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A news crew reports on the edge of Lake Pontchartrain ahead of approaching Hurricane Ida in New Orleans (Gerald Herbert/AP)

Hurricane Ida makes land on coast of Louisiana in echoes of Katrina

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Pen Farthing has landed in the UK with his animals, but was forced to leave his staff behind.

Pen Farthing has 'mixed emotions' after fleeing Kabul with animals and not staff

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Candidates for chancellor from left, Armin Laschet, Annalena Baerbock and Olaf Scholz stand before the broadcast in the TV studio in Berlin (Michael Kappeler/AP)

Germany’s three would-be chancellors cross swords in TV debate

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General view of the gate of Hamid Karzai international Airport (Wali Sabawoon/AP)

Children among dead in US drone strike targeting so-called Islamic State

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Smoke billows from a building in Milan, Italy (Luca Bruno/AP)

Fire crews battle blaze at residential tower block in Italy

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Ed Asner (Ian West/PA)

Lou Grant actor and ‘beloved patriarch’ Ed Asner dies aged 91

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Holidaymakers sit in a seafront restaurant, in the Adriatic town of Rovinj, Croatia (Darko Bandic/AP)

Croatia reaps benefit as tourists flock to coastline despite pandemic concerns

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Satellite image showing Hurricane Ida, a category 4 storm, which has hit the coast of lower Louisiana

Hurricane Ida hits Louisiana as people brace for 150mph winds and severe flooding

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French President Emmanuel Macron, centre, surrounded by bodyguards, visits the landmark al-Nuri mosque compound (AP)

Emmanuel Macron visits Iraqi city which was part of so-called caliphate

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President Joe Biden returns a salute (Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP)

Joe Biden holds private meeting with families of troops who died in Kabul

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The US armed forces are keeping security at Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul.

Three children killed by US air strike targeting 'multiple suicide bombers' in Kabul

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Afghanistan

US air strike blasts suicide bombers targeting Kabul airport

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Smoke was seen billowing above the residential district in Kabul

Child killed in Kabul rocket attack: Explosion rocks neighbourhood near airport

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Boats, trailers and RVs line Louisiana Highway 46 after owners moved them to be inside the levee protection zone before Hurricane Ida makes landfall in St Bernard Parish, Louisiana

Hurricane Ida closes in on Louisiana coast with 150mph winds

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US Afghanistan

US ‘has capacity to evacuate 300 Americans remaining in Afghanistan’

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Thailand Protests

‘Car mob’ protest in Thai capital seeks removal of government

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Tthe launch of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket on a resupply mission for Nasa to the International Space Station from Pad 39A at Kennedy Space Centre, seen from Merritt Island, Florida

SpaceX sends ants, avocados and robotic arm to space station

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Folk singer Fawad Andarabi was shot dead by the Taliban

Taliban shoots dead Afghan folk singer after banning playing music in public

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