NEED TO CATCH up? The Journal brings you a round-up of today’s news.

IRELAND

Taoiseach Simon Harris greets Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky at Shannon Airport. Alamy Stock Photo Alamy Stock Photo

• Taoiseach Simon Harris hugged Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy as he landed in Ireland for a bilateral meeting. Harris vowed to visit Kyiv.
• A man is in hospital with serious injuries after a house was petrol bombed in the Drimnagh area of Dublin last night. 
• The National Museum of Ireland has appealed for information after two 4000-year-old Early Bronze Age axeheads were sent to the museum anonymously at the end of June.
• Sinn Fein leader Mary Lou McDonald has claimed that the party diverged from what its supporters wanted in the family and care referendums and on the issue of immigration.  
• A mother broke down in court as she told a judge that she feared for her life after her partner threatened to kill her and “pour boiling water over your head” as she arrived at work in Dublin.
• Firefighters tackled a large fire at an industrial estate in Newry, Co Down.
• Detectives have arrested three people as they attempted to commit alleged ATM fraud that could have netted them €90,000.
• Tributes have been paid to a mother and son from Co Mayo who were killed in a road collision in Pakistan. 
• Fine Gael politicians are “lining up” to replace Simon Coveney in the Cork South Central constituency, Taoiseach Simon Harris has told reporters. 
• The parents of 2-year-old Phoenix Graham-Hayden, who died of an invasive Group A Strep infection in hospital just over 48 hours after she had originally been discharged from an emergency department, are suing Children’s Health Ireland at Temple Street.
• Just under half of voters found the European election ballot paper difficult to fill in, a new poll has found. 

INTERNATIONAL

Several young men run in front of a bull during the running of the bulls during the San Fermin 2024 festivities. Alamy Stock Photo Alamy Stock Photo

#GAZA The Health Ministry in Gaza has said that a strike on a displacement camp in the south of the Palestinian territory has killed at least 71 people.

#BRITAIN A man has been arrested after human remains were found in two suitcases in Bristol and a flat in west London.

#USA A defiant Joe Biden has told a rally in the battleground state of Michigan that he was “not done yet”, insisting that he was staying in the race for the White House amid growing calls from Democrats for him to drop out. 

#US COURT A New Mexico judge has dismissed an involuntary manslaughter case against Alec Baldwin in the middle of the actor’s trial and said it cannot be filed again.

PARTING SHOT

We’ll know tomorrow night who will be the victor in Euro 2024 final.

After four weeks of football, England will take on Spain in the last game of the tournament in Berlin’s Olympiastadion at 8pm tomorrow night. 

Three-time winners Spain will be looking to claim their fourth Euros title, while 2020 runners-up England are hoping to take the trophy for the very first time.

So today, we asked: Which team do you want to win Euro 2024? The results are entirely predictable from our mostly Irish audience. 

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