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The desperate scramble to leave Afghanistan

The United States says it has evacuated 7000 people in the past five days.

The US says it's intensified its evacuation efforts from Afghanistan flying thousands more people out of Kabul... We'll go there live.

We also ask if Russia is planning to have a role in Afghanistan more than thirty years after Soviet troops withdrew from the country.

We're also in New Zealand - bringing you an update of the covid situation there after the country imposed a strict lock down when a single person tested positive for the Delta variant.

And a story from Sweden where a legal error sees millions of dollars returned to convicted drug dealers.

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50 minutes

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Fri 20 Aug 2021 06:06GMT

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  • Fri 20 Aug 2021 06:06GMT