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FILE - In this Sept.2, 2019 file photo, shepherd Romain Jaurigueberry brings dead sheep to sub-prefecture of Bayonne, southwestern France, to protests against the rising bear attacks on sheep herds in Pyrenees mountains. Farmers who raise sheep for milk and meat high in the Pyrenees mountains are rejoicing after French President Emmanuel Macron promises them that he'll not authorize the release into the wild of any more bears responsible for increasingly deadly attacks on herders' flocks. (AP Photo Bob Edme, File)

Grrrrr! Angry herders secure bear ban from France’s Macron

By JOHN LEICESTER - Associated Press

FILE- In this Monday, May 27, 2019 file photo, NATO forces attend the graduation ceremony of Afghan National Army soldiers from a 3-month training program at the Afghan Military Academy in Kabul, Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul, File)

Iran warning puts thousands of European troops in spotlight

By JOSEPH KRAUSS - Associated Press

EU legal opinion: mass data retention at odds with EU law

By SAMUEL PETREQUIN - Associated Press

US calls for smaller UN force in Mali, Russia says no change

By EDITH M. LEDERER - Associated Press

FILE - In this file photo released Nov. 4, 2019 by the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran, Ali Akbar Salehi, head of the organization, speaks with media while visiting Natanz enrichment facility, in central Iran. The landmark 2015 deal between Tehran and world powers meant to prevent Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons has been teetering on the edge of collapse since the U.S. pulled unilaterally in 2018. The EU said Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2020, that it will “spare no effort” to keep the deal alive, but with tensions between the U.S. escalating into open hostilities it's seeming increasingly unlikely that will be possible. (Atomic Energy Organization of Iran via AP, File)

Key moments in the unraveling of Iran’s nuclear deal

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

In this photo released by the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran, technicians work at the Arak heavy water reactor's secondary circuit, as officials and media visit the site, near Arak, 150 miles (250 kilometers) southwest of the capital Tehran, Iran, Monday, Dec. 23, 2019. The head of Iran's nuclear agency says his country has begun new operations at the heavy water nuclear reactor. The move intensifies pressure on Europe to find an effective way around U.S. sanctions, which block Tehran's oil sales abroad. (Atomic Energy Organization of Iran via AP)

EU launches Iran nuclear deal dispute action

By Lorne Cook and David Rising - Associated Press

FILE - In this Nov. 20, 2019 file photo made available from the Mali Army, coffins being honoured during a funeral ceremony are pictured in Gao, Mali. As a security summit begins Monday in France with the leaders of Mali, Burkina Faso, Chad, Niger and Mauritania, Macron hopes to counter anti-French sentiment that has bubbled up amid frustration over the extremist attacks that killed thousands of people last year alone. (Mali Army via AP, File)

French summit aims to boost counterterror fight in W. Africa

By SYLVIE CORBET - Associated Press

FILE - In this Aug. 21, 2015, file photo, then-IAAF president Lamine Diack adjusts his headphones during a joint IOC and IAAF news conference on the site of the World Athletic Championships in Beijing. One of the biggest sports corruption cases to reach court is being heard in Paris. The trial will hear allegations that Russian athletes paid millions of dollars to cover up their suspected doping in order to compete at the Olympic Games in 2012 and other competitions. Accused recipients of the payments include Lamine Diack, who presided for nearly 16 years at track and field’s governing body. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung, File)

Former IAAF president’s corruption trial opens in Paris

By JOHN LEICESTER - Associated Press

French urban climber Alain Robert, well known as &quot;Spiderman&quot;, raises his arms as he finished to climb the Total tower in the Paris business district of La Defense, Monday, Jan 13, 2020, in support of the transport strikes. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)

Lawyers on strike too, as French pension resistance rages on

By NICOLAS VAUX-MONTAGNY - Associated Press

This photo taken Thursday, Jan. 2, 2020 shows the book &quot;Le Consentement&quot; (Consent) by Vanessa Springora and displayed in a Boulogne Billancourt bookstore, outside Paris. The literary editor alleges that she had a destructive underage sexual relationship with feted French author Gabriel Matzneff, now in his eighties. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)

