The leaders of France and Britain are making tag-team visits to Washington this week. It's part of European efforts to persuade President Donald Trump not to abandon Ukraine in pursuit of a peace deal in the three-year-old war with Russia.

An explosion has struck Russian consulate in Marseille, France, after three projectiles were thrown over the perimeter wall. UK Mirror reports that the development has triggered a massive emergency response as firefighters battled a blaze inside the diplomatic building.

French President Emmanuel Macron and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer will visit Washington next week, amid other meetings aimed at bringing an end to Russia's war in Ukraine, U.S. national security advisor Mike Waltz said on Wednesday.

Zelensky was widely viewed in America as a Churchillian hero for putting up a surprisingly stubborn resistance to Putin’s 2022 invasion, reportedly brushing off an offer of a flight out of the country from then-President Joe Biden with the retort, “I need ammunition, not a ride.”

The leaders of France and Britain are both due to meet with President Trump this week. Approaches previously tried with him may no longer work.

Before Bilal Coulibaly was drafted by the Washington Wizards in the 2023 NBA Draft, he was playing at Metropolitans 92 in France alongside Victor Wembanyama, th