FRENCH President Emmanuel Macron has recognised Palestine during a UN speech matching Sir Keir Starmer's move just a day later. Macron has joined a growing number of countries to recognise the state which also today included Belgium, Malta, and Monaco. Israel has declared there will be no Palestinian state as it pushed on with its battle against militant group Hamas in Gaza. He said: "I have a clear message to those leaders who recognise a Palestinian state after the terrible massacre of October 7. There will not be a Palestinian state west of Jordan."