campaign donations from libya's leader moammar gadhafi sarkozy denies any wrongdoing. joins us now from paris. this formal investigation of what exactly does that mean what's this next step in the process. i have to say that here in france this is really being seen quite a huge political scandal of former french president being put under formal investigation now there were three judges who decided that nicolas sarkozy should face the three charges basically one one of corruption the second of the misuse of libyan funds and the third illegal presidential campaign funding now foreign funding for a presidential campaign is banned here in france and then there's good nicolas sarkozy was questioned by police at the police station outside of paris and for twenty four hours he was released late on wednesday evening and allowed to go home but he will have certain restrictions placed upon him specifically in terms of travel and what it means for him now is that he has six months to try and appeal those charges but in the meantime magistrates will now gather evidence trying to gather all the

reporting there still to come this hour here in r.t. moammar gadhafi son says that he will run for president of libya will be speaking to his lawyer just after the break. around the world there's always a battle going on with the central bankers and the commercial bankers always trying to repress the population in one way or another recall the global insurrection against banker occupation we've been saying this for years on the show so now we're going to look at it from the puerto rican perspective they are similarly being oppressed by the overlords of finance and they are reacting in a very specific puerto rico way. the most expensive fish in the world each one is selling for tens of thousands of euros it continues to grow its entire life if it was thirty years old you might have a two ton fish out there and yet they don't get that big today because we're way too good at catching. it's only whims of a much larger mission was once there was much more widely distributed we have politicians that are in office for a few years they have to get reelected everything is very very short te

of former libyan leader moammar gadhafi runs for president we speak exclusively to saif al islam gadhafi lawyer. the situation you have in libya now is the result of the destruction of the state institutions not only toppling the regime of libya will return back to its roadmap become a democratic state. broadcasting live direct from our studios in moscow this is our team actually on sean thomas cook who have been with us and public services have ground to a halt across france during a nationwide strike over labor reforms have to thirty percent of long haul flights have been affected and many schools were closed on thursday in my side and only on thousands of people took to the streets and in paris the unrest escalated into clashes with police. but. the. good news only brought up one of you know we are not here to be violent we're here to protest democratically against the liberal politics of macro wanted by that kind of a clue that we disagree with the governments we can't accept this reforms that's why we are always here with us which is the most like a for is the promises he ma

in the walk. again the son of former libyan leader moammar gadhafi will run for president if elections manage to go ahead this year it was confirmed by safety in exclusive interview with tape that was driven from power and killed in twenty eleven while holding no official position so one of the most recognized persons in the country he was even described as the de facto prime minister during his father's rule saif was then held captive for six years before being released last year amid political unrest we had exclusively from. on the presidential bid. saif al islam has lots of supporters they are ordinary people there are even those who were against moammar gadhafi back in two thousand and eleven and now we support the views of his son the situation we have in libya now is the result of the destruction of all the state institutions not only the toppling of the regime forty countries to against libya back then our country was bombarded and shelled all the military and civilian infrastructure was destroyed many civilians were killed and now saif al islam has put forward a compr

haven't really been wasting time still to come here on the program on the son of moammar gadhafi is poised to run for the presidency of libya the telephone number. this is. about do you suppose your. association with. a person's incredible approach is a very serious. mechanisms. through the chemical weapons is a concession she played in mediation then i think we have to look at the facts and the procedures for. me and she will listen most. politicians to you should. put themselves on the line. to get accepted or rejected . so when you want to be president and you. want. to go right to the press this is what the three of the people are. interested in the water. good of you to join us today saif gadhafi as a spokesperson has confirmed after months of rumors that the son of former libyan leader moammar gadhafi will run for president if indeed elections manage to go ahead this year as a father was driven from power and killed in twenty eleven while holding no official position saif was one of the most recognized persons in the country it was even described as the de facto prime minister

campaign contributions from the libyan dictator moammar gadhafi some of it even delivered as cash in suitcases is not new it first emerged in twenty thirteen because he has always vehemently denied it and no one had seriously questioned him about it but now he said to be under interrogation in this interior ministry building in paris a former top aide is also said to have been questioned but later released the libyan money allegedly helped finance sarkozy's two thousand and seven campaign for the presidency which he won but it seems that sarkozy failed to deliver on promises he made to gadhafi and in twenty eleven gadhafi is son bitterly denounced the french president so of course he had well ahead the first thing we ask of this clown's of cozies is that he repay the money to the libyan people. we helped him become president so that he would help the libyan people but he's disappointed and very soon we will publish all the details and the documents and the banking payslips. soon after france was part of the nato campaign that overthrew the libyan dictator and despite saif al islam ga

