Saturday 7 November 2026
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Stephen Miller, architect of Trump's immigration crackdown, becomes White House chief of staff as Susie Wiles, the first woman in the role, steps down.
Analysis: Miller's appointment shows Trump has not learned his lesson, driving ahead on mass deportation despite voters repudiating it.
The US carries out another round of 'minor' strikes on Iran, Trump says, days after an earlier attack was made public and as diplomacy continues.
Democratic and Republican lawyers descend on Mississippi and trade legal letters as counting continues in a razor-thin Senate race.
Live results tracker: Democrats have taken control of the Senate, House and several key governorships, with many seats still to come.
Live New Zealand election results: Labour draws level with National in one of the closest elections in recent history, with no coalition expected to have a majority.
Interactive: ten years after the Paris treaty, are climate talks getting anywhere? Its temperature goal is missed but experts say it remains a moral compass.
Ousted Paraguay president Santiago Pena is placed under house arrest minutes after impeachment, as protesters demand answers over a banking crisis locking 60% of accounts.
The Strait of Hormuz could reopen under a Qatari plan for Iran nuclear inspections, while Trump still weighs a new assault on nuclear sites.
Russell Brand is suspected of attacking at least 10 other women; the Met chief says many more victims could come forward as he awaits sentencing.
Asian and European markets follow Wall Street into a sharp fall, with the FTSE down 1.5%, on AI slowdown fears after the midterms.
Explainer: after Thursday's Wall Street plunge, could the volatility be the start of a huge market meltdown and is the AI bubble bursting?
Researchers say popular OnlyFans performers covertly market adult content on TikTok and promote a wealthy lifestyle to girls.
Eurovision's Asia experiment gets under way in flamboyant Bangkok, as organisers hope the transplant will succeed.
Explainer on Eurovision's first foray into Asia, with 11 countries competing and questions over whether it will feel the same.
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Decaying Russian oil tankers threaten the Irish west coast, with 218 shadow fleet vessels passing through Ireland's EEZ this year.
Irish waters are exposed to grave environmental dangers from decaying shadow fleet ships now routing around Ireland after UK threats.
A row over staffing at Cork University Hospital intensifies with a secret recording, a warning that 'people will die' and disputed claims of political pressure.
The top HSE chief in the southwest apologises for false comments about the Taoiseach's office, saying he got no instruction to reprimand a hospital executive.
The Taoiseach says the State will go after those responsible for bomb threats, after an emailed threat to media organisations caused evacuations.
Bomb threats heighten tensions as world leaders prepare to meet in Dublin, where the threat of an attack at high-level meetings is called substantial.
A Dublin trophy, snooker and darts shop on Capel Street, run by the father of snooker player Fergal O'Brien since 1969, closes after 57 years.
Older dads on the challenges and rewards of becoming a father later in life.
Opinion: Ireland's towns offer part of the solution to the housing crisis, and we should seize it as market towns wither.
How the humble potato moved from side dish to restaurant spotlight as chefs seek the best Irish produce.
Review of Sophie Toscan du Plantier's book about west Cork, a small victory from beyond the grave with an unrecognised literary talent.
Booker 2026 shortlist review: Luke Kennard's Black Bag and Elizabeth Strout's The Things We Never Say are brilliant on living through the mess of the 2020s.
Ross O'Carroll-Kelly: Ross faces Honor's look of horror as the family reacts to his threat to break up a marriage.
A six-year-old becomes the fifth member of a family to die after the Waterford arson attack on their home; his parents and two brothers died in the fire.
Cliff Taylor: Ireland is a key link in the AI supply chain, and the US midterms put focus back on data centres and what happens if the bubble bursts.
A sports coach (60) is charged with sexual assault of a teenage girl at a Cork club and is told to have no contact with the complainant.
A man appeals his sentence for the torture of a woman who was beaten, burned and threatened with ammonia in a one-bedroom flat.
Daniel Geary: the death knell for the Trump era has rung, as Trump reshaped the Republican Party and is now paying the price.
The NTA has paid Q4PR more than EUR110,000 a month since 2023, EUR5.4m in total, for communications advice linked to MetroLink, BusConnects and Dart+.
An Aer Lingus pilot is under investigation for refusing to land at a French base after a bomb threat; fighter jets escorted the plane to Normandy.
Tesco looks to open a shop at Comans pub in Rathgar village, closed for years after a dispute among the owners.
Patrick O'Donovan returns to hospital as treatment continues; Simon Harris says he is in good spirits.
What is in Fine Gael's plan for a united Ireland, after Simon Harris promised a blueprint for a unified island?
Sinead O'Sullivan: a generic email scrambled military jets, grounded aircraft and took RTE and Newstalk off air, showing we live in a security grey zone.
Two flavour-filled pasta dishes from staff dinner staples where seasoning, speed and technique are perfected.
