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🥇🥈Team GB secured their first one-two finish in an Olympic swimming event for 113 years. Tom Dean beat team-mate Duncan Scott to gold by 0.04 sec in a dramatic finale to the men’s 200m freestyle

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- Bermudian triathlete Flora Duffy wins the Women's event, making Bermuda the least populous nation to have ever won a Summer Olympic gold medal. (Reuters)

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Armed conflicts and attacks

War in Afghanistan
- Taliban insurgency
  - 2021 Taliban offensive
    - United Nations representative for Afghanistan Deborah Lyons implores the Afghan government and the Taliban to protect civilians as a UN report shows a sharp increase in civilians being killed. 1,300 civilians, mostly women and children, have been killed so far this year. (DW)
    - Forty-six Afghan National Army soldiers, including five officers, flee into neighbouring Pakistan after abandoning their military posts on the the border amid Taliban advances. (The Express Tribune)
American-led intervention in Iraq
- Withdrawal of United States troops from Iraq
  - U.S. President Joe Biden announces that U.S. combat forces will leave Iraq by the end of the year, although some troops will remain to "train and advise" the Iraqi military. (BBC)
2021 Tunisian political crisis
- The army surrounds the parliament and prevents its Speaker Rached Ghannouchi from entering. President Kais Saied earlier dismissed Prime Minister Hichem Mechichi and froze the activities of the parliament for 30 days. (Reuters)
- Police storm and raid the headquarters of news outlet Al Jazeera in Tunis, as clashes continue outside the building. (Al Jazeera)
- The main opposition Islamist Ennahda Movement accuses President Saied of staging a coup as clashes between the President's supporters and Islamist protesters continue in the capital Tunis. An Ennahda office is also burned down in the city of Tozeur. (BBC)
Insurgency in North East India
- Five policemen are killed and more than 50 people are wounded in the Indian state of Assam during clashes with Mizoram due to a border dispute. (Al Jazeera)

Disasters and accidents

2021 Madagascar food crisis
- USAID announces a $7.5 million donation to be used for feeding people and treating children and pregnant women suffering from malnutrition in southern Madagascar. The country is experiencing its worst drought the past 40 years, with more than one million people on the verge of famine. (US embassy Madagascar)
Thirteen people are killed and 45 others are injured when a long-distance bus rolls over on the G22 Qingdao–Lanzhou Expressway in Jingchuan County, Gansu, China. (Xinhua News Agency)
A dust storm causes a 20-vehicle pileup on Interstate 15 in the U.S. state of Utah, killing eight people and injuring several others, some of whom are in critical condition, according to a statement from the Utah Highway Patrol. (CNN) (The Guardian)

Health and environment

COVID-19 pandemic
- COVID-19 pandemic in Asia
  - COVID-19 pandemic in South Korea
    - COVID-19 vaccination in South Korea
      - South Korea begins vaccinations for people between the ages of 55 and 59 as the country experiences a fourth wave of COVID-19. (CNA)
  - COVID-19 pandemic in Indonesia
    - Indonesia eases their community activities restrictions and allows non-essential traditional markets, warungs, street food vendors, and some shopping malls as well as other small businesses to reopen with strict health measures despite warnings that further loosening could contribute to another wave of COVID-19. (The Guardian)
    - Indonesia reports a record 40,374 recoveries from COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, thereby bringing the nationwide total of recoveries to 2.54 million. (detikNews)
  - COVID-19 pandemic in Iran
    - Iran reports a record 31,814 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, thereby bringing the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 3.72 million. (Anadolu Agency)
  - COVID-19 pandemic in Kazakhstan
    - Kazakhstan reports a record 6,637 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, thereby bringing the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 535,906. (AKIPress)
  - COVID-19 pandemic in Malaysia
    - Malaysia reports a record 207 deaths from COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, thereby bringing the nationwide death toll to 8,201. (The Straits Times)
  - COVID-19 pandemic in Thailand
    - Thailand reports a record for the second consecutive day of 15,376 new cases of COVID-19, and surpasses 500,000 cases of the virus. (Bangkok Post)
  - COVID-19 pandemic in Vietnam
    - Ho Chi Minh City imposes a strict overnight curfew from 6:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m. in order to reduce the spread of COVID-19 cases. (Radio France Internationale)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Europe
  - COVID-19 pandemic in the Republic of Ireland
    - Pubs and restaurants are allowed to resume their indoor service across for the first time since March 2020, although customers must have official proof that they have been fully vaccinated or have recovered from COVID-19 within the last 180 days. (BBC)
  - COVID-19 pandemic in Russia
    - Russia approves the clinical trial of the combined AstraZeneca and Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine. (Yahoo! News)
- COVID-19 pandemic in the United States
  - COVID-19 vaccination in the United States
    - The U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs announces that they will require vaccinations for healthcare workers, becoming the first agency to do so. (The New York Times)
  - COVID-19 pandemic in California
    - California announces that the state will mandate COVID-19 vaccines for healthcare workers, becoming the first U.S. state to do so. (Los Angeles Daily Times)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Algeria
  - Algeria closes gyms, cultural and leisure venues, beaches and used car markets, reimposes a curfew from 8:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m., and bans all gatherings in 35 provinces, amid the rapid spread of the Lineage B.1.617 Delta variant. (Reuters)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Venezuela
  - Venezuela enters a "radical quarantine" for one week in order to reduce the spread of the Delta variant of COVID-19. (El Confidencial)

International relations

Foreign relations of Equatorial Guinea
- The Foreign Minister of Equatorial Guinea announces the closure of the country's embassy in London, United Kingdom after the British government sanctioned Vice-President Teodoro Nguema Obiang Mangue over his "lavish lifestyle". The Minister said that Equatorial Guinea "will not allow interference in internal affairs". (Reuters)

Law and crime

COVID-19 pandemic in France
- The French Parliament approves a law that requires all healthcare workers to receive a vaccine by September 15 as well as the adoption of a "Health Pass" that will allow residents to travel on trains and airplanes, and enter restaurants and some public venues. The law can be applied until November 15 depending on the COVID-19 situation and will also apply to children over the age of 12 beginning on September 30. (France 24)

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