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The 9 at 9 Here’s what you need to know as we start the day.

EVERY MORNING, TheJournal.ie brings you the stories you need to know as you start your day.

1.#NORTH KOREA: North Korea says it is preparing a plan to strike the US territory of Guam in response to Donald Trump’s threat of “fire and fury”.

2. #KILLINASCULLY: Garda representatives say that rural Ireland has been “decimated” by cuts to policing.

3. #BANK CHARGES: Quarterly charges for some Permanent TSB customers have jumped almost six-fold.

4. #JASON CORBETT: The jury in the trial of two people accused of killing Irishman Jason Corbett in the US has retired to consider its verdict.

5. #CLEAN UP: A plan has been drawn up to clean up the estimated 750,000 dumped tyres across Ireland.

6. #HILLSBOROUGH: Five men – including three former police officers – will face a court today over the deaths of 96 football fans at a 1989 football match in England.

7. #KENYA: The opposition in Kenya has slammed the early election result as a “sham”.

8. #BREAKDOWN: The cost of running a family car has come down by almost €180 in the last year.

9. #PARIS: Six soldiers have been injured after being struck by a car in a Paris suburb.