A Paris court sentenced Nicolas Sarkozy to five years in prison for criminal conspiracy in a scheme to finance his 2007 campaign with Libyan funds.

France and several other Western nations formally declared their recognition of a Palestinian state at the United Nations on Monday in a move that deepens Israel’s international isolation as it pursues its maximalist war aims in Gaza and expands settlements in the occupied West Bank.

In an interview with CBS News' "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan," the French president pushed back on criticism for recognizing a Palestinian state.

French official Pascal Confavreux defends U.N. Palestinian statehood initiative against Trump's criticism that it rewards Hamas for Oct. 7 attacks.

Nicolas Sarkozy, former president of France, was convicted of plotting to finance his election bid with help from the government of Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi.

"We can no longer wait," French President Emmanuel Macron told the UN today, as he announced that France was joining countries including the UK, Canada and Australia in formally recognising a Palestinian state.

Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy was sentenced to five years in prison on Thursday for allegedly taking campaign funds from ex-Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi in 2007.