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Swifties disappointed after 3 shows are canceled in Vienna after terror threats

3:55am August 09, 2024

A suspected plan to attack Taylor Swift’s concerts in Vienna, Austria, prompted organizers to cancel the three scheduled performances. Needless to say fans are upset.

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Thousands of French soldiers are in Paris to help secure the Olympics

10:00pm August 08, 2024

by Eleanor Beardsley

Some 15 million people are expected to attend the Olympic games in Paris, which are now in their second week. Keeping them safe is a top priority, so the French government has brought in soldiers.

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Smaller and less diverse U.K. cities have been rich ground for far-right recruitment

10:00pm August 08, 2024

by Lauren Frayer

Race riots have erupted not in London, but in deprived second-tier U.K. cities with wage stagnation and new migrants. Experts on extremism say they've become fertile ground for far-right recruiting.

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New details emerge on foiled Vienna attack

10:00pm August 08, 2024

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Christopher Schuetze, a reporter with the New York Times who’s been covering a foiled terrorist attack at a Taylor Swift concert in Vienna.

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People clean up debris outside a Holiday Inn Express whose walls bear graffiti reading "Get Out England" and a racial epithet on Monday in Tamworth, England.

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The Root Cause of the Race Riots in the UK

5:52pm August 08, 2024

For over a week race riots have broken out in the United Kingdom, mostly in smaller, poorer, less diverse cities. The violence has been stoked by misinformation and disinformation online. Our reporter travels to one of the places that saw mob violence to understand why it's happening.

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Organizers cancel Taylor Swift concerts in Vienna over fears of an attack

2:00pm August 08, 2024

by Leila Fadel

NPR's Leila Fadel asks counterterrorism expert Javed Ali about the cancellation of Taylor Swift concerts in Austria after officials uncovered an apparent plot to attack large events.

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Ukraine must drive Russia troops away from border areas, a Zelenskyy adviser says

2:00pm August 08, 2024

As Ukraine receives new weapons -- such as F-16 fighter jets -- Ukrainian troops struggle to halt a Russian ground offensive in the eastern part of the country.

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Ex-Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont returns to Spain — then vanishes again

1:56pm August 08, 2024

by The Associated Press

Police launched a manhunt in Barcelona on Thursday for the campaigner for Catalan independence, who made a sensational return to Catalonia — and a getaway after a speech in the city.

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In a surprise attack, Ukraine sends a large force into western Russia

10:17am August 08, 2024

by Greg Myre

Ukrainian soldiers appear to be several miles inside Russia’s Kursk region, where they are in several villages. Russia’s top military official says some 1,000 Ukrainian troops are taking part.

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For Ukraine’s Olympic breakdancers, ‘shining’ is more important than winning

5:02am August 08, 2024

by Hanna Palamarenko

As the sport makes its Olympic debut in Paris, a small crew of dancers from Ukraine look forward to representing their war-torn country and its rich culture on the world stage.

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