Marine Le Pen, the far-right candidate for the French presidency, sparked a flurry of interest by visiting Trump Tower in New York on Thursday.

The National Front leader refused to say whether she would be meeting with Donald Trump, the president-elect.

Ms Le Pen sat at a cafe in the building's basement with Louis Aliot, her partner and the National Front's vice-president, and two other men.

She was later spotted taking a lift upstairs, though Mr Trump's aides said the two would not be meeting.