The 5 at 5: Thursday

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. #GREENLAND: French President Emmanuel Macron has said that France would soon send more “land, air, and sea” forces to join a European military exercise in Greenland, as the Danish territory continues to be the target of threats of annexation from US President Donald Trump.

2. #BURKE: Enoch Burke has returned to Wilson’s Hospital School, a day after he was freed from prison by a High Court judge who warned him against breaching an order to stay away from the Co Westmeath school.

3. #IRAN: The United States has imposed fresh sanctions on Iranian security officials and financial networks accused of orchestrating a brutal crackdown on nationwide protests.

4. #GAZA AID: Humanitarian workers in Jordan have told The Journal that millions of euro worth of international aid is due to expire at warehouses in the region due to Israel’s closure of an aid route.

5. #KERRY: A man has died and another has been seriously injured following an incident on board a Spanish fishing boat this morning.