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News Fix

Here's What Happened Today: Saturday

The Hawe family’s funeral, balloting teachers for industrial action and a fresh appeal over a teenager’s murder…

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

Family of five found dead The coffin of Liam Hawes arriving at St Mary's Church for his family's funeral. PA WIRE PA WIRE

IRELAND

WORLD

Tropical Weather-Hermine A man watches the rising water from his home in North Carolina after a tropical storm hit parts of the US. Tom Copeland Tom Copeland

#HISTORIC: The US and China have signed up to the Paris accord, committing to the fight against global warming.

#RESCUED: A Medecins Sans Frontieres doctor has described what it was like to treat premature twins rescued from a rubber dingy in the Mediterranean.

#ITALY: A dog was pulled from the rubble of a house, nine days after a deadly earthquake struck.

#SYRIA: Turkey has sent more tanks into a Syrian village to fight Islamic State extremists.

#CHINA: The world’s longest glass bridge has closed because it was too popular.

INNOVATION

Nasa released the first close-up images of Jupiter‘s poles. [Aljazeera]

Waterproof gadgets made a splash at Berlin’s tech fair. [AFP]

PARTING SHOT

If you’re not at Electric Picnic tonight, the soggy scenes pictured here will make you feel better about it.