Fix error when clicking on link

[heavyweight]

Fixes https://github.com/Automattic/dotcom-forge/issues/9032

Sentry errors brought to our attention that navigation can break when clicking on a link via the help center.

https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/86076287-11e3-4293-9aeb-507ed525b62b

Proposed Changes

• Use CSS.escape when selecting the element

Why are these changes being made?

• Fix navigation in special cases

Testing Instructions

• Checkout this PR
• Change the language to fr
• Follow the same steps from the videos
• Navigation should work after clicking the link

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This PR modifies the release build for the following Calypso Apps:

For info about this notification, see here: PCYsg-OT6-p2

• help-center
• notifications
• wpcom-block-editor

To test WordPress.com changes, run install-plugin.sh $pluginSlug fix/hc-article-link-error on your sandbox.

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Here is how your PR affects size of JS and CSS bundles shipped to the user's browser:

Async-loaded Components (~10 bytes added 📈 [gzipped])

``` name parsed_size gzip_size async-load-automattic-help-center +27 B (+0.0%) +10 B (+0.0%) ``` React components that are loaded lazily, when a certain part of UI is displayed for the first time.

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