EVERY EVENING, TheJournal.ie brings you a round-up of the latest news stories, as well as the bits and pieces you may have missed from the last 24 hours.

• Church services have been held in the Dutch suburb of Alphen aan den Rijn to mourn the victims of shooting spree over the weekend, in which a man shot and killed six people at a shopping centre. Police have identified the shooter who wounded 15 others including an infant before he shot himself in the head.
• Following a two-day summit of EU finance ministers in Hungary, Germany has told Ireland that it needs to make changes in return for a reduction of the interest attached to the bailout package – possibly by raising the corporation tax rate.
• Oxford academic Kerem Oktem has cancelled the launch of his new book about Turkey after learning that Lucinda Creighton was due to do the honours. He said he objected to her comments about Turkey joining the EU and on gay marriage.
• A leading human rights group has claimed that forces loyal to the democratically elected president of Ivory Coast,  Alassane Ouattara, have killed and raped civilians in the western part of the country.
• The British Prime Minister David Cameron has reportedly sworn at journalists covering recent comments he made, recognising the British empire had contributed to the poor relations between India and Pakistan over Kashmir. Cameron allegedly tuned to a journalist after learning that he had covered the story and said: “You f*****!”
• A ceasefire between Israel and Hamas is being discussed after days of violent fighting, following a rare appeal by Hamas to halt cross-border fighting.
• The body of a woman in her 50s was discovered in Loreto Park in Rathfarnham, Co Dublin earlier this morning by Dublin Fire Brigade. Gardaí are investigating and have not made any arrests.
• The former president of Egypt Hosni Mubarak has broken his silence to insist that he did not abuse his postition of power – and he invited the country’s authorities to investigate his financial affairs.
• The British and Dutch governments are preparing to sue Iceland after the country’s electorate rejected a second proposal to repay billions of euro of deposits lost as a result of the country’s banking system collapsing in 2008.
• Poland has mourned the first anniversary of the fatal plane crash that killed the country’s President Lech Kaczynski, his wife Maria, and 94 other people – most of them high-ranking military and political figures – one year ago.
• British singer Jessie J has expressed shock at level of drunkenness displayed by students at the annual Trinity Ball, where she performed on Friday. She tweeted that she was distressed to see people in the crowd who were so drunk “they couldn’t even stand”.
• Christie’s auction house says it has reached an agreement with Elizabeth Taylor’s family to sell her prized jewellery collection, as well as some of her art, clothing and other memorabilia. Taylor, who passed away last month, was renowed for her jewellery. Her collection has included some of the world’s most expensive stones.
• The Corrigan brothers are back with another tune to honour US president Barack Obama, following their 2008 YouTube hit. The brothers describe their new offering as the “first campaign song for 2012″. We wonder if Obama’s team will adopt it – check it out for yourself:

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