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- EU nations must take back captured IS fighters - Trump
US President Donald Trump has called on his European allies to take back alleged jihadists captured in Syria, as Islamic State group fighters defended the last scrap of their "caliphate". - May to speak to EU leaders over changes to Brexit deal
British Prime Minister Theresa May plans to speak to every EU leader and the European Commission chief to seek changes to the Withdrawal Agreement. - McCarrick expulsion 'step in right direction' - Collins
Clerical abuse survivor and former adviser to Pope Francis, Marie Collins, has said the defrocking of former cardinal Theodore McCarrick is "a step in the right direction", but very late considering his behaviour had been known about for many years. - Call for 'million volunteers' in Venezuela aid standoff
Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido has set a goal of enlisting a million volunteers within a week to confront a government blockade that has kept tonnes of humanitarian aid, most of it from the United States, from flowing into the country. - Barry Andrews to run for FF in European elections
Former Fianna Fáil minister Barry Andrews has been selected by the party to run in the European Parliament elections in the Dublin constituency. - Dublin Fire Brigade criticised in spending report
Dublin Fire Brigade has been strongly criticised over spending failures at the service in an unpublished internal report, a copy of which has been obtained by RTÉ News. - Hospital overspend must not be 'tip of the iceberg'
Chair of the Public Accounts Committee Sean Fleming has said he is not satisfied that there is an overall Government control of spending on capital projects, and that he wants to make sure the Children's Hospital overspend is not the "tip of the iceberg". - Man suffers head injuries in suspected assault in Cork
Gardaí are investigating an alleged assault in Carrigaline, Co Cork, in which a man suffered head injuries. - Viable devices found in Co Armagh security alert
Two viable devices have been discovered in Co Armagh following a security alert. - Lawsuit over Trump's emergency declaration 'imminent'
California will "imminently" challenge US President Donald Trump's declaration of a national emergency to obtain funds for a US-Mexico border wall, state Attorney General Xavier Becerra has said. - Iran accuses Israel and US of 'looking for war'
Iran's foreign minister has accused Israel of looking for war and warned that its actions and those of the United States were increasing the chances of a clash in the region. - Cardiff poised to sue Nantes over Sala death - report
Cardiff City could launch a negligence claim against Nantes as soon as next week if an official report finds Emiliano Sala was flown to his death by a pilot who did not have the correct licence, according to Britain's Sunday Telegraph. - Protest over direct provision hotel plans in Rooskey
Fewer than 30 people have turned up at a public protest in the town of Rooskey on the Roscommon-Leitrim border, to express their opposition to Government plans to provide accommodation for asylum seekers in small hotels there and around the country. - Lessons of the past lost on those in control of Brexit
Michael Gallagher went home to Circular Road, Omagh, in the early hours of Sunday morning to break the news to his family. - Body found in Croatian freezer could be missing student
The mystery of a Croatian student who disappeared 18 years ago might have been solved with the discovery of a body in a freezer, press reports said today. - Airbus boss says no-deal Brexit would be 'catastrophic'
A no-deal Brexit would be "absolutely catastrophic", a boss at Airbus has said, warning future investment in the UK could be under threat. - Nauert ends bid to be next US ambassador to UN
Former Fox News anchor and State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert has withdrawn from consideration to be the US ambassador to the United Nations amid criticism that she lacked the gravitas for one of the top diplomatic posts. - Surfer seriously injured in Australia shark attack
A 41-year-old surfer was airlifted to hospital today after being bitten in a suspected shark attack in Australia's famed Byron Bay. - Harris indicates Govt will not re-tender for hospital
Minister for Health Simon Harris has indicated the Government will not be re-tendering for the building of the National Children's Hospital. - Foster warns SF restoration of devolution is 'no game'
DUP leader Arlene Foster has warned Sinn Féin that the restoration of devolution is "no game".
