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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.

The Guardian says 150,000 students who did not receive offers from any university, or missed their required grades at A-level, will be hunting for remaining places on Tuesday.

BBC News says a US woman who alleges she was brought to the UK aged 17 to have sex with the Duke of York has filed a civil lawsuit in New York claiming he abused her.

France24 says the Taliban seized a sixth Afghan provincial capital on Monday following a weekend blitz across the north that saw urban centres fall in quick succession.

Aljazeera says tensions over scarce fuel supplies in Lebanon descended into deadly violence involving guns, knives and a hand grenade on Monday, leaving three men dead.

Arab News says candidacy requirements to take part in Qatar’s Shoura Council elections have sparked widespread controversy on social media in the emirate, the BBC has reported.

Aljazeera says a senior aide to NY Governor Andrew Cuomo resigned on Sunday in the wake of an official investigation that found the governor of the northeastern state sexually harassed 11 women.

TRT World says the Dixie Fire in northern California has continued to grow overnight, making it the second-largest wildfire in US state history as thousands of people continued to flee advancing flames.