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France24 says a popular vacation haven normally filled with tens of thousands of summer tourists was clogged with fleeing vehicles Monday as wildfires raced towards Lake Tahoe.

VOA says almost 20 years after the US sent forces into Afghanistan to go after the terrorists who planned the 9/11 attacks, U.S. troops have left the country for a final time.

TRT World says Hurricane Ida has become a tropical storm as its top winds slowed over Mississippi, while Louisiana residents waited to be rescued.

Arab News says Syrian regime forces shelled opposition-held parts of a southern city killing at least one person, while insurgents killed 4.

BBC News says the UK is seeking international agreement to ensure the Taliban sticks to its commitment to allow safe passage for Afghans and foreign nationals who want to leave.

The Guardian says two weeks ago, Ranjith “Roy” Kankanamalage, 50, was discovered with a fatal head injury in Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park, east London.

TRT World says hurricane Ida has blasted ashore as one of the most powerful storms ever to hit the US, knocking out power to all of New Orleans

Arab News says at least 30 soldiers were killed and more than 65 injured on Sunday in an attack by the Iran-backed Houthi militia on a military base in southern Yemen.

Aljazeera says several children have been killed in a US drone attack that destroyed a car laden with explosives near the international airport in Kabul, according to witnesses.

BBC News says the UK will continue its operation to evacuate people from Afghanistan despite the “despicable” attack at the capital’s airport, Boris Johnson says.