THE TELEGRAPH: Paintings worth €500 million (£430 million), including masterpieces by Picasso and Matisse, have been stolen during a daring night raid on a Paris gallery.
A lone thief broke into the city's Museum of Modern Art overnight on Wednesday, also taking works by George Braque, Amedeo Modigliani and Fernand Lege.
A single masked raider was caught on CCTV entering through a broken window, according to the Paris prosecutor's office.
Police and art investigators have now cordoned off the museum, which is just across the Seine River from the Eiffel Tower.
They believe that a reinforced glass window was smashed late on Wednesday night. A security lock inside the building had also been broken. >>> Peter Allen in Paris | Thursday, May 20, 2010
