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Evening top 5: Ibrahim Halawa trial postponed; and tributes paid to Cilla Black

The Foreign Affairs Minister says he is "disappointed" at the further delay of the trial of a Dub...
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18.28 2 Aug 2015


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Evening top 5: Ibrahim Halawa trial postponed; and tributes paid to Cilla Black

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18.28 2 Aug 2015


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The Foreign Affairs Minister says he is "disappointed" at the further delay of the trial of a Dublin teenager in Eygpt.

19-year-old Ibrahim Halawa has been in custody since he was arrested during protests in Cairo in 2013.

The trial, due to take place today, has been adjourned until the 4th of October, allegedly because some witnesses did not attend.

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The World Anti-Doping Agency said it is "alarmed" by what it describes as the "wild allegations" of mass doping in athletics exposed by today's Sunday Times.

The article alleges that a third of Olympic and World Championship medals were won by athletes who recorded suspicous doping tests.

The data was leaked by a whistleblower at the International Association of Athletics Federations, based on test results over more than a decade.

Journalist Paul Kimmage spoke to Off the Ball about the scandal.

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People from the worlds of music, film, TV and politics have been paying tribute to Cilla Black.

The TV presenter and singer has died at her home in Spain aged 72.

Cilla rose from the backstreets of Liverpool to become a chart star in the 1960s, and later the presenter of hugely popular shows such as Blind Date.

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New debris found on a beach on the island of Reunion comes from a ladder - and not from the missing flight MH370 - according to a Malaysian official.

Police discovered the object earlier today and took it away for examination.

Malaysian authorities have appealed to experts within reach of Reunion Island for help in analysing any debris that washes up from the Indian Ocean.

A piece of what is thought to be the plane's wing, found last week, has been sent to France for tests.

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A 16-year-old girl has died after being stabbed by a Jewish extremist during a Gay Pride parade in Jerusalem.

Shira Banki had been stabbed in the back, one of six people attacked during Thursday's event.

Hadar Elboim of Hadassah, a spokesman for the hospital where Shira died, said her organs would now be donated to help others.

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