Ten Things You Need to Know Today: Monday 16 May 2011

published 16 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. GADDAFI FACES ARREST FOR CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITYThe chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court has asked judges to issue arrest warrants for Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi and two other members of the regime for crimes against humanity. Luis Moreno-Ocampo said Gaddafi, his son Saif al-Islam, and intelligence chief Abdullah al-Sanussi were responsible for "widespread and systematic" attacks on civilians. STRAUSS-KAHN denied bail ON rape CHARGESIMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn, accused of attempted rape by a Sofitel hotel maid, has been remanded in custody after appearing in court in New York. He was arrested on Sunday as he boarded a flight bound for Paris and spent the night locked in a New York police unit for sexual offenders after agreeing to medical tests. Since his arrest another woman has come forward to say Strauss-Kahn tried to rape her in 2002. Strauss-Kahn: old sexual assault claim resurfaces Strauss-Kahn arrested on runway for attempted rape ISRAELI FORCES KILL 16 IN BORDER DEMONSTRATIONSIsraeli forces killed at least 16 yesterday as they fired on groups of protesters at borders with the Palestinian territories, Syria and Lebanon as Palestinians marked their day of Nakba, when the State of Israel was created. The demonstrations appeared to threaten border posts on the Golan Heights and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israelis would "defend our borders and our sovereignty". In pictures: Nakba riots AI WEIWEI VISITED BY HIS WIFEChinese artist Ai Weiwei, who was detained by the Beijing authorities more than a month ago as part of a crackdown on dissidents, has been visited by his wife, Lu Qing. She was taken to an undisclosed location and allowed a few minutes to talk to her husband, according to the Times. It is the first news of the artist since he disappeared in early April. FOOTBALLER 'FULLY ENTITLED' TO PRIVACYA High Court judge has ruled that a married footballer who was granted an injunction to prevent details of his private life being published in a newspaper is "fully entitled" to privacy. Justice Eady has reserved judgement on lifting the injunction after a private hearing with the player's lawyers, the Sun and Imogen Thomas, the woman he is alleged to have had an affair with, in London. 3,000 SQUARE MILES FLOODED TO SAVE NEW ORLEANS The US Army Corps of Engineers yesterday began flooding 3,000 square miles of Louisiana as the worst Mississippi flooding since 1927 threatens to put New Orleans under 20 feet of water. More than 25,000 people are being evacuated as they open the Morganza Spillway to divert the waters over Cajun country to save the city. HUHNE's wife 'took driving penalty points'The driver who allegedly helped Lib Dem minister Chris Huhne dodge a ban by taking the blame for a speeding offence, and who is heard on a taped telephone conversation discussing the affair, is his estranged wife, Vicky Pryce, the Daily Telegraph reports. Essex Police will today launch an investigation which could result in charges of conspiring to pervert the course of justice. The Mole: Pressure grows on Chris Huhne to step down MAN WHO DECAPITATED BRIT expat said 'I AM GOD'The 28-year-old Bulgarian drifter who decapitated British retiree Jennifer Mills-Westley in Tenerife was recorded on CCTV camera trying to buy a knife "this big", spreading his arms, as he told the shopkeeper "I am God" just before the attack. Deyan Valentinov Deyanov, known for taking drugs and accosting strangers, is in custody. He had been released from a psychiatric hospital in Febuary. Tenerife beheading: man had history of violence Hawking: heaven is a 'fairy story'Heaven is a "fairy story for people afraid of the dark", Stephen Hawking has said in an interview with the Guardian. The eminent cosmologist, who has lived with motor neurone disease for most of his life, said he is not afraid of dying, having lived with the prospect of an early death for 49 years. "I regard the brain as a computer which will stop working when its components fail," he said. Stephen Hawking: ‘heaven is a fairy story’ AUSTRALIAN 'PLANKING' CRAZE CLAIMS FIRST VICTIMAn Australian in his 20s yesterday became the first victim of the internet craze 'planking', which involves lying flat on the stomach in unlikely and hazardous places, and then posting pictures on the internet. Queensland police said the man had lain along the railing of a high balcony and fallen as his friend took the picture.