Here's What Happened Today: Wednesday

Roger Casement’s centenary, a crash-landing in Dubai and a North Korean missile had people talking today.

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

ROGER CASEMENT 9074 Chole Connolly (3) and Baily McKenna, from Tallaght*t Baldonnell, to mark the 100th anniversary of the death of humanitarian and revolutionary Roger Casement. Rollingnews.ie Rollingnews.ie

IRISH

Four Irish people were on board the Emirates flight that crash landed in Dubai International Airport.
Gardaí are investigating armed robberies at post offices in Kerry and Kilkenny.
A man is to be extradited to the Czech Republic after seven years on the run in Ireland.
Gardaí have rescued 14 puppies from the boot of a car at Dublin Port.
Ireland is about to get its own version of Strictly Come Dancing.
Crowds gathered at Glasnevin Cemetery to mark the centenary of Roger Casement’s execution.
The Wicklow Mountains National park has got bigger after the government purchased 4,900 acres.
In the latest TheJournal.ie FactCheck, we ask: Who got it right on “abortion up to birth” – Cora Sherlock or Ivana Bacik?

WORLD

Japanese ship visits London Sailors on a Japanese navy ship wave as the vessel is pulled down the Thames in London by tugs today. PA Wire / Press Association Images PA Wire / Press Association Images / Press Association Images

#MISSILE: North Korea fired a ballistic missile 250km into the sea off northern Japan.

#ACCIDENT: Nine children were wounded in the UK after an inflatable slide broke free.

#TREASON: A US transit police officer has been charged with trying to support the Islamic State.

#WAR ON DRUGS: Philippines police have shot dead six supporters of Rolando Espinosa, days after President Rodrigo Duterte threatened to have the politician “shot on sight” for protecting his drug dealer son.

#RETCH: French president Francois Hollande has said Republican nominee Donald Trump “makes you want to retch”.

INNOVATION

A major Bitcoin exchange has suspended trading after $65 million in the virtual unit was reportedly stolen by hackers.
If you’re thinking of buying a new phone soon, it’s possible you will get one with a different type of USB charger.

PARTING SHOT

WATCH: Locals in the favelas of Rio say gun violence has got worse in the buildup to the Olympics, which begin on Friday night.