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Here's What Happened Today: Tuesday

UK snap election, criticism over final words of R116 crew being published and giant shipworm discovered – it’s the Evening Fix.

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

IRELAND

File Photo Sisters of Charity to be given new National Maternity Hospital Mark Stedman Mark Stedman

INTERNATIONAL 

Theresa May statement Philip Toscano Philip Toscano

#UK: Prime Minister Theresa May has said she intends to hold a snap general election on Thursday 8 June.

#FRANCE: Marine Le Pen has vowed to suspend all immigration into France should she emerge victorious in the country’s coming presidential election.

#US: The man who randomly killed a Cleveland retiree and posted video of the crime on Facebook shot himself to death today in Pennsylvania, police said.

#ELECTION: Police arrested two men in Marseille today on suspicion of planning an attack, just days before the first round of France’s presidential election, with bomb-making materials and guns found in searches.

PARTING SHOT 

Scientists have long known of their existence, but a rare species of giant shipworm has been discovered and studied for the first time.

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The giant, black, mud-dwelling, worm-like creatures wouldn’t look out of place in a science-fiction horror film, and scientists have keenly examined these “unique” animals following a recent find.

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