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Fires on French railway tracks have delayed journeys for 800,000 travelers in what the transport minister described as “coordinated attacks of malicious intent.”

A co-ordinated arson attack on the French rail system is turning the first weekend of the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris into a nightmare for hundreds of thousands of travelers. 

French rail company SNCF announced on Friday its high-speed train system had been hit by "deliberate arson attacks to damage [its] facilities" causing delays and cancellations which are expected to last all weekend.

The disruptions are affecting trains heading East, North and West of Paris, and travelers have been asked to postpone their plans.

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[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 10 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (12 children)

For the last Olympics, I connected my VPN to Canada because it was on the CBC for free. Hooray for public-funded media! And if I could send some money to the CBC's way and not have to do that, I would. Same with the UK TV license.

That said, none of my UK VPN addresses are working for UK TV anymore. I'm hoping the Canadian ones still work.

Edit: Seems to be working but it's not live streaming for another 1:45. Here's the link for the CBC. https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/video/9.6443205

I use Private Internet Access as my VPN if that helps.

[–] can@sh.itjust.works 15 points 1 month ago (5 children)

See? This is why it pisses me off so much when they talk about defunding CBC.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 11 points 1 month ago (4 children)

Conservatives talk about defunding the BBC in the UK too. I wish they'd just allow people from other countries to give them money instead.

[–] yesmeisyes@sopuli.xyz 4 points 1 month ago

lol the right wing is talking about defunding YLE in Finland all the time, coincidence?

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