1. Australia has secured 580 seats on flights departing on Thursday and Saturday for citizens, permanent residents and their families who want to leave Lebanon.

2. Russian forces launched a major drone attack overnight on 15 Ukrainian regions, causing damage to energy infrastructure and residential buildings.

3. Israel's military said it killed 15 Hezbollah militants in south Lebanon today and bombed Beirut.

4. The Houthis, who have carried out nearly 100 attacks on ships crossing the Red Sea since November, have been sending increasingly menacing emails to at least six Greek shipping companies since May.

5. Tens of thousands of North Carolina residents remain without running water days.

6. OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT, has raised $6.6 billion from investors, which could value the company at $157 billion and cement its position as one of the most valuable private companies in the world.