The U.S. kills one of the masterminds behind 9/11
Aug 02, 2022•11 min
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Episode description
President Biden last night announced the U.S. killed al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri in a strike in Afghanistan. It's the most significant blow to al-Qaeda since the death of Osama bin Laden 11 years ago.
Plus: the risks of Speaker Pelosi’s Taiwan visit.
And: with rents skyrocketing, we want your stories.
Guests: Idrees Ali, Reuters' foreign policy correspondent and Axios' Bethany Allen-Ebrahimian
Credits: Axios Today is produced by Niala Boodhoo, Sara Kehaulani Goo, Alexandra Botti, Nuria Marquez Martinez, Lydia McMullen-Laird, Alex Sugiura, and Ben O'Brien. Music is composed by Evan Viola. You can reach us at [email protected]. You can text questions, comments and story ideas to Niala as a text or voice memo to 202-918-4893.
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Biden: "Justice has been delivered" with death of al-Qaeda leader
Why Pelosi's Taiwan visit matters to China
The mystery of NYC’s high rents, solved (sort of)
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