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Here's What Happened Today: Wednesday

The Eighth Amendment Committee, a prison death and Catalonia’s independence.

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

IRELAND

77  Bram stoker festival_90526261 The Knights Templar Room in Freemasons Hall was transformed into the setting of a Bram Stoker style soiree for the Bram Stoker Festival. Rolling News Rolling News

WORLD

Scottish National Party Conference 2017 First Minister of Scotland Nicola Sturgeon addresses delegates at the Scottish National Party conference, Strepsils in hand. Jane Barlow Jane Barlow

#SPAIN: The Spanish Prime Minister has given Catalonia’s separatist leader five days to clarify his position on whether or not he was declaring independence.

#WILDFIRE: 15 people died as wildfires torched California’s wine region.

#LAS VEGAS: The hotel where Las Vegas shooter Stephen Paddock stayed said that the police’s timeline of events “may not be accurate.”

#TRUMP: US President Donald Trump threatened to “challenge” the licence of NBC after the news outlet released a critical report about his views on nuclear weapons.

PARTING SHOT

It’s International Day of the Girl.

To mark the day, a video from director MJ Delaney featuring Freedom by Beyoncé was released and calls for action on some of the biggest challenges girls face like access to education, child marriage and violence.

The Global Goals / YouTube

(Click here if you can’t see the video.)

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