"You can be too good at your job," joked Caleb Landry Jones, who has fast developed a reputation for playing creepy characters u.afp.com/UEwN#CannesFilmFestival
#UPDATE French film director Julia Ducournau, who on Saturday won the Cannes festival's top prize for "Titane", developed a taste for skin-crawling bodily transformations early on in life thanks to her parents, both doctors
If you blinked you will have missed Renate Reinsve's movie career until she became the undisputed breakout star of the #CannesFilmFestival, taking home the best actress award
#UPDATE Shock-fest "Titane" took home the top prize Palme d'Or at Cannes on Saturday, revealed early at the closing ceremony in an embarrassing slip-up by jury president Spike Lee
#BREAKING UK PM to self-isolate when not working, following minister's infection: Downing St
#UPDATES UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson will undertake "only essential government business" in the week ahead after he was designated a close contact, following Health Secretary Sajid Javid’s confirmation he had tested positive
#UPDATE UK PM #BorisJohnson will undertake "only essential government business" in the week ahead and will self-isolate when not working, Downing Street says, after he was designated a close contact of Covid-positive Health Secretary #SajidJavidu.afp.com/UE5h
#BREAKING Flood death toll rises to 156 in Germany, 183 for Europe: police
#UPDATES Death toll from devastating floods rises to 156 in Germany, police say, bringing total to at least 183 in western Europe In Rhineland-Palatinate state alone, one of worst-hit German regions, police report 110 dead, up from 98
Chancellor Angela Merkel is to visit flood-ravaged areas in Germany to survey the damage and meet survivors, after days of extreme rainfall in western Europe leave at least 183 people dead and dozens missing u.afp.com/UE5Z
#BREAKING Two athletes positive for Covid-19 in Olympic Village: officials
#UPDATES Two athletes become the first to test positive for coronavirus in the Tokyo Olympic Village, officials say
Cases come day after an unidentified person became the first to test positive in the Village which will house competitors during #Tokyo2020
Two athletes test positive for coronavirus in the Tokyo Olympic Village after a team colleague is also infected, officials say, raising fears of a cluster just days before the opening ceremony #Tokyo2020#AFPsportsu.afp.com/UEiz
#BREAKING Death toll from German floods rises to 133, 153 in Europe: authorities
#UPDATES "According to current information, 90 people lost their lives" in the Rhineland-Palatinate region, one of the worst hit, police in Koblenz say
A further 43 people have died in neighbouring North Rhine-Westphalia, and 20 in Belgium
Troops and firefighters are called in to help villagers launch a mammoth clean up after the worst floods to hit western Europe in decades leaves over 150 people dead and dozens more missing u.afp.com/UEoQ
#BREAKING The World Health Organization said the second stage of an investigation into the origins of the novel coronavirus should include further studies in China and lab "audits"
#BREAKING Social media misinformation on Covid 'killing people:' Biden
#BREAKING Britain says vaccinated travellers from France must still quarantine