Ten Things You Need to Know Today: Monday 3 Jun 2019

1. Donald Trump begins state visit in London

Donald Trump arrives at Stansted Airport this morning for a three-day state visit to the UK that is expected to prompt demonstrations across the country. Today, the US president will tour Westminster Abbey and meet Prince Charles and Camilla before attending a state banquet with the Queen at Buckingham Palace. Tomorrow, he will meet politicians.

2. Chances ‘bleak’ for climbers lost on Nanda Devi

Hopes are fading for an international team of climbers led by Briton Martin Moran that set off to climb Himalayan mountain Nanda Devi on 13 May but have not returned to their base camp. A local official said their chances of survival are “bleak”. The team - comprising four Britons, two Americans, an Australian and an Indian - were trying to reach an unclimbed summit.

3. Brokenshire calls on Tory leadership candidates to drop out

Communities Secretary James Brokenshire is calling on some of the 13 candidates vying to replace Theresa May to drop out, in order to speed up the race. Brokenshire, who is not running, wants the least popular candidates to retire before nominations close next week. He says the Conservatives need to find a new leader quickly.

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4. Liverpool welcomes title-winning football team home with parade

The city of Liverpool was brought to a standstill yesterday as an estimated 750,000 football fans took to the streets to welcome back Liverpool FC with the Champions League trophy. An open-topped bus carried the team and manager Jurgen Klopp through the city centre, which was a sea of red flares, red flags and red confetti.

5. Caver dies in Yorkshire despite rescue bid

An injured man trapped in a cave in the Yorkshire Dales died yesterday as rescuers prepared to carry him to the surface. The un-named caver fell six metres and fractured his thigh on Saturday. Almost 100 volunteer rescuers worked for 17 hours to make a navigable way out of the cave so that he could be reached and removed on a stretcher.

6. Anguished letters from ‘paranoid’ Lady Lucan

A cache of letters written by the late Lady Lucan has been discovered under floorboards in a house where she lived after her husband fled justice for allegedly bludgeoning their nanny to death in 1974. In the letters, Lady Lucan says she feels “paranoid” after being shunned by her friends.

7. Fighter jets escort plane following bomb hoax by 13-year-old

Two fighter jets were scrambled to escort an incoming passenger plane in Singapore yesterday following a bomb threat that local media says was a hoax perpetrated by a 13-year-old passenger. All 144 passengers and crew subsequently disembarked safely from the Scoot flight from Cebu in the Philippines. Police were later questioning the alleged hoaxer.

8. Study finds 25 cups of coffee day safe for heart

A new study of more than 8,000 people in the UK has found that drinking up to 25 cups a day is no worse for the heart than drinking less than one a day. The research, by a team from Queen Mary University of London, contradicts the findings of previous studies that suggested coffee stiffens arteries.

9. ‘Kill Tories’ band lose Glastonbury booking

A punk band whose lyrics called for Conservatives to be killed have had their Glastonbury Festival booking cancelled. Killdren lost the gig over a song that includes the lines, “kill Tory scum, kill Tory scum … murder them all to the beat of a drum”. The Jo Cox Foundation, named after the murdered Labour MP, called the lyrics “completely abhorrent”.

10. Briefing: is press freedom under attack?

The issuing of warrants used to arrest two Belfast journalists has been criticised as “inappropriate” by the most senior judge in Northern Ireland, in a case that has highlighted growing concerns about threats to press freedom worldwide.

So is press freedom under attack? The Week looks at the evidence.

Is press freedom under attack?