the right-wing discourse of nicolas sarkozy as he goes wooing the far right voters. it is particularly paying dividends with that part of the electorate and perhaps within the leadership itself. it has to be said that his strategy is alienating some of his more moderate supporters. poorperhaps explaining the result from the republican party perspective in this first round. how surprising is that the nicolas sarkozy is holding firm on to this party line to not form any coalitions? does he have his eye on the prize down the line? the presidential race in 2017? >> i think indeed nicolas sarkozy was hoping to be able to boost his 2017 campaign with a strong performance. that has not been the case in this first round of the regional elections. you have to really look towards the other major figures in the party and candidates that are going to be challenging him in the primary and the presidential vote. -- his most serious challenger is considered to be slightly more moderate. line on forming alliances. campaigningeek of is over they will basically be going back to the dr

sarkozy, it says same players play again. it does not seem that overhaul of and politics a lot of voters have been calling for. in terms of nicholas sarkozy, it appears to be an uphill battle. here, there might not be a clear winner in the regional elections, but there is a clear loser. "he is the real loser of those regional elections." this week was marked by internal fighting, i guess you could call it. sarkozy gotten rid of the number two politician in the party. he kicked her off the leadership board because she openly before in the lead up to the regional election. he is facing some problems from his former allies, and then there are these rivals within the party. they have made it clear that they want to run for president. they want to represent in the presidential election. so he isre facing -- facing trouble within his party. the editorial is quite long but it is worth the read. it says, "when a woman has lived with a man for quite a long time, she hesitates before leaving him because even if the passion is gone, the

they're probably going to be evicted because of her disagreement with sarkozy.erson who seriously disagrees with this tactic is jupe. he'll be the centrist candidate trying to move the party back to the middle ground. >> i think this all sets us up for the national vote though, doesn't it, rainbow? we're trying to figure out whether or not hollande, given his leadership during the paris attacks and victory at the paris climate discussions this weekend, doesn't have maybe a bit of a tail wind to get into it with sarkozy and his right leaning party when it comes to the national vote? >> it would be difficult to say it's been a good time for hollande. he has been slightly resurgent in the polls. whether that bump is likely to last all the way through to 2017 is a different matter. the very strong performance of the front nationale is a threat that will repeat itself. in which case there's a risk that hollande might not resurge. >>> thank you for joining us. russia has warned turkey to stop staging, quote, provocations against its forces in or close to syria. this i

. >> the other winner is the former president nicolas sarkozy. in several regions, they picked up votes at the expense of the socialist. the national front is well placed to take control of at least two regional councils, one in the north, and one in the south-east. the party's big scenes are security and immigration. these are policies decided at a national, not a regional level. so jubilation on sunday evening at the national front headquarters in paris. this was only the first round of voting. the turn out was low, at only around 50%. the second and decisive round will take place in a week's time >>> jacky joins us from the front national headquarters in paris. as you were saying, the early protections suggest that marie le pen's party is in a strong position going into the second round. what is the latest you are hearing now? >> the latest we are hearing is that with the first round of voting over, the national front is poised to potentially win as many as six regional councils, and that's more than the most optimistic predictions for them be

if you are a socialist, you don't want to vote for sarkozy. some will to block the far right.t polls show that le pen may not win a single region on sunday. francine: greg, thank you for the update. mark, we look at donald trump and the rise of far right parties. almost trumping trump here in europe and especially in france. >> we've been having this kind of discourse for some time. pen and front don't win the regions that it looks like they might, we shouldn't be comforted. they've done well in terms of gaining support. they will still have close to 30% of the vote. i think politicians have to look at that carefully, look at how they try and deal with it. they have to be careful about adopting the rhetoric of the front. tried to do that had right of the first round. it didn't work. it is extremely dangerous. very aggressively, frankly xena phobic president in hungary. in a country like france, you do not need that. the vote.to focus on the thing the government can do something about is the economy. francine: greg, we have these regional elections, but then we also have the im

