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• Video appears to show Taliban inside presidential palace

  15-08-2021 23:49 via cnn.com
  
  The presidential palace in Kabul has been "handed over" to the Taliban, vacated by government officials, including former President Ashraf Ghani who has fled the country. CNN's Nick Paton Walsh reports a Taliban member present for the "handover" spoke briefly in English to say he had formerly been held by the US in Guantanamo.
  
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• 'Blood on his hands': Republicans criticize Biden as Taliban storm Kabul

  15-08-2021 23:28 via nbcnews.com
  
  President Ashraf Ghani fled Afghanistan with Taliban fighters in Kabul and the group on the brink of taking power.
  
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• Taliban take presidential palace with security deteriorating in Kabul

  15-08-2021 23:18 via nbcnews.com
  
  U.S. forces were evacuating all staff from the U.S. Embassy via Kabul's airport after Biden authorized deploying 5,000 troops to the country.
  
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• Barca edge out Real Sociedad in first game of post-Messi era

  15-08-2021 22:30 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Barcelona begin life without Lionel Messi with a win over Real Sociedad in their La Liga opener.
  
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• Singer and songwriter Nanci Griffith has died at 68

  15-08-2021 22:21 via cnn.com
  
  Folk and country singer and songwriter Nanci Griffith, whose album "Other Voices, Other Rooms" won the 1994 Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Folk Album, died on Friday. She was 68.
  
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• US could see 200,000 Covid cases a day again: ‘Unvaccinated are sitting ducks’

  15-08-2021 22:06
  
  Director of National Institutes of Health pleads with Americans to get their shots as Delta variant ravages the countryThe US could soon see Covid-19 cases return to 200,000 a day, a level not seen since among the pandemic’s worst days in January and February, the director of the National Institutes of Health warned on Sunday.While the US currently is seeing an average of about 129,000 new infections a day – a 700% increase from the beginning of July – that number could jump in
  
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• Garth Crooks' team of the week: Alisson, Chalobah, Son, Salah, Fernandes

  15-08-2021 21:46 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Which player showed why Tottenham should take the money and sell Harry Kane? Who was practically unplayable? Find out in Garth Crooks' team of the week.
  
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• Afghanistan conflict: As Kabul falls, Biden backlash grows

  15-08-2021 21:41 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Soldiers, statesmen and Afghan-Americans criticise the president - but how will the public react?
  
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• Death toll from Haiti quake hits 724 as tropical storm looms

  15-08-2021 21:15 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  The death toll from a devastating earthquake in Haiti rose to 724 on Sunday as rescue workers scrambled to find survivors buried under buildings a day after the 7.2 magnitude quake and as a tropical storm bore down on the Caribbean nation.
  
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• Roger Federer will be out 'for many months' as he prepares for further knee surgery

  15-08-2021 21:07 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Tennis great Roger Federer says he will be sidelined for "many months" as he prepares to have further knee surgery.
  
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• England cannot rely on Root in run-chase - Moeen

  15-08-2021 20:54 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Moeen Ali says he and his England team-mates must "take responsibility" in a potential final-day run-chase against India at Lord's.
  
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• Taliban’s Abdul Ghani Baradar is undisputed victor of a 20-year war

  15-08-2021 20:51
  
  Return to power of movement’s co-founder embodies Afghanistan’s inability to escape history of conflictTaliban enters Kabul – live updatesAbdul Ghani Baradar, the Taliban leader freed from a Pakistani jail on the request of the US less than three years ago, has emerged as an undisputed victor of the 20-year war.While Haibatullah Akhundzada is the Taliban’s overall leader, Baradar is its political chief and its most public face. He was said to be on his way from his office
  
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• Top US general says terror groups could reconstitute in Afghanistan sooner than expected

  15-08-2021 20:50 via cnn.com
  
  Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley said Sunday in a briefing for Senators that terrorist groups like al Qaeda could reconstitute in Afghanistan sooner than the two years defense officials had previously estimated to Congress because of the recent, rapid Taliban takeover of the country, according to a Senate aide briefed on the comments.
  
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• Afghanistan updates: Ghani says he left to save Kabul and its citizens from bloodshed

  15-08-2021 20:42
  
  The Taliban said they do not intend to take Afghanistan's capital by force and reported that its leaders were at the presidential palace to negotiate a transfer of power.
  
