Ten Things You Need to Know Today: Tuesday 11 Nov 2014

1. FERRY CAPTAIN GETS 36 YEARS IN KOREA

The captain of the Sewol ferry, which sank in South Korea killing more than 300 people, most of them schoolchildren, has been jailed for more than 36 years for gross negligence. Lee Joon-seok escaped the death penalty after being acquitted of homicide. Fourteen other crew were also jailed.

South Korea ferry verdict: Sewol captain escapes death penalty

2. CAP ‘WILL WIPE OUT PAYDAY LENDERS’

High Street payday lenders may vanish within a year, according to an expert who worked with the Financial Conduct Authority to design a new cap on the interest rates the companies can charge. The cap will take effect in 2015 and will also limit the total amount that can be added to a loan to 100%.

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New FCA cap could 'wipe out payday lenders within a year'

3. ARMISTICE DAY: UK HONOURS WAR DEAD

Tributes have been paid today to British war dead on the 96th anniversary of the armistice which ended the First World War. The last of more than 888,000 ceramic poppies was ‘planted’ at the Tower of London by a 13-year-old Army cadet and public silences were observed across the nation on the stroke of 11am.

Armistice Day: British cities during WWI and now - in pictures

4. SECRET TERROR TRIAL JURY DISCHARGED

Erol Incedal, accused of planning a Mumbai-style terror attack in London, is to face a retrial after the jury in his case was discharged after four days of deliberations. Incedal was arrested after being stopped by police, who found he was carrying the address of Tony Blair. Much of the case had been heard in secret at the Old Bailey.

5. MPS' CALLS TO PRISONERS WERE TAPED

Private phonecalls between MPs and prison inmates have been recorded and in some cases listened to, Justice Secretary Chris Grayling has revealed. He admitted that conversations involving at least 32 current MPs are thought to be involved, and that a "handful" of confidential conversations involving prisoners and lawyers had been monitored.

6. INDIA: EIGHT WOMEN DIE AFTER STERILISATION

Eight women have died in India, and dozens are in hospital, after a state-run mass sterilisation programme went wrong. Women in Chhattisgarh state are paid £15 to undergo the procedure, in a bid to control the population. The women complained of severe pain and fever after the five-hour operations.

7. NO EBOLA LEFT IN US AS PATIENT RECOVERS

The US has been declared Ebola-free after the only sufferer being treated for the virus there recovered. Craig Spencer, a NYC doctor, is expected to leave hospital today. Spencer caught the disease in Guinea and there was public concern after it emerged he had travelled on the city’s subway while infected.

Ebola: US suit stockpile causes shortage in Africa

8. CAMERON WELCOMES EU BENEFIT RULING

David Cameron has welcomed a European Court of Justice ruling that restricts unemployed migrants' right to welfare, which he hopes will curb "benefit tourism". The case in Germany involved a Romanian woman who was seeking benefits despite not looking for work. The court said free movement in Europe did not include a right to claim benefits.

EU ruling supports curbs on 'benefits tourism'

9. MOROCCO WILL NOT HOST CUP OF NATIONS

Morocco will not host the 2015 African Cup of Nations football tournament because of fears over Ebola. The North African country wanted to postpone the event until 2016, but has now been expelled from the Conferderation of African Football as the organisation looks for a new host for the tournament, scheduled for early next year.

10. HOT TICKET: ROYAL BALLET TRIPLE BILL

The Royal Ballet's new triple bill, inspired by WWII music and themes, is playing at Covent Garden. Liam Scarlett premieres his new work, Age of Anxiety, inspired by a WH Auden poem, alongside Kim Brandstrup's Ceremony of Innocence and Christopher Wheeldon's Aeternum. "Terrific," says the Times. Until 17 November.

Royal Ballet triple bill – reviews of 'richly elegiac' dance works