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This article covers breaking news and events in August 2017.

Daily events

Tuesday 1st August 2017

• Herat / Afghanistan : At least 29 visitors are killed in the Shiite Jawadi mosque with a gun and an explosive belt . Since the beginning of the year, attacks on Shiites by the terrorist organization Islamic State have been increasing in Afghanistan .

Wednesday 2nd August 2017

• Berlin / Germany : On the " National Forum Diesel " of the Federal Ministry of Transport and -umweltministeriums involving other ministries, makers of countries and representatives of the automotive industry will for the exhaust scandals and the judgment of the Administrative Court of Stuttgart on air pollution a solution for the reduction of pollutant emissions in diesel - Can be reached by car. The participation of environmental and consumer protection associations was rejected. The manufacturers are committed to reducing the emissions of over five million vehicles by up to 30% by the end of the year through software changes. As a result, the fuel consumption of these vehicles is expected to increase.
• Berlin / Germany : The Federal Institute for Risk Assessment responds to analysis about high Fipronil - residues in eggs for human consumption and provides information on a potentially acute health risk for children. In Belgium , an egg was analyzed with 1.6 times the amount allowed. The origin of the food concerned is the Netherlands , in Germany millions of eggs are suspected.
• On Earth Overshoot Day 2017 (also called "World Exhaustion Day" or "Earth Overload Day"), according to calculations by the Global Footprint Network, the amount of earth's resources for 2017 that would be available to the world population if they only used as many raw materials as there are regenerate during the same period.

Thursday 3rd August 2017

Luisa Ortega Díaz

• Caracas / Venezuela : Attorney General Luisa Ortega Díaz suspects the Maduro government of manipulating the elections for the constituent assembly on July 30th and calls for the vote to be canceled . Her authority files a motion in court to prevent the assembly from being constituted on Friday .
• Pontresina / Switzerland : ten minutes after take-off, a small plane crashes in the Diavolezza area. Two passengers and the pilot are killed and one person is seriously injured.

Friday 4th August 2017

• Essen , Mülheim / Germany : The discount retailers Aldi Nord and Aldi Süd are completely removing the product egg from their range following the health warning issued by the Federal Institute for Risk Assessment on August 2nd.
• Hanover / Germany : With the change of state member Elke Twesten from the Greens to the CDU , the governing parties SPD and Greens lose their majority in parliament.
• Kigali / Rwanda : Incumbent Paul Kagame is confirmed in the presidential election . The electoral commission shows a vote of 98% approval.
• New York / United States : The Government of the United States shares the United Nations with that the United States, effective November 4, 2020 the climate - Paris Convention to get off.

Saturday 5th August 2017

• al-Sukhna / Syria : Supported by air strikes by the armed forces of Russia , the government -loyal Syrian army takes the small town of al-Sukhna. It was the last city ​​in Homs Governorate held by the Islamic State terrorist organization .
• Caracas / Venezuela : After the constituent session the previous day, the constituent assembly is opened by its President Delcy Rodriguez. Venezuela has been in international isolation since the United States was surprised in the past decade with the establishment of the Bolivarian Alliance for America , which prevents a free trade zone in North and South America that the US wants . In Venezuela, the tensions between Bolivarian and pro-Western forces culminated in a deep, ongoing state crisis in 2014 .
• Caracas / Venezuela : The Constituent Assembly dismisses Prosecutor General Luisa Ortega Díaz from service. This sees the convening of the assembly as a disregard for parliament and a “coup” against the 1999 constitution .
• Montevideo / Uruguay : The common market of South America, the supranational association Mercosur , excludes the country Venezuela for violating the democratic order.
• Sar-i Pul / Afghanistan : In the village of Mirza Olang in the Sayyad district, members of the Taliban militia and the Islamic State terrorist organization carry out a massacre of civilians.
• Vienna / Austria : The German duo Laura Ludwig and Kira Walkenhorst wins the gold medal at the Beach Volleyball World Championship . In the final they beat the American duo of Lauren Fendrick and April Ross with 2: 1 (19:21, 15: 9, 21:13) .

