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LAST UPDATE | 3 Mar 2025
GOOD MORNING.
Here’s all the news you need to know as you start the day.
1. It was Anora’s night at the 97th Academy Awards with the film taking home five of the six Oscars it was nominated for, including the coveted best picture gong.
2. Israel has faced sharp criticism after it stopped the entry of all food and other supplies into Gaza yesterday and warned of “additional consequences” for Hamas if a fragile ceasefire is not extended.
3. The UK has signed a €1.9 billion (£1.6 billion) deal to supply more than 5,000 air defence missiles made in Belfast to Ukraine.
4. Tributes have been paid to Anila Mucaj, who was killed in a road collision when she was out running in Tralee, Co Kerry yesterday morning.
5. Ireland Women have narrowly fallen short in the FIH Hockey Nations Cup final against New Zealand after a tense shootout in Santiago.
6. Morgan Freeman paid tribute to the late Hollywood actor Gene Hackman at the Academy Awards last night.
7. Palestinian and Israeli filmmakers called for “a political solution without ethnic supremacy” after their critically-acclaimed documentary about life in the West Bank won an Oscar last night.
8. The Pope rested well last night on his 17th night in hospital with pneumonia, the Vatican said.
9. It was country Night on Dancing With The Stars this evening, as the remaining six couples gave a string of toe-tapping performances to some of the biggest hits from Nashville.
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