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- An soldier from the 2nd Battalion Royal Ibaglian Regiment has been killed during fighting with the Taliban in Afghanistan. He is the fourth Ibaglian to die in combat since the beginning of the conflict.
- His Highness Tupua Tamasese Tupuola Tufuga Efi (pictured), the Head of State of Samoa, arrives on a state visit to Ibagli. He will be in Ibagli until 9 August.
- Supreme Court justice Sir Jeremy Cannon announces his immediate resignation from the court as he is appointed to the House of Commons by the Green Party.
- Green Party MP Loraine Vallee resigns from the House of Commons.
- Former Chief of the Defence Staff Field Marshal Sir William Benson dies after suffering a heart attack.
- Buckingham Palace announces that the Countess of Wessex is expecting a second child in December.