in italy, silvio berlusconi has come through. the court has definitively cleared the former prime minister of charges he paid for sex with an underaged dancer and abused his position to cover it up. >> rubygate, one of the scandals that landed italy's former prime minister in hot water. a court in milan convicted silvio berlusconi in 2013 of paying for sex with a prostitute and using his position to cover it up. the most serious charges he faced in his career that gave him a seven-year prison sentence and eight -- and a ban on holding public office. berlusconi was acquitted a year later. that's definitive, italy's court rejected appeals from prosecutors on tuesday. the judges appeared to accept his argument he had not known t he prostitute known as ruby was underage. he wanted to help her thinking she was the niece of hosni mubarak. that cleared the way for the return to politics once another ban for tax fraud ends next year. he will be able to re-energize his party he has already pulled out of an alliance with matteo renzi over

. >>> italy's highest court has upheld the acquittal of former prime minister silvio berlusconi. in 2013 he was convict of paying for -- convicted of paying for sex with a minor and sentenced to seven years if prison. some thought that was the end of the story but no. an appeals court acquitted him last year. then another twist. prosecutors called for the ruling to be overturned. the latest development is that the high court rejected that appeal so the acquittal stands. berlusconi denied ever having sex with the then-17-year-old dancer known as ruby, the heart stealer. >>> a solar powered plane attempting a solar-powered trip around the world landed safely. we interviewed one of the pilots earlier. the solar impulse 2 aircraft touched down and will take off again on saturday for northern india. this of the second leg of its five-month adventure to you prove flying is possible without the use of offensively fuels. the -- fossil fuels. the journey is expected to wrap up in july with scheduled stops in china, hawaii new york and southern europe. no word on what music they're jamming

italy's highest court has upheld the acquittal of former prime minister silvio berlusconi. he was convicted in 2013 of abuse of office and paying for sex with a minor and sentenced to seven years in prison. that was not the end of the story. an appeals court then acquitted him last year. prosecutors asked that that ruling be overturned. now the high court has rejected that request. >>> colombia's president says his country will halt bombing raids against marxist rebels for about a month. this move is seen as a sign of progress in the country's peace process. last year the rebel group declared a cease-fire but promised to call it you off if they were attacked by government forces. >>> the west is condemning the use of police force against dozens in myanmar. students protesting an education bill had a violent exchange with police tuesday. this is in leptodon. some protesters were seen beaten with batons. the students are seeking changes to a bill they say limits academic treatments. >>> reports say police also used force to disperse protesters in the area to the south. >>> hi

. >>> in december 2009, an attacker strikes italian prime minister silvio berlusconi in the face with a souvenir statue of the duomo. it wasn't long before there was a new souvenir in italy. >>> and then there's the famous shoe incident. the one where an iraqi journalist decides to trade in the traditional food-throwing for shoe hurling and aims right for president bush's head. >> now, watch bush's athletic instincts here. anybody else would have gotten hit by that shoe. look at that. that is quick. he also had a pretty good line after it. >> it doesn't bother me. and if you want the facts, it's a size 10 shoe that he threw. >> now, that's showing some true wit in response to a ridiculous event. he rose to the occasion on this one and dodged the shoe. >> it's very important, i think, to be quick-witted in politics. it's very important, first of all, to know what it is you want to say and to be saying it with some passion and some sincerity and then some wit gets back at you. you want to go splotch. you want to score another point. >> president bush manages to shrug it off and even mak

. >>> a legal victory for silvio berlusconi.ountry's highest court has upheld an acquittal that berlusconi paid a prostitute for sex and tried to use influence to cover it up. berlusconi and the young woman denied having sex. he could have faced seven years in prison if the conviction stood. >>> investigators are picking through the wreckage of two helicopters trying to figure out the cause of yesterday's deadly dligs. the two choppers collided and burst into flames after takeoff. a short time after takeoff. this is during the taping of a reality show. all ten people were killed including the two pilots three french athletes among them. >>> today marks four years since the devastating earthquake and tsunami in japan. the magnitude 9 jolt killed nearly 16,000 people and destroyed more than 250,000 buildings, including at the fukushima power plant. a robot will venture into that plant to investigate the damage. today, debris from the devastation is washing up on shores thousands of miles away. >>> in california a dire warning abou

italy's top court has upheld the acquittal of former prime minister silvio berlusconi on charges of payingnderage nightclub dancer. berlusconi had been acquitted last july of paying the girl known as ruby the heart stealer and of using his power to obtain her release. jeremy clarkson has been suspended by the bbc. it has been alleged that he aimed a punch at one of his shows producers. according to several newspapers, "top-tier" is the bbc's top worldwide export. mark: as bloomberg reported yesterday, the new man at the top of credit suisse will be tidjane thiam. let's get more from bloomberg's interview with the man he's replacing, brady dougan. dougan sat down with manus cranny in zurich. they discussed the potential of global universal banking. >> i think the question about the concept of global universal banking is different from what you mentioned. i think for credit suisse, an important issue is, we have an important franchise but it is also fairly focused. it is the high-end of the private bank globally. it is a capital efficient high returning investment banking model. that is far

part of a coalition government led by silvio is bairls bairls coin. bairlz coin. berlusconi. >> claudio levanga rome. >> still to come on the program is israel's prime minister about to rub salt in the wound of iran and the united states? plus counting gets underway after snap elections in lesotho. will it ease the tiny country's political crisis? >> tomorrow, the parents of captured american reporter austin tice. >> austin went missing in syria. >> campaigning for his release and maintaining hope. >> austin tice is alive. >> find him and get him home. >> a special "talk to al jazeera". tomorrow, 5:30 eastern. only on al jazeera america. >> welcome back. the top stories on al jazeera. opposition supporters in russia preparing to march through moscow in memory of murdered occupation leader boris nemtsov. >>> palestinians in gaza have been protesting a ruling in egypt declaring hamas a terrorist organization. ments. >>> captured u.s. citizens involved in espionage. nicholas maduro has ordered his country to reduce the number of u.s. officials. >>> addressing congress by benjam