Welcome to all you watching us here in the united states, canada, and Around The World. Im kim brunhuber. This is Cnn Newsroom. We begin in afghanistan where taliban fighters are trying to seize the Panjeer Valley North of kabul, home to antitaliban forces, the only territory not under taliban control. Fresh fighting was reported On Saturday with both sides claiming successes. Now Cnn Cant independently verify the accuracy of those reports. In the capital where ordinary afghans have been starved for cash, the largest Currency Exchange Market reopened saturday for the first time in nearly three weeks. Even banks that are open are limiting withdrawals. And theres word the Kabul Airport has resumed some operations. Qatars ambassador said he witnessed the first domestic flight taking off On Saturday. Journalist Ben Farmer is in kabul and joins us by phone with the latest from there. Ben, lets start with the fighting in the pancheer valley. Whats the latest on the conflict . Theres heavy fi
Fronts in the war against covid. Starting with Booster Shots, which will be offered to all americans beginning the third weeK of september. The reason most people in america dont worry about polio, smallpox, measles, mumps or Rubella Today is because of vaccines. The tHreat of the Delta Virus remains real. But we are prepared, we have the tools, we can do this. If you arent going to fight covid19, at least get out of the way of Everyone Else whos trying. The biden administration will also require that Nursing Home Staff be vaccinated in order to continue receiving Medicare And Medicaid funding. These developments come as americas hospitals are bacK in crisis mode, overwhelming Health Care worKers who are facing burnout. States liKe alabama are out of icu beds. Theyre done. A Hospital Association President called it uncharted territory with some patients being treated on gurneys in hallways. But what is perhaps most troubling is the spiKe in covid cases among children. Now returning to
her fight to be believed and the holiday mystery. the heartfelt thank you card inspiring america. this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening it was just a month ago a covid variant of concern was reported out of south africa. days later, it got a name, omicron. and tonight it s now spreading in all 50 u.s. states, driving a wave of new infections the cdc reports the seven-day average has climbed by 25% over the prior week while authorities are urging americans who may be on the move this holiday to get tested, lines remain and supplies are short. one chain of walk-up urgent care clinics in new york temporarily closing some of its locations over staff shortages. tonight doctors do have a new weapon to heal the sick, a covid treatment. a pill has now been authorized for emergency use by the fda. at the same time another treatment is running in short supply miguel almaguer leads our coverage tonight reporter: the fda s emergency use authorization officiall
the mayor of kharkiv, ukraine s second city, said a missile narrowly missed a hospital with a, thousand people inside. leaving a huge crater in the grounds. blowing out windows and injuring one person. there were also attacks in the dnipro region in central ukraine, and in the western areas of lviv and ivano franki vsk. ukrainian officials say equipment was damaged and at least one energy worker injured. russia has repeatedly targeted ukrainian energy infrastructure over recent months. it s attacks such as these that have led to the us providing more aid for ukraine. the united states outlined what will be included in a 6 billion dollar package of military assistance. it s part of a larger 60 billion dollar commitment, which was approved by congress a week ago following 6 months of delays. the package will focus on air defence and includes interceptor missiles, anti drone systems and artillery ammunition. what s not included are the new patriot air defence batteries, which uk
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corruption. saudi arabia s giant state all company are on coke it stops its initial public offering announcing plans to float on the job stock exchange it could be the world s biggest ever stop listing as the kingdom seeks to diversify its economy. i m filled welcome to the program we start with breaking news from the world of sports a german champions by munich a 5 that coach and the cocoa gotch with the side sitting 4th in the bundesliga the croatian won the l