▪️Taliban spokesman: "The war in Afghanistan is over. Panjshir is now under the control of the Taliban government."

▪️ The Taliban invites China, Russia, Iran, Pakistan, Turkey and Qatar to join them at the event to announce the government in Afghanistan.

▪️The Satanic Temple of America is attacking Texas' abortion law, claiming it violates their "religious freedom" regarding "abortion rituals."

▪️Portland will ban travel to Texas and also sever trade relations with the state in protest of the new abortion law.

▪️Arizona State Senator Wendy Rogers: "The audit results are coming, folks! I give you my word...it's real. Keep the faith."

▪️A California school official says thousands of students and children are trapped in Afghanistan, "their stories will begin to unfold in the coming days."

▪️Libyan authorities freed Saadi Gaddafi, son of former leader Moammar Gadhafi, who was deposed and killed during the 2011 uprising. Saadi, who had served seven years in prison, immediately boarded a plane to Istanbul after his release (Reuters)

▪️The governor of Oregon is being sued by state police and firefighters over demands to be vaccinated.

▪️Six Palestinians escaped from a heavily guarded Israeli prison.

▪️A registered Democrat is caught storming the U.S. Capitol, attacking police who are petitioning the court for a reduced sentence because he is not a Trump supporter.

▪️The head of the Committee of Chiefs of Staff of the U.S. Armed Forces, General Mark Milley, believes the beginning of a civil war in Afghanistan is likely.

▪️SpaceX has announced a launch date for its first civilian space mission, Inspiration 4, set for Sept. 15. The crew consists of four people. The mission commander is Jared Isaacman, owner of Draken International, a pilot-training company.

▪️ Ukrainian troops will hold military exercises with shooting on the border with Crimea.

▪️Brazilian health authorities stormed the field and stopped the Brazil-Argentina match to detain four Argentine players due to quarantine violations under Covid-19 isolation rules.

▪️Almost 20 years after a judge dropped the convictions against Yousef Salam and four of his accomplices in the case of raping a woman in Central Park in New York City and driving her into a coma, Salam is running for the Harlem senatorial seat.

▪️ German Foreign Ministry: Russia is responsible for the repeated cyber attack on the German parliament.

▪️The former president of South Africa, Jacob Zuma, was released on parole from prison on medical grounds.