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World Service,16 Aug 2021,49 mins

Afghanistan: Taliban takes Kabul with no shots fired

Newsday

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The insurgents have urged calm and say they're working to form a new government. Rescuers continue to search for survivors in Haiti as the death toll climbs to nearly 1,300 after the weekend's earthquake. And Israel was the first country to offer a vaccine to every resident but now Covid cases have hit a five month high.

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