Soldiers announce on state television that President Mohamed Bazoum has been removed from power. The country's borders are closed and a nationwide curfew is declared.
Moldova orders the expulsion of 22 Russian diplomats by August 15. Several days earlier, a journalist investigation alleged that Russia installed satellite dishes and antennae on its embassy rooftop that could be used for spying.
Andrew Malkinson, a British victim of a miscarriage of justice, who was sentenced to a whole life tariff for attempted murder and rape and spent 17 years in prison, has his conviction quashed.