UK says French seizure of a British trawler is disproportionate

The British government said France's seizure of a British trawler fishing and issuing a verbal warning to a second vessel is "disappointing and disproportionate" amid an escalating row over post-Brexit fishing rights.

The reaction is "disappointing and disproportionate, and not what we would expect from a close ally and partner," the government said in a statement.

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