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Ayman al-Zawahiri was killed by the CIA in Kabul

Ayman al-Zawahiri was killed in a counter-terrorism operation carried out by the CIA in the Afghan capital of Kabul on Sunday

The al-Qaeda leader, Ayman al-Zawahiri, has been killed in a US drone strike on the Afghan capital Kabul. In a live televised address, President Joe Biden said he authorised the operation on what he called clear and convincing evidence of Zawahiri's whereabouts.

China's envoy to the United Nations has warned a mooted visit by US House Speaker, Nancy Pelosi, to Taiwan would undermine relations between Beijing and Washington and would be provocative.

And dozens of people have been killed in floods in Baluchistan in Pakistan.

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