Russia has been accused of "gaslighting" after claiming the US has been helping Ukraine make chemical weapons.
A United Nations Security Council meeting has been arranged for today at Moscow's request.
The US and UK are concerned the Kremlin will use the allegations as justification to launch its own biological or chemical attack.
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A junior minister says the government wants to further reduce the cost of fuel - by cutting VAT.
Excise duty on petrol was cut by 20 cents a litre yesterday, and diesel by 15 cents.
But many forecourts increased their prices just before the cuts took effect, and the government's under pressure to do more.
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A date for the retrial of the Jason Corbett murder case is likely to be set in the US today.
A court hearing is taking place in North Carolina, where the 39-year-old Limerick man was killed in 2015.
Father and daughter, Tom and Molly Martens, were convicted of second-degree murder in 2017 - but that was overturned last year.
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The global death toll of the COVID-19 pandemic could be three times higher than official records.
That's according to a new study published in the The Lancet medical journal which has looked at excess death rates, regarded as a true measure of the true death toll.
Ireland's official death toll currently stands at over 6 thousand and is one of the lowest rates of excess deaths in the world.
