1. Air Force General C.Q. Brown says the near-term risk of a broader war in the Middle East has eased off slightly after Israel and Hezbollah exchanged cross-border fire without further escalation.

2. France's Socialists and Greens will not participate in further talks with President Emmanuel Macron to find a way out of the country's political deadlock.

3. Scientists studying the new mpox strain that has spread out of Democratic Republic of Congo say the virus is changing faster than expected.

4. Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg said senior officials in the Biden administration had pressured his social media company to censor COVID-19 content during the pandemic.

5. Canada, following the lead of the US and European Union, said it would impose a 100% tariff on imports of Chinese electric vehicles and announced a 25% tariff on imported steel and aluminum from China.