{
  "id": 7100529,
  "title": "France issues discreet apology to lift US block on new ambassador to Washington",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/13/france-issues-discreet-apology-to-lift-us-block-on-new-ambassador-to",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-13T11:48:24.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Le Monde English",
    "slug": "le-monde-english",
    "url": "https://www.lemonde.fr/en/international/article/2026/09/13/france-issues-discreet-apology-to-lift-us-block-on-new-ambassador-to-washington_6757471_4.html"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The French diplomatic service's appointment of Aurélien Lechevallier, who is close to President Emmanuel Macron, had been frozen in the US due to a July 25 statement in which the service criticized Washington's stance on human rights. An official statement of contrition was issued on Friday.",
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "The Local France",
        "title": "France apologizes for UN diplomatic spat with Washington",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/13/france-apologizes-for-un-diplomatic-spat-with-washington",
        "published": "2026-09-13T07:27:24.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "France 24",
        "title": "France apologises for diplomatic spat with US to lift block on new ambassador to Washington",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/13/france-apologises-for-diplomatic-spat-with-us-to-lift-block-on-new",
        "published": "2026-09-13T09:01:17.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}