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Jean-Pierre Maldera, described by French media as a "godfather" of the local mafia in the 1980s, was reportedly chased in his car and shot as he travelled up the A41 motorway on Wednesday morning.

French producers have already been hit by Chinese measures that have slapped heavy taxes on cognac.

At the other end, the Italian's opposite number Alisson produced the "performance of his career" as he single-handedly kept the French side at bay in Paris.

The look flirts with the 15th-century-inspired French Gothic arches behind her.

“Things got off to a bad start as we were walking through the French Quarter to his hotel for the interview,” Dowd writes.