tanya you said you were previewing talking about joe bidenjust you were previewing talking about joeere previewing talking about joe bidenjust now. i completely agree with mattjust said. it seems there's been a concerted diplomatic push from the white house to try and smooth the waters. i think this joint statement is very significant. and i think it uk and france i think it significant that the both leaders and put out a statement say well, this could've been handled better. which is quite a significant concession from the us, i think. it contrast to borisjohnson was contrast to boris johnson was saying, when you got a difficult conversation to have everybody leaves it to the last minute, don't they? is that really the approach to international relations and diplomacy? i think thisjoint statement from president micron and biden does acknowledge that. the final story now in the daily telegraph. the low a picture of borisjohnson meeting a bust of winston churchill. a bit of trivia this is winston churchill who was the first ever honorary citizen of the first ever honorary citizen of t

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joe biden just right. yes presidentjoe bidenjust had a conversation with the french presidents.aying for them, even though this negatively impacted france, for them, this was about the breakdown of trust between allies. they didn't like that they were kept in the dark. they have put out a joint statement following their discussions, they has said the situation would have benefited from open consultation with matters of strategic interest to france and european partners. remember, france had called on eu to support them. so president biden has conveyed his ongoing commitment moving forward to do that. to be more open in their consultations. so both leg agreed that they would have in—depth consultations, and as part of that, they are, france, extending their ambassador to washington. it seems as though these two leaders have got to discuss this issue. they have now look forward about how to resolve their differences. we also do expect that foreign minister of france to meet with the us secretary. not necessarily in a one—on—one meeting, but they will see each other at a meeting of