76 m. ago Five takeaways from presidential candidates’ latest TV debate

Flying barbs and awkward questions on The Week in Politics, but all agree on the Trump query

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1 hour ago Trump’s security secretary calls Chicago a ‘war zone’ after federal agents shoot woman

Kristi Noem’s remarks follow president’s authorisation to deploy 300 members of Illinois national guard to city

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2 h. ago Further 29 Gaza flotilla activists deported amid allegations of abuse in Israeli custody

US secretary of state says war in Palestinian enclave not yet ended despite agreement on parts of Trump peace plan

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5 h. ago Israeli and Hamas negotiators due in Cairo for talks to progress Trump’s peace plan

Foreign ministers of several countries said the talks are a “real opportunity” to achieve a comprehensive and sustainable ceasefire.

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6 h. ago Marco Rubio says Gaza war not yet over, priority is to get hostages out

US secretary of state says Hamas has ‘basically’ agreed to Donald Trump’s proposal

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6 h. ago Presidential debate: Connolly defends hiring of woman with criminal conviction, Gavin ‘looking into’ former tenant issue

Gavin responds to report he owes former tenant money, while he and Humphreys struggle with Irish language question

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7 h. ago After two years of Israeli bombardment, what is left of Gaza?

Israel has reduced large areas of the territory to rubble. It will take decades and tens of billions of euro to repair the damage

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7 h. ago Gaza flotilla activists allege mistreatment while being detained in Israel

Those detained included Swedish activist Greta Thunberg.

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8 h. ago Presidential debate: Connolly says no rules broken in hiring of woman with criminal conviction

Gavin addresses tenant debt issue while he and Humphreys struggle with Irish language question

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13 h. ago Trump authorises deployment of 300 national guard troops to Chicago over ‘violent riots’

Move comes as US government says border patrol agents there shot and injured woman while firing at someone

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13 h. ago Trump authorises deployment of National Guard troops to Chicago after border agent shoots woman

A judge blocked the US President’s attempt to send the military into Portland, another Democratic-run city.

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14 h. ago Vincent Durac: Tony Blair’s record makes him an extraordinary choice to govern postwar Gaza

One of the most controversial elements of Trump’s plan for Gaza concerns the role of the former British prime minister

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16 h. ago Ian McEwan: ‘I’ve been following politics for years, and I’ve never felt such anxiety about the chaos, the lack of leadership’

The writer on his futuristic novel What We Can Know, climate change and the alarming lack of self-scepticism in Trump and Putin

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23 h. ago Netanyahu hopes to announce release of all hostages from Gaza ‘in coming days’

In a brief statement on Saturday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he has sent a delegation to Egypt ‘to finalise technical details’.

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24 h. ago Israeli delegation heads to Egypt to discuss plan to end war in Gaza

Binyamin Netanyahu says he hopes to announce release of all hostages in ‘coming days’

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24 h. ago Lawyers for Irish flotilla detainees express concern about 'mistreatment' by Israeli authorities

Some 443 flotilla participants were arrested by Israeli forces, organisers said, including Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg.

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26 h. ago Trump says Hamas must accept proposed peace deal quickly 'or all bets will be off'

The army said it was instructed by Israel’s leaders to ‘advance readiness’ for the implementation of the plan.

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26 h. ago If the Gaza conflict ends, it won’t be thanks to Spain or Ireland

If the Gaza conflict ends, it won’t be thanks to Spain or Ireland  The Telegraph

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27 h. ago 'We have met Gaels for Gaza': GAA President on Allianz, the NFL, and amateurism

GAA find themselves answering questions on ethics and business on a day of transformation for Gaelic football.

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27 h. ago Hamas must move quickly on plan for ending war in Gaza, says Trump

Militants say they will cede power and free hostages, and US president tells Israel to stop bombing enclave

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