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French President Emmanuel Macron said he would push for European Union (EU) sanctions against Syria to not be renewed in June. Macron made the comments as he hosted Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa in Paris

Emmanuel Macron calls on President al-Shareh to protect "all Syrians" and justifies his visit to France

Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa, responding to a question by a reporter from Qatari Al-Araby TV, confirms there are indirect talks with Israel via mediators “aimed at calming the situation and preventing matters from getting out of control.”

A high-ranking French intelligence official told CNN that one Rafale fighter jet operated by the Indian Air Force was downed by Pakistan, in what would mark the first time that one of the sophisticated French-made warplanes has been lost in combat.

Macron: We will establish a Franco-German Defense and Security Council

French President: We will continue to invest in defense

Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa on Wednesday meets France's Emmanuel Macron in Paris on his first visit to Europe since overthrowing longtime ruler Bashar al-Assad.

The British Prime Minister spoke by phone with the French President, and they discussed the situation in Gaza and agreed on the need to resume the peace process.

French Foreign Ministry to Al-Hadath: Israel must respect Lebanon's sovereignty and enable its army to deploy in the south.

Ministrul francez de externe @jnbarrot sosește la Departamentul de Stat pentru o întâlnire cu Rubio. Ucraina este în fruntea agendei.

Syrian government signed an agreement today with the French company @cmacgm - the world's third-largest container shipping company - for the Port of Latakia. It is a renegotiation of the deal, as the company began managing the container terminal in Latakia in 2009

French military convoys are departing their bases in Dakar, handing them over to Senegalese forces. This follows a decision by the newly established government to expel all foreign troops from the country. The complete withdrawal is scheduled for completion by September 2025

India orders 26 new Rafale for its aircraft carriers. “… a key India-specific enhancement will be that the aircraft will be able to take off and land from a short deck with a ski jump, which is a feature of Indian aircraft carriers”

LAUNCH. Vega C launches the Biomass satellite from ELV, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana

.@ZelenskyyUa și @EmmanuelMacron au un tête-à-tête despre eforturile viitoare de pace

Macron: Furia SUA ar trebui să fie îndreptată către o singură persoană: președintele Putin

At least 4 students stabbed at high school in Nantes, France; suspect restrained - BFM

Europa cere „integritatea teritorială" a Ucrainei în orice acord de pace, spune președinția franceză. „Integritatea teritorială a Ucrainei și aspirațiile europene sunt cerințe foarte puternice pentru europeni", a declarat AFP, citând biroul lui Macron, după declarația lui Vance.

Franța spune că SUA cunosc „liniile roșii" ale Europei asupra Ucrainei după întâlnirea de la Paris „Singurul obiectiv care ne preocupă este apărarea securității europene. Acesta este motivul pentru care, pe măsură ce SUA decid să se plaseze într-o poziție de mediator, îi facem să audă care sunt „liniile noastre roșii"".

Shooting in Rennes: Four people were arrested by the RAID and taken into custody. The sorters' vehicle was found burned out on the outskirts of Rennes. A handgun was seized (TF1)

Șeful Biroului Președintelui Ucrainei: La Paris au avut loc întâlniri ale delegațiilor Ucrainei și Statelor Unite, precum și ale reprezentanților țărilor participante la coaliția celor dispuși. Împreună cu Ministrul Afacerilor Externe Andriy Sybiga, Ministrul Apărării Rustem Umerov, au avut loc o serie de întâlniri. În special, au avut loc negocieri bilaterale între delegația ucraineană și delegația SUA formată din secretarul de stat Marco Rubio, reprezentanții speciali ai președintelui Statelor Unite Stephen Witkoff și Keith Kellogg.

Secretarul de stat american Marco Rubio și trimisul special al Casei Albe în Orientul Mijlociu Steve Witkoff se întâlnesc acum cu președintele francez Emmanuel Macron și ministrul francez de externe Jean-Noel Barrot la Paris, la palatul prezidențial Elysee. Macron este programat să argumenteze pentru mai multă aliniere euro-americană cu privire la abordarea războiului ruso-ucrainean în curs.

Macron calls for reopening the door to a political solution based on the two-state solution.

Macron: I stressed to Netanyahu the need for a ceasefire in Gaza and the disarmament of Hamas.

French Foreign Minister: Autonomy under Moroccan sovereignty is the framework for resolving the Sahara issue.

Macron: I asked President Abbas to remove Hamas and reform the Palestinian Authority.

French Foreign Minister: I call on the Algerian authorities to abandon the expulsion of our embassy staff.

The Algerian Foreign Ministry summoned the French ambassador to protest the arrest of one of its diplomats in Paris.

Russia: France's detention of a Russian government employee at a French airport will worsen bilateral relations

Ahead of his meeting with Netanyahu, Trump held a joint phone call with French president Macron, Egyptian president Sisi and Abdullah king of Jordan