1. Australia and New Zealand are bracing for the arrival of a destructive bird flu strain.

2. Zelenskiy said Ukraine needed to secure and deploy advanced missiles and to achieve faster results with them on the battlefield.

3. Haiti's armed gangs are increasingly recruiting children into their ranks.

4. Hezbollah militants targeted Israeli soldiers near the Lebanese border village of Labbouneh with artillery shells and rockets.

5. Tehran has told Gulf Arab states it would be "unacceptable" if they allowed use of their airspace or military bases against Iran.

6. Residents of Florida's Gulf Coast are in a race against time to evacuate before Category 5 Hurricane Milton hits.

7. Honda is recalling about 1.7 million vehicles in the US as difficulty in steering on certain models can increase the risk of a crash.