Sunday 6th August 2017

• Enschede / Netherlands : In the final of the 12th European Women's Football Championship , the Netherlands beat Denmark 4-2 .
• Grossarl / Austria : In the district of Arbitration of the market town Großarl a spilled Mure national road 109 in the country Salzburg . The people up the valley are cut off from the outside world for hours.

Monday 7th August 2017

• Geneva / Switzerland : The Swiss lawyer Carla Del Ponte resigns as a Syria special investigator. The reason for her resignation is that she has achieved “absolutely nothing” and she does not want to be an “alibi investigator”.

Tuesday 8th August 2017

Jacob Zuma

• Caracas / Venezuela : The armed forces of Venezuela cordon off the building of the National Assembly and lock the members of parliament out. As a result, the constituent assembly meets for the first time in the previous parliament hall.
• Nairobi / Kenya : Uhuru Kenyatta can assert himself in the highest office of the state in the presidential election . The runner-up Raila Odinga speaks publicly of election fraud.
• Pretoria / South Africa : President Jacob Zuma ( ANC ), who was elected to the highest office of the state eight years ago, survived his ninth vote of no confidence . The parliamentarians vote 189 to 177 in favor of Zuma.
• Sichuan / China : In a landslide in Liangshan and an earthquake with a magnitude of 6.5 M _w with an epicenter in Jiuzhaigou County, at least 40 people die in Sichuan Province.

Wednesday August 9, 2017

Guam coat of arms

James Mattis

• Levallois-Perret / France : Four soldiers are seriously injured in a car attack on a group of soldiers in the Paris suburb of Levallois-Perret. A 36-year-old Algerian is arrested near the northern French city of Boulogne-sur-Mer after a chase followed by shooting .
• Pyongyang / North Korea : The state news agency KCNA reported on simulations of head of state Kim Jong-un , the US - base on the island of Guam in the Pacific to attack after US President Donald Trump called the North Korean leadership, no more threats against the United States speak out, because otherwise his country will respond with "fire and anger".
• Washington, DC / United States : US Secretary of Defense James Mattis warns North Korea's rulers in a statement against actions that would "lead to the end of their regime and the destruction of their people".

Thursday 10th August 2017

• Nairobi / Kenya : A spokesman for the election commission for the presidential election two days ago describes the proclamation of the election victory by the opposition as “ridiculous”. The official result after counting almost all of the votes, the commission shows with 54.2% approval of the old and new President Uhuru Kenyatta , while only 44.9% of the votes go to the opposition Raila Odinga .
• Sisimiut / Greenland : In the west of the island, 500 hectares of grassland, including the peat below, are on fire. Climate researchers consider the increasingly frequent tundra fires on the island to be a result of global warming .

Friday 11th August 2017

• Alexandria / Egypt : A passenger train joins another train shortly before the station in the suburb of Khorschid . At least 40 people are killed and more than a hundred more are injured.
• Bedminster / United States : US President Donald Trump declares a national emergency because of the " opiate crisis". In the United States, more people die each year from using cocaine , heroin, and other drugs than from traffic accidents or firearms .
• Berlin / Germany : The High Commissioner of the United Nations Filippo Grandi and German Chancellor Angela Merkel discussed measures to reduce the movement of refugees from North Africa across the Mediterranean to Europe . Merkel speaks, the more support Coast Guard of Libya from. Grandi suggests converting the existing Libyan detention camps for illegal migrants into permanent detention centers.
• Nagold / Germany : Five people die when a garbage truck overturns at excessive speed at an intersection.

