EU to recommend travel restrictions on US visitors

Brussels will reportedly advise member states to reinstate COVID-19 travel restrictions on visitors from the United States, including a ban on non-essential travel.  

It is expected that from Monday, America will be removed from the EU's so-called "safe list" of countries as new cases of COVID-19 spike.

Toni Waterman has more from Brussels.


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FMR HEALTH MINISTER ARRESTED

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Authorities in the Democratic Republic of Congo have arrested the former health minister for allegedly embezzling money meant for the COVID-19 pandemic.

Dr Eteni Longondo is accused of misappropriating over 7 million dollars that the government received for the fight against the Coronavirus. He has however denied any wrongdoing.

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India's Bharat Biotech hopes to ramp up COVID-19 vaccine production to one billion shots a year

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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 bans incoming flights from main airlines in Turkey and the Philippines

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: Contaminated Okinawa Moderna vaccines may contain rubber

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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Louisiana braces as Hurricane Ida makes landfall

Hurricane Ida which has made landfall in Louisiana with winds of around 150 miles per hour.

It comes on the 16th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina which devastated New Orleans.

Our US correspondent Jagruti Dave reports.

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US says drone strike prevented suicide attack in Kabul

US officials say they've conducted a drone strike in Kabul in Afghanistan, on a car filled with explosives.

US Central Command spokesperson Captain Bill Urban said they had eliminated "an imminent ISIS-K threat to Hamid Karzai International airport."

Jagruti Dave reports from Washington.

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Biden: another Kabul attack "highly likely" in next 24-36 hours

US President Joe Biden has warned another terrorist attack is "highly
likely" in the next 24 to 36 hours.

The US leader has also pledged more drone strikes to take out ISIS-K
fighters, following Friday night's killing of 2 people connected to
Thursday's suicide bombing.

Nick Harper reports from Washington.

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US kills two "high profile" ISIS-K targets in drone strike

The United States says it has killed two "high profile" ISIS-K members
and wounded another in a drone strike in Afghanistan.

It follows Thursday's suicide bombing at Kabul airport which killed
170 Afghan civilians and 13 US service personnel.

The US has vowed to find those responsible for the attack.

Nick Harper reports from Washington.

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Denmark to close Embassy in Tanzania

Denmark 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.

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US kills ISIS-K planner in Afghanistan drone strike

The US says it has killed one of the people responsible for the
suicide bombing at Kabul airport.

At least 170 Afghan civilians died in Thursday's attack, along with 13
US service personnel.

The Pentagon says it carried out a drone strike in eastern Afghanistan
killing an ISIS-K planner.

Nick Harper reports from Washington.

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Nick Harper reports evacuations at Kabul airport appear to be winding down.

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Parole Board Votes to Release Sirhan Sirhan

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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US INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY DIVIDED OVER PROBABLE ORIGIN OF COVID-19

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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US warns of further Kabul attacks as evacuations continue

The United States is warning another terrorist attack is "likely" at
Kabul airport, even as the operation continues to evacuate civilians.

The warning comes a day after at least 170 Afghans and 13 US service
personnel died in a suicide bombing.

Nick Harper reports from Washington.

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White House: Biden warned another terror strike in Kabul is "likely"

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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Jobs and Fed comments expected to move markets in coming week [PREVIEW]

The health of the U.S. labor market is expected to be in firm focus on
Wall Street in the coming week.

And traders are set to keep digesting recent comments from the Federal Reserve.

William Denselow reports from New York.

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Pentagon confirms one bomb attack in Kabul and one suicide bomber

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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UN warn of Afghanistan funding gap

The United Nations has called on the international community to fill a
substantial funding gap for Afghanistan.

The world body says the money is needed to help around 16 million
people in the country.

William Denselow reports from UN headquarters in New York.

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Biden under scrutiny in Afghan evacuation scramble

US President Joe Biden's leadership is under intense scrutiny in
Washington, as the nation absorbs the shock of the chaos in Kabul.

A day after twin suicide attacks on Kabul international airport left
scores of people dead, including 13 US troops, the Biden
administration is under heavy fire for its handling of a disastrous
mission to pull out of Afghanistan.

America's longest war is ending as it began, with the country mourning
the casualties of a terror attack and a President vowing to hunt down
the perpetrators.

Nick Harper has more.

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UK EVACUATIONS IN FINAL STAGES

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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