according to the polls the former party of nicholas sarkozy is in second place with 27 president andnt francois hollande is in third with about 23 percent of the vote so far, jacky rowland joins you live from paris. jacky, as we were saying this vote comes as a sensitive time for the country. but i suppose these early polls pretty much confirming expectations from the regional vote. >> reporter: they confirm the way people felt i am talking to you from inside the national front's election campaign headquarters for these elections in paris. and we moment, o on the dot the 8:00 local time when the exit polls were announced. you can imagine the scene here the place erupt ed in jubilation has those figures started flash ago cross the scene, we have to stress that these are only exit polls, different television channels have different figures. some of the polls significant actually that the national front and nicholas sarkozy's republican party actually neck in neck. had it be at least another hour and a half before we get firmer results, but nevertheless, the figures as we see them alrea

the national front has taken more than 27% of the vote, followed by nicolas sarkozy's republican party, and trailed by socialists.llandee''s inflation and an unprecedented recession have left many venezuelan voters want to change. they have also been hit hard by the falling oil price. the imf expects the economy to shrink 10% this year. economists we spoke to see inflation at 124%. lowered theirpan reference rate. the dollarame after rose on expectations of a u.s. interest rate hike following strong jobs data on friday. in the british army has been storm lefter a rare several northern towns and cities flooded. rainord 314 millimeters of fell in the lake district over a 24-hour period. back to you. manus: let's get a check on the equity markets in asia. post-211,000usly on friday, playing the catch-up game. >> good morning to you. it was a pretty good start for the region. we have seen a little bit of a fallback late afternoon trade. the cost be is closing lower. for an coming through out of korean stocks with the won weakening once again. chinese regulators coming through today with so

guy: what does this mean for nicolas sarkozy?is a midterm for them and if they won a lot of regions last time because sarkozy was in power, so it is more difficult for his republican party. i think the biggest problem will be in how they coordinate a message between forming united fronts and maintaining their identity they sing socialists. a coalitionet effectively? is that what the reality is going to end up being? charles: the socialists are pulling out of some of the races says republicans might be able to say they are not taking part in the coalition, but they are being helped by the fact that the socialists are pulling out. there's also the fact -- so they are only really two regions where they are contenders. the are favorites. guy: why are people waiting for them? frustration with mainstream politics? charles: they have tried the center right and left, not feeling great about the economic guy:?ion so why not what are the implications of at policy you look formation and how it is going to shape french politics, what do we t

nicholas sarkozy poses some very difficult questions.n is do you want to continue imitating marine le pen ? or potentially do you opt for a candidate -- a more centrist candidate? .hat is the crucial importance the need for the center-right to track the socialist vote to defeat the program national. -- the pro-national. isus: the whole issue hollande's popularity is under pressure. turn tragiccan't , but translating statesmanship into political has not happened for him, has it? carsten: he has benefited to a certain degree. there has been a rally around the flag. the problem simply is the presidential elections in that sense are quite a while away for him. the dominating problem for him will remain. record levels of unemployment. ,ere you have a serious problem the governance of this fractured center-left coalition that really constrains the ability to push for far-reaching economic reforms. as long as this is the case, this benefits the pro-national in the polls. it is not likely to go away in the short-term. manus: let's turn to merkel

arriving to address his republican party, the former president nicholas sarkozy. there was no triumphalism, but a approximate to learn the lesson of the first round. >> translator: this mobilization in favor of our candidates must not in any pretext make us forget the warnings given by all politicians including us in the first round of the regional elections. >> the socialist party of francois hollande bounced back. the president has seen his personal popularity soar after the attacks in paris. >> there is no sense of relief or triumph though or victory. the danger of the extreme right has not vanished. far from it. i cannot forget the results of the irtsdz first rounofthe firs. all that obliges us to listen to the french people more and act. >> this was the last time french voters would go to the polls before the presidential election. that is stilt more thaelection. that is still more than a week away. jacky rowland, al jazeera, paris. >> crifechristopher dicky is th. the national front did worse in the second round, there was bigger turnout and in some cases so

