(UPDATE) PARIS — France’s President Emmanuel Macron denounced Benjamin Netanyahu’s remarks as “abject” and “erroneous” in response to the Israeli prime minister’s accusations that his intention to recognize a Palestinian state is fueling ...

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,

France has defended its record on combating antisemitism after Israel's Benjamin Netanyahu accused Emmanuel Macron of emboldening hate attacks against Jews by pledging to recognise a Palestinian state.

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

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

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.

(Reuters) -French President Emmanuel Macron, at peace talks with U.S. President Donald Trump, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and other EU leaders on Monday, proposed a future four-way meeting about Ukraine that would include Europe.

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”.

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

French President Emmanuel Macron has said France will recognize a Palestinian state in an announcement to the United Nations General Assembly in September. “True to its historic commitment to a just and lasting peace in the Middle East, I have decided that France will recognize the state of Palestine,” Macron posted to X .

Emmanuel Macron has been pictured making a splash during his surfing holiday in the south of France. The images, which have been shared widely by the media in France, mark a stark departure from the sobriety of the French president’s usual crisp attire and serious demeanour.