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VOA says the US has evacuated 7,400 people from Kabul in the past 24 hours, as officials confront what Antony Blinken described as an “incredibly volatile situation at the airport”.

TRT World says Tunisia’s President Kais Saied extended the suspension of parliament, after last month dismissing his prime minister and assuming executive authority.

Aljazeera says Israeli warplanes bombed Hamas sites in Gaza in response to incendiary balloons launched from the Palestinian enclave that caused brush fires in southern Israel.

VOA says a wildfire in Northern California continued to grow out of control, as blazes destroy hundreds of homes and forces thousands of people to evacuate.  

France24 says at least 22 people were killed and rescue crews searched desperately amid shattered homes and tangled debris for dozens of people still missing.

TRT World says Bitcoin has risen above $50,000 for the first time in three months as investors piled back into the cryptocurrency on bargain-buying.

Arab News says Jacinda Ardern has extended New Zealand’s nationwide COVID-19 lockdown saying the current outbreak of the Delta variant had not yet peaked.

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.

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.