French taxi drivers smashed up cars, set tyres ablaze and blocked traffic across the country in a nationwide strike aimed at Uber after weeks of rising, sometimes violent tensions over the US ride-hailing company.

Justin Bieber’s pet monkey is set to become the property of Germany.

Pop star Justin Bieber will have to pay the bill for his monkey’s two-month stay at a Munich animal shelter.

Justin Bieber had to leave his pet monkey in quarantine after arriving in Germany last week without the necessary papers for the animal, an official said today.