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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. #RIP: French film icon Brigitte Bardot, a symbol of sexual liberation of the 1950s and sixties who turned her back on cinema to devote herself to protecting animals, has died aged 91.

2. #FLORIDA: US President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky are set to meet in Florida later today for face-to-face talks on ending the nearly four-year war between Russia and Ukraine.

3. #EPSTEIN FILES: A woman claimed she was trafficked to Ireland for “politicians and notable men” before she was taken to deceased former financier and sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein’s island, according to an internal FBI email released in the Epstein files.

4. #LEOPARDSTOWN: Affordable Fury rallied to great effect to land Grade One honours in the Savills Chase at Leopardstown, while Teahupoo stamped his authority on the staying division with a dominant performance in the Grade One Christmas Hurdle.

5. #FOOD COSTS: The price of own-brand butter in Supervalu, Centra and Lidl has gone down today.

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