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Talks in Geneva to try to agree a new landmark global treaty on plastic pollution have ended overnight, without a deal. Negotiations had been taking place for the past two weeks and had been extended, with big divisions to be resolved between oil-producing states and the countries worst-affected by plastic pollution.

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"Time to end the war. We are counting on America". These are the words of the Ukrainian president today as he expressed hopes of a trilateral summit with Trump and Putin. We get the view from Ukraine now with Ukranian MP Oleksiy Goncharenko.

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'Ben' served as an Israeli army reservist in Gaza after the October 7 Hamas attacks, but now refuses to serve there and accuses his own government of pursuing a politically driven war.

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John Bolton, Donald Trump's former National Security Adviser, has compared the Alaska summit to Donald Trump inviting the Taliban to peace negotiations at Camp David.

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Independent candidate Catherine Connolly is now the only person in the race who has already received the 20 nominations from Oireachtas members needed to stand in the election, after securing the backing of left-leaning parties and TDs including the Social Democrats, People Before Profit, the Labour Party and a number of independents.

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Twenty eight Irish athletes are taking part in the World Transplant Games, which begin in Germany tomorrow. More than two thousand people from fifty countries will compete at the sporting event, which organisers say is a celebration of a second chance of life.

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On yesterday's programme we heard the Keating family's plea for stricter deterrents for fatal road traffic offences. The Crowe Report which was published today tells us that a noticeable minority of roads policing gardaí are “unproductive”. To discuss this Sean Canney is Minister of State with Responsibility for Road Transport.

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Fine Gael presidential candidate Mairead McGuinness has announced that she is withdrawing from the race. For reaction former Fine Gael TD and party member, Noel Rock & Dr. Kevin Cunningham, Lecturer in Politics at TU Dublin & Founder of 'Ireland Thinks' polling company.

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Anticipation and excitement are mounting in the US state of Alaska as Presidents Trump and Putin are due to meet in the capital Anchorage tomorrow. For the latest Liz Ruskin is Washington Correspondent with Alaska Public Media.

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As well as having a devastating impact on our biodiversity, the cost of invasive species managment to councils is on average €1.7 million a year. To tell us more Noeleen Smyth, botanist and chartered horticulturist.

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