The 10 most important things in the world right now
1. Germany will release an additional €3 billion ($3.35 billion) for federal states and municipalities to help deal with this year's record influx of refugees, while also agreeing to speed up asylum procedures and build more shelters.
2. An independent report published Sunday shreds the Mexican government's investigation into the disappearance of 43 students last year, including the conclusion that the students were burned in a giant funeral pyre, which the new probe says would be "impossible."
3. US markets are closed Monday for the Labour Day holiday.
4. The son of Sinaloa cartel kingpin Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzmán, who escaped from a Mexican prison two months ago, may have tweeted a photo purporting to show him with his father in Costa Rica.
5. Several Turkish soldiers were killed on Sunday in a major attack by Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) militants, which the group claimed as an "act of sabotage."
6. China revised down its GDP growth figure for last year from an initial estimate of 7.4% to 7.3%.
7. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has rejected a call by Israel's opposition leader to take in Syrian refugees, saying that the country is too small.
8. Guatemalans voted Sunday night in presidential elections, a week after President Otto Pérez Molina was forced out over a corruption scandal.
9. Electronics maker Toshiba posted a $318 million (£209 million) annual loss for the year to March 2015, following a billion-dollar accounting scandal.
10. International Monetary Fund chief Christine Lagarde praised Ukraine's progress over the last few months after a deal to restructure the country's debt burden.
And finally ...