Putin: Russia is ready for nuclear war - Five stories you need to know | Reuters

1. Russian President Vladimir Putin warns the West that his country is technically ready for nuclear war and if the U.S. sends troops to Ukraine, it would be considered a significant escalation of the conflict.

2. U.S. President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump both clinch their parties' nomination kicking off the first U.S. presidential election rematch in nearly 70 years.

3. Toyota agrees to give factory workers their biggest pay increase in 25 years heightening expectations that bumper pay raises will give the Bank of Japan leeway to make a key policy shift.

4. Kairo, a rocket made by Japan's Space One, exploded just seconds into its inaugural launch as the firm tried to become the first Japanese company to put a satellite in orbit.

5. The deadly H5N1 bird flu virus has spread more aggressively than ever before in wild birds and marine mammals since arriving in South America in 2022, according to scientists raising the risk of it evolving into a bigger threat to humans.

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