Ten Things You Need to Know Today: Monday 13 Jul 2015

1. Grexit averted as eurozone agrees new bailout package

Eurozone leaders have come to a "unanimous" agreement over a third bailout for Greece after marathon talks, averting the danger of a Greek exit from the euro. The new package is said to be worth €35bn. It involves debt restructuring and the creation of a fund privatise or manage Greek assets. Greece must pass the reforms by Wednesday.

Greece finally reaches deal to release €12bn bailout funds

2. Climate change protest closes Heathrow runway

A protest by direct action group Plane Stupid closed Heathrow's north runway this morning from around 3.30am until 6.20am. Around 12 protesters chained themselves to a “tripod” of their own construction, police said. The group is opposed to airport expansion across the UK - and particularly to a third runway at Heathrow.

Subscribe to The Week

Escape your echo chamber. Get the facts behind the news, plus analysis from multiple perspectives.

SUBSCRIBE & SAVE

Sign up for The Week's Free Newsletters

From our morning news briefing to a weekly Good News Newsletter, get the best of The Week delivered directly to your inbox.

From our morning news briefing to a weekly Good News Newsletter, get the best of The Week delivered directly to your inbox.

Sign up

Delays at Heathrow airport after protesters storm runway

3. Cameron: spend more on drones to fight IS

David Cameron has told defence chiefs to spend more money on developing drone technology to combat Islamic State (IS). The PM also said more defence funds should go to the SAS, for the same reason. As well as Islamist extremism, he highlighted a more aggressive Russia and cyber attacks as posing a threat to UK security.

UK to spend more on drones and SAS to tackle Islamic State

4. Nintendo CEO Satoru Iwata dead at 55

Satoru Iwata, CEO of Nintendo since 2004, has died at the age of 55. The games giant has confirmed that Iwata passed away of bile duct cancer on Saturday, just months after controversially steering the firm away from its consoles-only policy. Shares in the Japanese firm fell 5% as the markets opened but rebounded to a 0.51% slump.

5. Two die in industrial estate explosion

Two people have been killed in a suspected explosion on an industrial estate in Norfolk. The men, one aged in his 50s and the other in his 20s, worked at a company called Harford Attachments, which makes buckets for the front of diggers. Nofolk police said they had died in an "industrial incident" at the estate in Norwich.

6. Police arrest man who ‘tried to sell baby’

Greater Manchester police yesterday arrested a man who had allegedly tried to sell a three-month-old baby girl in the city’s Deansgate on Sunday afternoon. A picture released earlier supposedly showed the man with a pram, leaning through the doorway of a betting shop. The 28-year-old was arrested on suspicion of neglect.

7. Harman faces Labour backlash over welfare cuts

Interim Labour leader Harriet Harman is facing a backlash after saying that the party would not oppose the £12bn cuts outlined by George Osborne in last week's Budget. Her comments angered many in the party who say an interim leader should not make such statements. Harman later said she was "perfectly happy" for her stance on tax credit cuts to be reversed.

Jeremy Corbyn is a 'disaster', says Stephen Hawking

8. H7N7 bird flu identified at Lancashire poultry farm

The H7N7 strain of bird flu has been confirmed at a poultry farm in Lancashire. Culling at the farm has begun with thousands of bird expected to be slaughtered. Farms within an exlusion zone have bee told not to move poultry or livestock except under licence. However, Public Health England says the risk to the public is very low.

H7N7 virus: bird flu confirmed at poultry farm in Lancashire

9. Harper Lee novel casts hero Finch as bigot

In Harper Lee’s much-read 1960 novel To Kill a Mockingbird, white lawyer Atticus Finch heroically defends a wrongly-accused black man. Lee, now 89, has published her second novel - actually written first. And Go Set a Watchman is set to shock Mockingbird’s many fans because it paints the saintly Atticus as a bigoted hypocrite.

Harper Lee novel: will Go Set a Watchman live up to the hype?

10. Briefing: why police are warning against selfie deaths

Russian police have issued a warning brochure aimed at discouraging selfie addicts from risking their lives to get the perfect shot, following a spate of fatalities linked to the social media fad. So far in 2015, more than ten deaths and 100 accidents have been caused by reckless Russian selfie fans looking for an exciting snap to share on social media. And it's not just Russians who are risking everything for the perfect shot

Selfie deaths: six people who died taking a selfie