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'Sabotage' to blame for major German rail breakdown
'Sabotage' to blame for major German rail breakdown
World
by  AFP

"Sabotage" targeting communications infrastructure was to blame for major disruption to the German railway network on Saturday, operator Deutsche Bahn said while the government said no motive had yet been identified. Specifically, there was damage to the GSM-R, a radio network used for communication on the railway, Der Spiegel reported, quoting security sources.

Ireland petrol station blast kills nine
Ireland petrol station blast kills nine
World
by  AFP

At least nine people have been killed in an explosion at a petrol station in County Donegal in Ireland's northwest, police said on Saturday. An aerial photograph taken after the explosion showed the petrol station building destroyed.

Deadly Burkina jihadist attack, catalyst for latest coup
Deadly Burkina jihadist attack, catalyst for latest coup
Africa
by  AFP

Haulier Aziz falters as he describes how jihadists attacked a convoy of lorries laden with food for a starving town in northern Burkina Faso on September 26, events which contributed to the country's latest coup. The convoy had left Ouagadougou for Djibo, one of the main cities in northern Burkina, which has been subject to an 18-month blockade by jihadists.