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Angry taxi drivers block airport as Cannes festival opens

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Angry taxi drivers block airport as Cannes festival opensFrench taxi drivers blocked Nice airport Tuesday over a dispute with online ride-hailing services, snarling traffic for hours as film-makers and movie moguls tried to reach the nearby Cannes film festival. Traffic in and out of the airport’s two terminals was disrupted and a woman taxi driver was knocked down, with the driver’s union threatening to stage another blockade on Friday. A police source told AFP tensions between the rival drivers traditionally escalate ahead of the world’s biggest film festival, which runs from May 14 to 26.