President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva said he was “horrified” by the scale of the killings, as residents accused police of carrying out executions.

Mikel Arteta lauded Max Dowman’s “special” performance as the 15-year-old rewrote history by becoming Arsenal’s youngest-ever starter in his side’s Carabao Cup victory against Brighton. Ethan Nwaneri and Bukayo Saka – who replaced Dowman with 20 minutes remaining – struck in the second half as Arsenal secured a 2-0 win at the Emirates to book their place in the fifth round and a home tie against Crystal Palace.

The US has informed its Nato allies that it will scale back its troop presence along Europe’s eastern border with Ukraine as it focuses on security

Israel said it remained committed to the Gaza ceasefire framework on Wednesday morning despite killing more than 100 people in strikes across the enclave. The Israeli strikes followed the killing of an Israeli soldier by gunmen and Hamas’s delay in returning the bodies of Israeli hostages.

Laois natives were among the thousands of graduates to celebrate their recently at the South East Technological University’s (SETU) annual conferring ceremonies. To read more see below photo TO SEE MORE PHOTOS TAKEN BY BROWNE'S PHOTOGRAPHY SUPPLIED TO THE LEINSTER EXPRESS LAOIS LIVE TAP NEXT OR ARROW.

Manhattan Popcorn said in a statement today: "It is with deep sadness that we announce the passing of our founder Donal O’Neill, ‘Mr Manhattan’, who passed away today the 29th October 2025 peacefully surrounded by his family at the age of 92.

A number of lab monkeys that were infected with diseases such as COVID-19 and herpes are believed to be on the loose after a lorry carrying them overturned. Like something out of an infection horror movie,