The Outlandish Scheme Behind the Nord Stream Pipeline Sabotage

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🗓️ 15 August 2024

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A.M. Edition for Aug. 15. WSJ correspondent Bojan Pancevski explains how a group of Ukrainians pulled off one of the most audacious acts of sabotage in modern history with their 2022 attack on natural-gas pipelines carrying Russian gas to Europe. Plus, Gaza ceasefire talks resume without Hamas at the table. And Columbia University President Minouche Shafik becomes the fifth Ivy League leader to resign over the past year. 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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0:16.4	Gaza ceasefire talks resume but without Hamas at the table. Plus the president of
0:24.9	Columbia University resigns becoming the fifth Ivy League leader to do so
0:29.1	over the past year and we've got the incredible true story of who attacked Russia's Nord Stream pipeline.
0:36.0	The idea was dreamt during a drunken night sometime early May in Kyiv.
0:42.0	Some of them were military officers.
0:44.2	Businessmen helped fund the project
0:47.3	which was executed under the command of the Ukrainian military.
0:51.4	It's Thursday, August 15th. I'm Luke Vargas for the Wall Street. the stories moving your world today.
1:11.0	Ceasefire talks on ending the fighting in Gaza are set to resume today in Doha Qatar. We're going to be seeing top Israeli officials including Israel Spy Chief
1:14.8	and its Internal Security Chief, as well as CAA Chief William Burns.
1:18.4	That's journal reporter Annot Pellet, who told us Hamas is so far refusing to participate in the US-led diplomatic
1:26.0	push. Earlier this week the group's new political leader told Arab mediators
1:30.4	that if Israel is serious about negotiations and wants Hamas to participate, it must
1:35.3	first stop its military operations in Gaza, a request that Israel is unlikely to meet.
1:41.4	And yet, with the region bracing for a possible retaliatory strike by Iran against
1:46.0	Israel, Anant said the stakes for these ceasefire talks may be higher than ever.
1:50.5	We not only have the lives of hostages, Israeli, and foreigners on the line, the future of the battered Gaza enclave, but also the prospect of a wider regional war with Iran and its allies.
2:01.0	The Gaza ceasefire talks are seen as sort of this key that can really unlock a lot of
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