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A French court has ordered Christine Lagarde, the head of the International Monetary Fund, to face trial over her role in a payout of some 400 million euros to businessman Bernard Tapie. Jillian Kitchener reports.
IMF boss Christine Lagarde was in a Paris court on Tuesday for the second day of her trial for negligence over a state payout to a tycoon made while she was French finance minister. IMAGES
IMF chief Christine Lagarde went on trial in France on Monday over a massive state payout to a flamboyant tycoon when she was finance minister in a case that risks tarnishing her stellar career. IMAGES
French President Emmanuel Macron holds talks with newly appointed International Monetary Fund managing director Kristalina Georgieva at the Elysee Palace. IMAGES
France's highest appeals court has ruled that International Monetary Fund chief Christine Lagarde must stand trial for her role in a $400 millionstate payout in 2008 to businessman Bernard Tapie. Kate King reports.
U.S. President Barack Obama attends an outdoor arrival ceremony in heavy rain, as the first sitting U.S. president to visit Laos. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).