France Bars US Ambassador Kushner From Government Access After He Skips Meeting on Activist's Death

France has revoked direct government access for U.S. Ambassador Charles Kushner after he failed to appear for a meeting with the French foreign minister, who demanded the ambassador explain the Trump administration's provocative comments about the fatal beating of a far-right nationalist student in Lyon. The extraordinary diplomatic sanction escalates a confrontation that began when France merely summoned the envoy — and now threatens to become the most serious Franco-American rift since the Iraq War. Hundreds have marched in Lyon as the killing of the activist deepens France's political divisions, with Macron urging calm while the far left faces a reckoning.