Macron says 'CIA did not ​inform French services' of possible Russian drone attacks

France will send troops and defence systems to Saudi Arabia to help protect the Red Sea port city of Yanbu, which is key for energy transport, French President Emmanuel Macron ​said on Thursday. Macron ‌also said a US ban on diesel exports, which the White House ⁠has denied is under consideration, would be "catastrophic", both globally and for the US economy. Read moreFrance to send 'military means' to protect key Saudi oil port Macron was speaking in a wide-ranging primetime television interview on ‌the international situation, in which he also warned about possible Russian attacks on French ⁠soil. Facing growing pressure at home over high energy prices, Macron sought to assure the French that France had adequate gas and oil supplies as winter approaches. He said Paris was actively ​working to ensure flows were not disrupted. Crude oil prices have surged recently ‌as the main alternative route for Saudi oil exports through Yanbu has come under missile attacks from Yemen's Iran-backed Houthis. "We are going to send military resources, that is to say, soldiers, radar systems and defence systems, to protect ‌this site – not to get us involved in any conflicts, but to protect this sit...