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Arts24 in Cannes: Francis Ford Coppola premieres 'Megalopolis', most ambitious project of his career

It's said to have been re-written up to 300 times in 40 years ... Francis Ford Coppola's "Megalopolis" finally premiered in Cannes on Thursday, with star Adam Driver on the red carpet. The director won the festival's top prize – the Palme d’Or – in 1974 with "The Conversation" and…

France 24 · May 16, 2024

Cannes hosts red carpet rally, Coppola’s comeback and a meeting with Pol Pot

Hollywood legend Francis Ford Coppola brought his decades-in-the-making “Megalopolis” to the Cannes Film Festival and Cambodia’s Rithy Panh delivered another sobering chronicle of the Khmer Rouge genocide on a day that saw dozens of women join France’s #MeToo icon Judith Godrèche on the red carpet to denounce sexual violence and…

France 24 · May 16, 2024

Photos: Bellator Champions Series: Paris ceremonial weigh-ins and fighter faceoffs

Check out these photos from the Bellator Champions Series: Paris ceremonial weigh-ins in Paris, France.

USA Today Sports Media Group · May 16, 2024

Hundreds of police officers hunt for France’s prison-break gang as ‘The Fly’ remains at large

Prison van containing Mohamed Amra ambushed by gunmen in bloody attack that left two guards dead. France’s interior minister calls them ‘public enemies number one’

The Independent UK · May 16, 2024

Families can save hundreds of pounds on a Center Parcs holiday – by swapping the UK for Europe

Even with the added travel costs, there are ‘significant’ savings to be found on the continent

The Independent UK · May 16, 2024

Henry Slade ends speculation about France move by staying at Exeter

The England centre has been in outstanding form for club and country.

The Independent UK · May 16, 2024

Senegal's Sonko welcomes hard-left Mélenchon in symbolic visit to Dakar

French hard left leader Jean-Luc Mélenchon is on a four-day visit to Senegal, where he became the first French political figure to be received by the new government under the leadership of Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko.

Radio France Internationale · May 16, 2024

Why are protests against France raging in New Caledonia?

Recent demonstrations against local election reforms by France have turned violent and prompted a lockdown.

Al Jazeera · May 16, 2024

Revealed – the no-fly zone across northern France during Paris Olympics opening ceremony

Exclusive: easyJet has cancelled almost 100 flights to and from the key airports in the French capital during the event

The Independent UK · May 16, 2024

In Georgia, Russian émigrés see familiar Kremlin tactics

After Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, an estimated 100,000 Russians found refuge in the neighbouring Caucasus republic of Georgia. Many continue to work in the IT services sector for Russian firms. Others have opened their own businesses. Most express their solidarity with the thousands of Georgians demonstrating…

France 24 · May 16, 2024