The 5 at 5: Tuesday

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. #JOB CUTS: Amazon will lay off around 14,000 office workers, including at least 30 Irish staff, as the e-commerce and tech giant trims costs amid ramped-up investments in artificial intelligence

2. #GAZA: Israeli prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has ordered “powerful strikes” in the Gaza Strip in Palestine, a move likely to shatter the ceasefire agreement that came into effect on 10 October

3. #JAMAICA: Hurricane Melissa is set to pummel Jamaica today as a catastrophic category five storm, the strongest to lash the island since record-keeping began 174 years ago

4. #FIANNA FÁIL: Fianna Fáil backbenchers are “frustrated” at the party’s disastrous presidential election campaign and the “slow pace of delivery” on national issues, according to one of the party’s TDs

5. #TEMPLE BAR: An English tourist who was hospitalised after an alleged assault during the summer in Temple Bar has died