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US vice president Kamala Harris, left, and Singapore’s prime minister Lee Hsien Loong (Evelyn Hockstein/AP)

Kamala Harris sidesteps questions about US policies in Afghanistan

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US Afghanistan

One killed by gunfire amid chaotic evacuations at Kabul airport

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Waves pound a seawall in Montauk, New York as Tropical Storm Henri affects the Atlantic coast

Slow-moving storm Henri drenches north-eastern United States

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Families evacuated from Kabul, Afghanistan, walk through the terminal before boarding a bus after they arrived at Washington Dulles International Airport, in Chantilly, Virginia (Jose Luis Magana/AP)

Joe Biden claims evacuation operation at Kabul airport has accelerated

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Afghan flag

Afghanistan flag to be displayed in Paralympic ceremony

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Storm Henri brought torrential rain and flooding to large parts of the US.

Storm Henri batters north-eastern US with torrential rain and flooding

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Greece Wildfire

Two new wildfires break out in Greece amid strong winds

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Marseille players were attacked by Nice fans during the French Ligue 1 game

Chaos as French top-flight football match abandoned after players attacked

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Special Forces used a Hercules C-130J aircraft for the desert rescue.

SAS launch operation to save 20 troops surrounded by Taliban - reports

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New Zealand prime minister Jacinda Ardern holds a map of New Zealand during a Covid-19 update press conference in Wellington, New Zealand (Robert Kitchin/AP)

New Zealand extends lockdown while Australian PM advocates reopening

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In this photo released by the Taiwan Presidential Office, Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen receives her first shot of the island’s first domestically developed coronavirus vaccine

Taiwan’s president receives domestically developed vaccine

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People ride on a motorcycle through a quiet intersection in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam (Bui Van Lanh/AP)

Vietnam’s Ho Chi Minh City put under strict lockdown after coronavirus surge

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Japanese prime minister Yoshihide Suga answers reporters’ questions (Yoshitaka Sugawara/AP)

Japan’s prime minister’s ally loses mayoral poll ahead of general elections

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Boris Johnson is set to plea with Biden over an extension to US withdrawal deadlines.

Afghanistan: Boris Johnson to push Joe Biden to extend Kabul evacuation deadline

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A parishioner shouts during a mass on the grounds next to an earthquake-damaged church in Les Cayes, Haiti

Haitian gang boss offers to help in earthquake relief efforts

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A total of 5,725 people have been repatriated by UK troops since August 13

Nearly 6,000 evacuated from Kabul by UK as troops witness 'harrowing scenes'

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US president Joe Biden

Biden says 11,000 flown from Kabul over weekend

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A mobile home and a truck trailer washed away by flooding in McEwen, Tennessee

At least 22 dead, many missing in Tennessee floods

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