2024 Saxony state election Parliamentary elections in the German states of Saxony and Thuringia show large gains for the right-wing populist Alternative for Germany party and the left-wing populist Bündnis Sahra Wagenknecht party as well as losses for the left-wing and liberal parties of the governing coalition and for the socialist The Left party. In Thuringia, a far-right party comes in first place in a state election for the first time since World War II.
Israel–Hamas war At least 29 people are arrested in Tel Aviv on accusations of vandalism, disorderly conduct, and attacking police officers.
Hundreds of thousands of Israelis, including approximately 300,000 in Tel Aviv, protest in cities across the country following the recovery of the bodies of six hostages from Gaza, with the national trade union center calling for a general strike on Monday and for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to resign after failing to negotiate a ceasefire.
Vehicle-ramming attack Two people are killed and four more injured during a vehicle-ramming attack outside a restaurant in Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States. The perpetrator's motive is unknown.
Truck crash Eleven people are killed and more than 40 others are injured when a truck crashes into a bar in Azua, Dominican Republic. The driver subsequently flees the scene.
Weather station A weather station near Qeshm International Airport in Dayrestan, Iran, records the highest unverified heat index on Earth of 82.2 C and the highest dew point of 36.1 C. Climatologists will investigate to confirm the readings' accuracy.
2024 Brazil wildfires The number of wildfires in the Amazon rainforest reaches its highest number in fourteen years at 38,266 fire hotspots as a result of an ongoing drought in South America.
2024 Kamchatka Mil Mi-8 crash The wreckage of the Russian Air Force Mil Mi-8T helicopter that crashed on August 31 over the Russian Kamchatka Peninsula is located.
2024 Bangladesh quota reform movement The office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights announces that it will deploy a fact-finding team to investigate human rights abuses and violations committed by government forces during the quota reform movement, after being requested to do so by the interim government of Muhammad Yunus.
Russian invasion of Ukraine At least 47 people are injured when Russian missiles hit a shopping mall and events complex in Kharkiv, Ukraine.
Russia reports that its forces have taken control of the settlements of Ptyche and Vyimka in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine.
Ukraine launches more than a hundred drones against targets in Russia, including the Konakovo Power Station in Konakovo, Tver Oblast, and the Moscow Refinery in Moscow.
Seven civilians injured in IDF strikes on Hezbollah targets in Aita al-Shaab and Beit Yahoun, southern Lebanon.
Israeli–Palestinian conflict Three Israeli police officers are killed in a drive-by shooting on a road near Tarqumiyah in the West Bank.
At least five Palestinians, including a child, are killed and several others are injured in Israeli strikes on the Jabalia refugee camp and the Shuja'iyya neighborhood of Gaza City.