sarkozy under formal investigation in connection with ties to the late libyan leader moammar gadhafi. and tradition but the modern twist we look at an artist to provide evil the strong thousands of visitors to pakistan. facebook's boss has promised to safeguard the information of its two billion users after a major a data breach it's the first time mark zuckerberg has publicly addressed accusations that fifty million users had their data harvested by a third party app and passed on to a political call to its consultancy that is that firm in cambridge analytic is accused of improperly accessing the information to manipulate us voters during the two thousand and sixteen election cycle burke says it's a breach of trust he's committed to stopping the use of these social media platform to interfere in elections including coming votes in brazil india and the u.s. midterms and the facebook chief executive says he's happy to testify from the u.s. congress if he was deemed the right person to appear the tale of a civilian reports. mark zuckerberg doesn't like giving interviews but the pressure on

libyan dictator moammar gadhafi so he is alleged to have received millions of dollars from gadhafi when he was running for office in two thousand and seven he's denied any wrongdoing and has more from paris. well this is the first time that a former french president has been placed under formal investigation for illegal foreign campaign funding foreign funds planned during presidential campaigns here in france well nicolas sarkozy was questioned by french police for just over twenty four hours that non-tariff police station just behind me it's just outside of paris and then he was released earlier on thursday afternoon around five thirty local time and placed on a conditional release we don't know whether that means bail whether there will be restrictions on his travel but what we do know is three judges then decided to place him under formal investigation for corruption for the misuse of libyan funds and for illegal campaign foreign funding now that of course is the worst case scenario for nicolas sarkozy has said that he is innocent and he was of course hoping for his release wha

son of former libyan leader moammar gadhafi will run for president if indeed elections manage to go ahead this year so far there was driven from power and killed in twenty eleven and while holding no official position saif was one of the most recognized persons in the country it was described as the de facto prime minister during his father's rule as a force then held captive for six years before being released last year amid political like rest and we heard exclusively from saif lawyer on the presidential bid that. islam has lots of supporters they are ordinary people there are even those who are against moammar gadhafi back in two thousand and eleven and now they support the views of his son the situation we have in libya now is the result of the destruction of the state institutions not only the toppling of the regime forty countries today against libya back then our country was bombarded and shelled all the military and civilian infrastructure was destroyed many civilians were killed and now saif al islam has put forward a comprehensive overview of the situation in libya that's

former libyan leader moammar gadhafi will run for president if elections do manage to go ahead. so if father was driven from power and killed in twenty eleven despite holding no official position saif was described as the defacto prime minister during his father's rule was later held captive for six years before being released last year and made political unrest but we heard exclusively from saif slower on the presidential bid. saif al islam has lots of supporters they are ordinary people there are even those who are against moammar gadhafi back in two thousand and eleven and now they support the views of his son the situation we have in libya now is the result of the destruction of all the state institutions not only the toppling of the regime forty countries today against libya back then our country was bombarded and shelled all the military and civilian infrastructure was destroyed many civilians were killed and now saif al islam has put forward a comprehensive overview of the situation in libya that's a reform project which will bring calm back to libya there are many young patrio

are even those who were against moammar gadhafi back in two thousand and eleven and now they support the views of his son the situation we have in libya now is the result of the destruction of all the state institutions and not only the toppling of the regime forty countries today against libya back then our country was bombarded and shelled all the military and civilian infrastructure was destroyed many civilians were killed and now saif al islam has put forward a comprehensive overview of the situation in libya that's a reform project which will bring calm back to libya there are many young patriots in libya now they are so enthusiastic they're not concerned about political affiliations the main thing they care about is a patriotic spirit and they see it in the reforms by saif al islam they view them as an effective tool to fight corruption well after the nato led incursion civil war has raged in libya since moammar gadhafi was overthrown the power vacuum two competing governments and i vying for control of the country the conflict has also led to a massive migrant crisis w

