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South Korea and Vietnam have vowed to deepen economic and strategic cooperation following a summit between President Lee Jae Myung and Vietnamese leader To Lam, Lee’s first state guest since taking office in June, Reuters reported.

The leaders agreed to expand trade to $150bn by 2030, encourage greater South Korean investment in Vietnam, and boost collaboration in technology, nuclear and renewable energy, finance, and infrastructure, including high-speed rail. At least 10 memoranda of understanding are set to be signed.

Vietnam, a key hub for South Korean firms such as Samsung, has long attracted investment with low labor costs and broad trade pacts. However, recent US tariffs — 15 percent on South Korean goods and 20 percent on Vietnamese imports — have added uncertainty to future business plans, according to Reuters.

The U.S. military is preparing for the activation of hundreds of National Guard troops to Washington, D.C., two U.S. officials told Reuters on Sunday.

The officials, who were speaking on the condition of anonymity, said a final decision was still to be made by U.S. President Donald Trump but the troops were prepared to deploy.

One of the officials said it was unclear what exactly the troops would do, but could take part in efforts to protect federal agents or even carry out administrative tasks to free up law enforcement officials, according to Reuters.

Three people were killed in Ukrainian overnight drone attacks in the Tula and Nizhny Novgorod regions and which also targeted Moscow, Russia's regional official and the defence ministry said on Monday, Reuters reported.

Two people died and two were hospitalised following an attack before midnight on Sunday on the Tula region that borders the Moscow region to its north, Tula Governor Dmitry Milyaev said on the Telegram messaging app.

One person was killed and two others were hospitalised following a Ukrainian attack targeting an industrial zone in the Nizhny Novgorod region in western Russia, Gleb Nikitin, the governor of the region, said on the Telegram, according to Reuters.

Elon Musk's electric car and energy company Tesla has applied for a licence to supply electricity to British homes, BBC reported.

If approved by the energy watchdog Ofgem, it would allow Tesla to take on the big firms that dominate the UK energy market to provide electricity to households and businesses in England, Scotland and Wales as soon as next year.

Tesla, which is best known as one of the world's biggest makers of electric vehicles (EV), also has a solar energy and battery storage business, according to BBC.

Tesla did not immediately reply to a BBC request for comment.