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

Two young men head off on a paddle board into the River Liffey Wilderness,at Canalway, outside Brannockstown in County Kildare. Rollingnews Rollingnews

IRELAND

• A Status Yellow high temperature warning issued for 13 counties came into effect and will expire at 7am on Sunday.
• An Indian man was allegedly attacked by a group of teenagers in Citywest, Co Dublin after they asked where he was from.
• Jozef Puska abandoned his appeal against his conviction for the murder of Ashling Murphy, his lawyers told a court.
• Uisce Éireann “urgently” called on the public not to use the garden hose this weekend, and for as long as the hot weather continues, as drinking water usage remains “exceptionally high”.
• A garda was acquitted of raping his wife but convicted of child cruelty against his two daughters.
• A loyalist bonfire was lit a day early after police began an operation to remove a replica of a mosque from the top of the pyre.
• The third All-Ireland Pollinator Plan set out measures including a new mapping system to support the creation of these new habitats for bees.

INTERNATIONAL

Nina Kennedy, of Australia, makes an attempt in the women's pole vault during the Herculis Diamond League athletics meet in Monaco Alamy Stock Photo Alamy Stock Photo

#UK: A murder investigation was launched in England after former Conservative minister Ann Widdecombe was found dead in her home.

#SPAIN: At least 12 people were killed in a fast-moving wildfire in southern Spain as a heatwave continues to stifle swathes of the country.

#EU: The European Union accused Meta of breaching its social media law by designing Facebook and Instagram to get users hooked, and demanded it disable “key addictive features” such as infinite scrolling.

PARTING SHOT

People wearing bald caps (to look like American artist Pitbull) take part in a World Record Attempt for the largest gathering of people wearing bald caps at BST Hyde Park. Alamy Stock Photo Alamy Stock Photo