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France

Beach to reopen now that king left

King Salman of Saudi Arabia unexpectedly left the French Riviera on Sunday, local officials said, adding that a beach that had been controversially closed for the royal's holiday will now reopen to the public. Eight days after arriving in southern France for what was billed as a three-week luxury vacation, the monarch boarded a flight from the Nice airport to the Moroccan city of Tangiers, Alpes-Maritimes region official Philippe Castanet said.