president sarkozy replied, "yes, of course." so a few days ago i went back to paris with these three guys, including the chief of the delegation, the former min stefr justice who is now in charge of foreign affairs in this transition government of free libyans. i brought them to the white house in paris, in a sense, and sarkozy told the delegation the following-- number one, i consider you a legitimate representative of libya today. qaddafi is no longer the legitimate representative of libya. are you. the french ambassador to libya will be from today, from this moment, settled in benghazi. you people of benghazi will send-- who will be ambassador of libya. then sarkozy said if we have the agreement of the security council of the united nations, if you national council of free libya ask us directly, and if we have the agreement of the arab league, we will come and-- the places from where qaddafi orngzs these acts of aggravation. we, france, with england, with all our allies, with america, of course, and where w arab countries, we

president sarkozy or is the entrance of french fighter planes on libyan airspace to join us later for the details. engineers are locked in a desperate battle to avoid a meltdown at japan's of tsunami damaged fukushima power plant the struggle to restore electricity. in terms of the cooling systems to be functioning some very small traces of radiation now being taken in tokyo said. it we've got a live from moscow french military jets are already over libya to enforce the u.n. backed no fly zone foreign powers meeting in paris saying they're ready to do whatever it takes to stop colonel gadhafi targeting civilian areas reports from libya suggest forces loyal to gadhafi are carrying out attacks on the rebel stronghold city of benghazi despite a so-called government ceasefire let's get some more details on this hour from the three who is live for us in tripoli paula french planes now reportedly patrolling libyan airspace here and where you are. yes that is what we're hearing on saturday afternoon french fighter jets flew over libya they're waiting of course for the international call she

president nicolas sarkozy held talks with the opposition national council and then announced that france recognizes the organization as the legitimate government. sarkozy favors military action against the gadhafi's regime and he will propose a at an eu leaders summit on friday. none of this was agreed beforehand. the eu has been seeking a united message on libya. >> we are in no doubt that any measures that go beyond targeted sanctions would require a mandate from the united nations. it is also crucial that other states from the region, under the umbrella of the arab league, should be included. both and supporting and carrying out those measures. >> germany and france had held talks earlier, but there was no word of sarkozy's hard-line stance. the two countries did agree that it was time for gaddafi to go. colonel gaddafi has discredited himself and must go. he must now engage in dialogue with libya's new representatives. >> we continue to be appalled by the levels of violence in libya. we call on colonel gaddafi to leave and for his regime to end the violence against his own people. >>

i spoke to president obama last night and to president sarkozy this morning. there will be a clear statement later today setting out what we now expect from colonel gaddafi. conclusion mr speaker, any decision to put the men and women of our armed services into harms' way should only ever be taken when it's absolutely necessary. we have given extremely careful thought to the situation we have in hand. i think it is absolutely right that we play a leading role on the unc to counsel to secure permission for this section and i believe that it is absolutely right that we work with allies to make sure that resolution is brought about. i intend to answer all those questions in the hours and days ahead and to work with our brave armed services to make sure we do the right thing for the people of libya, for the people of our country, and for the world as a whole. >> can i start by thanking the prime minister for his statement. can i say that, from the side of the house, we welcome the security council resolution and support britain playing its full part in internation

i spoke to president obama last night and to president sarkozy this morning. there will be a clear statement later today setting out what we now expect from colonel gaddafi. we should never, mr. speaker, prepared to deploy a force is without careful thought. we have, in this case, given extremely careful thought to the situation that we have not had. i think it is absolutely right to play a leading role on the u.n. security council to secure action, and i believe it is exactly right, and i worked with allies to make sure that is brought about. i know there will be many people in our country who now want questions answered about what we are doing and how we will go about it, and we will answer all of those questions in the hours and weeks ahead, and to work to make sure we do the right thing for the people of libya, the people of our country, and the world as a whole. cough -- >> hear, hear. >> mr. miller band. >> can i say that we welcome the security council resolution and support the u.k. playing its full part? the international community has shown clear res

