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IRELAND 14-year-old Calum Dempsey from Dublin with Tánaiste Leo Varadkar and Taoiseach Michéal Martin at today's historic event in Béal na Bláth. Source: Sasko LazarovPeople wave a rainbow flag during the Pink Dot event held in Singapore's Hong Lim Park, which supports LGBT people. Source: Xinhua News Agency/PA Images

#LGBT Singapore’s Prime Minister announced the country will repeal a colonial-era law criminalising gay sex.#SOMALIA The death toll from a devastating 30-hour siege by Al-Shabaab jihadists at a hotel in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu has climbed to 21. #NICARAGUA Pope Francis said he was “concerned” by rising tensions between the state and the Catholic church in Nicaragua, two days after bishop and regime critic Rolando Alvarez was detained.After a historic event at Béal na Bláth, film director Neil Jordan discusses the ‘gangster’ genre inspiration behind the 1996 film ‘Michael Collins’, the threats he received after making the film, and his opinion on Éamon de Valera.

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