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1. #FRANCE: It has emerged that one of the jihadists who killed a priest in a church attack near Rouen yesterday was under house arrest.

2. #DEMOCRATS: Hillary Clinton has made history by becoming the first woman to win a major US political party’s White House nomination – drawing praise from her husband Bill.

3. #WE WANT EU: College graduates have been urged to think about a career with the European Commission and European Parliament.

4. #NEPAL: At least 33 people have died in landslides and floods in the Himalayan kingdom, including two children at a school in the capital.

5. #CHINA: The country’s communist rulers are to gather to discuss the party’s future, as President Xi Jinping tightens his control over the immensely powerful organisation.

6. #INSURANCE: Almost 1,700 Setanta Insurance customers are still waiting for claims of up to €90 million.

7. #TRANSGENDER: The diagnosis of ‘transgender’ should be removed from its current classification as a mental illness, a new study says.

8. #COLLISION: Two men have been killed overnight in separate road collisions in counties Meath and Kildare.

9. #LEAD: Irish Water has proposed adding a chemical called orthophosphate to the water supply to help deal with the issue of lead pipes still in the system.

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