arriving to address his republican party, the former president nicolas sarkozy and there was a promise to learn the lesson of the first round. >> this mobilization in favour of our candidates must not under any pretext make us forget the warnings given to all politicians, including us, in the first round of the regional elections. >> the socialist party bounced back in the second round. the president has seen his personal popularity soar after the paris attacks a month ago. nevertheless, the socialist prime minister struck a cautious tone. >> there is no sense of relief or triumph or victory. the dangers of the extreme right has not vanished. far from it. i cannot forget the results of the first round or recent years. i'm conscious of my responsibility and that of my government. all that obliges us to listen to the french people more, and act. >> this was the last time voters would go to the polls before the presidential election. that is more than a year away. and the outcome of these elections offers few clues. >>> today is a month since the attacks that killed 130 in paris. join us

so perhaps sarkozy were somewhat right. were they not? if they were not, what was the totality? in discussion with bashar al assad as part of the equation and vladimir putin. the second question, is it true that only the americans are the ones with the lack of mobility. i would like to say that maybe not. a piece published in brookings on the 17th focused on one paragraph on the fact there could be a rason but the identification problems two french for the operational have touched on one issue which is we have to look at the social economic or lack thereof to address some sort of identification. it doesn't explain the entire affair but what happens we could wrap around the affair. thank you. >> we can take one more. let's go here in the second. >> thank you. i'm a ph.d. candidate in geneva and i am surprised by the responses that you prescribed in parts because i was particularly surprised that one of the first resolutions was to limit freedoms or to actually inhibit what europe and france is about and i was wondering whether it might make sense to also look inwards and see how

she is determined to rally her supporters against potential voters. .he is scorned by her critics sarkozy has become her biggest threat. >> i will never assert any accord with the national front. i will tell you why. i simply don't like the way lapin talks about of the french people. >> the far right is pure fraud. its policies are a scam to deceive people. >> a socialist party withdrew its candidate for two reasons. >> now to some bad news for footballs michelle petit need. he has lost his appeal to lift a 90-day fifa ban. it will now run its course until january 5. for more on this, we can speak with john schneider. was this ruling largely expected? >> it is a little bit surprising. it is certainly bad news for michel platini. what they basically said was, ok, this 90-day provisional suspension is almost done. it is going until january 5. but the court of arbitration for sport said, a, we will wait for fifa to make a final decision, which is expected very soon, possibly by december 21. of arbitration for sport is not really going to get involved. >> what does this mean for platini? >> i

nicolas sarkozy's center-right one seven of 13 french regions, including paris after a decade in the hands of the socialist. .- socialists >> i cannot understand why some people are returning to bad habits. a dialoguedevelop between the french rights in the public. to the frenchn people to address their problems and give them solutions. >> although party members are calling for unity, many remain divided over the strategy. neithersaid he would form an alliance with the socialists, nor pull out to prevent the national front from winning, a move that his number decried and now she is out. >> we have a debate on the party's direction. it is a stalinist idea. reporter: this as the center-right is bickering over the debate of the primary, set ahead of the presidential election the following year. catherine: once again the big losers were the national front. they went from leading in the first round to taking zero regions in the final tally, but the extreme right party is far from unhappy. it had its best ever election score. the party leader, marine le pen, told supporters "nothing can st

government and lagarde hirs who served as finance minister in the conservative government of nicholas sarkozy has accused the socialists of trying to smear her in this campaign. which involved a compensation payout to a former minister and prominent businessman bernard tapis, coming out of public funds. and lagarde is accused of having referred this to an arbitration panel which found in his favor and this provoked an outcry in france because of the huge payment of public funds. >>> mauricio macri is delivering on his campaign promises, but he has been accused of benefiting the rich and not the poor. as teresa vo reports. >> mauricio macri has been argentina's president for one week and there are already thousands on the streets protesting against his policy. >> the government is benefiting the rich and not the poor. this is a protest to tell the new president we are on alert. >> reporter: macri has started to unraffle osystem of currency controls. to unen do controls implemented by his predecessorsor. the currency is part of economic overhaul he says is needed to jump start the economy. affe

