Sunday 1 November 2026
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Police clashed with masked rioters after largely peaceful cost of living protests across France, while in Germany officers fired teargas to disperse crowds as evening fell.
In pictures: from teargas in Paris to gen Z in Germany, demonstrations over the high cost of living and inequality spread across Europe.
A judge has dismissed Trump's lawsuit against the Wall Street Journal over the Epstein birthday letter "with prejudice", meaning he cannot amend or refile it.
Haley Stevens has been advised to stay away from Abdul El-Sayed campaign events to limit distractions, as a public spat puts Democratic tensions in the spotlight ahead of a close Senate race.
More than 50 million Americans have cast ballots in early voting with three days to the midterms - a record, with Democrats outnumbering Republicans in states that collect that data.
Analysis: a judge's rejection of the firing of prosecutor Maurene Comey offers hope of a check on Trump's assault on the rule of law, though an appeal is likely.
Indian forces have tightened security in Delhi ahead of a big opposition protest demanding the election chief resign over voter list changes, with hundreds of thousands expected to march.
Binance says 90% of losses from a $6.3bn hack are covered and withdrawals are resuming, as the FBI blames the North Korean state-sponsored group TraderTraitor.
"What's our crime?": a Palestinian family's fight to get care for their son Kinaan, 10, left disabled by a Hamas rocket on 7 October 2023, as they struggle to fund specialist treatment.
Oleshky evacuees have been reunited with their families after a truce allowed them to cross back into Ukraine, with residents of nearby villages lining the highway to greet the convoy.
Donald Tusk has defended his overhaul of Poland's constitutional court despite protests, saying the shake-up is vital to restore a tribunal crippled by years of political disputes.
Jacinda Ardern, now lecturing at the University of Sydney, used a Sydney Opera House talk to advise politicians to rebuild trust by building financial security.
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A woman has secured a court order against a partner who threatened to post intimate photographs; in a separate case a family court judge said gardai would move an abusive son from a woman's property.
Haughey was right: the art in Government Buildings is terrible. Plus Christmas wars in Limerick, UCC tempting Americans, and 3,000 first-class relics in Kilkenny.
A change of flag for Irish troops in Lebanon: what the loss of the UN mandate will mean for the Defence Forces, with the new EU mission limited to training Lebanese troops.
Ask Roe: a man having an affair with a married man is beginning to want more, but doubts his friend will ever come out.
A cyclist in his 20s is in a critical condition after a collision with a car in Dublin and was taken to the Mater hospital.
The funeral of Planxty and Bothy Band musician Donal Lunny was filled with music and poetry, with his instruments and a book on mysticism presented as mementos of his life.
Tech bros, expats and super-rich climate refugees are the new buyers of Ireland's priciest homes, a rarefied market of jeans-wearing hipsters and wealthy fortysomethings with family links.
Mark O'Connell: is there a better metaphor for the state of the world than Pete Hegseth's staff punching a hole in Eisenhower's WWII globe? The Pentagon says the globe is being repaired - if only it were so simple.
Irish comedian Catherine Bohart, on her Borrowing Trouble tour and playing her biggest rooms, says she is surprised her following is bigger in the US and UK than at home.
Streaming guide: 10 of the best new shows in November, with The Hunting Wives and The Rings of Power returning, a new Blade Runner series and season two of Keira Knightley's Black Doves.
Dublin YA author Alan Carrigan on Then We'll Be Happy, wanting disabled characters to experience the full spectrum of human emotion, and his love of theatre.
Crime fiction review: dark tales with the worst people, led by Ian Rankin's The Heights, his first stand-alone book in two decades, exploring corruption and exploitation.
Ross O'Carroll-Kelly: Honor has been dumped and wants to know why, and Ross suggests AI will have the answer.
Fine Gael has asked the Public Accounts Committee chair to summon the Charities Regulator and others over Liberty Recycling, the charity under Garda investigation for alleged money laundering.
The evolution of the Irish funeral: cremations now account for about 70% of funerals in Dublin as rising costs and a desire for the personal touch change choices.
Rite and Reason: why the silence of Ireland's church leaders in these dark days of Donald Trump, as God is praised while the culture collapses?
One man has died and two people were injured in a stabbing at about 5.30am on Saturday at the Ballymullen Barracks Ipas centre in Tralee, Co Kerry.
A moonlit walk by the River Suck in Roscommon, where thinning flocks underline modern realities as the waterway's peak winter season approaches.
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Staff at the SWELL charity shop in Enniskillen, which helps cancer victims, fear shoppers are swapping price tags on desirable items before selling them online at a profit.
A 35-year-old man is to appear in court on explosives charges following searches of properties in the Shankill Road area of Belfast.
A Belfast church is to transform C.S. Lewis' grandfather's home - the Old Rectory at St Mark's, built in the late 1880s and fallen into disrepair - into an exhibition, library and cafe.
"I've seen people go from broken to better": Aidan Malone on how his Divis Mountain Men walking group, meeting every Tuesday evening, is helping people deal with mental health issues.
