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Investigators: 'Cable snapped before Lisbon funicular crash'

Investigators: 'Cable snapped before Lisbon funicular crash'

Update: 2025-09-074
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Portuguese officials investigating Wednesday's deadly funicular crash in Lisbon, which killed 16 people, say a cable snapped, but the rest of the mechanism was functioning properly. They added that the brakeman tried to apply emergency brakes but failed to prevent the derailment. Also: the US Navy Seal operation which it's claimed failed and ended up killing North Korea civilians, and why Disneyland Paris is being accused of racism.

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Investigators: 'Cable snapped before Lisbon funicular crash'

Investigators: 'Cable snapped before Lisbon funicular crash'

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