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News Fix

Here's What Happened Today: Friday

Hotel siege in Mali leaves at least 27 dead, and Ireland is experiencing some very wintry weather indeed – it’s the evening fix.

Pygmy hippopotamus calf at Bristol Zoo A baby pygmy hippopotamus calf with its mother, Sirana, at Bristol Zoo in the UK today Ben Birchall / PA Ben Birchall / PA / PA

NEED TO CATCH up? TheJournal.ie brings you a round up of today’s news.

IRELAND

port The truck that overturned today in Dublin's Port Tunnel An Garda Síochána / Twitter An Garda Síochána / Twitter / Twitter

INTERNATIONAL

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#MALI: An Al-Qaeda-affiliated group is reportedly claiming responsibility for a hotel siege in the city of Bamako that left at least 27 people dead

#LEEDS: An investigation is under way after a transgender woman was found dead in an all-male prison

#LONDON: Police in the English capital have apologised to women who were deceived into sexual relationships with undercover officers

#US: Ben Carson, the Republican presidential hopeful, has compared Syrian refugees to rabid dogs

INNOVATION

  • Facebook has put in place a tool to put an end to the misery that is constantly seeing what your ex is up to (TheJournal.ie)
  • With Christmas fast approaching, here’s all you need to know before shopping online (TheJournal.ie)

PARTING SHOT

Some movie franchise, Star Wars we think it’s called, has a new episode hitting cinemas on 18 December. It’s supposed to be good.

Anyway, in advance of that these intrepid souls have recreated one of the trailers for The Force Awakens on a micro-budget. And it’s superb. Enjoy.

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