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Police say all five people arrested in the RAF Fairford suspected bomb-plot investigation are British nationals from London. The live report tracks the inquiry and official responses.
Defence secretary Wes Streeting hinted UK security services had prior awareness of suspects in the RAF Fairford investigation, while thanking the local woman who alerted police.
Iran says it has no plans for talks with the US, contradicting Trump's suggestion that negotiations could resume. Follow the US politics live report for developments.
EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas called for faster rearmament and said Russia showed no interest in peace; the Europe live report also follows attacks on Kyiv.
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Pearl Jam's Eddie Vedder helped Bray band Florence Road after equipment was stolen from their van in Los Angeles, threatening an appearance at his Ohana Festival.
Northern Secretary Chris Bryant plans talks with Garvaghy Road residents and police after protesters blocked the Orange Order's Drumcree parade route and dispersed overnight.
Daft.ie figures show Irish home-price inflation slowing to 3% year on year in September as buyers become more cautious, though housing supply remains tight.
Brothers Eamonn and Brian Fallon turned a school-era online idea into Daft and a wider media business, and made nearly €240 million from a controlling-stake sale.
A Dublin house owner says her property appeared on Booking.com without permission, sending would-be guests to her home and raising questions about how the platform handled her complaint.
An analysis of what follows the blocked Drumcree march turns to Northern Secretary Chris Bryant, who is calling for calm amid strains on the institutions.
A female garda was hospitalised after an assault during security work near Dublin Castle last Wednesday; a man has been charged and she remains off duty.
The Workplace Relations Commission rejected a vegetarian customer's religious-discrimination claim after she nearly ate pâté at a tasting display she said was misleadingly signed.
More than half a million Irish electricity and gas accounts are in arrears. This explainer looks at the rising bills and the options for households struggling to pay.
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A justice group says it is too soon to assert that Garvaghy Road protesters broke the law when they blocked the Drumcree march route on Sunday.
A solicitor for Garvaghy Road residents says the Orange Order must make a fresh application to march because the original parade notification has expired; Jamie Bryson disputes that view.
Queen's University spin-out Ionic Technologies has proposed an £89 million Belfast magnet-recycling plant to produce rare-earth oxides for electric vehicles and other manufacturing.
Analysis: John Manley argues the Drumcree standoff reflects unionist agitation and Parades Commission mistakes, with risks for devolved government.
The DUP plans an urgent Assembly question to Michelle O'Neill about her participation in the Garvaghy Road protest against the Orange Order march.
Justice minister Naomi Long says the Drumcree dispute was manipulated by opponents of power-sharing and warns of a wider culture of lawlessness.
A Derry man facing a charge linked to an INLA T-shirt was arrested near Garvaghy Road after allegedly breaching bail curfew and protest restrictions.
Marie Therese Murray, whose 12-year-old son died after a sectarian confrontation during the 1990s Drumcree dispute, says the renewed standoff has revived her trauma.
Opinion: Tom Kelly says the Parades Commission ruling has damaged power-sharing and warns that neither residents nor the Executive can win this standoff.
DUP leader Gavin Robinson called for the PSNI chief to arrest the Garvaghy Road residents' spokesman if the Orange Order march could not proceed.
Opinion: Alex Kane warns that the Drumcree crisis is drawing Stormont closer to collapse as the DUP and Sinn Féin harden their positions.
Garvaghy Road residents describe high anxiety as thousands mobilised against a repeat of the forced parading confrontations of the 1990s.
A former DUP mayor who fell out with the party is in talks over a possible return to council amid pressure on a party councillor with poor attendance.
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Diesel has passed £2 per litre at some Northern Ireland forecourts as the RAC reports a UK-wide record amid Middle East disruption to oil shipping.
Analysis: The political fallout from Sunday's Drumcree standoff could be significant for Northern Ireland's parties and devolved institutions.
An Omagh man faces domestic-abuse charges after allegedly punching his partner beside her child's travel cot; the court heard claims of a sustained campaign of abuse.
Chancellor John Healey announced £100 million for a local apprenticeship service aimed at linking young people with employers as part of a reindustrialisation push.
Opinion: A former unionist stronghold may be sending a warning after parties took its voters for granted for too long.
A Mayo council tenant who pleaded guilty to harassing his elderly neighbour carried out a five-year campaign involving dumped rubbish and a 'banshee' figure overlooking the garden.
Firefighters and police are treating Sunday evening's blaze at the former Coleraine High School site as suspected arson; no injuries were reported.