BBC News says Boris Johnson is expected to ask Joe Biden to keep American forces in Afghanistan beyond 31 August in order to allow evacuation flights to continue.
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Aljazeera says Joe Biden has pledged his “commitment” to get US citizens and at-risk Afghans out of Taliban-controlled Afghanistan but warned of hurdles ahead.
Sky Sports says Harry Kane has travelled with the Tottenham squad ahead of their Premier League game to Wolves.
TRT World says catastrophic flooding in Middle Tennessee left at least eight dead and dozens missing as record-shattering rainfall washed away homes.
Aljazeera says the Israeli military launched air raids on Gaza following clashes between its soldiers and Palestinian protesters during a demonstration.
Arab News says Tunisian security forces arrested an individual in a coastal city accused of plotting the assassination of Tunisian president Kais Saied.
France24 says This time, Barry Manilow didn’t make it through the rain as Hurricane Henri cut short the New York Covid-19 recovery concert.
BBC News says efforts to evacuate Britons and eligible Afghans from Kabul are improving, with more than 1,700 people airlifted out in the past 24 hours.
VOA says Tropical Storm Grace is crossing the northeastern Caribbean Sea, threatening to bring heavy rainfall to the Lesser and Greater Antilles over the next few days.
Aljazeera says the number of children hospitalised with COVID-19 has hit a record-high in the United States, which continues to grapple with the Delta variant.
Arab News says Iran will impose a six-day national lockdown from Monday amid a soaring death toll from a fifth wave of the COVID-19 pandemic.
France24 says at least 20 people were killed and nearly 80 others injured when a fuel tank exploded in northern Lebanon Sunday, burning crowds clamouring for gasoline in the crisis-hit country.
BBC News says a powerful earthquake has struck the Caribbean nation of Haiti, killing at least 304 people and injuring more than 1,800.
SKY News says the Taliban has seized all major cities apart from Kabul; leader orders militants to refrain from violence as Taliban enter the capital.
TRT World says Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is expected to pull the plug on his minority Liberal government and call snap elections on Sunday.
France24 says fires stoked by hot winds swept through southern Italy on Thursday, a day after a monitoring station in Sicily reported temperatures of 48.8 Celsius.
Arab News says underage marriage in Jordan surged last year during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic due to increased financial hardship among poorer families.
VOA says Britney Spears’ father said in a court filing Thursday that he was planning to step down from the conservatorship that has controlled her life and money for 13 years.
Aljazeera says the Taliban has captured the key city of Lashkar Gah in southern Afghanistan, a day after the group claimed control over Kandahar and Herat.
BBC News says police in Plymouth have confirmed six people – including a suspected gunman – have died in a firearms incident.
GCSEs 2021: BBC News says hundreds of thousands of pupils are finding out their GCSE results, amid predictions of another spike in grades after exams were cancelled.
VOA says California will require that all teachers and school staff be vaccinated or undergo weekly COVID-19 testing, Gavin Newsom said. No other state has enacted such a requirement.
France24 says initially spared the worst of the Covid-19 virus, more children and teens are experiencing “long Covid” with medical clinics cropping up to treat their symptoms.
TRT World says wildfires tearing through forested areas of northern Algeria have killed at least 65 people, state TV reported, as some of the most destructive blazes in the country’s history continued to rage.
Aljazeera says Australia’s capital Canberra has announced a snap one-week lockdown after reporting its first locally acquired case of COVID-19 in more than a year.