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IRELAND

Adults and children outside the Dáil campaign for the government to take in 200 children from the recently-closed refugee camp in Calais. Mark Stedman Mark Stedman

• Garda representative body the GRA said the upcoming strikes will go ahead ‘unless we hear of significant progress towards real and tangible increases in pay’.
• Political leaders and representatives of businesses, trade unions and local authorities met in Dublin today to discuss the potential consequences of Brexit.
• Two men were hospitalised with stab wounds after a violent incident outside a betting shop on Dublin’s Parnell Street this afternoon.
• Figures released by the Government today show that the number of families in homeless accommodation in September rose to 1,173.
• Ireland’s national trust An Taisce has lodged a second complaint over the Seanad’s temporary relocation to the National Museum.
• Former TV3 news presenter Alan Cantwell parted company with Jobs Minister Mary Mitchell O’Connor, it’s been confirmed this evening.
• A mother is walking from Cork to Dublin to try to persuade the government to approve legislation that she says would save her six-year-old daughter’s life.
• The HSE defended its decision not to publish two internal reports into foster care abuse claims because of advice from gardaí.
• Fans going to Justin Bieber’s concert tonight have been warned to check their tickets after people turned up at last night’s Bieber gig with fake or invalid tickets.

WORLD

Marko Drobnjakovic Marko Drobnjakovic

#MOSUL: Iraqi soldiers forced their way into jihadist-held Mosul, as a top commander declared the “true liberation” of the city from the Islamic State group had begun.

#JAW-DROP: Gawker has settled with Hulk Hogan for $31 million, ending a years-long fight that led to the media company’s bankruptcy and the shutdown of Gawker.com.

#US ELECTION: The Clinton email scandal has been ongoing during the course of the campaign

INNOVATION

• Google and Microsoft are in a war of words after the search engine company published a critical Windows bug just days after telling the software firm about it [Guardian]

PARTING SHOT

Political lies, scandals, and corruption are abound in this year’s US election – so here’s a nostalgic look by the Atlas at six places that represent or were at the heart of American political scandals (and yes, the Watergate car park made the cut).