The Chief of Staff, Thierry Burkhard, warns the population ahead of Macron's Defense speech, which he will deliver on Sunday. "Russia has designated France as its main target in Europe", warned the Chief of Staff of the French Armed Forces,

French President Emmanuel Macron said on Tuesday Britain and France must work together to counter the world's many destabilising threats and protect Europe from "excessive dependencies" on the United States and China.

France and the UK intend to increase the number of the Joint Expeditionary Force (CJEF) to 50,000 troops for the future deployment in Ukraine as part of the Coalition of the Willing, stated French President Emmanuel Macron during a joint press conference with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer,

Brigitte Macron continued her tour of the U.K. alongside husband Emmanuel Macron, the president of France, with a banquet in London’s Guildhall on Wednesday. France’s first lady married subdued elegance with sparkling embellishments, favoring a gown with statement shoulders.

Home Secretary Yvette Cooper has refused to say how many migrants would be returned to France under a deal announced last night.Ms Cooper said the figures had not been “fixed” and she would “provide updates as we go” after Sir Keir Starmer hailed the agreement as “groundbreaking”.

French President Emmanuel Macron was welcomed Tuesday in London by Britain's King Charles III for a three-day state visit in the first since 2008 by France's leader.

Emmanuel Macron has blamed Brexiteers for the small boats crisis as he agreed a “grondbreaking” migrant returns deal with Keir Starmer in a bid to solve the issue. The French president said British voters had been misled before the EU referendum in 2016.

Emmanuel Macron has said that both France and the UK must focus on fixing immigration, labelling it a “burden for our two countries”. Addressing parliament on his first day of his three-day state visit to the UK on Tuesday (8 July),