IMF's Christine Lagarde 'confident' as trial begins

Former French finance minister accused of negligence leading to misuse of public funds over payout to Bernard TapieThe International Monetary Fund’s managing director, Christine Lagarde, said she was confident she had done nothing wrong on the eve of a court hearing about a state payout in 2008 to a French businessman. Lagarde is due to stand trial on Monday over her role in a €400m (£335m) payment to Bernard Tapie when she was France’s finance minister in the government o