moammar gadhafi and was at the forefront of leading the nato intervention in libya. . very dramatic change was it in any way connected to this cas, these allegations of illicit funding? host: catherine, thank you for that cover reporting outside the police station where former president nicholas sarkozy is being questioned. nigeria, where the government says 76 girls who were kidnapped a month ago have been released back to their hometown. 30 more are still missing from that of duction. -- abduction. no ransom release was paid, but the fighters returned the girls out of pity. issued an ominous warning to parents, saying don't ever put your daughters school again. in 2014, that same group abducted 276 schoolgirls from sheba. about 100 of them never returned to their families. reporter: these are the scenes from a little more than a month ago after some of the parents of more than 100 girls were told their children were missing. ino haram militants arriving machine gun mountain trucks open fire on the village before storming the technical school and seizing some of the students. e you

late libyan leader moammar gadhafi sarkozy allegedly accepted millions of dollars from gadhafi while running for office in two thousand and seven proves congress has accepted the resignation of president pether a public who stepped down amid corruption allegations he denied any wrongdoing but said he did not want to be an obstacle in the country's development. i think that the best thing for the country is for me to resign the presidency of the republic i don't want to be an obstacle said on nation can find the path to harmony that it very much needs and that i was denied a palestinian teenage girl on trial for slapping an israeli soldier has been sentenced to eight months in prison after accepting a plea deal seventeen year old to me was accused of assault after hitting the man in the face last year in the occupied west bank to me agreed to plead guilty to four of the twelve charges against her will be fined for two hundred dollars. most of the hundred ten nigerian schoolgirls were abducted by boko haram last month the been reunited with their families the girls were returned to the

. the second son of the late libyan leader moammar gadhafi will run for president if elections are held this year saif al islam gadhafi spokes person confirmed the plans after months of speculation sites father was driven from power and killed in twenty eleven despite holding no official position saif was described as the defacto prime minister during his father's rule saif was later held captive for six years before being released last year amid political unrest we heard exclusively from his lawyer about the presidential bid. islam has lots of supporters they are ordinary people there are even those who were against moammar gadhafi back in two thousand and eleven and now they support the views of his son the situation we have in libya now is the result of the destruction of all the state institutions not only the toppling of the regime forty countries did against libya back then our country was bombarded and shelled all the military and civilian infrastructure was destroyed many civilians were killed and now saif al islam has put forward a comprehensive overview of the situation in lib

leader moammar gadhafi will run for president if elections are held this year saif al islam gadhafi spokesperson confirmed the plans after months of speculation science father was driven from power and killed in two thousand and eleven spy holding no official position saif was described as being the defacto prime minister during his father's rule saif was later held captive for six years before being released last year amid political unrest but we heard exclusively from his lawyer about this presidential bid. then there's evidence that islam has lots of supporters they are ordinary people there are even those who were against moammar gadhafi back in two thousand and eleven and now they support the views of his son the situation we have in libya now is the result of the destruction of all the state institutions not only the toppling of the regime forty countries today against libya back then our country was bombarded and shelled all the military and civilian infrastructure was destroyed many civilians were killed and now saif al islam has put forward a comprehensive overview of the s

moammar gadhafi will run for president if elections manage to go ahead this year so far there was driven from power and killed in twenty eleven by holding no official position saif was described as being the defacto prime minister during his father's rule saif was later held captive for six years before being released last year amid political unrest we heard exclusively from his lawyer on the presidential bid. islam has lots of supporters they are ordinary people there are even those who are against moammar gadhafi back in two thousand and eleven and now they support the views of his son the situation we have in libya now is the result of the destruction of all the state institutions not only the toppling of the regime forty countries did against libya back then our country was bombarded and shelled all the military and civilian infrastructure was destroyed many civilians were killed and now saif al islam has put forward a comprehensive overview of the situation in libya that's a reform project which will bring calm back to libya there are many young patriots in libya now they are

supporters they are ordinary people there are even those who are against moammar gadhafi back in two thousand and eleven and now they support the views of his son the situation we have in libya now is the result of the destruction of all the state institutions not only the toppling of the regime forty countries today against libya back then our country was bombarded and shelled all the military and civilian infrastructure was destroyed many civilians were killed and now saif al islam has put forward a comprehensive overview of the situation in libya that's a reform project which will bring calm back to libya there are many young patriots in libya now they are so enthusiastic they're not concerned about political affiliations the main thing they care about is a patriotic spirit and they see it in the reforms by saif al islam they view them as an effective tool to fight corruption. after the nato led incursion civil war has raged in libya since moammar gadhafi was overthrown with a power vacuum two competing governments are vying for control of the country the conflict has led to a mas

