
Two arrested after mass stabbing on train in Eastern England
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Armed police in Britain have arrested two men after a mass stabbing attack on a train in eastern England. Officers were called to Huntingdon station in Cambridgeshire. Nine people with life -threatening injuries are in hospital.
Also in the programme: Ukraine’s top military commander, General Oleksandr Syrskyi, says his troops are struggling to defend the strategic town of Pokrovsk against advancing Russian forces — if it falls, it would mark Russia’s biggest gain since Bakhmut in May 2023; and Donald Trump vows to go, in his words, “guns-a-blazing” to confront Islamic extremists allegedly targeting Christians in northern Nigeria, warning of possible U.S. military action if the violence continues. Raya Jalabi is the Middle East correspondent for the Financial Times and Jason Horowitz, Madrid bureau chief for the New York Times. Photo credit: Chris Radburn/PA.
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