Saturday 12th August 2017

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  Scene of the demonstration in Charlottesville
  Charlottesville / United States : On the sidelines of a march of right-wing extremist groups , a car drives into a group of counter-demonstrators , killing one person and injuring 19.
• Locarno / Switzerland : The documentary Mrs. Fang by the Chinese director Wang Bing wins the Golden Leopard at the 70th  Locarno Film Festival .
• Nairobi / Kenya : In riots following the presidential election, of which Uhuru Kenyatta was declared the winner , 24 people have died to date, 17 of them in Nairobi, reports the Kenya National Commission on Human Rights ( German  National Kenyan Human Rights Commission ). The largest opposition party speaks of more than a hundred dead across the country.
• Rastatt / Germany : The Mannheim – Basel railway line between Rastatt and Baden-Baden will be temporarily closed for several weeks after the tracks have sunk near Niederbühl at the construction site of the Rastatt tunnel .

Sunday 13th August 2017

Final in the women's 1,500 m run, 3rd v. l. the eventual winner Faith Kipyegon

• London / United Kingdom : The 16th edition of the World Athletics Championships ends. The most successful nation is the United States with 30 medals. Five medals go to Germany .
• Regensburg / Germany : After Doctors Without Borders , the non-governmental organization (NGO) Sea-Eye e. V. carried out their rescue operations in the Mediterranean. The Convention of the United Nations , although obliged to accommodate rescued shipwrecked by a safe harbor, but it became more frequent evidence of deliberate shipwreck for Migration in the European Union . Italy wants to be more restrictive than before towards NGOs, and according to Sea-Eye , Libya has shot at rescue ships in its territorial waters in the past few days.

Monday August 14, 2017

• Regent / Sierra Leone : After a storm , a landslide occurs in the city , which, according to initial estimates, buries around one hundred people. The Red Cross expects at least 300 deaths.

Tuesday 15th August 2017

Air Berlin Boeing 737

• Berlin / Germany : The airline Air Berlin applies to the Charlottenburg district court to open insolvency proceedings . Flight operations will initially continue as the federal government is granting a temporary loan of 150 million euros .

Wednesday August 16, 2017

• Puerto Ayacucho / Venezuela : At least 37 inmates are killed when a prisoner revolt is put down in a prison. The Venezuelan opposition speaks of a "massacre".
• Worldwide : A tweet by former US President Barack Obama about the attack in Charlottesville rises to the post with the most likes in the history of the microblogging service Twitter within three days . Obama quotes the South African opponent of apartheid Nelson Mandela : "Nobody hates someone from birth because of their skin color, their origin or their religion."
• Vienna / Austria : Due to the increase in vandalism and to prevent violent crime, the municipal transport company Wiener Linien has its first 22 security guards in service, with more to follow.

Thursday 17th August 2017

Donald Trump

• Barcelona / Spain : On the promenade Las Ramblas , a 22-year-old controls Moroccans a Fiat Talento zag line zig-in through a crowd . 13 people lost their lives and over a hundred were wounded. The terrorist organization Islamic State then referred to him and his accomplices as soldiers of jihad.
• Washington, DC / United States : US President Donald Trump reacts to the terrorist attack in Barcelona by recommending brutal methods against Islamists , at least that's how the majority of the media interprets the following Trump post on Twitter : "Investigate what General Pershing ... with ... Terrorists made. After that there was no more Islamist terror for 35 years. "

Friday 18th August 2017

Parliament building in Caracas

• Cambrils / Spain : In the night from Thursday to Friday, police officers stop a car with five armed people 100 km south of the Catalan capital Barcelona , the driver of which accelerates the car suddenly, steers it against seven pedestrians and kills a woman. Then the men are shot by the police. The investigators see the incident in connection with the attack in Barcelona .
• Caracas / Venezuela : The constituent assembly revokes the decision-making powers of the parliament of Venezuela by decree. The majority of the members of parliament are in opposition to President Nicolás Maduro and so far have shown themselves to be powerless against the transformation of the state into a dictatorship .
• Philippine Sea : A privately financed American research group discovered the wreck of the cruiser USS Indianapolis during a dive 72 years after its sinking at a depth of around 5,500 m in the Pacific .
• Turku / Finland : At noon, a man attacks several people with a knife in the Puutori market in the city center . Two people died and six others were injured in the attack on the Moroccan whose asylum application was not approved.
• Washington, DC / United States : White House chief strategist Stephen Bannon is relieved of his position by John Kelly , US President Donald Trump's chief of staff . Bannon is considered one of the architects of Donald Trump's victory in the 2016 presidential election .

