Captured prison escapee David Sweat was released last night from a New York hospital where he had been treated for gunshot wounds and moved to a prison over 400km away from the one he fled, authorities said.

Lebanon has rarely been out of the news since the 1970s but through all the years of political turmoil and refugee crises, there has always been one annual event to celebrate: the arrival of the new vintage of Chateau Musar.