'A defender of the West' - praise for Breivik sparks a firestorm

Best not to refer to China when you actually mean Japan, as a tired François Hollande found out today in Tokyo! First though, a blog for Foreign Policy magazine's website has imagined what Vladimir Putin’s dating profile would look like. The Russian President has announced his divorce. Finally, women journalists at French business paper Les Echos say they are under-represented in management and have found a novel way of expressing their frustration.

Le Monde says it has proof that the Syrian army has used chemical weapons in the form of sarin gas against rebels. However, there is criticism of Le Monde for having handed the samples tested over to French Army laboratories for testing. This, and other stories in today's MediaWatch.