so we got to hear from sarkozy live and in person, but also on tape.e prosecution played several clips of wiretapped conversations of sarkozy that he had with his longtime personal lawyer. prosecution says these conversations show the two talking about how to bribe a judge to get some information out of him. sarkozy maintains these were innocent conversations, and that this is all part of investigators dragging him through the mud. this trial is expected to wrap up on thursday, and there is a lot at stake for sarkozy. if he is found guilty, he could face up to 10 years in prison. a one million euro fine. and a big hit to his political reputation. monte: the swedish furniture giant ikea is scrapping is famous annual catalog. at their height, more than 200 million copies were distributed across the globe, and in 32 linkages. but with more -- 32 languages. but they said now is the time to pull the plug. reporter: turning the page on 70 years of retail tradition, one of the world's largest annual publications went to its last renting the summer. ikea will

mr sarkozy denies all the charges.in the lebanese capital beirut, after the head of the central bank said subsidies for some basic goods couldn't continue beyond the next two months. dozens of demonstrators attempted to reach parliament. next yea r‘s world economic forum has been with a december 31st deadline looming, the latest talks on a future trade agreement beteween the uk and the european union have failed to make progress, with both sides saying "significa nt differences" remain. boris johnson will travel to brussels later this week for face—to—face talks with the european commission president, ursula von der leyen. it comes after a 90 minute phone call between the two leaders failed to produce a breakthrough. our political editor, laura kuenssberg has this report. it's not always good to talk. the prime minister tonight spent more than an hour in conversation with the eu chief, but they seem only to have agreed on what they disagree on. a statement from both of them said: in other words, months of technical neg

mr sarkozy denies all the charges.e capital, beirut, after the head of the central bank said subsidies for some basic goods couldn't continue beyond the next two months. dozens of demonstrators attempted to reach parliament. next yea r‘s world economic forum has been moved from davos in switzerland to singapore because of fears about coronavirus. the annual gathering of global political and business leaders usually takes place injanuary but will now be held in may. the united states‘s top diseases expert dr anthony fauci has warned of another surge in covid cases after christmas. dr fauci gave the warning in an interview with new york governor andrew cuomo. he said the christmas and new year period may be even more of a challenge than the spike in cases which followed last month's thanksgiving holiday. we don't mitigate well. we don't listen to the public health measures that we need to follow. and we could start to see things really get bad in the middle ofjanuary. without substantial mitigation, the middle ofjanuary

mr sarkozy denies all the charges.e been protests in the lebanese capital, beirut, after the head of the central bank said subsidies for some basic goods couldn't continue beyond the next two months. dozens of demonstrators attempted to reach parliament. next yea r‘s world economic forum has been moved from davos in switzerland to singapore because of fears about coronavirus. the annual gathering of global political and business leaders usually takes place injanuary but will now be held in may. the united states's top diseases expert dr anthony fauci has warned of another surge in covid cases after christmas. dr fauci gave the warning in an interview with new york governor andrew cuomo. he said the christmas and new year period may be even more of a challenge than the spike in cases which followed last month's thanksgiving holiday. we don't mitigate well. we don't listen to the public health measures that we need to follow. and we could start to see things really get bad in the middle ofjanuary. without substantial mit

mr sarkozy denies all the charges.one of the most democratic in west africa. eleven candidates are in the race to unseat president nana akufo—addo, who is running for his second term. his main challenger is his predecessor, john mahama. youth unemployment and the effects of the pandemic were among the top issues. stay with us on bbc news, still to come... bob dylan sells his entire catalogue of 600 songs, including "the times they are a changing" and "blowin' in the wind" — to universal music. john lennon was shot at the entrance to the dakota building in the centre of new york. there's been a crowd here standing in more or less silent vigil and the flowers have been piling up. the 14th cease—fire of this war ended at the walls of the old city of dubrovnik. this morning, witnesses said shells were landing every 20 seconds. people are celebrating the passing of a man they hold responsible for hundreds of deaths and oppression. elsewhere, people have been gathering tomorrow elsewhere, people have been gathering to mourn

