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U.S. allies say they have no choice but to follow the U.S. timetable and withdraw their forces from Afghanistan by August 31 despite fears that not everyone will be evacuated in time. Britain called an emergency summit of G7 leaders Tuesday to discuss the crisis. Henry Ridgwell reports from London.

Some of the deported Zimbabweans having their documents processed by immigration officials at Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport on Thursday. Britain has so far deported at least 20 Zimbabweans within the last few weeks said to have criminal records. (Video: Thomas Chiripasi)

Army Specialist Christopher Horton was a sniper who was killed in ambush in eastern Afghanistan on September 9, 2011. He was 26 years old. His widow, Jane Horton, is an advocate for fallen soldiers and the families they leave behind, known as Gold Star families.

Turning collectibles into a museum is something few people get a chance to do. But for one “Hot Wheels” collector near Washington, DC, he’s turned a childhood passion into a grownup hobby he can share with others. VOA’s Ronan Zakaria has the details.

Despite COVID-19 vaccines being available to all South African adults, uptake remains low with just 20 percent of adults having received a first dose. The Muslim Association of South Africa is one of many groups combatting vaccine hesitancy by delivering jabs to doorsteps. Linda Givetash reports

In a beauty salon in San Francisco, a robot paints nails in under 10 minutes with the help of computer vision and artificial intelligence. Michelle Quinn reports.

VOA60 World- Crowds of desperate Afghans continued to gather outside of Kabul's airport Wednesday in hopes of evacuation

Beeple, NFT, Ethereum – words familiar mostly in the worlds of cryptocurrency and digital art. but they have revolutionized the art world and are now worth millions of dollars. Maxim Avloshenko looked into what exactly they are and why they are worth so much in this story, narrated by Anna Rice.

The fall of Afghanistan happened quicker than most U.S. officials anticipated and publicly stated, creating an atmosphere of chaos and desperation in Kabul. Watch The Inside Story for a first-person account of those first 36 hours and the impact the U.S. withdrawal is having on Afghan society.

Afghanistan evacuations reached a highwater mark with Pentagon officials saying about 90 aircraft evacuated 16,000 people from the international airport in Kabul in the past 24 hours. VOA Pentagon correspondent Carla Babb has the latest.