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During a state visit to Sweden, French President Emmnauel Macron urges Europe to take 'bold' decisions to support Ukraine, regardless of what the US decides. While the US has sent tens of billions of dollars in aid to Ukraine since the Russian invasion in February 2022, Republican lawmakers are growing reluctant to keep supporting Kyiv, saying it lacks a clear end game as the fighting grinds on. SOUNDBITE
At a press conference following the EU summit, French President Emmanuel Macron says he expects Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban "to behave like a European and not hold political progress hostage". Macron's comments come after Orban, Russia's biggest ally in the EU, blocked the approval of 50 billion euros of aid to Ukraine. SOUNDBITE
French President Emmanuel Macron holds a bilateral meeting with Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh in Dubai, on the sidelines of the third day of the COP28 climate conference. IMAGES
French president Emmanuel Macron is welcomed by Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, President of the United Arab Emirates, and United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres as he arrives at COP28 in Dubai. IMAGES
Greenpeace activists gather and inflate a giant octopus near the Eiffel Tower to protest against the presence of Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Store at the international One Planet - Polar Summit, an international summit dedicated to glaciers and the poles. Norway is considering opening up its waters to deep-sea mining. IMAGES
French President Emmanuel Macron welcomes Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Store to the National Museum of Natural History, as part of the Paris Peace Forum. IMAGES