BBC World News

1. France halts use of stun grenades after boy's hand blown off in student protests

   The step comes after several groups complained of police using disproportionate force towards teenagers.

2. US death row inmate Christa Pike awake and speaking after failed execution, lawyers say

   A medical expert advising her legal team says the murderer of Colleen Slemmer is communicating in a "basic way".

3. Residents of kibbutz destroyed in 7 October Hamas-led attacks grapple with how to rebuild

   Three years on from the attack on Nir Oz, in which 47 people were killed and 76 taken hostage, some survivors have returned to live there.

4. Trump to speak to Putin about plague lab worker's death in Russia

   Fears that the death may have been caused by pneumonic plague has prompted calls for more transparency from Russia.

5. Zelensky condemns 'vile' large-scale Russian attacks that killed 15

   Rescue workers are continuing a search for residents after an apartment building in Pryluky was destroyed.