Sunday 25 October 2026Morning (Europe/Dublin)
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'Gaza's suffering has become campaign fodder': Palestinians fear the worst from the Israel election, with the humanitarian catastrophe largely ignored as rivals Gadi Eisenkot and Benjamin Netanyahu vow to end Hamas rule.
Obama has rallied a rapturous Michigan crowd for El-Sayed - 'He'll finish the job we started'; the former president spoke to thousands in support of Abdul El-Sayed for US Senate and the Democratic ticket.
California's leader has called the attack on alleged noncitizen voting 'weaponizing the law'; the state attorney general said the Trump justice department's directive to verify 20,000 ballots is completely improper.
Vance is front and centre in the Republican midterms push - but is this a dry run for a White House bid? His visibility has risen as Trump's popularity wanes, though the path to inherit the Maga throne is more complicated than it seems.
Brazilians are voting in the presidential election runoff pitting the leftist Lula against the far-right Bolsonaro; the incumbent president lost the first round to the senator and son of the convicted ex-president.
More than one million Lula supporters rallied on the eve of Brazil's election runoff, with nearly 159 million people due to head to the polls on Sunday.
'We can't let the far right take power again': Lula voters are making a final push before Brazil's runoff, striving in bellwether Minas Gerais to win over those who abstained or backed Flavio Bolsonaro.
Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi 'sounds strong' but is isolated, her son says; Kim Aris tells the Guardian the chance to speak with the detained Nobel laureate was a 'public relations' move by the military leaders.
Exclusive: cocaine-linked crimes are on the rise in Britain as consumption surges; wastewater analysis in England suggests people took roughly 2.5bn lines of the drug in one year.
Analysis: ageing users and record deaths - the data behind Britain's GBP 9.8bn-a-year cocaine habit; sewage samples and crime statistics paint a picture of established users taking more cocaine, more often.
Hundreds of thousands have marched across France in protests over schools and policing; almost 1,000 were arrested as police charged crowds in Paris and teargas was used to stop protesters reaching other city centres.
In pictures: major protests in Paris and other French cities in a challenge to Macron - the Paris march drew 110,000 people, police say, amid nationwide demonstrations over school funding and the cost of living.
Andy Burnham says he wants an 'honest discussion' about freedom of movement with the EU; the prime minister is considering options for a new relationship with Brussels ahead of November's summit.
'Horrific': a woman (19) was shot in the head in a drive-by shooting outside a boxing event near Brisbane; the offenders are still at large after shots were fired from a vehicle outside licensed premises in Loganholme.
'It's magic': scientists have rediscovered how to make ancient Roman colour-changing glass; the optical engineering behind the 1,600-year-old Lycurgus Cup has baffled experts for centuries.
The Sunday read: 'That's the way the city works' - how the UAE changed the face of Andy Burnham's Manchester, a story winding from the Arab Spring to some of the most deprived places in England, with complicated results.
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Thousands of homes are without power after the strong winds brought by Storm Boelo; weather warnings remain in place but are set to expire through Sunday morning.
Ulster University is to make almost 500 redundancies as its provost warns education quality is under threat, with third-level institutions across the North facing reduced funding.
The restaurant criticised for using Dutch chicken has brought a 'luxury' award home for Ireland; plus Maurice Regan's 'Luck Penny', Vincent Browne on Charles Haughey, and a Garda clampdown on souped-up e-bikes.
Rite and Reason: what the Burke family really need from us - who are the controversial children trying to impress? Could it be their mother?
Was that a stock market wobble, or the start of something more serious? Markets are becoming nervous about the scale of borrowing by 'hyperscalers'.
Ask Roe: 'My partner's cycle of outbursts and apologies is damaging our relationship' - 'I am not prepared to move back into the same bedroom unless we address these issues properly through couples therapy'.
Opinion: Ireland's left has failed to penalise the government for decades of inaction but the right has not; political failure around protests flows from the left's inability to turn economic dysfunction into a larger project of reform.
Andy Irvine on Donal Lunny: 'He glued Planxty together and made the structure work' - the friends made music together through decades when Ireland became a lot more liberal.
From breezy floorboards to a cosy A rating: a Lucan refurb more than worth the wait; this family went with a one-stop shop for the renovation and retrofit of their home.
