Bonus: Insight on Islamic State Group + Miami stops the party

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  Today we're talking about two stories, two really different stories.

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  Our planned episode today is about spring break in the US how the good times have become too much for the city of Miami, specifically Miami Beach.

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  They've been telling some people to stay away and we'll be getting into that a little bit later.

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  First, though, the horrific concert attack in Russia.

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  The Islamic State group said four of its members carried out the attack after gunman stormed a concert hall in Moscow on Friday, killing more than 100 people.

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  We've discussed IS previously here on the Global Story, and we wanted to share a part of that previous episode that was titled Islamic State Group Spent Force or Present Threat.

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  It has some really interesting insights on IS and is very relevant to the Moscow attack.

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  We thought back in January.

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  I was talking to Mina Alami, a jihadist media specialist with BBC Monitoring.

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  She keeps a close eye on the comms and propaganda of Islamic State Group.

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  And to Josh Baker, the journalist behind the Shamima begin story, part two of the I'm Not a Monster series, the BBC's most awarded podcast about a young British girl seduced into joining Islamic State Group and who sparked a fierce debate in the UK about her wish to come home.

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  Josh has interviewed IS members, victims of their crimes, and in 2016 he narrowly survived an IS suicide bombing himself.

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  Islamic State group were once all over the news, but we've heard a lot less about them since 2019 when they lost their stronghold in Syria.

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  So I was asking Josh and Mina about the the status of the group in 2024.

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