EVERY MORNING,TheJournal.ie brings you the stories you need to know as you kick off your day.

1. #TERROR THREAT: Security forces are on high alert across Europe after Belgium says it has smashed a “terrorist” cell planning to kill police officers.

2. #COAST TO COAST: The US Supreme Court will rule ‘once and for all’ whether gay and lesbian couples have the right to marry under the US Constitution.

3. #PRO-CHOICE: Lucinda Creighton says members of her new party will be free to choose how they vote on ‘life’ issues like euthanasia, abortion and the death penalty.

4. #DUBLIN: A number of buildings were evacuated after a homemade bomb was found at a building site in Ballymun last night.

5. #HIGH SEAS: The world’s largest and second largest supertrawlers are currently in Irish waters.

6. #DIVINE INTERVENTION: After Pope Francis’s plane took off from a Philippines airfield, the plane behind overshot the runway in high winds.

7. #YOU’RE HIRED: Remember Sean — the guy standing by the roadside looking for work? Well, it worked. 

8. #PROFILING: US police officers have been criticised for using mug shots of black suspects for target practice in Florida, reports BBC News.

9. #SHIPPING UP: Ahead of Sunday’s big night for Irish MMA in Boston, Cathal Pendred speaks to The42.ie about life in the UFC.