Ten Things You Need to Know Today: Tuesday 13 Mar 2012

1. CAMERON AND OBAMA HAIL BOND

David Cameron arrives in the USA today, where he will discuss the withdrawal of US and UK troops from lead combat roles in Afghanistan early next year with Barack Obama. The two men published a joint article in The Washington Post today hailing the "unique and essential" relationship between their nations.

Afghan pull-out? Whiff of panic as Cameron flies off to America

2. REBEKAH BROOKS ARRESTED

Former News International CEO Rebekah Brooks and her husband Charlie, close friends of David Cameron, are among six people arrested this morning by police investigating phone hacking by journalists. Forty-five people have now been arrested in connection with Operation Weeting and related investigations.

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Rebekah Brooks arrested by phone hacking police

3. MARIE COLVIN BURIED IN LONG ISLAND

Sunday Times correspondent Marie Colvin was laid to rest at her home town on Long Island, New York, yesterday. Among the 300 mourners were family members including her mother Rosemarie, immigrants from the countries she reported on, Times proprietor Rupert Murdoch and editor John Witherow.

Farewell to brave Marie Colvin but there’s no let-up in Homs

4. GPS 'WILL WORK' WITH COALITION ON BILL

The Royal College of GPs has said it is willing to work with the government on implementing changes to the NHS. The group was dropped from talks last month after declaring its opposition to the bill but now head Clare Gerada says members, though still opposed, are willing to find a "way forward".

5. TALIBAN ATTACK AT GUN RAMPAGE SITE

Taliban militants have attacked an Afghan government delegation while it was visiting the site in Kandahar province of the gun rampage by a US soldier who killed 16 Afghan villagers. One Afghan army soldier was killed. Meanwhile, the US defense secretary has said the 38-year-old US soldier responsible for the massacre could face the death penalty.

Taliban attack Afghan officials at site of US gun rampage

6. HEAD BUTT MP QUITS LABOUR

Eric Joyce, the Falkirk MP who pleaded guilty to four counts of assault last week, committed in a House of Commons bar, has resigned from the Labour party, saying he has "a number of personal issues to address". He has already announced he will not stand for re-election at the next general election.

7. ISRAEL AND MILITANTS AGREE TRUCE

Israel has agreed a truce with Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip following four days of tit-for-tat attacks which started when the leader of the Popular Resistance Committees was assassinated in an Israeli airstrike. 25 Palestinians have been killed in airstrikes since Friday, while five Israelis have been wounded in Palestinian rocket attacks.

In pictures: Israel and Palestinians end days of tit-for-tat violence

8. HARRY: I'M NOT SURE ABOUT ENGLAND

Harry Redknapp has set the cat among the pigeons by telling a French magazine that he isn't sure he wants to become England manager quite yet. The Tottenham boss told a reporter from l'Equipe: "I'm not sure. I have a very good job at Tottenham today and I like it. But I do not know. We will wait and see."

Redknapp under scrutiny after Arab joke causes 'controversy'

9. SADE TAKES U.S. BY STORM

The UK's highest-earning act in the US last year was Sade, according to Billboard magazine's annual list. The 1980s singer and her band released no new material but launched a world tour which grossed so much it made them the sixth-most paid music act in the US, as well as the richest from the UK.

10. HOT TICKET: RETURN OF GILBERT & GEORGE

Former Turner Prize-winners Gilbert & George are back with an ambitious show based on the 3,712 newspaper bills they’ve pilfered from outside news agents over recent years. The headlines are laid over backgrounds featuring the artists themselves. “Their best work for some time,” says the Standard. Until mid-May at White Cube.

London Pictures: Gilbert & George steal headlines again