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A group of Kurdish migrants from Iran and Iraq who failed in their attempt to reach the United Kingdom by boat walk back to the town of Ambleteuse, northern France, on Sunday, May 19, 2024, after being discovered by the police. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue, File)

French court convicts 18 in a trial casting light on the deadly migrant smuggling trade

By Tom Nouvian - Associated Press

French President Emmanuel Macron leaves after paying his respects by the coffin of slain teacher Samuel Paty in the courtyard of the Sorbonne University during a national memorial event, Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2020, in Paris. (AP Photo/Francois Mori, Pool, File)

Trial opens in France in the beheading of a teacher over prophet cartoons

By Nicolas Vaux-Montagny and Sylvie Corbet - Associated Press

French President Emmanuel Macron welcomes Lebanese caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati, left, Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2024 at the Elysee Palace in Paris. (AP Photo/Louise Delmotte)

Macron says France will provide 100 million-euro aid package to support Lebanon

By Sylvie Corbet - Associated Press

FILE - A man rides a bicycle in front of a banner reading: "A rape is a rape," in Avignon, southern France, on Oct. 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Lewis Joly, File)

Sensational mass trial shines a dark light on rape culture in France

By Diane Jeantet - Associated Press

A car drives in a flooded street near a shopping mall in Givors, central France, after torrential rains and flooding submerged roads and railways, Friday, Oct. 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Laurent Cirpiani)

Two days of torrential rain bring major flooding to central France

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France's Prime Minister Michel Barnier delivers a speech at the National Assembly, in Paris, Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)

France’s budget battle: Why the government’s plan to plug the deficit is sparking an outcry

By Sylvie Corbet - Associated Press

Abou Sangare, lead actor in "Souleymane's Story," poses for photographs after a premiere at the Louxor cinema in Paris, Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2024.(AP Photo/Louise Delmotte)

Asylum-seeker to film star: Guinean’s unusual journey highlights France’s arguments over immigration

By Diane Jeantet - Associated Press

Real Madrid's Aurelien Tchouameni, front, duels for the ball with Alaves' Ander Guevara during a Spanish La Liga soccer match between Real Madrid and Alaves at Santiago Bernabeu stadium in Madrid, Spain, Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)

Tchouameni’s proud to lead France against Israel in Nations League in Mbappe’s absence

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France's Prime Minister Michel Barnier delivers a speech at the National Assembly, in Paris, Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)

France’s fragile new government faces a no-confidence vote as far right offers critical support

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FILE - Victor Perahia, who was interned as a child in the Drancy camp and deported to Bergen-Belsen speaks to students during a workshop dedicated to the Holocaust remembrance at the Drancy Shoah memorial, outside Paris, Thursday Jan. 30, 2020. Victor Perahia, the president of the French Union of Auschwitz Deportees and a Holocaust survivor, has died. He was 91. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena, File)

Victor Perahia, Holocaust survivor and president of French Union of Auschwitz Deportees, dies at 91

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French President Emmanuel Macron, left, shakes hands with then-European Union chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier at the Elysee Palace in Paris, Friday, Jan. 31, 2020. (Ludovic Marin/Pool Photo via AP, File)

France’s new government pledges hardline stance on migration as it cozies up to far right

By Diane Jeantet and Sylvie Corbet - Associated Press

Demonstrators hold a banner reading: Abortion is a fundamental right, as they march in support of the right to abortion for women across the world, in Paris, Saturday, Sept. 28, 2024. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)

Hundreds rally in the streets of Paris to support world abortion rights

By Diane Jeantet - Associated Press

New French prime minister Michel Barnier leaves the handover ceremony, Thursday, Sept. 5, 2024 in Paris. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)

France’s new government meets for first time to discuss budget and migrant issues

By Sylvie Corbet - Associated Press

French Prime Minister Michel Barnier, background center, French President Emmanuel Macron, foreground left, and Macron's wife, Brigitte Macron, foreground right, applaud during the closing ceremony of the 2024 Paralympics, Sunday, Sept. 8, 2024, in Paris, France. (AP Photo/Michel Euler, File)

New center-right government in France announces 2 months after divisive elections

By Thomas Adamson - Associated Press

FILE - Gisele Pelicot speaks to media as she leaves the Avignon court house, southern France, Thursday, Sept. 5, 2024. (AP Photo/Lewis Joly, File)

Mayor of French town apologizes for his comments downplaying mass rape case

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A vessel of the French Gendarmerie Nationale patrols in front of the Wimereux beach, France, Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2024. (AP Photo/Nicholas Garriga, File)

At least 8 people have died trying to cross the English Channel, French authorities say

By Barbara Surk - Associated Press

The Paralympic flag flutters next to the French flag during the closing ceremony of the 2024 Paralympics, Sunday, Sept. 8, 2024, in Paris, France. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)

France waves farewell to its sporting summer at the Paralympics closing ceremony

By Jerome Pugmire - Associated Press

France Unbowed leader Jean-Luc Melenchon, center, who criticized as a power grab the president's appointment of a conservative new prime minister, Michel Barnier, gestures as he participates in a protest demonstration in Paris, France, Saturday, Sept. 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)

Protesters rally in France against Barnier’s appointment as prime minister

By Thomas Adamson - Associated Press

Gisele Pelicot arrives in the Avignon court house, in Avignon, southern France, Thursday, Sept. 5, 2024. A woman allegedly drugged by her ex-husband so that she could be raped by other men while she laid unconscious, is expected to testify before a panel of French judges. (AP Photo/Lewis Joly)

A French woman whose husband is accused of inviting men to rape her testifies in court

By Lewis Joly and Nicolas Vaux-Montagny - Associated Press

Michel Barnier, supporter of conservative presidential candidate Valerie Pecresse speaks during a campaign rally on Feb. 13, 2022, in Paris. President Emmanuel Macron named the former EU Brexit negotiator as France's new prime minister on Thursday after more than 50 days of caretaker government. (AP Photo/Francois Mori, File)

Macron names EU former Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier as France’s new prime minister

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