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Responding to his first statement about Colombian citizens being killed, the White House said it looked forward to President Petro "publicly retracting his baseless and reprehensible statement".

While Mr Sullivan later retracted his confessions, the police and prosecution also relied on bite mark evidence, a now widely discredited field of forensic science.

It called for her to retract the remarks and summoned the Japanese ambassador on Friday.

Despite the escalating diplomatic spat, Takaichi has since indicated she has no intention of retracting her statement and insisted it was consistent with Tokyo's long-standing policy.

Beijing called on Takaichi to retract her remarks, which she hasn’t done.