France has announced it will recognize the state of Palestine, a move that could shift discussions about the Middle East’s future.

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

French President Emmanuel Macron said Thursday his country would formally recognise a Palestinian state during a UN meeting in September, the most powerful European nation to announce such a move.While France would be the most significant European power to recognise a Palestinian state,

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has said that the "humanitarian catastrophe" in Gaza must end. His comments followed a move by the leaders of Britain, France and Germany to demand Israel allow unrestricted aid into Gaza.

In a strongly worded statement late on Thursday, Starmer said he would discuss with partners "what we can do urgently to stop the killing and get people the food they desperately

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has condemned the worsening humanitarian disaster in Gaza, calling it unspeakable and indefensible, and announced plans for an emergency call with France and Germany to coordinate