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World Service,17 Aug 2021,49 mins

Biden defends Afghan policy

Newsday

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US President admits that events developed quicker than expected and blames Afghan leaders for the collapse of the government. We'll speak to a former UN ambassador. We get the latest from Haiti as a tropical storm makes landfall on the Caribbean country lashing it with wind and rain, amid efforts to rescue trapped survivors from the rubble of Saturday's powerful earthquake. And we hear about bundles of counterfeit coronavirus vaccine cards discovered in Memphis.

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