Radio Shoma

UAE President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan and French President Emmanuel Macron have discussed ways to further strengthen strategic ties, with a focus on investment, energy, advanced technology and artificial intelligence.

The UAE has strongly condemned an attack by Israeli settlers on a European diplomatic delegation visiting the village of Taybeh in the occupied West Bank.

UAE President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan has received French President Emmanuel Macron, who arrived in the country on an official visit.

French authorities set curfews in parts of several cities on Monday, including Paris, Lille and Nice, as they faced pressure over security failings after a weekend of riots and looting stemming from nationwide anti-government protests.

Helicopters rescued people stranded on their rooftops as torrential rains swept across eastern Spain on Monday, causing floods that have killed at least two people and prompted authorities to issue shelter-in-place orders for more than 800,000 residents.

Ukraine received no advance warning from its partners of a Russian ballistic missile strike overnight, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said, after Moscow launched one of its broadest air assaults in months, cutting power to more than half a million households.