Ten Things You Need to Know Today: Tuesday 3 May 2011

Pakistani soldiers outside Osama bin Laden&amp;#039;s compound in Abbottabad

published 3 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. 'BIN LADEN 'WAS HIDING BEHIND HIS WIFE'Osama bin Laden was cowering behind his wife when he was killed by US Navy Seals, White House counter-terrorism adviser John Brennan said last night. He was killed by two bullets to the head, the first in the left eye. His identity was confirmed through DNA matching with a sister, whose tissue had been taken by the FBI after she died of brain cancer in Boston. No photograph of the al-Qaeda leader dead has yet been released. Bin Laden’s secrets die with him - how convenient TOMLINSON WAS 'UNLAWFULLY KILLED'The jury inquest into the death of Ian Tomlinson at the G20 protests in London in 2009 has ruled that he was unlawfully killed by PC Simon Harwood. The jury took four-and-a-half hours to reach its verdict, ruling that PC Harwood used "excessive and unreasonable" force when he struck the newspaper-seller, who was not part of the protests. The Crown Prosecution Service could now reopen criminal proceedings. PAKISTAN 'EMBARRASSED' BY BIN LADEN RAIDThe Pakistani intelligence agency, the ISI, says it is embarrassed by its failure to realise that Osama bin Laden was living in Abbottabad. The compound where he was killed was raided in 2003, but a spokesman said since then it "was not on our radar". Writing in the Washington Post, Pakistani president Asif Ali Zardari admitted Bin Laden "was not anywhere we had anticipated he would be". Obama watches by satellite feed as Bin Laden is shot HUHNE AND CAMERON IN AV CABINET CLASHPrime minister David Cameron and Chris Huhne, the energy secretary, had a "bust up" during a cabinet meeting over the AV referendum. Huhne, who is a Lib Dem MP and supports AV, "went for" the PM and chancellor George Osborne in cabinet on Tuesday over statements made by the No campaign. Huhne has previously attacked the No campaign and threatened legal action. SARAH BURTON TAKES MANHATTAN Sarah Burton, fresh from her triumph as designer of the royal wedding dress, is being feted today by the New York fashion elite at the opening of Savage Beauty, the Metropolitan Museum's special retrospective exhibition of her mentor Alexander McQueen's creations. Tonight's A-list gala ball is co-hosted by Vogue's Anna Wintour. GADDAFI MISSES SON'S TRIPOLI FUNERAL Libyan dictator Col Gaddafi remained hidden yesterday as his youngest son Saif al-Arab, 29, killed in an air strike on the Gaddafi compound last week, was buried in Tripoli. Nato planes circled overhead as loyalists followed his coffin through the streets. Saif al-Gaddafi and Mohammed, the older sons, attended the burial, arriving in an armoured vehicle. SONY ADMITS MORE SECURITY BREACHESThe extent of the security breach at Sony is worse than previously thought after the company confessed that a further 25 million gamers have had their personal details stolen. It said credit card details and other personal information had been taken from an "outdated database", believed to hold information from 2007. The Sony Online Entertainment (SOE) service is now offline along with the Playstation Network. CONSERVATIVES WIN CANADIAN ELECTION Prime Minister Stephen Harper's Conservatives look to have won a clear majority in Monday's general election in Canada, according to preliminary figures. Harper's campaign focused on the Conservatives' success in pulling Canada through the recession. The separatist Bloc Quebecois looks to have been virtually wiped out, winning only three seats. EMMA WATSON VOTED 'BEST DRESSED' Harry Potter actress Emma Watson has been voted 'best dressed' in the annual poll by Glamour magazine, pushing last year's winner Cheryl Cole, slated to become a judge on the US X Factor, into second spot. Prime Minister's wife Samantha Cameron is a newcomer at 19. Lady Gaga was 'worst dressed'. AIR FRANCE VOICE RECORDER RECOVERED The cockpit voice recorder of an Air France flight that crashed into the Atlantic two years ago has been found, two days after the black box flight recorder was discovered on the ocean floor. Both pieces of equipment are said to be in good condition and will be shipped back to France, where investigators hope to find out what caused flight 447 to crash in June in 2009, killing 228 people.