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Trump Vows 'Fight to Win' in Afghanistan

Trump: rapid US withdrawal from Afghanistan 'unacceptable'

President Donald Trump has said a hasty US withdrawal from Afghanistan would leave a vacuum for terrorists to fill. He said his original instinct was to pull US forces out, but he now wanted to avoid the mistakes made in Iraq. He also warned Pakistan that the US would no longer tolerate the country offering "safe havens" to extremists.

Spanish police have shot dead the main suspect in last Thursday's Barcelona attack, Younes Abouyaaqoub. Police believe he was the driver of a van which careered down the Las Ramblas avenue, killing 13 and injuring more than 100 others. He was killed some 25 miles west of Barcelona near a sewage treatment works following a tip off.

The population of Africa is set to double by 2050 - to more than two and a half billion people. That brings opportunities, but also challenges - among them how to feed all those extra people. Kenya is at the forefront of trying to improve farming across Africa.

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Tue 22 Aug 201705:06GMT

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