even their tone was muted, with party leader and former president nicolas sarkozy calling for support of issues around the nation. mistakeuld be a great to go from one election to the next as if the french people had told us nothing. these debates will now be our priority in the months to come. >> a priority likely similar across the political spectrum. with less than two years to go before the next presidential election, the national front's in actual rise in support has indicated the political landscape could be very different the next time france goes to the polls. genie: the french conservative party met today to talk about what has been called their victory without joy. here is more from one possible candidate for that party's race to the l is a palace. >> we must quickly turned to the french people, address their problems, and give them some solutions. we should avoid these theoretical debates. more to the right, more to the left, more to the center, we are only ones interested in the debate. we must turn to the french people, especially young people, who are touting politics. n

nicholas nark sarkozy and his national party, the answer it seems is no. >> translator: we have been almost unanimous in saying we must not pull our candidates out of the race. first because we've campaigned for weeks to denounce the bad governance of the regions by socialists and also to denounce the government's policies. >> voter apathy also played a part of these results. more than half didn't decide the go to the polling place he. could have a significant impact on the final results. jacky rowland, al jazeera, paris. >> the u.s. has an edge to 190,000 of new fcial financials assistance to ukraine. held toks from president petr pr petro poroshenko. >> red alert is one of the four tier scale it means three days of four tier smog are expected,ics ares to be imposed on factories and traffic. that comes as the paris talks to prevent further climate change step up a gear. a draft needs to be finalized, it's aimed at producing greenhouse gases, country said the deal could lead to starvation. the oven secretary-general warned if the capacity is not reached. >> a climb catastrophe is clo

mary-kate olsen has tied the knot knot, marrying her 46-year-old french beau olivier sarkozy in an ultra-private ceremony in new york friday. >> they reportedly said i do in front of 50 friends and family at their home in new york city. we're told decorations for the wedding were bowls of cigarette cigarettes. >> i was not invited but i'm happy and send a mazel tov text. >> dave kulegave this statement. i'd like to congratulate mary-kate and wish her and her husband all the happiness in the world, sending my love. >>> one of our favorite new couples, blake and gwen spent thanksgiving apart. he was reportedly in oklahoma while she was in california. >> gwen spent thanksgiving day at her parents' house which for some fun. blake was there in spirit. gwen was face timing him walking around the park and had her son kingston saying hi to him. >> gwen took selfies with chewbacca and had a moment with darth vader. the happiest place on earth? back together again in l.a. today with gwen driving blake to work. congratulations to anne hathaway and adam schulman. anne showing off her baby bump after news br

an important question now facing the former president nicolas sarkozy and his republican party is whether do a deal with the socialists. this would mean withdrawing some of their candidates too neither to block the national front. the answer, it seems, is no. >> we've been almost unanimous in saying that we must not pull it out of the way. first because we've campaigned for weeks. >> voter apathy also played a part in these results. nearly half of the electorate did not bother going to the pullin polling station. more people may come out in the second round that could have a significant impact on the final results. jacky rowland, al jazeera, paris. >> still to come on the program, protection were pirates, the new security measures being used by sailors along one of asia's most important shipping corridors. and back to business in sierra leone, tourist attractions reopen after the country's ebola-free declaration. >> now a reminder of the top stories. syria's government described airstrikes that killed three soldiers as an act of aggression. washington denied the accusation that it was beh

lagarde herself who served as finance minister in the government of nicholas sarkozy, essentially involved a compensation payout to a former minister and former and very prominent businessman bernard tapis to the sum of $440 million, coming out of public funds, and lagarde is accused of referring this to an arbitration panel which found in his favor. this sparked an outcry in france because of the huge payout of public funds. >>> jetting across cities in the u.s. and cuba. 12 months after the former cold warren miss announced a normalization of relations. andy gallagher reports. >> more than 50 years of strained relations between cuba and the u.s. drastically changed. prisoners were released. the u.s. embassy in cuba hoisted its flag over havana and the processing of a normalization in relations officially began. in the months that fold, diplomatic ties have been established and travel restrictions eased. for some meaningful change is still out of reach. the cuban activist known as el sexto, jailed for almost a year for criticizing the cuban government says things have got worse ton island