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• UK Parliament recalled to discuss Afghanistan crisis

  15-08-2021 20:27
  
  Prime Minister Johnson also calls a meeting of his Cabinet's emergency committee
  
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• Afghanistan must not be terror breeding ground - UK PM

  15-08-2021 20:27 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Boris Johnson calls on "like-minded" powers to not recognise any new government without agreement.
  
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• Zambia's opposition leader takes lead in presidential poll

  15-08-2021 20:26
  
  Hakainde Hichilema appears on the verge of clinching the country’s presidency.
  
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• Fred aims for Florida Panhandle, Tropical Storm Grace targets Puerto Rico and Haiti

  15-08-2021 20:16
  
  Fred aims for Florida Panhandle, Tropical Storm Grace targets Puerto Rico and Haiti
  
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• Haiti earthquake latest: At least 700 people dead, more than 2,800 injured

  15-08-2021 20:13
  
  Experts are worried the earthquake Saturday in Haiti could add to COVID-19 spread as more people are forced into closer confines waiting for aid.
  
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• Muhammad Ali's grandson marks professional boxing debut with a victory

  15-08-2021 20:10 via cnn.com
  
  The continuation of a legacy was how Nico Ali Walsh -- the grandson of Muhammad Ali -- described making his professional boxing debut in the sport on Saturday.
  
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• Will Taliban take country back to past, asks John Simpson

  15-08-2021 20:01 via bbc.co.uk
  
  What sort of nation will Afghanistan be after 2021, asks the BBC's world affairs editor John Simpson.
  
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• No star striker, no problem as Tottenham Hotspur stuns Manchester City

  15-08-2021 20:00 via cnn.com
  
  No Harry Kane? No problem. Tottenham Hotspur stunned Manchester City on Sunday, grinding out a gritty 1-0 win, despite the absence of the London's club star striker, who has been linked with a move to the reigning Premier League champion.
  
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• Texas party boat with 53 people capsizes, leaving one dead

  15-08-2021 19:53 via nbcnews.com
  
  Karl Katzenberger, 80, of Montgomery, Texas, was pulled from the water and transported to a hospital, where he died, officials said.
  
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• Jerusalem covered in smoke as wildfire rages outside city

  15-08-2021 19:47
  
  Authorities struggle to contain the massive wildfire outside Jerusalem.
  
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• Celta Vigo 1-2 Atletico Madrid: La Liga champions begin with victory

  15-08-2021 19:47 via bbc.co.uk
  
  La Liga champions Atletico Madrid begin their title defence by edging to victory against Celta Vigo.
  
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• Why Biden's vaccination push now wields both carrot and stick

  15-08-2021 19:27 via nbcnews.com
  
  The administration has moved beyond the incentive-based strategy that drove early vaccination efforts, adopting a more demanding approach. Officials say there's more to come.
  
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• Death toll from Turkey floods rises to 58

  15-08-2021 19:19 via cnn.com
  
  Flash floods across Turkey's Black Sea coast have killed 58 people, officials said Sunday.
  
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• Afghans flee capital Kabul as Taliban advance

  15-08-2021 19:14 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Roads out of the Afghan capital have been choked with traffic as people try to escape a Taliban takeover.
  
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• 2 dead as severe flooding threat persists in southwestern US

  15-08-2021 19:11
  
  Monsoon-type rains have caused severe flooding in Texas, New Mexico and Arizona.
  
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• San Antonio sports bar shooting leaves 3 dead, 2 wounded, authorities say

  15-08-2021 19:07 via cnn.com
  
  An argument between two people at a bar in San Antonio, Texas, ended in a mass shooting early Sunday, with three people killed and two others gravely wounded, San Antonio Police Chief William McManus said.
  
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• Controversial German politician to head UN agency accused of helping Iran with tech linked to nuclear program

  15-08-2021 19:06 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  Iranian diplomats were reportedly seen last month holding talks at the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), a sprawling, byzantine Vienna-based bureaucracy. UNIDO provides funds and technology which critics say enable the world’s worst state-sponsor of terrorism, Iran. 
  
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• More than a year later, America grapples with long Covid

  15-08-2021 19:04 via cnn.com
  
  "I was told to go home and rest, that everything would be fine in two weeks. Sadly, those two weeks for me have never come," said Chimére Smith, 39, one of many Americans fighting long Covid.
  
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• Hundreds are evacuated as tinderbox Spain tackles wildfires

  15-08-2021 18:59
  
  At least 800 people have been evacuated as forest fires burn in two regions.
  
