Deadly avalanche in the Massif du Mont Blanc, on the north face of the Mont Maudit, which cost the life of nine climbers. Eleven people were also injured. Comment on factual images and interviews Daniel ROSSETTO (independent high-mountain guide, avalanche survivor), Eric FOURNIER (mayor of Chamonix), Jean-Louis VERDIER (deputy mayor in charge of mountain and security), and statement by the Minister of the Interior, Manuel VALLS.
Report on the Erika sinking trial in December 1999. The Total group appealed to the Court of Cassation arguing that the French court did not have jurisdiction to hear the case. A procedure that could overturn the first two convictions of the group. Back to the facts based on archival images, interviews and reactions of inhabitants of Noirmoutiers. Daniel SOULEZ-LARIVIERE, lawyer of the Total group, speaks of the charterer’s non-liability in the disaster. Corinne LEPAGE, lawyer for the civil parties, finds that the review of the trial would be a regression for the environment.
Announcement of the opening of the public fund for compensation of Mediator victims. Presentation of this fund created by the State which allows to obtain a financial compensation faster than before a court, then the steps to be followed in order to file a file with the National Office for Compensation of Medical Accidents. Illustration with the case of Jean Charles THEILLAC, victim of this drug. Commentary on factual, illustrative and archival images, interspersed by interviews with Dominique MARTIN, Director of ONIAM, Jean Charles THEILLAC, Dr Dominique Michel COURTOIS, the Mediator and Isomeride Victims Association.
A report on Twitter, the short messaging network launched in 2006, used today by the media, the press and journalists as a new means of communicating information. Politicians also use it. However, the information disseminated through this network is not verified. Commentary on images of illustration, intersecting interviews with Grégory PHILIPPS, journalist at France Info, and Bruno PATINO, director of digital development, France Télévisions.
Report. The protest swells in Egypt for the departure of Mubarak. The protests have degenerated into riots in downtown Cairo. The government cut off all means of communication, including the Internet, and established a curfew. This did not prevent activists from meeting around the opponent Mohamed el-Baradei and from braving the police forces to gradually gather place of liberation (Tahrir Square). The images of these confrontations and gatherings in the streets of Cairo, alternate with the interviews of excessively riparian.
Report. Demonstrations against the power of Hosni MOUBARAK took place in Cairo, Egypt. Under the leadership of Tunisia, Egyptian demonstrators proclaimed their desire to see their president leave power. There were some clashes between protesters and law enforcement officials. The opponents of the regime met on Facebook. Comment on factual images, punctuated from a micro-sidewalk of protesters.
Report in Algeria, where riots broke out to signify the social malaise prevailing in the country. A young man, a security guard, was shot and killed in these confrontations. Commentary on factual images of the riots and the numerous degradations of the city, alternating with interviews with the sister of the deceased young man and angry Algerians in the face of the difficulties encountered by the population.
Some parents who were not far-sighted waited until the last moment to find a babysitter for Christmas Eve. As a result, they are obliged to call upon specialized agencies and prices are (obviously) very high. Comment on factual images, alternating with the testimonies of a mother, Sabine DE BOUCHONY, a babysitter, Caroline TALAR, and the interview of Claire LANNEAU, founder "Babychou services".
Report on the security measures put in place by the police for New Year’s Eve. Commentary on images of illustrations in several French regions, alternating with the interview of Brice HORTEFEUX, Minister of the Interior, a police officer in the fields and a micro-sidewalk.
The essential flowers of All Saints are of course chrysanthemums. But many today choose other varieties, such as thoughts or cyclamen, to bloom the graves. Production of chrysanthemums is down compared to previous years. Reporting in Rungis, at the flower market. Comment on factual images, micro-sidewalk and interviews Louis STAMENS (horticulturist), Rodolphe LEDOC and Bekky ZIDANE (florists).
Pacing for the best, for the worst and for the tax benefit... Since it has been known that the bill will be abolished as of 2012, couples are rushing into the courts. Applications are twice as large as usual at this time and there are even waiting lists. Comment on factual images and interviews Catherine LEMOAL (Chief Registrar at the Paris Court, 8th) and Gilles ETIENNE (Heritage Expert Cyrus Conseil).