corruption. well after the nato led incursion civil war has raged in libya since moammar gadhafi was overthrown with a power vacuum two competing governments are vying for control of the country and now the conflict has led to a massive migrant crisis why'd spread it terrorism as well as violence among tribal militias loyal reveal saves life is still in danger. boy next that saif al islam is whereabouts are kept secret for security reasons as his lawyer i would do everything to protect saif al islam from all anti libyan plots masterminded by the countries interfering in libyan affairs as promised saif al islam will make a speech when the right time comes and then everything will be revealed libya will return back to its roadmap will become a democratic sovereign state a state where the law will triumph libya will no longer be a country of organized crime illegal migration human trafficking as it is described in the media we will defend the interests of the libyan people and will protect its resources which cannot be squandered the libyan people must decide their future themselves. or

people there are even those who were against moammar gadhafi back in two thousand and eleven and now they support the views of his son the situation we have in libya now is the result of the destruction of all the state institutions not only the toppling of the regime forty countries to get libya back then our country was bombarded and shelled all the military and civilian infrastructure was destroyed many civilians were killed and now saif al islam has put forward a comprehensive overview of the situation in libya that's a reform project which will bring calm back to libya there are many young patriots in libya now they are so enthusiastic they're not concerned about political affiliations the main thing they care about is a patriotic spirit and they see it in the reforms by saif al islam they view them as an effective tool to fight corruption. after the nato led incursion a civil war has raged in libya since more market duffy was overthrown and with a power vacuum two competing governments are vying for control of the country the conflict has led to a massive migrant crisis widespr

moammar gadhafi will run for president if elections manage to go ahead. father was. killed in twenty one and while holding no official position was one of the most recognized persons in the country he was even described as the de facto prime minister during his father's rule saif was then held captive for six years before being released last year amid political unrest and we heard exclusively from saif lawyer on the presidential bid. saif al islam has lots of supporters they are ordinary people there are even those who were against moammar gadhafi back in two thousand and eleven and now they support the views of his son the situation we have in libya now is the result of the destruction of all the state institutions not only the toppling of the regime forty countries did against libya back then our country was bombarded and shelled all the military and civilian infrastructure was destroyed many civilians were killed and now saif al islam has put forward a comprehensive overview of the situation in libya that's a reform project which will bring calm back to libya there are many young patr

illegal campaign financing from the former libyan leader moammar gadhafi investigators are looking into claims that the gadhafi regime gave sarkozy as much as sixty million dollars so cozy has always denied any wrong to the top reports. nicolas sarkozy only served one term as french president he swept to power in two thousand and seven promising a new style of leadership but left office amid allegations that his presidential campaign had received illegal funds from libya in two thousand and twelve a french news website published documents suggesting former libyan leader mohamed gadhafi had agreed to give sarkozy's campaign fifty million dollars today the editor says it's one of more than france's biggest political scandals. when the arab spring kicks off starting in tunisia and people start rising up there are real questions about this twenty eleven war where france with nicolas sarkozy overstepped the mandate of the united nations to the point where a regime was overthrown allowing for a dictator to be assassinated one can wonder if there was not a dimension of private war to destroy t

fight corruption well after the nato led incursion civil war has raged in libya since moammar gadhafi was overthrown in a power vacuum to competing governments are now vying for control of the country the conflict has also led to a massive migrant crisis of widespread terrorism as well as violence among tribal militias that lawyer reveals saif life is still in danger. about saif al islam is whereabouts are kept secrets for security reasons as his lawyer i would do everything to protect saif al islam from all anti libyan plots masterminded by the countries interfering in libyan affairs as promised saif al islam will make a speech when the right time comes and then everything will be revealed libya will return back to its roadmap will become a democratic sovereign state a state where the law will triumph libya will no longer be a country of organized crime illegal migration human trafficking as it is described in the media we will defend the interests of the libyan people and will protect its resources which cannot be squandered the libyan people must decide their future themselves. by viol

