1. Putin is open to discussing an Ukraine ceasefire deal with Donald Trump but rules out making any major territorial concessions and insists Kyiv abandon ambitions to join NATO.

2. The US shut its embassy in Kyiv today due to "specific information of a potential significant air attack".

3. Netanyahu said Hamas would not rule the enclave after the war had ended and that Israel had destroyed the Islamist group's military capabilities.

4. Hong Kong democrat Jimmy Lai testified for the first time in his landmark national security trial, saying he had never tried to influence the foreign policy of other countries, such as the US, towards China and Hong Kong.

5. Bitcoin rose to a record high above $94,000 as a report that Trump's social media company was in talks to buy crypto trading firm Bakkt.

6. The United States could impose nearly 40% tariffs on imports from China early next year.