Trump: Texas shooting is a problem of mental health, not guns

Speaking at a news conference in Tokyo, US president Donald Trump said that the shooting in Sutherland Springs, Texas that left at least 26 people dead was not “a guns situation", but rather a “mental health” problem. Video: Reuters

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."