A 23.6-stone Co Tyrone man is taking on a six-stone weight-loss challenge to improve his mobility, raise money for Dementia NI and fulfil his dream of getting back behind the wheel of a rally car.
Max Hastings: "Ireland deserves some happiness after a century of unhappiness".
Emergency services attended the scene of a serious crash on the Cusher Road in Markethill, Co Armagh at lunchtime.
Patrick Murphy: unionism has to learn that reaction is not a strategy.
Hospital staff "concerns" were behind the decision to refuse a campaign group's 12,000 consultation responses, the Trust says.
Brian Feeney: the "profound consequences" will only be for the DUP - and Stormont.
A "pantomime" over a long-delayed pedestrian crossing has ended as work got underway, five years after it was requested.
Police are investigating three reports of assaults by a male driver in west Belfast, in the Cupar Way and Springfield Road areas on Thursday evening and Friday.
Psychiatrists have "significant concerns" over new protocols which will see fewer PSNI responses to mental health calls.
Northern Ireland children are spending seven hours a day on social media at the weekend, a Stormont study finds.
David Meade: "I'm shy and awkward" - how the Co Down "mentalist" took on Las Vegas, won $1m and interviewed Oprah Winfrey.
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DUP mutiny: the looming Lockhart exit is fuelling a leadership plot, with a "Lisburn Mafia" of Givan, Poots and Buckley said to favour Givan replacing Gavin Robinson as the party faces a 25-year low in MPs.
A notorious east Belfast paedophile who brainwashed a young "bride" into helping him abuse vulnerable girls has died. "His victims deserve to know he's gone," says a source.
Cash woes threaten the future of Orange Order-owned Brownlow House, on the verge of closure after a raft of resignations left an ex-UVF gunman as sole director.
The Bank of England is expected to raise interest rates for the first time since 2023.
Fireworks were "intentionally directed" at fire crews in Northern Ireland over Halloween.
Heidi Klum has revealed her Halloween costume as her annual party marks 25 years.
Murder in Belfast: Robert McCartney's family speak out about a film on their campaign for justice - a story of courage and sisterhood in the face of a shocking IRA code.
The UUP leader has hit out as an unapologetic Jeffrey Donaldson is to be freed halfway through his sentence, with Justice Minister Naomi Long confirming remorse is not considered under the 50% remission rule.
Fears of a new loyalist feud after a bandsman was kneecapped by the UDA in a fourth gun attack in six months, amid renewed tensions between rival factions in Dervock and Ballymoney.
"I love going to the pub... I can't think of a better job": a former Co Down newsagent on his mission to find the perfect pint of Guinness, touring the island in a motorhome.
"It's a privilege to bring these stories to life": a Belfast actress stars in an NI-shot film telling the forgotten tragedy of the Roma Holocaust.
"Toxic culture": abuse and threats are scaring off potential candidates for next year's council elections, with over one in three admitting making security modifications to their home.
A domestic abuse victim has spoken out after a QUB student who lured her into his car and drove into the countryside screaming at her avoided jail.
How Thatcher signed off an SAS operation that led to the killing of three IRA men - and why the case is heading to the UK's highest court.
Comment: the DUP's double trouble - Carla Lockhart will now be a nightmare for a party leadership squeezed on both sides.
A fake nun is back behind bars after walking down Garvaghy Road wearing a union flag headdress while "shouting and waving her arms erratically".
Paedophile ex-DUP leader Jeffrey Donaldson has been exposed over a bogus Trinity College history claim in a pre-sentence report.
"It's not a midlife crisis... I'm finally figuring out who I am": meet the Tyrone father-of-three behind an online community helping people rebuild their lives after heartbreak.
James McClean says he would wear a poppy if it was only for the fallen of the two world wars, and revealed he needed police protection after being told he would be shot on live TV.
There have been fewer than three convictions for race-hate crimes this year despite another summer of anti-immigrant violence, as reported race-hate incidents hit their highest ever level.
"You guys kind of invented it": visitors from across the globe flocked to Derry as the city went all out for Halloween, with costumes filling the streets hours before the famous parade.
Comment: if it's any consolation for Lockhart, Bryson and the frustrated Orangemen languishing on Drumcree hill, there's no chance of a united Ireland happening either.
Executive business could grind to a halt due to the Sinn Fein/DUP row.
Police are preparing files on 18 people for prosecutors following the Drumcree parade dispute.
"Only credible option is to remove First Minister from office": Carla Lockhart warns she will take her "own course" if the DUP tries to "gaslight" voters.
There's something missing from Belfast's pedestrianisation plans: it's not enough to designate streets for walking without attractions and events to draw people in.
"It's everything that is wrong with the industry": The Answer frontman Cormac Neeson and fellow musicians have recorded an album as a riposte to the rise of AI-generated music.
"Vile and sickening": pigs' heads found in a Co Down park have been branded revolting by a local councillor.
The Fifty Shades author and her NI-born husband, married almost 40 years and reportedly worth GBP120m, are selling their GBP5m LA home as they turn their backs on Trump's US.