French President Emmanuel Macron has faced jeers from locals on the cyclone-battered French overseas territory of Mayotte, telling them they should be “happy to be in France, because if it wasn’t France you’d be 10,

Angry residents of a Mayotte neighbourhood damaged by Cyclone Chido heckled French President Emmanuel Macron, who replied they would be in "deeper shit" without France as he toured the Indian Ocean archipelago.

French President Emmanuel Macron has been heckled during his visit to cyclone-hit Mayotte. After facing boos and shouts of "resign" from locals demanding more aid in devastated areas, Macron responded by telling locals: "I'm not the cyclone. I'm not responsible."