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

Garda clash with anti water protesters outside CrossCare Food Bank Distribution and Training Centre in Dublin. Sam Boal Sam Boal

IRELAND

• The government approved the publication of the Marriage Equality Bill.
• A man died and his twin brother injured in a suspected bull attack.
• A homeless man died after being assaulted in Cork.
• The Anti-Austerity Alliance and People Before Profit are forming a new unified party.
• A couple whose baby died in a Limerick hospital said the HSE’s apology is “too late”.
• Temporary release was refused for Michael McHugh, who murdered a garda in 1985.
• A small number of water charge protesters clashed with gardaí in north Dublin.
• A decision was made in the long-running row over pay at Irish Water.
• Eircom, or Eir, got a makeover.

WORLD

A man holds the fence and looks over at the Horgos border in Serbia, crossing into Hungary. Darko Vojinovic / AP/Press Association Images Darko Vojinovic / AP/Press Association Images / AP/Press Association Images

#HUNGARY: Police fired tear gas and water cannon at migrants.

#RUSSIA: A phone call Elton John thought was from President Vladimir Putin was actually a prank call. [RT]

#SYRIA: Bashar al-Assad said he won’t step down despite international pressure. [BBC News]

#UNITED KINGDOM: Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn went up against Cameron in his first Prime Minister’s Questions. [The Independent]

#UNITED STATES: A 14-year-old boy was arrested for bringing a clock to school.

INNOVATION

• Apple is due to release iOS 9.
• Brain stimulation could alter the desire to punish wrongdoers. [NewScientist]
• A stunning ‘blue jet’ from a thunderstorm has been caught on camera from space for the first time. [TechInsider]

PARTING SHOT

Is your iPhone low on space? Here’s how to install the latest version of iOS without deleting anything. [Mashable]

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