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• Australia Covid news updates: NSW health services under pressure as state braces for rise in cases – live

  30-08-2021 23:50
  
  AMA warns non-Covid patients could be sent home if hospitals see a major increase in cases. Follow the latest updates liveAustralian imports of ivermectin increase tenfold, prompting warning from TGARestrictions: NSW; Vic; Qld; borders. Hotspots: NSW; Vic; QldVaccine rollout tracker; get our free news app; get our morning email briefing 10.50pm BST Cairns radio 4CA has moved on to Two Hearts by Phil Collins.Far north Queensland really knows how to rock a morning. 10.49pm BST Murph has the detail
  
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• Oregon counties request trucks for bodies as Covid overwhelms morgues

  30-08-2021 23:46
  
  Hospitals, funeral homes and crematoriums ‘at the edge of crisis capacity’Two Oregon counties hit hard by Covid-19 are running out of space to hold bodies amid an intense surge in cases that is overwhelming the state’s healthcare system, forcing authorities to request refrigerated trucks to help handle the overflow.In Josephine county, located in the state’s south-west, the local hospital is exceeding its body storage capacity and the area’s five funeral homes and t
  
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• Afghanistan live news: final US evacuation flight leaves Kabul, ending 20-year occupation

  30-08-2021 23:45
  
  Head of US central command announces last flight out of Kabul ‘is now clearing the airspace above Afghanistan’UN adopts watered down resolutionShoeless, shivering, passing out: Afghan refugees arrive in the UKKabul airport comes under rocket fire as US evacuation enters final phaseSee all our Afghanistan coverage 10.45pm BSTKabul airport is without air traffic control services now that the U.S. military has withdrawn from Afghanistan and U.S. civil aircraft are barred from operating
  
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• Watch this rocket go sideways instead of up

  30-08-2021 23:27 via cnn.com
  
  Rocket startup Astra failed to send a rocket into orbit for the third time -- with this attempt sending the craft hovering instead of launching towards space.
  
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• Capitol attack committee to reportedly seek phone records of Trump and inner circle – live

  30-08-2021 23:23
  
  Committee to make third round of requests for records, reports saySchools reopen as Delta variant threatens more disruptionFinal US evacuation flight leaves Kabul after two decades of war 10.23pm BST Officials ordered more evacuations around the Tahoe Basin as the raging Caldor fire threatened mountain towns surrounding Lake Tahoe.The new orders urged people to evacuate a long section of the Lake Tahoe shoreline, including part of the tourist city of South Lake Tahoe and about 15 miles (24 km) u
  
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• Afghan folk singer taken from his house and killed by the Taliban

  30-08-2021 23:19 via cnn.com
  
  Afghan folk singer Fawad Andarabi was dragged from his home and killed by the Taliban in a restive mountain province north of Kabul on Friday, a local journalist told CNN, raising fears of a return to the militant group's harsh rule of 20 years ago -- including a clampdown on music.
  
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• WATCH: Mount Etna erupts, spewing ash and lava after weeks of calm

  30-08-2021 22:50
  
  Italy’s Mount Etna erupts, spewing ash and lava after weeks of calm.
  
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• WATCH: Farmers lead cow herds down Swiss Alps for traditional descent

  30-08-2021 22:49
  
  Thousands of cows, some of which were transported by helicopter, made the hourslong exodus from high up in the Swiss Alps down to lower pastures in the descent that marks the end of the he
  
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• Tennis' governing bodies continue to urge players to get vaccinated ahead of US Open

  30-08-2021 22:36 via cnn.com
  
  Some of the world's best tennis players are congregating in New York for the US Open, the season's final grand slam.
  
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• WATCH: Hundreds of redheads from around world gather for colorful festival

  30-08-2021 22:29
  
  Hundreds of redheads from around the world gathered to celebrate their colorful connection at a festival in the southern Dutch town of Tilburg.
  
