Ten Things You Need to Know Today: Thursday 16 Jul 2015

1. Greek debt: Tsipras wins vote, eurozone grants €7bn loan

Greek PM Alexis Tsipras is to push ahead with painful new austerity measures after winning backing from Greece’s MPs in a vote late last night, which went 229 to 64 in his favour, despite opposition from within the government. After the vote eurozone ministers agreed to give Greece a €7bn bridging loan to keep its finances afloat until the bailout.

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