October 10: Today’s top stories in 60 seconds

Around 1,500 bodies of Hamas militants found in Israel, as army ‘restores control’ of border
Around 1,500 bodies of Hamas militants have been found in Israel around the Gaza Strip, the army said this morning, as it pummelled the Palestinian enclave with air strikes. “Approximately 1,500 bodies of Hamas (fighters) were found in Israel around the Gaza Strip,” military spokesman Richard Hecht told reporters, adding that security forces had “more or less restored control over the border” with Gaza. “Since last night we know that no one came in .. but infiltrations can still happen.” The army had “nearly completed” evacuation of all the communities around the border, he added. Hecht said the military had deployed 35 battalions to the border area.
The Journal

Number of landlords ‘unknown’ as RTB and CSO figures differ
It is “of significant concern” that there appears to be no definitive data regarding the size of the Irish rental market, according to a leading academic. It has emerged since the publication of the 2022 Census that a major discrepancy exists between the number of tenancies noted in that five-year report and the number of rentals officially registered with the Residential Tenancies Board.
The Irish Examiner

Budget 2024 set to include mortgage tax relief, €12 social welfare hike and new cost-of-living supports
Michael McGrath will outline the budget from 1pm, with tax relief for mortgage payers and increases in social welfare rates expected.
The Irish Times

Biden interviewed in classified documents investigation
US President Joe Biden has been questioned as part of an investigation into the handling of classified documents found at his home and former private office, the White House has said. A furore over the secret papers dating from Mr Biden’s time as vice president prompted the US attorney general to name an independent prosecutor to carry out a probe in January.
RTÉ

‘No-one lit up a room like she did’ – NI woman dies while on holiday in Spain
Tributes have been paid to a Co Antrim woman who died while on holiday in Spain over the weekend.
It’s understood Caroline Cromie, from Carrickfergus, passed away unexpectedly in Benidorm. The Kevin Bell Repatriation Trust confirmed it is currently assisting Ms Cromie’s family in bringing her remains back to Northern Ireland.
Independent.ie

Gaza ‘soon without fuel, medicine and food’ – Israel authorities
The Gaza Strip could be on the brink of a new humanitarian crisis if supplies are not allowed in, authorities say, as Israel responds to the Hamas attacks. On Monday, Israel declared a “complete siege” on the territory, saying electricity, food, fuel and water would be cut off. According to residents, aid has not reached the enclave since Saturday. BBC footage shows deserted streets covered with rubble from collapsed buildings following Israeli airstrikes. Nearly 700 people have died in these attacks and thousands more are reported to have been injured.
BBC News

Myanmar: at least 30 people killed in attack on camp for displaced people
More than 30 people, including young children, have been killed in an attack on a camp for displaced people in Myanmar’s Kachin state, according to media reports and two local activists. Dozens more people were injured in the attack, which happened at about 11.30pm on Monday night in Kachin, Myanmar’s northernmost state, it was reported. Unverified images on social media, showed men carrying victims, including a small child, from the rubble in the darkness.
The Guardian

Today’s forecast
Mostly cloudy with outbreaks of rain and drizzle in the west and north, today, Tuesday, with the rain turning more persistent this evening. Scattered showers further south and east with some hazy sunny spells. Mild and humid with highest temperatures of 16 to 20 degrees, warmest in Leinster. Southwest winds becoming moderate to fresh and gusty, strongest near western and northwestern coasts. Mostly cloudy early tonight with further outbreaks of rain, turning heavy at times over the southern half of the country. Turning cooler, clearer and drier from the north later in the night with lowest temperatures of 5 to 9 degrees. Remaining cloudier further south though the rain will start to turn patchier, and with lowest temperatures of 10 to 14 degrees. Winds will ease mostly light northwesterly through the night.
Met Éireann