Macron warns of 'serious problems' over jibe by UK's would-be PM

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Reacting to comments by Liz Truss, the favourite in the two-horse race to become the UK's next prime minister, who when asked at a public debate if Emmanuel Macron was a "friend or foe" replied that "the jury is still out", said that if France and Britain "aren't able to say if we're friends or foes - the term isn't neutral - we're heading towards serious problems".

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Emmanuel Macron has warned of "serious problems" for France-UK relations after the favourite to be the next British prime minister refused to say if the French president was "friend or foe", reports BBC News.