Saturday 19th August 2017

• Surgut / Russia : In the Surgut oil town of Surgut, a man armed with a knife attacks several passers-by in the center. Eight people are injured. The attacker is then shot. According to local police, it was a local born in 1994.

Sunday 20th August 2017

• Damascus / Syria : A mortar projectile strikes the ongoing event at the entrance exhibition a "Damascus International Fair". Eyewitnesses report six fatalities.

Monday 21st August 2017

Region of total darkness (black)

Cookeville, Tennessee

• Deir ez-Zor / Syria : The armed forces of Russia fly an air strike on a military convoy of the terrorist organization Islamic State . About 200 members of the Islamist association are said to have died.
• Hanover / Germany : The members of the 17th Lower Saxony state parliament decide to dissolve the parliament. The parties of the state government led by Stephan Weil ( SPD ) have been in the parliamentary minority since the former Green MP Elke Twesten joined the CDU at the beginning of August .
• Nashville / United States : Observed from Tennessee , the sun is obscured by the moon for 160 seconds for the longest during a total solar eclipse . The umbra of the moon hits 14 states of the USA.

Tuesday 22nd August 2017

• ar-Raqqa / Syria : The alliance against the terrorist organization Islamic State is flying air strikes on its stronghold in northern Syria, in which, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, an unknown number of terrorists and at least 40 civilians die. The international alliance is led by the United States .
• Karlsruhe / Germany : The Federal Court of Justice ruled that grandparents do not have a general right to deal with their grandchildren . In the specific case, the grandparents accused the parents of mental abuse of the grandchildren, so the parents forbade all contact and the grandparents took legal action against this ban.

Wednesday 23rd August 2017

Paulinum in Leipzig

• Bregaglia / Switzerland : In the district of Bondo , a rock avalanche falls from Piz Cengalo into a side valley of the Bondasca valley. The Graubünden mountain village of Bondo, with around one hundred inhabitants, is subsequently evacuated. At least 8 hikers are still missing at sunset.
• Leipzig / Germany : The Paulinum , the successor to the St. Pauli University Church that was blown up in 1968 , has been completed eight years after the original opening date.
• Luanda / Angola : In the election for the National Assembly , President José Eduardo dos Santos , who has been in office since 1979, leaves the top candidate for the ruling popular movement for the liberation of Angola (MPLA) to his Vice-President João Lourenço . The MPLA wins the election and Lourenço becomes the new head of state.
• Brussels / Belgium : A 30-year-old attacks two soldiers with a knife in the center of the Belgian capital and injures them. The attacker is then shot. The Islamic State has claimed this act for itself.
• London / United Kingdom : Almost at the same time as the attack in Brussels, a man attacked police officers with a knife in front of Buckingham Palace . Two policemen are slightly injured. The attacker can be arrested.

Thursday August 24, 2017

• London / United Kingdom : The National Statistics Office reports that between March 2016 and March 2017 over 120,000 citizens from member states of the European Union left the Kingdom permanently, a third more than between March 2015 and March 2016. Immigration has decreased, but is still there stronger than emigration.

Friday 25th August 2017

Hurricane Harvey: in north Texas, west Mexico, the hurricane moves northwest

• Bangkok / Thailand : The Supreme Court issues an arrest warrant for former Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra .
• Berlin / Germany : The Federal Ministry of the Interior bans the website " linksunten.indymedia.org ". The platform supported left-wing extremists in the preparation and implementation of criminal offenses, e.g. B. in July in Hamburg .
• Dortmund / Germany : The German Language Association selects the Evangelical Church in Germany as " Language Fan of the Year ".
• Rakhine / Myanmar : More than 70 people are killed in targeted attacks by members of the Rohingya Muslim ethnic group . Twelve of the victims are police officers. Only one million of the 51 million inhabitants of Myanmar belong to the Rohingya group and they enjoy no protection as a minority.
• Rockport / United States : The Category 4 - Hurricane Harvey reached 21:30 local time north of the city Corpus Christi the coast of Texas and moves inland. The wind speed is in places at 210 km / h.

