A power-sharing crisis in Northern Ireland appears to have been averted after a late night deal over Irish language laws paved the way for Stormont leaders to be appointed.A post-midnight announcement by the UK Government committing to pass the stalled laws at Westminster in the autumn, if they are not moved at the Stormont Assembly in the interim, was enough to convince Sinn Fein to drop its threat not to nominate a deputy First Minister as joint head of the devolved executive.The development came after a night of intensive talks involving Northern Ireland Secretary Brandon Lewis and DUP and Sinn Fein delegations in Belfast.
Northern Ireland manager Michael O'Neill says that Stuart Dallas "maximised everything from his career" after the Leeds midfielder announced his retirement. BBC Sport
Congress demands dismissal of Indian ambassador for political comments. Jairam Ramesh criticizes Mishra's conduct. Two professionals, Prem Kumar Choudhary and.. IndiaTimes
The Congress party has strongly criticized India's ambassador to Ireland for his disparaging remarks towards the opposition party. Jairam Ramesh, the party's.. IndiaTimes
Deputy leader Gavin Robinson has been appointed interim party leader of the Democratic Unionist Party after Sir Jeffrey Donaldson stepped down following charges in relation to non-recent sexual offences. Report by Etemadil. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
More lives were probably lost than saved through the British Army’s operation of its top agent inside the IRA’s internal security unit during the Troubles, a major independent investigation has found. Operation Kenova examined the role of Stakeknife, widely believed to be west Belfast man Freddie Scappaticci, who was embedded in the IRA’s so-called “nutting squad”, responsible for interrogating, torturing and murdering people suspected of passing information to security forces during the conflict. Report by Jonesia. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
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