France, Sept. 30 -- "If the British want to come back and if the prime minister is moving in that direction, I think that is very good news both for his country and for Europeans," Macron told a news conference in Madrid on Wednesday, adding: "Come back."

Macron was responding to comments from Burnham earlier in the day in which he said rejoining should be among the options considered, as the UK decides what its long-term relationship with the EU should look like.

Burnham, who became prime minister in July after Labour MPs ousted Keir Starmer, said the UK needed to consider different possibilities for its future ties with the bloc. Speaking at the Labour party's annual conference, he said he would set out those options in greater detail...