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A demonstrator displays on his back a portrait of slain teacher Samuel Paty during a demonstration Sunday Oct. 18, 2020 in Paris. Demonstrations around France have been called in support of freedom of speech and to pay tribute to a French history teacher who was beheaded near Paris after discussing caricatures of Islam's Prophet Muhammad with his class. Samuel Paty was beheaded on Friday by a 18-year-old Moscow-born Chechen refugee who was shot dead by police. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)

French militant group, mosque to close after teacher slaying

By ELAINE GANLEY - Associated Press

President Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally at Southern Wisconsin Regional Airport, Saturday, Oct. 17, 2020, in Janesville, Wis. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Trump offers condolences to French president over terrorist attack

By S.A. Miller and Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

French President Emmanuel Macron delivers a speech to present his strategy to fight separatism, Friday Oct. 2, 2020 in Les Mureaux, outside Paris. President Emmanuel Macron, trying to rid France of what authorities say is a &quot;parallel society&quot; of radical Muslims thriving outside the values of the nation, is laying the groundwork Friday for a proposed law aimed at helping remedy the phenomenon. (Ludovic Marin / POOL via AP)

France’s Macron details plan targeting Islamist ‘separatism’

By ELAINE GANLEY - Associated Press

FILE - In this Aug.6, 2020 file photo, French President Emmanuel Macron, second left, and Lebanese President Michel Aoun, second right, meet at Beirut–Rafic Hariri International Airport, in Lebanon. In the wake of Beirut's massive port explosion, Macron has taken a tough line, setting deadlines for Lebanon's politicians to carry out reforms. His hands-on approach has angered some in Lebanon and brought praise from others. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus, Pool, File)

France tries forcing change on Lebanon’s politicians

By BASSEM MROUE - Associated Press

Facebook blocks ailing man’s planned end-of-life broadcasts

By JOHN LEICESTER - Associated Press

French President Emmanuel Macron attends a media conference in Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2020. French President Emmanuel Macron issued a stern warning to Lebanon's political class, urging them to commit to serious reforms within few months or risk punitive action including sanctions, if they fail to deliver. (Gonzalo Fuentes/Pool via AP)

French leader in Baghdad, urges Iraqis to guard sovereignty

By ABDULRAHMAN ZEYAD - Associated Press

French President Emmanuel Macron hugs blast victim Tamara Tayah after planting a cedar with members of the NGO Jouzour Loubnan in Jaj, near Beirut, Tuesday Sept. 1, 2020. French President Emmanuel Macron returned to Lebanon on Monday, a country in the midst of an unprecedented crisis, for a two-day visit and a schedule packed with events and political talks aimed at charting a way out for the country. (Gonzalo Fuentes/Pool via AP)

Beirut blast victim’s daughter gifts Macron a pin, gets hug

By SARAH EL DEEB - Associated Press

Arnaud Tranchant, left, chief Navy officer for the French helicopter carrier Tonnerre, talks to French President Emmanuel Macron off the port of Beirut, Tuesday, Sept.1, 2020. The visit was Emmanuel Macron's second since the devastating Aug. 4 explosion — the most destructive single incident in Lebanon's history — that killed at least 190 people . (Stephane Lemouton, Pool via AP)

French leader warns Lebanese politicians of ‘last chance’

By ZEINA KARAM and BASSEM MROUE - Associated Press

FILE - In this Oct. 9, 1938 file photo, General Henri Gouraud, leader of the French Fourth Army at the end of World War One, buying a cornflower in aid of ex-service organizations in Paris, France. It was a century ago on Sept. 1, 1920, that a French general, Henri Gouraud, stood on the porch of the French residence in Beirut surrounded by local politicians and religious leaders and declared the State of Greater Lebanon - the precursor to the modern state of Lebanon. (AP Photo, File)

