Henry Samuel

4 days ago | telegraph.co.uk | Henry Samuel

Hexagone said it had not included Ms Le Pen as the poll was conducted after she was banned from running for elected office in a corruption case. She has since appealed the verdict. Furious, Le Pen lieutenant Jean-Pierre Tanguy said he had complained bitterly about the "vile manoeuvre" to "weaken the national camp" to Hexagone, which scrambled to organise a second, smaller poll with her name on it.

1 week ago | telegraph.co.uk | Max Stephens |Henry Samuel

A French pensioner detained over the suspected murder of a British mother in the Dordogne was "wrongly accused", her brother has told The Telegraph. Philippe Monribot said his sister had fallen in love with a man who was thought to be having an affair with Karen Carter. Mrs Carter was found stabbed to death outside her guest house in Trémolat a week ago.

1 week ago | ca.news.yahoo.com | Henry Samuel

Ahmed al-Sharaa will meet with the French president on his first European visit - OZAN KOSE/AFP via Getty ImagesEmmanuel Macron has come under fire for hosting Syria’s “jihadist” president Ahmed al-Sharaa for the former Islamist rebel’s first European visit. In the meeting on Wednesday, the French president will “reiterate France’s support for the construction of a new Syria, a free, stable, sovereign Syria that respects all components of Syrian society”, according to the Elysée.

1 week ago | telegraph.co.uk | Henry Samuel

Emmanuel Macron has come under fire for hosting Syria's "jihadist" president Ahmed al-Sharaa for the former Islamist rebel's first European visit. In the meeting on Wednesday, the French president will "reiterate France's support for the construction of a new Syria, a free, stable, sovereign Syria that respects all components of Syrian society", according to the Elysée. "This meeting is part of France's historic commitment to the Syrian people who aspire to peace and democracy," it added.

1 week ago | yahoo.com | Henry Samuel

Donald Trump made a “gigantic miscalculation” in cutting federal aid for science, the European Union and France said on Monday. Unveiling half a billion euros (£425 million) of incentives, Emmanuel Macron and Ursula von der Leyen are attempting to woo researchers to the continent. “We call on researchers worldwide to unite and join us ...