15 May 2012 Last updated at 16:56 ET Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. Chancellor Merkel and President Hollande both said economic growth was a key issue during their talks Newly inaugurated French President Francois Hollande has pledged to work with Germany to resolve the EU’s economic crisis. He was speaking...
7 May 2012 Last updated at 07:39 ET Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. Hollande came to Paris late on Sunday evening to make a victory speech French President-elect Francois Hollande is to start work on forming a new government, after telling supporters his victory gave hope of an end to...
6 May 2012 Last updated at 16:44 ET Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. Francois Hollande: “French people, on the 6th of May, have chosen change” French socialist Francois Hollande has won a clear victory in the country’s presidential election. Mr Hollande – who got an estimated 52% of votes in...
29 March 2012 Last updated at 14:36 ET Gunman Mohamed Merah, who killed seven people in south-western France in three shootings earlier this month, has been buried outside the city of Toulouse. Merah, 23, was shot dead after a 32-hour siege at his home last week. He was buried at the Cornebarrieu cemetery, after...
26 March 2012 Last updated at 16:34 ET Former International Monetary Fund boss Dominique Strauss-Kahn has been charged over alleged involvement in a prostitution ring. He was charged after being questioned by magistrates in the northern city of Lille. Mr Strauss-Kahn has admitted attending parties where the authorities believe prostitutes were provided by a...
24 March 2012 Last updated at 13:16 ET A brother of Islamist gunman Mohamed Merah has denied helping him mount his deadly attacks in Toulouse and Montauban, a French police source said. Abdelkader Merah is being questioned at domestic intelligence agency (DCRI) headquarters in Paris, where he was brought along with his partner. Mohamed...
22 March 2012 Last updated at 15:38 ET Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. Sustained gunfire was heard from the apartment building where Mohammed Merah was hiding A police sniper shot and killed the gunman who carried out a spate of murders in southern France, prosecutors say, after a 32-hour siege...
The Apprentice returns tonight – so how do you ensure you’re in with a chance of bagging Lord Sugar’s investment bounty? Tighten your braces: The Apprentice returns for its eighth series tonight. Sixteen ambitious tycoons of tomorrow will be hitting the ground running, hoping to dazzle Lord Sugar with...
19 March 2012 Last updated at 15:41 ET Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. Journalist Chris Bockman: “This city now is in lockdown mode” French police are linking the shootings of four people at a Jewish school in Toulouse to the killings of three soldiers of North African descent in two...
17 March 2012 Last updated at 16:16 ET Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. The BBC’s Wyre Davies says many Libyans will want to see evidence of Abdullah al-Senussi’s capture The Libyan authorities have confirmed the arrest in Mauritania of former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi’s intelligence chief. Mauritanian security officials said...
