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evening fix

Here's What Happened Today: Tuesday

Adopted children wrongly registered as biological children, abortion legislation date plans and Roseanne cancelled – it’s your evening fix.

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

IRELAND

hot weather 114_90546173 Benjamin Jourdan from France cools off using a bag of ice in Dublin on what Met Éireann has said is the hottest day of the year. Sam Boal Sam Boal

INTERNATIONAL

Cycling Without Age Scotland UK Public Health and Sport Minister Aileen Campbell pedals with Mary Duncan (90) and Jim Taylor (96) at the Kelpies in Falkirk, where she announced Scottish Government funding to roll out the Cycling Without Age Scotland project across Scotland Andrew Milligan Andrew Milligan

#CANCELLED: ABC has cancelled its hit reboot of US sitcom Roseanne following her racist tweet about former Obama adviser Valerie Jarrett.

#SPIDERMAN: Mamoudou Gassama, the 22-year-old Malian “Spiderman” who saved a child hanging from a balcony, has taken his first step toward French citizenship and joined the fire brigade.

#BELGIUM: A gunman shot dead two police officers and a bystander before taking a woman hostage and being shot by elite officers in the Belgian city of Liege earlier today.

PARTING SHOT

A US service dog unexpectedly gave birth to eight puppies in Tampa International Airport today, just before its owners had to board their flight, the BBC reported today.

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