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France pushes for safe, cost-free Hormuz transit while G7 readies crisis response

France's Economy and Finance Minister Roland Lescure gives a speech during the opening press conference for the Finance and Digital tracks of the French G7 Presidency at the French Economy Ministry in Paris on February 3, 2026.

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View of firemen and a rescuers in the rue des Rosiers after the French-Jewish delicatessen restaurant Jo Goldenberg was attacked on August 9, 1982 in Paris by gunmen that threw a grenade into the restaurant and shot at customers with sub-machine guns, killing six customers and injuring 22 others.

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