A French state document dated October 1940 and annotated by Marshal Pétain himself was found and authenticated. In this writing he took the initiative to strengthen and harden the anti-Semitic character of the status of the Jewish community of the time. Commentary on factual and archival images, photos and interviews by Jacques FREDJ (Director of the Shoah Memorial) and Serge KLARSFELD (President of the Association of the Sons and Daughters of the Jewish Deportees of France).
Report devoted to the custody of photographer Francois-Marie BANIER and the wealth manager of billionaire Patrice de MAISTRE. This is a new episode in the Bettencourt case, between Liliane and her daughter, Françoise BETTENCOURT-MEYERS. After the hearing of Eric WOERTH, Patrice de MAISTRE was heard as part of the investigation into the content of the clandestine taps. He had already been interviewed on 15 and 16 July, at the same time as the artist François-Marie BANIER, the lawyer Fabrice GOGUEL and Carlos VEJARANO, the manager of the island of Arros in the Seychelles. Comment on factual images interspersed by the interview of Olivier METZNER and Liliane BETTENCOURT.
New twist in Woerth Bettencourt: Claire Thibout, Liliane Bettencourt’s former accountant, revisits some of her statements to the finance department, particularly those made on the Médiapart website. Commentary on archival images, illustrations and interviews. Me Georges KIEJMAN, lawyer of Liliane Bettencourt, affirms that Mme Thibout lies because "she feels hurt". François BONNET, editorial director of Mediapart, assures that Claire Thibout’s comments have been faithfully transcribed and believes that she is currently under "extreme pressure".
On the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the call of June 18 of General DE GAULLE, ceremony in Colombey-Les-Deux-Eglises (Haute-Marne). Comment on factual images and interviews Pascal BABOUOT (mayor of Colombey), Marinette (manager of a souvenir shop) and micro-sidewalk.
Reportage. Back on the Robert Boulin case, former Minister of Labour of President Giscard d'Estaing, found dead in a pond of the Rambouillet forest in 1979. Announcement of the disappearance of original seals from the file that were kept in a vault of the Public Prosecutor’s Office. Commentary on factual images and archive images alternating with interviews with Didier ALLARD, spokesperson of the General Prosecutor’s Office, Fabienne BOULIN BURGEAT, daughter of Robert BOULIN, of Me Olivier MORICE, lawyer of the family BOULIN.
Report dedicated to the beatification, today in Warsaw, of Polish priest Jerzy POPIELUSZKO, chaplain of the Solidarnosc union murdered 25 years ago by the police of the communist regime. Portrait of the priest. Commentary on factual images and archival images (testimony of Marianna, mother of Jersy POPIELUSZKO) alternating with a Polish microsidewalk.
The Paris Court of Appeal confirmed this morning the sentences against Total and the other defendants concerning the Erika disaster. It even broadens the principle of "ecological harm", but Total is no longer obliged to pay compensation to the civil parties. Commentary on images of illustration, archives and interviews. Daniel SOULEZ-LARIVIERE, lawyer for Total on the rather lenient condemnation of the oil group. Philippe BOENNEC, deputy mayor of Pornic and Corinne LEPAGE, lawyer for the civil parties, find it scandalous that Total escapes compensation for the civil parties. Allain BOUGRAIN-DUBOURG, president of the animal protection league (LPO) is very satisfied with the recognition of the ecological harm in this disaster.
Report on the visit of the President of the Republic Nicolas Sarkozy to the Paris Agricultural Fair. Images of Nicolas Sarkozy talking with young farmers. Extract from the reaction of Nicolas SARKOZY at the press conference at the Salon: "Of course, greeting booths, ranchers, this is part of the tradition, of folklore... but at last, listen, it is not to the number of hands tight that we will solve the problem of farmers... ".
Report to London (Great Britain) on the occasion of the Afghanistan Conference during which the Afghan President, Hamid KARZAI, tried to rally the international community to its new strategy of reintegration into the political life of the reformed Taliban. Comment on factual and archival images alternating with the statements of Hamid KARZAI (Afghan President), a "moderate" Taliban (sic) and Bernard KOUCHNER (French Foreign and European Minister). Tray in position Jacques CARDOZE.