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The 9 at 9 Russia fires biggest-ever aerial barrage at Ukraine, rising food prices, and canonisation of first millennial saint
GOOD MORNING.
Here’s all the news you need to know as you start the day.
Ukraine
1. Russia fired its biggest-ever aerial barrage at Ukraine early Sunday, killing at least two people and setting the seat of the Ukrainian government in Kyiv ablaze, authorities said.
Rising food prices
2. We learned this week that food prices have risen by an average of 5% over the past year. We asked our readers to share their stories about how they are dealing with the rising cost of food and drink.
Millennial saint
3. The canonisation of Italian teenager Carlo Acutis, the Catholic Church’s first millennial saint, will take place this morning.
Lisbon crash
4. A cable linking two cabins disconnected shortly before the funicular crash that killed 16 people in Lisbon this week, hours after the cable had passed a visual check, accident inspectors have said.
Palestine Action
5. Over 420 people were arrested in London yesterday during a tense protest in support of the Palestine Action group, which has been banned UK under terror laws.
Mullaghmore Mountain
6. A man was airlifted to hospital after he was injured in a fall while hiking on Mullaghmore Mountain in Co Clare yesterday afternoon.
Pensions timebomb
7. There’s no need to wait for Ireland’s pensions timebomb, writes Paul O’Donoghue for The Journal, as it’s just gone off. He writes that Ireland’s ageing population and falling birth rate are pushing the state pension system to the brink.
Lunar eclipse
8. A lunar eclipse will take place tonight, but you may struggle to see it.
Trump tariffs
9. All the experts say Trump’s tariffs are unlawful, but will the Supreme Court agree?
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