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• Nosedive in UK-US relations is another casualty of Afghanistan’s fall

  22-08-2021 23:30
  
  Ministers are becoming openly critical of Joe Biden after being left in the dark about major decisionsSo much for the special relationship. As the Afghanistan crisis has unfolded, it has precipitated a high-speed deterioration in Anglo-American relations.What began as a muted disagreement on whether it was right for the US to withdraw militarily has reached the point where UK government sources are openly briefing against President Joe Biden as the situation in Kabul worsens. Continue reading...
  
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• Tennessee flooding leaves 21 people dead and 45 others missing

  22-08-2021 23:25 via cnn.com
  
  Severe flooding in Middle Tennessee on Saturday has killed at least 15 people and left approximately 30 people missing, Humphreys County Sheriff Chris Davis told CNN affiliate WSMV.
  
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• Analysis: Why Biden's Afghanistan exit wasn't about good politics

  22-08-2021 22:56 via cnn.com
  
  In ending America's longest war, President Joe Biden did something popular. It was never going to help him politically.
  
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• Clarissa Ward recounts journey out of Afghanistan aboard refugee flight

  22-08-2021 22:51 via cnn.com
  
  CNN's Clarissa Ward recounts her journey out of Kabul, Afghanistan, aboard a US Air Force C-17 transporting hundreds of refugees to Doha, Qatar.
  
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• Clarissa Ward recounts journey out of Afghanistan

  22-08-2021 22:51 via cnn.com
  
  CNN's Clarissa Ward recounts her journey out of Kabul, Afghanistan, aboard a US Air Force C-17 transporting hundreds of refugees to Doha, Qatar.
  
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• Darcy: Fox News host spouts anti-mask rhetoric while his staff wears masks

  22-08-2021 22:35 via cnn.com
  
  CNN's Brian Stelter and Oliver Darcy discuss the discrepancy between Fox News' anti-mask and anti-vaccine coverage, and the company's mask and vaccine protocols for its own employees.
  
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• Opinion: Trump and Biden agree on this

  22-08-2021 22:30 via cnn.com
  
  Almost every US president of the last 70 years has been haunted by the aftereffects of two watershed events: the notorious 1938 "peace in our time" agreement struck at Munich between British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain and Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler and the 1949 Communist victory in China's civil war.
  
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• Full Covid-19 vaccine approval will likely lead to new business requirements, surgeon general says

  22-08-2021 22:28 via cnn.com
  
  With the "imminent" full approval of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine expected, more businesses will likely issue vaccine mandates to help prevent the Delta variant from sending the country further backward in this pandemic, doctors say.
  
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• Pentagon activates US airlines to assist with evacuation efforts

  22-08-2021 22:12 via cnn.com
  
  The Department of Defense is mobilizing commercial airline flights to help with the United States' evacuation efforts in Afghanistan, which has been chaotic as thousands are desperate to leave the country after the Taliban swiftly took control.
  
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• Cabrera becomes the 28th MLB player to hit 500 home runs

  22-08-2021 22:06 via cnn.com
  
  Detroit Tigers first baseman Miguel Cabrera hit his 500th career home run against the Toronto Blue Jays in Toronto on Sunday to become the 28th member of the exclusive 500 home run club.
  
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• Full Covid-19 vaccine approval won't just boost confidence. It'll likely lead to new business requirements, surgeon general says

  22-08-2021 21:59 via cnn.com
  
  With the "imminent" full approval of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine expected, more businesses will likely issue vaccine mandates to help prevent the Delta variant from sending the country further backward in this pandemic, doctors say.
  
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• Western news outlets are working to evacuate local journalists

  22-08-2021 21:57 via cnn.com
  
  News outlets including CNN and the Washington Post are working overtime to ensure the safety of staffers in Afghanistan after the Taliban took control of the country.
  
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• Young boys steer car off road after dad killed while driving

  22-08-2021 21:55 via nbcnews.com
  
  The boys' father died from a single gunshot to the head while driving with his two sons on a freeway in Houston, police said.
  
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• C-17: The US military plane carrying Afghans to safety

  22-08-2021 21:30 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A Boeing C-17 safely carried 823 Afghans from Kabul last week, a record number for that plane.
  
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• He left the GOP over Trump. Hear message he didn't want airing before he died

  22-08-2021 21:08 via cnn.com
  
  Before his death, former Rep. Paul Mitchell talked with CNN's Jake Tapper about his life and his parting message to the country. "I think you have to choose whether or not to love people."
  
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• He left Republican party over Trump. Hear message he didn't want airing before he died

  22-08-2021 21:08 via cnn.com
  
  Before his death, former Rep. Paul Mitchell talked with CNN's Jake Tapper about his life and his parting message to the country. "I think you have to choose whether or not to love people."
  
