France recalls ambassadors to Australia, US in escalating row

Australian Foreign Minister Marise Payne said she understood France's 'disappointment'

France on Friday recalled its ambassadors to the United States and Australia in a ferocious row over the scrapping of a submarine contract, an unprecedented step that revealed the extent of French anger against its allies.

- 'Directly affecting the vision' - The French ambassador recalls from the United States and Australia -- key allies of France -- are unprecedented.