Ten Things You Need to Know Today: Monday 25 Apr 2011

published 25 April 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. NATO AIR STRIKE HITS GADDAFI COMPOUNDIn some of the biggest missile blasts to hit Tripoli so far, a Nato air strike has hit Colonel Gaddafi's Bab al-Azizia compound, briefly causing three Libyan TV stations to go off air. Meanwhile, fighting continues in Misrata, 150km from the capital. The rebels received a boost on Sunday when Kuwait announced it would donate £110m. In pictures: No surrender as rebels and loyalists lock horns SYRIAN TANKS ROLL INTO DERAAAs international pressure mounts on Syria's oppressive regime, president Bashar al-Assad has risked condemnation by sending his troops in to the city of Deraa, which has been a hub of opposition since anti-government protests began five weeks ago. More than 120 protesters were shot dead by security forces this weekend. LECTURER ARRESTED AFTER 15-YEAR-OLD DIESA university lecturer is being held by police after a 15-year-old girl died in his home at an apparently unsupervised party. Isobel Reilly died at Brian Dodgeon's West London home after a suspected drugs overdose. Parents of other guests told reporters the teengaers had found a bag of pills including Ketamine and Ecstasy in the house. GUARD REMOVED FROM ROYAL WEDDING DUTYA Scots Guard who called Kate Middleton a "stuck-up bitch" on his Facebook page has been removed from duty for the Royal Wedding. Eighteen-year-old Cameron Riley, from East Kilbride, also posted racist comments on his page, joking about shooting rabbis and claiming he had "attacked a black man" while on leave. Guardsman banned from royal wedding after Kate Middleton slur IT'S ALL MY FAULT, SAYS WENGERArsenal manager Arsene Wenger has accepted full responsibility for his side's recent disastrous run, capped on Sunday by a 2-1 defeat at the hands of Bolton Wanderers almost guaranteeing another season without a trophy for the London side. Wenger said: "If somebody's to blame, it's me. I pick the team and choose the players." SHOT CONGRESSWOMAN FIT FOR SHUTTLE LAUNCHGabrielle Giffords, the US congresswoman shot in the head by gunman Jared Loughner as she held a public meeting, has been declared well enough to attend the Friday launch of the space shuttle Endeavour, which is piloted by her husband. Giffords has problems with speech and movement since the January attack. AV CAMPAIGNERS' LEGAL THREAT TO COALITIONLib Dem cabinet minister Chris Huhne has underlined the threat posed to coalition unity by the increasingly bitter arguments over the AV referendum. Huhne said the coalition will be "more difficult" to manage as he warned the PM and other senior Tories could face legal action over the way they have campaigned against AV. WIKILEAKS: U.S. DETAINED INNOCENT AT GUANTANAMOFiles released by whistle blowing website Wikileaks show the US authorities assessed 150 of the 780 detainees at Camp X-Ray in the Guantanamo naval base in Cuba as "innocent". While 220 were classed as dangerous terrorists, 150 were thought to be low-ranking foot-soldiers. There are now just over 180 detainees left in the camp. JORDAN SURVIVES ACCIDENT IN SOUTH AMERICAGlamour model Jordan, aka Katie Price, has spoken of a terrifying car crash she survived with whiplash injuries in Argentina. Driven by her model boyfriend Leandro Penna, the couple's 4x4 was hit by two stallions which ran into the road. Horse-loving Price was said to be more upset by the equine casualties than her own plight. AFGHANISTAN: 500 TALEBAN TUNNEL OUT OF JAILAlmost 500 Taleban prisoners escaped last night from a jail in Kandahar through a tunnel hundreds of metres long. The jail-break is the second biggest in the recent Afghan conflict – more than 1,000 got out in one incident in 2008. However, it is thought it could pose a serious setback to attempts to counter the insurgency.