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Evening Wrap
The 5 at 5 Five minutes, five stories, five o’clock…
EVERY WEEKDAY EVENING, The Journal brings you five of the biggest news stories of the day so far.
1. #FLOODING The Spanish government declared three days of mourning from tomorrow after at least 72 people were killed in disastrous floods in the south and east of the country.
2. #PARDON President Michael D Higgins signed a presidential pardon for two men who were executed in Co Kerry over 140 years ago.
3. #COVID-19 INQUIRY Cabinet ministers approved the appointment of a chairperson for the national Covid-19 inquiry.
4. #GEORGIA ELECTION Prosecutors in Georgia launched an investigation into the alleged “falsification” of the country’s parliamentary elections.
5. #US ELECTION US Vice President and candidate for president Kamala Harris sought to distance herself from comments by US President Joe Biden appearing to refer to Donald Trump’s supporters as “garbage”.
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