'I mean Ukraine': George W Bush accidentally calls Iraq invasion 'wholly unjustified'

Former US president George W. Bush has accidentally called the 2003 invasion of Iraq, which took place during his presidency, "wholly unjustified" and "brutal" before correcting himself to say he meant to refer to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

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."