Podcaster Ger Gilroy on moving to RTE, his upstart attitude and starting over: after 24 years at the helm of Off the Ball on Newstalk, he has jumped to RTE to present a new daily sports podcast, Howler.
A Dublin tenant who told the RTB of a ceiling piece falling on his 'son's cot' has been awarded damages; Stephen Russell was initially awarded EUR 20,000, with deductions over failure to pay rent and refusal of access.
Brazilian democracy is in the balance as voters consider giving the Bolsonaros another chance; Lula has spent weeks highlighting corruption allegations around Flavio Bolsonaro, but many voters may be willing to look past them.
Ireland has the worst public access to the countryside in Europe - how did this happen? There is none of the 'right to roam' you find elsewhere.
Have Berkshire Hathaway investors really moved on from Warren Buffett? The recent rally suggests a flight to safety amid growing nerves over AI.
Musk won his battle with the Swedish union but it is still business as usual; Sweden has one of the most pro-technology labour movements anywhere in the world.
Elon Musk says SpaceX was behind the Starlink restriction that disrupted Ukraine's defences; Zelenskiy says the country's access to Starlink and Starshield satellite links has been fully restored.
TV guide: the best new shows to watch, starting tonight - including Dr Marie Cassidy Investigates Ireland's Last Witch Trial, the Celebrity Traitors finale and The Handel Scandal.
I love Vinted. I just wish it loved me back when I was scammed - 'No! You don't understand!' I typed, feeling like K in Kafka's The Trial, if K had simply been trying to return an ugly blouse.
Mark O'Connell: every year, as I get ready to file a tax return, I experience a strange sort of reckoning; the tedium gives way, at a certain point, to a sense that I am reading my own autobiography.
Dogs are not welcome if we want to enjoy the spectacle of returning overwintering birds; pets should be kept away or on a leash as the bay welcomes these beautiful visitors.
Ross O'Carroll-Kelly: 'Oh my God,' Sorcha goes. 'Did you lock Brian in the attic?' - I'm doing it for his rugby career. He can thank me when he wins his first cap for Ireland.
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'Profound consequences must mean profound consequences': Carla Lockhart's defiant message as Portadown rally draws a large crowd, with over 25 bands taking part in the centre of the town.
Why Irish could be 'at risk' with proposed changes to Northern Ireland's curriculum; concerns have been raised about a change in language teaching under the education department's TransformEd plans.
Storm Boelo is causing travel disruption across Northern Ireland, bringing severe gales and heavy showers on Sunday.
'We're becoming a family tradition': Belfast jewellery institution Steensons celebrates 50 years in business; Brona Steenson talks about creating crowns for Game of Thrones and putting her own stamp on the family business.
Sophie Clarke: Give My Head Peace and The Blame Game can't last forever, but our place on television should; as familiar favourites leave our screens, what will replace them and how much of ourselves will we see?
A historic Co Down building thought to have housed missionaries gets a new lease of life; Bangor-based Boom Studios is reviving the 1800s building, understood to have been mostly vacant for nearly two decades.
'Generations of young men have come through the doors': West Belfast's De La Salle College celebrates 60 years serving the community; it was officially opened on October 25, 1966.
Half of Belfast's peak morning Glider services to the Titanic Quarter are now buses; Translink announced enhanced G2 services in January, but the additional routes are operated by regular Metro buses.
'Possibly the best coffee in the city' and a double helping of dessert: Last Orders with VINE's Nathan - from Regency House pancakes to dinner at Waterman, the Lisburn chef picks his perfect day of eating in Belfast.
With no money, Healey can only hope for the best with his British budget; Eamon Quinn on a chancellor tasked with delivering a low-key budget while managing the UK's GBP 3 trillion public debt pile.
Bronagh Diamond: Bomb scare? Sure, I'll just finish my toast first - fear, I'm told, is the normal reaction to being warned there may be a bomb nearby.
Remembering Dermot Curran: 'Mr Ardlass' was the north's longest-serving councillor; the SDLP councillor served the people of the Downpatrick area for 50 years.
A Northern health trust is braced for two days of strike action over a pay dispute.
Review: the Co Down restaurant that served up one of the best meals of the year so far - Alex Greene and Bronagh McCormick bring exceptional food and warm hospitality to The Bucks Head in Dundrum.
