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France Trains Paralyzed By Sabotage As Olympics Get Underway PARIS (Worthy News) – French Prime Minister Gabriel Attal said Friday that the “intelligence services are mobilized” after authorities said train services in France, including the international Eurostar service, were disrupted in a “coordinated sabotage effort.” The disruption came just hours before the inauguration ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games when the nation was on high alert for possible terror attacks.

PARIS — Outgoing French Prime Minister Gabriel Attal said that sabotage and arson that hit key parts of France’s high speed rail network on the eve of the Olympics had “a clear objective: blocking the high speed train network.” He said the vandals strategically targeted the main routes from the north, east and west toward Paris, hours before the city hosts the Olympics opening ceremony. Speaking to reporters Attal said there will be “massive consequences,” with “hundreds of thousands” of people stuck while trying to visit Paris for the Games...

In France, a series of apparently coordinated arson and vandalism attacks have shut down the high-speed rail network near Paris, just hours ahead of the opening ceremony of the Summer Olympics. Some 800,000 travelers were impacted by cancellations and delays. Eurostar said its services between London and Paris had also been affected. We’ll have more on the Summer Olympics later in the broadcast.

With just hours to go before the Olympics opening ceremony, arson attacks disrupt traffic on France’s high-speed train lines. And following a Supreme Court ruling banning sleeping in public spaces, California Governor Gavin Newsom issues an executive order to remove homeless encampments. These stories and more highlight The Morning Rundown for Friday, July 26, 2024. Authorities are investigating what’s being called “a malicious attack” on France’s high-speed rail network.

A major rail system in France has been massively disrupted ahead of the 2024 Paris Olympics Opening Ceremonies later today.Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français (SNCF) tweeted Friday morning that "Following this massive attack aimed at paralyzing the high-speed line network, a large number of trains were diverted or canceled."Jean-Pierre Farandou, the CEO of SNCF, told reporters Friday the attacks on the rail system included "arson" and intentionally damaging cables.

French transport minister Patrice Vergriete has condemned “malicious acts” that have severely disrupted travel across the country on the day of the opening ceremony for the Paris 2024 Olympics. High-speed trains including Eurostar were hit by what the national rail company SNCF called a series of co-ordinated arson attacks, although there was no immediate evidence of a link to the Games. SNCF said its Atlantic, North and East networks were damaged in the incidents, but that an attempted attack in the South-East was foiled. Vergriete wrote in a post on...

PARIS (AP) — France's high-speed rail network was hit Friday with widespread and “criminal” acts of vandalism including arson attacks, paralyzing travel to Paris from across the rest of France and Europe only hours before the grand opening ceremony of the Olympics. French officials described the attacks as “criminal actions" and said they were investigating whether they were linked to the Olympic Games. The disruptions as the world's eye was turning to Paris were expected to affect a quarter of a million people on Friday and endure through the weekend,...

Several Eurostar trains between Paris and London were cancelled Friday after a massive sabotage attack on France's high-speed rail network, the company said.

"All trains departing and towards Paris will be diverted onto the normal line on Friday," Eurostar said on its website, meaning they will take an extra 90 minutes on a route that usually takes around two hours and 20 minutes.

British families heading to Europe on the first weekend of the summer holidays are facing travel chaos today. Holidaymakers are facing huge tailbacks at the Port of Dover amid a 'weekend of woe' on Britain's roads, while delays are being felt across the Gatwick Express and the Eurostar. Huge queues have formed at London's St Pancras station after a series of fires hit French high-speed rail lines, hours before the Paris Olympic Games opening ceremony. Several Eurostar trains to Paris have been cancelled and others diverted after 'co-ordinated acts of...