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French President Emmanuel Macron urged the UK to recognize the state of Palestine in an address to the British parliament that emphasized the need for cooperation amid Middle East tensions and uncertainty over US support.

President Emmanuel Macron’s state visit to Britain, which begins Tuesday, will be heavy on pageantry. But both he and Prime Minister Keir Starmer hope for practical results.

Macron’s three-day visit, at the invitation of King Charles III, is the first state visit to the UK by a European Union head of state since Brexit.

French President Emmanuel Macron received a warm and pomp-filled welcome Tuesday from King Charles III as he began a three-day state visit to Britain, the first by an EU head of state since Brexit. The first state visit by an EU head of state since the UK's acrimonious 2020 departure from the European Union,

The Bayeux Tapestry will return to England for the first time in 900 years in a swap which will see the Sutton Hoo ship treasures head to France, according to reports.