Sinn Fein could be excluded from the Northern Ireland Assembly after police said members of the Provisional IRA may have been involved in a murder last week.

Northern Ireland's first minister Peter Robinson says he'll hold talks with other parties on the possibility.

The republican party has rejected any suggestion the IRA had a role in the killing of Kevin McGuigan in Belfast.

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The mother of a Limerick man who was killed in the US says the next few days will be hard as she prepares to bury her son.

Jason Corbett died in a domestic incident earlier this month in North Carolina and police say they're not looking for anyone outside the home in relation to his death.

His two children, Jack and Sarah, were the subject of a custody hearing yesterday - their stepmother, Molly Martens, was trying to prevent them being handed over to Jason's sister and her husband.

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Greece faces political uncertainty following the resignation of the country's prime minister.

Alexis Tsipras agreed to a series of controversial spending cuts in exchange for a third bailout from European creditors.

His anti-austerity party only won power in January.

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North Korea's leader has ordered his frontline troops onto a war footing - as hostilities with the South deepen.

Kim Jong-un's declared a 'semi-state of war' between the two countries.

The latest tensions are the result of South Korean propaganda messages being broadcast across the border using loudspeakers.

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F1 star Jenson Button says he's made a full recovery after he and his wife were burgled while on holiday in the south of France.

Thieves broke into the property as the couple and two friends slept - stealing around 300-thousand pounds worth of items.

He's spoken about the ordeal ahead of this weekend's Belgian Grand Prix.

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