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1. #APPLE: The cabinet will meet again this morning to try and decide whether to appeal the Apple tax ruling.

2. #STATE OF EMERGENCY: Hurricane Hermine is barrelling towards Florida, packing damaging winds and heavy rains that the state’s governor warned could create “life-threatening” conditions.

3. #RELEASED: Brock Turner is set to be released from prison today after serving half of a six-month sentence for sexually assaulting an unconscious woman behind a dumpster in 2015.

4. #SUE: Melania Trump, the wife of US Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, is to sue two media outlets that alleged she worked as an escort in the 1990s.

5. #TSUNAMI: The east coast of New Zealand was hit by a powerful 7.1 magnitude earthquake, generating a small tsunami – but officials said there was no significant damage or injuries.

6. #VENEZUELA: Hundreds of thousands of people have marched against the government in Venezuela while the president Nicolas Maduro has accused the opposition of trying to stage a coup.

7. #PLAYER: A TV licence is required to watch BBC iPlayer in the UK, but no such rules are on the way for the RTÉ Player.

8. #ZIKA: Many countries across Africa and Asia could be vulnerable to Zika virus outbreaks, researchers have warned.

9. #LISDOONVARNA: Willie Daly has been matchmaking couples for more than 50 years, he says people are fussier now.