Serbia on Thursday signed a landmark agreement with France's Dassault Aviation for the purchase of 12 new Rafale fighter jets for 2.7 billion euros ($2.99 billion). The agreement, signed by Serbia's Defence Minister Bratislav Gasic and Dassault Aviation CEO Eric Trappier,

France's President Emmanuel Macron travels to Belgrade on Thursday to bolster ties with Serbia and bring it closer to the West, as the Balkan country juggles its European Union membership bid and close ties with Russia and China.

He has been placed under formal investigation as part of a probe into organised crime on the messaging app, French prosecutors say.

The arrest of Pavel Durov, the boss of the social media platform Telegram, is reverberating around the world as Russia urges France not to turn the investigation into 'political persecution.' Durov is under formal investigation over alleged illegal activities on Telegram.

Starmer and Macron "agreed on the importance of further strengthening and broadening the close relationship between the UK and France in the coming months," a British government s

UK premier Keir Starmer was welcomed warmly Thursday in Paris by French leader Emmanuel Macron, as the new centre-left British government seeks to relaunch post-Brexit ties with Europe.Paris is the second leg of Starmer's trip to key EU capitals,

UK premier Keir Starmer was welcomed warmly Thursday in Paris by French leader Emmanuel Macron, as the new centre-left British government seeks to relaunch post-Brexit ties with Europe. But Macron also has pressing domestic issues on his mind,