sarkozy became president, it has become the enemy of summit of people around the world with support fromal dictatorships. remember the example of tunisia, as an example, the former dictator of benali was losing his grip on the country, sarkozy was issuing support come even the minister of interior proposing to help them in order to crack down on all of these protesters. so now france is perceived as this colonial country that is still participating in the destabilization of many countries put up look at tunisia. we keep paying the price for our unreliable foreign policy. now we don't want to address our soquel -- socioeconomic policies in france, we don't want to address the problem of mass unemployment, in equal access to education and housing, and the government is still saying by bombing foreign countries, it will reach the result. rhetoric but it does not change the communication, but our strategies have remained frozen in time. using, madnessp is when you keep repeating the same thing over and over again expecting a different result. -- since theve government thinks it might work ag

for her critics, among them, the media, the prime minister, and, of course, the president, nicolas sarkozy. he has become marine la pen's biggest threat, according to recent polls his party could front innational several of the regions they were hoping to win. will never accept any accord with the national front. i will tell you why. like the wayt marine la pen talks about other french people. socialistshe ruling too hope to keep marine la pen at bay. arehe far right's policies a scam to deceive people. partyer: the social withdrew its candidates in two regions to block a possible national victory on sunday. >> now, in geneva, carrying on with their lives as best they can. they raised the security level in the city and the surrounding region. search for individuals suspected of having had a role in last month's paris attacks. isn't yet clear how many people are being hunted for or are.their identities but two syrian nationals have been arrested in geneva this evening. it's reported that traces of explosives were found in their car. we'll bring you more on those arrests. clear if they're re

the conservatives, led by former president nicolas sarkozy, captured 40% of sunday's votes.rent president francois hollande's socialist party won nearly 29%, and the national front took 27%. sarkozy warned the far-right's strong showing in the first round of votes should have everyone on guard. >> ( translated ): this mobilization for our candidates in the second round should in the second round should under no circumstances allow us to forget the warnings which were sent to all political leaders, us included, during the first round of those regional elections. >> woodruff: while the national front garnered its largest number of votes in any election, it still failed to win a single region in the polls. last night, its leader, marine le pen, downplayed the loss. >> ( translated ): the national front will be the main force of opposition in the regional councils in france, an opposition which will be constructive but demanding, because we are free of any associations. an imaginative opposition because we are free of any interest groups. >> woodruff: the anti- immigration natio

there would have been reasons for republicans to rally with socialist, but quite clearly nicolas sarkozy prefers the far right to the left. we must offer voters clarity. that means in any place we can keep our candidate, we will. the voters will decide. they are free to choose. the french electors will have their say in a sunday. if there is one thing that the pollsters in the press agree on, it is president hollande and his party is anticipating defeat. anchor: earlier we asked whether the terror attacks had boosted national front support. >> the terror attacks are only a small percentage, only the last couple of weeks. they have really built up there fellowship slowly. they have to confront the idea, that is politicians in paris, that in france there is an audience for the messages that the national front is bringing about and that means there is an audienenen that wants to hear about french identity, the french nation, the grandeur of the french nation. who wants to hear that it is wonderful to close the borders, kick the euro out nd go back to the franc. generally that is an audience

the ruling socialists appear to have won five regions, and former nicolas sarkozy's center right republican party won 7. jacky rowland with the details. >> reporter: there was no clear winner really from these regional elections, although the center right did gain a couple more regions than the left. however, there was very clearly a loser. and that was the national front. it was a reversal of fortunes for the far right leader marie le pen. hear national front watched as the first-round gains evaporated. for a moment the party looked well positioned to win several regions, in the final round french people decided otherwise. le pen tried to put a brave face on the outcome. >> now the separation is not between the right and the left, but the globalists and the patriots. the globalists fight for the solution of france and its people. the patriots believe the nation is the protector of the french, and that is each and every one of you. >> voter apathy worked in the national front's favour. the turn out was higher. with 60% taking part >>> before the elections, the socialist controlled almost ev

