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Justine Triet: French director takes top prize at Cannes

CANNES, France: French director Justine Triet became the third woman to win the top prize Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival on Saturday with her gripping and icy "Anatomy of a Fall".

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France's Triet becomes third female director to win Cannes' top prize

French director Justine Triet became the third female director to win the Cannes Film Festival's Palme d'Or on Saturday, beating out 20 other films in competition for the top prize.

Reuters

France's Triet wins Cannes' Palme d'Or for 'Anatomy of a Fall'

French director Justine Triet won the 2023 Cannes Film Festival's top prize, the Palme d'Or, on Saturday for her courtroom drama "Anatomy of a Fall".

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Justine Triet’s Palme d’Or wraps up vintage year for women in Cannes

Justine Triet won a richly deserved Palme d’Or on Saturday for her French Alps courtroom drama “Anatomy of a Fall”, becoming only the third female director to win cinema’s most prestigious prize. But it was a bittersweet win for the home country’s government, whose “repression” of pension protests she blasted…

France 24

France’s losing battle to stop children accessing porn online

Despite legal measures to protect youngsters from pornography online, a new study shows a third of France's under 18s look at porn websites at least once a month, including boys as young as ten.

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Plastic-spewing artwork unveiled for Paris talks against waste

Lobbyists Greenpeace unveiled an artwork in Paris on Saturday in the shape of a machine churning out bottles in front of an oil derrick to coincide with talks on eliminating plastic waste.

Reuters

France, Netherlands ink deal on Caribbean 'footrace frontier'

France and the Netherlands have signed a historic accord demarcating the border between the two countries on the island of Saint Martin in the Caribbean.

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France to launch bird flu vaccination programme after 'satisfactory' tests

France confirmed its aim to launch a vaccination programme against bird flu in the autumn after results from a series of tests on the vaccination of ducks showed "satisfactory effectiveness", the farm ministry said.

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Five European city breaks for art and culture on a budget

From classical opera in Kraków to outdoor sculpture in San Sebastián, here’s where to find great art, music and film without breaking the bank

The Guardian - UK

2023 French Open live stream: How to watch tennis at Roland-Garros online

The 2023 French Open live stream will give you all the tennis action from Roland-Garros as it happens online.

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Paris bomb plot mastermind swapped with aid worker in Iran-Belgium deal

Belgium and Iran exchanged prisoners on Friday in a controversial move that saw an Iranian diplomat convicted of attempting to bomb exiles in France returning to Tehran bedecked in flowers while a visibly gaunt aid worker headed back to Brussels.

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UK, France, Italy, Germany and U.S. condemn Kosovo violence

Britain, France, Italy, Germany and the United States condemned Kosovo's decision to force access to municipal buildings in northern Kosovo on Friday, calling on the authorities to step back and de-escalate the situation.

Reuters

East Midlands Airport bound Ryanair flight diverted to France after passenger fell ill

The medical emergency, which affected the budget airline's flight from Reus, Spain to East Midlands Airport in Castle Donington, occurred on Wednesday, May 24

Nottingham Post

Le Mans: Where to eat, drink, shop, and stay in the motorsport capital of France

With its movie-inspiring medieval architecture, vibrant street art and verdant parks, there’s more to Le Mans than its motorsports legacy, says Zoe Smith

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Ageing maestros and strong women at epic Cannes fest

CANNES, France: This year's Cannes Film Festival has been an epic mix of ground-breaking women's perspectives and nostalgic homages to icons of the 20th century.

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Watch Metallica dust off I Disappear live for 80,000 French metal fans

Metallica unveil pro-shot footage of them playing live rarity I Disappear at Stade de France

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Azeri envoy to France sees chance of Armenia peace deal at Europe summit

Azerbaijan and Armenia could sign a peace settlement in their decades-old conflict over the territory of Nagorno-Karabakh when their leaders meet at a European summit next week, Baku's envoy to France said on Friday.

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French soldiers accused of failing to help in English Channel migrant tragedy

French magistrates have filed preliminary charges against five maritime rescue personnel over the deaths of 27 people who drowned while trying to cross the English Channel in a flimsy dinghy in November 2021.

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Postcard from Cannes #5: Take a drink at the fountain of youth

Ken Loach, Nanni Moretti, Wim Wenders: there’s no shortage of veteran directors in competition at the Cannes Film Festival this year. But the industry is witnessing a generational overhaul, with new talent climbing quickly up the ranks in both France and abroad.

France 24

France charges military personnel over migrant deaths in 2021 English Channel tragedy

French magistrates on Thursday filed preliminary charges against five French maritime rescue personnel in a probe of the deadly sinking of a flimsy migrant craft in the English Channel in 2021 that killed 27 people.

The Hindu

England advances, France loses to Gambia at Under-20 World Cup

England reached the knockout stage of the Under-20 World Cup with a 3-2 win over Uruguay on May 25, living up to expectations as one of the title favourites at the tournament.

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Saint Omer uses a real-life child murder trial to sensitively explore the migrant experience and mother-daughter dynamics

Senegalese-French documentarian Alice Diop's debut narrative feature film is a thoughtful and complex examination of a bizarre, tragic case that caused a sensation across France.

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Department defends sending gardaí to France as 'useful' with officers going to Disneyland

The Irish Mirror revealed that the French Ambassador Vicent Guérend said a pilot scheme that saw gardai work in northern France last summer was so successful that it has been extended to other parts of the country this year. This includes EuroDisney in Paris.

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Monaco Grand Prix live stream: how to watch the F1 free online and on TV – Qualifying

Follow our guide on how to watch a Monaco Grand Prix live stream anywhere – punching in the fastest time in Qualifying is absolutely paramount at the Circuit de Monaco.

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