Ten Things You Need to Know Today: Monday 20 Jun 2011

Our popular news catch-up service is posted Monday to Friday at 8.0am. You can rely on it to keep you up to date through the working day with the main news talking points. EURO FACES 'SLOW DEATH' WARNS STRAWFormer foreign secretary Jack Straw believes that the euro faces a "slow death" and the British government should prepare for the collapse of the eurozone. He made the comments as MPs discussed the prospect of a fresh bailout for Greece. Treasury minister Mark Hoban insisted the UK would not participate in any new rescue. JACK WARNER QUITS FIFAFifa vice-president Jack Warner (above) has resigned from all his positions in international football, ending a Fifa ethics committee investigation into corruption claims against him. Warner had been suspended after allegations that he paid bribes, but Fifa said his resignation meant "the presumption of innocence is maintained." syrian Protesters denounce Assad's latest speech President Bashar al-Assad has offered his condolences for the deaths of pro-democracy protesters in Syria but said an armed crackdown was "the only option left". Assad also announced a "national dialogue authority" to look at reforms. Reuters reported that people chanted "no to dialogue with murderers" at a protest in Damascus afterwards. Syrians flee into Turkey as troops storm village 175 dead in chinese floodsAt least 175 people have dead and scores are missing after the early onset of the rainy season in eastern and southern China. Officials in Zhejiang say 8,400 houses have been destroyed and more than 5 million people have been affected. The rains follow the worst drought in China in over 50 years. In pictures: Chinese floods NATO 'WEAPONS FAILURE' KILLS CIVILIANS IN LIBYANato last night admitted "a weapons systems failure" may be to blame for civilian casualties in Tripoli on Sunday morning. The target had been a missile site, but a spokesman said "it appears that one weapon did not hit it". The Gaddafi regime showed western reporters the location in a poor residential area where nine civilians killed. POLICEMAN TO FACE MANSLAUGHTER TRIALPC Simon Harwood, the police officer accused of killing Ian Tomlinson at the G20 protests in 2009, will stand trial at the Old Bailey charged with manslaughter. He appeared at Westminster magistrates court where he was bailed to reappear at the Old Bailey for a plea and case management hearing on 17 October. PC Simon Harwood faces trial over Tomlinson death ICANN VOTES FOR INTERNET ADDRESSThe global internet body Icann (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) has voted to allow the creation of new domain suffixes, meaning internet addresses will be able to end with almost any word, and be in any language. Icann will begin taking applications next year. End of the Dotcom era as dotanything goes ahead MCILROY COASTS TO RECORD WIN AT US OPENRory McIlroy coasted to victory at the US Open yesterday, winning by eight shots and breaking the tournament record previously held by Jack Nicklaus and Tiger Woods by four strokes. The 22-year-old from Northern Ireland became only the third player to break 70 in all four rounds of the US Open. Jack Nicklaus praises ‘cocksure’ Rory McIlroy Rory McIlroy keeps his head for US Open triumph 'DRUNK' AMY WHITEHOUSE ABANDONS TOURSinger Amy Whitehouse has cancelled the next two dates of her European tour after stumbling through a concert in Belgrade, jeered by the audience and apparently drunk. A spokesman said that she was pulling out of Istanbul and Athens because she "cannot perform to the best of her ability". Amy Winehouse: staggering disaster in Belgrade US DEFENCE SECRETARY CONFIRMS TALIBAN TALKSRetiring defence secretary Robert Gates has confirmed that the US is holding talks with the Taliban in Afghanistan. He told CNN that a political solution was the way "most wars end". The US starts withdrawing its 97,000 troops from Afghanistan in July and plans to be out by 2014. Robert Fox: West grabs excuse to cut and run

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