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Støre and Nessa Nordtun mark the start of school

Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre (Ap) and Minister of Education Kari Nessa Nordtun (Ap) mark the start of school and meet excited first-graders at Brynseng School in Oslo. Large parts of the country have the first day of school after the summer holidays today. Four counties – Nordland, Trøndelag, Vestland and Agder – started the school year already last Thursday.

Crown Princess Mette-Marit’s birthday

Crown Princess Mette-Marit has a birthday and turns 51. This is official flag day. The royals’ birthdays are usually only celebrated privately, and this is also the case this time for the crown princess, the Royal Court informs. That was not the case last year, when both Mette-Marit and Crown Prince Haakon hit the big drum with a double 50th anniversary, with a grand garden party at the Palace.

Biden is expected to speak at the Democrats’ national convention

It is expected that US President Joe Biden will be the keynote speaker when the Democratic National Convention opens in Chicago. It will be a bittersweet keynote speech that will serve as a kind of farewell from Biden, who only a few weeks ago himself expected to come to Chicago to accept re-election as the party’s presidential candidate. The four-day national meeting will instead be a celebration of the nomination of Kamala Harris as presidential candidate. She was officially nominated in July through a virtual vote. Thousands of people are expected in the American metropolis.

Blinken meets Netanyahu in Israel

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken meets Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in an attempt to get movement in the negotiations on a cease-fire for Gaza. Blinken will also meet Defense Minister Yoav Gallant and President Isaac Herzog. Blinken’s arrival in the Middle East comes at a critical time in the ceasefire talks. On his journey in the region, Blinken is also expected to visit Egypt and Qatar, which together with the United States are trying to mediate a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip. New negotiations are planned this week in Cairo.

Sørloth meets the old club

Alexander Sørloth will probably make his official debut for Atlético Madrid in tonight’s away game against Villarreal. The opponent is the club the Trønder left this summer after scoring the second most goals in La Liga’s 2023/24 season. Kick-off is at 21.30.