LAST UPDATE | 8 May

GOOD MORNING.

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

Strait of Hormuz

1. Donald Trump has said the ceasefire is still in place between the US and Iran after both sides exchanged fire in the Strait of Hormuz last night.

Fuel crisis

2. Irish ferry operators are closely monitoring the impact of the war in Iran, and its resulting restrictions on oil, as they brace for the critical summer season.

Oh Keir

3. In England, Keir Starmer’s Labour party has lost hundreds of councillors and eight local authorities across the country in early local election results.

Byelection

4. Back home, Fine Gael’s Seán Kyne has a narrow lead over Noel Thomas of Independent Ireland in the Galway West byelection, according to a new opinion poll from TG4 and the Irish Times.

Broken truce

5. Russia and Ukraine launched major attacks on each other, with a two-day unilateral ceasefire that Moscow had declared around its World War II commemorations appearing to be in tatters.

One year in

6. Exactly one year ago today, Cardinal Robert Prevost appeared at the central balcony of St Peter’s Basilica in Rome to be presented as the 267th pope. The pontiff is marking his first year in the job with a trip to Pompeii and Naples. 

MV Hondius

7. A third British national has been diagnosed with suspected hantavirus linked to a cruise ship outbreak.

Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor

8. A man is due to appear in court after being charged with allegedly threatening Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor near his new home on the Sandringham Estate in Norfolk.

Happy birthday

9. David Attenborough, who turns 100 today, said he has been “completely overwhelmed by birthday greetings” as he thanked well-wishers “most sincerely”.