Ten Things You Need to Know Today: Tuesday 24 May 2011

published 24 May 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. OBAMA MEETS THE QUEEN US president Obama has laid a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Westminster Abbey. Earlier he and his wife Michelle met the Queen and Prince Phillip and spent 20 minutes with newlyweds the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge. Tonight they will attend a state banquet at Buckingham Palace. That comes after Obama and David Cameron redefined the "special" relationship between the US and UK as the "essential relationship" in a joint article for the Times. In pictures: Obama in the UK volcanic ash to close airports in northern UK An ash cloud from the Icelandic volcano of Grimsvotn has caused the cancellation of 252 flights from airports including Glasgow, Edinburgh and Newcastle. Budget carrier Ryanair objected to the grounding of flights and said it had flown over Scotland with no trouble, but the CAA said that no Ryanair plane had entered the "area of high contamination". Meanwhile Barcelona FC have arrived in England for the Champions League final two days early as a precaution. In pictures: Iceland volcano Grimsvotn erupts Could Grimsvotn help Man United beat Barcelona? MUBARAK TO FACE TRIAL OVER EGYPT DEATHSHosni Mubarak, the former president of Egypt who was toppled earlier this year, and his two sons are to face trial over the deaths of anti-government protesters during the revolution that brought him down. Mubarak, who is in hospital in the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh, and his wife also face corruption charges, while his sons, who are in prison, have been accused of fraud. MANSLAUGHTER CHARGE FOR TOMLINSON PCPC Simon Harwood, the police officer seen striking newspaper seller Ian Tomlinson at the G20 protests in April 2009, is to be charged with manslaughter over his death. Earlier this month an inquest returned a verdict of unlawful death on the 47-year-old and the director of public prosecutions, Keir Starmer, said there was now a "realistic prospect" of convicting Harwood. MISSOURI TORNADO DEATH TOLL REACHES 116 At least 116 people have been confirmed dead from a tornado which hit Joplin, Missouri, destroying more than a quarter of the city of 50,000. One thousand more are injured. Medical supplies were found 45 miles away after the main hospital took a direct hit. The storm season is the worst for 50 years, with 350 killed in the last month. President Obama will visit Missouri when he returns from Europe. In pictures: Tornado flattens Joplin, Missouri Video: Deadly Joplin tornado captured by storm chasers injunction footballer fears being booed by fans The privacy injunction of another Premier League footballer has moved centre stage following the naming in Parliament yesterday of Manchester United player Ryan Giggs as the holder of a separate injunction. The unnamed player, known only as TSE, said he feared if the injunction was lifted he would be "booed during games and be the subject of cruel chants". Mr Justice Tugendhat ruled that the fact TSE's name had already been revealed on Twitter was no reason to lift the injunction. The Mole: Giggs injunction fiasco: Cameron plays for time Ryan Giggs - the name of injunction footballer CTB BRITISH HELICOPTERS to attack libyaApache ground attack helicopters will fly into Libya from HMS Ocean in joint operations with the French, the MoD confirmed last night. As many as 18 helicopters, supported by special forces, will be sent into action to increase pressure on Col Gaddafi's regime. The heaviest Nato air attacks on Tripoli so far were also reported last night. How helicopters could win the war against Gaddafi Gaddafi profits from Apache choppers sent to fight him STRAUSS-KAHN LEFT semen ON MAID'S DRESSThe semen of fallen IMF boss Dominique Strauss-Kahn has been found on the dress of the New York hotel maid he is accused of attempting to rape, according to reports from Paris. New York police sent a sample to France, and it has been confirmed as matching his DNA. DSK faces seven charges relating to the alleged attack, but according to the New York Post he has offered the victims family money in return for dropping the case. Strauss-Kahn ‘to pay off hotel maid’ over ‘rape’ SCHWARZENEGGER: 'at least' two more children Arnold Schwarzenegger has at least two more love children, the British actress Jane Seymour said yesterday, quoting friends who "know him well". Another woman has asked Schwarzenegger's lawyers for DNA tests, claiming her 8-year-old daughter is his. Biographer Ian Halperin has interviewed six women who claim to have had his children. MURRAY INTO SECOND ROUND OF FRENCH OPENAndy Murray eased into the second round of the French Open with a straight sets win over French qualifier Eric Prodon. The 24-year-old Scot won 6-4 6-1 6-3, but despite the comfortable scoreline he twice dropped serve against his unfancied opponent, who was playing his first ever match in the main draw of a Grand Slam at the age of 29.