February 2, 2023: Biden-McCarthy debt ceiling talks, Tyre Nichols, Russian missile wrecks apartment block, Wagner commander, Pakistan

1. President Joe Biden and Republican House Speaker Kevin McCarthy held initial talks about raising U.S. government borrowing limits in a first test of how the two will work together, with both sides agreeing to talk more.

2. The relatives of Black people killed by police in cities across the United States came to Tyre Nichols' funeral in a Memphis church to offer comfort to the family of the Black 29-year-old, who was fatally beaten by officers last month.

3. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy urged EU leaders during talks in Kyiv to slap more sanctions on Russia, as Moscow's forces pressed their offensive in eastern Ukraine and fired missiles into the city of Kramatorsk near the front line.

4. A former commander of Russia's Wagner mercenary group who fled to Norway told Reuters he wanted to apologise for fighting in Ukraine and was speaking out to bring the perpetrators of crimes to justice.

5. A former commander of Russia's Wagner mercenary group who fled to Norway told Reuters he wanted to apologize for fighting in Ukraine and was speaking out to bring the perpetrators of crimes to justice.

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