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Experience a front seat view of southern Spain's jet set getaway with a royal insider.

CNN's Barbara Starr asked Gen. Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, about the pain and anger he said he was feeling about the withdrawal from Afghanistan.

Police have confirmed a shooting at Mount Tabor High School in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.

Sri Lanka's main elephant orphanage recorded a rare twin birth Tuesday as a 25-year-old named Surangi delivered healthy male calves, the first elephant twins born in captivity in the country for 80 years. Official records show there are about 200 domesticated elephants in the island country and an estimated 7,500 in the wild.

In a place where concrete is cheap, one man, Doudou Deme, dreams of an ecological, sustainable alternative. Compressed earth bricks, manufactured in his factory outside Dakar, offer better temperature regulation as well as benefiting the planet.

Ahangama (Sri Lanka) (AFP) – Sri Lanka's aim to become the world's first 100 percent organic food producer is threatening its famous tea industry. President Gotabaya Rajapaksa's ban on chemical fertiliser earlier this year has sparked concerns of a severe reduction in tea, the island's main export commodity, as well other crops by the end of this year.

Bangui (Central African Republic) (AFP) – With a precise and delicate touch, Debonheur Koli paints the nails of his clients in his nail salon in Bangui, the capital of Central African Republic. While the manicure and pedicure industry in the West is dominated by women, in Bangui, it's man's work.

The Caldor fire has continued its march toward Lake Tahoe and the Nevada state line, threatening more than 34,000 structures.

Rosario (Argentina) (AFP) – The Parana River, second in size only to the Amazon in South America, is suffering its worst low since 1941, with experts unsure as to whether this owes to its natural cycle or to climate change. The river is crucial for providing drinking water and irrigating farmland, generating electricity as well as for transporting goods to landlocked Paraguay and Bolivia.

Vladivostok (Russia) (AFP) – Russian President Vladimir Putin says that the United States' 20-year campaign in Afghanistan ended in "only tragedies, only losses." Moscow has regularly slammed the US policy in Afghanistan, which is now controlled by the Taliban after their takeover this month ahead of the American pullout on August 31.