election president sarkozy would be very much interested in going after libya because it would be very embarrassing if something happened terribly there and french france had no i think the idea however that this is a humanitarian intervention is belied by the whole history of the us france and british interventions of countries don't act humanitarian of the day are in their national interest what they perceive as their national interest. and bring you close as want to really go along on the ground that when one of her native at tweets and says. that he did all that would mean that the left is in there with that. al qaida will find us on twitter on the phone call or log on to read about a war correspondent why that's important and how long. first . if. in japan our work at the damaged plant has been hampered by the dangerous and fluctuating radiation in and around the facility levels in there i think i would have all think. it's now estimated to be a four and a half thousand times more the normal the highest level recorded in the sea giving all of the crisis experts think it may be cau

nato is united nato is vigilant nato is ready to act well there was a meeting between president sarkozy's office of france and the libyan rebel national council after wish it was decided to announce that front brick noise is the rebels as the legitimate power in that country they will exchange ambassadors france will send an ambassador to be in causey and vice versa there will be a diplomat in france as the official representative of their country the french foreign minister alan should pay urged european partners to follow suit and engage with the new libyan leaders and the trouble is this opposition doesn't have much control it has this certain part pockets of the country in the east there's also devious question marks over its formation mirror former ministers of justice the minister of be interior from a good effete regime in this party along with several rebels rebels who dissidents also who spent years in prison and it's not sure why france has done this france it is not traditionally the closest ally of libya of course libya was a former colony of italy and there are question marks

election president sarkozy would be very much interested in going after libya because it would be veryembarrassing if something happened terribly there and french france had i think the idea however that this is a humanitarian intervention is be lied by the whole history of the u.s. france and british interventions countries don't act humanitarian. they act in their national interest what they perceive as their national. a large contribution to our torso from the tripoli to bring you closer so what's really going on on the ground in one of her little sister when she says that some people in tripoli think that on the rebels would be the brass this is the effect on me al qaeda find us on t.v. on the school college. moving to japan now where work out the damaged fukushima plant is being hampered by the dangerously fluctuating radiation in underground facility levels in the icy water have also reached new highs it's now estimated the four and a half thousand times the normal the highest level recorded in the scene you since the beginning of the nuclear crisis experts think it may be caused

election president sarkozy would be very much interested in going after libya because it would be very embarrassing if something happened carol be there and strange france had i think the idea however that this is a humanitarian intervention is be lied by the whole history of u.s. france and british interventions countries don't act humanitarian day act in their national interest what they perceive as their national interest. lassies fall asleep is contributing to our twitter feed from tripoli to bring you closer is what's really going on on the ground there when one of the latest tweets as she says that some people in tripoli think that arming the rebels and many of the west is also afraid to be arming al qaida find us on twitter ourselves on all of them for web site read about the war correspondent life in all his personal blog. to japan now where work at the damaged fukushima plant is being hampered by the dangerously fluctuating radiation in and around the facility the levels the nearby sea walls have also reached new highs where it's now estimated to be four and a half thousand ti

long could our fee be interviewed on euro news and the interviewer asked and what do you think of sarkozy in france recognizing the rebels and here say it's answer so because you have firstly because you must repay libya the money he took for his reelection campaign we financed election campaign and we have all the details and we're ready to accomplish the first thing we ask you to clown is to repay this money to the libyan people we hope to become president so that he would help the libyan people but he's disappointed as we were and very soon will be published all the details on the documents. in a son by publishing the transcript from the french government and by making a comment that they have concerning hillary clinton are emerging as the true statesmen in the world could dappy is emerging as somebody who is onus and honestly and same whereas you when you hear clinton she's masking her insanity when you hear the there the leaders in japan they're masking their insanity by trying to. parse their comments regarding this nuclear industry as pro growth which is as insane as what gadhafi i

president sarkozy made the announcement after the summit as you say attended by the big guns of world defense the decision has been taken at the top level u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton among them then mark and canada will supply fighter jets to the air fare to italy france and spain will provide air bases for support in the region while other arab states saudi arabia qatar jordan and the united arab emirates have said they do back the deployment of a no fly zone over libya near space and the main role along with those arab states will be played by the u.k. and france u.k. leader david cameron says that he fully backs the deployment of a no fly zone which will in effect ground their fees jets and helicopters and the arab states will play a supporting role of this new key their support in the region france says its number one concern is to defend the civilian population and we're seeing other western powers after this summit coming round to that point of view germany's angela merkel said that the fact that germany abstained from the u.n. vote on establishing a no fly zone does

