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Here's What Happened Today: Thursday

A hostage situation in Dublin, talks in the Tesco row and the terms of reference for the Charleton Tribunal

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

IRELAND

ARMED STANDOFF 758A0499_90503050 Gardaí at the scene of the hostage situation in Ballyogan, south Dublin today. Eamonn Farrell / Rollingnews.ie Eamonn Farrell / Rollingnews.ie / Rollingnews.ie

INTERNATIONAL

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#MESSY: In an extraordinary press conference today, Donald Trump said he “inherited a mess” as US President, as the news emerged that he had given up the court appeal against the suspension of the travel ban.

#ASSASSINATION: A third arrest has been made in Malaysia over the assassination of the brother of North Korean ruler Kim Jong-Un.

#RIOTS: Paris endured its eleventh night of rioting over the alleged police rape of a young man in the city.

PARTING SHOT

Meet Rukuru, a baby rhino born in December, pictured here taking a mud bath at Port Lympne Reserve in Kent, England, with her mother Nyasa today.

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