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World Service,23 Aug 2021,49 mins

Evacuations from Kabul airport

Newsday

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A week after the Taliban seized control of Afghanistan, US President Joe Biden has again been defending his decision to withdraw US forces from the country. Despite scenes of chaos and fear of human rights abuses the President remains adamant it was the right thing to do. Storm Henri has dumped record breaking quantities of rain on the US state of Tennessee, causing widespread flooding. And we find out about the rise in the appeal of the occult among young people in France.

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