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Coverage dated May 23, 2025

Cannes film festival impacted as major power cut hits southern France

Headline from Local News 8

By Catherine Nicholls, CNN (CNN) — A major power cut across southern France left around 160,000 homes without electricity on Saturday and impacted the town of Cannes, which is currently hosting its annual international film festival. The power outage began at around 10 a.m. local time (4 a.m.

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  1. Local News 8

    Cannes film festival impacted as major power cut hits southern France (opens Local News 8)

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    By Catherine Nicholls, CNN (CNN) — A major power cut across southern France left around 160,000 homes without electricity on Saturday and impacted the town of Cannes, which is currently hosting its annual international film festival. The power outage began at around 10 a.m. local time (4 a.m.

  2. Al Jazeera

    Arson attack probed as Cannes and parts of southern France suffer power cut (opens Al Jazeera)

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    Major power outage hits the prominent film festival on its closing day and impacts 160,000 homes in the area.

  3. KEYT Santa Barbara

    Cannes film festival impacted after major power cut hits southern France | News Channel 3-12 (opens KEYT Santa Barbara)

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    By Catherine Nicholls, CNN (CNN) — A major power cut across southern France left around 160,000 homes without electricity on Saturday and impacted

  4. KRDO

    Cannes film festival impacted after major power cut hits southern France (opens KRDO)

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    By Catherine Nicholls, CNN (CNN) — A major power cut across southern France left around 160,000 homes without electricity on Saturday and impacted

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