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International
Winter Olympics
'They are not welcome': Anger in Italy over ICE unit's security role at Winter Olympics
As it happened
storm chandra
Flooding caused travel chaos and thousands left without power
How the day played out as Storm Chandra swept across Ireland.
good as gold
The price of gold (and other precious metals) have hit record levels - what does it mean?
alex pretti
Trump calls Minneapolis killing 'a very sad situation' as he backs Homeland Security chief
Irish Abroad
St Patrick's trips: Ministers to head to 50 countries (and yes the Taoiseach is planning to meet Trump)
epstein
California governor Gavin Newsom to launch probe into TikTok over alleged censorship of Trump criticism
Minnesota
Immigration officer who led Trump's Minneapolis anti-immigration campaign to leave the city
Monday
26 Jan
State sovereignty
Trump sends border czar to Minnesota as judge considers ruling ICE deployment there illegal
World Health Organisation
‘We urgently need to remedy this’: UK no longer considered to have eliminated measles
FactCheck
Debunked: No basis to claims Jamie Oliver won a court case by proving McDonald’s food is toxic
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Allianz
Jan 26
To Those I've Hurt
‘I am not a Nazi’: Kanye West apologises for antisemitic remarks and ‘reckless behaviour’
Polar Vortex
At least 11 dead from massive winter storm in US as Trump questions reality of climate change
At least 20 states and the US capital Washington have declared states of emergency.
Hamburg Declaration
Ireland among North Sea nations to sign wind power pledge to resist Russian energy 'blackmail'
jumping ship
'I feel like I've come home': Suella Braverman becomes the latest Tory to defect to Reform
alex pretti
How footage of Minnesota shooting directly contradicts US government's account of what happened
Minnesota
'This has to stop': Obama and Clinton urge Americans to 'speak out' after Minneapolis shootings
Multiple senators from Trump’s Republican Party and the NRA have called for a full investigation into the killing of Alex Pretti.
Sunday
25 Jan
Oh Keir
Labour row erupts after Starmer rival Andy Burnham's bid to become an MP is blocked
The Greater Manchester mayor is seen by many as a challenger to the UK Prime Minister’s leadership of the party.
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TUDublin
Jan 25
Minnesota
Protests grow in Minneapolis as man shot dead by federal agents is named as Alex Pretti
The 37-year-old intensive care nurse was shot just over a mile from where an ICE agent shot and killed Renee Good, also 37, in her car on 7 January.
Alex Pretti’s family said they are “heartbroken but also very angry”, saying the "lies" by the Trump administration "are reprehensible and disgusting".
Democrats and protesters have repeated their calls for ICE to leave Minnesota in the wake of the shooting.
Sean Clancy
'All about Ukraine': Irish general in the top EU military job on what's coming across his desk
This week The Journal met General Seán Clancy in his office in central Brussels overlooking the Berlaymont building of the European Commission.
Saturday
24 Jan
United States
Man shot dead by federal agents in Minneapolis
The victim was a 37-year-old white male American citizen from Minnesota who held a gun licence, police said, withholding his name.
War in Ukraine
Ukraine condemns overnight Russian strikes as Zelenskyy deems second day of peace talks 'constructive'
At least one person was killed and at least 27 were injured in the strikes.
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said further talks could take place "as early as next week".
The country's foreign affairs minister said Vladimir Putin's missiles "hit not only our people, but also the negotiation table".
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