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The Daily Skimm, October 30th
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France is under attack.
What's happening.
Yesterday, the country suffered multiple attacks in just under 24 hours. In Nice, three people were killed in a knife attack at a church. On the same day, a man carrying a knife was arrested near a train station in Lyon.
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