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WASHINGTON (AP) — The latest on President Barack Obama’s meeting with French President Francois Hollande at the White House on the fight against the Islamic State group:

10:25 a.m.

President Barack Obama and French President Francois Hollande (frahn-SWAH’ oh-LAWND’) have started their Oval Office meeting on the global response to the Islamic State group.

Hollande arrived at the White House midmorning Tuesday. The two planned to take questions at a news conference following their meeting.

The sit-down comes less than two weeks after the Islamic State group launched a series of deadly attacks in Paris. The visit has been complicated by Turkey’s shoot-down of a Russian warplane on Tuesday.

Hollande’s trip to Washington is part of a diplomatic push to get the international community to bolster the campaign against the Islamic State. But he’s likely to leave Washington without firm backing for his call to bring Russia into a new coalition to fight the extremists.

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