leader moammar gadhafi. coffee outlets in california may soon have to warn customers about a potential cancer risk from their products court in the u.s. state their rule that a starbucks and other companies have failed to show the cancer risk from a chemical that is produced during the roasting process industry says levels in the drink a harmless to human health. the united nations says it's it appalled by the deaths of sixty eight people in one of venezuela's worst prison fires burial services have been held in valencia for some of the victims rights groups are blaming president nicolas maduro for not dealing with overcrowding and rising violence in prisons but so far there's been no official response from the government mean mars their leader has a new president that as has been sworn in yet was the lower house speaker and is an ally of on sun sochi she maintains executive order as the head of the government while the president's role is largely ceremonial as predecessor to resign last week after health problems. cyprus is a favorite destination for tourists from all over europe who

former libyan leader moammar gadhafi will run for president if elections manage to go ahead this year saif father was driven from power and killed in twenty eleven despite holding no official position saif was described as being the defacto prime minister during his father's rule saif was later held captive for six years before being released last year amid political unrest we heard exclusively from his lawyer about the presidential bid. saif al islam has lots of supporters they are ordinary people there are even those who are against moammar gadhafi back in two thousand and eleven and now they support the views of his son the situation we have in libya now is the result of the destruction of all the state institutions not only the toppling of the regime forty countries stood against libya back then our country was bombarded and shelled all the military and civilian infrastructure was destroyed many civilians were killed and now saif al islam has put forward a comprehensive overview of the situation in libya that's a reform project which will bring calm back to libya there are many yo

of the late libyan dictator moammar gadhafi provided millions of euros to sarkozy in illegal campaign contributions. an airstrike on a school shelter in syria's eastern ghouta has killed at least fifteen children and two women that's according to the syrian observatory for human rights it says the strikes came from russian planes this as thousands of civilians have fled them seized and planned. and as the u.s. battles an opioid drug epidemics president donald trump has called for drug dealers to receive the death penalty trump was speaking in new hampshire a state hit hard by the national opioid drug prices attorney general jeff sessions was on hand to emphasize that his department of justice has made the drug epidemic a priority. and the world's last mail northern white rhino named sudan has died in a kenyan conservatory the forty five year old animal was euthanized after his degenerating muscle condition worsened only two females now of the northern white rhino species remain sudan's daughter now jean and now jean's daughter who. is european court of human rights is set to rule with

out at allegations he illegally accepted funding from the late libyan dictator moammar gadhafi sarkozy says there is no physical evidence of wrongdoing he was placed on the investigation on wednesday for allegedly accepting millions from gadhafi or his two thousand and seven election campaign. a june court has sentenced an afghan refugee to life in prison for killing a teenage student in the city of freiburg far right groups had seized on the case because the defendant came to germany after being convicted for attempted murder in greece critics say checks on migrants are inadequate. european union leaders are heading to brussels for a busy two days summit that begins later today they'll be discussing the poisoning of the former russian spy and proposed u.s. trade talents but the main topic will be brags that joining me now is our correspondent matis who is in brussels can we expect from this summit clearly the tariffs issue will be top of the agenda in a lot of concerns for your leaders the trade commissioner of the european union just returned this night from the u.s. and brought back

out at allegations that he illegally accepted funding from the late libyan dictator moammar gadhafi sarkozy says there's no physical evidence of wrongdoing he was placed under. formal investigation wednesday for allegedly accepting millions from gadhafi for his two thousand and seven election campaign. for president pedro published he has offered his resignation it comes just before an impeachment vote in congress that was set for later today has faced multiple allegations of dishonesty and corruption he denies the accusations but said he was resigning in an effort to maintain unity in the country. that would german court has found an afghan refugee guilty of murder in a case that fuelled far right anger over the country's migration policies the defendant identified only as hussein kaye has been sentenced to life in prison he came to germany from greece where he'd already been released after serving two years of a ten year sentence for attempted murder then he killed a teenage student in the city of freiburg critics said the case showed the german government and the european union failed to

