Ten Things You Need to Know Today: Tuesday 6 Dec 2011

1. EUROZONE ON CREDIT WATCH

Leading credit agency Standard and Poor's has placed almost the entire eurozone on "credit watch" ahead of Friday's crucial EU summit. French President Nicolas Sarkozy and German Chancellor Angela Merkel say a new EU treaty is needed to tackle the crisis.

Standard & Poor warning just makes Friday more critical

2. ARCHBISHOP: REACH OUT OR FACE NEW RIOTS

The Archbishop of Canterbury warns we face repeats of the summer riots unless the Government does more to "rescue those who think they have nothing to lose". Writing in The Guardian, Rowan Williams urged society to reach out to the alienated to avoid "futile anarchy".

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England riots were a protest - and they will happen again

3. GOLDSMITH COMPARES TABLOIDS TO AUSCHWITZ

Conservative MP Zac Goldsmith has come under fire for comparing the press industry to a Nazi concentration camp. Speaking at a parliamentary committee, he said: "No one said that Auschwitz should have been kept open because it created jobs."

Zac Goldsmith under fire for Auschwitz press comment

4. WOMAN DENIES RACIST TRAM RANT

A woman who allegedly abused passengers on a south London tram has pleaded not guilty to a racially aggravated public order offence. Emma West, 34, wept as magistrates watched film of the incident, which was posted on YouTube and has now been watched 11 million times.

5. RIOT AFTER RUSSIAN POLLS

Russian riot police have clashed with protestors after thousands took to the streets to demonstrate amid growing allegations of electoral fraud. Opposition leaders Alexey Navalny and Ilya Yashin were among those arrested at the demo in Moscow. Prime Minister Vladimir Putin promised a "renewal of personnel" in government in response.

6. KEPLER-22B: EARTH'S TWIN?

Nasa scientists have discovered a planet described as "earth's twin" around 600 light years away from our solar system. Kepler-22b is the first of many such planets that it is hoped will be discovered by the Kepler space telescope. The new planet has a temperature of around 22C, but it is unclear whether it could sustain life.

'Earthlike' planet Kepler-22b found - but could you live there?

7. CAN BELL POTTINGER INFLUENCE PM?

Senior employees of the PR and lobbying company Bell Pottinger have been caught on camera claiming to have access to the British government and influence over cabinet ministers in a report published by The Independent. Downing Street rubbished the claims but the story has raised questions about the influence of lobbyists in Westminster.

Downing St fury at boast of influence over PM

8. PHONE SCHEME FOR MORNING-AFTER PILL

The contraceptive 'morning after pill' is to be given out free over the phone for the first time, the British Pregnancy Advisory Service will announce today. Critics compare the scheme to ordering a pizza delivery and say it will be open to abuse by under-age girls.

9. KABUL SUICIDE BOMB KILLS 58

At least 58 people have been killed in a blast at a shrine in central Kabul, where Shiite Muslims were celebrating Ashura. The Taliban, who banned public celebrations of Ashura during their five-year rule, are thought to be behind the suicide bomb.

10. HOT TICKET: TURNER PRIZE WINNER

The 2011 Turner Prize exhibition, the most popular in the competition's history, has announced a winner - Scottish sculptor Martin Boyce. Visitors can join the debate, comparing Boyce's Modernist-inspired installations with George Shaw's popular paintings of Coventry suburbia, at the Baltic, Gateshead until 8 January.

Crowd-pleaser loses out as Turner Prize goes to Boyce