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Taliban fighters take control of Afghan presidential palace after the Afghan President Ashraf Ghani fled the country, in Kabul, Afghanistan (Zabi Karimi/AP)

President joins stampede to flee Afghanistan as Taliban close in on Kabul

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File picture of Kabul Airport (Dan Kitwood/PA)

Westerners head to Kabul airport as they flee advancing Taliban forces

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Boris Johnson said most embassy staff and officials have left Afghanistan

Afghanistan: Boris Johnson says change of regime 'clearly' taking place

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Zambia Elections

Opposition leader poised to clinch presidency in Zambia election

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Afghanistan Taliban

Afghans fear Taliban takeover as they recall group’s previous harsh rule

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Dominic Raab has been criticised for taking a holiday amid the Afghanistan crisis

'Shameful': Labour criticises Dominic Raab's holiday while Afghanistan falls to Taliban

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Haiti earthquake

Hunt goes on for Haiti earthquake survivors as storm brings fresh danger

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Ultra-Orthodox Jews stroll through the Machane Yehuda market under a sky darkened by nearby wildfires, in Jerusalem (Maya Alleruzzo/AP)

Cloud of smoke over Jerusalem as fire crews tackle wildfires

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Turkey floods

Turkey sends ships to evacuate flood-hit town as death toll hits 62

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Justin Trudeau

Trudeau calls election as he seeks to capitalise on vaccination success

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Haiti has seen more than 700 deaths since the earthquake struck

Haiti earthquake: At least 1,200 die with more aftershocks expected

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The Afghan Army has crumbled in the face of the Taliban's rapid advance

'I won't leave my wife to die alone': British father refuses to flee Afghanistan

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Anti-missile decoy flares are deployed as US Black Hawk military helicopters fly over the city of Kabul, Afghanistan

Afghan president flees country as Taliban move into capital Kabul

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Hungary bus crash

Eight die as bus carrying holidaymakers crashes in Hungary

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Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako

Japan’s PM marks end of war but does not apologise for country’s aggression

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Smoke rises next to the US embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan

Taliban enter outskirts of Afghan capital Kabul

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Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses the gathering during Independence Day celebrations at the historic 17th-century Red Fort in New Delhi, India

India’s Modi highlights infrastructure plan amid Independence Day celebrations

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A US Chinook helicopter flies over the US embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan

Taliban seize Afghan city as helicopters land near US embassy

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