Cannes, France, May 24, 2025 (AFP) - Cannes hit by power sabotage as film festival draws to a close

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2025-05-24

Suspected vandalism knocked out power to the French Riviera town Cannes on the final day of its film festival on Saturday, but organisers said the show would go on at their glitzy closing ceremony. A suspected arson attack on a local substation and the sabotage of an electricity pylon along the coast were blamed for the more than five-hour outage. Festival goers and tourists were left scrambling for paper money during the black-out, which left......

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