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France's Cannes Film Festival Hit by Suspected Sabotage Blackouts

5/26/2025

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Southeast France was rocked by two significant blackouts in just one day, raising alarms of possible sabotage. The first outage plunged 160,000 homes into darkness, disrupting the glamorous Cannes Film Festival. Hours later, a transformer fire in Nice left 45,000 households powerless. Authorities are investigating these incidents as potential acts of organized arson or terrorism.

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Southeast France was rocked by two significant blackouts in just one day, raising alarms of possible sabotage. The first outage plunged 160,000 homes into darkness, disrupting the glamorous Cannes Film Festival. Hours later, a transformer fire in Nice left 45,000 households powerless. Authorities are investigating these incidents as potential acts of organized arson or terrorism.