NEED TO CATCH up? The Journal brings you a round-up of today’s news.

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• The government has stalled its long-promised plans to roll out shared mobility hubs, which would include bike and electric car-sharing facilities, across the country because they included e-scooters.  
• A community safety partnership is in talks to begin tracking incidents of racism in Dublin.
• A teenage boy has died after a collision involving a scrambler and a lorry in Co Tyrone.
• Activist Greta Thunberg has delivered a “message of peace” at the All Together Now festival, but warned that she “cannot pretend to be hopeful”.
• A group representing striking solicitors has said its members do not believe the changes made by the government in response to its industrial action eases members’ concerns. 
• Gardaí have found a handgun with ammunition and a man has been arrested following a search operation in Dublin. 
• A man in his 80s and a woman in her 70s have been seriously injured following a hit-and-run collision in Co Laois.
• A victim of marital rape said she was “broken” by having to defend her reputation against false allegations to Tusla.
• Almost 1,600 speeding offences have been detected during the first two days of the August bank holiday roads policing operation.
• A man who abused his neighbour’s five-year-old granddaughter over a 12-month period has been jailed for 11 years.

INTERNATIONAL

Part of the palm forest in the Preveli region has been destroyed by the recent fire that broke out south of Rethymno on Crete. Alamy Stock Photo Alamy Stock Photo

#WORLD FOOTBALL FIFA President Gianni Infantino has scrapped a plan to allow private investment in the World Cup following fierce backlash from football officials worldwide.  

#UKRAINE At least nine people were killed and 22 civilians injured in the Ukrainian capital Kyiv after Russia launched an intense barrage of ballistic missiles and drones, authorities said.

#GREECE Hundreds of firefighters in Greece are battling to save a popular coastal resort northwest of Athens as violent winds continued to lash the country, hampering operations.

#USA The alleged kidnapper of a US television star’s mother apologised as he told her family six days after her disappearance that she had died, according to a note released by police.

PARTING SHOT

You might not have heard it yet, but there’s a country single that’s currently dominating the charts in the US.

Choosin’ Texas by Ella Langley has spent a record 15 weeks on top of Billboard’s Top 100 singles charts in the US.

The 15-week milestone is a significant one for the 27-year-old singer because it means she’s surpassed records set by Whitney Houston’s I Will Always Love You and Mariah Carey’s We Belong Together.

In today’s poll, we want to know, have you listened to Choosin’ Texas?

And the results are in:

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