Angola, the US: No eclipse of the sons

Also: France, Syria, Ukraine, Russia, the Baltic, and China.

The fall of Icarus, Jacob Peter Gowy after Peter Paul Rubens, 1635-37, oil on canvas, Prado Museum, Madrid.

The five things you need to know today:

• ANGOLA. UNITED STATES. Biden goes abroad to promote merit and probity.

• FRANCE. As the government prepares to fall, new elections must wait.

• SYRIA. The Gulf joins the battle for Assad.

• UKRAINE. RUSSIA. After bold …