1. Russian President Vladimir Putin warned the West that Russia was technically ready for nuclear war and that if the US sent troops to Ukraine, it would be considered a significant escalation of the conflict.

2. Israeli forces killed two Palestinians during a raid in the occupied West Bank early today.

3. Sudan's army said it had taken control of the state broadcast headquarters from the Rapid Support Forces.

4. Uncertainty hung over Haiti's political future after its prime minister said he would step down.

5. The deadly H5N1 bird flu virus has spread more aggressively than ever before in wild birds and marine mammals since arriving in South America in 2022.

6. The House of Representatives plans to vote on a bill that would give TikTok's Chinese owner ByteDance about six months to divest the US assets of the short-video app or face a ban.

7. Britain's GDP grew by 0.2% month-on-month in January after a fall of 0.1% in December.