25 Mar 2024

Europe correspondent Seamus Kearney

From Nine To Noon, 9:45 am on 25 March 2024
A woman lays flowers at a makeshift memorial in front of the Crocus City Hall, a day after a gun attack in Krasnogorsk, outside Moscow, on March 23, 2024. Camouflaged assailants opened fire at the packed Crocus City Hall in Moscow's northern suburb of Krasnogorsk on March 22, 2024, evening ahead of a concert by Soviet-era rock band Piknik in the deadliest attack in Russia for at least a decade. Russia on March 23, 2024, said it had arrested 11 people -- including four gunmen -- over the attack on a Moscow concert hall claimed by Islamic State, as the death toll rose to over 100 people. (Photo by Olga MALTSEVA / AFP)

Photo: AFP/Olga Maltseva

Militant group Islamic State has released footage of the alleged gunmen in the Moscow concert hall attack, backing up claims it was behind the Russian massacre which has killed at least 137 people.

And Western Balkan country Bosnia and Herzegovina has been given the green light for the start of formal EU membership talks.

In Ireland, the youngest ever prime minister is set to be sworn in after the shock resignation of Leo Varadkar.

Former health minister 37-year-old Simon Harris has been dubbed the 'TikTok Taoiseach', because of his heavy use of social media platforms.