Gordon Brown wished Nicolas Sarkozy a “speedy recovery” today after the French president was rushed to hospital after collapsing during a jog.

One of the last two British embassy workers being held in Iran has been released, it was confirmed today.

Plans for a crackdown on illegal cross-Channel immigration will be discussed today by British Prime Minister Gordon Brown and French President Nicolas Sarkozy at an Anglo-French summit.

Heads of state of leading developing countries gathered in Switzerland today for a series of meetings on the sidelines of the summit of Group of Eight leading world powers.