GOOD MORNING.

Here’s all the news you need to know to start the day.

Venezuela earthquake

1. Powerful twin earthquakes have killed at least 32 people and injured more than 700 in Venezuela, the country’s interim president said, as rescue workers searched through collapsed buildings in Caracas and other hard-hit areas.

Hot spell

2. Ireland could reach its highest-ever temperature ever today as a spell of hot and humid weather peaks across the country, but thunderstorms are likely on the way too.

Savings scheme

3. Ireland’s biggest landlord, Ires Reit, is lobbying to be part of the new government-backed savings and investment scheme promised by Minister for Finance Simon Harris.

Scam calls

4. More than 26 million suspected scam calls were blocked by Three Ireland last year.

Food prices

5. Higher food prices are expected in the coming months due to the closure of the Strait of Hormuz, researchers from the Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI) said.

Trump on Burnham

6. Andy Burnham is “extremely liberal” and so “probably won’t open up the North Sea” for oil exploration, US president Donald Trump has said he has heard.

Ebola outbreak

7. A positive case of Ebola virus has been identified in France in a patient travelling back from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the French Ministry of Health said.

Inheritance tax

8. Significant inheritance tax changes are being considered by the government for budget 2027 – while the main priority of the budget for Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael is reducing income tax, sources in both parties said their leaders have discussed inheritance tax being on the agenda at recent parliamentary party meetings

World Cup

9. Scotland lost a second World Cup group game with a bruising 3-0 defeat to Brazil in Miami to leave their last-32 hopes up in the air.