The Latest Breaking News from Emmanuel Macron

State visit by British monarch to Versailles and Bordeaux offers chance to further reset UK-French relations

Pope Francis is travelling to the French port city of Marseille to join Catholic bishops in a meeting focusing on the Mediterranean and migration

Trip is taking place six months after original visit was postponed because of widespread rioting.

Parliament is a dead zone, so the Labour leader spent much of the week abroad and Tory MPs put their feet up

Editorial: The Labour leader’s meeting with Emmanuel Macron was a first tentative step in the long haul of restoring better relations with Europe

Securing the Windsor Framework, rejoining Horizon Europe, ditching plans for a new post-Brexit UK product safety symbol. Is Britain embarking on a remorseless march towards de facto EU membership? The short answer is: no. The long answer is: really, no, but also you’re asking the wrong question.

The Labour leader said shared interests including future ‘prosperity and security’ were discussed.

You don’t easily forget an encounter with Emmanuel Macron. Mine was brief and in private, at the G7 summit in Germany last year. His hand was firm but he held my gaze even more tightly. A Downing Street colleague got a wink that she will cherish for ever — Gallic…

Rishi Sunak’s government seen as less competent that Boris Johnson’s administration