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Wednesday 28 October 2020
Johnson is facing mounting calls to make a statement on Friday’s fatal drone strike.
The Department of Foreign Affairs has said any Irish person in Iraq should ‘leave immediately’.
Thousands of Iraqis chanted “Death to America” as they joined the funeral procession for General Qassem Soleimani.
The air strike ordered by President Donald Trump in Iraq’s capital Baghdad killed General Qassem Soleimani.
The US President has also claimed that Iranian leaders aren’t as saddened as they will “let the outside world believe”.
The killing of Iran’s top general could draw forceful Iranian retaliation against American interests in the Middle East.
The Pentagon described the operation as a “decisive defensive action”.
Presidential hopeful Joe Biden said we could be on the brink of a “major conflict across the Middle East”.
Thousands of soldiers may be deployed in the coming days.
US security forces inside the compound fired tear gas in an attempt to disperse the crowds.
The attack saw US planes hit several bases belonging to the Hezbollah Brigades.
Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe has been imprisoned in Tehran since 2016, after being accused of spying.
Israel was attacked with rockets following the strike on the Palestinian militants.
Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe was sentenced to five years in prison in Iran for spying.
The move came amid pressure from Fifa, which had threatened to ban the country if female supporters were not permitted to games.
Prince Mohammed bin Salman also denied ordering the murder of Jamal Khashoggi in an interview with 60 Minutes.
Trump was speaking at the UN General Assembly this afternoon.
In a joint statement, the countries called on Tehran to choose dialogue over further “provocation”.
It comes as the United States sends more troops to the region in a defensive capacity.
The US President said the sanctions were the toughest ever against another country, but indicated he did not plan a military strike.
The US President will be presented with a list of potential airstrike targets, among other possible responses.
A naval patrol of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps intercepted the vessel.
Iran has denied allegations it is behind the attack.
Sahar Khodayari, dubbed ‘blue girl’, was due to stand trial for entering a stadium to watch her favourite team, Esteghlal FC.
Trump announced the news on Twitter.
The incident comes after months of tensions between Iran and Washington.
Flight-tracking websites showed a plane travelling from Tehran to Biarritz.
The vessel is due to set sail later today.
Washington DC can make another bid for the supertanker’s detention as long as the vessel has not left Gibraltar’s waters.
Last month, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps seized the Stena Impero vessel.
Iranian authorities seized a British-flagged oil tanker on Friday in a dramatic escalation of tensions in the region.
In video footage released by an Iranian news agency, masked soldiers are seen travelling down a rope and into the tanker.
An Iranian official said that all of the suspects were Iranians who had acted independently of each other.
Iran has remained defiant in the face of UK’s claims of “illegal and destabilising behaviour”.
The Stena Impero was seized in international waters on Friday.
The seizure has been labelled a “dangerous further aggravation of an already tense situation”.
It comes a number of weeks after Iranian forces shot down a US drone.
Tensions are continuing to intensify between Iran and the US.
Iran’s Revolutionary Guard has denied the allegations.
The Iran nuclear deal, ethnic restaurants, and an assault on the Luas. Here’s what’s in the headlines today.
LIKE ALMOST EVERYTHING this year, Halloween in 2020 will be a bit different from usual.
Large scale fancy-dress parties shouldn’t be happening under Level 5.
One thing we can still do, however, is watch some horror films.
There’s plenty to choose from ranging between the child-friendly to the very scary ones available on streaming platforms and set to be shown on TV in the coming days.
So, this morning we’re asking you: Do you plan to watch some horror films this Halloween?
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