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Turkish Military Says It Has Seized Power Of The Country

6:40pm July 15, 2016

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Henri Barkey, director of the Middle East Program at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, about the military coup underway in Turkey.

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French Authorities Identify Man Who Attacked Bastille Day Crowd In Nice

6:40pm July 15, 2016

by Eleanor Beardsley

French authorities have now identified the man who drove a truck through hundreds of people celebrating Bastille Day in the French city of Nice Thursday night. At least 84 people were killed in the attack and at least 200 wounded.

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French Authorities Continue Investigation Into Attack In Nice

6:40pm July 15, 2016

by Dina Temple-Raston

French investigators are searching for a motive in last night's deadly attack in Nice, France in which more than 80 people were killed and 200 injured by a man who purposely steered a truck through a crowd of Bastille Day revelers.

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'They Are So Loved': Remembering The Victims Of The Bastille Day Attack

5:42pm July 15, 2016

American Sean Copeland and son Brodie were killed by a truck in Nice, France, along with at least 82 other victims from around the world. "They were just on a great family vacation," says a friend.

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Turkish Military Faction Attempts Uprising, Prime Minister Says

5:39pm July 15, 2016

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks to Reuters reporter Ayla Jean Yackley about the attempted coup in Turkey. The Turkish prime minister said their has been "an attempted uprising from within the military."

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French Security Forces Face Challenges In Preventing Further Terror Attacks

4:42pm July 15, 2016

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks to Guilhem Delteil, a terrorism correspondent for Radio France International, about why France is a target for terrorism and the challenges faced by French security services.

Police officers, firefighters and other rescuers work at the Promenade des Anglais in Nice after a truck drove into a crowd watching fireworks in the French Riviera resort.

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'Sheer Terror' As Attack Along French Riviera Kills At Least 84

3:46pm July 15, 2016

by Camila Domonoske

More than 200 people were injured on Thursday when a truck drove for more than a mile through a crowd of seaside celebrators in Nice, France. The attacker was shot and killed by police.

People lay flowers Friday near the seafront in Nice in tribute to victims of Thursday's truck attack that killed more than 80 people. France has suffered three major terrorist attacks since 2015 and appears as vulnerable as any Western nation.

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Why Did France Become A Leading Target For Extremists?

2:34pm July 15, 2016

by Greg Myre

After three major terror attacks and several near misses since last year, France now appears more vulnerable to extremists than any Western country.

Forensic police investigate a truck at the scene of a terror attack on the Promenade des Anglais on Thursday evening in Nice, France. A French-Tunisian attacker killed 84 people as he drove a truck through crowds gathered to watch a fireworks display duri

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What We Know About The Suspect In The Nice, France, Attack

2:12pm July 15, 2016

by Merrit Kennedy

Law enforcement and judicial officials have identified 31-year-old Mohamed Lahouaiej Bouhlel as the suspect who they believe plowed into a crowd, killing at least 84 people.

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French Authorities Probe Motive For Nice Attack

1:51pm July 15, 2016

France's president has called the incident a terrorist attack. Renee Montagne talks to Harold Hyman, a journalist specializing in geopolitics and radicalization.

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