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

IRELAND

Cars from the Gumball Challenge 2016 wow crowds in Dublin. Sam Boal Sam Boal

• A man was charged with a sexual assault after being extradited from Spain.
• Independent TDs have been talking to Fine Gael on the phone after yesterday’s minority government deal.
• The latest report into the Siteserv deal was released yesterday evening.
• A 23-year-old man has been charged with the rape of a woman who was attacked while walking her dog in Dungannon.
  
• A notorious Limerick killer who was rushed to hospital after a suspected drugs overdose has recovered and is returning to prison.
• A new exhibition about Irish emigration was unveiled in Dublin.
• The only child of murdered journalist Veronica Guerin has given an interview nearly 20 years after her death.
• Concerns were raised about the purity of gym supplements sold online.

INTERNATIONAL

Firemen stand by at the ready as pyres of ivory are set on fire in Nairobi National ParK. AP / Press Association Images AP / Press Association Images / Press Association Images

#BONFIRE: An estimated $100m worth of illegal ivory is being torched in Kenya in a message to poachers.

#JEWISH STATE: Former London Mayor Ken Livingstone says he regrets bringing Hitler into a debate about alleged anti-semitism, but won’t apologise for doing so.

#TRUMP: Protesters attempted to storm a California hotel during a speech by presidential candidate Donald Trump.

#KENYA: At least 17 people have died and others are trapped after a building collapsed in Nairobi.

INNOVATION

• The Collison brothers, Ireland’s youngest tech billionaires, are going to appear on primetime US television.
• Here’s a short refresher on how to back up the information on your phone quickly and safely.

PARTING SHOT

A classy mural to music icon Prince was painted on a wall in Dublin.

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