We begin the day's other headlines with a rare visit to Haiti by America's top diplomat.

Secretary of State Anthony Blinking is the highest ranking U.S. official to visit the Caribbean nation since 2015.

Lincoln met with top officials just a day after Haiti's government extended a state of emergency to the entire country.

He said that Haiti has taken critical steps towards organizing elections next year.

Haiti last held elections in 2016 and officials blame ongoing gang violence and political

upheaval for the delay in a new vote.

Gangs currently control about 80% of the capital of Port-au-Prince.

Ukraine has a new top diplomat amid a broader shakeup of President Blogemir-Zilinski's government.

Andri Sibia is taking over as foreign minister.

The former ambassador to Turkey will be tasked with pushing Ukraine's Western allies

for continued support in its fight against Russia.

His appointment follows the resignation of five top officials

as Zilinsky seeks to bring quote new energy to the war effort.

For his part, Russian President Vladimir Putin told an economic forum today that Ukraine's

recent incursion into Russia's Kursk region has been a misguided effort.

Our armed forces have stabilized the situation and have begun to gradually push it out of the border

areas by transferring their fairly large and well-trained

units to our border areas, the enemy has weakened itself in key areas and our troops

have accelerated offensive operations.

Separately, the Justice Department has charged a former advisor to Donald Trump's 2016 campaign

for work he did for a sanctioned Russian TV network.

Authorities say Dimitri Symes and his wife accepted more than $1 million from Russia's

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