Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today:
1. KIM BEATS WAR DRUM AFTER SOUTH KOREAN SHELLING
North Korea’s leader orders troops to prepare for battle a day after South Korea fires dozens of artillery rounds in response to what the South says were several rounds of North Korean artillery fire.
2. GREECE BETS ON EARLY POLLS TO BOOST REFORM MANDATE
Greece’s president will ask opposition leaders to form a new government, after a party rebellion over a bailout deal forces the prime minister to call early elections next month.