Rome

After initially displaying reticence at meeting with Italy's new far-right prime minister during his offical visit to Italy, French President Emmanuel Macron finally held informal talks in Rome on Sunday with Giorgia Meloni, while also posting on Twitter his thanks to outgoing Italian premier Mario Draghi.

Simon Gautier, who was studying art history in Rome, was last heard alerting emergency services in a call in which he said he had suffered a fall while trekking a remote area near Naples and had broken both legs.

Move came after Italian deputy PM met French 'yellow vest' protesters near Paris and France warned him not to interfere in the country's politics.

Populists in Italy have accused France of continuing to colonise many African states.

Court rules that 'rogue trader' who lost his bank nearly five billion euros can be freed on Monday, after serving 100 days of a 3-year term.

Jean-Baptiste de Franssu, the former head of Invesco Ltd.’s European business, is to take over running of bank where profits fell by 97%.

The trader, 37, who was convicted in 2010, decided to return to France after trek to Rome and is soon expected to start 3-year jail term.

Convicted SocGen trader, returning after a long trek to Rome, has been ordered to attend a French police station where he is set to be jailed.

Demonstrators showed anger over President Holande's 'pro-business' measures with slogans such as 'When you are leftist you support employees'.

A small bomb exploded in central Rome near a French foundation and cultural building just hours before the French president's visit to the Vatican.