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Lockhart's exit from the DUP would be a huge body blow to the party - and doesn't Gavin Robinson know it.
Banks are set to report stronger profits as they face the prospect of a tax hike.
The Israeli army has carried out a massive operation in the West Bank ahead of the election.
Police feared dissidents would use old Provo guns in a Drumcree violent outbreak; associates of a bomber seen on the Garvaghy Road are said to control a massive haul of weapons.
A millionaire developer was 'floored by a businessman' in the toilets of a plush venue in a fracas dubbed the 'battle of the loos'; the alleged fistfight is linked to a 20-year-old feud over a GBP 1m property deal.
Fixing our crippled NHS is a life-and-death issue, yet politicians pay it lip service and then make cuts; for at least a decade they have known the gravity of the situation but keep choosing populism over courage.
A Sinn Fein MLA has urged the Arts Council to cut funds to loyalist bands which have vowed to snub the PSNI; it comes as UUP leader Jon Burrows warns bandsmen not to 'stoop to Sinn Fein's level'.
'I've come to admire Rose Kennedy so much': Belfast's Laura Donnelly on playing the US political dynasty's matriarch.
An ex-UVF gunman who was awarded an MBE has quit the Orange Order and his cash-strapped community group; Lurgan district master David Martin resigns as not-for-profit Brownlow House closes its cafe and lays off staff amid losses.
'It had a groove cut into it so the rope wouldn't slip': the church where criminals sentenced to death were hanged.
A new BBC documentary lays bare the IRA cover-up after the brutal Robert McCartney murder: 'This wasn't the killers' first...' - unseen footage shows the bloody aftermath of the 2005 killing that shook the peace process.
Presbyterian men cloak sexism in theology, calling women equal while denying them power.
A UTV favourite on retirement, grandchildren and the future: 'I don't think my work is quite done yet' - after three decades exploring Ulster's people and places, Joe Mahon is bringing Mahon's Way to a close.
If you were wondering what Sinn Fein's so-called 'shrine to terrorism' would have looked like, check this out.
'We're hoping to be a wee bit different': a lottery winner has submitted plans for a new Belfast Christmas market.
Belfast musician Katie Richardson is revelling in a run at London's Globe theatre with a musical twist on a Belfast story.
'A safety blanket until those struggling get help': a new mental health app for men; the East Belfast men behind it say the idea is to buy time, with 24-hour support and helpful tools and tips.
The UDA attacked a woman and trashed her home after a young man's death was wrongly linked to a pink cocaine party; a masked baseball bat gang beat the victim and smashed windows.
Rhinos, Provos and loyalist terror bosses: Northern Ireland has become the land of the absurd where words fail - a society pretending all is well while deeply abnormal behaviour is not only accepted but encouraged.
Stormont has descended into chaos as Michelle O'Neill walked out and Emma Little-Pengelly was left unable to continue; shouting MLAs and a First Minister leaving early expose divisions now impossible to conceal.
Events at Drumcree have seriously undermined unionist confidence in policing, a loyalist focus group says, setting out its concerns in a letter to the PSNI chief constable.
An unexplained aspect of police intelligence over dissidents at Drumcree may help bring understanding; more on the policing of Drumcree is expected on day two of the Orange Order case.
A judge is to rule next week on the Orange Order challenge over the banned Drumcree march.
It's not just the plane that's sky high at NI's airports - so are the car park pick-up charges.
Five sisters, a survivor and their search for justice after an IRA murder: 'We were too angry to be afraid'.
Concerns have been raised after an MLA claimed children need to be self-harming in order to access specialist young people's services; the Department of Health rejects the allegation but admits the service is under strain.
'We are on our knees': home care workers say they are paying to do their jobs; a UNISON meeting heard claims of inadequate mileage payments and low pay as the stalled Good Jobs Bill leaves employment reforms in limbo.
Sickening 'shoot Orange b*****d' sectarian stickers have been displayed in Belfast.
An 'unhinged' charity worker has been convicted of harassment after accusing his wife of having an affair; the court heard the estranged husband also threatened to spread slurs about STIs on social media.
Victims of clerical sex abuse are calling for an independent parliamentary inquiry into Jeffrey Donaldson.