The European Union is ramping up efforts to secure critical minerals and reduce reliance on China.

French Foreign Minister Stéphane Séjourné has arrived in Lebanon as part of diplomatic attempts to broker a de-escalation in the conflict on the Lebanon-Israel border.

French President Emmanuel Macron has paid tribute to victims of Hamas’ Oct_ 7 attack in Israel in a national ceremony and denounced what he described as the “largest antisemitic massacre of our century.”.