Turning 100: Lebanon, a nation branded by upheaval, crises

By BASSEM MROUE - Associated Press

FILE - In this Oct. 7, 2010 file photo, Lebanon's diva Fairouz, one of the Arab world's most popular singers, performs during a concert for her new album &quot;Eh Fi Amal&quot; (Yes there is hope), in Beirut, Lebanon. French President Emmanuel Macron returned to Lebanon on Monday, Aug. 31, 2020 a country in the midst of an unprecedented crisis, for a two-day visit and a schedule packed with political events and talks aimed at charting a way out for the country. For his first meeting, Macron chose to see Lebanon's No. 1 diva Fairouz, a national symbol and one of the rare figures in Lebanon. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla, File)

Macron starts Lebanon trip by meeting iconic Lebanese diva

By ZEINA KARAM - Associated Press

Team Jumbo - Visma riders pedal during a training session along the beach of the Promenade des Anglais in Nice, southern France, ahead of upcoming Saturday's start of the race, Friday, Aug. 28, 2020. The Tour de France sets off shrouded in uncertainty and riding in the face of the coronavirus pandemic and mounting infections in France. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)

‘Exponential’ virus spread in France as schools set to open

By ANGELA CHARLTON - Associated Press

Wounded people are evacuated as smoke rises from a massive explosion in Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2020. The massive explosion fueled widespread anger at Lebanon's ruling elite, whose corruption and negligence many blame for the disaster. Yet, three weeks later, the change many hoped for is nowhere in sight and the same politicians are negotiating among themselves over a new government. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

Lebanon may be broken beyond repair

By Clifford D. May

French troops stay in Mali after coup, no end in sight

By ELAINE GANLEY - Associated Press

German Chancellor Angela Merkel, left, and French President Emmanuel Macron arrives for a press conference at the Fort de Bregancon, southern France, Thursday, Aug. 20, 2020. The leaders of Germany and France are meeting Thursday at a Mediterranean retreat for talks on how to resuscitate Europe's economy without causing a new virus crisis, and on a growing number of global hot spots. (Christophe Simon/Pool Photo via AP)

France sticks to school openings despite jump in infections

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People remove debris from a house damaged by Tuesday's explosion in the seaport of Beirut, Lebanon, Friday, Aug. 7, 2020. Rescue teams were still searching the rubble of Beirut's port for bodies on Friday, nearly three days after the massive explosion sent a wave of destruction through Lebanon's capital. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)

The Latest: Another Lebanon Cabinet member resigns

Associated Press

Words are written by Lebanese citizens in front of the scene of Tuesday's explosion that hit the seaport of Beirut, Lebanon, Sunday, Aug. 9, 2020. Public fury over the massive explosion in Beirut took a new turn Saturday night as protesters stormed government institutions and clashed for hours with security forces, who responded with heavy volleys of tear gas and rubber bullets. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

Beirut explosion bares pitfalls of sending aid to Lebanon

By LORI HINNANT and BASSEM MROUE - Associated Press

6 French citizens, 2 guides killed by gunmen at giraffe park

By DALATOU MAMANE - Associated Press

French President Emmanuel Macron waves as he visits Beirut, Lebanon, Thursday Aug.6, 2020. French President Emmanuel Macron has arrived in Beirut to offer French support to Lebanon after the deadly port blast.(AP Photo/Thibault Camus, Pool)

Is France helping Lebanon, or trying to reconquer it?

By ANGELA CHARLTON and SARAH EL-DEEB - Associated Press

Women walk past destroyed cars at a neighborhood near the scene of Tuesday's explosion that hit the seaport of Beirut, Lebanon, Friday, Aug. 7, 2020. Rescue teams were still searching the rubble of Beirut's port for bodies on Friday, nearly three days after a massive explosion sent a wave of destruction through Lebanon's capital. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)

Donald Trump: U.S. sending three planes ‘loaded’ with aid to Beirut

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Lebanese army soldiers stand guard at the scene where an explosion hit on Tuesday the seaport of Beirut, Lebanon, Thursday, Aug. 6, 2020. Lebanese army bulldozers plowed through wreckage to reopen roads around Beirut's demolished port on Thursday as the government pledged to investigate the devastating explosion and placed port officials under house arrest. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

Lebanese clear blast rubble from roads around cratered port

By Bassem Mroue - Associated Press