And some important piece of breaking news that's coming in
from France is Frances high speed train network has been
paralyzed by what has been termed as malicious acts.
Arson attacks have been reported that have disrupted the transport
system completely.
He's live with us from Paris to speak more about
this.
Sanjay, this is not good news right ahead of the
opening ceremony of Olympics.
Sanjay, if you can hear me,
we are putting out those visuals or how there are
a lot of passengers stranded.
This is an absolute bad news right ahead of the
opening ceremony of Olympics.
First,
this is the last thing that the,
the first thing that you
hear.
There have been a number of security measures that have
been taken in Paris and the place is saturated with
police and with security.
But clearly the Sabbath years and they are not less
than that have
found a way around that.
And they've attacked the SNCF train facilities at points outside
the capital.
And we understand that fires have been set up and
there have been,
there's really a case of arson here,
not just at one place but at several.
And this was intended to disrupt travel to
Paris. And of course, we know that anything between
300,000 to half a million people have been expected to
for the opening ceremony.
It has been designed to encourage and to invite participation.
Now, that certainly will be inhibited to a considerable extent.
How far, we still don't know.
Absolutely. A lot of trains are still running as you
can see behind.
Yes, yes, Sanjay, that was the exact point that I
was wanting to ask you about.
What are the reports about the diversion of certain trains
that will be massively impacted?
And also are there any cancellation?
Because like you rightly said,
over 300,000 spectators are expected to be a part of
this opening ceremony and this sort of a disruption where
this is the the key
in fact transport route and that lays and stands impacted
at the moment.
A number of trains have been cancelled
and this is affecting travel,
particularly to the West of the capital.
That is the point that has been picked by these
saboteurs and the authorities say that the disruption could last
all weekend,
so certainly it would last today and into the evening.
So very clearly a very large number of people intended
to attend the opening ceremony will be unable to do
so as a result of
this action. The extent of the disruption and the knock
on effect will still have to be determined,
but clearly, this is a very deliberate act of sabotage
and all the security measures that have been taken within
Paris have not been able to stop these acts that
have taken place just outside of Paris.
All right, Sanjay, Suri, keep an eye on that story.
Thank you so much for joining us.
French train operator SNCF has also spoken about the countries
high speed network that was hit by these acts of
vandalism that Sanjay is reporting about.
And this includes arson attacks that resulted in the disruption
of the system.
And this is all just hours before the opening ceremony
of Paris
2024 Olympics. We are having our eyes on the story
right now,
slipping into.