Briefly with OZY

After claiming at least 60 lives across eight states, Hurricane Ida may help America come to grips with climate protection efforts. The Taliban claim to have captured the last Afghan province, but holdouts deny that. And a relatively unknown teenager has ousted Naomi Osaka from the U.S. Open tennis tournament.

Ida killed more people when it hit New Jersey and New York as a storm than it did making landfall in Louisiana as a hurricane, with the president blaming the climate crisis. Desperate Texan women are calling abortion centers asking for help after the state passed one of America’s most restrictive laws. And there’s a new boar war as Romans battle piggish behavior.

The U.S. Supreme Court voted 5-4 to let Texas' citizen-enforced near-ban on abortions stand last night, but left open further legal challenges. The Pentagon may work with the Taliban against Islamic State’s Afghan offshoot. And taser-happy French police may be taught a lesson.

It's the end of an era, not just for the U.S. war in Afghanistan, President Joe Biden announced yesterday, but for U.S. nation-building attempts abroad. A Texas abortion law that is the most restrictive in the country went into effect today, barring women from terminations after six weeks. And the rush is on again for toilet paper, as manufacturers ramp up production.

The longest war is over. All U.S. forces have officially withdrawn from Afghanistan, with the Taliban now back in power after 20 years. The death toll from Hurricane Ida could rise "considerably," Louisiana officials say, as almost 1 million people remain without power. And in a bid to stop video game addiction the Chinese government has brought in new rules for minors.

There have been flood warnings and power outages in New Orleans after the city was hit by Hurricane Ida on the exact day Katrina made landfall 16 years ago. Militants have fired rockets at Kabul airport and a U.S. drone strike in Afghanistan has killed civilians. And #Time’sUp for octopus and hummingbird harassers!

The U.S. military believes its drone strike today killed a “planner” of Thursday’s Kabul airport attack that killed 170 people. A California parole board has approved convicted Robert F. Kennedy assassin Sirhan Sirhan for release. And meet the Virginia counties with their own armies.

President Joe Biden is vowing retribution for the deadly attack that killed scores at Kabul airport yesterday claimed by ISIS-K. Texas Republicans are now able to pass new voting restrictions. And China has banned popularity listings of all celebrities not named “Xi Jinping.”

The U.S., U.K. and Australia have issued an alert over the threat of a possible terror attack at Kabul airport. Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny has given his first interview from prison, saying he’s forced to watch hours of Russian propaganda. And in a touching ewe-logy for his aunt, an Australian sheep farmer created a viral video.

The U.S. says it’s sticking to its Aug. 31 pullout date, as the Taliban tell women to wait to return to work because militants aren’t used to them. The bizarre Havana syndrome is believed to be the reason Vice President Kamala Harris’ flight to Hanoi was delayed. And he certainly gathered no moss, Rolling Stones legend Charlie Watts remembered.