1. French Foreign Minister Stephane Sejourne said talks on a ceasefire in Gaza were progressing as he joined US Secretary of State Antony Blinken in Saudi Arabia on a diplomatic push to ease the war between Israel and Hamas.

2. Ukraine's top commander said Kyiv's outnumbered troops had fallen back to new positions west of three villages on the eastern front.

3. Ukraine said the Telegram messaging app had restored access to a number of chatbots used by Ukraine's security agencies to collect information about Russia's war effort after the services were briefly suspended.

4. Scotland's first minister Humza Yousaf has resigned.

5. Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said he had decided to continue in office.