By Dominique Vidalon, Elizabeth Pineau PARIS (Reuters) -French President Emmanuel Macron gathered leaders of all parties except the far right and the far left on Tuesday for talks about forming a government,

France's new prime minister should come from the left and any coalition government must commit to pension changes and helping with the cost of living, the Socialists said ahead of new talks with the president and other parties on Tuesday.

Emmanuel Macron will bring together a broad group of political parties for a meeting on Tuesday, in an effort to find a new prime minister to replace Michel Barnier, whose government was ousted last week over a budget dispute.

An Argentine court has dropped aggravated sexual assault charges against two professional French rugby players accused of raping a woman after a match in the country earlier this year

An Argentine court dismissed aggravated rape charges against French international rugby players Hugo Auradou and Oscar Jegou on Tuesday, drawing a line under a dark period for the European country's rugby community.

An Argentine court on Tuesday dismissed rape charges against two French international rugby players accused of assaulting a woman after playing a match in the country in July.A 39-year-old woman, whom they met in a nightclub accused them of a vicious assault in a hotel room.