The day's other headlines start in Ukraine, where Russian attacks have killed at least 21 people in two regions.

They come a day after PBS News confirmed that the Biden administration's plan to let Ukraine use U.S. supplied weapons to strike deeper into Russia.

In the southern port city of Odessa, a Russian missile barrage on a residential area killed at least

10 people. While in the north, a strike hit a nine-story apartment building in the city of

Sumi, killing 11 people, including two children. In the meantime, Ukraine's president visited

troops in a frontline town in the Donetsk region where Russia has stepped up its efforts.

The Paukrovsk section is a very tense one.

I know that only thanks to your resilience, the East hasn't been occupied in its entirety by the Russian Federation.

The enemy gets our responses every day from you and from your brothers in arms.

I want you to know that the Ukrainian people are very thankful.

Zelensky's frontline visit comes a day before Ukraine marks 1,000 days since Russia's full-scale invasion.

It's now Europe's biggest armed conflict since World War II, with tens of thousands of lives lost on both sides.

In the Middle East, Israeli airstrikes pounded Lebanon's capital city for a second straight day.

The strikes hit just blocks from Lebanon's parliament and other government landmarks.

Israel says it's targeting Hezbollah militants.

Health officials say at least five people were killed and 24 others hurt.

Hours earlier, rockets fired from Lebanon flew over northern Israel,

where Israel said a building was struck and one woman

was killed.

Most of the rockets were intercepted.

Meanwhile in Gaza, Palestinian officials say eight people were killed, including children,

in Israeli strikes today.

...