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The US will start sending in daily flights to evacuate Afghan interpreters and others who assisted the Americans and are fearful for their lives due to the Taliban's sweeping offensive across Afghanistan, US State Department spokesman Ned Price announces. "Additional flights will begin landing daily and you’re going to see the total number grow very quickly," Price tells reporters. SOUNDBITE
Attorney General William Barr announces that the US is sending home 21 Saudis after a probe into the December 2019 shooting at Pensacola Naval Air Station. After learning of 'derogatory materials' possessed by those 21 personnel says Barr, "the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia determined that this material demonstrated conduct unbecoming an officer...and will be returning to Saudi Arabia later today." SOUNDBITE
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will visit Vietnam during a tour of Asia to attend the funeral of late communist leader Nguyen Phu Trong, US State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller announces during his press briefing. SOUNDBITE
The United States calls on Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to emphasize Ukraine's territorial integrity as he meets in Russia with President Vladimir Putin on the eve of a NATO summit in Washington. "We would urge India, as we do any country which engages with Russia, to make clear that any resolution to the conflict in Ukraine needs to be one that respects the UN Charter with respect to Ukraine's territorial integrity, Ukraine's sovereignty," State Department spokesman Matthew Miller tells reporters. SOUNDBITE
The United States denounces a strike on a children's hospital in Kyiv. Russia unleashed "another savage missile attack" on civilians, State Department spokesman Matthew Miller tells reporters. SOUNDBITE
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