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• Analysis: How the US got right back where it started

  30-08-2021 22:24 via cnn.com
  
  Many Americans are still shocked at the violent and abrupt endgame to America's longest war. The messy end to two decades of the US mission in Afghanistan raises so many questions. Why didn't the US intelligence community foresee the Taliban's ability to seize control of the country so quickly? How could the Biden administration know there could be terror attacks targeting US service members at the Kabul airport but be unable to stop them?
  
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• Marine, 20, died in Kabul blast weeks before birth of his child

  30-08-2021 22:17 via cnn.com
  
  Rylee McCollum's family in Wyoming wasn't surprised in the least when he enlisted in the Marines after high school.
  
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• An Afghan YouTuber was killed at Kabul airport. Many more fear the worst.

  30-08-2021 22:16 via cnn.com
  
  Four days after the Taliban's takeover of Afghanistan, 20-year-old YouTuber Najma Sadeqi sat on her bed and recorded a final video to tens of thousands of followers.
  
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• Afghan YouTuber was killed at airport. Many more fear the worst.

  30-08-2021 22:16 via cnn.com
  
  Four days after the Taliban's takeover of Afghanistan, 20-year-old YouTuber Najma Sadeqi sat on her bed and recorded a final video to tens of thousands of followers.
  
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• Afghan midwife with dreams of becoming doctor loses job under Taliban rule

  30-08-2021 22:14 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  Afghan women will lose all freedom under Taliban rule, a Kabul midwife who lost her job told Fox News.
  
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• Find your sleep 'sweet spot' to protect your brain as you age, study suggests

  30-08-2021 22:08 via cnn.com
  
  How long older adults sleep could affect their brain health, according to a study published Monday in the journal JAMA Neurology.
  
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• I have a 50/50 chance of inheriting Huntington’s disease – should I take a test to find out? | Lillian Hanly

  30-08-2021 22:00
  
  A coin toss could give me two completely different lives. But once I know the result there’s no going backI’ve spent most of my life knowing I may have inherited a faulty gene that would cause Huntington’s disease, a neurodegenerative disease that can be fatal. My grandad had the disease, my mum has it, and I am yet to take the test to find out if I have it too. It’s a 50/50 chance of inheritance. Right now, I am happily ignorant of whether I carry the mutation or not. A
  
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• MSNBC reporter is confronted on Mississippi beach during on-air report

  30-08-2021 21:59 via cnn.com
  
  MSNBC Correspondent Shaquille Brewster was accosted by a random passerby insisting that he cover Hurricane Ida "accurately." Watch the altercation here.
  
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• 'Cover this accurately!': Watch MSNBC correspondent get interrupted live

  30-08-2021 21:59 via cnn.com
  
  MSNBC Correspondent Shaquille Brewster was accosted by a random passerby insisting that he cover Hurricane Ida "accurately." Watch the altercation here.
  
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• The compounded tragedy of conservative radio hosts dying of Covid-19

  30-08-2021 21:53 via cnn.com
  
  On Saturday night, Florida conservative talk radio show Marc Bernier, an outspoken opponent of masking and vaccines to combat Covid-19, died of Covid-19. Earlier in the day, Caleb Wallace, a prominent opponent of masks as a means to slow the spread of Covid-19, died of Covid-19.
  
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• Pentagon 'not in position to dispute' Kabul drone strike claims – video

  30-08-2021 21:44
  
  The Pentagon has said it is investigating reports of civilian casualties from a drone strike on Sunday in Kabul, but is 'not in a position to dispute' accounts from the scene of nine people from one family being killed, including seven children.US military officials continued to insist however that the strike hit an Islamic State car bomb, pointing to 'secondary explosions' at the scene. That conflicted with reports from Kabul, that the targeted vehicle belonged to a civilian and
  
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• WHO expects 236,000 more Covid deaths in Europe by 1 December – video

  30-08-2021 21:05
  
  Senior officials at the World Health Organization have cited stagnating vaccination rates and low uptake in poorer countries as reasons so many Covid deaths are predicted.'Last week, there was an 11% increase in the number of deaths in the region – one reliable projection is expecting 236,000 deaths in Europe, by 1 December,' WHO Europe director Hans Kluge said.Kluge attributed the higher transmission to the spread of the more transmissible Delta variant, an 'exaggerated easing' of restric
  
