1. Trump pledged big tariffs on the United States' three largest trading partners - Canada, Mexico and China.

2. Russian forces are advancing in Ukraine at the fastest rate since the early days of the 2022 invasion.

3. Israel looks set to approve a US plan for a ceasefire with Lebanon's Hezbollah.

4. Google and Facebook-owner Meta urged the Australian government to delay a bill that will ban most forms of social media for children under 16.

5. Sweden is asking a Chinese vessel to return to Swedish waters to help facilitate the Nordic country's investigation into recent breaches of undersea fiber-optic cables in the Baltic Sea.

6. Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba has sent a letter to President Joe Biden asking him to approve Nippon Steel's acquisition of U.S. Steel.

7. Switzerland is scrambling to keep a lid on immigration from its top trade partner, the European Union.