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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

A man unfurls a French flag at the Olympics fan zone at Trocadero Gardens in front of the Eiffel Tower in Paris, Sunday, Aug. 8, 2021. A giant flag will be unfurled on the Eiffel Tower in Paris Sunday as part of the handover ceremony of Tokyo 2020 to Paris 2024, as Paris will be the next Summer Games host in 2024. The passing of the hosting baton will be split between the Olympic Stadium in Tokyo and a public party and concert in Paris. (AP Photo/Francois Mori) **FILE**

Paris calling: After Tokyo, Olympians hanker for 2024 Games

By John Leicester - 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

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

Members of the Republican Guard march in formation on the Champs Elysees prior to the Bastille Day parade in Paris, Wednesday July 14, 2021. Bastille Day is the French national holiday that commemorates the beginning of the French Revolution on July 14, 1789. (AP Photo/Lewis Joly)

France cautiously celebrates Bastille Day, clouded by the coronavirus

By Angela Charlton - Associated Press

HOUSE RESOLUTION 118

Bipartisan House Majority Recognize the Rights of the Iranian People and Their Struggles

Stefanos Tsitsipas of Greece celebrates after defeating Russia's Daniil Medvedev during their quarterfinal match of the French Open tennis tournament at the Roland Garros stadium Tuesday, June 8, 2021 in Paris. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)

Tsitsipas beats Medvedev, will face Zverev in French Open semifinals

By Samuel Petrequin - Associated Press

Serbia's Novak Djokovic plays a return to Italy's Lorenzo Musetti during their fourth round match on day 9, of the French Open tennis tournament at Roland Garros in Paris, France, Monday, June 7, 2021. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)

Djokovic, Nadal beat Italian teens to reach French Open quarterfinals

By Samuel Petrequin - Associated Press

United States Serena Williams reacts after missing a shot as she plays against Kazakhstan's Elena Rybakina during their fourth round match on day 8, of the French Open tennis tournament at Roland Garros in Paris, France, Sunday, June 6, 2021. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)

Serena Williams loses, Roger Federer withdraws at French Open

By Jerome Pugmire - Associated Press

Spain's Rafael Nadal plays a return to Australia's Alexei Popyrin during their first round match on day three of the French Open tennis tournament at Roland Garros in Paris, France, Tuesday, June 1, 2021. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)

Rafael Nadal’s opponent flubs set points at French Open

By Samuel Petrequin - Associated Press

Switzerland's Roger Federer waves to the crowd after defeating Uzbekistan's Denis Istomin during their first round match on day two of the French Open tennis tournament at Roland Garros in Paris, France, Monday, May 31, 2021. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)

Roger Federer wins return to French Open, Grand Slam action

By John Leicester and Samuel Petrequin - Associated Press

FILE - In this May, 14, 2008 file photo, Michel Fourniret is driven back under heavy police protection to the Charleville-Mezieres courthouse, northern France. The French serial killer sentenced twice to life imprisonment for the murder of eight women has died Monday at the age of 79, Paris prosecutor said. (AP Photo/Michel Spingler, File)

French serial killer dies at 79 in secure hospital unit

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Insurer AXA halts ransomware crime reimbursement in France

By FRANK BAJAK - Associated Press

FILE - In this Tuesday, May 17, 1994 file photo, refugees who fled the ethnic bloodbath in neighboring Rwanda carry water containers back to their huts at the Benaco refugee camp in Tanzania, near the border with Rwanda. A report commissioned by the Rwandan government due to be made public on Monday, April 19, 2021 concludes that the French government bears &quot;significant&quot; responsibility for &quot;enabling a foreseeable genocide&quot; that left more than 800,000 dead in 1994 and that that France &quot;did nothing to stop&quot; the massacres. (AP Photo/Karsten Thielker, File)

French prosecutors request end of Rwanda genocide probe

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Members of 'Laissez Les Servir' (Let Them Serve) attend a briefing prior to meal preparation in Pierrefitte-sur-Seine, north of Paris, Thursday, April 29, 2021. Nourouddine Abdoulhoussen, a former member of the 8th Marine Infantry Parachute Regiment, runs a tight ship, reaching into his years in the military to inculcate in his proteges, youths from poor French suburbs, confidence, courage and love of France. To the youth in (Let Them Serve) the white-bearded 53-year-old leader with the booming voice is “the Captain.” (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)

‘The Captain’ challenges impoverished youth to love France

By ELAINE GANLEY - Associated Press

Giant bucket-wheel excavators extract coal at the controversial Garzweiler surface coal mine near Jackerath, west Germany, Thursday, April 29, 2021. Germany's top court ruled Thursday that the country's government has to set clear goals for reducing greenhouse gas emissions after 2030, arguing that current legislation doesn't go far enough in ensuring that climate change is limited to acceptable levels. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)

Germany pledges to adjust climate law after court verdict

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FILE - In this Sunday, Nov. 10, 2019 file photo, United States defender Alana Cook (29) passes the ball during the first half of an international friendly soccer match against Costa Rica, in Jacksonville, Fla. Cook joined an exclusive club when she nodded in a goal for Paris Saint-Germain against Barcelona on Sunday, April 25, 2021. Megan Rapinoe, Christen Press and Carli Lloyd are the only other American internationals to have scored at the semifinals or finals of the Women's Champions League. (AP Photo/John Raoux, File)

American defender Alana Cook earning her stripes at PSG

By KEN MAGUIRE - Associated Press

A police officer holds flowers given by residents to be taken down to the police station where a police official was stabbed death Friday in Rambouillet, south west of Paris, Monday, April 26, 2021. Police also called for gatherings at police stations around France after the stabbing in Rambouillet, which authorities are investigating as a terrorist attack. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)

Tributes to French police official stabbed by extremist

By NICOLAS GARRIGA - Associated Press

French President Emmanuel Macron talks with pupils during a visit with French Education, Youth and Sports Minister Jean-Michel Blanquer, right, in a school in Melun, south of Paris, Monday, April 26, 2021. Nursery and primary schools reopened on Monday across France after a three-week closure in the first step out of the country's partial lockdown. Meanwhile, high schools students are following online classes. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus, pool)

France reopens schools as virus patients numbers peak

By SYLVIE CORBET - Associated Press

Police officers gather next to the Police station in Rambouillet, south west of Paris, Friday, April 23, 2021. A French police officer was stabbed to death inside her police station Friday near the famed historic Rambouillet chateau, and her attacker was shot and killed by officers at the scene, authorities said. The identity and the motive of the assailant were not immediately clear, a national police spokesperson told The Associated Press. The police officer was a 49-year-old administrative employee in the station, the spokesperson said. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)

French probe of police station killing focused on motive

By ELAINE GANLEY and MICHEL EULER - Associated Press