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Newsday: 02/08/2022 06:06 GMT : Death of al-Qaeda leader: ‘Justice has been delivered’

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02/08/2022 06:06 GMT : Death of al-Qaeda leader: ‘Justice has been delivered’

Death of al-Qaeda leader: ‘Justice has been delivered’

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Ayman al-Zawahiri was killed in a US drone strike in Afghanistan

US President Joe Biden said Zawahiri had "carved a trail of murder and violence against American citizens"

The al-Qaeda chief Ayman al-Zawahiri has been killed in an American drone strike in the Afghan capital Kabul. President Joe Biden said Zawahiri was one of the organisers of the 9/11 attacks on the US, and that his killing would bring closure to families of the victims.

The US House Speaker, Nancy Pelosi, is in Malaysia, ahead of an expected trip to Taiwan, which Beijing has said would be a provocative move.

And a section of Beirut's massive grain silos that withstood the 2020 explosion have collapsed following a week-long fire.

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