"Those who buy Patriot should be offered the new-generation Franco-Italian SAMP/T. Those who buy the F-35, should be offered the Rafale," French president says.
The national security adviser was responding to the American strikes on Houthi rebels in Yemen.
The French prime minister's opponents were quick to attack him for what they see as a volte-face.
Any deal could face security concerns from China hawks in Congress.
The US raids come after Trump warned that 'hell will rain down' if Houthis attacked ships in the Red Sea.
McLaren's Lando Norris begins the 2025 F1 season with victory in an eventful and rain-affected Australian Grand Prix.
More than 100 people injured in the deadly fire at at the nightclub in Kocani - about 100km east of the capital, Skopje.
NASA's Crew-10 mission marks the long-awaited return of astronauts Wilmore and Williams after nine months on ISS.
Protesters converge in Serbia's capital in what was likely the largest in a series of anticorruption demonstrations.
Yousef al-Masri spent several terrifying days forced to clear rooms for heavily armed Israeli soldiers.