Withdrawal symptoms: America-Taliban talks

Published: Aug. 9, 2019, 9:34 a.m.

America\u2019s envoy claimed \u201cexcellent progress\u201d in negotiations ahead of the country\u2019s planned exit from Afghanistan. But stickier talks await, between the Islamist militia and the Afghan government. A promising new vaccine may at last tackle typhoid fever, which claims 160,000 lives every year. And, we travel to Scotland and hop on the world\u2019s shortest scheduled flight.