The gaffe-prone US politician erroneously claimed having talked to Francois Mitterrand after being elected president US President Joe Biden appeared to confuse French President Emmanuel Macron for the late Francois Mitterrand, when describing a 2021 G7 meeting at a campaign event on Sunday.

Hungary is the last remaining holdout in approving Sweden’s bid to join the US-led military bloc Legislators from Hungary’s ruling party have refused to attend an emergency vote on Sweden’s application to join NATO, insisting the Nordic state’s leader must meet with Prime Minister Viktor Orban before they decide on the issue.

An interview with Israeli envoy Simona Halperin has received an ill reception, prompting a response from the Foreign Ministry The Russian Foreign Ministry on Monday released a large statement condemning fresh remarks made by Israeli Ambassador to the country, Simona Halperin, as “provocative and unacceptable.”