Love rat handles: authorities rescue fat rodent in Germany

A team of volunteer firefighters were called to the scene of an unusual emergency in the western German town of Bensheim-Auerbach after a fat rat was found wedged halfway through a manhole cover. Video: Berufstierrettung Rhein Neckar

100 days of the Government

Political Editor of The Irish Times, Pat Leahy, reviews the beginning of Micheál Martin‘s second term as Taoiseach. Video: Dan Dennison


US and Ukraine sign minerals deal

US treasury secretary Scott Bessent announced the deal on X, saying it “signals the Trump Administration’s commitment to a free, sovereign, prosperous Ukraine."