sarkozy is expected to offer more technical assistance to >> the u.n. nuclear watch dog has decided to dispatch marine environment experts to fukushima to analyze sea water surrounding the troubled nuclear power plant. >> the situation remains very serious. it continues to be very serious. iaea is doing everything in por to help japan. >> a meeting of the international atomic energy agency in vienna wednesday agreed to spend the experts from the marine environmental laboratory in monaco this week. the decision follows a request by the japanese government. the iaea already sent 15 experts to japan to measure radiation levels in the air, food and soil in fukushima and the tokyo metropolitan area. it says it will provide more people as requested by the japanese government to examine the effects of the radiation leak. ai uchida is in studio to give us latest in business news. >> welcome to "newsline" business. tokyo stocks are hovering in a narrow range on thursday morning. investors are holding back from active trading to keep an eye on the impact of the r

for its proof that nicolas sarkozy the u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton was also the french summit in paris and she said that u.s. will use this quote unique capabilities to help the international coalition as it moves into libya but there is growing concern here of double standards in that it's going into an area of libya which is the oil rich and of great commercial interests of the west but several parts of the region where we're seeing horrific escalating it was the last year in ivory coast being you can all by the west which is turning a blind eye to escalating violence there daniel thanks very much indeed that's our correspondent daniel bushell there in our studio well with concerns that a no fly zone over libya could be a cover up for for a full scale engagement antiwar activist jim brown says the u.n. resolution is for the polls. if you can interpret so many things and then i mean what on earth you mean by protecting civilians presumably it means protecting civilians from both sides because there are clear sugges

to try to understand what happens in the world, yes. >> how do you think your president is doing sarkozy a very difficult time at the moment, you know. the president is very low in the polls, yes. because of what happened in, so it's very difficult. and anyway i never really answer to political questions on television or even in newspapers. because what actors say, you know, can always become something else. and it's very private for me. if i had dinner with you, i would answer without any problems. you know, but i mean, you know what i mean, i don't take much-- i don't like to say too many important things. >> but to know you, you've got to be fascinated by what's happening in the middle east, now. >> of course, yeah. >> and what is happeninging in tunesia and egypt. >> very impressed because people knew and even the people in europe, you know, knew and even the people responsibility today without knowing exactly at which point, you know, the level of life of people because as it's been said in newspapers, you know, and magazines, that people were scared. people mr. scared of the islami

president nicolas sarkozy held talks with the opposition national council and then announced that france recognizes the organization as the legitimate government. sarkozy favors military action against the gadhafi's regime and he will propose a at an eu leaders summit on friday. none of this was agreed beforehand. the eu has been seeking a united message on libya. >> we are in no doubt that any measures that go beyond targeted sanctions would require a mandate from the united nations. it is also crucial that other states from the region, under the umbrella of the arab league, should be included. both and supporting and carrying out those measures. >> germany and france had held talks earlier, but there was no word of sarkozy's hard-line stance. the two countries did agree that it was time for gaddafi to go. colonel gaddafi has discredited himself and must go. he must now engage in dialogue with libya's new representatives. >> we continue to be appalled by the levels of violence in libya. we call on colonel gaddafi to leave and for his regime to end the violence against his own people. >>

actually i don't know if president nicolas sarkozy's poker player but he clearly gone but. it's a it's a dangerous even if you disagree with. what is. in the way. it starts where your reason to just shift the operation relation to your position especially because we don't know really in this conceal i know of course everyone knows the faces of the guys but we don't know the exact composition of the conceal we don't know if there are. tribal leaders just. people. from business. so in we don't know at the end of the day. so it's i think it's dangerous to do to do this and it's difficult to understand why from studies. fullish expect you got much more on the situation in libya in just a few moments for you tonight and here's what else is in store for the programs where. people are really angry anxious just because the food for thought i'm sure this american congressman who wants courted the muslim vote so in office is now accused of organizing a which we've got a story plus. moscow is the world's wealthiest capital seventy nine we hear of russia's one hundred one billionaires