his own backers to vote in the second round for the conservative republican party led by nicholas sarkozyt is now the socialist pol the socialist party policies -- policy to keep the right out. responsibility. that's the big difference between us and nicolas. when you are a politician, you accept these responsibilities. there is no hesitation. supporting the candidate against the national and the republican candidate against the national front. i will be calling the people to vote for the latest candidate against the national front. genie: that was the french prime minister. u.s. vice president joe biden is giving a land march -- landmark speech today to the ukrainian parliament after he pledged an additional $190 million in u.s. aid to back reforms. he also stressed the need for russia to fully meet its obligations under the minsk agreement signed earlier this year in the hopes of ending the fighting in the eastern ukraine. the vatican now, pope francis has opened a catholic holy year, believe are -- to some of the most important events in the roman catholic church. they have been a trad

sarkozy and the socialist party of mr.have been responsible for laxism concerning the raise of islamic fa knowledge catism in france. on the first round you have this exceptional scores realized by the far right. the people here are celebrating. now there is a second round. they will have meetings tomorrow and they havely the whole week is going to be very big and next week will be very hard. >> yes, and christian, you are suggesting that it seems as if this election has come along at the right time for marine le p pen. not only are people unhappy with the paris attacks and the economy. how might this affect the dynamic as we go in to the 2017 presidential contests? >> well, the thing, is you have to understand the situation in this country. is people as you have said are so dissatisfied with the situation, so they said, i heard some people saying why do we try the far right. we are so fed up, this is the term they used think fed up with the social assists, with mr. hollande, and evens that how do you explain that mr. hole

. >> former president sarkozy didn't follow his own words. he promised to clean up the immigrant neighbourhoods, but he didn't do anything. in cities all over france, there are neighbourhoods that even police dare not enter. >> for enzo, the front national is the only party that can help. it has no remedy for the high unemployment rate, but that doesn't seem to bother him. he thinks the problem will be solved once the party's in government. he has blind faith in the front national. but not all of its leaders are as charming as marion marechal le pen. stephane ravier, member of the french senate and a local mayor in marseille, orders enzo to stop talking to us, in no uncertain terms. >> you know what you can do with that camera. you like th press, do you? you've been with us eight days and you're already chatting away. you need to learn some discipline or you're out of here. >> i'll give you the mike back. >> so speaking to the press is a no-go. the front national's leaders are determined to control the party's lower echelons at any price. on

in second place, former president nicolas sarkozy's republicans party got about 27%.he left-leaning coalition led by president francois hollande's socialist party is trailing with more than 23%. >> translator: this evening we represent an incredible and patriotic dynamism. i'm sure this dynamism will be reinforced in the second vote. >>> officials say they are leading in four others. if the matches that performance in a run-off next sunday, it could become the leading party in some regions. the elections were the first since the paris attacks and seen as a warm-up for the 2017 presidential vote. seats in the regional councils are up for grabs. next weekend's run-off will be between parties with more than 10% of the vote. no party has been able to secure an outright majority. >>> authorities at japan's national police agency are bolstering antiterrorism measures after a series of high-profile global attacks. in an annual security report, agency officials reference incidents involving japanese citizens overseas. they include the beheadings of two citizens claimed by the

. >> former president sarkozy didn't follow his own words. he promised to clean up the immigrant neighbourhoods, but he didn't do anything. in cities all over france, there are neighbourhoods that even police dare not enter. >> for enzo, the front national is the only party that can help. it has no remedy for the high unemployment rate, but that doesn't seem to bother him. he thinks the problem will be solved once the party's in government. he has blind faith in the front national. but not all of its leaders are as charming as marion marechal le pen. stephane ravier, member of the french senate and a local mayor in marseille, orders enzo to stop talking to us, in no uncertain terms. >> you know what you can do with that camera. you like th press, do you? you've been with us eight days and you're already chatting away. you need to learn some discipline or you're out of here. >> i'll give you the mike back. >> so speaking to the press is a no-go. the front national's leaders are determined to control the party's lower echelons at any price. on

