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1. Several hostages are being held by a gunman at a café in Sydney.

2. In Belgium, four armed men have stormed an apartment and taken a hostage.

3. The Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation is calling for emergency department overcrowding to be declared a ‘national emergency’.

4. Two bodies were recovered from the River Lee in Cork last night.

5. The LuxLeaks whistleblower has said he isn’t the only one willing to come forward.

6. Ireland isn’t facing a ‘polar vortex’ in the coming weeks – Met Éireann predicts it will be exceptionally mild.

Main pic: People snap pictures of a bull statue decorated with a Santa Claus costume on display in a sidewalk outside a security firm in Seoul, South Korea.

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