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French ambassador to Australia Jean-Pierre Thebault gestures as he speaks during an interview with The Associated-Press in Paris, Friday, Oct. 8, 2021. Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison welcomed France's decision to return its ambassador to Australia and said Thursday the bilateral relationship was bigger than the canceled submarine contract. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)

French envoy to Australia: Deceitful sub deal raises risks

By Masha MacPherson - Associated Press

FILE — In this photo taken on Jan. 29 2019, former Iranian President, Abolhassan Banisadr, speaks during an interview with the Associated Press in Versailles, west of Paris, France. Banisadr, Iran's first president after the country's 1979 Islamic Revolution who fled Tehran after being impeached for challenging the growing power of clerics as the nation became a theocracy, died Saturday, Oct. 9, 2021. He was 88. (AP Photo/Francois Mori, File)

Banisadr, Iran’s first president after 1979 revolution, dies

By Amir Vahdat and Jon Gambrell - Associated Press

Commission President Jean-Marc Sauve, left, hands copies of the report to Catholic Bishop Eric de Moulins-Beaufort, president of the Bishops' Conference of France (CEF), during the publishing of a report by an independent commission into sexual abuse by church officials (Ciase), Tuesday, Oct. 5, 2021, in Paris. A major French report released Tuesday found that an estimated 330,000 children were victims of sex abuse within France's Catholic Church over the past 70 years, in France's first major reckoning with the devastating phenomenon. (Thomas Coex, Pool via AP)

French report: 330,000 children victims of church sex abuse

By Sylvie Corbet - Associated Press

Secretary of State Antony Blinken gives opening remarks as he meets with local labor leaders the IBEW Local #5 for a roundtable, Thursday, Sept. 30, 2021, in Pittsburgh. (AP Photo/Rebecca Droke, Pool) **FILE**

Blinken and Kerry headed to France in wake of Aussie sub deal friction

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

In this Monday, Nov. 11, 2019, file photo, former French President Nicolas Sarkozy attends a ceremony at the Arc de Triomphe in Paris. (Ludovic Marin/Pool via AP, File)

Sarkozy convicted by French court in campaign financing case

By Sylvie Corbet and Nicolas Vaux-Montagny - Associated Press

In this June 14, 2021, file photo, U.S. President Joe Biden, right, speaks with French President Emmanuel Macron during a plenary session during a NATO summit at NATO headquarters in Brussels. Macron expects "clarifications and clear commitments" from Biden in a call to be held later on Wednesday to address the submarines' dispute, Macron's office said. (Brendan Smialowski, Pool via AP, File)

French ambassador returning to Washington after Biden, Macron phone call

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

French President Emmanuel Macron delivers a speech during a meeting in memory of the Algerians who fought alongside French colonial forces in Algeria's war, known as Harkis, at the Elysee Palace in Paris, Thursday, Sept. 20, 2021. Macron's speech is the latest step in his efforts to reconcile France with its dark colonial past, especially in Algeria. (Gonzalo Fuentes/Pool Photo via AP)

Biden plans to reach out to France’s Macron after submarine snub

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

Sam Naz, a journalist and anchor for Britain's SkyNews cable channel, portrays captured WWII agent Noor Inayat Khan in "Liberté," a short drama that will premiere in Los Angeles on Sept. 24. (Courtesy photo)

Little-known British Muslim WWII spy story comes to film

By Mark A. Kellner - The Washington Times

FILE - I this May 31, 2020 file photo, people walk on the forecourt of Notre Dame's Cathedral, in Paris. France's Notre Dame Cathedral is finally stable and secure enough for artisans to start rebuilding it, more than two years after the shocking fire that tore through its roof, knocked down its spire and threatened to bring the rest of the medieval monument down, too. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus, File)

France’s Notre Dame cathedral stable enough to start rebuilding

Associated Press

FILE - In this Friday, Sept. 10, 2021 file photo, French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian speaks in Weimar, Germany. France said late Friday, Sept. 17 it was immediately recalling its ambassadors to the U.S. and Australia after Australia scrapped a big French conventional submarine purchase in favor of nuclear subs built with U.S. technology. Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said in a written statement that the French decision, on request from President Emmanuel Macron, “is justified by the exceptional seriousness of the announcements” made by Australia and the United States.(Jens Schlueter/Pool Photo via AP, file)

France recalls ambassadors to U.S., Australia over Biden sub deal

By Joseph Clark - The Washington Times

French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian, leaves the Presidential Palace after his meeting with Lebanese President Michel Aoun in Baabda, east of Beirut, Lebanon, Thursday, May 6, 2021. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla) ** FILE **

France fumes over Aussie sub deal with U.S.