former president nicolas sarkozy led his republican party andts allies to power in eight regions. hollande's governing left coalition won in five. voters showed is up at the polls in stronger numbers on send. the turnout was 7 percentage points higher than the first round. although the national front lost its chance to govern a region, its leader celebrated the party's strong showing. >> translator: by tripling the number of our elected regional counselors, the national front will be the major opposition force in most of theegional councils in france from now own. >> she thanked supporters, saying patriots voted for her party, adding the election was a fight between two camps, the national front and all other parties. prime minister manuel valls of the socialist party says he takes the far right outcome in the first round seriously. he promised to tighten security and do more to improve employment conditions. a closely watched survey of business sentiment here in japan shows it's holding steady but still cautious about the future. gene otani joins us for more on that and a roundup

in second place, former president nicolas sarkozy's republican party has about 27%.he left-leaning coalition led by president francois hollande's social party is trailing with more than 23%. >> translator: this evening we represent an incredible and patriotic dynamism. i'm sure this dynamism will be reinforced in the second vote. >> officials say the national front is far ahead in two regions and leading in four others. if it matches that performance in a runoff next sunday, it could become the largest party in some regions. the elections for the first since the paris attacks and were seen as a warmup for the 2017 presidential vote. seats in 17 regional assemblies are up for grabs next weekend's runoff will involve parties with more than 10% of the votes. no party has been able to secure an outright majority. >>> islamic state militants claimed responsibility for a deadly car bombing in yeme the exexplosion killed seven people, including the provincial governor of aden. a car packed with explosives blew up on monday. several guards also died. saad was appointed gover

. >> reporter: well, we're at the headquarters of republicans led by the former president nicolas sarkozy. the reason we came here is because the republicans are expected in many ways to be the gainers on this round of voting compared to last round. last round they came in second place, but as you mentioned, barbara, there have been a number of socialists candidates with traun in the round of voting. the socialist party openly called on their supporters to vote for republicans to block the national front. we could actually see the republicans making important gains when the results are announced in just under two hours' time. >> it would be interesting to have a look at the results. we'll check in with you before then. jacky, thank you. >>> it's exactly a month since gunmen opened fire on a crowded music venue, bars and restaurants in the french capital killing 132 people. al jazeera's jonah hall looks at what we've learned since the attack. >> reporter: the isil attacks in paris that targeted sports fans, concert-goers and diners happened a month ago. a month in which live from the banks

. >> close behind the national front are the republicans, led by the former president, nick sarkozy. he had some words of warning for people who voted for the national front. >> we can here their worries. >> the socialist leader, president francois hollande, has seen his personal approval ratings jump since the paris attacks last month, but that popularity doesn't seem to extend to his party. the socialists are trailing, and they say they'll withdraw from the second round in the north and the southeast. >> the national front is currently in the lead in several regions, but now is when tactical voting kicks in. in the second round, people may choose to vote for a candidate not necessarily from their preferred party, simply to keep that far right out. >> for now, the national front is celebrating, but this was only round one and the turnout was low at 50%. the second and decisive round will take place in one week's time. jacky rowland, al jazeera, paris. >> the government in azerbaijan is searching for 29 oil workers missing afters explosion of an oil rig. they admit the men may no lon

it's withdrawn candidates from two regions and urged leftwing supporters to back nicholas sarkozy's republicans who have a chance to keep the far right out. it's not the first time the national front has done well in the first round of voting in france. is there any prediction of what turnout is likely to be this time? >> well, we already know that it has been higher already in the second round of voting than it was actually at the end of voting last week. at 5:00 local time, it's three hours before polls closed in big cities. more than 50% have the electorate cast their votes. that was in fact the final turnout figure a week ago. clearly some of the people who stayed at home a week ago have been galvanized into the final rounds of voting, maybe in some cases because of that strong showing by the national front. >> president hollande is advocating tactical voting and turning out in in connection. what's being done to address the reasons why we've seen a surge in the national front movement in france? >> in many ways, the surge of support for the national front has been growing gradually over ti