France’s #MeToo: Book on child-sex writer prompts outcry

By JOHN LEICESTER - Associated Press

A lawyer faces a riot police officer during a demonstration in Rennes, western France, Thursday Jan. 9, 2020. French rail workers, teachers, doctors, lawyers and others joined the fourth nationwide day of protests and strikes on Thursday to denounce President Emmanuel Macron's plans to overhaul the pension system. (AP Photo/David Vincent)

No sight of French deal on pensions as unions hold out

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French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire, left, and European Trade Commissioner Phil Hogan attend a media conference after their meeting in Paris, Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2020. The talks are focused on U.S. tariffs on French wine and other goods. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)

France and EU ready to respond to US threat of new tariffs

By SYLVIE CORBET - Associated Press

Ivan Dodig of Croatia reacts to winning the doubles match against Hubert Hurkacz and Lukasz Kubot of Poland during their ATP Cup tennis doubles match in Sydney, Monday, Jan. 6, 2020. (AP Photo/Steve Christo)

Djokovic doubles up, leads Serbia into ATP Cup quarterfinals

By JOHN PYE - Associated Press

CORRECTING OBJECT NAME TO FRANCE STRIKES - Commuters exit the Paris subway during the 32nd day of transport strikes, Sunday, Jan. 5, 2020. With more than 30 straight days of walkouts, French rail strikes against government plans to reform France's retirement system marked a new milestone, surpassing even the lengths of strikes in the 1980s. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)

France enters crucial week of talks with unions on pensions

By SYLVIE CORBET - Associated Press

Notre Dame cathedral is pictured in Paris, Tuesday, Dec. 24, 2019. Notre Dame Cathedral is unable to host Christmas services for the first time since the French Revolution, because the Paris landmark was too deeply damaged by this year's fire. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)

Renovation chief: Notre Dame Cathedral is not saved yet

By SYLVIE CORBET - Associated Press

Striking musicians of the Paris Opera house perform outside the Bastille Opera house Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2019 in Paris. Banner reads : Paris Opera on strike. (AP Photo/Kamil Zihnioglu)

Sour notes for Macron from striking Paris Opera musicians

By JOHN LEICESTER - Associated Press

Travelers waiting to to board a train at Gare de Lyon train station in Paris, Sunday, Dec. 29, 2019. Strikes, which began Dec. 5, have disrupted transport across France and beyond, hobbling Paris Metros and trains across the country and businesses. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)

French unions behind strikes get public funds

By ELAINE GANLEY - Associated Press

French union members and workers demonstrate after 22 days on a strike against pension reform plans, in Paris, Thursday, Dec. 26, 2019. France's punishing transportation troubles may ease up slightly over Christmas, but unions plan renewed strikes and protests in January to resist government plans to raise the retirement age to 64. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)

French oil refineries blocked as pension strike hits day 23

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This photo provided by the French Defense Ministry communication center and taken Tuesday Dec. 17, 2019, shows French soldiers loading a French Reaper drone with two GBU 12 missiles on Niamey airbase, Niger. France's defense ministry said Monday that it had carried out its first armed drone strike, killing seven Islamic extremists in central Mali over the weekend. France joins a tiny group of countries that use armed drones, including the United States. (Malaury Buis/EMA/DICOD via AP)

France says it carries out first armed drone strike in Mali

By ANGELA CHARLTON and KRISTA LARSON - Associated Press

French President Emmanuel Macron is welcomed by President Alassane Ouattara upon arrival in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, Friday Dec. 20, 2019. Macron is in Ivory Coast for a three-day official visit. (AP Photo/Diomande Ble Blonde)

Macron wraps up a trip to West Africa focusing on security

By DALATOU MAMANE and SYLVIE CORBET - Associated Press