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GOOD MORNING.

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

Florida

1. Hurricane Milton crashed into the Florida coast last night, bringing furious winds and triggering life-threatening storm surges across a region still reeling from another massive storm two weeks before.

Washington 

2. The Taoiseach has held a meeting with Joe Biden in Washington DC, during which the US President briefed Simon Harris on his “lengthy” phone conversation with the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu yesterday. 

Our reporter Christina Finn was in the Oval Office, and she has written this analysis on how the Taoiseach had an opportunity to bring up the issue of the US providing arms to Israel – but bottled it. 

Arrest

3. Sean McGovern, a leading figure in the Kinahan Organised Crime Group, has been arrested in Dubai this morning, where he has been hiding out since 2016. 

McGovern was shot in the …