As US President George Bush's re-election was confirmed, France, Germany and other European countries he alienated during his first four years promised today to work with the new administration.

In a disillusioned Middle East where calls for a change - any change - in the US leadership resonated throughout the run-up to the election, Kuwait is clearly Bush country.

Osama bin Laden is raising millions of pounds through the international drugs trade to fund his al Qaida terror network, US officials said today.