Ten Things You Need to Know Today: Sunday 28 Apr 2019

1. Woman killed in US synagogue shooting

A gunman opened fire at a synagogue in California on Saturday, killing one woman and wounding three other people. The synagogue was holding a Passover celebration when the gunman burst in. A 19-year-old man named as John Earnest was arrested after the attack, in Poway, north of the city of San Diego. Donald Trump said the attack seemed to be a “hate crime”.

2. Corbyn to demand a national emergency on climate change

Jeremy Corbyn will this week launch a bid to declare a national climate emergency as confidential documents show the government has spent only a fraction of a £100m fund to support clean air projects. Labour will demand urgent action to avoid more than 1.5°C of warming, which will require global emissions to fall by about 45% from 2010 levels by 2030, reaching “net zero” before 2050.

3. More than half of Brits now think EU poll was a bad idea

More than half the public – 55% – now think it would have been better never to have held the EU referendum, according to a survey in The Observer. Some 72% of Labour voters believe it would have been better never to have had the poll. More Tory voters (49%) now think the referendum was a bad idea than believe it was the right thing to have done (43%).

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4. New IRA vows to continue campaign of violence

The New IRA has vowed to continue its violence despite conceding there is no prospect of a united Ireland. Speaking to The Sunday Times, representatives said: “We fully accept we cannot defeat the British militarily, or even drive them from Ireland, but we will continue to fight for as long as they remain here.” They added that Brexit has “underlined how Ireland remains partitioned”.

5. Huawei: China tells the UK to make ‘independent’ choices

The Chinese ambassador to the UK has urged the government to ignore external pressure over decisions on Chinese companies and make “independent” choices. Seeming in response to US warnings about allowing Huawei to supply technology for the UK’s new 5G mobile network, Liu Xiaoming advises the UK to defy “interruptions” from elsewhere.

6. Opiods to carry cigarette-style warnings on packaging

Strong painkillers must carry prominent cigarette-style warnings on their labels about addiction risks, the Health Secretary will announce today. Matt Hancock will tighten regulations after a huge rise in prescriptions of opiods, which have leapt to 40m a year. “Some opioids are highly addictive and can ruin lives like an illegal drug,” he said.

7. Police slam sharing of photo of Emiliano Sala's body

Police are investigating after a photograph said to be of the body of the footballer Emiliano Sala, who was killed in a plane crash earlier this year, was posted online. The 28-year-old's body was found in the wreckage of a light aircraft in the English Channel two weeks after the plane vanished near Guernsey. A Dorset Police spokesman said: “We are disgusted that somebody did this.”

8. Four die as crane collapses on the Google Seattle campus

Four people were killed and four injured after a construction crane collapsed on a Seattle street. Firefighters said the four were dead by the time they arrived at the scene. Six cars were trapped underneath the crane when it fell on the new Google Seattle campus. It is understood the crane was being dismantled when heavy winds hit the area.

9. Poll warning as number of Tory Eurosceptics rises

Tory Eurosceptics willing to vote down Theresa May's Brexit deal have risen by a third since the PM last put it to Parliament, claims the Sunday Telegraph. “The 28 has now reached 37 or 39,” one Tory claimed. Meanwhile, Tory bosses have threatened to kick MPs and grassroots activists out of the party if they back Nigel Farage in the European elections.

10. Government bid to force peers to declare Russian interests

The government is backing a change in House of Lords rules to force peers to declare the full extent of their Russian and Chinese business interests. In a response to what some are calling “the new Cold War”, ministers also plan to introduce a new law to crack down on foreign spies working for banks and other businesses in the UK.