mr sarkozy is accused of trying to bribe a judge in exchange for inside information on an inquiry into wednesday, after both teams walked off the pitch, accusing a match official of racism. 1a minutes into the game, players from paris st—germain and istanbul basaksehir refused to continue. basa ksehir accused the romanian fourth official of racist behaviour during an argument with their assistant coach, pierre webo, a former cameroon player. let's get more from our sports reporter, tulsen tollett. just talk us through, extraordinary how both teams are walking off. 40 minutes into the game and all of a sudden the match comes to a halt. the assistant coach of istanbul basaksehir accused the assistant coach of istanbul basa ksehir accused and was the assistant coach of istanbul basaksehir accused and was given a red card by the assistant on the sideline, the fourth official for something he called out. now, other players came over because they did not like the language which was used, this was something that and u efa used, this was something that and uefa have been trying to stamp out of

mr sarkozy is accused of trying to bribe a judge in exchange for inside information on an inquiry intooris johnson will travel to brussels on wedneday to have dinner with the president of the european commission, ursula von de leyen. negotiations remain stuck with only weeks to go before the brexit transition period ends on the 31st of december. the politicians hope that meeting in person will find a solution. 0ur deputy political editor vicki young has more. reporter: will there be a deal, prime minister? trade talks have run into trouble, and borisjohnson will soon need to take some difficult decisions. everyone is waiting to see if there is a way through. i think the situation at the moment is very tricky. 0urfriends havejust got to understand that the uk has left the european union in order to be able to exercise democratic control over the way we do things, and then there is also the issue of fisheries, where we are a long way apart still, but hope springs eternal. there has been progress in another very tricky area. to avoid checks along the irish border, northern ireland will co

mr sarkozy denies all the charges. i'm joined now by our correspondent in los angeles sophie long. looming or upon you, and no sign of it slowing down at the moment? know, the figures are really dire, tim, nearly 30,000 new cases in california alone yesterday. and at midnight, the latest lockdown came into effect. now this is a regional lockdown that was triggered by the number of intensive care beds reaching more than 85% capacity. governor gavin newsom announced this would take place last week inside of california, the first region for that to kick in. i should say that in the north of california, around the san francisco bay area, they have voluntarily already implemented the stay order as well. the capacity of intensive care units is hovering around 20%. the latest lockdown order has come into effect. in terms of the difference it will make to the people here in los angeles, i have to say that is limited. you must remember there has been some form of stay—at—home order in place since the first state—wide order was issued back in march. but these are certainly the most aggressiv

cattle like circles and those like sarkozy for example or the minister of interior who are leading a real war for secularism which is actually the excuse for a war against islam ism so it is instrumental izing secularism to actually lead to war again against islamism and we are celebrating this 150 years of the rule of separation of the state and the church 905 and this new law was announced on that very 1st yes yes but it is a perversion of this original let me take us back yesterday you can speak to one moment but maybe because we're almost out of time combine it with another look at our title we asked whether this can stop the cycle of violence what would be needed to stop it well 1st of all we are not in this terrorist violence cycle no i let me repeat this point we have attacks but we are not with so we are 1st to take a breath and calm down and i think that would be the 1st thing that should happen then yes we should separate these kind of debates about counterterrorism and wider structural debates as far as possible that would also help to diffuse the tension and let me ask ab

mr sarkozy denies all the charges.s, after 70 years. the company said "fewer people" were reading the printed catalogue as customers moved to digital alternatives. 40 million copies will be printed of the final 2021 edition. i hope they still publish their instructions. really know what amazed me there is that they have been around for 70 yea rs. that they have been around for 70 years. that was my headline. stay with us on bbc news. still to come... # then you had better start singing or you will sink like a stone for the times they are a changing. musician bob dylan has made a tidy bob after selling the rights to his entire music back catalogue to universal music. we'll be finding out why he's sold, and what it means for universal. the former england and leeds rhinos rugby league player, kevin sinfield — has just run seven marathons in seven days — all of them in well under four hours. here's katie gornall. cheering it was a challenge powered by friendship, and this morning that challenge entered its final strides. k

of cattle like circles and those like sarkozy for example or the minister of interior who are leading a real war for security them which is actually an excuse for a war against islam is and so it is instrumental izing secularism to actually lead a war again against islamism and we are celebrating this 150 years of the rule of separation of the state and the church 905 and this new law was announced on that very 1st yes yes but it is a perversion of this original let me take us back yes or you can speak to one moment but maybe because we're almost out of time combine it with another look at our title we asked whether this can stop the cycle of violence what would be needed to stop it well 1st of all we are not in this terrorist violence cycle no i let me repeat this point we have attacks but we're not well we're so we are 1st to take a breath and calm down and i think that would be the 1st thing that should happen then yes we should separate these kind of debates about counterterrorism and wider structural debates as far as possible that would also help to diffuse the tension and let m

