The remarks were a considerable shift for France’s president, Emmanuel Macron, who called Moscow a potential threat for many European countries.

French President Emmanuel Macron was adamant in an interview with a French magazine about the defamation lawsuit he and his wife Brigitte Macron filed against far-right podcaster Candace Owens for her repeated claims that the First Lady of France was secretly born male,

The French leader criticized Owens in his first public comments since filing a defamation suit in Delaware last month.

A diplomatic row between Israel and Paris has broken out after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accused French President Emmanuel Macron of fuelling “the anti-Semitic fire” in France by planning to recognise Palestinian statehood.

A row between Israel and France over Paris’ plan to recognise a Palestinian state next month escalated to crisis level on Tuesday when Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accused President Emmanuel Macron of fomenting “antisemitism”.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu upbraided President Emmanuel Macron in a letter, blaming the French leader's move to recognise a Palestinian state for fuelling antisemitism.

The probe, which was carried out by Manhattan-based Nardello & Co., compiled information about Owens’ political ties and public statements.

This has become so widespread in the United States that we had to react,’ the French president says in his first public remarks about the case

Emmanuel Macron cuts through waves in the south of France on a hydrofoil board - FRAT/Backgrid Emmanuel Macron has been pictured making a splash during his surfing holiday in the south of France. The images,

French President Emmanuel Macron suggested Geneva could play host to a peace summit between Russian and Ukrainian leaders Vladimir Putin and Volodymyr Zelensky.