Ten Things You Need to Know Today: Friday 28 Jun 2019

1. May: Salisbury suspects ‘must face justice’

Theresa May has said that the Russian intelligence officers suspected of carrying out the nerve agent attack in the Wiltshire town of Salisbury last year must face justice. The acting prime minister is to raise the issue with Russian President Vladimir Putin today at the G20 summit in Osaka, during their first formal bilateral meeting since the poisonings. In an interview with the BBC, May added that Russia must stop its “destabilising activities”.

Is it time for the UK to forgive Russia?

2. Biden faces flak over race issues during Democratic debate

US Democratic presidential hopeful Joe Biden came under attack over his race record yesterday during the second TV debate between ten wannabe candidates. Rival Kamala Harris, the only black woman in the running, criticised the contest front-runner for touting his past work with bigoted senators and for having previously opposed a policy to foster diversity in schools.

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US election 2020: Joe Biden attacked over race record in second debate

3. Hunt tells Johnson: be straight about Brexit

Tory leadership contender Jeremy Hunt has urged rival Boris Johnson to “be straight with people” about what a no-deal Brexit would mean. The Times reports that Johnson is preparing an emergency budget for a no-deal exit that includes aggressive tax cuts, an overhaul of stamp duty and an assault on regulation.

4. Glastonbury opens with Stormzy and heat warnings

The Glastonbury Festival begins in earnest today, with grime MC Stormzy headlining and temperatures of 28C expected. Organisers are on standby to deal with heat exhaustion among the increasingly aged festivalgoers. Some 175,000 people are expected at the event, at Worthy Farm in Somerset, temporarily creating one of the largest cities in the south of England.

Best festivals of 2019 around the UK: line-ups, dates and how to buy tickets

5. Home Office ‘ignored Windrush warnings’

The Home Office failed in its legal duty to counter racial discrimination when it implemented its anti-immigration hostile environment programme, a leaked draft investigation into the causes of the Windrush scandal concludes. The report, commissioned by the department and seen by Channel 4 News, accuses officials of being reckless and of refusing to listen to warnings about the wrongful detentions and deportations of people who came to the UK as immigrants from the 1950s onwards.

The Windrush scandal and the Jamaica deportation flight: what you need to know

6. Trump dunes in Scotland lose special status

A system of sand dunes near Aberdeen that were turned into a golf course by Donald Trump in 2012 has lost its status as a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI), after government watchdog Scottish Natural Heritage ruled that the location’s natural environment has been “destroyed”. Local planners refused Trump’s request to build on the Menie estate, amid widespread opposition to his plans, but their decision was overturned by the Scottish government.

7. England through to World Cup semi-final

England are through to the Women’s World Cup semi-final for the second year running, after a thrilling 3-0 defeat of Norway in the French city of Le Havre. Jill Scott and Ellen White each scored in the first half, with the final goal coming from Lucy Bronze. White’s tap-in, her fifth goal in the tournament so far, put her in the running for the Golden Boot.

Today’s back pages: Magnifique Lionesses roar into the World Cup semi-finals

8. Nasa sending drone to explore Saturn’s moon

Nasa is sending a nuclear-powered drone to Saturn’s largest moon to explore multiple locations in search of habitability and life. The US space agency says the dual quadcopter, called Dragonfly, will fly from location to location over Titan, a moon with surface conditions similar to those on Earth about four billion years ago. Experts says that if the mission is successful, it could help reveal how life arose on our planet.

9. Designer Jony Ive quits Apple to start own firm

Sir Jony Ive, the British designer who helped turn Apple into the world’s biggest tech company, is leaving the company after almost 30 years in order to set up his own venture. Ive, who designed the iMac, iPod and iPhone, will leave later this year to start a creative firm, LoveFrom, with Apple as its first client.

10. Briefing: who is Elizabeth Warren?

Elizabeth Warren’s campaign is gaining momentum, with many believing she has a real chance of being the Democrats’ pick to challenge Donald Trump as he tries to win a second term as Republican president.

So how did she get here?

Elizabeth Warren: who is the wannabe Democrat president?