Ten Things You Need to Know Today: Tuesday 17 Nov 2015

1. Paris attacks: air strikes on IS as Kerry visits

France has launched another wave of air strikes on Islamic State (IS) targets in Syria, centred on the town of Raqqa. Meanwhile, US secretary of state John Kerry has dubbed IS "psychopathic monsters" as he arrives in Paris for talks with Francois Hollande. A manhunt continues for suspect Salah Abdeslam, thought to be in Belgium.

US warns of Europe Christmas terror

2. England v France: armed police for Wembley

Armed police are to patrol Wembley stadium for the first time as England plays a friendly against France tonight. England captain Wayne Rooney has spoken of his happiness the match has not been cancelled. The words to La Marseillaise will appear on the big screens in the hope that all 80,000 spectators will sing with the French team.

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France and England unite at Wembley after Paris attacks

3. Special forces to get £2bn as IS plots cyber attacks

David Cameron is today announcing an extra £2bn for UK special forces including the SAS. The money will be spent on new weapons and vehicles and reflects worries about the rise of terrorism. And chancellor George Osborne is warning today that IS is plotting major cyber attacks on British hospitals or air traffic control centres.

Islamic State 'plotting cyber attacks on British hospitals'

4. Guinea's last known Ebola patient released

The last person known to have the Ebola virus in Guinea - a baby - has been released from hospital in the capital, Conakry. The country will be declared officially free of Ebola, like neighbouring Sierra Leone and Liberia, if no new cases surface in the next six weeks. The West African outbreak began in Guinea and killed 11,000.

5. Storm Barney to batter Britain's west coast

The second storm in a week big enough to be given a name will hit the UK today. Storm Barney is expected to bring winds of up to 70mph inland and 80mph along the coast through Wales and up the Bristol Channel. The Met Office has issued a yellow 'be aware' warning for parts of Wales, southern, eastern and central England.

UK weather: selfies warning issued ahead of Storm Barney

6. Charlie Sheen reveals HIV blackmail attempts

Actor Charlie Sheen has revealed that he has HIV. He made the announcement during an appearance on NBC's Today programme after weeks of speculation. The 50-year-old said he was diagnosed four years ago and claimed that he had been blackmailed for millions of dollars over his illness and that he would stop paying the extorters now he had gone public.

Charlie Sheen learned of his HIV diagnosis four years ago

7. Space station power cut will last until 2016

The International Space Station has suffered a power cut which cannot be repaired until 2016. The crew are left with one power channel fewer after being forced to re-route power. Spacewalking repairs will be required but there are no spare parts on board because of delays to resupply missions caused by recent launch failures.

8. Lads mags FHM and Zoo to close

Lads mags FHM and Zoo are to cease publication by the end of the year, owner Bauer Media has announced. Both the print and digital versions of the two titles are to close. FHM currently has a circulation of just 67,000, down 20% this year. At the height of the lads mag boom in 2000 it sold 700,000 copies. Zoo sells 24,000 copies a week, down from a high of 260,000 in 2005.

9. Germaine Greer's love letter to Martin Amis

A passionate letter written by feminist author Germaine Greer to her then lover, the novelist Martin Amis, in 1976 has surfaced in an archive of Greer's papers she donated to the University of Melbourne. Greer has made it clear she does not want the letter published. In it, she says she is "helpless with desire" for the younger man.

10. Briefing: Islamic State's targets, from Paris and Beirut to Sydney

Islamic State has claimed responsibility for the deadly terrorist attacks in Paris – the latest in a series of killings purportedly carried out by the Islamist militants. Analysts warn that the militants have joined forces with other Islamist groups in North Africa and the Middle East in order to build their global influence and attack more targets. And while the vast majority of attacks take place on their home turf, they have struck overseas several times in recent months.

Countries attacked by Islamic State: from France to Lebanon