Sabotage Snarls French Trains as Olympics Begin

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🗓️ 26 July 2024

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A.M. Edition for July 26. Fires set around France’s rail network have brought service on several high-speed lines to a halt on the day of the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics. WSJ reporter Matthew Dalton says the disruptions could drag on for days. Plus, former President Barack Obama endorses Kamala Harris’s presidential bid. And U.S. authorities arrest a Mexican drug kingpin after he was tricked into flying to Texas. Luke Vargas hosts. Sign up for the WSJ’s free What’s News newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:18.0	A massive act of sabotage halts trains across France just hours before the Olympic opening ceremony.
0:26.0	There are 250,000 travelers who are currently impacted and that figure will rise to 800,000 by the end of the weekend.
0:35.0	It's a kind of nightmare on the opening day of the Olympics for the government.
0:38.0	Plus the Obama's back Kamala Harris for president,
0:42.0	solidifying her Democratic Party support, and U.S. agents arrest
0:46.4	a Mexican drug lord in Texas.
0:49.2	It's Friday, July 26th, I'm Luke Vargas for the Wall Street Journal and here is the AM edition of
0:54.6	What's News?
0:56.0	The top headlines and business stories moving your world today.
1:02.2	We begin in France where the country's rail service has been hit by a massive act of
1:07.4	sabotage hours before the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games in Paris.
1:12.1	Officials say fires were set this morning at
1:15.0	multiple sites around France's rail network disrupting service on lines that
1:19.7	bring traffic to Paris from different parts of the country.
1:23.0	W.S.J. reporter Matthew Dalton has the latest.
1:26.0	Lines serving the north, the southwest, and the east were all disrupted.
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