IRELAND

14-year-old Calum Dempsey from Dublin with Tánaiste Leo Varadkar and Taoiseach Michéal Martin at today's historic event in Béal na Bláth. Sasko Lazarov Sasko Lazarov

• History made at centenary commemoration of the death of Michael Collins, as the leaders of Fianna Fail and Fine Gael made a joint address.
• Irish community came together for a tribute to Thomas O’Halloran, the 87-year-old Irishman who died after he was stabbed to death on his mobility scooter in London.
• Meanwhile, thousands attended to pay their last respects to mother of four, Miriam Burns, who was found dead at her home in Ardshanavooly last Monday.
• The Taoiseach said he was satisfied junior minister Robert Troy has “cleared the air” in resolving errors by declaring his interests to the Irish Parliament.
• Government has been called on to take a “more humane approach” to housing Ukrainian refugees, as thousands prepare to leave student accommodation. 
• Ireland’s European Minister said he hopes Liz Truss will set a “good” pattern on Brexit issues if she become the next UK prime minister.
• A teenager died after a crash in Dromsally in Limerick.
• A man in his 20s in critical condition in hospital following an assault in Monasterevin in Kildare overnight.

INTERNATIONAL

People wave a rainbow flag during the Pink Dot event held in Singapore's Hong Lim Park, which supports LGBT people. Xinhua News Agency / PA Images Xinhua News Agency / PA Images / PA Images

#RUSSIA The daughter of Alexander Dugin, a hardline Russian ideologue close to President Vladimir Putin, was killed in a car bombing on Moscow’s outskirts.

#LGBT Singapore’s Prime Minister announced the country will repeal a colonial-era law criminalising gay sex.

#SOMALIA The death toll from a devastating 30-hour siege by Al-Shabaab jihadists at a hotel in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu has climbed to 21.

#INDIA At least 40 people have died and several are missing in flash floods triggered by intense monsoon rains in northern India over the past three days.

#NICARAGUA Pope Francis said he was “concerned” by rising tensions between the state and the Catholic church in Nicaragua, two days after bishop and regime critic Rolando Alvarez was detained.

PARTING SHOT

Neil Jordan Armando Gallo / PA Armando Gallo / PA / PA

After a historic event at Béal na Bláth, film director Neil Jordan discusses the ‘gangster’ genre inspiration behind the 1996 film ‘Michael Collins’, the threats he received after making the film, and his opinion on Éamon de Valera.

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