Sunday 27th August 2017

• Brussels / Belgium : The deadline of the European Commission in the infringement proceedings against Poland for a statement after the controversial judicial reform expires without Poland commenting on the questions.
• Texas / United States : Hurricane Harvey is wedged between two subtropical high pressure areas and is only moving slowly from the spot. On its eastern edge, it transports large amounts of moisture from the Gulf of Mexico to the mainland. A region the size of Belgium has been hit by floods , including a. the city of Houston .

Monday, August 28, 2017

National Guard on duty, Hurricane Harvey withdraws from Texas

• Houston / United States : All highways in the greater Houston area are flooded from the low pressure system of Hurricane Harvey after heavy rainfall . Evacuation is ongoing across the coastal area between Corpus Christi and Galveston . The National Guard helps out with 3,000 people.

Tuesday 29th August 2017

• Dortmund / Germany : Four and a half months after the attack on Borussia Dortmund's team bus, the Dortmund public prosecutor is bringing charges against suspect Sergej W. for 20 attempts at attempted murder.
• Gulf of Mexico : The eye of Hurricane Harvey is again over the open sea, the low pressure area changes direction again in the morning and is now moving towards the coast of Louisiana .

Thursday August 31, 2017

• Berlin / Germany : In a survey for the trade journal Theater heute , critics vote the Volksbühne Berlin as the German-language theater of the year.

See also

• Nekrolog August 2017 for deaths this month
• List of annually recurring commemorative and action days in August
• Category for commemorative days, holidays or action days in August

