Emmanuel Macron announced on platform X that he had spoken with President Donald Trump, Prime Minister Keir Starmer, Chancellor Friedrich Merz, and Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni.

Russian president Vladimir Putin is refusing to offer a timeline for peace talks despite Donald Trump saying negotiations between Kyiv and Moscow would begin “immediately”.The Kremlin quickly poured cold water on the US president's optimistic statements following a two-hour call with Mr Putin aimed at ending the war in Ukraine,

Friedrich Merz, Emmanuel Macron, Kier Starmer and Giorgia Meloni called for an "unconditional ceasefire" in Ukraine. US President Donald Trump is set to hold a call with Russia's Vladimir Putin. DW rounds up the latest.

The President of France, Emmanuel Macron, criticised Vladimir Putin's Sunday statement about readiness to negotiate with Ukraine, calling it a "delaying manoeuvre." What do you need to know? Vladimir Putin proposed resuming direct peace talks with Ukraine without preconditions,

Vladimir Putin is backing war rather than peace, French President Emmanuel Macron said on Friday, condemning "belligerent" comments made by the Russian leader at a Moscow parade marking victory in World War II.