The Latest Breaking News from Emmanuel Macron

The UK will help fund a detention centre in France as part of a financial package to tackle irregular migration.

The utopian architect and activist Roland Castro, who fought what he called "urban apartheid" in France's working-class suburbs (banlieues), has died in Paris aged 82. A Maoist during the May 1968 protests, he later swung behind centrist Emmanuel Macron.

The Prime Minister and the French president agreed to boost co-operation on improving energy security.

Following talks with Rishi Sunak, the French president said he wants the ‘best possible relations’ with the UK.

The United States is Britain’s most important ally. But America, with its vast military, security guarantees and economic might, is lots of countries’ most important ally. As such, our relationship is inherently asymmetrical. We follow their off-year gubernatorial elections, they don’t know where Wales is. Alas, we are more into them…

France braced for a new round of protests against a plan to overhaul the pension system on Saturday. More than a million demonstrators marched in cities across France this week in open-ended strikes against the government's plans.

Rishi Sunak said he wanted to usher in a ‘new chapter’ in Anglo-French relations after meeting Emmanuel Macron.

Rishi Sunak is pictured in an embrace with French president Emmanuel Macron on the newspaper Libération’s front page.

PM announces £500m package to stop people trying to cross Channel, after meeting Emmanuel Macron in Paris

Rishi Sunak hailed the summit as a ‘new beginning’ in Anglo-French relations

Watch as Rishi Sunak and Emmanuel Macron hold a joint news conference after their bilateral summit.