a similar fate when opposition socialists took a decisive local election when it adds pressure on sarkozy who faces a presidential election in a year's time. i'll update you with a summary of the main news in about ten minutes time shortly we speak to the russian president's special representative in afghanistan. stay tuned for our interview in which the envoy says that nato is current strategy in the country isn't working and will end up costing more lives if lessons are learned. so i mean president visits new representative to afghanistan it's great to have you with us today sir thank you very much now you've pointed to a cold war mentality that was preventing nato from hitting good advice do you think that they now accept that stable afghanistan is also in russia's interests or will you have to convince them. that. they should understand that first of all that people are going to them in russian interest because of germany it's much more closer to russia or burn two or three american space where america own be even to europe oh that's why sometimes we. explain all. our girls and aims a

similar phase when opposition socialists took a decisive local election win it out of pressure on sarkozy who faces a presidential election. any years' time. in just a few minutes we explore a fortress church i don't want trying resistance headquarters to go find hard to spot enough because they're buried deep underground that's their technical what's happening in the pits as well. as alone welcome to business b. disaster in japan could reduce global car production by first two percent that's according to the latest research from chess consulting many japanese carmakers are holding work at their local factories with producers in other countries suffering from a lack of components being distributed i.h.s. consulting says while companies currently have some reserves they could be used up by mid april if automakers find no alternative global production may fall for free hundred thousand cars a day to around two hundred thousand meanwhile general motors ford and citron have already part the cup production in a number of european. copper anally minium have enjoyed a strong run over the last fe

there should go now that germany no longer recognizes the regime as the country's rulers president sarkozy of france meanwhile has called for the aerial bombardment of their field parts of libya he called on the rest of the e.u. to officially recognize libya's rebels as the legitimate rulers of that country and compared libya with somalia saying that it had no leadership anymore and that there was no international recognition of gadhafi is regime italy's largest bank unicredit meanwhile has frozen assets held in it by libyan shareholders however there are growing concerns over the use of military force why nato presence is the establishment of a no fly zone strongly supported by the u.s. and u.k. means war with libya people should not think this is a simple solution and germany's interior minister went further saying there will be no action by nato militarily for the time being represent russia strongly opposes president sarkozy's proposal to. the libyan parts of it duffy held parts of libya and the deputy foreign minister of the country says it's categorically against the unilateral use o

be no action by nato militarily for the time being represented russia strongly opposes president sarkozy's proposal to. the libyan parts of the death held parts of libya and that the foreign minister of the country says it's categorically against the unilateral use of force by anyone. well for more on the international response to the situation live there i'm now joined live by michael round now for the for constitutional rights based in new york many thanks for being with us here at our scene from has reportedly called for there we are tanks on the good parts of libya but how would international community respond to that do you think that they certainly should respond to france's court for their. regression contrarily you want charter time for international law the only way they could do something like that is through the security council they have no right you know we have no right through nato you have no right to any other institution either you are no fly zone or bomb libya or to intervene or i mean it's very very clear now nato has missions in iraq and afghanistan have partly led to

be no action by nato militarily for the time being because in russia strongly opposes president sarkozy's proposal to. the libyan parts of it daffy held parts of libya and for mr of the country says it's categorically against the unilateral use of force by anyone. meanwhile his forces are pushing rebels out of more libyans hundreds of authorization find his than even back after tanks with rockets and shelf prolifically have more of the country. after a week of heavy fighting in the strategically important town of as is a we are rebels there have finally been overthrown by gadhafi forces the latest reports we have from the town is that the city center is quiet that most people have deserted their hoods and that gadhafi streets are now moving from house to house carrying out a race at the same time the other focal point we moved to the city of ras lanuf according to libyan state television to quote him this city has been of al qaida supporters for several days now gadhafi is wolf planes have been pounding in particular residential areas in the east for the latest reports coming out from the

election president sarkozy would be very much interested in going after libya because it would be very embarrassing if something happened terribly there and french france had now i think the idea however there is a humanitarian intervention is the lie by the whole history of the u.s. france and british interventions countries don't act humanitarian lead they act in their national interest what he perceives as their national. a lot of players. from tripoli to bring you closer to what's really going on on the ground that we don't want to make we. mention any thing that arming the rebels and that the west is in for the fact al-qaeda find us on twitter and on the. websites so we've got a war on the line in porn as well if. if . a this is japan now where work out the damaged fukushima plant is being hampered by dangerous infatuated radiation in and around the facility where the levels the nearby sea water have also reached new highs it's now estimated before the heart panels and times than normal the highest level recorded in the sea since the beginning of the nuclear crisis experts think i

