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The Prime Minister has dismissed France’s anger over a new submarines deal with the US and Australia.

Paris was left fuming over the agreement, which led to Australia pulling out of a £72.8billion deal to buy diesel-powered French vessels.

French foreign minister Jean-Yves Le Drian accused the three nations of acting like former president Donald Trump with their ‘brutal, unilateral and unpredictable decision’.

But Boris Johnson appeared unphased as he was asked about the fallout during his visit to Washington DC.

Using Franglais, he said: ‘I just think it’s time for some of our dearest friends around the world to prenez un grip (get a grip) about this and donnez-moi un break (give me a break).

‘Because this is fundamentally a great step forward for global security. It’s three very like-minded allies standing shoulder-to-shoulder, creating a new partnership for the sharing of technology.

‘It’s not exclusive. It’s not trying to shoulder anybody out. It’s not adversarial towards China, for instance.’

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