France, U.K. leaders head to Washington

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British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, left, and French President Emmanuel Macron shake hands ahead of a bilateral meeting at Chequers, near Aylesbury, England, Thursday Jan. 9, 2025. (Toby Melville/Pool Photo via AP, File) LONDON (AP) — The leaders of France and Britain are making tag-team visits to Washington this week as Europe attempts to persuade U.S. President Donald Trump not to abandon Ukraine in pursuit of a peace deal in the three-year-old war with Russia. There is an element of good cop, bad cop in efforts by U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer and French President Emmanuel Macron to salvage American...