Five stories to know today:

1. Negotiators for U.S. President Joe Biden and Republican leader Kevin McCarthy held ‘productive’ talks on Wednesday to try to reach a deal to raise the U.S.’ $31.4 trillion debt ceiling and avoid a catastrophic default.
 
2. Russia's Wagner mercenary group has started withdrawing its forces from the Ukrainian city of Bakhmut and is transferring its positions there to regular Russian troops, says its founder Yevgeny Prigozhin.
 
3. Florida Governor Ron DeSantis suffered a chaotic start to his 2024 presidential election race when glitches marred an online forum hosted by Twitter owner Elon Musk.
 
4. A 95-year-old Australian woman who was allegedly tasered by a police officer in her care home has died. Clare Nowland, who had dementia, was tasered after staff found her holding a knife outside her room.
 
 5. A state-sponsored Chinese hacking group has been spying on U.S. critical infrastructure organizations from telecommunications to transportation hubs, Western intelligence agencies and Microsoft say.

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