A man suspected of having planned the kidnapping of two French journalists who were murdered in Mali is a Tuareg drug trafficker linked to the north African al-Qaida branch, a prosecutor said Wednesday.

The man, Bayes Ag Bakabo, is a key suspect in the kidnapping which led to the deaths of Radio France Internationale journalists Ghislaine Dupont, 57, and Claude Verlon, 55.

French President Francois Hollande and U.S. President Barack Obama on Wednesday jointly urged Iran to accept a deal presented by world powers on its nuclear program, Hollande's office said.

In a statement issued after a call between the two leaders, they also expressed support for the text of an agreement put forward by world powers at recent talks in Geneva.

A French appeals court on Wednesday approved the extradition of two Rwandans wanted by Kigali for their alleged role in the 1994 genocide that claimed some 800,000 lives.

The ruling on Claude Muhayimana, 52, a French citizen since 2010, and Innocent Musabyimana, 41, is not final and can still be challenged.

A weekly newspaper with a front page comparing a black government minister to a monkey hit newsstands in France on Wednesday, despite legal objections and a nationwide outcry over the racist slur.

Amid mounting concern over similar recent incidents, the far-right satirical publication Minute went on sale with a cover featuring a picture of Justice Minister Christiane Taubira and headlines which read: "Crafty as a monkey" and "Taubira gets her banana back."

A boatload of about 30 migrants at risk of capsizing in the Mediterranean were rescued when a relative alerted police outside Paris, thousands of kilometers away, French authorities said Tuesday.

When stormy weather threatened to overturn the small boat late Saturday night, an Iraqi Kurd on board called his brother in France.

France's justice minister has been publicly subjected to racist taunts for the third time in barely a month, triggering a wave of outrage Tuesday over the hounding of the country's top black politician.

In the wake of two highly-publicized incidents in which the minister, Christiane Taubira, was compared to a monkey, far right weekly magazine Minute published a cover page with the headline "Crafty as a monkey, Taubira gets her banana back".

Hecklers jeered Francois Hollande during war commemorations Tuesday, marring Remembrance Day and piling further misery on France's most unpopular president on record.

The unusual incident, which was condemned by the government and part of the opposition, came amid mounting nationwide discontent over stinging unemployment and rising taxes.

France said Monday world powers were close to a long-awaited agreement with Iran on its disputed nuclear program, despite failure to reach a deal at negotiations in Geneva that some blame on Paris.

"We are not far from an agreement with the Iranians but we are not there yet," Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said on Europe 1 radio.

One of around 15 people hurt in an accidental explosion during rehearsals for a Paris musical died overnight of a heart attack, police said Saturday.

The man, an employee of the show whose heart had stopped when rescue workers arrived on the scene Friday evening, died in a Paris hospital, police said.

French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said Saturday there was "no certainty" at this stage that a deal on Iran's disputed nuclear program could be reached between Tehran and world powers in Geneva.

Speaking to France Inter radio from the Swiss city as a third day of talks opened, Fabius also pointed to a need to take into account "concerns" from Israel.