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The Metro says the star of Nirvana’s iconic Nevermind album cover is now all grown up at 30 years old – and is suing the band for ‘sexual exploitation’.

The Metro says a toddler was killed after being ripped out of his mother’s arms as deadly floods swept through the US last weekend.

The Metro says President Joe Biden has announced he intends to stick to the Afghanistan evacuation deadline of August 31 – despite pleas from allies to extend the mission

TRT World says Joe Biden has said US intends to complete its pullout from Afghanistan by August 31 and needs to withdraw rapidly because of a growing risk of militant attacks.

The Daily Mail says the body of a missing 23-year-old hiker was found after a near two-month search on August 21 in a Montana rockslide with fatal injuries. 

The Guardian says President Joe Biden is expected to decide within 24 hours whether to extend the 31 August Afghanistan withdrawal deadline.

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”.

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 catastrophic flooding in Middle Tennessee left at least eight dead and dozens missing as record-shattering rainfall washed away homes.