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Here's What Happened Today: Wednesday

Your evening round-up of the day’s news.

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

IRELAND 

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THE WORLD

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#FRANCE France’s highest appeals court ordered former French president Nicolas Sarkozy to wear an electronic tag after he lost an appeal against a corruption conviction.

#RUSSIA Russia has detained a suspect in the killing of the head of the army’s chemical weapons division.

#SUDAN Doctors in Sudan are suffering through the country’s war as its healthcare sector falls apart.

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The Kabin Crew, who were behind the viral hit ‘The Spark’, have released a Christmas single ahead of their Christmas special on RTÉ. 

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    Dec 18th 2024, 11:25 PM

    Two Russian oil tankers broke apart in the Black Sea two days ago, with another breaking apart yesterday. There is oil washing ashore in Kradnodar Krai.
    At least two sunk, with a part of another apparently grounded on the Kradnodar Krai (Russian) side of the Kersh Straits.
    The oil spilled could well affect Georgia, depending on currents.

    These tankers are all reported to be riverine vessels that Russia has been using to transport oil through the Azov Sea to larger vessels in the Black Sea that cannot navigate the Kersh Straits (Russia’s ‘shadow fleet’ that it uses to smuggle oil to avoid sanctions.)

    Another vessel, a crane ship, also foundered 2 days ago in the same region.

    All vessels are reported to have had their transponders switched off.

    So far, there is 1 dead and 12 rescued from the crew of one tanker, and 13 missing from the crew on the second that sunk 2 days ago.

    There is no news on the crews of the crane ship or the tanker that sunk yesterday.

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    Dec 19th 2024, 3:25 AM

    @ItWasLikeThatWhenIGotHere: Meanwhile, Irish ferries can’t get out of holyhead. Mad mad world, we’re living in…

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    Dec 19th 2024, 11:09 AM

    A proud Paddystinian

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    Dec 19th 2024, 10:34 AM

    would Israel like to bomb Dublin and colonise it?

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