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Update, Sunday, 04 June, 0.34am

#LONDON: Armed police are responding to at least three reported events across central London in what they describe as a ‘major incident’. There are reports of a van ploughing into pedestrians on London Bridge and stabbings in Borough Market just a short distance away. A third incident has been reported at Vauxhall, to the south of these two spots. We are updating the story here as we learn more.

IRELAND

Sam Boal Sam Boal

• New leader Leo Varadkar will have to start uniting the party today after beating Simon Coveney to the top job.
• Gardaí believe there are at least 24 members of the extended Hutch family who are at serious risk of retaliation from the Kinahan cartel following the murder of Michael Keogh on Wednesday
• Two men remain in custody after gardaí arrested them following the seizure of explosives in Dublin yesterday evening.
• A man in his 40s has died and a woman is in hospital after a crash in Athlone this afternoon.
• A 17-year-old has been arrested after a woman in her 30s reported being sexually assaulted in Antrim in the early hours of this morning.
• The Irish Coast Guard and the RNLI have issued a joint call urging people to be vigilant and take care in and on the water or along the coastline over the bank holiday weekend.
• The National Lottery has revealed the top 10 shops in the country that have sold the most winning tickets since 1988.
• Looking for something to do over the long weekend? Here’s a roundup of what’s happening around the country.

INTERNATIONAL 

Massoud Hossaini Massoud Hossaini

#KABUL: Explosions rocked the funeral of an Afghan politician’s son in Kabul, killing at least seven people and wounding dozens, in fresh carnage that spiked tensions in a city already on edge.

#MANCHESTER: Police in Manchester have arrested a 24-year-old man in connection with the suicide bombing at Ariana Grande’s concert almost two weeks ago.

#THREAT: Germany’s biggest rock festival will resume after being disrupted by fears of a possible “terrorist threat” which have proved to be unfounded.

#STUDY: Adding a new anti-hormonal drug to the standard treatment for advanced prostate cancer has been shown to reduce the risk of dying by almost 40%, according to two studies published today.

PARTING SHOT 

Here are 16 random things we learned about Leo Varadkar from his Twitter account via TheDailyEdge.ie.

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