moammar gadhafi sarkozy said that there was no physical evidence of wrongdoing he was placed under formal investigation on wednesday for allegedly accepting millions from gadhafi for his two thousand and seven election campaign. syrian state television is reporting that more than two hundred people have been evacuated from the rebel held town of harasta in eastern guta a deal allowing them passage to government territory was announced after weeks of compartment a rights group says that the government's offensive on guta has killed more than fifteen hundred civilians. here in germany a court has sentenced an afghan man to life in prison for the sexual assault of murder of a woman in freiburg it's a case that has raised concerns about immigration not least because the man was convicted of attempted murder in greece before arriving here judges though have sent a powerful message that germany won't be lenient with new arrivals. it's the most severe penalty a german court can impose a life sentence and preventive detention afterwards for the perpetrator the core group the afghan migrant

late libyan dictator moammar gadhafi. to tell the visuals in the u.k. say the daughter of a former russian spy alleged to have been poisoned by a nerve agent is responding well to treatment killed a scrip our absent father sergei were found unconscious in the english city of salzburg early this month british officials of the poisoning on the russian government. britain's prime minister is spending the day touring the u.k. to mark a year until britain's shut your departure from the european union during a visit to a scottish textiles factory theresa may said bracks it would provide the u.k. with opportunities the prime minister is also due to make stops in england wales and northern ireland. sixty eight people have died in a five it swept through a jail in venezuela about prisoners under visits amongst the dead of the foster when a riot broke out police and crowds clashed outside the building as people demanded to know the fates of that family members. god so this woman the wait is agony relatives have come to cairo bobo police station in desperation to find out if their loved ones

funding from the late libyan dictator moammar gadhafi sarkozy says that there was no physical evidence of wrongdoing he was placed under formal investigation on wednesday for allegedly accepting millions from gadhafi for his two thousand and seven election campaign belgium has observed a minute of silence to mark the second anniversary of the bombings that left thirty four people dead belgian prime minister sean michel laid a wreath at a memorial in brussels airport where two suicide bombers struck is similar ceremony took place at a metro station where a third attacker set off explosives and syrian state television is reporting that more than two hundred people have been evacuated from the rebel held town of iraq in eastern guta a deal allowing them passage to government territory was announced after weeks of bombardment a rights group says that the governments of pensive on who to has killed at least fifteen hundred civilians. here in germany a court has sentenced an afghan man to life in prison for the sexual assault and murder of a woman in freiburg it's a case that has raised conc

moammar gadhafi back in twenty seven a teenage palestinian girl will be sentenced to eight months in prison for slapping an israeli soldier ahead to mimi reportedly excepted a plea bargain for the incident which was caught on camera and made her a hero to many palestinians the islamic state group has claimed responsibility for an explosion in the afghan capital kabul which left at least thirty three civilians dead and some sixty five others wounded the afghan interior ministry says a suicide bomber on foot detonated his explosives on a road leading to a shiite shrine. today kurds around the world have been celebrating new role as which marks the beginning of spring and the kurdish new year a new rolls festivals where the head here in southeastern turkey as well as in iraq and other kurdish areas the festival is also a show of support for kurdish independence in kosovo an opposition party has thrown tear gas in the country's parliament take a look at these pictures the self-determination movement party used the gas to disrupt a vote on the border issue with montenegro they even rel

late libyan dictator moammar gadhafi provided millions of euros to snuff crusie an illegal campaign contributions. in the u.s. a shooter has opened fire at a school in southern maryland police say three people are critically injured including the shooter a campus security officer reportedly shot and injured the assailant the shooting comes just days before a nationwide student organized march against gun violence. authorities in texas are investigating the fifth bombing this month in the state's capital austin all the latest blast occurred when a parcel exploded at a fed ex distribution facility near the city police suspect a serial bomber is behind the explosions which have killed two people and injured several. harvey weinstein's former company has filed for bankruptcy months after the oscar winning producer was accused of multiple sexual assaults weinstein was fired as chairman last october when the allegations were first reported he has denied having non consensual sex with anyone. chinese president xi jinping has called for his country to take its quote due place in the world a

is alleged that the regime of the late to libyan dictator moammar gadhafi provided millions of euros to start in a legal contributions an air strike on a school shelter in syria's eastern ghouta has killed at least fifteen children and two women that's according to the syrian observatory for human rights it says the strikes came from russian planes this is thousands of civilians have fled the besieged enclave. as the u.s. battles and opioid drug epidemic president donald trump has called for drug dealers to receive the death penalty trump was speaking in new hampshire a state hit hard by the national opioid crisis attorney general jeff sessions was on hand to emphasize that his department of justice has made the drug epidemic a priority. and harvey weinstein's former company has filed for bankruptcy months after the oscar winning producer was accused of multiple sexual assaults weinstein was fired as chairman last october when the allegations were first reported he has denied having non consensual sex with anyone. the european court of human rights today condemned to turkey for

