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

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IRELAND

• A landmark report says scientists are now 95 per cent sure humans are the main cause of global warming.
• Junior doctors have said strike action now appears “inevitable”.
• Figures showed half of those trafficked into Ireland last year were children.
• Tax offices were inundated with motorists ahead of Monday’s “off road” deadline.
• Micheál Martin took up TV3′s debate invitation – but no word from the Taoiseach.
• A US tech firm announced 50 jobs for Dublin as it opened its new offices.
• The head of the ESM poured cold water on Michael Noonan’s plans to recoup banking funds.
• Loyalist protester Willie Frazer turned up at court dressed as Abu Hamza.
• A man in his 70s was arrested after a cannabis seizure worth €250,000.
• A protected bird-of-prey was found shot dead, prompting an appeal from a minister.
• And in sport, Pat McQuaid‘s eight year stint as head of the UCI came to an end.

INTERNATIONAL

Storm clouds hang over Capitol Hill in Washington [J. Scott Applewhite/AP/Press Association Images]

#USA: Politicians in the US are deadlocked over budget measures tonight, meaning a government shut-down could be on the cards.

#GOOD CALL: The US and Iranian presidents took part in a historic phonecall — the first between leaders of the two countries since 1979.

#FRANCE: A couple have been charged over the death of a five-year-old girl whose disappearance gripped the country.

#UK: Two men have pleaded ‘not guilty’ to the killing of soldier Lee Rigby.

INNOVATION

• At last — Bill Gates has admitted making people press CTRL-ALT-DELETE was a mistake.
• Nerd alert! Check out this stellar infographic comparing every major science fiction starship [Buzzfeed Tech]

PARTING SHOT

There are dozens of secret messages concealed around the International Space Station, it turns out.

This image posted on Twitter by astronaut Luca Parmitano shows a a message written on a new piece of equipment bound for the Earth-orbiting spacecraft.

[NASA/ESA/Luca Parmitano] Read the full story at Universe Today.

Originally posted at 9pm.

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