On Friday, Hurricane Ida rapidly gained strength as communities in southern Lousiana braced for a major category 4 storm. This came in with sustained winds of about 140mph and tens of thousands of residents were placed under mandatory evacuation orders.

Hurricane Ida expected to make landfall in Louisiana, category 4 warning issued

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The Delta variant of the virus that causes Covid-19 doubles the risk of hospitalisation compared to the Alpha variant it has supplanted as the dominant strain worldwide, researchers reported Saturday in The Lancet.

COVID-19: Delta doubles hospital risk vs Alpha variant

The United States urged its citizens Friday to "immediately" leave the gates around Kabul's airport, where a suicide bomber this week targeted crowds trying to flee Taliban rule.

US tells citizens to leave Kabul airport gates 'immediately'

France ended its evacuations from Taliban-controlled Afghanistan late Friday, officials said, one day after a suicide bombing left scenes of carnage outside Kabul airport.

France ends evacuations from Afghanistan

Hurricane Ida made landfall Friday as a Category 1 hurricane on the southwestern coast of Cuba, the local meteorological service reported. This afternoon, I held a call with the head of FEMA and governors ahead of Hurricane Ida to discuss preparations for what is expected to be a dangerous storm.

Hurricane Ida makes landfall in southwest Cuba: Weather service

French President Emmanuel Macron is among leaders set to attend a regional summit Saturday in Iraq, with the Taliban's takeover of Afghanistan and a deadly jihadist attack in Kabul overshadowing the meeting.

Macron to attend Baghdad summit amid fears over IS

Ten Marines and at least one Navy hospital corpsman are among the 13 US troops dead following a suicide bomb attack on crowds struggling to get out of Kabul. As per USNI, 18 US service members were wounded and an unknown number of Afghans were killed and wounded in an attack, which is believed to have been perpetrated by ISIS Khorasan.

Heart wrenching details of some of the 13 US troops killed in Afghan bombings

British former Royal Marine who runs an animal shelter in Kabul, Afghanistan, Paul 'Pen' Farthing, says that he was denied entry to the airport due to a change in paperwork rules.

British ex-marine survived Kabul attack with 200 animals

The United Nations has issued an urgent appeal on Saturday for aid for some seven million Afghan farmers in the war-ravaged nation facing the threat of severe drought.

UN issues urgent appeal to help drought-hit Afghan farmers

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China's embassy in Washington Friday accused the US intelligence community of "political manipulation" after a report in which Beijing was accused of withholding key information about the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Chinese embassy slams US 'political manipulation' in COVID-19 origins report

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