May tough on terror in France visit

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Mr Macron, who held talks with British Prime Minister Theresa May yesterday, made the statement as speculation mounts as to when the Brexit talks - which were supposed to get under way on Monday having already been delayed by the United Kingdom elections - will finally get under way. After the conference and a working dinner the leaders are expected to attend a friendly football match between their two countries.

Mr Macron threw out the olive branch as the prime minister travelled to Paris yesterday for talks ahead of next week's European Union exit talks.

"We are united in our total condemnation of terrorism and our commitment to stamp out this evil", she said.

Notably, the two leaders are talking about ways to push tech companies to better police online extremism.

'I confirmed to president Macron that the timetable for the Brexit negotiation remains on course, ' she added.

Technology companies such as Google and Facebook must do more to curb the "poisonous propaganda" that fuels terror attacks such as the atrocities in London and Manchester, the prime minister has said, launching a UK-French pact to explore new ways to curb the spread of online hate.

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They had met at the President's Elysee Palace a little earlier to discuss business ahead of the start of Brexit negotiations next week. "I do respect that", and added that he wants the negotiations to be led and coordinated by a European mission.

Her weakened authority has helped turn the tables on the "bloody hard woman" she said she would portray at the negotiating table with the European Union, putting her in the thrall of two wings of her party: the "purists" who want a clean break with the bloc, and the remainers who want closer ties.

French supporters also joined in with the singing of the English national anthem as the word were displayed on the big screens around the ground, a gesture returned after Wembley did the same following the Paris terror attacks in November 2015.

Three attackers mowed down pedestrians on London Bridge and then stabbed people in nearby Borough Market on June 3.

Britain was rocked by a suicide bombing at a pop concert in Manchester on May 22 which killed 22 people, including children, followed two weeks later by a knife and van attack in central London, which left eight dead.

After the terrorist attack that killed seven people in London on June 3, May accused USA tech companies of not having done enough to weed out extremists in cyberspace.

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