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• Anna Nordqvist holds her nerve to win a dramatic Women's Open

  22-08-2021 20:59 via cnn.com
  
  Anna Nordqvist held her nerve on the final hole to win this year's Women's Open at Carnoustie, Scotland, on Sunday.
  
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• Tennessee flooding leaves 16 people dead and 51 others missing

  22-08-2021 20:48 via cnn.com
  
  Severe flooding in Middle Tennessee on Saturday has killed at least 15 people and left approximately 30 people missing, Humphreys County Sheriff Chris Davis told CNN affiliate WSMV.
  
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• Cuban doctors voice rare criticism of government's Covid-19 handling

  22-08-2021 20:36 via cnn.com
  
  Following widespread anti-government protests last month, the Cuban government is now receiving unprecedented criticism from health care workers who say officials botched the island's response to the pandemic.
  
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• At least 10 killed in Tennessee flash floods; dozens missing

  22-08-2021 20:36
  
  Catastrophic flooding as record-shattering rainfall washed away homes and roads.
  
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• Henri live updates: Landfall on Rhode Island coast

  22-08-2021 20:35
  
  Henri weakened to a tropical depression Sunday morning.
  
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• At least 16 dead, 51 missing in 'unbelievable' Tennessee flooding

  22-08-2021 20:32
  
  Middle Tennessee was hit with record rain early Saturday.
  
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• Don Everly, half of the rock 'n' roll Everly Brothers, dies at 84

  22-08-2021 19:48 via nbcnews.com
  
  The Rock ’n’ Roll Hall of Famer died Saturday at home in Nashville, Tennessee, his family said.
  
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• Afghanistan: The BBC's Lyse Doucet reports from Kabul airport

  22-08-2021 19:45 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The BBC's Lyse Doucet witnesses Afghan men, women and children fleeing the Taliban regime.
  
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• COVID-19 live updates: Jesse Jackson hospitalized with virus

  22-08-2021 19:44
  
  The United States is facing a COVID-19 surge this summer as the more contagious delta variant spreads.
  
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• Afghanistan crisis: 'Hey world, do you care what happens here?'

  22-08-2021 19:41 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A young woman shares her fears a week after the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan.
  
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• At Kabul's airport, more than 20,000 people are trying to escape

  22-08-2021 19:28 via cnn.com
  
  One week after the Taliban takeover of Kabul, the situation at the capital's airport has become increasingly desperate, with more than 20,000 people in and around the facility trying to board flights and another seven Afghan civilians killed in crushes, amid one of the largest airlifts in history.
  
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• Surgeon General defends US booster shot plan as much of the world awaits vaccines

  22-08-2021 19:21
  
  ABC "This Week" co-anchor Martha Raddatz interviewed the surgeon general, Dr. Vivek Murthy, on Sunday.
  
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• Afghan staff at U.S. Embassy losing faith in evacuation efforts, diplomatic cable says

  22-08-2021 19:13 via nbcnews.com
  
  Exclusive: “It would be better to die under the Taliban’s bullet,” said one local staff member quoted in the cable.
  
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• Tropical Storm Henri makes landfall in the US Northeast

  22-08-2021 19:00 via cnn.com
  
  As Hurricane Henri moves closer to its expected rare landfall in the Northeast Sunday, heavy rain has already saturated many areas, posing flooding danger for millions and even some suggestions to evacuate from the storm's path.
  
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• See the scene at the Kabul airport

  22-08-2021 18:55 via cnn.com
  
  CNN's Sam Kiley reports from Hamid Karzai airport in Kabul where there are still thousands of people waiting to be evacuated from Afghanistan.
  
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• 7 killed at Kabul airport; fighters seize areas from Taliban

  22-08-2021 18:32
  
  The British military says at least seven Afghans died in a panicked crush of people trying to enter Kabul’s international airport
  
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• Afghan woman gives birth aboard U.S. evacuation plane

  22-08-2021 18:27 via nbcnews.com
  
  The baby girl and her mother were transported to a nearby medical facility and are in good condition, a spokesperson said.
  
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• Three countries offered to help Afghan refugees, but U.S. flights have yet to arrive

  22-08-2021 18:17 via nbcnews.com
  
  “We are rescuing a peaceful population who have cherished democracy for 20 years," North Macedonian Prime Minister Zoran Zaev said.
  
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• GOP congressman places blame on Trump admin for crisis in Afghanistan

  22-08-2021 17:45 via cnn.com
  
  Republican Rep. Adam Kinzinger on Sunday placed blame on the Trump administration for the unfolding crisis in Afghanistan, saying its 2020 agreement with the Taliban sowed the seeds for the US' turbulent exit from the country.
  
