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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.

Frankrikes utrikesminister @jnbarrot anländer till utrikesdepartementet för ett möte med Rubio. Ukraina står högst upp på dagordningen.

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 och @EmmanuelMacron har en tête-à-tête om ytterligare fredsinsatser

Macron: USA:s ilska borde riktas mot en person: president Putin

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

Europa kräver Ukrainas "territoriella integritet" i alla fredsavtal, säger det franska presidentskapet. "Ukrainas territoriella integritet och europeiska strävanden är mycket starka krav för européer", citerar AFP Macrons kontor efter Vances uttalande

Frankrike säger att USA känner till Europas "röda linjer" mot Ukraina efter mötet i Paris.

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)

Chef för Ukrainas presidents kontor: Möten med delegationer från Ukraina och USA, såväl som representanter för de länder som deltar i koalitionen av villiga, hölls i Paris. Tillsammans med utrikesminister Andriy Sybiga, försvarsminister Rustem Umerov, hölls ett antal möten. I synnerhet hölls bilaterala förhandlingar mellan den ukrainska delegationen och den amerikanska delegationen bestående av utrikesminister Marco Rubio, särskilda representanter för USA:s president Stephen Witkoff och Keith Kellogg

USA:s utrikesminister Marco Rubio och Vita husets särskilda sändebud i Mellanöstern Steve Witkoff träffar nu Frankrikes president Emmanuel Macron och Frankrikes utrikesminister Jean-Noel Barrot i Paris vid presidentpalatset Elysee. Macron kommer att argumentera för mer europeisk-amerikansk anpassning till inställningen till det pågående rysk-ukrainska kriget.

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