NEED TO CATCH up? Here’s what made the headlines today.

IRELAND

An evening in Dublin city centre Alamy Stock Photo Alamy Stock Photo

THE WORLD

UK Conservative Prime Minister Rishi Sunak Alamy Stock Photo Alamy Stock Photo

#GAZA Israel bombed Gaza, including Rafah, despite an order from the UN’s top court for it to “immediately halt” its military offensive in the southern city.

#UKRAINE G7 countries moved one step closer to agreeing on ways to use profits from frozen Russian assets to help Ukraine.

#UK Cabinet minister Michael Gove became the latest high-profile Tory MP to announce that he will not run in the general election scheduled for 4 July.

PARTING SHOT

The new season of The Journal’s The Candidate podcast is helping to make sense of the European elections and giving you a comprehensive view of the big issues and the candidates in each area.

The latest episode is on the Midlands North West constituency – listen to it here.

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