He told the state-run news agency that their “shared life” had ended.Two weeks ago a magazine published photos which appeared to show Mr Hollande had been having an affair with an actress, Julie Gayet.Ms Trierweiler spent a week in hospital after the revelations. On Saturday evening she tweeted her thanks to the “wonderful staff” at the Elysee Palace.She said she “would never forget their devotion or the emotion at the time of departure”.

Crowds of flag-waving demonstrators chained the doors of polling stations shut, despite promises by protest leaders not to obstruct the polls.Advance voting has reportedly been cancelled in a number of locations.Anti-government activists want PM Yingluck Shinawatra to step down and the political system to be reformed.Protesters descended on scores of polling stations in the Thai capital, Bangkok, and several southern provinces, preventing ballot officials and voters from entering and leading to the closure of at least 34 venues.

Ukrainian opposition leader Arseniy Yatsenyuk says protests will continue after he rejected President Viktor Yanukovych’s offer to appoint him as prime minister of the country.Mr Yatsenyuk said the opposition was generally ready to accept leadership, but several key demands must be met, including new elections.Clashes continued overnight. Activists stormed a Kiev building housing police.The president’s proposal came amid new efforts to end the deadly unrest.He offered the post of prime minister to Mr Yatsenyuk and the position of deputy PM to former boxer Vitali Klitschko following talks on Saturday.’Not afraid’

The Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Uzbekistan convened for an extended session on January 17 to review the socio-economic development in the country in 2013 and work out crucial priorities of the economic program for the year 2014.President of the Republic of Uzbekistan Islam Karimov addressed the meeting with a keynote speech.The head of our state noted in particular that despite the slowdown in the rates of world economic growth and the mounting risks in its development, Uzbekistan has been able to sustain higher economic growth rates and secure a macroeconomic balance and modernization of our economy in the past year as a result of the steadfast implementation of what was approved in the country as a strategy of reforms and development aimed at shaping a modern, competitive and diversified market economy.