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The 74th edition of the Cannes film festival was declared open Tuesday by a bevy of acclaimed directors: Bong Joon-ho, Spike Lee, Pedro Almodovar, and Jodie Foster. BBC's Film Critic Emma Jones reports from Cannes.
Gunmen have kidnapped 140 students from a boarding school in northwestern Nigeria, a school official said on Monday, the latest in a wave of mass abductions targetting schoolchildren and students. Heavily-armed criminal gangs often attack villages to loot, steal cattle and abduct for ransom in northwest and central Nigeria, but since the start of the year they have increasingly targeted schools and colleges. FRANCE 24's Chinwe Ossundu tells us more.
The Taliban on Monday declared a three-day ceasefire for this week's Eid al-Fitr holiday, following a sharp spike in violence as Washington goes about withdrawing its remaining troops from Afghanistan.
Floods across central and eastern China have left more than 140 people dead and 38 million people affected, the waters swelling lakes and rivers to record highs. FRANCE 24 correspondent Charles Pellegrin says worse is expected to come.
Heavy snowfall in Saint-Etienne and bad weather in neighbouring dapartements (Drôme, Isère and Ardèche) have caused major power cuts across the region, resulting in a loss of electricity for some 140,000 households. Rail and road networks have also been disrupted. IMAGES
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