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The body of Irish United Nations peacekeeper Private Sean Rooney, 23, who was killed after the UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) convoy came under fire near the village of Al-Aqbiya, in the south of the country, is repatriated to Dublin. IMAGES
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson says he was horrified after at least 27 migrants died while trying to cross the Channel from France to England. "I am shocked, appalled and deeply saddened by the loss of life at sea," he says after convening top officials for crisis talks on the tragedy. IMAGES
New UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer sits down with Northern Ireland First Minister Michelle O'Neill and Deputy First Minister Emma Little-Pengelly at Stormont in Belfast. Starmer is completing a whistlestop tour of the UK, just after his centre-left Labour party won last week's general election. IMAGES
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is greeted by Northern Ireland's newly appointed First Minister Michelle O'Neill and Deputy First Minister Emma Little-Pengelly on arrival at Stormont Castle, after the restoration of power-sharing in Belfast on February 3. A pro-Irish unity politician, Sinn Fein's O'Neill made history by becoming the UK territory's first nationalist leader, and has predicted that the UK territory will hold a vote on unification with Ireland within the next decade. IMAGES
Chinese Premier Li Qiang meets with Prime Minister Leo Varadkar at the Irish Taoiseach official residence in the capital Dublin. IMAGES