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• Pentagon activates US airlines to assist with evacuation efforts from Afghanistan

  22-08-2021 17:35 via cnn.com
  
  The Department of Defense is mobilizing commercial airline flights to help with the United States' evacuation efforts in Afghanistan, which has been chaotic as thousands are desperate to leave the country after the Taliban swiftly took control.
  
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• Henri cuts short Manilow set at NYC virus recovery concert

  22-08-2021 16:26
  
  Hurricane Henri cuts short Manilow set at a NYC virus recovery concert.
  
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• More than 20,000 people are in and around Kabul airport trying to board flights, with another seven Afghan civilians killed in crushes

  22-08-2021 16:00 via cnn.com
  
  One week after the Taliban takeover of Kabul, the situation at the capital's airport has become increasingly desperate, with more than 20,000 people in and around the facility trying to board flights and another seven Afghan civilians killed in crushes, amid one of the largest airlifts in history.
  
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• Brianna Keilar presses official: Why is Biden misleading with his words here?

  22-08-2021 16:00 via cnn.com
  
  CNN's Brianna Keilar asks National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan if President Biden is misleading the public by saying al-Qaeda is gone from Afghanistan and US citizens were having no issue getting through Taliban checkpoints to get to the Kabul airport.
  
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• Massive veterans group uses intel, satellite images to direct Afghan interpreters around Taliban checkpoints

  22-08-2021 15:53 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  A network of “hundreds of thousands” of people, including analysts using satellite imagery to locate Taliban checkpoints surrounding the Kabul airport, are coordinating to evacuate Afghan interpreters from the country, an Afghanistan war veteran and member of the coalition told Fox News.
  
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• Olympic champion runs second-fastest women's 100m of all time

  22-08-2021 15:52 via cnn.com
  
  Olympic champion Elaine Thompson-Herah posted the second-fastest women's 100-meter time in history at the Eugene Diamond League competition Saturday.
  
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• Trump told crowd to get vaccinated. Hear their response

  22-08-2021 15:20 via cnn.com
  
  Former President Donald Trump appears to get booed by the crowd at an Alabama rally after encouraging attendees to get vaccinated against Covid-19.
  
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• US airmen help pregnant Afghan mother deliver baby aboard Air Force C-17 evacuation flight

  22-08-2021 15:09 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  U.S. airmen helped a pregnant Afghan mother deliver her baby in the cargo bay of a U.S. Air Force C-17 during an evacuation flight from the Middle East on Saturday, U.S. officials said. 
  
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• How the political environment is moving toward Republicans

  22-08-2021 15:00 via cnn.com
  
  Republicans gained a seat in the Connecticut state Senate this week. They won a special election in a district that President Joe Biden won by more than 20 points in 2020.
  
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• Biden approval rating hits lowest point yet amid Afghanistan chaos, Covid surge

  22-08-2021 15:00 via nbcnews.com
  
  "Summer of discontent": Biden’s overall job approval falls below 50 percent for the first time in the NBC News poll, while just 25 percent approve of his handling of Afghanistan.
  
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• Analysis: How US political environment is moving toward Republicans

  22-08-2021 15:00 via cnn.com
  
  Republicans gained a seat in the Connecticut state Senate this week. They won a special election in a district that President Joe Biden won by more than 20 points in 2020.
  
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• Parts of Middle East running out of water and becoming uninhabitable

  22-08-2021 14:48 via edition.cnn.com
  
  • The river that supplies water to 40 million people in the American West is drying up
  
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• Does the US economy need another $480 billion in stimulus?

  22-08-2021 14:48 via cnn.com
  
  The Federal Reserve is buying $120 billion in bonds per month, part of a package of emergency measures to prop up the US economy during the pandemic. But as activity returns to normal, is that level of support necessary?
  
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• Taliban claim they have changed ... but all the signs suggest it’s only for show

  22-08-2021 14:45
  
  As regime talks of tolerance, reports emerge of beatings, house searches and attacks on women The first time the Taliban took Kabul, 25 years ago they tortured and killed former President Mohammad Najibullah, dragged his body behind a truck through the streets, then hung it from a lamp-post.Last week, with Kabul surrounded and a second victory almost inevitable, the Taliban ordered their troops to hold back from entering the city, to ensure a peaceful transfer of power. When they did march in, i
  
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• More than 50 million are under extreme weather warnings as Henri closes in on US

  22-08-2021 14:19 via cnn.com
  
  As Hurricane Henri moves closer to its expected rare landfall in the Northeast Sunday, heavy rain has already saturated many areas, posing flooding danger for millions and even some suggestions to evacuate from the storm's path.
  
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