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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. #NEW YORK CITY: Democrat Zohran Mamdani won yesterday’s New York mayoral election with an energetic campaign built on promises to address the cost of living for ordinary people in the financial capital of the world.

2. #BIRD FLU: An order requiring all poultry and captive birds to be housed or confined in such a way that they do not have access to other poultry has been introduced following recent bird flu outbreaks.

3. #LOUISVILLE: At least nine people have died and several more have been injured after a UPS cargo plane crashed shortly after takeoff from Louisville International Airport in Kentucky.

4. #COMPROMISE: The 27 member states of the EU have struck a deal on the next big emissions-cutting target after making overnight concessions to win over reluctant governments in time for COP30, which kicks off this week in Brazil.

5. #WELCOME BACK: People Before Profit TD Richard Boyd Barrett made his return to the Dáil today, using his first appearance since undergoing treatment for throat cancer to call for greater investment in cancer care.

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