This week, the opposition UMP leader, Jean-François Copé, is forced to quit over an embezzlement scandal, just days after the party floundered in European elections. The big winner from the European vote, though, was the far right National Front; the result sending shockwaves across the EU. Finally, ahead of the 70th anniversary commemorations of D-Day, we take a look at how the disastrous 1942 raid on Dieppe was a tragic rehearsal for the Allies' Normandy landings.

By Stéphanie CHEVAL , Luke BROWN , Kalvin NG , Johan BODIN , Charles BOBE