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The French First Lady Valerie Trierweiler has been admitted to hospital after reports of an alleged affair involving President Francois Hollande. Today President Hollande will be giving a press conference and many are speculating whether he will comment on the affair, which has been widely reported in the press. Traditionally stories about the sexual shenanigans of French politicians have been not been aired in public, out of a respect for privacy, but now that seems to be changing. So what does the French public make of it, are attitudes to politicians鈥� privacy changing and what is the attraction of an affair with a political leader? Guests Edwina Currie, former politician who had an affair with John Major and Anne Elizabeth Moutet, French journalist.

Before the uprising in Tunisia in January 2011, Nadia Khiari was working as an artist and teacher. The freedom that came after the fall of President Ben Ali inspired her to take a new direction. She became a cartoonist and her character "Willis from Tunis", a cat that she uses to satirise politicians and discuss the issues of everyday life, has become popular in Tunisia and France.

Hundreds of parents flee the country every year to stop their children being adopted. According to an investigation for this week鈥檚 Face the Facts five children a week in England are subject to聽 鈥渇orced adoption鈥澛�- that鈥檚 where the biological parents want to keep their child but are over ruled by social services.

500 people attended a vigil for Mark Duggan at the weekend after a jury concluded he was lawfully killed. His family and friends said they would not accept it and would fight on. Speaking at the vigil were several women campaigners still fighting for justice: Mr Duggan鈥檚 aunt Carole, who has been at the forefront of the campaign, Marcia Rigg, the sister of Sean Rigg, who died in police custody in 2008, as well as mothers involved in the Hillsborough Justice Campaign. What does lifelong campaigning do to families and when is there a time to call it a day? Jane speaks to 大象传媒 reporter Ayshea Buksh and we hear from the mother and sister of Ricky Reel, Sukhdev and Tish Reel, about their continued campaign for justice.