French prime minister resigns

France's Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu has resigned, hours after his cabinet was unveiled, BBC News reports.

The Elysée palace made the announcement after Lecornu met President Emmanuel Macron for an hour on Monday morning.

The shock move comes only 26 days Lecornu was appointed prime minister following the collapse of the previous government of Francois Bayrou.

Several parties in the National Assembly had fiercely criticised the composition of Lecornu's cabinet, which was largely unchanged from Bayrou's, and threatened to vote it down.