Explicit, close-up footage of the seven Toulouse murders received by a TV station this week was not sent by the killer, but by an accomplice, French police said yesterday.

President accused of illegally accepting cash from France's richest woman for 2007 election

Islamist killer who died in shootout with officers could have been captured earlier, and taken alive, say critics

Serial killer shot as he leapt from window firing weapon

French presidential candidates exchanged insults on the apparent jihadist explanation of the Toulouse killings as the hiatus on campaigning came to an abrupt end with the news the suspect had been pinned down.

It was the first country to target Muslim fundamentalists – but that just raised their anger

The horrific school killings in Toulouse fell like a bombshell on the French presidential election campaign.

Nato mission suffers dual setbacks

Riot police fired tear gas to disperse dozens of protesting steelworkers in Paris yesterday.

Russia continues arms sales to regime

Nicolas Sarkozy's sharp right turn in the presidential election campaign appeared to draw blood yesterday when a poll suggested that he had taken a narrow first-round lead over his Socialist challenger.

French far-right leader Marine Le Pen said today that she has obtained the 500 signatures from elected officials necessary to formalise her bid for the presidency.

Library protesters to rally in London

Electoral rules mean Jacques Cheminade may get equal air time on television as the President