Morning news brief: Fire erupts in chemical plant in Louisiana after Hurricane Laura, Trump slams NBA & more

Reports said at least 867,000 homes in Louisiana, Texas and Arkansas were left without power.

The US president said Biden's record is a roll call of "betrayals" and "blunders".

The Pentagon said the United States had urged China last month to reduce 'militarization and coercion' in the region

Videos posted on social media and footage on television channels painted a grim picture of a major collapse of the civic structure in Karachi

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