France threatens to cut power to Jersey amid fishing row

The French government has warned it could cut electricity to Jersey amid an escalating row over post-Brexit fishing rights.

Maritime Minister Annick Girardin told the French parliament that new rules governing access to Channel Islands waters were unacceptable.

She said France was "ready to use... retaliatory measures" under the UK-EU post-Brexit trade deal.

"I am sorry it has come to this [but] we will do so if we have to," she said.

Jersey, the largest of the Channel Islands, receives 95% of its electricity through three underwater cables from France.