Taoiseach Micheál Martin will meet British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak at the British-Irish Council Summit in Blackpool today.

US President Joe Biden, buoyed by midterm elections in which his fellow Democrats fared better than expected, has said that Election Day was good for democracy but the results showed that Americans remained frustrated.

Russia has probably committed crimes against humanity by forcibly transferring Ukrainian civilians in Russian-occupied areas of the country to other regions, Amnesty International has said.

The Taliban have banned Afghan women from entering the capital's public parks and funfairs, just months after ordering access to be segregated by gender.

The Central Bank's Deputy Governor Sharon Donnery has highlighted the need to remain vigilant of the risks of high inflation.

A man is due in court this morning charged in connection with the murder of a 65-year-old in Co Westmeath last month.

Hurricane Nicole closed in on Florida's Atlantic shoreline early this morning with a mix of heavy downpours, fierce winds and a treacherous surge of ocean surf that threatened coastal areas.

A complete inventory of the most significant greenhouse gas emission sites in 241 countries has been unveiled at COP27 in Sharm el-Sheikh in Egypt.

The Minister of State with responsibility for Special Education and Inclusion has said she does not accept any claims that there are not enough resources in place for inclusivity in schools.

The number of customers using discount stores in October was up 8% on the same month last year, as consumers seek out better value in order to counteract the rising cost of living.

There is a "very big budget black hole" in Northern Ireland's finances, the Northern Ireland Secretary has said.

The representative body for the tourism sector has warned that if the level of tourist accommodation being used to house Ukrainian refugees and asylum seekers does not fall, it will have an enormous knock-on effect for the sector next year.

Russian President Vladimir Putin will not attend the G20 leaders' summit in Indonesia next week, Moscow's embassy in Jakarta has said.

The US state of Texas executed a man convicted of killing his mother nearly two decades ago, officials said.

Twitter owner Elon Musk has said he axed offering grey ticks and an "Official" label to high-profile accounts within hours of rolling them out because it was "an aesthetic nightmare".

Social Affairs Correspondent Ailbhe Conneely meets Derek Coyle, a former boarder at Blackrock College, who recalls the abuse he suffered at the school in the 1960s.

Northern Ireland Secretary Chris Heaton-Harris has said someone has spread a fake email about him, claiming he was resigning.

One of Iran's most prominent actors has posted an image of herself on social media without the headscarf mandatory for women in the Islamic republic.

The Boomtown Rats have announced that the guitarist Garry Roberts, a founding member of the Dublin band, has died. He was 72.

Tánaiste Leo Varadkar will take over the position of Taoiseach from Micheál Martin on Saturday 17 December.