Morning mail: French fury over leaked message, Australia’s fossil fuel projects, heartwarming reunion

Wednesday: French officials say confidence with Australia has been completely shattered'. Plus: new projects in the pipeline could result in the equivalent of 5% of global emissions

Good morning. France is furious over the growing scandal of a leaked text message from the French president to Scott Morrison, and world leaders continue to make pledges to fight the climate crisis at Cop26.

French officials have vented their fury at the leaking of a text message from Emmanuel Macron to Morrison, as the prime minister faces accusations he has put his personal political interests ahead of healing the rift. Confidence has been completely shattered," a close adviser to Macron said, calling the release of the text a pretty crude and unconventional tactic". It is not the kind of thing that is likely to improve relations between France and Australia," the adviser said. The message, in which the French president asked Morrison whether to expect good or bad news on the submarine project, was shared to reinforce Australia's position that France wasn't blindsided about the cancellation of the $90bn submarine deal, but France argued it showed that Macron did not know what stage the discussions had got to".