Handshakes, hugs as Biden and Macron meet

U.S. President Joe Biden and French President Emmanuel Macron shook hands and hugged as they met ahead of a global summit over the weekend in Rome.

The two leaders met at the French Embassy to the Holy See.

Biden is trying anew to smooth relations after the U.S. and U.K. decided to provide nuclear-powered submarines to Australia, scotching a lucrative French contract in the process.

Biden told Macron that America was clumsy in its orchestration of the deal and that he was under the impression that France had been informed about the secret talks with the British and Australia