1. Putin ordered the regular size of the Russian army to be increased by 180,000 troops to 1.5 million active servicemen.

2. US is amassing an arsenal of abundant and easily made anti-ship weapons.

3. EU chief Ursula von der Leyen named her team, tailoring it to focus on challenges posed by climate change, the war in Ukraine and the rise of China.

4. Volunteers in the Polish town of Nysa fortified floodwalls to stem swollen rivers after heavy rain and flooding round central Europe that has killed at least 18 people.

5. The world's ozone layer is on "the road to long-term recovery" despite a destructive volcanic eruption in the South Pacific.

6. The Federal Reserve is set to cut US interest rates for the first time since the pandemic.