This week PBS NewsHour has been marking the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks by exploring how they have impacted the U.S. at home and abroad. Judy Woodruff leads our latest conversation on the ways the 9/11 attacks shaped American foreign policy over the last two decades. PBS NewsHour is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders

In our news wrap Thursday, the U.S. Justice Department sued Texas over its law banning most abortions. A federal judge in Florida struck down a Republican-backed law targeting violent protests. Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives are asking the supreme court to reject proxy voting during the pandemic. Hot, dry conditions have mostly returned to California, raising new wildfires risks.

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An international commercial flight took off from the Kabul airport Thursday for the first since the Taliban seized the country. On the evacuation flight were 200 foreigners, among them Americans. But they leave behind a country in a humanitarian crisis. Ali Rogin has the story.

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In our news wrap Wednesday, a long-awaited trial opened in Paris on the 2015 Islamic State terrorist attack that killed 130 people. The World Health Organization asked that rich nations not give COVID-19 booster shots until next year. A new tropical storm, Mindy, has formed in the Northeastern Gulf of Mexico. Work crews in Richmond, Virginia, removed a statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee. PBS NewsHour is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders

The Taliban takeover of Afghanistan continues as the group announced leaders of a "caretaker" government Tuesday. Meanwhile, the U.S. secretaries of state and defense were in the Gulf region, in Qatar, where the American evacuation mission is headquartered, and the White House requested $6.4 billion for both the evacuation and resettlement of Afghan refugees. Yamiche Alcindor reports. PBS NewsHour is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders

To learn more about the men leading the new Taliban government in Afghanstan, Judy Woodruff speaks to Ahmed Rashid, a journalist and author of "Taliban: Militant Islam, Oil and Fundamentalism in Central Asia," and Douglas London, who had a 34-year CIA career and authored the new book "The Recruiter: Spying and the Lost Art of American Intelligence." PBS NewsHour is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders

In our news wrap Tuesday, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott signed a measure banning all-night and drive-thru voting and limiting mail-in ballots, dismissing the lawsuits being filed. The U.S. COVID death toll reached 650,000 out of nearly 4.6 million worldwide. Mexico's Supreme Court ruled that imposing punishment for abortions is unconstitutional. California firefighters made gains against the Caldor fire.

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As western countries discuss the rollout of COVID vaccine boosters, millions around the world are still waiting for their first shot. COVID has killed 200,000 people across Africa, which has nearly 8 million confirmed cases. While South Africa is on track to have a majority vaccinated by the end of the year, many other sub-Saharan countries are lagging dangerously behind. William Brangham reports. PBS NewsHour is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders

In our news wrap Monday, Attorney General Merrick Garland said the Justice Department will "continue to protect those seeking to obtain or provide reproductive health services" as federal prosecutors try to find ways to challenge Texas' abortion ban. Federal unemployment aid put in place in 2020 to ease COVID's impact expired Labor Day. Caldor Fire evacuees were able to return to South Lake Tahoe.

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A senior State Department official confirmed the United States evacuated four Americans from Afghanistan and relocated them to a nearby country in the first known U.S. overland extraction since the August 31 withdrawal deadline. As Ali Rogin reports, that comes as Taliban fighters claim to have seized the country's last pocket of resistance. PBS NewsHour is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders