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

IRELAND

Swans on the pond in Stephen's Green today. Leah Farrell / © RollingNews.ie Leah Farrell / © RollingNews.ie / © RollingNews.ie

• Irish troops were unharmed after Israel’s army opened different positions held by UN peacekeepers in Lebanon.
• Alleged key gang leader of the Kinahan Organised Crime Group Sean McGovern has been arrested in Dubai.
• Coalition leaders will be briefed by the Attorney General next week on the current legal standing of the Occupied Territories Bill.
• A former Trump administrative advisor has resigned from his position as an advisor for a Congressional candidate’s campaign in the fallout from a post to X he made last week calling for Israel to “drop napalm” over Irish peacekeepers in Lebanon. 
• A teacher who admitted a “once-off” sexual encounter with a former student has failed in an attempt to block phone evidence obtained by their former partner being used in a fitness-to-teach inquiry.
• Former Sinn Féin leader Gerry Adams’ defamation action against the BBC has been given a hearing date in spring of next year by the High Court.
• With election rumour mill still stuck in overdrive, Simon Harris promises ‘no tarmac announcements’
• After several delays, a woman’s damages claim for alleged assault against Conor McGregor, which was lodged three years ago, is to go before a High Court jury next month.

INTERNATIONAL

A high rise construction crane broke apart and crashed into the building across the street during Hurricane Milton today. Mike Carlson / Alamy Stock Photo Mike Carlson / Alamy Stock Photo / Alamy Stock Photo

#HURRICANE MILTON: Hurricane Milton tore a coast-to-coast path of destruction across the US state of Florida, whipping up a spate of deadly tornadoes that left at least four people dead.

#KENNEDY: Ethel Kennedy, the widow of US senator Robert F Kennedy, has died aged 96.

#TOP TORY: A shock result in the Conservative leadership election has seen Kemi Badenoch and Robert Jenrick face off as the final two. What do they stand for and what have they said about Ireland?

#FRANCE: Emmanuel Macron said he “will fight hard” for the hit Netflix show Emily in Paris to remain in the French capital, after the current season ended with the main character in Rome.

#US PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION: The Irish government “will obviously work and respond” to whatever the outcome of the US election is, according to Taoiseach Simon Harris.  

#BBC: The BBC has apologised for its weather app and website incorrectly forecasting “hurricane force winds” to hit the UK as it works to fix data issues.

PARTING SHOT

IRISH PEOPLE ARE among those affected by the devastation of Hurricane Milton in Florida. 

Aisling Kane and her husband George Coghlan, originally from Dublin and Mullingar respectively, moved from Galway to the US state with their son Ríán in 2006.

Speaking to The Journal from their home in Florida this morning, Aisling said last night was the “longest night of my life”.

You can read the full piece here.