EVERY MORNING, TheJournal.ie brings you the stories you need to know as you start your day.

1. #DOMESTIC ABUSE: A new report has shown 87% of women killed in Ireland over the last two decades were killed by men they knew.

2. #FRANCE: A hooded man wielding a knife murdered a woman at a retirement home for missionaries.

3. #ON THE LADDER: Research by Daft.ie reveals most of the new properties that qualify for the first-time buyers scheme are in and around Dublin.

4. #GETTING AROUND: Following calls for the sector to be licensed, regulations to crack down on rickshaw drivers could soon be on the way.

5. #FORCED OUT: Mandatory retirement has led to more 65-year-olds on the dole than any other age.

6. #ISRAEL: Tens of thousands of people have been told to leave their homes as wildfires tear through the city of Haifa, BBC reports.

7. #BULGARIA: Police have used water cannons and fired rubber bullets in violent clashes with migrants in a refugee camp, The Guardian reports.

8. #COURTS: A Dublin teen who attacked and injured two gardaí after robbing a group of American tourists in a north Dublin park has been given three years detention.

9. #NATURAL BEAUTY: The Wild Atlantic Way has picked up a commendation at a landscape awards in London.