in the second round of the original election, and it also needs to be pointed out that nicholas sarkozy'sties refusing to pullout to withdraw in the second round even when they come third. this socialist candidate is saying there is no way i'm going to be running in the selection, my electorate deserves it, the left wing needs to have representatives in the regional council because if people's out, if he doesn't merge with another, let's say, center-right , he has no socialist representatives in the regional assembly. and therefore, he is refusing to ,isten to the socialist party and it is creating quite a bit of problem and turmoil for the socialist party. hea lot of people are saying only has about 50% of the electorate turning out for the first-round pick something -- some people who might have photos socialists are hoping to do that on sunday and you are taking the chance away from them. clovis: exactly. it was a low turnout. one out of two french voters decided to stay at home could the socialist candidate is hoping that he will be able to mobilize, we mobilize in a way, his left-win

social -- in a socialist government and legaard who served as finance in the government of nicholas sarkozy accused the socialist of trying to smear her in this case which involved a compensation payout to a former minister and very prominent businessman to tune of $44 million which came out of public funds and legaard is accused of having diverted or referred this case to an arbitration panel which found in his favor and this provoked an outcry in france because of the huge pay out of public funds. >> why australia's spy chief is warning against an anti-muslim rhetoric. president for life, the people of rwanda head to the polls to vote on a referendum to help gname remain in power. >> "inside story" takes you beyond the headlines, beyond the quick cuts, beyond the soundbites. we're giving you a deeper dive into the stories that are making our world what it is. ♪ >>> the top stories onnays. iran's foreign minister told al jazeera, there is no agreement on key issues just hours before an international peace conference on syria. russia and the u.s. leading the talks due to start on friday mor

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results showed a swing to the center left with the conservative republicans of former president nicolas sarkozyn of the country's 13 regions and the socialist party of president francois hollande winning five. voter turnout is up by 10% from the first round particularly in the regions the national front could have won suggesting many mobilized deliberately to defeat the party. >>> it was a monumental weekend for women in saudi arabia. at least 17 women were elected to municipal councils in a nationwide election this is weekend. the first in which women were allowed to cast votes and run for office. only a fraction of local council seats went to women, it was a milestone nonetheless as few had been expected to win. voter turnout among the 130,000 women registered to vote was exceptionally high with nearly 81% turning out to cast ballots. >>> now still ahead on "way too early" a look at what stories are driving the day in business and highlights from sunday night football. >>> plus the nba's highlight of the night, never turn your pack on oklahoma city's russell westbrook because he might just ge

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french tvs -- was beaten by nicolas sarkozy in the north. shared the 12s regions for socialists, pushing it into third place. 48% last weekend. women -- it is the first time women were allowed to vote in the country's history. -- 100 30,000 female voters did that is roughly 82%. by contrast only 44% of men bother to vote. indian carmakers have criticized the suspension of new diesel vehicles, part of a plan to reduce notorious smog. what has become the world's most polluted city. carmakers left with unwanted stock. >> welcome to the stock exchange, we're taking a look into the opens. >> this is the u.s. space, auto repairs. it will be $860 million deal, matching the offer that was made. they have recommended shareholders accept the deal. it is part of bridgestone's efforts to get more into the u.s. market. >> it is like a huge auto supplier there. it's involving fields including oncology. getting the rights to develop pre-look atalize how the company has been in the last couple of years. hoping this would get a bump up. >> the first-half ope

the other one was nicolas -- nicolast party sarkozy's party. to francois hollande's personal approval rating. it's possible to say there was a winner and a loser. >> what is interesting is it is not just a french issue. with the rise of donald trump and the backlash of president becomehow terrorism has the first and foremost when it comes out to presidential elections. >> about two years ago i talked to a professor at oxford who called these entrepreneurial parties. pulling at 39%, it is in power. the u.k. independence party, the national front, the freedom party at the netherlands, they are all doing the same thing. center-right and centerleft in european countries, they all agree on a couple of things. more european integration was really good. there was no party to pick up those issues and speak to the people frustrated by the pace of integration. it is not possible to say this is a france problem because this was a friend -- this was an attack in france. it is all over the continent. includeow platforms anti-immigration and establishing eur