DOMINIQUE STRAUSS-KAHN, his presidential hopes shattered by a sex assault scandal that rocked his homeland, returned to France to a frosty public reception and unease among his political allies.

The Paris airport terminal collapse that killed four people in May was probably caused by metal struts piercing the building’s concrete roof, an official report said today.

THE Concorde began its final descent yesterday as British Airways and Air France said they would stop flying the world’s first and only supersonic jetliner because flagging passenger demand could not cover its rising costs.

FRENCH police have arrested a baggage handler at Paris's main international airport after guns and explosives were found hidden in his car in the airport car park, police sources said yesterday.