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French Foreign Minister: 'It is a stab in the back'

France says it is recalling its ambassadors in the US and Australia in protest.

France says it is recalling its ambassadors in the US and Australia for consultations, in protest at a security deal which also includes the UK.

Also today; the head of US Central Command, General Kenneth McKenzie, said an investigation has found that a drone strike targeting a suspected car bomb attack on Kabul airport on the 29 August killed an aid worker and nine members of his family, seven of them children.

Joining us to discuss today's stories are Paul Lowe, reader in documentary photography at the London College of Communication, University of the Arts in London and Kadri Liik, a senior policy fellow at the European Council on foreign relations.

(Photo:The French Embassy is seen after it was announced France decided to recall its ambassadors in the United States and Australia for consultations after Australia struck a deal with the US and Britain, which ended a $40 billion French-designed submarine deal. Credit: Gershon Peaks/Reuters)

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Sat 18 Sep 202107:06GMT

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  • Sat 18 Sep 202107:06GMT