1. Russia has established a weapons program in China to develop and produce long-range attack drones for use in the war against Ukraine.

2. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy told the United Nations Security Council that the war cannot be calmed by talks alone, but that Moscow must be forced into peace.

3. Kamala Harris leads Donald Trump 47% to 40% in the race to win the US presidential election, a Reuters/Ipsos poll found.

4. Border police in China's northeast have been given quotas to identify and expel undocumented migrants, one key aspect of broader surveillance that is making it harder for North Korean defectors to evade capture.

5. China's PLA conducts rare publicized test launch of intercontinental ballistic missile, the ICBM.

6. Union leaders warned Volkswagen against making an "historic mistake" as the two sides started pay talks.