alleged that the regime of the late libyan dictator moammar gadhafi provided millions of euros to start in illegal contributions harvey weinstein's former company has filed for bankruptcy months after the oscar winning producer was accused of multiple sexual assaults when scene was fired as chairman last october when the allegations were first reported he has denied having non consensual sex with anyone. chinese president xi jinping has called for his country to take its due place in the world and vowed to fight a bloody battle against its enemies speaking at the people's congress in beijing as he unveiled sweeping reforms saved it strengthening the military and the economy this comes after the communist party removed presidential term limits allowed to remain in power indefinitely while the president also issued what analysts see as a warning to pro-democracy and separatist movements in china let's listen to what he had to say. it is our shared aspiration to safeguard china's sovereignty. territorial integrity and to wholly reunify our nation any attempts or tricks to split china are doom

of violence for much of the past six years the overthrow of leader moammar gadhafi has created a dangerous politically divided atmosphere the country has two rival seats of power along with several dozen armed groups fighting for control now a leaked un report has shed some light on who is backing some of those forces it says the united arab emirates and egypt have been supplying weapons to armed groups on the ground that's despite a u.n. arms embargo we'll get to our guests in a moment but first this report from hamad and but d.c. . armed groups in libya are continuing to receive foreign support from nations aiming to influence who will control the oil rich nation that's according to a panel of united nations experts. after the fall of moammar gadhafi in two thousand and eleven during the arab spring libya spiraled into civil war between rival political factions international sanctions were imposed in reaction to gross and systematic violations of human rights the latest report highlights countries that have both directly and indirectly fueled the ongoing conflict in libya it me

just before he was elected in two thousand and seven from the former libyan leader moammar gadhafi. u.s. media says donald trump is about to announce fifty billion dollars worth of tariffs on products made in china the white house says are paid only accuse china of unfair trade practices and stealing intellectual property and his ministry of commerce says that they recently resolutely opposed american protectionism keep it or more to come on al-jazeera people in power is next. to. impossible to. usas constitutionally controlling the fed with firearms is given to the highest levels of private gun ownership in the world and to truly staggering right gun related homicides but it isn't just the us that's felt the effects sampson's border in mexico american soldiers weapons. that come to use drugs. on the reverse has been to invest. this is a shooting range in the southern united states. here in texas shooting is a popular and competitive sport ok you're reading it's my first time shooting a gun magazine goes in it sure shoulder correctly. it's an assault rifle designed for wolf. they're sur

president four years later he led the nato bombing of libya that brought to an end the regime of moammar gadhafi. and unflattering nude caricature of donald trump is said to be published on the front page of the new yorker magazine it has divided opinion with critics of the president claiming it sums up how the emperor has no clothes as they put it the supporters fume that is so highly inappropriate to trail from the liberal media now the covers created barry blitt defended his image quoting legendary musician bob dylan's line that quote even the president must sometimes stand naked people on the streets of new york are somewhat divided about the caricature you know the one that they chose is very. the freedom of speech is very important in the united states. the new yorker has the right to publish the. i don't think. i think the country has gone too far in making fun of everything in it actually distract from the issue. that he doesn't like a president like a child who would look like that well and some see the allusion to trump's weight as insulting especially as just two months ago th

. the son of libya's former leader moammar gadhafi runs for president we speak exclusively to saif gadhafi his lawyer. the situation you have libya now is the result of the destruction of the state institutions not only toppling the regime libya will return back to its roadmap and become a democratic sovereign state. getting to you my name is neil harvey you're watching international. france is facing nationwide strike action with more than one hundred forty demonstrations across the country public sector workers students and railway workers of taking to the streets protesting various issues from low wages to job loss this trains have been canceled and schools closed in paris clashes between protesters and police have turned violent. i. find that we are here to protest democratically against the bill. liberal politics of micron wanted by the car because we disagree with the government we can't accept this reforms that's why we are always here with us which is the most part of course the promises he made i think have absolutely not been fulfilled. the clashes between police and prot