Issue #27030: The re.LOCALE flag now can be used only with bytes patterns.

(Just updated NEWS.)

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 - Issue #27030: Unknown escapes consisting of ``'\'`` and ASCII letter in
-  regular expressions now are errors.
+  regular expressions now are errors.  The re.LOCALE flag now can be used
+  only with bytes patterns.
 
 - Issue #27186: Add os.PathLike support to DirEntry (part of PEP 519).
   Initial patch by Jelle Zijlstra.