First Thing: French foreign minister calls for month-long truce in Ukraine

Jean-Noel Barrot says pause could test whether Vladimir Putin is acting in good faith. Plus, Anora sweeps Oscars

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The French foreign minister, Jean-Noel Barrot, has suggested that a month-long truce in Ukraine could test whether the Russia's president, Vladimir Putin, was acting in good faith.

What has Zelenskyy said since? Zelenskyy has tried to move on from Friday's turbulent meeting in the Oval Office, saying it was best left to history", as he signalled Ukraine's inclination to sign a minerals deal with the US and hoped for constructive" talks with Washington in future.

What else has happened in the region? A 70-year-old man was killed and others injured in a knife attack in the northern Israeli city of Haifa on Monday morning.