be no action by nato militarily for the time being represented russia strongly opposes president sarkozy's proposal to. the libyan parts of it could be held parts of libya and the foreign minister of the country says it's categorically against the unilateral use of force by anyone. well for more on the an arrest in libya and the international response we're joined by the channel head of the russian state d.-wil foreign affairs committee he joins us live from paris where the council of europe parliamentary assembly is holding a session focusing on the situation in the arab world a mystical search of many that are being with us here on r.c. now francis called on the e.u. to soon follow with decision and recognize the libyan rebel government what's russia's position on their. problem is is that this is a closed one and we have very few reliable sources of information on what is going on there in reality we have an official picture on official t.v. and this is in favor of and mr duffy and his supporters of the pictures on western t.v. said this is absolutely opposite to what we see on the offi

opposition to merkel's nuclear policy decisions on libya and the euro in neighboring france president sarkozy's ruling party suffered a similar fate when opposition socialists took a decisive local election win that's pressure on sarkozy who faces a presidential election in a year's time. but in just a few minutes from now we'll be talking to the russian presidential advisor on afghanistan who tells us that the nato mission is not bringing peace to the troubled country before that we have this business updates with dmitri. thanks very much bill hello and welcome to business artsy russian oil giant boston after pipeline monopoly transnet they want to take china's national petroleum corporation to court as they await forty million dollars they say the firm has failed to pay for genuine oil shipments and russia and china signed a contract in two thousand and nine providing rosner transnet with a twenty five billion dollar loan in exchange for a guarantee of shipments of oil through the pacific ocean pipeline that settles the chinese side as allegedly all in short of amounts to one hundred million

government of libya this is an extraordinary event i forget and for some it's somebody said that sarkozy was not only launching bombs but perhaps launching his reelection campaign i thought that was really interesting trying to save his political neck but in this country people talk about a loyal i don't think oil is a factor in this the toll in this country the installer is this i think actually insane military adventure probably as stupid as anything sinister poleon tried to invade russia or an eighteen well it's absolutely amazingly stupid is because you had what we call liberal interventionist lobby which was. you know. rice and the u.n. hillary clinton. the advisory and samantha power in the white house who were pushing for intervention at a certain point obama felt that he was politically exposed and although i don't believe obama was keen on intervention at all as long as the us military or secretary of defense gates they felt they had to go along of course the joke is that eastern libya is basically the people who are the rebels they provided in the iraq war young men to commit s

to america's nuclear policy and decisions on libya and the euro it may bring in france president sarkozy's ruling party suffered a similar fate when opposition socialists took decisive local election where it had pressure on sarkozy faces a presidential election in a year's time. now in just a few minutes the russian presidential advisor on afghanistan taliban for the naysaying mission there is on course to bring nothing but misery to the troubled country but fast all the nation's business deals for to me. thanks alice russian oil giants ross nafta and transnet want to take china's national petroleum corporation to court as they await forty million dollars they say the firm has failed to pay for january shipments alone the two sides signed a contract in two thousand and nine providing rosneft with a fifteen billion dollar loan from china in exchange for shipments of oil through the pacific ocean pipeline total sum the chinese side is allegedly fall and short of amounts to one hundred million dollars now because of that russia's oil pipeline monopoly transnet is now in debt to rosneft for t

and what president sarkozy said from president obama yesterday the intention are we countries are taking military action under the u.n. resolution. and they wish. the rebels against him on the ground and so we talk about you know right and was i think rather exaggerated because colonel gadhafi as far as i can see has had a most of it doesn't airplanes the rebels have been going to put up this money promptly crashed. in fact the whole issue of a lot of parents is so great and really the basic problem has been there are going to be people to car that are the rebels have turned out it's not really very effective as a military force or more around all the rebel army colonel gadhafi is already has largely melted away he has perhaps ten to fifteen thousand soldiers fired from his side and he seems to have more people ready to fight him than are organized to fight on either side and that's where i. needed to try and turn the heart why is it taken so long though for the international community to impose this no fly zone and indeed to carry out this military intervention which we've just seen now

