We start the day's other headlines in Lebanon. The Iran-backed militant group Hezbollah has

chosen the cleric Naim Kossam as its new leader. He's been acting head since the previous

long-time leader Hassan Nasrala was assassinated in an Israeli

airstrike last month. The 71-year-old Kossam has served among the group's top

ranks since the early 1990s. Today, Israel's defense minister responded

with an apparent threat, writing on social media

that he's a, quote, temporary appointment not for long.

The announcement comes after Israeli airstrikes killed at least 60 people

across Lebanon's Becca Valley and today a Hezbollah rocket struck a neighborhood in

northern Israel killing one person.

Ukrainian President Blodemir Zolinsky warned today that Russia's planned use of North

Korean troops on the front lines would push the war beyond the borders of Ukraine and Russia.

So, Linsky also said he spoke with South Korea's president,

and the two agreed to boost cooperation and intelligence sharing.

The Pentagon says North Korea sent close to 10,000 troops to train in

eastern Russia with a plan to move them to the front line in the next several weeks.

A portion of those soldiers have already moved closer to Ukraine towards Russia's

Kirsch oblast near the border with Ukraine, approximately a couple thousand,

with a smaller number already present in the Kursk region. The rest at this time of course

training out in the east but fully expect that they'll move in that direction at some point.

Russia meanwhile raised tensions even further today

by launching a massive simulation of the country's nuclear capabilities.

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