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PPN World News Headlines - 26 Jul 2024
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7/26/2024
• Iran threatens Israeli athletes • Warplanes near Alaska
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We begin with breaking news coming out of France, where a series of arson attacks have
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disrupted the country's high-speed rail network just hours before the Olympic opening
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ceremony in Paris.
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Authorities say rail lines, including those passing through Montparnasse in the capital,
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have been severely affected.
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The route to the Stade de France venue has been closed.
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Repairs are underway, but officials say restrictions could last throughout the weekend.
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The Games are set to make history with the opening ceremony taking place outdoors instead
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of in a stadium.
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On the eve of the opening ceremony, authorities tonight say they foiled an alleged Russian
01:01
plot to disrupt the Summer Games in Paris.
01:04
A Cordon Bleu-trained chef is reportedly under arrest for trying to provoke hostilities
01:08
in France.
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Though French officials haven't identified the suspect, a joint investigation by France's
01:13
Le Mans, Germany's Der Spiegel and the Russia-focused The Insider identified him as 40-year-old
01:18
Kirill Gryaznov.
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He is an FSB officer, which is a Russian intelligence officer, who spent 14 years living
01:25
in France posing as a chef.
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And tonight, facing international outcry over the war in Gaza, Israel accusing Iran of trying
01:33
to intimidate Israel's Olympic team.
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They claim 15 athletes received death threats by email and phone, with imagery echoing the
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horrific 1972 attack at the Munich Games.
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France's Interior Minister has thanked Belgium after authorities carried out 14 raids across
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the country and detained seven people over suspected terrorist activities.
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Belgium's Federal Prosecutor's Office said that all the people concerned are suspected
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of participating in the activities of a terrorist group.
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Thursday's raids happened a day before the opening of the Olympic Games in Paris.
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450,000 police officers from 44 countries are taking part in the security operation
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to secure the opening ceremony.
02:29
For the first time ever, two Chinese military planes have been intercepted in international
02:34
waters near Alaska.
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That's according to the North American Aerospace Defense Command.
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The Chinese bombers were accompanied by two Russian long-range bombers yesterday.
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U.S. and Canadian fighter jets were sent up in response, but things ended without incident.
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A Philippines oil tanker capsized and sank in Manila Bay earlier on Thursday local time,
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spilling some 1.5 million liters of industrial fuel, while one of its 17 crew members was
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reportedly killed.
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Surviving crew members stated that the motor tanker Terra Nova left Bataan province en
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route to the central province of Iloilo when it was met with huge waves and capsized, despite
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the crew's efforts to steer the ship back to port.
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Coast Guard spokesperson Armando Balillo said that an aerial survey estimates that the oil
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spills could to be currently contained within a 3.7-kilometer vicinity from where the tanker
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sank.
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Take a look at them.
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Suspected drug lords Ismael Elmayo Zambada and Joaquin Guzman Lopez captured Thursday
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during an FBI investigation ending in El Paso, Texas.
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New video showing the plane believed to be carrying both men arrived to an airport in
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New Mexico.
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The alleged leaders of the Sinaloa cartel, one of the most violent and powerful drug
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trafficking organizations in the world, now facing a slew of criminal charges tied to
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manufacturing and peddling cocaine, heroin, meth, and fentanyl.
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As Morocco experiences an intense heat wave, the health ministry says that more than 20
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people have died over the past 24 hours in the central city of Benimalal.
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Officials say most of those who passed away were either elderly or suffering from chronic
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illnesses, with the heat contributing to the deterioration of their health.
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They have urged citizens to drink lots of water and to avoid going outside at times
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of extreme heat.
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