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The 5 at 5 Five minutes, five stories, five o’clock…

EVERY WEEKDAY EVENING, The Journal brings you five of the biggest stories of the day.

1. #IRAN: Israel’s Defence Minister has said that Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei “can no longer be allowed to exist” after an Israeli hospital was hit during an Iranian missile attack.

2. #SLANE CASTLE: Lord Henry Mount Charles, best known for staging huge concerts at his home at Slane Castle in Meath, has died at the age of 74. 

3. #GAZA: Israeli forces have killed at least 72 Palestinians, including 21 who had gathered near an aid distribution site in central Gaza, according to the territory’s civil defence agency.

4. #ZHENHAO ZOU: A Chinese student who studied at Queen’s University Belfast, described as “one of the most prolific predators” in the UK, has been jailed for life with a minimum term of 24 years.

5. #DOWNWARD REVISION: The Central Bank has revised down its forecast for how many new houses it expects to be completed in the coming years.

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