FRENCH President Emmanuel Macron has recognised Palestine during UN speech matching Sir Keir Starmer's move just a day later.

Macron has joined a growing number of countries to recognise the state at the just one day after Sir Keir Starmer's video message .

France recognized the Palestinian state as it hosted a United Nations world summit in New York on Monday, nearly two years after the war in Gaza began.

The European nation has joined Britain, Canada, Portugal and Australia, who all made the same historic move on Sunday and were rebuked by Israel.

"We must do everything within our power to preserve the very possibility of a two-state solution, Israel and Palestine living side by side in peace and security," Macron said at the beginning of a planned three-hour session at the UN.

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