fly zone certainly a lot of talk about it and pretty interesting we're hearing france president sarkozy's saying that you know he's ready to consider this at least propose airstrikes on libyan leader moammar gadhafi his command headquarters what about this you know france coming into the picture here. well they would come in without the permission of washington and they would at least for the club group nato if not the united nations and france isn't the united states and can defy the world is easily. you know. when they say that they want to. help the libyans and have a no fly zone to get the relief figure out what is the real agenda because they don't show this sort of compassion for afghans or iraqis or pakistanis where we actually could do something about it since it's the united states inflicting the damage so if they haven't any compassion for those people why do they have for the limits that president obama has said that you know he'll wait wait to see what the rest of the u.n. says and. you know it's interesting though because a lot of critics say the longer this country wait the

french president nicholas sarkozy even shook hands today with two representatives from the counsel. >gas is going up nationwide. they're trading barbings over who's to blame. they know gas prices have doubled since president obama took office and accuse the obama administration of consistently blocking efforts to increase domestic oil production and even says the president's current plans could send prices even higher. >> the white house has its way. the epa is about to impose a backdoor national energy tax which means the gas prices would only go higher. >> democrats fired back saying a republican budget plan would cut spending for renewable energy. that could lessen our dependence on oil. >> transportation officials say they're working on a short-term plan that would balance caltrain's budget without making massive service cuts. caltrain had previously warned they would have to dramatically cut service to close a $30 million budget gap. proposals included cancelling all non-peak service and halting all trains south of san jose. the transportation commission executive director says h

world leaders including nicholas sarkozy have condemned the crackdown. 10,000 shiite muslims in iraq have protested bahrain protests. heavy machinery was brought into teardown a symbolic statute in the capital. it was a focal point of anti- government protests. the protesters are calling for increased civil rights. an unconfirmed reports say four protesters have been killed in anti-government protesters. police dispersed protests in two towns. video shows demonstrators calling for the end of corruption in the country. the marshes were the largest since political unrest began three months ago. joining me in the studio is michelle to talk about the unrest. you studied in syria. we are seeing protest splayed out there. how do you see this playing out? >> it has to do with events we see in libya and egypt. it is still very dangerous. these two states will also see violent clashes of people not willing to be ruled by incompetent leaders. it is really always leading to tripoli. other regimes will follow. should he be crashed, then the other regimes will be very fearful and will not dare to

sarkozy. the french president suffered a setback in local elections. 20 percent of the vote was taken, coming in second behind the opposition socialists, who got 36%. another performed strongly with almost 12%. in the opinion polls, they were looking at sarkozy being eliminated in the first round of next year's presidential elections. the battle for the presidency. the italian prime minister silvio berlusconi appeared in court on monday in connection with fraud allegations. his supporters gathered outside the courtroom in a lawn. prosecutors alleged fraud took place during a broadcast by one of his media companies. this is one of four trials that the prime minister is facing. he says the charges are politically motivated. all right, i will be back in one minute to talk about the green surge in german politics. >> all right, welcome back, everyone. everyone is talking about sunday's nuclear election. the situation in japan caused some issues. the christian democrats lost a six decade-long reign

. >> they have been speaking with nicolas sarkozy of france. it has taken a more international dimension by the day. the latest, the very small amount of radioactive iodine would have been detected in the arab of glasgow. -- air above glasgow. this is taking on an increasingly international dimension. >> you are watching bbc news. still ahead, and the world cup semifinals. we have a special report ahead of wednesday's epic clash. more now on the foreign intervention in libya. the british prime minister has been speaking from the arabic television service. he was asked if the air strikes were helping the rebel forces. >> what we are helping to do is to stop him from terrorizing and murdering his own people. this is now a time where people can return and live peacefully. they were being slaughtered by forces. what we are doing is absolutely in the terms of the nuclear security council resolution, britain, france, america, we have no selfish interests. this is not about libyan oil. we want to stop this decatur murdering his people at the invitatio

