Top 10 world news: Third arrest made in Taylor Swift concert terror plot; Russia-Ukraine war, and more
Top 10 world news
An Iraqi national has been arrested in Austria in connection with a foiled terror plot targeting Taylor Swift concerts. The teenager is the third person to be detained in this case, believed to be linked to the 19-year-old primary suspect, an Austrian national with North Macedonian roots. In other news, as Russia battled it out with the Ukrainian forces in the Kursk region, Russia’s Lipetsk too came under an intense assault by Ukrainian drones on Thursday (Aug 8).
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Taylor Swift concert terror plot: Main suspect admits to planning 'bloodbath'
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