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

IRELAND

Woman reading a book at Burrow Beach in Sutton, Dublin, as people enjoy the continuing hot and sunny weather. RollingNews.ie RollingNews.ie

• A 34-year-old man has been charged with murdering his partner in Athboy, Co Westmeath.
• Meanwhile, two men have been arrested by gardaí investigating the fatal assault of a man in Athlone, Co Westmeath.
• A status yellow thunderstorm warning for the entire country has been issued for tomorrow. 
• Calls have been made for transparency in relation to the police investigation into the death of schoolboy Noah Donohoe.
• A Dublin man is facing trial accused of stealing cars on sale after being let take them for “test drives” and later selling them to “innocent” buyers.
• Budget Day just over six weeks away, but the kite-flying and speculation is well underway. So, what do we know so far and what’s the latest.
• A man in his 20s was attacked by a group armed with bats in Co Derry last night.
• Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection says those who need to self-isolate after contracting monkeypox may be entitled to Illness Benefit.

INTERNATIONAL

Children watch as workers clean up after a rocket strike on a house in Kramatorsk, Donetsk region, eastern Ukraine. David Goldman David Goldman

#RUSHDIE The man suspected of stabbing Salman Rushdie has been charged with attempted murder and assault and has been remanded in custody without bail.

#UKRAINE Russia’s military pounded residential areas across Ukraine overnight, as Ukrainian forces pressed a counteroffensive to try to take back an occupied southern region.

#BORIS Nicola Sturgeon said Boris Johnson has been the only Prime Minister she has worked with who was “a disgrace to the office”.

#AUSTRIA Three people died on Saturday in Austria after a crammed van smuggling them tried to escape a police control and overturned.

#SPAIN Organisers of the Medusa Festival in Valencia, Spain have said they are “devastated” after one person died and 17 were injured during the music event.

#AFGHANISTAN Taliban fighters beat women protesters and fired into the air today as they violently dispersed a rare rally in the Afghan capital.

#LAKEGARDA Italy’s worst drought in decades has reduced Lake Garda, the country’s largest lake, close to its lowest level ever recorded.

PARTING SHOT

Mick Lynch, general secretary of the Rail, Maritime and Transport union on the picket line outside London Euston train station in July. PA PA

He shot to fame in June after conducting a series of media interviews in England about a rail workers’ strike, and Mick Lynch has revealed he’s been told by Irish people that his message is “really resonating” with them.