Roch Wamytan Roch Wamytan is elected President of the Congress of New Caledonia by the Congress of New Caledonia with 32 votes.
BBC The BBC airs a special edition of its "Crimewatch" programme aimed at identifying people involved in the 2011 England riots.
Venezuela Seven people are killed and 17 injured after a fight in a western Venezuelan prison in the town of Cabimas.
Rabbi A rabbi in the U.S. state of New Jersey has been indicted for alleged sex crimes against two 13-year-old Israeli boys who were visiting the rabbi through a scholarship fund. The two boys had reported the abuse separately following their return.
Australian Broadcasting Corporation An Australian Broadcasting Corporation helicopter goes missing near Lake Eyre in outback South Australia with journalist Paul Lockyer, pilot Gary Ticehurst and cameraman John Bean feared dead.
Pakistan More than 60,000 people are homeless after flooding in the southern Pakistani province of Sindh.
The DAX, CAC 40, Nasdaq drop over 5%, the FTSE 100 index by 4.5%, the Dow Jones Industrial Average by 3.7%.
South Korea South Korean banks temporarily stop making household loans to stop the growth of household debt.
Eight people are killed Eight people are killed and dozens are injured in southern Israel near the Egyptian border, after a string of terrorist attacks on a highway targeting two civilian buses and cars as well a military bus responding to the attacks.
Minibus At least fourteen people die after a minibus hits a roadside bomb in Afghanistan's Herat province.