he had planned to run against the current president in elections at the end of this month nicolas sarkozy following the story from dakar in senegal. the judges of the constitutional court say he's in breach of article $103.00 of the constitution which says that in order to be candidate for this election you have to have good morals and you have to have a clean criminal record judges believe that he has neither of course he is wanted by the government of bunk who says that he incited hatred funded armed groups as well as accusing him of torture during the 2013 crisis where we saw christian and christian militia groups close also known as close to france were busy fighting against the what is known as the. armed groups and so not only that the united nations security council have also put him on a list because they believe they accuse him of funding armed groups now he is not supposed to be in the country the government bank you were looking for him and he mysteriously appeared just weeks before the presidential elections so this this this announcement that he is not legible for this electi

that has been since jacques chirac france or mitterrand and sarkozy and all along and not only mccall saw they keep discussing with turkey about then getting in the e.u. but i think they have no chance because european union they consider themselves as a christian a christian part of the world and turkey is a muslim country so they don't want turkey to get in and i think there is nice with the european union here if he keeps insulting insulting all the president he has almost no chance in getting into the european union and the bigger picture also we had one before he called on people to boycott french products you know he has criticized before and that has been a wave of anti micro protests as a result in muslim countries do you think that these latest wired's are just going to see that intensify. it's not going to intensify because the prison micro on fuel t.v. in order to explain to this population what freedom of speech is what freedom of satire is that you can makes a tire of everyone every religion it's not a one religion in political or but every religion and this is part of th

i think we entertains sarkozy and putin. i will never forget, my dad said to putin, do you want to go on a boat ride? he had this boat with 300 horsepower engines. putin said, he was a macho dude, he said yes. he had this interpreter who was a strange little guy, who was nervous. anyway they get out in the ocean and opens that thing up. and putin was in heaven. the interpreter thought he was going to die. walker's point was an important part of getting out of the bubble. but not nearly as important as crawford at camp david. crawford is a place that laura and i love. it's a place we went to in august. that made it kind of uncomfortable for a lot of people in the staff from the east coast. [laughs] i loved it, i would get outside, this was before we owned a bulldozer, we will chop down cedar. it was unbelievably therapeutic. i would write bikes. but mainly i arrested. the main thing about these retreats, you never escaped the presidency. and so the definition of getting outside the bubble, and crawford meant that we were prob

leaders especially have some share of the blame even that some years ago america and then president sarkozy made very clear that there turkey don't change don't stand much chance to join the european union so i think everybody's got some share of the blame but clearly president their door and is playing a game that is very. offensive in terms of turkey's poster in the region and where the e.u. is trying to to lead to limit the damage so i think it now is for president at the end to try to deescalate the situation and where the president biden is going to position himself on that question is going to be very important it was constructive for british many thanks indeed for response here thank you very much. to briggs if there's been a frank admission from the european commission chief of on the land at goshen asian teams have until sunday to decide whether to press ahead with talks for an easy you u.k. trade agreement wonderlands admitted for the 1st time that it's more likely that no deal will be done. we will decide on sunday whether we have the conditions for a an agreement on not in the m

former french president nicolas sarkozy denied corruption and abuse of power as his trial opened in parisaccused of offering to help a senior court official to win a prestigious job in monaco in return for his aid in a legal dispute. french -- only the second french leader to be tried in modern times and the first to face corruption allegations. he was president trump 2007-2012 -- he was president of france from 2007-2012. global news 24 hours a day on air and at quicktake by bloomberg. powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. i am karina mitchell. this is bloomberg. the wto says south korea broke international trade rules when it renew tariffs on japanese stainless deal bars. the ruling could inflame a simmering trait spat between tokyo and seoul. let's get to our politics reporter isabel reynolds. why are korea and japan fighting over a few million dollars of trade here? >> that's right, the wto ruling over south korean tariffs comes in a dispute over those stainless steel bars and it is absolutely minute in terms of global trade, it involves $4 mil