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i m katty kay in washington, christian fraser is off this week. he s in france but he s not hanging out with the new french president that s what vladimir putin s been doing today. the two leaders had a get to know you meeting at versailles. and you really have to wonder how cordial it was given that days before the french election mr macron accused moscow of interfering in his poll. at a tense press conference, vladimir putin insisted any implication of russian meddling was rubbish. from paris, lucy williamson reports. despite the sweltering weather, this meeting held a touch of frost from the start. at the entrance to france s versailles palace, the two leaders greeted each other with brief handshakes and small grin smiles. two hours later after their first meeting, the mood was, if anything, even cooler. france and russia have backed different groups in the syrian conflict. emmanuel macron said that while france did not want to destabilise the syrian state they wer ....