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It's Tuesday, September 2nd.
I'm Shamita Basu.
This is Apple News Today.
On today's show, Xi, Putin and Modi unite to send a message to Trump and the world.
How the administration is using the sue and settle strategy in Texas.
And another CEO is caught behaving badly in the crowds.
But first,
to Afghanistan and the aftermath of Sunday night's catastrophic earthquake that's left at least 800 people dead and injured upward of 2,800 people,
figures that are expected to rise.
Entire villages in the eastern province of Kunar have been flattened,
and it's going to take days for humanitarian workers to uncover the sheer scale of destruction in the mountainous regions.
Here's a translated interview with one local resident speaking to the BBC.
Nearly 95% of our village is destroyed.