GOOD MORNING.

Here’s all the news that you need to know as you start your day.

Defence spending 

1. The government has been warned that Ireland could end up contributing over €7 billion indirectly to massive defence spends in Europe through its EU contributions but will benefit little in return.

Venezuela

2. Venezuela’s interim President Delcy Rodriguez has been sworn in. 

Ukraine 

3. Minister for Foreign Affairs Helen McEntee is to attend a meeting of the Coalition of the Willing in Paris today alongside other allies of Ukraine.

Regime change

4. House Speaker Mike Johnson has said the US is not engaged in “regime change” in Venezuela after a briefing on Nicholas Maduro’s abduction. 

Irish actors

5. The Irish Air Corps despatched a maritime patrol aircraft 500 nautical miles off the Irish coast to check on a Russian registered oil tanker.

Nestlé

6. A batch of baby formula have been recalled by the food safety regulator over the presence of a toxin that can cause vomiting.

Jesy Nelson

7. Singer Jesy Nelson has revealed that her twin babies are unlikely to ever be able to walk after being diagnosed with a rare genetic condition.

Nato

8. Denmark’s prime minister has said that a US attack on Greenland would spell the end of Nato.

Cold snap

9. The weather is set to remain cold today even as low temperature warnings will be lifted.