Laurence des Carrs submitted her resignation to President Emmanel Macron, who said it was "an act of responsibility".

Access to biological samples raised flags for Zimbabwe as the US did not want to share the benefits of its research.

A newspaper reports Gates apologised to staff over his links to Epstein and said: "I did nothing illicit. I saw nothing illicit."

President Donald Trump said the US "is winning again" - making a series of claims about his record in a speech which lasted almost two hours.