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• Hurricane Ida: up to 2 million without power as New Orleans assesses damage

  30-08-2021 21:05
  
  Crews using airboats and helicopters conducting search and rescue missions after at least one person killedHurricane Ida’s rampage through Louisiana – in picturesUp to 2 million people remained without power in and around New Orleans on Monday as residents and authorities began to assess “catastrophic” damage from Hurricane Ida, a 150mph monster storm that was the most powerful ever to hit Louisiana. Related: New Orleans battered by Hurricane Ida as storm claims first vic
  
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• What is the Pineapple Express?

  30-08-2021 20:56 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  Hurricane Ida left a trail of devastation after it made landfall in Louisiana overnight Sunday, leaving Americans understandably nervous about other possible weather phenomena — including the Pineapple Express. 
  
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• 'We're doing all we can': Biden speaks on Hurricane Ida relief efforts

  30-08-2021 20:30 via cnn.com
  
  President Joe Biden spoke Monday afternoon on Hurricane Ida relief efforts as he met virtually with a host of leaders involved in the response to the massive storm that has rocked the Gulf Coast.
  
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• Left behind in Afghanistan: If I can’t get out, I’ll die

  30-08-2021 20:27 via bbc.co.uk
  
  An Afghan who had authorisation to fly to the UK speaks to the BBC about his struggle to escape.
  
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• Another Tesla reportedly using Autopilot hits a parked police car

  30-08-2021 20:25 via cnn.com
  
  Another Tesla has hit an emergency vehicle, apparently while using the Autopilot driver-assist feature, adding to a problem that is already the subject of a federal safety probe.
  
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• See trail of destruction left by Hurricane Ida

  30-08-2021 20:21 via cnn.com
  
  CNN's Jason Carroll surveys the damage Hurricane Ida left behind in Houma, Louisiana, a city approximately an hour outside New Orleans.
  
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• Feds to investigate whether 5 states that ban mask mandates are violating student rights

  30-08-2021 20:16 via nbcnews.com
  
  “It’s simply unacceptable that state leaders are putting politics over the health and education of the students they took an oath to serve," Education Secretary Miguel Cardona said.
  
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• Too much or too little sleep can harm your brain, study suggests

  30-08-2021 20:10 via cnn.com
  
  How long older adults sleep could affect their brain health, according to a study published Monday in the journal JAMA Neurology.
  
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• Otherworldly weather forecasts could help future Mars explorers reach this vital resource

  30-08-2021 20:06 via cnn.com
  
  Before we send humans to Mars, creating accurate weather forecasts and mapping resources like water ice will be critical, according to new research.
  
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• Ida weakens to tropical storm after delivering 'catastrophic' damage

  30-08-2021 20:01 via nbcnews.com
  
  Rescue teams fanned out across southeastern Louisiana on Monday as the remnants of Hurricane Ida continued to pose a danger for multiple states.
  
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• Biden speaks on relief efforts

  30-08-2021 19:58 via cnn.com
  
  President Joe Biden spoke Monday afternoon on Hurricane Ida relief efforts as he met virtually with a host of leaders involved in the response to the massive storm that has rocked the Gulf Coast.
  
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• MPs trying to rescue more than 7,000 people trapped in Afghanistan

  30-08-2021 19:57
  
  Figure dwarfs 800 to 1,100 Afghans eligible for resettlement defence secretary said would be left behindAfghanistan: live updatesMPs are scrambling to rescue more than 7,000 constituents and family members trapped in Afghanistan, according to figures provided to the Guardian, dwarfing the only estimates provided by the government of the number left behind.Scores of Labour MPs have been inundated with pleas for help from thousands of constituents whose relatives have been left stranded since the
  
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• Latest launches in appliances, skincare and more

  30-08-2021 19:57 via nbcnews.com
  
  New releases include a Serta cooling mattress, Allbirds shoes, Brooklinen blankets and more.
  
