联合国秘书长潘基文谴责苏旦战机在南苏旦的市场实施的轰击，并要求苏旦政府立即停止战斗。早些时候，联合国驻南苏旦特别代表称目前急需观察员来监督在两国边界发生的战斗。但苏旦总统Omar al-Bashir已经断然拒绝与南苏旦进行协商。他是在视察位于两国边界Heglig市的石油基地时表示此决心的，Heglig市的油井于两周前被南苏旦军队占据。

A Royal Navy inquiry has found that a British nuclear-powered submarine ran aground off the coast of Scotland because of a series of errors. HMS Astute, one of the most expensive and advanced vessels in the service, was marooned for 10 hours near the Isle of Skye. Jonathan Beale reports.

英国皇家海军调查部门发现一艘英国核动力的潜水艇因一系列失误，已在苏格兰海岸附近浮出水面。这艘名叫HMS Astute的潜水艇是最昂贵最先进的潜艇之一，目前已在Skye岛附近搁浅了10小时。

The official inquiry into the incident in October 2010 highlights a catalogue of errors: there was no dedicated plan or briefing before the manoeuvre; navigation charts had not been properly plotted; there were also faults with the equipment on board. As she was left with more than ￡80,000 of damage to its steering mechanism, more damage was caused when it was hit by a tug that came to its rescue. The Royal Navy says it's now made a number of recommendations to make sure it doesn't happen again.