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

This undated image provided by Rewards For Justice shows a wanted posted of Adnan Abu Walid al-Sahrawi, the leader of Islamic State in the Greater Sahara. French President Emmanuel Macron announced the death of al-Sahrawi Wednesday, Sept. 15, 2021, calling the killing a major success for the French military after more than eight years fighting extremists in the Sahel. Macron tweeted that al-Sahrawi was neutralized by French forces but gave no further details. (Rewards For Justice via AP)

France calls killing of Islamic State leader big victory

Associated Press

In this Nov. 13, 2015, file photo, medics stand by victims in a Paris restaurant, Friday, Nov. 13, 2015. On Nov. 13, 2015, a cell of nine Islamic State militants armed with automatic rifles and explosive vests left a trail of dead and injured at the national stadium, Paris bars and restaurants and the Bataclan concert hall. Nearly all the attackers were from France or Belgium, as were the cell's 10th member — the only one still alive. He is the chief defendant among 20 people charged in a trial that is expected to last nine months. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus, File)

Trial of 20 men accused in 2015 Paris attacks begins

By Lori Hinnant and Nicolas Vaux-Montagny - Associated Press

In this Nov. 13, 2015, file photo, rescue workers help a woman after a shooting, outside the Bataclan theater in Paris. France is putting on trial 20 men accused in the Nov. 13, 2015, Islamic State terror attacks on Paris that left 130 people dead and hundreds injured. Nine gunmen and suicide bombers struck within minutes of each other at the national soccer stadium, the Bataclan concert hall and restaurants and cafes. The lone survivor of the terror cell from that night is among those being tried for the deadliest attack in France since World War II. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus, File)

Emotions raw before Paris trial for Islamic State carnage

By Lori Hinnant and Nicolas Vaux-Montagny - Associated Press

United States' Kevin Durant (7) celebrates after their win in the men's basketball gold medal game against France at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Saturday, Aug. 7, 2021, in Saitama, Japan. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)

Golden, again: U.S. beats France 87-82 for Tokyo title

By Tim Reynolds - Associated Press

France's Sarah Michel (10) looks to pass around Spain's Astou Ndour (45) and Cristina Ouvina, right, during a women's basketball quarterfinal round game at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Wednesday, Aug. 4, 2021, in Saitama, Japan. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

France advances to semifinals with 67-64 win over Spain

By Doug Feinberg - Associated Press

United States' A'Ja Wilson (9), left, passes ahead of France's Alexia Chartereau (6) during women's basketball preliminary round game at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Monday, Aug. 2, 2021, in Saitama, Japan. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

Wilson leads US to quarters with 93-82 win over France

By Doug Feinberg - Associated Press

A protestor holds up a banner which reads &quot;freedom&quot; as she stands between police during a demonstration in Paris, France, Saturday, July 31, 2021. Demonstrators gathered in several cities in France on Saturday to protest against the COVID-19 pass, which grants vaccinated individuals greater ease of access to venues. (AP Photo/Adrienne Surprenant)

Anti-virus pass protesters, police clash in Paris: ‘We mustn’t be told what to do’

By BOUBKAR BENZABAT and ELAINE GANLEY - Associated Press

Ivory Coast players leave the pitch after a men's soccer match against Germany at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Wednesday, July 28, 2021, in Rifu, Japan. The match ended tied 1-1.(AP Photo/Andre Penner)

Argentina, France, Germany eliminated from Olympic soccer

By Rob Harris - Associated Press

Thousands of protesters gather at Place Trocadero near the Eiffel Tower attend a demonstration in Paris, France, Saturday July 24, 2021, against the COVID-19 pass which grants vaccinated individuals greater ease of access to venues. (AP Photo/Rafael Yaghobzadeh)

‘Liberty! Liberty!’: French protesters reject virus passes, vaccine mandate

By PATRICK HERMANSEN and BOUBKAR BENZEBAT - Associated Press