| |  |  | The Reuters Daily Briefing | Monday, September 6, 2021 by Linda Noakes | Hello Here's what you need to know. 600,000 still lack power after Hurricane Ida, shares are lifted by the prospect of lower rates for longer, and farcical scenes at a South American soccer game | | | | | Today's biggest stories  A view of a gate of the provincial governor's office in Panjshir, in this picture uploaded to social media on September 6, 2021 WORLD The Taliban claimed victory over opposition forces in the Panjshir valley northeast of Kabul, declaring that it completed the Islamist group's takeover of Afghanistan and promising to announce a new government soon. About 1,000 people, including Americans, have been stuck in Afghanistan for days awaiting clearance for their charter flights to leave, an organizer told Reuters.
Soldiers who ousted Guinean President Alpha Conde summoned his ministers and top government officials to a meeting, a day after a coup which drew international condemnation. We look back at Conde's steady slide from grace.
Six Palestinian militants broke out of a high-security Israeli prison in what Prime Minister Naftali Bennett called a grave incident. Israeli police and the military started a search after the escape from Gilboa prison in northern Israel.
Sydney, the epicentre of Australia's biggest coronavirus outbreak, is expected to see daily infections peak next week, authorities said, as they look to speed up immunizations before easing lockdown rules.
A World Cup soccer qualifier between Argentina and Brazil was suspended amid farcical scenes after Brazilian health authorities accused a number of Premier League players of violating the country's COVID-19 quarantine rules.
|  A view shows debris and buildings from aboard the Marine One helicopter during an aerial tour of communities in Laffite, Grand Isle, Port Fourchon and Lafourche Parish, Louisiana, September 3, 2021 U.S. Hurricane Ida's death toll continued to rise, with many in the U.S. Northeast holding out hope for people missing in the floodwaters, while nearly 600,000 customers in Louisiana still lacked power a week after the storm made landfall. A private dive team will try to locate the source of a suspected oil spill spotted in the Bay Marchand area of the Gulf of Mexico after Ida.
The U.S. Senate's filibuster rule likely imperils a bill intended to protect abortion rights that Democrats are readying following the Supreme Court's decision not to block a strict new Texas ban, a leading Democratic senator said. Amy Klobuchar told CNN's 'State of the Union' that some Senate Republicans support abortion rights but not enough to overcome the chamber's rule requiring 60 of its 100 members to agree on most legislation.
A House of Representatives Republican said his party does not deserve to win majorities in congressional elections next year if it pushes lies and conspiracy theories, saying that it "desperately needs to tell the truth." Adam Kinzinger also blasted House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy's warning to private companies not to cooperate with a House committee investigating the deadly January 6 attack on the Capitol as "pretty scary."
A self-described survivalist in body armor shot and killed four people, including a woman and her 3-month-old baby boy in her arms, before surrendering to police in central Florida.
| | | | | | | | | Video of the day  Mexican officials cut off new migrant caravan Security forces blocked the passage of the caravan as the government moved to break up the group a day after it set off from southern Mexico for the United States. | | | | And finally… Newly discovered Napoleon hat with DNA to go up for auction  "Five hairs were discovered when the contents of the hat were examined very closely," said Simon Cottle, managing director for Bonhams Europe. "And two of those hairs were then followed up, and they carried the marker of Napoleon." | | | Thanks for spending part of your day with us. | | | | | |
