Sunday 18 October 2026Morning (Europe/Dublin)
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Nationwide protests in France against high prices and fraying public services, following calls on social media to revive the gilets jaunes movement that emerged in 2018.
Europe live: whole streets in Paris 'devastated' by protests, says a mayor, after France's worst protests in years saw buildings set ablaze across the country and record numbers arrested.
Revealed: French police used UK-funded 4x4 vehicles to charge at protesters; the French government has launched an investigation into why cars funded by the UK to stop Channel crossings were used in school protests.
In pictures: 'If we burn, you burn' - hundreds arrested as tens of thousands take to the streets across France to demonstrate against rising fuel prices and the cost of living.
A 'serious incident' at an Alberta military base has caused deaths and injuries, with patients taken to hospitals in Edmonton and Wainwright completely overwhelmed, a local doctor says.
'I felt disgusted': MEP Lena Schilling of the Austrian Greens speaks out over nude deepfakes, calling the images digital violence against women and a threat to democracy.
Intensifying drone attacks on ships in the Black Sea bring the war ever closer to NATO waters: six attacks in 10 days by suspected Russian drones mark a dramatic escalation.
Trump's pause on Russia sanctions is a 'reward' for Putin, Zelensky says, warning it will embolden the Russian leader and intensify the war as Moscow hits Ukraine's power plants.
Ukraine war briefing: Trump's sanctions waiver is a '60-day pause', and Zelenskyy expects Trump to lift more sanctions against Russia. What we know on day 1,698.
Israeli settlers have attacked European diplomats in the West Bank - a French mayor and an archbishop among them - during a violent attempt to stop Palestinians harvesting olives.
'I cannot carry all of this alone': the couples kept apart by the war in Ukraine - families scattered, fathers separated from their children, couples unable to reunite and marry.
The UAE has agreed with Saudi Arabia to re-enter the Yemen conflict, reportedly resuming payments to Yemeni forces as gains by Iran-backed Houthi fighters alarm Gulf rulers.
Two people, including a child, were killed after a person drove through a crowd in Wichita; the driver is in custody and two juveniles were in the vehicle, police say.
Conde Nast's UK profits have dropped by more than a third as the sale of Vogue's headquarters bites, the magazine group pointing to a restructuring bill but saying it remains profitable.
An extraordinary life: a descendant welcomes a biography of Sarah Forbes Bonetta, the girl captured by an African king and taken to England to become protege of Queen Victoria.
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The health service spent 250m euro more on 'higher-cost' agency staff than directly employed staff, the HSE has told the Public Accounts Committee, with agency hires costing about 40% more.
A generation late: 900,000 children have been denied treatment and assessment - and my concerns won't go away once the new children's hospital opens, as it will be expensive to operate, staff and expand.
Met Eireann is scrambling to save the amateur weather watchers' network: about 150 private weather stations nationwide feed into the Wow platform, which the UK will soon close.
Talks on a new public sector pay deal are to begin on Monday after sides reached agreement on process, with negotiations set for the Workplace Relations Commission.
Ask Roe: 'My partner and I have a beautiful bond but we are opposed on this one issue - with this single issue there doesn't appear to be any compromise.'
Mark Zuckerberg drinks a pint wrong, leaving his Irish reputation in tatters - plus stamp duty slip-ups, literature on the high seas and a Star Wars-related accident.
The public pay deal must give most to those who are really squeezed: younger workers contending with high rents and housing costs.
A food delivery site that promises to deliver no food? At first it's a joke - then bleak, when you realise one of your favourite pastimes is the unrequited scroll.
Rite & Reason: the 'Irish pope' who was equally disliked by Irish patriots and Protestants - when Clonliffe was sold, Cardinal Cullen's remains had to be moved quickly and discreetly.
There has been a frightening shift in the way drug gangs intimidate communities - we can't allow parts of the country to become no-go areas by the design of drug gangs.
Andrew Scott could be unbeatable at the Oscars. Unless this happens: Academy Award nerds are already engraving the Elsinore star's name on the best-actor trophy.
A man and woman have been charged in connection with the fatal Waterford house fire in which Philip and Kim English and their children Callum (12) and Jayden (9) died last Tuesday.
Musk's trillion-dollar pay deal has a convenient escape clause: a takeover - even by an affiliated company - could trigger a huge payout while bypassing operational targets.
Gulliver's Travels at 300: did Jonathan Swift predict AI? The satirical masterpiece has been irresistible to illustrators, abridgers and adaptors since its sensational arrival.
Niamh Flatley: the Riverdance star who played a leading role in the troupe - the Meath-born dancer, a member of the original Eurovision 1994 line-up, was strongly protective of her family's privacy.
Dr Rangan Chatterjee: what will you do with a perfect six-pack in an empty life? On junk connections, biohacking and why people need to trust themselves.
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Regeneration of the Crumlin Road Gaol's historic cottages is to be 'explored' - the row of 16 grade B listed properties was built in 1927.
Volunteers have taken on a rescue mission after animals were abandoned at a Newcastle sanctuary - dead animals left decomposing in a Co Down river, birds reportedly harassed by youths.
'It's important to be connected to where you come from': meet Raices NI, founded by a group of mothers from Spain in 2022.
My 140-mile food trip through Co Down: Sophie Clarke explores the cafes, farm shops and local producers on a two-day trip, baking bread and enjoying some memorably delicious meals.
DUP leader Gavin Robinson has called for the full picture over Drumcree, saying transparency is key to understanding the decisions taken around the contentious parade.
Pat McArt: John Wayne would feel right at home in Trump's America - right now it seems America under Trump is all about projecting cruelty as strength, and decency or compassion as weakness.
Hilary Swank wore a cardigan from Northern Irish designer Hope Macaulay on The Drew Barrymore Show.
