France has warned the UK over its failure to provide sufficient fishing licenses to French fishers, calling for the EU to adopt a tougher stance against the UK and raising the alarm that bilateral cooperation could be at risk.

France has accused Britain of playing politics with post-Brexit fishing rights after London and the Channel Island of Jersey refused dozens of French fishing boats a licence to operate in their territorial waters.

This episode looks at fishing rights for EU boats in UK waters as a key stumbling block to negotiations for a Brexit trade accord between London and Brussels, which threatened to sink the deal, having resurfaced again.

Here is the latest top stories from Press TV on September 29, 2021.

London and Paris send their vessels to the island of Jersey in the English Channel amid a row over post-Brexit fishing rights.