drones

in Yemen. On Thursday, eight al-Qaeda militants were killed in missile strikes.

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The leader of the left front party in France Jean-Luc Melenchon says he’ll contest the same seat in next month’s parliamentary elections as the national front leader Marine Le Pen. Mr Melenchon said he would stand in the northern town of Henin-Beaumount, describing the contest as a battle of national and European significance.

The Greek President Karolos Papoulias has begun work to form an emergency government to avoid having to hold fresh elections after last Sunday’s

inconclusive

poll. Mr Papoulias has summoned leaders of all the main political parties to meetings on Sunday. Here is Mark Lowen.

Three party leaders attempted to form a government to fill the power vacuum to stave off fresh elections. All three failed. Now the president will have his turn,

summoning

all parties to request an emergency government of national

salvation

. If as expected that fails too, Greece will stumble towards a new election. According to opinion polls, a party that wants to tie up the country’s loan agreement with Brussels and

turn its back on

austerity could come first. But European leaders have said Greece must

stick to

the bailout and its cost cutting path.

In Britain, nine men have been arrested in connection with anther sexual grooming inquiry in Rochdale in Greater Manchester. Police said that the men aged between 24 and 38 have been questioned on suspicion of sexual activity with the child. The arrests come just days after the nine men from the same area were convicted of being part of a child exploitation ring.