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

IRELAND

Freshly changed graffiti in the Creggan area of Londonderry, Northern Ireland after 29-year-old journalist Lyra McKee was shot last night. PA Images PA Images

• Journalist Lyra McKee was shot dead during rioting in Derry.
• There was widespread condemnation of the killing, with Northern Ireland‘s political leaders releasing a joint statement.
• Four ATM thefts were carried out overnight.
• The first Extinction Rebellion protest was held in Dublin.
• Cannabis worth €800k was seized at a grow house in Co Waterford.
• New documents revealed correspondence from former FAI CEO John Delaney to the Minister for Sport.
• Experts warned about ‘dangerous’ and ‘misleading’ commentary from government on vulture funds.
• It was warm, and will probably stay warm.

INTERNATIONAL

The Shanghai Tower, a 632-meter skyscraper (imagine Liberty Hall x10), surrounded by thick fog in east China's Shanghai earlier today. PA Images PA Images

#JAPAN: A boy who was the world’s smallest baby when he was born was able to leave hospital.

#CANADA: Three world-renowned professional mountaineers are missing and presumed dead following an avalanche.

#RUSSIA: The Kremlin dismissed the Mueller report (again).

#UNITED STATES: A couple who imprisoned their children were sentenced to life in prison.

PARTING SHOT

Lyra McKee gave a Ted Talk on the importance of changing religious teaching on LGBT people and how it will change lives. Watch it in full here.