Olympic Games begin in Paris amid attack on rail system
The World
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4.6 • 943 Ratings
🗓️ 26 July 2024
⏱️ 49 minutes
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The Olympic Games have begun in Paris, despite a massive sabotage campaign against France’s rail system. Also, Canada's wildfire season is well under way and has already sparked evacuations, destroyed homes and burned forests across national parks. And, two leading Mexican drug lords from the Sinaloa Cartel have been arrested by authorities in the US. Plus, a new study finds that scribes in ancient Egypt suffered from repetitive stress injuries.
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| 0:00.0 | A wildfire is destroying the town of Jasper and the Canadian Rockies, but one resident thinks Mother Nature knows what she's doing. |
| 0:11.6 | Within a week to two, after being allowed back in, |
| 0:14.4 | we will walk through the charred blackness |
| 0:16.5 | and you will see the greenery coming up underneath |
| 0:19.6 | that it will look neon in comparison. |
| 0:22.9 | I'm Marker Werman today that fire and what comes next for Jasper. |
| 0:26.7 | Also in Venezuela an authoritarian president now faces a popular rival who gives people hope. We can Arabia has been named to host next year's Olympic e-sports. |
| 0:39.0 | I want Saudi to be on that list where when you think about gaming it's one of the places you |
| 0:43.4 | think about. Why that's controversial and will take you to the Paris Olympics |
| 0:47.7 | happening now. All that and more today here on the world. This is the world. |
| 0:55.0 | This is the world. |
| 0:59.0 | I'm Marco Wherman. |
| 1:00.0 | It is great to have you with us on this Friday. |
| 1:02.0 | It is opening day for the Paris Olympics. |
| 1:05.0 | The headline though is less rosy, a massive sabotage operation has hobbled trains across France. |
| 1:11.0 | Authorities say arson has damaged transport infrastructure, leaving tens of thousands of passengers |
| 1:16.4 | stranded on platforms across a country, including in Paris. |
| 1:20.6 | The opening ceremonies for the Summer Olympics though they have not been interrupted |
| 1:24.0 | athletes are arriving by boat on the Sen and huge crowds have gathered to see them come in. |
| 1:28.7 | The world's Jerry Haddon joins us from the banks of the San and Paris to give us the latest on everything |
| 1:34.1 | that's happening. So first Jerry bring us up to speed on the widespread |
| 1:37.2 | sabotage of France's much lauded train system. Sure it's a story that's moving really fast, but what we know as of now is that last night |
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