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• See cows airlifted over Swiss meadows

  30-08-2021 19:55 via cnn.com
  
  Every year, around 1,000 cows from higher pastures make their way to the Urnerboden valley in Switzerland. While most animals walk this route, some injured or heavily pregnant cows are airlifted.
  
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• Accused Atlanta-area spa shooter who pleaded guilty in 4 deaths appears in court for other 4

  30-08-2021 19:47 via nbcnews.com
  
  Robert Aaron Long, 22, is accused of shooting nine people, killing eight and wounding one.
  
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• Jan. 6 committee to ask phone companies for Republican lawmakers' records

  30-08-2021 19:39 via nbcnews.com
  
  Last week, the select committee demanded attack-related records of federal officials and a number of Trump allies and staffers.
  
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• Hurricane Ida’s rampage through Louisiana – in pictures

  30-08-2021 19:39
  
  More than a million people in and around New Orleans were without power after Hurricane Ida, a 150mph monster storm that was the most powerful ever to hit Louisiana. At least one person was killed, by a falling tree, but the governor, John Bel Edwards, warned that the death toll will probably riseHurricane Ida – live updates Continue reading...
  
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• Face masks for the fully vaccinated: A shopping guide

  30-08-2021 19:36 via nbcnews.com
  
  As medical experts learn more about Covid variants, the CDC continues to update its face mask guidelines for fully vaccinated individuals.
  
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• E.U. takes U.S. off safe travel list due to Covid surge, backs travel restrictions

  30-08-2021 19:22 via nbcnews.com
  
  The European Union recommended Monday that its 27 nations reinstate restrictions on tourists from the U.S. because of rising coronavirus infections there.
  
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• Air travel sees sharp decline as delta variant continues to derail vacation plans

  30-08-2021 19:21 via nbcnews.com
  
  “The summer travel boom is at risk of stalling out as we move into fall,” said one travel expert.
  
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• EU removes six countries including US from Covid safe travel list

  30-08-2021 18:46
  
  Travellers from Israel, Kosovo, Lebanon, Montenegro, and North Macedonia also affected by moveCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageThe EU has removed six countries, including the US, from a Covid “white list” of places whose tourists should be permitted entry without restrictions such as mandatory quarantine.A majority of EU countries had reopened their borders to Americans in June, in the hope of salvaging the summer tourism season although most required
  
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• US travelers dropped from EU safe list as Covid cases surge

  30-08-2021 18:24 via cnn.com
  
  • Oxygen is running out in US hospitals as Covid-19 cases soar among unvaccinated
  
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• Fury as Covid crisis hits Australia's Aboriginal communities

  30-08-2021 18:06 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Indigenous Australians say surging infections in remote areas should have been prevented.
  
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• Australia to end 'covid zero' policy: 'Not a sustainable way to live'

  30-08-2021 17:49 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  Australia is set to end its "covid zero" policy after Prime Minister Scott Morrison determined that the country’s approach is not "sustainable" in the face of the more infectious COVID-19 delta variant. 
  
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• RFK's oldest son condemns possible parole of his father's assassin

  30-08-2021 17:45 via nbcnews.com
  
  The California Parole Board recommended parole Friday after claiming that Sirhan Sirhan, 77, no longer poses a threat to society.
  
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• Inside Southlake: Texas suburb at center of a critical race theory battle looks forward

  30-08-2021 17:28 via nbcnews.com
  
  NBC News' new "Southlake" podcast goes inside the fight over a school diversity plan in a wealthy Texas community.
  
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• Follow Ida's path with our storm tracker

  30-08-2021 17:25 via nbcnews.com
  
  Ida is slowing as it moves inland, bringing with it storm surge and flooding.
  
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• Cars have been guzzling leaded gasoline for 99 years. Not any more

  30-08-2021 17:24 via cnn.com
  
  Nearly a century of leaded gasoline use on roads around the world has come to an end, the UN Environment Programme announced Monday, after Algerian service stations stopped selling the fuel last month.
  
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