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The French businessman Pierre Bergé, who helped his partner Yves Saint Laurent build his fashion house into a worldwide brand, has died at his home in the south of France.  The 86-year-old had suffered a long illness, said the foundation the two men set up. Saint Laurent and Bergé together established the Yves Saint Laurent label in 1961. Bergé was also a patron of the arts both in France and Morocco. He was a passionate campaigner for gay rights and founded Sidaction, a fundraising organization dedicated to Aids research and treatment, in 1994. He died on Friday at his home in Saint-Rémy-de-Provence. Former French culture minister Jack Lang said he was a "true prince of the arts and culture". Bergé was an ambitious provincial who came to Paris after World War Two and found his new home among the city's arts and fashion elites. On his first day in Paris in 1948, he was walking along the Champs-Elysées when the poet Jacques Prevert fell out of an ap

Israel's top prosecutor has said he is considering charging the wife of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with fraud. The attorney general said he would make a final decision pending a pre-trial hearing for Sara Netanyahu. Mrs Netanyahu is suspected of misusing 359,000 shekels ($100,000; £77,000) of state funds for catering purposes, the justice ministry said. Prime Minister Netanyahu said the claims against his wife were "absurd". Avichai Mandelblit's announcement is the strongest indication yet as to whether Mrs Netanyahu will be charged, following a long-running investigation, which has been the subject of intense speculation in the Israeli media. 'Pathetic and obsessive' The allegations centre on Mrs Netanyahu's suspected involvement in expenses claims at the prime minister's official residence. Prosecutors say Sara Netanyahu and a senior official, Ezra Seidoff, claimed costs for food prepared externally and for hiring