Charleville-Mézières (Ardennes): Announcement of the verdict at the trial of the FOURNIRET spouses sentenced to life imprisonment, according to the requests of the attorney general, for crimes of pedophilia and serial murders. Comment on factual images alternating with interviews with the parents of victims, Marie-Jeanne LAVILLE, mother of Isabelle, Jean-Pierre SAISON, father of Céline, one of the victims, Joëlle PARFONDRY, and master Richard DELGENES, Monique OLIVIER’s lawyer, wife and accomplice of Michel FOURNIRET. Plateau in position Dominique VERDEILHAN.
The indictments in the trial of Michel FOURNIRET and Monique OLIVIER. Commentary on factual images and illustration images, alternating with interviews with Richard DELGENES, lawyer of Monique OLIVIER, master Pierre BLOCQUAUX, lawyer of Michel FOURNIRET, and Jean-Pierre LEROY, Fabienne Leroy’s father, one of the victims.
Report on the Dalai Lama’s trip to India. After having gathered at the cremation site of Mahatma Gandhi, the Dalai Lama participated in a rally advocating non-violence, with besides Buddhists, representatives of the various religious communities, Jain, Muslim, or Hindu. He then held a press conference. Main message: dialogue with China to solve the Tibetan problem. His Holiness the Dalai Lama asks the international community not to forget Tibet.
Reportage at the Palais de Justice in Paris after the verdict of the Special Assizes Court and the sentence of Yvan COLONNA to life imprisonment for the murder of the Prefect of Corsica Claude ERIGNAC: account of the reactions of the relatives of the condemned. Comment on factual images alternating with interviews with supporters of Yvan Colonna, Daniel HERRERO and Edmond SIMEONI, and his lawyer, Gilles SIMEONI.
As a result of global warming, the city of Bangkok could be completely covered by water within 15 years. The water level rises by three millimeters a year while the city sinks itself because of the work that digs the ground. This disaster could result in more than six million climate refugees. Comments, factual images and interviews of a resident of Bangkok and Michel PETIT scientific member of the IPCC.
Airbus is taking full advantage of the rise in power of the Gulf airlines. The company Emirates ordered 70 copies of the future A350 with an option on 50 additional. Another company of the Emirates ordered a hundred planes. Airbus has six years of work ahead of it when it launched a plan of 10,000 job cuts with the closure of several production sites. The management maintains its plan, with the reduction of the management staff, with the objective of making 15% productivity gains. Comment on factual images and interviews Maggy BERGSMA (Communication Airbus), Jean-François KNEPPER (FO union) and Patrice BERNARD (CGT union).
The government wants to reform the special pension schemes. The companies concerned are: EDF, GDF, SNCF and RATP. Unions and business leaders were received by the Minister of Labour Xavier BERTRAND. He outlined to them the measures of the future reform. The text provides for the extension of the contribution period. The commentary on images of the heads of companies arriving at the Ministry of Labour, of images of the presentation meeting, of explanatory tables, alternates with the intervenors of Eric FALEMPIN, FOChristophe LE DUIGOU, CGT and an excerpt from an address by Xavier BERTRAND.
Brief: In Cannes, climb of the steps of the team of the film "Ocean’s Thirteen", by Steven SODERBERGH: Brad PITT, George CLOONEY, Matt DAMON and Andy GARCIA. They obviously panicked the public and the photographers.
Brief in pictures, please. American actor and filmmaker Clint Eastwood received the insignia of Knight of the Legion of Honour, presented by the President of the Republic Jacques Chirac. Comment on images of the ceremony.
Report on the opening of the Erika trial in Paris, seven years after the sinking of the oil tanker off the coast of Brittany in December 1999. Fifteen legal and natural persons will appear before the Paris Correctional Court including the Total group, the owner of the ship Giuseppe SAVARESE, the commander Karun MATHUR and the control company RINA. The civilian victims estimate their damage to be more than one billion euros and believe that the Total group is largely responsible for the ecological disaster. Assessment of the damage caused by the oil spill. Commentary on illustration images, archive images, alternating with interviews of Christophe PRIOU, mayor UMP of Croizic, civil party, Master Corinne LEPAGE, lawyer of the civil parties and Master Daniel SOULEZ-LARIVIERE, counsel for Total.
