Armed conflicts and attacks

Israeli crowds led by far-right security minister Itamar Ben-Gvir storm the Al-Aqsa Mosque and several villages in the West Bank on Tisha B'av. Israel Police officers reportedly offered protection to Israeli settlers, while the United States and the United Nations denounce the raids. (Al Jazeera)

• https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/8/13/israeli-settlers-raid-palestinian-areas-on-temple-destruction-anniversary

Disasters and accidents

The death toll for the landslide in the Kiteezi Rubbish Dump in Kampala, Uganda, increases to 24. (DW)

• https://www.dw.com/en/uganda-death-toll-rises-after-landslide-at-rubbish-dump/video-69926235

Disasters and accidents

At least 68 people are killed in Sudan's worst flooding since 2019, impacting several internally displaced person camps amid the ongoing Sudanese civil war. (Reuters)

• https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/least-68-killed-sudan-heavier-than-normal-rainy-season-2024-08-13/

Science and technology

Ford and Mazda issue warnings to owners of over 475,000 vehicles with Takata airbag inflators, cautioning them of the possibility for the inflators to explode with metal shrapnel. (AP)

• https://apnews.com/article/ford-mazda-do-not-drive-takata-air-bags-explode-3eb0b90b47c9d1417c15704db0b99f80