As Russia begins air strikes in Syria, there are different claims as to who Moscow is targeting - France's defence minister says the air strikes did not target the Islamic State organisation, leading to speculation the US-backed Free Syrian Army was struck. Also, a former minister in Nicolas Sarkozy's Les Républicains party is embroiled in controversy over comments about France being a country of "white race".

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