'Painting and music have always gone hand-in-hand for Brian': the work of artist Brian McDonagh has been awarded The Irish News prize at the 145th Royal Ulster Academy Arts exhibition.
The BBC has cut the award-winning comedy radio show A Perforated Ulster.
Remembering Adrian Fox: 'His poems enrich our culture immeasurably' - born in England and brought up in north Belfast, he became a one-person hub for poetry in the north Armagh area.
Sophie Clarke: a lecture in a Belfast pub? That's my kind of night out - from corpse medicine to witch trials, Belfast's latest lecture series offers a different kind of night out.
Fabien McQuillan: whatever you do, don't forget to say please to the robot - in which our hero, as imagined by Conor Grimes, is publicly reminded of his please and thank you during a trip to the supermarket.
BBC Northern Ireland is set to cut its Irish language staff by more than half - 60 percent - and axe its flagship Irish language programme, The Irish News understands.
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The DUP is facing huge pressure to collapse Stormont as the Drumcree row deepens, with a court challenge over the Garvaghy Road parade ban to hear a police assessment that the Provos are still operational.
'The worst sinners still need prayer': a shamed ex-Tory MP turned Anglican priest tells how he sent a 'message of hope' letter to paedophile Jeffrey Donaldson.
Comment: Jeffrey Donaldson's incessant trips to the developing world - constant foreign missions, luxury travel and paedophilia, and how his hidden overseas career raises dark questions.
Sainsbury's strategy is in focus after reports over a Morrisons move.
Jeffrey Donaldson 'cried himself to sleep' after sentencing; the paedophile ex-politician is set for transfer to Magilligan Prison once the dust on his sentence settles.
A man (41) has been held after one of Northern Ireland's largest drug seizures: a PSNI raid on a van in Lisburn uncovered 2.4m pounds of the drug.
With dinner party panic like this, no wonder we're eating alone: a survey shows the share of people who have family or friends round at least once a month has fallen over 70% since 1975.
Gone but not forgotten: 30 of Northern Ireland's lost restaurants - from greasy spoons to gourmet cuisine, Ivan Little goes on a culinary trip down memory lane.
Exclusive: Jeffrey Donaldson's MoD role in Cameroon's Anglophone crisis, with luxury trips, fees and soft power influence revealed in a Belfast Telegraph investigation.
Jeffrey Donaldson's victims speak out for the first time: the two women reveal how they overheard strangers discussing their abuse in hairdressers and coffee shops.
Inside the courtroom as Donaldson's catastrophic fall played out: a paedophile who once had the ear of prime ministers and presidents.
All you need to know as Donaldson is to walk free from prison in seven-and-a-half years, the Lady Chief Justice's office confirms.
Why a Co Down gym boss once dubbed Ireland's fittest man is leading a challenge: volunteers hope to cover one million metres on stationary cardio machines in 10 hours to raise money for dementia research.
Loyalist community worker Gareth Beacom, a former employee of scandal-hit charity Charter NI which worked closely with the UDA, is due in court accused of a loyalist feud offence.
'He's the smartest person I've ever communicated with': Belfast actor Anthony Boyle just can't stop playing bad boys.
How MLAs traded insults during a three-hour debate before the no-confidence votes, none of which received cross-community support.
Live coverage of the Drumcree dispute as a DUP delegation meets the PSNI chief and the party demands full transparency.
The DUP could be the biggest losers from Drumcree as a new political climate emerges, with the parading row heading back to court.
Chris Bryant rejects claims he bowed to mob rule over the Drumcree parade decision.
Sisters are great... they give you their honest opinion: the siblings bringing tinting from the salon to the bathroom.
A stripper-loving former TUV election candidate who defaced statues of Mary Ann McCracken and Winifred Carney has been stunned by the reaction to his loyalist vandalism.
Sinn Fein distances itself from calls for a memorial, after the lord mayor was pictured holding a portrait of Larry Kennedy, who was gunned down by the UDA in 1981.
The 10 top-grossing films in Northern Ireland this year, as the NI cinema industry heads for its most successful year since before the pandemic.
Opinion: the only person in the world to publicly support Jeffrey Donaldson; he and Jonathan Aitken have plenty in common after decades in Westminster's corridors of power.
NI airport ground staff used an internal system for underhand practice, with Swissport saying it took all appropriate action during its investigation.
A Belfast family searches for answers after their mother, who had dementia, was allegedly assaulted inside a care home; a doctor said it significantly contributed to her declining health before her death.
How Eddie Coll became Northern Ireland's longest-serving prisoner under the two strikes law, and now speaks from prison.
Jeffrey Donaldson is to be questioned behind bars by Met Police over an allegation he sexually assaulted a woman in his House of Commons office in 2016.
Paedophile Jeffrey Donaldson will be under threat every day of his sentence in Maghaberry jail, a former governor of the Maze prison has warned.
Belfast-born Stranger Things theatre star Louis McCartney 'unleashes the animal', revealing his intense approach to playing teen killer James opposite David Tennant in a BBC prison drama.
The Education Authority chief says a typo prevented funding, as an MLA accuses the Education Minister of trying to invent a mechanism to hand money to Richhill AFC.
A man is to appear in court next month charged with causing death by dangerous driving following a hit and run accident in Ballyclare.
Velvety butterbean sauce, risotto-style orzo and fresh fish: sourcing good locally caught fish on an island, with a few fishmongers leading the way.
'It's a sad day': a fresh blow for local comedy as co-writer Tim McGarry, who has also lost Give My Head Peace and The Blame Game, says the BBC has basically cut everything we've ever done.
Look inside: the Regency-style Glenganagh Estate on Bangor Road offers 12 acres, period interiors, outbuildings and formal gardens for buyers seeking history.