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Fans argue on stands during the UEFA Nations League soccer match between France and Israel at the Stade de France stadium in Saint-Denis, outside Paris, Thursday Nov. 14, 2024. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)

Brief altercation between fans mars France-Israel soccer match

By Jerome Pugmire - Associated Press

Real Madrid's Kylian Mbappe is challenged by Osasuna's Lucas Torro, left, and Osasuna's Alejandro Catena during the Spanish La Liga soccer match between Real Madrid and Osasuna at the Santiago Bernabeu stadium in Madrid, Spain, Saturday, Nov. 9, 2024. (AP Photo/Jose Breton)

‘Please leave him alone’: France coach Didier Deschamps fed up with questions about Mbappe’s absence

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Bobby Allison stands beside his car and talks with the press after winning the pole position during qualifying for the 500-mile grand national stock car race at Pocono Raceway, Aug. 2, 1975, in Long Pond, Pa. (AP Photo/File)

Bobby Allison, NASCAR Hall of Famer and 3-time Daytona 500 winner, dies at 86

By Jenna Fryer - Associated Press

Police clear the streets outside the stadium ahead of the men's group D match between Israel and Mali at the Parc des Princes during the 2024 Summer Olympics, July 24, 2024, in Paris, France. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell, File )

Paris to deploy 4,000 police officers for France-Israel soccer match following violence in Amsterdam

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French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot, left, speaks to journalists outside of the Pater Noster church, on the Mount of Olives, during his visit to Jerusalem, Thursday, Nov. 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)

France condemns a spat between Israeli police and French consulate staff at a Jerusalem church

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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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