BBC World News

1. EU adds Iran's Revolutionary Guards to terrorist list

   EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas says the move is a response to Tehran's deadly crackdown on protesters.

2. 'I can breathe again' says Israeli hostage held for nearly 500 days in Gaza

   In his first international interview, Sasha Troufanov tells the BBC how he thought he would die in captivity after he was taken hostage on 7 October 2023.

3. France moves to abolish concept of marital duty to have sex

   The proposed bill would enshrine in law the end of so-called "conjugal rights" – the notion that marriage means a duty to have sex.

4. Chips, anyone? German farm gives away millions of potatoes after bumper harvest

   Dubbed "the great potato rescue", it is part of a plan to save the spuds from going to waste.

5. Talks ramp up to avert US government shutdown after Minneapolis shooting

   Democrats are pushing to remove funding for the Department of Homeland Security unless new measures are implemented.