EVERY WEEKDAY EVENING, The Journal brings you the five biggest stories of the day.
1. #CORONAVIRUS: Health officials confirmed 16,986 cases of Covid-19 today, with 804 people with the virus in hospital, including 93 in ICU.
2. #COLD SNAP: Met Éireann has issued a national weather advisory, with temperatures expected to dip as low as -1 degrees tonight.
3. #CO DOWN: Police in Downpatrick have launched a murder investigation following the fatal stabbing of a man in the town.
4. #BRAZIL: President Jair Bolsonaro was rushed to hospital early this morning for treatment of a probable intestinal obstruction.
5. #NUCLEAR WEAPONS: Five global nuclear powers have pledged to prevent atomic weapons spreading and to avoid nuclear conflict, in a rare joint statement ahead of a review of a key nuclear treaty later this year.
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