A government investigation uncovers corruption at recruitment centres in 11 regions with 112 criminal proceedings opened. Bribes averaged around US$6,000 for a medical certificate granting an exemption from military service.
Investigative news website Dzerkalo Tyzhnia reveals documents showing the Ministry of Defence overpaid for summer camouflage kits bought as winter coats for troops. The documents are suspected to be related to a investigation launched in June by Ukraine’s security services into Former Deputy Defense Minister Vyacheslav Shapovalov.
Authorities in Hawaii, United States, call the Lahaina fire the "worst natural disaster in the state's history", as the death toll increases to 80 people, and 11,000 homes and businesses continue to be without electricity.
The Maria Lanakila Catholic Church is reportedly still standing despite the wildfires. The banyan tree is also standing, but is damaged by the wildfire and it is unknown if it will survive.
Twenty-one people are killed and six others are missing after a mudflow caused by heavy rains occurs near Xi'an, Shaanxi, China. Thousands of people have been evacuated.