the u.s. in precarious situation as we know things are unstable on the ground. nick just alluded to the fact that evacuations are getting harder, specifically, as more troops are starting to draw down and come out of afghanistan yesterday. yesterday, on friday, the pentagon spokesperson said there were about 5,000 troops still on the ground. so this could become even more dangerous, as we get closer to that august 31st deadline. but president biden yesterday said that though this was a dangerous mission, kim, he also calls it a worthy mission. all right. thanks so much, jasmine wright in washington. well, we re keeping a close eye on hurricane ida as it heads towards america s gulf coast. we ll have another update from our cnn weather center just ahead. and the u.s. releases key finding of its report on the origins of covid. we ll share what it reveals and what china has to say about it, in a live report from beijing, that s next.
after a delta-driven surge, they are hopeful that cases are now plateauing in certain regions. nick watt, cnn, los angeles. all right. let s look at the covid situation around the world. norway is seeing a dramatic spike in cases in recent weeks. for the third day in a row the country reported more than 1,000 cases. they ve been surging there since mid july when norway was only reporting about 200 per day. canadian authorities have authorized the use of the moderna shot in children ages 12 to 17. the vaccine was previously authorized only for adults. and in australia, new south wales is reporting more than 1,000 new community cases. that s the state s highest caseload so far in the pandemic. it comes as sydney has spent nine weeks in lockdown. a long-awaited report from the u.s. intelligence community is shedding little light on the origins of the covid-19 virus. cnn with more on the
and we re running the road blocks each time. we do hope that in the next few days we may have better news. but it s a critical situation. as you rightly said, supplies at health facilities running extremely low. and our own stock in countries are down just a couple of days. and as you say, i mean, the situation there, the kabul airport is untenable. can you try other airports in the country? using other countries, for example? yeah. so, you know, some of the options we ve explored, bringing in commercial charter flight, that hasn t been possible. we did try to piggyback with some of the military flights into kabul. but again, for security and operational concerns, that didn t work out. similarly, with bringing trucks across the border, again, plenty of operational and security concerns there.
world. this is cnn newsroom. hurricane ida is barreling toward the united states, gaining strength as it churns through the gulf of mexico. the storm was a category-one hurricane on friday, and it s expected to become a dangerous car category three or four this weekend. hurricane warnings are posted for the louisiana and mississippi coasts, and evacuations are under way. forecasters say ida likely will slam into new orleans on the anniversary of hurricane katrina. joining me is meteorologist karen maginnis. you ve been tracking this. what s the latest? a frightening situation developing over about the next
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