World Bulletin / News Desk

 Jean-Marie Le Pen, founder of France's far-right National Front, has said he will not seek the party's ticket for regional polls later this year after a damaging public row with his daughter Marine, now the party leader.

Asked by Le Figaro Magazine about his possible candidacy in the south-east Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region, he said: "No - even though I think I am the best candidate."

Jean-Marie Le Pen's defence last week of his view that Nazi gas chambers were a mere "detail" of war has prompted Marine Le Pen, FN leader since 2011, to demand his role in the party be discussed at a meeting of FN executives on Friday.