Mark Moriarty's recipe for spaghetti with fennel seeds, pork and chorizo, finished with parmesan and parsley.
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DUP MLA Alan Robinson says he saw an MLA left sitting on the floor with a child at an NI emergency department, as the Northern Trust faces a GBP53m cut.
A man (35) is charged with the murder of Limerick mother-of-four Carrie Mullane and with preventing the lawful burial of a corpse.
Fine Gael's unity blueprint, An Ireland Alive with Possibilities, will move the constitutional conversation forward, to be launched and debated on Sunday.
Analysis: once the unity debate becomes mainstream in the south its momentum may grow, with Sunday's Fine Gael launch seen as a possible watershed.
Brian Feeney asks where the weapons imported by Ulster Resistance in the 1980s are, forty years on.
Two long-established Northern Ireland clothing retailers, SD Kells and Ulster Stores, report a boost in profits.
Colin Harvey: Irish unity will be a hard slog but the work is happening, with no single moment when the border melts away.
Newton Emerson: the Commonwealth may be gone before a united Ireland gets a chance, in his take on the week's headlines.
Review: is Belfast's Michelin-starred OX worth the money, at GBP60 for three courses, snacks and petit fours?
SDLP MLA Justin McNulty is questioned by PSNI over the Garvaghy Road protest blocking the Orange Order parade route.
A judge throws out a challenge to the PSNI Operation Denton review of the loyalist gang behind nearly 130 killings, saying it was legitimate.
Zak Hughes is given a minimum of 20 years for the murder of Sarah Montgomery and her unborn child, the judge saying he struck her at least 59 times.
Micheal Martin, the first Irish premier at a PSNI passing out ceremony, says Sinn Fein could do more to urge Catholics to join.
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Sinn Fein could scarcely have imagined a more spectacular turnaround, from a five-year polling low to a record surge, which it owes to the DUP and unionists.
A LucidTalk poll after Drumcree puts Sinn Fein on 28%, 14 points ahead of the DUP, with the UUP ahead of unionist rivals.
Derry and Strabane has the most police officers in loyal orders out of 350 staff in 'notifiable organisations', a number branded alarming.
Opinion: remembrance must unite us, not divide us, and it may be time to reclaim the poppy from politics.
Boomhall House in Co Derry could become a place of comfort for families facing illness, bereavement and other difficult times.
Analysis of Northern Ireland's wealth, from Ferraris and Bugattis to GBP4.5m mansions, which Stormont refuses to tax while services crumble.
BBC NI presses ahead with plans for a major new Belfast city centre television studio despite cost-cutting and potential job losses.
Why do TV ads, like the John Lewis Christmas ad, stereotype older people as out of touch or at death's door?
Modern Morals: a reader almost dropped dead on seeing a married cousin on a dating app and feels awful for her.
An Oscar-qualified short film on the darker side of intimacy and consent in entertainment makes its Irish premiere.
On the 25th anniversary, how the newly formed PSNI showed up at Stormont to split up brawling politicians.
A poll finds Jamie Bryson more popular with unionists than DUP leader Gavin Robinson, with more faith in Carla Lockhart than her former leader.
Lifting of reporting restrictions gives insight into jurors' deliberations, from eels to bobsleds, in a chaotic jury room.
Graeme McDowell says he is out there for the money and still believes he can play the Ryder Cup, as the LIV move is questioned.
Mark 'Billy' Billingham recounts the farm raid that captured a prolific South Armagh IRA sniper.
Restaurant review: Terre at Castlemartyr Resort, Cork, where champagne trolleys, fairy canapes and a roaring fire make dinner feel like an occasion.
A 2.75-acre east Belfast home with superb accommodation and views is on the market for GBP1.2m.
A columnist says her junk drawer proves she is ready for the apocalypse, weeks after Government stockpiling advice.
New monthly series: well-known pet owners including Murphy & Bailey, Karen Breene and Judith Scott on what makes their dogs special.
In this week: Lenin and Trotsky's 1917 Bolshevik revolution, the Enniskillen bombing and more.
Duane McCreadie on his digital platform QualiT, aimed at construction's GBP21bn problem by putting proven knowledge in professionals' hands.
Belfast actor Anthony Boyle and Julia Garner on finding humanity in two controversial figures in a new Netflix show with a hidden NI link.
Meet the Tyrone father-of-three opening up on divorce, loneliness and mental health through an online community: "I got some slagging but the same people then told me I had helped them."
Northern Ireland risks becoming used to abnormal politics, says Chris Bryant.
A campaign urges people to swap doomscrolling for Northern Ireland nature adventures.
A north Belfast man filmed attacking a woman admits assault and tells police he had 'lost it'.
Inside a Belfast shop that opened in 1969, which one visitor calls an assault on the senses.