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• Canada election: Trudeau calls snap summer campaign

  15-08-2021 18:58 via bbc.co.uk
  
  As Prime Minister Justin Trudeau goes to the polls two years early, here's what you need to know.
  
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• Deputy critically wounded, gunman killed in Michigan chase

  15-08-2021 18:57
  A Michigan sheriff's office says a chase has ended with a suspected gunman dead
  
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• Trudeau triggers Canadian election, voting day Sept. 20

  15-08-2021 18:42
  
  PM seeks to capitalize on Canada's high vaccination rate.
  
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• Fred re-forms into tropical storm and targets Florida; Grace continues to churn in Caribbean

  15-08-2021 18:39 via nbcnews.com
  
  The new iteration of Fred, which has brought maximum sustained winds of 40 mph, is moving northwest over the Gulf of Mexico at 12 mph.
  
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• Fort Bragg paratrooper found dead in barracks, investigation underway

  15-08-2021 18:37
  
  Investigation underway into barracks death of Fort Bragg paratrooper
  
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• Church of MLK's 1st leadership position gets museum funding

  15-08-2021 18:30
  Work has begun to make a museum out of the crumbling Alabama church.
  
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• Full story: Taliban forces enter capital of Kabul

  15-08-2021 18:03 via cnn.com
  
  The Afghan government is in talks with the Taliban over the country's future as the militant group surrounded the capital, Kabul, on Sunday, after seizing control of every other major city across the country in just two weeks.
  
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• Afghanistan: UK has abandoned Afghan people, says senior MP

  15-08-2021 18:02 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Tory MP Tom Tugendhat says the troop withdrawal is the biggest foreign policy disaster since Suez.
  
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• This $4.7 million racer will likely be Bugatti's last gas-powered supercar

  15-08-2021 17:35 via cnn.com
  
  Bugatti announced that it will be making a production version of its concept car called the Bolide, an 1,800-horsepower, 16-cylinder track-only supercar with a top speed of over 300 miles per hour. And this will likely be the last gasoline-powered car the French automaker will build.
  
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• Pennsylvania produce importer sentenced for smuggling cocaine in boxes of peppers

  15-08-2021 17:34 via nbcnews.com
  
  "Concealing drug shipments with produce is one way drug traffickers try to elude law enforcement," said DEA Special Agent in Charge Ray Donovan.
  
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• Fareed's take: US troops weren't actually maintaining the peace in Afghanistan

  15-08-2021 17:24 via cnn.com
  
  CNN's Fareed Zakaria says a deal made by the US government with the Taliban made it appear to the public as if American troops were maintaining peace in Afghanistan when it was not the case and says the US was masking the reality that the Taliban were gaining ground in Afghanistan for years.
  
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• Formula E: Nyck de Vries wins drivers' championship as other contenders crash

  15-08-2021 17:15 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Mercedes-EQ's Nyck de Vries wins the Formula E drivers' championship after three other contenders crashed out in the early stages of the final race.
  
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• Afghanistan: Taliban spokesman Suhail Shaheen calls the BBC - interview in full

  15-08-2021 17:02 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A spokesman for the Taliban, Suhail Shaheen, called the BBC's Yalda Hakim, live on air.
  
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• 7-year-old boy dies from brain-eating amoeba in California, family says

  15-08-2021 16:52 via nbcnews.com
  
  David Pruitt, of Tehama County, died from primary amoebic meningoencephalitis, or PAM, after getting infected while swimming in a lake, his aunt said.
  
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• Full story: Taliban seizes control of cities at breathtaking speed

  15-08-2021 16:36 via cnn.com
  
  The Afghan government is in talks with the Taliban over the country's future as the militant group surrounded the capital, Kabul, on Sunday, after seizing control of every other major city across the country in just two weeks.
  
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• 'You keep changing the subject': Tapper presses Blinken on Biden decision

  15-08-2021 16:06 via cnn.com
  
  CNN's Jake Tapper presses Secretary of State Antony Blinken on President Joe Biden's handling of the US withdrawal from Afghanistan.
  
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• Gerd Müller: Legendary Bayern Munich striker mourned after death, aged 75

  15-08-2021 15:57 via cnn.com
  
  German soccer great Gerd Müller, who scored a remarkable 566 goals in 607 competitive appearances for Bayern Munich, died on Sunday at the age of 75, according to the Bundesliga club.
  
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