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America’s longest war may be over, but the fight for the legacy of the president who ended it, has only just begun.
US President Biden faces a political backlash so strong that even his supporters wonder whether he can survive it.
And a day after the last US planes left Kabul, some two hundred Americans remain stranded- making it impossible for Joe Biden to draw a line under Afghanistan.
Nina-Maria Potts has the latest:
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The Indian government is facing fierce criticism for renovating a century-old memorial in the state of Punjab.
The Jallianwala (Juh-lee-yan-wa-lah) Bagh where more than a thousand people were killed by colonial British forces has been given a modern look by officials.
But historians say, the face-lift glamourises a rather painful event in history.
Ishan Garg reports.
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Japan is considering pulling its Self Defence Forces out of Afghanistan, possibly on Wednesday. Government sources cited in Japanese media said it would be difficult to ensure safety at the airport after the US' troops pulled out.
The US completed the withdrawal of its forces on Monday.
Phoebe Amoroso reports from Tokyo.
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has announced that the US embassy in Afghanistan has closed, American diplomats have left the country and that further diplomatic efforts would continue from Qatar.
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America's top diplomat also confirmed that up to two hundred Americans are likely still in Afghanistan.
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Thousands of people along the southern and western shores of Lake Tahoe have been given mandatory evacuation orders because of a forest fire raging nearby.
Lake Tahoe straddles the border between the US states of California and Nevada.
Rachel Silverman has this report from Oakland.
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America's longest war is over….after 20 years, there are no US troops or diplomats in Afghanistan.
The final flight out of Hamid Karzai International Airport left 24 hours ahead of President Biden's deadline of August 31st.
Our Washington Correspondent Simon Marks reports.
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The news was announced to Pentagon reporters by Marine Corps General Kenneth McKenzie on behalf of US Central Command.
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There are still questions about how many Americans and the Afghans who assisted them over the last two decades have been left behind.
The Biden administration says it has received assurances from the Taliban that people who want to leave Afghanistan will still be permitted to do so.
General McKenzie reflected on the difficult mission US and allied forces faced over the last 2 weeks at Kabul Airport.
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General McKenzie confirmed that US forces were not able to evacuate all the American citizens in Afghanistan who wanted to leave, nor all the Afghans promised a new life in the US for supporting international forces over the last 20 years.
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The Pentagon has confirmed that the last US military planes have left Afghanistan, marking the end of the United States’ longest war.
Nina-Maria Potts has the latest.
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The number of hate crimes in the United States rose to the highest level in 12 years in 2020.That according to a new FBI report based on information from thousands of law enforcement agencies across the country.
Rachel Silverman has this report from San Francisco.
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Police in Ghana say they are investigating the killing of an international journalist during a highway robbery. The journalist who reports for London-based MTA Television Channel, Syed Taalay Ahmad Sahib and his colleague, Umaru Abdul Hakim were attacked by criminals while in Ghana to film a documentary.
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More than a million homes and businesses are without power across a stretch of Louisiana and Mississippi, after Hurricane Ida (now downgraded to a tropical storm) pummeled the Gulf Coast coastline.
Heavy rains and storm surges amid Category 4 winds knocked out power to the whole city of New Orleans. Hundreds of homes have been threatened by flooding as levees failed, while some roof tops were torn off.
Nina-Maria Potts reports:
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South Africa’s ruling party is using social media to call for donations from members of the public. This fundraising initiative comes just days after ANC staff downed tools, forcing branches across the country to close. Some ANC employees have now gone three months without a salary. Mark Roughton reports.
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India's COVID-19 cases are stabilising in the 40,000 range despite a small uptick last week.
As experts are warning of a third wave, local coronavirus vaccine maker Bharat Biotech is hoping to expand its manufacturing capacity.
The target is to make a billion shots a year, as Ishan Garg reports from New Delhi.
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Hong Kong is banning all incoming flights from the main airlines in Turkey and the Philippines after six arriving passengers tested positive for Covid-19. Health authorities are tightening rules for travellers in a bid to keep the number of virus cases in the city at zero.
Richard Kimber reports from Hong Kong.
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Japan's Health Ministry has said that foreign materials found inside Moderna vaccines in Okinawa Prefecture may be fragments of rubber stoppers from the vials, and there was no issue with the quality of the batch.
The reassurance came after 1.63 million doses of Moderna vaccines distributed across Japan were suspended over fears of contamination.
Phoebe Amoroso reports from Tokyo.
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CLIP: http://fsnradionews.com/feeds/0830-okinawa-moderna-vaccines.mp3Denmark has announced that it will be closing its embassy in Tanzania in what the country's foreign ministry says is part of a reorganisation.
Isaac Lukando reports.
A California parole board has voted in favor of releasing Sirhan Sirhan from prison.
He was arrested and convicted of the assassination of Senator Robert F. Kennedy more than 50 years ago.Two of Kennedy's sons spoke in favor of Sirhan's release.
Rachel Silverman has this report from Oakland.
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The US intelligence community is divided over the origin of COVID-19 in China.
This revelation is made in a newly released report…coming three months after US President Joe Biden requested a more in-depth review. The US President says he'll continue to press China into revealing more about what happened soon after the first cases were reported in Wuhan.
US Correspondent Rachel Silverman has that story.
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The White House says another terror attack in Kabul is "likely" and say US forces at the airport are taking additional measures to protect themselves and would-be evacuees.
Meanwhile, the Pentagon has disclosed that thousands of potential ISIS-K terrorists have been released from Afghan prisons by the Taliban.
Our Washington Correspondent Simon Marks reports.
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The Pentagon says it believes there was only one explosion in the Kabul airport attack, and one suicide bomber.
The death toll from Thursday’s attack stands at 170 Afghans and 13 US service members- 200 people have been wounded.
Pentagon officials have reiterated that evacuations remain the priority, while confirming they have the capabilities on the ground to deliver on President Biden’s pledge to hunt the terrorists down.
Nina-Maria Potts reports:
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The United Kingdom has entered the final stages of evacuations from Afghanistan. The Defence Secretary Ben Wallace said the final civilians will be flown out in the next 24 hours - to allow time for the military drawdown. Laura Makin-Isherwood reports.
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Half of India's eligible adults – that's roughly 450 million people have now received at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccines.
The country was once suffering from an acute vaccine shortage but now authorities hope to fully inoculate all adults in the next three months.
Experts say the target may be unrealistic as Ishan Garg reports from New Delhi.
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