It's been revealed that the suspected gunman, holed up in a besieged flat in Southern France, was broken out of a prison in the Aghan city of Kandahar by the Taliban.

The suspect, 24 year old Mohamed Merah - who's accused of killing three children, a rabbi and three soldiers in and around Toulouse in the past few days - has apparently started talking to police special forces negotiators again after a period of silence.