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

IRELAND

The Glendasan River in the Wicklow Mountains. Eamonn Farrell / RollingNews.ie Eamonn Farrell / RollingNews.ie / RollingNews.ie

• Tens of thousands of delegates, including those from Ireland, began to arrive for the first day of COP27, a major international climate conference led by the United Nations.
• Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald said she will speak to all parties about forming a government after the next general election.
• Meanwhile, Sinn Féin remains the most popular party in Ireland, though its approval rating has dropped since September, according to the latest poll.
• Ireland has joined an international task force during a summit at the White House on countering online hackers.
• A status yellow wind warning was been issued for five counties for tomorrow.
• Gardaí in Ennis are appealing for any witnesses to come forward after a man in his 80s died after he was hit by a car in Clare last night.
• Over 400 pubs, nightclubs, cafes and other venues are to receive funding under the Night-Time Economy Support Scheme. 
• Local Authorities have been hiring ‘private farm inspectors’ to help tackle pollution in at-risk areas. 

INTERNATIONAL

Protesters outside the Manston immigration short-term holding facility. PA PA

#LAKEVICTORIA The death toll from today’s plane crash in Lake Victoria in Tanzania has jumped to 19, Prime Minister Kassim Majaliwa said.

#MAHSAAMINI New protests erupted in Iran today at universities and in the largely Kurdish northwest, keeping a seven-week anti-regime movement going even in the face of a fierce crackdown.

#KHERSON Ukraine’s Russian-occupied city of Kherson was cut off from water and electricity supplies today after an air strike and a key dam in the region was also damaged, local officials said.

#USMID-TERMS Bullish Republicans promised to deliver a “wake-up call” to Joe Biden and retake Congress in this week’s crucial midterm elections, as the US president’s Democrats insisted they were still in the fight with two days to go.

#UKIMMIGRATION Hundreds of people have staged a protest in the pouring rain outside Manston detention centre demanding it is shut down.

PARTING SHOT

Participants arrive at COP27, 6 November 2022 PA Images PA Images

As Cop27 gets underway, The Journal has debunked five common climate myths. 

Our reporter Lauren Boland is in Egypt for the climate conference and has tackled five common myths, such as claims that the Earth isn’t warming and that humans aren’t responsible. 

You can read her factcheck here.