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International

Last month
October 2025
Plus ça change
Emmanuel Macron to name new French prime minister within 48 hours
8 Oct
4.8k
Evening wrap
Here's What Happened Today: Wednesday
8 Oct
3.8k
good tv
The UK's Celebrity Traitors airs tonight - who's on it and what's the prize?
Updated 8 Oct
34.9k
22
Wildfires
Man arrested accused of deliberately starting deadly fire in Los Angeles earlier this year
8 Oct
6.8k
14
meat only
Veggie 'burgers' could be on the way out as EU lawmakers back labelling ban on plant-based food
8 Oct
12.3k
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jared kushner
Trump's son-in-law joins US delegation for Israel-Hamas peace talks in Egypt
8 Oct
7.3k
Spain
Four dead after building under construction collapses in central Madrid
8 Oct
9.5k
Palestine
Author and TD among five Irish people on board latest Gaza flotilla intercepted by Israel
The Tánaiste denounced the activists’ detention by Israel as illegal.
8 Oct
20.1k
Tibet
Stranded hikers successfully rescued near Mount Everest
8 Oct
6.2k
10
Trump Vs Chicago
Up to 200 Texas National Guard troops arrive in Illinois as Trump plans Chicago deployment
7 Oct
14.2k
74
Palestine
Hamas and Israel resume US peace plan talks as 7 October anniversary marked
Updated 7 Oct
6.4k
mo chara
UK's prosecution service appeals decision to throw out terror charge against Kneecap's Mo Chara
7 Oct
8.6k
Herdecke
Newly elected mayor of German town fighting for life after being found stabbed in her home
7 Oct
13.6k
october 7
Thousands of Israelis mourn victims of October 7 attack as Taoiseach condemns 'heinous terror'
7 Oct
3.0k
Good Morning
The 9 at 9 Budget day, 7 October anniversary and the O’Connor family funeral…
Updated 7 Oct
4.4k
Gaza Flotilla
Irish flotilla participants claim they were deprived of clean water and mattresses in Israeli detention
7 Oct
8.8k
Heroics
Bystanders help lift medical helicopter in rescue effort after crash on California motorway
7 Oct
19.2k
3
Gaza Flotilla
Greta Thunberg hailed by crowds in Athens after release from Israeli detention
6 Oct
17.7k
109
Rescue Mission
Snowstorm traps hundreds of hikers on Mount Everest
6 Oct
14.4k
6
Influence
Israel allies in US Congress try to sway Taoiseach's stance on Occupied Territories Bill
6 Oct
14.9k
103
jeffrey epstein
US Supreme Court rejects appeal from Epstein associate Ghislaine Maxwell
6 Oct
12.2k
13
Lewis Moody
Former England rugby captain diagnosed with motor neurone disease
The 42
6 Oct
17.1k
8
Toys on the Tab
Smyths Toys revenues rise to break €1 billion in the UK
6 Oct
9.6k
18
Homeward Bound
Irish citizens detained by Israel after joining Gaza flotilla are released and 'on journey home'
6 Oct
16.5k
crunch talks
Israel and Hamas are meeting in Egypt to negotiate a potential ceasefire in Gaza
6 Oct
2.9k
RIP
Best-selling British author Jilly Cooper has died aged 88
6 Oct
15.1k
15
Plus ça change
French prime minister resigns after less than a month in office
6 Oct
11.6k
Good Morning
The 9 at 9 Jim Gavin is out, mass shooting in Sydney and an electrocution warning issued about pumps…
Updated 6 Oct
5.3k
Australia
Dozens wounded after man fires up to 50 bullets into crowded Sydney street
6 Oct
23.9k
Unpopular Plan
Trump wants to annex Greenland. Next door, Icelanders think it's a 'hare-brained' idea
What do Icelanders make of Trump’s plan to take over their nearest neighbouring landmass?
5 Oct
18.7k
62
getting better
12 goals in 9 games for Haaland as Man City close in on Arsenal
The 42
5 Oct
7.0k
7
European Convention on Human Rights
Tory leader's call for UK to exit human rights convention ‘very worrying’, Sinn Féin says
5 Oct
9.6k
95
global sumud flotilla
Emergency motion demanding release of Irish citizens in Israel tabled at Dublin City council
5 Oct
5.1k
Egypt
Israeli and Hamas negotiators due in Cairo for talks to progress Trump’s peace plan
5 Oct
3.5k
The People's Assembly
Syria goes to the polls for first time since the fall of Assad
5 Oct
4.7k
33
tip of the iceberg
How Icelanders are grieving the loss of 'dead' and melting glaciers
Iceland’s glaciers are disappearing. For locals, it’s a profoundly sad loss.
Lauren Boland
Reports from Sólheimajökull, Iceland
Updated 5 Oct
18.4k
47
War in Ukraine
At least five killed in overnight Russian missile and drone strikes on Ukraine
Updated 5 Oct
2.8k
Illinois
Trump authorises deployment of National Guard troops to Chicago after border agent shoots woman
5 Oct
22.4k
Quiz
Quiz: How much do you know about chimpanzees?
4 Oct
17.4k
global sumud flotilla
Lawyers for Irish flotilla detainees express concern about 'mistreatment' by Israeli authorities
4 Oct
16.7k
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