The US president has made his first live TV address from the Oval Office – claiming illegal immigration at the country’s border with Mexico has become "a humanitarian crisis."
Donald Trump is continuing to demand over €5.5bn to fund a wall along the southern border.
In the ten minute address characterised illegal immigrants as criminals and drug dealers who put a strain on public resources and fuel the deaths of Americans by drugs.
In their own address, Democratic Party representatives vowed to continue blocking the funding – and accused the President of “using the backdrop of the Oval Office to manufacture a crisis, stoke fear, and divert attention from the turmoil in his administration.”
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Two Irish men have appeared in court in Australia charged with murder.
24-year-old Christopher McLaughlin and 21-year-old Nathan Kelly appeared via video-link before Burwood Local Court in Sydney this morning.
The pair, both from County Donegal, had already appeared in court charged with assaulting a 66-year-old man in the Summer Hill area of the city on December 29th.
The charge was upgraded to murder after the man died in hospital on Monday.
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A man's been held in Garda custody overnight in connection with the murder of a woman in County Louth.
The remains of the 57-year-old Polish woman were found at her home in Ardee yesterday. Gardaí said she died a violent death.
The house has been sealed off and a post-mortem examination is to be carried out later today.
Investigators said they are not looking for anyone else in connection with their investigation.
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British MPs will resume their debate on the Brexit Withdrawal Agreement today.
It’s after Prime Minister Theresa May dramatically called off a vote on the deal last month.
She suffered an embarrassing defeat in the House of Commons last night – losing the vote on an amendment that will limit the British government's financial powers in the event of a no-deal Brexit.
She will begin her fight-back this morning when she unveils a series of pledges on Northern Ireland in a bid to win over members who are concerned over the border backstop.
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Australian police say suspicious packages have been delivered to consulates and Embassies in Canberra and Melbourne.
Parcels were delivered to the Melbourne consulates and embassies for the UK, US, Germany, India, New Zealand, Korea, Greece, Egypt and Switzerland.
Melbourne's Metropolitan Fire Brigade (MFB) has sent vans to reports of "hazardous material" at 16 sites, according to the Vic Emergency website.
A number of consulates have been evacuated in the city.
