He was one of the dominant forces in french polititics for overer six decades. Jacques chirac has died at the age of 86. He spent two terms as president of thehe republic, from 1995 unl 2007. He was released by Nicolas Sarkozy. He served twice as Prime Minister and was the mayor of paris between 1977 and 1999 almost exclusively. Day in ill health. Museum. Cy is the here is a look back. We seem to be having a technical pitch. We will try to bring that to you shortly. Mark is here with me. It is fickle to overstate just how important Jacques Chirac was. He was a giant. The career spanned over four decades. He played many roles. Minister twice. Paris for nearly two decades. It is a long time in french politics. All of the french have memories of Jacques Chirac. In recentng to age years because he has virtually disappeared. Waslast public appearance before fivive years ago. He was very ill. His family was keeping him from the public eye and the news of his death is not a surprise. Inyears
Genie this is france 24. It is time for 60 minutes live around the world. I am genie godula these are the headlines. Tunisia rocked by a loud explosion in the capital. Targeting police in the main avenue. At least five people were hurt. Carrying 42an ship migrants rescued off libya two enters thailand waters. I will speak to our rome correspondent for the latest. Swelterontinues to under the heatwave this week with record temperatures ranging from spain to switzerland to here in france. Trouble forup, more boeing as regulators find a new problem with the 737 max. The plane was grounded after two deadly crashes. Our update. In confirmsat notre dame there was no criminal because that started the blaze. The details on what could have been behind it, coming up. First, our top story, live from paris. Genie an explosion rocked tunis. The attack looks to be targeting police. , three say three People Police and two civilians were hurt. It is not immediately known who is behind the attack. To g