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International
shoot for the moon
No, it's not science fiction - NASA has been ordered to put a nuclear reactor on the moon
Palestine
Watch: Rare overhead footage of Gaza reveals scale of devastation
The airdrop by the French military is one of a number being carried out by European countries, including the UK.
Jeansgate
Trump says Sydney Sweeney has ‘hottest ad out there’ while Taylor Swift is ‘no longer hot’
Monday
4 Aug 2025
coming attractions
From the return of Stranger Things to Jason Mamoa's new epic: Ten shows to stream this autumn
Palestine
Hundreds of Israeli former security officers urge Trump to push Netanyahu for a Gaza ceasefire
West Belfast
Belfast Gaeilge org rejects funding from US union over its leader's praise for bombing Iran
Haiti
Irish officials working to ensure release of kidnapped Irish woman in Haiti, says Tánaiste
Gena Heraty, who has lived in Haiti since 1993, runs the orphanage which cares for up to 270 children.
Sunday
3 Aug 2025
Palestine
Michael D Higgins says videos of emaciated Israeli hostages a 'shocking act of cruelty'
The President further said the videos damage ‘any cause’ to which Hamas ‘attach themselves’ as he called for urgent action to alleviate the crisis in Gaza.
West Bank
American citizen killed in the West Bank died from arson by Israeli settlers, his family say
vision zero
Why did Helsinki have zero road deaths in the last year - and could Ireland achieve the same?
anti-graft
Ukraine officials arrested over large-scale corruption scheme involving drone procurement
Saturday
2 Aug 2025
Internal violence
Israeli tactics leave dangerous security vacuum in Gaza which Hamas continues to exploit
migration offences
Irish man accused of escaping Australian detention with bedsheets faces jail time
Shooting The Messenger
Trump fires official he accuses of 'rigging' report that showed cracks in job market
Storm Floris
Watch out for weather warnings - Storm Floris will bring heavy wind on the Bank Holiday Monday
Friday
1 Aug 2025
trump's tariffs
Brazilians burn effigies of Donald Trump over punishing new tariff
Trump imposed a 50% tariff on Brazilian imports to the US and sanctions on Supreme Court judge overseeing a trial of Trump’s ally Jair Bolsonaro.
Dmitry Medvedev
US to deploy two nuclear submarines in response to 'highly provocative' comments from Russia
On Monday, Dmitry Medvedev harshly criticised Trump’s threat of new sanctions against Russia over the continuing invasion of Ukraine.
EU Court of Justice
Italy gets slap on the wrist over plans to deport asylum seekers to Albanian detention centres
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