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French minister holds talks with Muslim leaders amid debate on burkini ban

Amid the ongoing debate on whether France should ban the Muslim swimsuit burkini, French Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve on Monday met clerics of the Muslim community to discuss Muslims' better integration in the secular French state.

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France's burkini ban row divides government

France’s prime minister, Manuel Valls, has clashed with his education minister amid growing divisions in the government over the controversial burkini bans on some beaches.