Daniel Flynn

Following a decisive second-round presidential vote Francois Hollande is expected to be voted into power in Frances presidential elections.

Nicolas Sarkozy and Francois Hollande will clash in their only television debate, seen as the conservative incumbent’s last chance to turn the odds.

President Nicolas Sarkozy says he would bar some Muslim preachers from entering France as part of a crackdown after shootings there by an extremist.

Vague pledges and a lack of action by G7 countries underscored differences between Europe and the US and a lack of room to manoeuvre.

Leading world economies agreed to put the policies of seven nations under a microscope as part of a plan to prevent a repeat of the financial crisis.

Claude Chabrol, one of France’s most eminent film directors and a pioneer of the influential New Wave style, died on Sunday at the age of 80.