Three Palestinians are killed, two are injured and two more are arrested by Israeli soldiers during armed confrontations in the West Bank.
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September 30, 2021 (Thursday)
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Armed conflicts and attacks
Taliban forces use gunfire to disperse a group of six women who protested in front of their high school in Kabul against the Taliban regime forbidding them to return to study. Security forces also pushed the women and threatened arrests. A guard said that they dispersed the protest because the six women "did not coordinate with security forces regarding their protest".
The Taliban orders all members belonging to the group's defense, interior and intelligence agencies who are living in private homes to "report back to military bases" across the country and stop occupying private homes they had taken over.
Arts and culture
Dubai holds an opening ceremony to kick off the Expo 2020 event after it was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Around 192 countries will be participating in the event. This will be the first world's fair to be held in the Middle East.
Business and economy
The government's furlough scheme ends in the United Kingdom after 18 months. Almost a million people are reported to still be on furlough from their employer.
Health and environment
Romania reports a record 12,032 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, thereby bringing the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 1,233,668.
Restrictions are increased in Queensland after an increase in locally-acquired COVID-19 cases, resulting in 25% of ticket-holders for the NRL Grand Final in Brisbane receiving cancellations.
Egypt receives their first shipment of 1.6 million doses of the Pfizer–BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine donated by the United States.
The Malaysian Public Service Department mandates that all federal government employees will need to be vaccinated against COVID-19, with exceptions only to be allowed on health grounds, in order to increase the country's vaccination rate.
Victoria reports a record 1,438 new COVID-19 infections in the past 24 hours, surpassing New South Wales as the epicentre of the pandemic in Australia. Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews blames the increase on illegal parties held to celebrate the AFL Grand Final and also announces that the time between doses of the Pfizer–BioNTech vaccine will be reduced to three weeks.
France begins to implement a mandatory health pass for children aged 12 to 17 to enter most activities in their daily lives. ]
International relations
Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid travels to Bahrain for the first official visit by an Israeli cabinet member to the Gulf kingdom since the countries established diplomatic ties last year.
The Ethiopian foreign ministry announces that it will expel seven senior United Nations humanitarian officials working in Ethiopia and declare them as persona non grata for "meddling" in the country's internal affairs.
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken warns that Iran is running out of time to return to the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action signed in 2015.
European Union diplomat Josep Borrell says that nuclear talks will resume "soon" at an acceptable time period.
Law and crime
A 96-year-old German woman accused of collaborating with the SS in the deaths of thousands of people at the Stutthof concentration camp, where she was employed as a typist, is arrested by German police shortly after a court ordered her arrest for evading the beginning of her trial. The court now orders the woman to be examined to determine whether she is fit to be jailed or to attend the court proceedings in person.
Politics and elections
Voters in Ethiopia's Somali Region go to the polls as part of the larger general election originally scheduled to be held on June 21. Three opposition parties withdrew from the election, leaving President Abiy Ahmed's Prosperity Party as the sole party to participate.
Sports
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