The leader of the Philippines has expressed regret after insulting Barack Obama by calling him the "son of a whore".
President Rodrigo Duterte said he regretted that his comments came across as a personal attack on the US president.
The two men were due to meet for the first time on Tuesday afternoon at the ASEAN summit in Laos.
But a White House spokesman said the talks had been scrapped after Mr Duterte insulted Mr Obama.
On Monday, the Filipino leader called Mr Obama "a son of a whore" as he warned him not to raise questions about extrajudicial killings.
Mr Duterte made the comment when asked by a reporter at a press conference how he would explain himself if Mr Obama did raise the issue.
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