dos cartas, una a barack obama y otra al secretario general de las naciones unidas y a nicolas sarkozyn la consideraba invÁlida por completo. >> gracias, Álvaro por tu comunicaciÓn telefónica desde libia, ciudad donde comenzÓ la intervenciÓn. >> esta noche, el departamento de estado anunciÓ que aceptaba la renuncia del embajador de mÉxico. >> el embajador de estados unidos en mÉxico, carlos pascual presentÓ su renuncia hoy, segÚn informÓ la secretaria de estado, hillary clinton en un comunicado. con gran pesar anuncio que el embajador nos ha pedido al presidente barack obama y a mÍ que aceptemos su renuncia. de acuerdo con el departamento de estado, pascual decidiÓ dejar el cargo basado en su deseo personal que se fortalezcan las relaciones entre ambos paÍses. lo cierto es que se vio envuelto en un escÁndalo luego de que wikileaks divulgara un cable, supuestamente redectado por Él en el cual criticaba al ejÉrcito mexicano, por ser lento y tener... al riesgo. >> los embajadores tambiÉn le echaron mucha crema a sus tacos y siempre querÍan levantar sus propias agendas ante sus propios jef

. >> sarkozy and merkel and the european governments just want to destroy our social benefits. they want europe to be a huge economic carry with no social protection for the workers. >> that is the attempt to create a herlevel playing field for the european economy. countries will be more rigorously tested for the competitiveness. governments that want help will have to implement the economic and social reforms. >> being able to bring these strands together in one packet is a huge step forward. we are showing that we have learned lessons from the crisis experienced by some countries. >> europe is pulling+ together and at least polishing up the current policy. >> angola merkel -- angela merkel has a lot of experience in this. how strong does her hand look this time around? >> not so good, i am afraid. that was very true since she arrived on the political scene. some people say that one product maybe the impending elections. among the big political players, e could beaid be olat on libya on nuclear energy, having immediately pulled the plug on old nuclear plants in germany, and,

sarkozy. the french president suffered a setback in local elections. 20 percent of the vote was taken, coming in second behind the opposition socialists, who got 36%. another performed strongly with almost 12%. in the opinion polls, they were looking at sarkozy being eliminated in the first round of next year's presidential elections. the battle for the presidey. the italian prime minister silvio berlusconi appeared in court on monday in connection with fraud allegations. his supporters gathered outside the courtroom in a lawn. prosecutors alleged fraud took place during a broadcast by one of his media companies. this is one of four trials that ththprime minister is facing. he says the charges are politically motivated. all right, i will be back in one minute to talk about the green surg >> all right, welcome back, everyone. everyone is talking about sunday's nuclear election. the situation in japan caused some issues. the christian democrats lost a six decade-long reign of power. it was a blo

many french people still and meyer his folksy style, which contrasts sharply with president sarkozy. but critics insist the misappropriation of public funds is not a petty offense. attorneys for a taxpayers' association contend the investigation was [unintelligible] >> is france a country that honors the rule of law onot? this is an opportunity for the judicial system to be in power. with respect to what is happening in the world, french justice can no longer play second fiddle to the executive office. >> the allegations concern chirac's time as mayor of paris. he is accused of putting almost 500 workers on the city payroll in the 1990's. many never spent a day on the office -- at the office to receive salaries, and some were members of his pay -- his election team. he struck a deal with the city of paris to repay 2.2 million euros. the city dropped charges against him and subsequently. he is expected to make his first court appearance on tuesday. even if found guilty, he might only be fined or received a suspended sentence. marie antoinette was also tried in this courtroom, but she

president obama and france's nicholas sarkozy have a and currently come to an agreement over how france should participate in the mission, but no word yet on when france will be taking over. one thing that has been agreed upon is that the arms embargo must be enforced. >> nato has committed to enforcing the arms embargo by air and by sea. hips and aircraft will patrol the air and coastal waters in an attempt to stem the mercenaries joining the gaddafi regime. rebels are hoping this will even the playing field against the dictator superior military might. but german foreign minister is calling for yet more wide reaching sanctions. >> we are working for an all out oil and gas embargo. it cannot be that at the same time military air strikes are being flown, the possibility of contious gas and oil deals with the gaddafi rajeev have not been completely cut rolled out. -- gaddafi regime have not been completely ruled out. >> this video footage shows a harbor aimed at taking out in 80 days. the coalition has lost its first fighter campaign in the campaign. and an american f-15 crashed in north

