The US ambassador to Israel said it was ‘revolting’ that France intends to recognize Palestine as a state.

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The alleged slap as they arrived in Vietnam yesterday is not the first time their relationship has come under scrutiny.

‘It’s not a very good indication of what goes on behind the scenes,’ a body language expert told Metro.

The Lady T is being held at Boulogne after being seized by the French authorities.

‘Malicious acts’ have been blamed for a major electricity outage across southern France on the last day of the 78th Cannes Film Festival.

Authorities have confirmed that the blackout in large parts of the French Riviera is not a technical failure – but the result of suspected sabotage.

The cause of the power cut, which began just after 10am (8am GMT), was a fire in a substation in the nearby village of Tanneron.

Police sources, who asked not to be named, told AFP this was probably an arson attack.

Grid operator RTE said 160,000 homes had been affected in Cannes and the surrounding area.

Although power has already been restored after the incident, the network remains fragile. 

‘A major power outage is currently affecting the western Alpes-Maritimes region. RTE services are currently working to restore the situation,’ the Alpes-Maritimes prefecture stated. 

Final day of festival disrupted

The ‘malicious’ act falls on the last day of Cannes Film Festival, just hours before the closing ceremony.

The festival said it had ‘switched to an alternative electricity power supply, which enables us to maintain the events and screenings planned for today in normal conditions, including the closing ceremony’.

Morning screenings at the festival’s cinemas were also briefly interrupted while the supply switched over to generators.

Film critic Matthew Turner told Metro that smaller screening rooms, on the periphery of the festival, will be most affected.

He said some venues are located as far as 30 minutes by bus from the heart of the festival and attendees there will have their schedule impacted.

‘It is kind of business as usual in the Palais des Festivals et des Congrès and chaos literally everywhere else,’ Matthew explained.

Trains cancelled and traffic in disarray

Traffic lights have been knocked out across Cannes causing snarls, while shops on one of the main streets had to close.

Multiple trains are delayed or even cancelled due to the power outage.

France’s national state-owned railway company, SNCF, posted an update on X: ‘Signal failure in Cannes.Traffic is disrupted in the direction of Grasse towards Antibes. Delays are to be expected.’

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Critics have been harsh, but it did get a 12-minute standing ovation.

Critics have been harsh, but it did get a 12-minute standing ovation.

The region was placed under an orange alert by Meteo-France.

At least three people have died due to the flooding.

Three of his former partners made allegations.

And you technically land in three countries at once.

The flight took an unexpected turn.

The child’s father intervened and fought the kidnappers off.

One of the most prominent #MeToo cases in France.

‘Disinformation goes so far as to make a simply tissue look like drugs’.

‘Disinformation goes so far as to make a simply tissue look like drugs’.

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She was found viciously stabbed outside of her French home last week.

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She was found stabbed after coming back from a village wine tasting.

She was lying near her car with five stab wounds, pointing to ‘ferocious violence and a desire to kill’.

‘Her wounds indicated a particularly violent attack and their locations showed an intention to kill.’

Spain, Portugal and parts of France were crippled yesterday.