Nigeria, July 29 -- The US delegation walked out of a UN Security Council meeting on Monday as France was speaking about the situation in Ukraine.

The delegation made the move in protest at France's comment comparing Washington's voting on human rights to that of authoritarian states, over its opposition to giving UN human rights chief Volker Turk another four-year term.

The move reflects the growing tensions between the US and Europe and between President Donald Trump and his French counterpart, Emmanuel Macron.

Tension between the allies began with President Donald Trump's threat to seize Greenland, and the subsequent refusal of European countries to support the US in the Iran war. In March, Mr Macron also proposed rebuilding Europe'...