AP Top Headlines at 8:42 a.m. EDT

French authorities have ordered nearly 4,000 more people to evacuate from tourist sites on the Atlantic coastMediators have made progress in efforts to bring the United States and Iran back to negotiations and prevent an all-out war in the Middle EastThe Trump administration is preparing to ramp up funding by hundreds of millions of dollars for programs designed to counter China’s growing influence worldwideIsraeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s meeting with President Donald Trump is the first since the two leaders launched a joint war against Iran and a chance for Netanyahu to smooth out strains in their relationshipNewly released audio tapes appear to show Joe Biden sharing classified information with a biographer and sometimes claiming memory lapses during interviews that occurred