[PODCAST] Daily Dose @ 5: Malaysian MPs to submit choice of PM candidate, Evacuation flights resume at Kabul

AMONG the headlines for Tuesday, August 17th, 2021, the speaker of Malaysia's parliament has asked lawmakers to each submit a letter stating their choice of the next prime minister after Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin stepped down this week, deepening a long-running political crisis.

Also, military flights evacuating diplomats and civilians from Afghanistan resumed early today after the runway at Kabul airport was cleared of thousands of people desperate to flee after the Taliban seized the capital.

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