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Official says ceremony is being prepared at presidential palace in Kabul – two weeks after Islamist militia seized control
The Taliban are expected to announce a new government in Afghanistan within hours, as chaos and confusion deepened and the country teetered on the brink of economic collapse more than two weeks after the Islamist militia seized control.
Sources told Agence-France Presse the cabinet could be presented after morning prayers on Friday, while Ahmadullah Muttaqi, a Taliban official, said on social media a ceremony was being prepared at the presidential palace in Kabul.
The private broadcaster Tolo said an announcement was imminent. The movement’s supreme leader, Haibatullah Akhundzada, is expected to have ultimate power over a new governing council, with a president below him, Taliban officials have said.
Daniel Cole
After a wildfire blazed through a once-picturesque nature reserve near the French Riviera, winemakers who grow the region’s celebrated crop are taking stock of the damage.
Rows of charred grapevines stand next to a vast expanse of steaming black vegetation devastated by the fire, which raged for a week in late August.
The blaze left two people dead, injured 27 and forced some 10,000 people to evacuate around the Var region, not far from the famed coastal resort of Saint-Tropez.
Among the athletes at the Tokyo Paralympics are six members of the refugee team. One of them is Syrian kayaker Anas Al Khalifa. DW's Ben Bathke heard his extraordinary and moving story in Germany before he flew to Japan.
On a warm and sunny August day, Anas Al Khalifa is training with his coach on the Saale river in the eastern German city of Halle.
The 28-year-old Syrian fled from the war in his home country in 2011 and arrived in Germany four years later. Watching him guide his kayak powerfully through the quiet water with even strokes and a concentrated face, it's hard to believe that he only started practicing less than half a year ago. You probably also wouldn't notice that he's wheelchair-bound.
US climate envoy John Kerry warned Thursday that Beijing's coal building spree could "undo" global capacity to meet climate targets, after holding talks with top officials in China.
Tensions between Beijing and Washington have soared in recent months with the two sides trading barbs on China's human rights record and its initial handling of the coronavirus.
Tackling climate change is among a handful of issues where the two sides had struck notes of harmony.
But Beijing has in recent months emphasised that environmental cooperation could be hurt by deteriorating Sino-US relations.
Authorities blanket disputed region with troops and clamp down on communications to prevent protests over Syed Ali Shah Geelani’s death.
Syed Ali Shah Geelani, the veteran separatist leader from Indian-administered Kashmir, has been laid to rest as the Indian authorities crack down on public movement and impose a near-total communications blackout to prevent protests.
Geelani, the icon of the disputed region’s resistance against New Delhi’s rule, died late on Wednesday. He was 92.
Only weeks after Arizona’s students went back to school, coronavirus infections are forcing thousands of children and teachers into quarantine. Outbreaks around Phoenix are surging. In one suburban district, so many drivers are sick that school buses are running 90 minutes late.
All this in a state that ignored recommendations from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and banned school mask mandates weeks before classes resumed.
Now the back-to-school turmoil has cascaded far beyond Arizona’s classrooms, igniting a political uproar for Gov. Doug Ducey and other Republican leaders in this fast-changing desert battleground. The tumult underscores the perilous decisions facing governors in swing states where voters are divided over COVID-19 safety measures and personal freedoms.
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