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

IRISH

People gather outside the French Embassy in Dublin to show solidarity with the people of France, after the latest terrorist attack. RollingNews.ie RollingNews.ie

• A man in his 20s was stabbed to death in Crumlin in Dublin. 
• New opinion polls have put Fianna Fáil as the most popular party in the country.
• A 13-year-old boy died in a single vehicle crash this morning in Wicklow.
• The Department of Foreign Affairs has said there is no reason to believe Irish people were caught up in the Nice terror attack.
• A new report from the National Council for Special Education has shown that there is a much higher rate of autism among Irish school students than previously thought.

WORLD

A teddy bear sits with flowers and paper tributes near the scene of a truck attack in Nice, France. AP / Press Association Images AP / Press Association Images / Press Association Images

#TURKEY: Turkey’s prime minister said that 61 civilians were killed in last night’s attempted military coup and some 2,839 soldiers have been detained.

#FRANCE: The Islamic State group claimed responsibility for Thursday’s terror attack which left 84 people dead.  French interior minister Bernard Cazeneuve called on citizens to become reservists.

#EGYPT: The word ‘fire’ is heard on the cockpit voice recorder of EgyptAir 804 before the plane crashed into the Mediterranean in May killing all aboard, investigators said.

INNOVATION

• The first images from the MeerKAT radio telescope have been released, showing its phenomenal power by revealing 1,300 galaxies in a tiny corner of the universe where only 70 were known before (AFP).
• The internet has changed the face of the world in the 40 years since its invention. Here The Guardian looks at its history.

PARTING SHOT

So, what happens when a rare Pokémon turns up in Central Park? This:

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The future truly is a terrifying place.