Two French ministers step down amid investigations

Two French government ministers, including the new defence chief, have announced they are stepping down as President Emmanuel Macron reshuffles the cabinet and works to fulfil a campaign pledge to put more ethics into politics.

Defence minister Sylvie Goulard, the most prominent woman in the cabinet Mr Macron named just over a month ago, suggested in a statement she decided to quit the government to avoid hurting Mr Macron's efforts to clean up corruption.