. >> the german chancellor had a warm greeting for french president nicolas sarkozy in british prime minister james cameron. but personal friendship has not lead to consensus on libya. merkel predicted british and french proposals for military intervention. >> we have not spoken in detail about it. it is clear that we cannot reach a decision today because the necessary legal requirements are not in place. and we have not secured cooperation agreements from regional organizations. >> and embarrassing predicament for sarkozy, who has taken the lead in formulating a european response to the libyan crisis. but he could at least point out some progress. >> the european council has unanimously decided that gaddafi must go. as of today, a gaddafi is no longer an official contacted the european union. >> but eu leaders believe that unilateral action is not an option. for now, they're concentrating on a joint program of humanitarian aid for libya and consultations with the arab league and the average union. >> european leaders have agreed in principle on a pact that would better cordingley eu

french president nicolas sarkozy will visit japan on thursday. he will meet prime minister naoto kan about further assistance to resolve the nuclear crisis. the science ministry says levels of radiation near the fukushima daiichi plant in the seawater are higher than normal but on the decline. they have been collecting seawater samples since march 23rd. it began the research after a high-density of radioactive substances was detected in seawater near the plant's drain outlets. the ministry says 1.5 to 3.5 becquerels of radioactivity were found in seawater samples taken at four locations on sunday. the amounts are 1,000 to 2,600 times higher than those measured in the same area two years ago. the current level are only one-fifth to one-tenth of those dee detected on march 23rd. the density of iodine 131 is decreasing. it stands 159 be becquerels per liter. cesium is not absorbed into fish through gills, but some species accumulate the element by eating plankton and smaller fish. they say radioactive substances are eliminated from fish in several w

popular now than when he left an apartment -- and far more popular than the current president, nikolas sarkozy. two facts that are not entirely unconnected. there is also concern here over the ex-president's state of health. his family had denied media speculation he is suffering from alzheimer's. the 78-year-old is certainly a little shaky on his feet, which is why camera crews will be kept away from his access to the courtroom tomorrow. they have also afforded him a comfortable armchair from which to give his answers and a private room in which to recuperate. in the end, the cases adjourned early today with news the former president will now appear on wednesday pending the court's decision. the former prime minister was convicted on similar allegations and later disqualified from holding public office for one year. last week, he was appointed the new foreign secretary, fully rehabilitated. even if convicted, there are few who expect the former president to face anything more serious than a fine and the public embarrassment in court. >> stay with us. much more to come, including this -- queen

after our phone conversation with david cameron and nicolas sarkozy, barack obama made clear that soonncreasingly fewer american planes will be involved appeared >> i would expect that over the next several days, we will have clarity and a meeting of the minds of all those participating in the process. we are seeing a significant reduction in the number of u.s. planes involved in operations over libya appeared >> this is the result. a workshop on the military base in tripoli. overnight bombing had caused some destruction but no one had died. elsewhere in the city, authorities alleged allied air strikes have killed many civilians. the bbc has asked for evidence of this but none has been provided. >> joining me on the line from tripoli is a local resident. we are not revealing his name. thank you for joining us. just tell me what exactly is going on at the moment in to the capitol where you are. >> i can tell you it's very quiet. i am not hearing any shelling or anti-aircraft. >> and how has it been during the day when we have heard reports that there have been plenty of gunfire there? d

resolution. 1, 2, 3, thank you sarkozy, the crowd shouted. we will triumph.et's speak with mat walls of the united nations in new york. some are saying that it may be too late. >> yes, exactly. i think the feeling here tonight is that, since the four british and the french and the americans forced the hand of the u.n. security council, they dared them to veto this resolution. of course, we do have 10 in favor out of 15, but there were five key extensions. they have grave doubts as to exactly how to consider this resolution, this use of force. you have to go back to 1991, to the gulf war, to get a resolution that had this much opower in it. there are already those who are saying, if you look at the position of germany, for example, there is not enough detail in this resolution to guarantee the desired affect to protect individuals. >> do you have more details of what is in the resolution apart from the no-fly zone? >> yes. it is calling for an immediate cessation of hostilities by the gaddafi forces. it is calling for an immediate ban on all libyan-owned air f