PARIS, Dec 6 - French President Emmanuel Macron said he would travel to London on Monday to meet Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelenskiy as well as the British and German leaders, to discuss the situation in Ukraine and ongoing negotiations under U.

Macron condemned "in the strongest possible terms" the strikes that targeted Ukraine last night, in particular its energy and rail infrastructure.

French President Emmanuel Macron said he would travel to London on Monday to meet Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelenskyy as well as the British and German leaders, to discuss the situation in Ukraine and ongoing negotiations under US mediation.

French first lady Brigitte Macron has reunited with a giant panda born in France during a visit to China with President Emmanuel Macron.

BEIJING, Dec 5 (Reuters) - Chinese leader Xi Jinping accompanied French President Emmanuel Macron to Chengdu on Friday, a rare gesture seemingly reserved for the head of Europe's second-largest economy that highlights Beijing's focus on Paris in its ties with the European Union.

On Monday, a meeting will take place in London between the presidents of Ukraine and France and the prime ministers of the United Kingdom and Germany, who plan to discuss peace negotiations mediated by the United States.

Beijing may see friendly ties with France as a way into expanding its influence within the E.U., but is constrained in its ability to offer Paris major concessions.

France has been forced into a high-alert military response after multiple unidentified drones breached the airspace of one of its most sensitive nuclear facilities. According to AFP, at least five drones were detected flying over the Île Longue submarine base in Brittany on December 4—the home port of France’s nuclear ballistic missile submarines.

At a panda reserve in southwest China that Yuan Meng now calls home, the first lady marveled at how big he has grown.