LAST UPDATE | 4 Jun

GOOD MORNING.

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

Middle East

1. Israel and Lebanon have agreed to renew their fragile ceasefire and create a number of “pilot” security zones inside Lebanon from which Hezbollah militants would be banned.

Climate Change

2. There is no evidence of an urban-rural divide when it comes to people’s level of worry and willingness to take action in response to climate change, a new study has found. 

Record-breaking temperatures

3. “Exceptionally high temperatures” towards the end of May saw the record temperature for the month broken by over 2C.

EVs

4. Electric vehicles are becoming an increasingly popular choice for drivers across Ireland, and searches for these types of cars show there’s more curiosity about making the switch.

Bodycams

5. Gardaí are set to spend €150 million to expand the use of body-worn cameras nationwide following a trial in Dublin, Limerick and Waterford.

‘Crazy’

6. Donald Trump has confirmed a report that he criticised Benjamin Netanyahu as “crazy”, saying he was “a little bit perturbed” that Israel’s attacks on Lebanon were holding back peace talks with Iran.

SpaceX

7. SpaceX is to float on the stock market for the first time this month in the largest US stock market debut in history, a move that will put Elon Musk on course to become the world’s first trillionaire.

EU Membership

8. Ukraine and Moldova have moved a significant step closer to joining the European Union after Hungary signalled it will no longer block the opening of the next phase of accession negotiations.

Politics by Numbers

9. Politics by Numbers is a brand-new series for The Journal where Gavan Reilly takes a data deep dive into a political point of the week. In this article he looks at parliamentary questions. Some 41,185 PQs have been lodged so far this year – but at what cost?