Ten Things You Need to Know Today: Friday 19 Jun 2015

1. CHARLESTON: ROOF ‘WANTED TO START WAR’

Dylann Roof, the 21-year-old suspected of shooting nine people dead at an historic black church in South Carolina, wanted to “start a civil war” according to a former room-mate who said he was a white supremacist. Roof was arrested in North Carolina yesterday morning, four hours from Charleston.

Dylann Roof sentenced to death for Charleston church massacre

2. EMERGENCY SUMMIT TO DISCUSS GREECE

Eurozone leaders will hold an emergency summit on Monday to discuss the Greek crisis after their finance ministers failed to make progress yesterday. Greece has less than two weeks to strike a deal with creditors. PM Alexis Tsipras insisted today that a solution “respecting EU rules” would be found.

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Greece finally reaches deal to release €12bn bailout funds

3. CAMERON: DON’T QUIETLY CONDONE I.S

Speaking at a security conference in Bratislava, Slovakia, today, David Cameron has warned of the danger posed by those who “quietly condone” the extremist ideology of Islamic State (IS). He stressed the importance of tackling radicalisation at source and highlight the role families can play in preventing it.

Cameron urges Muslims to do more to stamp out extremism

4. MO FARAH HITS OUT OVER DRUG CLAIMS

Double Olympic champion Mo Farah has denied ever taking performance-enhancing drugs after doping allegations were made against his coach, Alberto Salazar. Addressing the claims on Facebook Farah said speculation had left him "angry, frustrated and upset" and added: "I've never taken performance-enhancing drugs in my life and I never will."

5. BRADFORD CHILDREN 'NOW IN SYRIA'

Three sisters and nine children from Bradford have been smuggled into Syria by Islamic State, it has been claimed. A source told the BBC that the family, which went missing after a pilgrimage to Saudi Arabia, split into two groups to cross the border. Bradford Council says it was not made aware of any risk to the children before they disappeared.

6. ENGLAND FOOTBALLER JAILED FOR ASSAULT

Former Chelsea and England footballer Kerry Dixon has been jailed for nine months for assaulting a man who called him "fatso" in a pub. The attack took place in a bar in Luton. Dixon knocked his victim, Ben Scoble, off a bar stool and punched and kicked him while he was on the floor. Dixon claimed he feared he was about to be glassed.

7. CLARKSON: BBC DENIES TOP GEAR CLAIM

Jeremy Clarkson has claimed the BBC asked him to return as presenter on motoring show Top Gear, weeks after he was sacked for punching a producer. The 55-year-old told The Sun that he turned the offer down because “someone from the BBC” had compared him to Jimmy Savile. The BBC has denied he was offered the job.

Jeremy Clarkson to become a character in Amazon Prime’s The Grand Tour Game

8. FRUIT FARM BOSS GUILTY OF MANSLAUGHTER

A fruit farm manager has been convicted of manslaughter after two men died in a nitrogen-filled storage tank. Scott Cain and Ashley Clarke suffocated as they hunted apples that could be entered in a fruit show. Boss Andrew Stocker was on holiday in the Maldives when the men died, but had left instructions for the men.

9. BODY ON LONDON ROOF 'FELL FROM PLANE'

A man found dead on the roof of a building in Richmond, west London, is thought to have been a stowaway who fell to his death from a plane coming in to land at Heathrow. Another man is in a critical condition in hospital after being discovered in the undercarriage of a British Airways jet that had arrived from South Africa.

BA stowaway falls to death in London after 8,000-mile flight

10. BRIEFING: HOW GREXIT WOULD AFFECT THE UK

Britain has stepped up contingency plans to prepare for a possible Grexit, with Chancellor George Osborne warning that there was a "very real risk" the negotiations could fail. British savers have been warned to expect at least 10 per cent to be wiped off the value of pensions and share-based Isas if Greece goes bankrupt and leaves the single currency.

Greece finally reaches deal to release €12bn bailout funds