Britain's Starmer and France's Macron meet for talks in UK

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer will hold talks with French President Emmanuel Macron in Britain on Thursday, a Downing Street spokesman said Wednesday.

The meeting comes after the two leaders earlier this week hit out at tech billionaire Elon Musk over his increasingly strident interventions into domestic European politics.

Starmer will host Macron at his country house retreat of Chequers in Buckinghamshire near London, the prime minister's official spokesman told reporters in parliament.

"The meeting will focus on areas of cooperation and shared global challenges, including support for tech and AI, growth and tackling illegal migration," the spokesman said.

"They will also discuss their ambitions for the UK-France summit taking place later this year," he added.