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#BREAKING French minister says cancels meeting with UK counterpart after Johnson migrant letter to Macron

#UPDATE French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin tells UK counterpart Priti Patel he is scrapping planned weekend talks with her, in protest at a letter made public by Prime Minister Boris Johnson on the migrant crisis

#BREAKING UK urges France to 'reconsider' migrant meeting snub

#UPDATE France scraps planned talks with the UK about migrant crossings in anger at a letter by Britain's prime minister over the crisis

Meeting set to go ahead without any UK presence, prompting London to urge France reconsider the snub

#BREAKING Macron says 'surprised' by Johnson's methods over migrant crisis

#UPDATE French President Emmanuel Macron said he was "surprised" by the approach taken by the British Prime Minister in the crisis over migrants crossing the Channel, saying leaders should not communicate to each other through social media

#BREAKING UK PM has no regrets after migrant plan stokes French fury: spokesman

#UPDATE British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has no regrets about publishing a letter to President Emmanuel Macron on Twitter proposing that France take back migrants who have crossed the Channel, his spokesman said Friday

#UPDATE French President Emmanuel Macron hit out at British Prime Boris Johnson on Friday over a tweeted letter, accusing him of being "not serious" after 27 migrants died crossing the Channel
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