1. US President Joe Biden pressed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on the urgency of sealing a deal for a truce in Gaza and the release of hostages, but Israel and Hamas stuck firmly to their demands.

2. Authorities in Russia's western Kursk region have begun installing concrete shelters amid an ongoing Ukrainian incursion.

3. Russia opens a criminal case against CNN reporter for 'illegally crossing border'.

4. Indonesia's parliament postponed ratifying changes to an election law as protesters attempted to tear down the gates of parliament in the capital.

5. Paraguayan President Santiago Pena said he was "fully open" to trade deals with China via the South American trade bloc Mercosur, despite his country's diplomatic ties with Taiwan.

6. US capital hikes and other Wall Street bank rules now hinge on US election.