President Macron says France will recognise Palestine as a state

French president Emmanuel Macron has announced that France will recognise Palestine as a state, amid snowballing global anger over people starving in Gaza.

Mr Macron said in a post on X that he will formalise the decision at the United Nations General Assembly in September.

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