Reportage consacré à la célébration officielle des 80 ans de la souveraine Elizabeth II d'Angleterre. La traditionnelle parade militaire "Trooping the colour" présidée par la reine s'est déroulée sur fond de polémique écologiste relative aux toques en fourrure en poils d'ours du Canada, de la Garde royale. En alternance, images de la cérémonie, du défilé aérien au-dessus de Londres, de la famille royale, de la calèche remontant Le Mall, célèbre avenue menant au Palais de Buckingham à Londres et images d'archives de la cérémonie de 1952 (la reine à cheval)
The serial killer Michel FOURNIRET has just left his prison in Belgium and has been handed over to the French judicial authorities for trial. He’s a suspect in the murders of 13 young girls. Comment on factual images, alternating with interviews with Arnoult D'ASTREMONT LYNDEN, Prosecutor of the King in Dinant in Belgium, Francis NACHBAR, Prosecutor of the Republic of Charleville-Mezieres and Thierry BLOCQUAUX, lawyer of Michel FOURNINET.
The Socialist Party is in the campaign. On the one hand, Laurent FABIUS is determined more than ever to obtain a majority at the PS congress in a month. On the other hand, François HOLLANDE, who hopes to gather his troops around a single candidate, who will have been nominated at Le Mans. Commentary on image and excerpts from the interventions of the two candidates.
Reportage consacré aux conséquences du passage de l'ouragan Katrina à la Nouvelle-Orléans, et bilan de la situation dans la ville et l'état du Mississippi, entièrement quadrillés par l'armée et les secours. Images de la situation à Biloxi (Mississippi) et à la Nouvelle-Orléans, et témoignages d'habitantes, Iris Neumann et Laura Jones, et d'un technicien de pompage, John Wayne.
Destroyed in 1944, Le Havre became a UNESCO World Heritage site thanks to the innovative concrete reconstruction led by Auguste Perret. After Brasilia, it is the second modern city listed at UNESCO. The commentary on images of Le Havre alternates with interviews with Joseph ABRAM, architect specialist of Perret (in Durban duplex by phone), and Patrice BELLIOT, deputy director of the tourist office.
Report devoted to the final preparations for a few days of the 2005 baccalaureate events. Commentary alternating with interviews with Bernard MARTH, Head of Secretariat of the Bac, Nadine PRADAYROL, Senior Education Advisor, Colette DESRAY, Principal, and Dorian BENEZET, candidate for the literary baccalaureate.
The Paris Fair, at the Parc des Expositions de la Porte de Versailles, welcomes the winners of the Lépine competition: the inventors present their findings. A comment on factual images alternate with interviews of Michel COHOU, Sophie BOURIEZ of HAUTECLOQUE, and Yann PAVIE, inventors (card holder, square, umbrella).
Plant protection products are suspected of causing rare forms of cancer in the agricultural world. For the first time, the Mutuelle sociale agricole is launching a survey on this issue. The story features the testimony of a farmer with cancer who is seeking recognition of the link between his disease and pesticide use.
On the occasion of the Semaine de la Francophonie, survey on the defence of the French language in Quebec. Commentary on alternating images of a store, Quebec City, a website and interviews with Eric GAGNON, "Fortune 1000" software, Louise ARBIQUE, responsible for the francization of the company "Mountain Equipment Coop"and Nicole RENE, from the Office québécois de la langue française. Tray in Pascal GOLOMER situation.
Report at the Dinant courthouse in Belgium where Michel FOURNIRET is auditioned by the French judges. Comment on factual images and interviews Jean-Pierre and Marie-Jeanne LAVILLE, parents of Isabelle, one of the victims of the killer, and Francis NACHBAR, public prosecutor in Charleville-Mézières.