Web links

Norway in August 2017

Commons : August 2017  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

 Wikinews: Articles Published August 2017  - News

Individual evidence

1. ↑ 29 dead in a suicide attack on a mosque in Herat. In: mz-web.de . August 2, 2017. Retrieved August 2, 2017 . 
2. ^ IS claims mosque attack in Afghanistan's Herat. In: india.com, Essel Group . August 2, 2017, accessed August 2, 2017 . 
3. ↑ "National Forum Diesel" aims to achieve a nationwide solution to reduce pollutant emissions from diesel cars. In: bmub.bund.de . June 27, 2017. Retrieved August 2, 2017 . 
4. ↑ The diesel is safe. In: Spiegel Online . August 2, 2017. Retrieved August 2, 2017 . 
5. ↑ Contaminated Eggs: How Dangerous Is Fipronil? In: Pharmaceutical newspaper online . August 2, 2017. Retrieved August 5, 2017 . 
6. ↑ Earth Overload Day Germanwatch eV In: germanwatch.org . Retrieved August 2, 2017 . 
7. ↑ Venezuela: Prosecutor calls for the constitutional election to be canceled. In: Zeit Online . August 3, 2017. Retrieved August 3, 2017 . 
8. ↑ Airplane crashed with young people on board. In: tagesanzeiger.ch . August 4, 2017. Retrieved August 19, 2017 . 
9. ↑ Aldi takes all eggs from the sale. In: Zeit Online . August 4, 2017. Retrieved August 5, 2017 . 
10. ↑ Red-green suddenly without a majority. In: n-tv.de . August 4, 2017. Retrieved August 4, 2017 . 
11. ↑ President Kagame is confirmed in office with a gigantic majority. In: NZZ.ch . August 4, 2017. Retrieved August 5, 2017 . 
12. ↑ USA officially declare the UN to withdraw from the climate treaty. In: derstandard.at . August 5, 2017. Retrieved August 5, 2017 . 
13. ^ Syrian army conquers IS stronghold in Homs province. In: DW.com . August 6, 2017. Retrieved August 6, 2017 . 
14. ^ First Session of Venezuela's Constituent Assembly Set for Saturday. In: laht.com . August 5, 2017, accessed August 5, 2017 . 
15. ^ President Maduro gets rid of his most important opponent. In: Süddeutsche.de . August 5, 2017. Retrieved August 5, 2017 . 
16. ↑ Mercosul suspende direitos políticos da Venezuela por 'ruptura da ordem democrática'. In: globo.com . August 5, 2017. Retrieved August 5, 2017 (Portuguese). 
17. ↑ Terrorists kill dozens of people. In: Spiegel Online . August 6, 2017. Retrieved August 6, 2017 . 
18. ↑ Ludwig and Walkenhorst celebrate world championships. In: Spiegel Online . August 5, 2017. Retrieved August 5, 2017 . 
19. ^ Netherlands - Denmark 4-2. In: uefa.com . August 6, 2017. Retrieved August 6, 2017 . 
20. ↑ Clean-up work after storms has started in full swing across the country. In: salzburg.com . August 6, 2017, archived from the original on August 25, 2017 ; accessed on August 6, 2017 . 
21. ↑ Syria special investigator resigns: Del Ponte frustrated with the Security Council. In: The daily newspaper . August 7, 2017. Retrieved August 22, 2017 . 
22. ↑ Military blocks access to Parliament in Caracas. In: FAZ.net . August 8, 2017. Retrieved August 8, 2017 . 
23. ↑ Kenyatta's win to be probed as post-election rioting escalates. In: morningstaronline.co.uk . August 10, 2017, archived from the original on August 11, 2017 ; accessed on August 12, 2017 . 
24. ↑ Zuma survives ouster bid to maintain grip on power. In: moneyweb.co.za. August 8, 2017, accessed August 8, 2017 . 
25. ↑ Death toll rises to 24 from landslide in SW China. In: China Internet Information Center . August 8, 2017, accessed August 8, 2017 . 
26. ↑ Anger and despair after the earthquake in China: “Nobody helps us”. In: nnn.de . August 9, 2017. Retrieved August 9, 2017 . 
27. ↑ After a car attack: Police are looking for accomplices. In: lvz.de . August 10, 2017. Retrieved August 19, 2017 . 
28. ↑ North Korea threatens US airbase in Guam, as Trump promises 'fire and fury'. In: theguardian.com . August 9, 2017, accessed August 9, 2017 . 
29. ↑ US Secretary of Defense gives North Korea an ultimatum. In: Südtirol Online . August 9, 2017, archived from the original ; accessed on August 9, 2017 . 
30. ↑ Kenya Opposition Claims of Poll Lead 'Ridiculous'. In: nytimes.com . August 10, 2017, accessed on August 11, 2017 . 
31. ↑ Why Greenland's tundra is on fire. In: Spektrum.de . August 10, 2017. Retrieved August 10, 2017 . 
32. ↑ At least 49 dead and more than a hundred injured in a train accident in Egypt. In: Süddeutsche.de . August 12, 2017. Retrieved August 12, 2017 . 
