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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.

Arab News says Kuwait has expressed its “deep concern” over the serious consequences of threatening the safety of maritime navigation in the Arabian Gulf, Sea of ​​Oman and Arabian Sea.

TRT World says Australia’s Melbourne extended its lockdown in a bid to stamp out an outbreak, while authorities in Sydney said they were considering easing restrictions for the vaccinated.

The Guardian says two more women who identified themselves as victims of New York governor Andrew Cuomo’s pattern of sexual harassment in the workplace came forward on Tuesday.

BBC News says the Duke of York “cannot hide behind wealth and palace walls” and must respond to sexual abuse allegations filed in a US court, his accuser’s lawyer told BBC Two’s Newsnight.

Arab News says after initially finding no grounds for disciplinary action, the Israeli military later opened an investigation into an artillery bombardment that killed six Palestinian civilians.

Aljazeera says the Taliban has captured two more cities in Afghanistan, taking the number of provincial capitals the group has seized since Friday to 8. “This afternoon the Taliban entered the city of Farah”.

VOA says U.S. airstrikes are helping to blunt Taliban advances across Afghanistan, although Pentagon officials warn American air power alone will not be enough to push back the insurgent offensive.  

TRT World says R. Kelly, the R&B superstar who faces a battery of sex abuse charges in several US states, appeared in court as jury selection began in his federal New York trial.