest

and i know the culture from within and more than this all known you know even in his last book nicolas sarkozy saying he is followed by so many people it's huge so i want to destroy him they are targeting the public figure someone who is perceived as a leader because in fact the more important problem is not about me i want the activist and all the people who are vocal. about their rights being as you know a european muslim and a muslim european a western muslims to understand it could happen to them as well because at the end of the day did don't want us to be equal citizens they don't want us to be french and say you know what this is our country if you are threatened because a city says my country the problem is not me it's you it's you the problem is the far right but is this normalize zation of islamophobia and structural racism targeting the muslims so this is where i stand and this is what i understood from the very beginning that they were targeting you know one year before all the story started in 26 in 2016 i met with a representative of the domestic intelligence and he told me we kn

and i know the culture from within and more than this all known you know even in his last book nicolas sarkozysaying he is followed by so many people it's huge so i want to destroy him they are targeting the public figure someone who is perceived as a leader because in fact the more important problem is not about me. i want the activist and all the people who are vocal about their rights being as you know a european muslim and a muslim european a western muslims to understand it could happen to them as well because at the end of the day did don't want us to be equal citizens they don't want us to be french and say you know what this is our country if you are threatened because a city says my country the problem is not me it's you it's you the problem is the far right but it is this normalization of islamophobia and structural racism targeting the muslims so this is where i stand and this is what i understood from the very beginning that they were targeting you know one year before all the story started in 26 in 2016 i met with a representative of the domestic intelligence and he told me we kno