33. ↑ Trump declares opiate crisis a national emergency. In: NZZ.ch . August 11, 2017. Retrieved August 11, 2017 . 
34. ↑ Refugee policy: Merkel consults with distinguished guests - the situation in Libya is serious. In: berliner-zeitung.de . August 11, 2017. Retrieved August 11, 2017 . 
35. ↑ Serious accident with garbage truck: five dead. In: schwarzwaelder-bote.de . August 12, 2017. Retrieved August 13, 2017 . 
36. ^ 1 dead, 19 injured as car hits crowd after a 'Unite the Right' rally in Charlottesville; driver in custody. In: usatoday.com . August 13, 2017, accessed on August 17, 2017 . 
37. ↑ Golden Leopard goes to Alzheimer's Documentation. In: FAZ.net . August 12, 2017. Retrieved August 17, 2017 . 
38. ↑ Human rights activist speaks of 24 dead in rioting. In: NZZ.ch . August 12, 2017. Retrieved August 12, 2017 . 
39. ↑ Kenya's opposition reports at least 100 dead in protests of their choice. In: derstandard.at . August 12, 2017. Retrieved August 12, 2017 . 
40. ↑ Stefan Jehle: Railway closure between Rastatt and Baden-Baden: Rheintalbahn paralyzed longer. In: stuttgarter-zeitung.de. August 13, 2017. Retrieved August 25, 2017 . 
41. ^ Medal Table: IAAF World Championships London 2017. In: iaaf.org . August 13, 2017, accessed August 13, 2017 . 
42. ↑ Art. 98 UNCLOS. In: Jurion . November 16, 1994. Retrieved August 13, 2017 . 
43. ↑ Sea-Eye suspends aid mission for the time being. In: deutschlandfunk.de . August 13, 2017. Retrieved August 13, 2017 . 
44. ^ Heavy rain in Freetown causing major destruction - emergency warning issued. In: thesierraleonetelegraph.com. August 14, 2017, accessed on August 14, 2017 . 
45. ↑ Air Berlin files for insolvency. In: rbb-online.de . August 15, 2017. Retrieved August 15, 2017 . 
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47. ↑ At least 37 dead in prison riot in Venezuela. In: RP Online . August 17, 2017. Retrieved August 17, 2017 . 
48. ↑ Tweet from Obama about Charlottesville breaks Twitter record. In: Spiegel Online . August 16, 2017. Retrieved August 16, 2017 . 
49. ↑ Wiener Linien set up their own security force. In: derstandard.at . August 16, 2017. Retrieved August 16, 2017 . 
50. ^ Terrorist militia IS claims the attack in Barcelona for itself. In: Spiegel Online . August 17, 2017. Retrieved August 17, 2017 . 
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53. ↑ Los Mossos abaten a cinco terroristas en un nuevo ataque en Cambrils. In: elpais.com . August 18, 2017, Retrieved August 18, 2017 (Spanish). 
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57. ^ Trump gets rid of White House chief strategist Stephen Bannon. In: washingtonpost.com . August 18, 2017. Retrieved August 18, 2017 . 
58. ^ Six people killed in a mortar attack at Damascus fair: monitor. In: reuters.com . August 20, 2017, accessed on August 21, 2017 . 
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60. ^ New elections in Lower Saxony: Parliament has dissolved. In: haz.de . August 21, 2017. Retrieved August 21, 2017 . 
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63. ↑ Parents can forbid grandma and grandpa to have contact with their grandchildren. In: Welt Online . August 22, 2017. Retrieved August 22, 2017 . 
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66. ^ Angola: Election Commission declares ruling party the winner. In: Zeit Online . August 24, 2017. Retrieved August 24, 2017 . 
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71. ↑ At least 71 people killed in attacks on police stations. In: Spiegel Online . August 25, 2017. Retrieved August 25, 2017 . 
72. ↑ Hurricane Harvey Forecast, advisory number 23. In: nhc.noaa.gov . August 25, 2017, accessed on August 26, 2017 (English): "28.0N 97.0W" 
73. ↑ Warsaw lets the EU Commission's deadline for judicial reform pass. In: Welt Online . August 27, 2017. Retrieved August 27, 2017 . 
74. ↑ Weather service issues dramatic warning about hurricane. In: tagesspiegel.de . August 27, 2017. Retrieved August 27, 2017 . 
75. ↑ The megacity of Houston is flooded - authorities speak of a "catastrophe of epic proportions". In: NZZ.ch . August 28, 2017. Retrieved August 28, 2017 . 
76. ^ Charges for attempted murder after attack on BVB bus. In: sueddeutsche.de . August 29, 2017. Retrieved August 29, 2017 . 
77. ↑ Louisiana braces for Harvey's rain as it marks Katrina's 12th anniversary. In: CNN.com . August 29, 2017, accessed August 29, 2017 . 
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