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FILE - In this file photo taken on Oct. 12, 2011, an alpinist heads down a ridge on the Aiguille du Midi (3,842 meters; 12 605 feet), towards the Vallee Blanche on the Mont Blanc massif, in the Alps, near Chamonix. French President Emmanuel Macron declared the battle against climate change and environmental destruction to be &quot;the fight of the century&quot; Thursday Feb. 13, 2020 after visiting a melting glacier in the Alps. (AP Photo/David Azia,File)

Macron vows “fight of the century” against climate change

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In this Thursday, Feb. 6, 2020, photo, a nurse checks on a patient in the isolation ward for 2019-nCoV patients at a hospital in Wuhan in central China's Hubei province. The number of confirmed cases of the new virus has risen again in China on Saturday, Feb. 8, 2020, as the ruling Communist Party faced anger and recriminations from the public over the death of a doctor who was threatened by police after trying to sound the alarm about the disease over a month ago. (Chinatopix via AP)

Mainland China virus cases rise again after earlier decline

By JOE McDONALD - Associated Press

French airstrikes, commandos kill 30 extremists in Sahel

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France players with Roman Ntamack, center, celebratre their opening try during the Six Nations rugby union international match between France and England at the Stade de France in Paris, Sunday, Feb. 2, 2020. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)

6N: Bad news for Italians as France won’t take them lightly

By JEROME PUGMIRE - Associated Press

Costa Rica defender Maria Coto (3) and United States forward Christen Press (20) both go for a header during the second half of a Concacaf women's Olympic qualifying soccer match Monday, Feb. 3, 2020, in Houston. (AP Photo/Michael Wyke)

US guarding against letdown with Olympic berth on line

By ANNE M. PETERSON - Associated Press

President Emmanuel Macron,left, of France and his Polish host, President Andrzej Duda, shake hands before talks on developing recently-strained bilateral ties at the Presidential Palace in Warsaw, Poland, Monday, Feb. 3, 2020.(AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)

France’s Macron wants closer ties with Poland on EU

By MONIKA SCISLOWSKA - Associated Press

French Minister of Armed Forces Florence Parly speaks during a news conference at the Pentagon in Washington, Monday, Jan. 27, 2020, with Secretary of Defense Mark Esper. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

France to send extra 600 troops to fight Sahel extremists

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Migrants carry a tent in a makeshift camp, in Calais, northern France, on Friday, Jan.31, 2020. Britain officially leaves the European Union on Friday. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)

Brexit no detour for migrants hoping to cross Channel to UK

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Former British Channel Tunnel worker Graham Fagg, left, and Former French Channel Tunnel worker Philippe Cozette laugh together during an interview with The Associated Press at Graham's home in Dover, England, Thursday, Jan. 30, 2020. By digging their way to each other deep under the English Channel, tunnelers Graham Fagg and Philippe Cozette became symbols for British-French friendship when they made the first breakthrough in the Channel Tunnel nearly 30 years ago. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)

AP Exclusive: History-making tunnelers look beyond Brexit

By JOHN LEICESTER - Associated Press

People stand on a hill overlooking the first ferry to dock in the port of Dover, England, after the Britain left the European Union on Friday, Jan. 31, 2020. With little fuss and not much fanfare, Britain left the European Union on Friday after 47 years of membership, taking a leap into the unknown in a historic blow to the bloc. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)

Brexit turns sea crossing into journey through dimensions

By JOHN LEICESTER - Associated Press

Court to decide fate of French cardinal in sex abuse coverup

By NICOLAS VAUX-MONTAGNY - Associated Press

Number of migrants trying Channel crossing in boats explodes

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French President Emmanuel Macron speaks speaks during a joint press conference with Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis at the Elysee Palace in Paris, Wednesday Jan. 29, 2020. (Benoit Tessier/Pool via AP)

Macron: Turkey is sending warships, mercenaries to Libya

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An ambulance drive in to the Bichat hospital in Paris, Saturday Jan. 25, 2020. France has announced three confirmed cases of the deadly new virus from China, the first cases in Europe and the first outside Asia and the United States. One of people who caught the virus is hospitalized in the southwestern city of Bordeaux. The others are in Paris. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)

France to repatriate citizens from Wuhan as virus spreads

By ELAINE GANLEY - Associated Press

This undated photo provided by HBO Documentary Films shows a scene from &quot;Welcome to Chechnya.&quot; In documentary film, the anonymous source has often been reduced to a shadowy, voice-distorted figure, or worse, a pixelated blur. But the new documentary premiering Sunday, Jan. 26, 2020, at the Sundance Film Festival has with the aid of advanced digital technology gone to greater lengths to preserve the secrecy of its sources while still conveying their humanity. (HBO Documentary Films via AP)

New documentary cloaks anonymous sources in ‘face doubles’

By JAKE COYLE - Associated Press

A man stands in the entrance door of the Bichat hospital in Paris, Saturday Jan. 25, 2020. France has announced three confirmed cases of the deadly new virus from China, the first cases in Europe and the first outside Asia and the United States. One of people who caught the virus is hospitalized in the southwestern city of Bordeaux. The others are in Paris. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)

French carmaker to evacuate workers from China amid outbreak

By ELAINE GANLEY - Associated Press

FILE - In this Wednesday, Dec. 13, 2017 file photo, Russian cybercrime suspect Alexander Vinnik, left, arrives at Greece's supreme court in Athens. Greece's justice minister has signed an order on Friday, Dec. 20, 2019, for bitcoin fraud suspect Alexander Vinnik to be extradited to France - concluding an international legal battle surrounding the Russian former cryptocurrency trading platform operator. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris, file)

Greek high court upholds Vinnik extradition order to France

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Relatives of Bui Thi Nhung walk behind her casket during a funeral procession to Phu Thang church ahead of Nhung’s burial on Sunday, Dec. 1, 2019 in the village of Do Thanh, Vietnam. The body of 19-year old Nhung was among the last remains of the 39 Vietnamese who died while being smuggled in a truck to England last month that were repatriated to their home country on Saturday. (AP Photo/Hau Dinh)

Police bust ring accused of smuggling 10,000 migrants to UK

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French President Emmanuel Macron, right, meets with Yair Lapid, left, in Jerusalem on Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2020. Dozens of world leaders have descended upon Jerusalem for the largest-ever gathering focused on commemorating the Holocaust and combating modern-day anti-Semitism. (Abir Sultan/Pool Photo via AP)

Macron grows angry with Israeli security during church visit

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FILE - In this Jan.10, 2020 file photo, French President Emmanuel Macron attends the Citizens' Convention for Climate held at the French 'Conseil economique, social et environnemental' in Paris. French President Emmanuel Macron tried Tuesday Jan. 14, 2020 to calm nationwide tensions and salvage support for his overhaul of the country's retirement system, as France faced day 41 of crippling strikes. (Yoan Valat, Pool via AP, File)

France’s Macron makes big push for more foreign investment

By SYLVIE CORBET - Associated Press