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IRELAND

Dean Moore (aged 16 months) enjoying Africa Day festivities at Farmleigh Estate in Dublin’s Phoenix Park. Marc O'Sullivan Marc O'Sullivan

• Simon Coveney pledged to fight on in the Fine Gael leadership race and to change the minds of TDs who’ve backed Leo Varadkar.
• Renars Veigulis has been charged with murdering his partner Rita Apine in Kilkenny.
• A man in his early 20s has been arrested in connection with an incident of criminal damage at The George bar in Dublin.
• A possible drugs link is being investigated after the death of a 15-year-old girl in an Armagh woodland.
• Irish people with cancer are being urged to ask their doctor if there is a cancer trial they can join.
• Some of the complaints about the clothes worn by TDs in the Dail has been published.
• The Kilkenny hurlers and Mayo footballers are among five inter-county GAA teams who were absent for mandatory drug tests in the past two years.

WORLD

US First Lady Melania Trump in front of Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner as part of President Donald Trump's visit to Saudi Arabia. Evan VuccI / PA Images Evan VuccI / PA Images / PA Images

#RALLYING CALL: In a highly anticipated speech in Saudi Arabia, US President Donald Trump told the Muslim world that the struggle against extremism was a “battle between good and evil”.

#TIGHTENING UP: With just under a week to go until polling day in the UK, the Conservative party’s poll lead over Labour has halved in a week.

#MISSILE TEST: North Korea has test-fired another ballistic missile.

PARTING SHOT

His impression may already iconic, but Alec Baldwin hinted that his performance as Donald Trump on last night’s Saturday Night Live may be his last.

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