Ten Things You Need to Know Today: Tuesday 1 Dec 2015

1. MPs to debate Syria air strikes on Wednesday

The Cabinet has endorsed David Cameron's plan for a one-day Commons debate - and vote - on bombing Islamic State targets in Syria tomorrow. Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn decided yesterday to allow his MPs a free vote on the matter but urged them to oppose the idea. Defence Secretary Michael Fallon has the UK is already a target for IS and that "air strikes alone" would not defeat it.

Syria 'planning a new chemical attack', US claims

2. Turkey's Erdogan tells Putin to prove jet claim

Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan said last night that Vladimir Putin must provide evidence for Russia's allegation that Turkey shot down one of its jets over oil. Russia says its bombing raids in northern Syria pose a threat to Turkey's alleged trade in oil with Islamic State. Turkey still insists the warplane had entered its airspace.

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3. Prince Charles makes plea to save the world's forests

Prince Charles has called on governments to safeguard the future of the world's forests by granting legal title to the indigenous communities that live in them. He told a meeting at COP21 summit it would be impossible to tackle climate change without forests, which suck carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. Deforestation is the world's second largest source of carbon emissions.

Cop21: the key climate change pledges coming out of Paris

4. Doctors' strike off - but patients still face disruption

Even though junior doctors called off a strike today, having secured concessions from the department of health, patients in England are still facing disruption and cancelled operations. The partial resolution brokered by Acas between the NHS and BMA came too late for hospitals, which have suspended 4,000 procedures.

Why junior doctors are going on strike again

5. Yorkshire Ripper 'no longer mentally ill'

Doctors say serial killer Peter Sutcliffe is no longer mentally ill and should be moved from Broadmoor to a mainstream prison. Known as the 'Yorkshire Ripper', Sutcliffe was jailed in 1981 for the murder of 13 women and the attempted murder of 7 others. The lorry driver refused treatment for his paranoid schizophrenia until 1993.

Yorkshire Ripper: Why Peter Sutcliffe is leaving Broadmoor

6. People 'missing' after fire in Newcastle city centre

Dozens of firefighters were called to Newcastle city centre today after a "severe" blaze at a shop, with people feared trapped in the upper floors of the building. The fire broke out at the Kard Bar poster and print shop on Cross Street at around 9am. Nearby roads were closed and smoke could be seen billowing across the city. Fire chiefs said some people remained unaccounted for.

7. US arine jailed for killing transgender woman

A US Marine has been jailed for between six and 12 years in the Philippines for killing a transgender woman in a hotel. Lance Corporal Joseph Scott Pemberton strangled and drowned Jennifer Laude in a toilet bowl in October last year. He claimed he was acting in self-defence after discovering she had male genitals. He had met Laude at a bar in the city of Olongapo.

8. Pirelli calendar features fully clothed intellectuals

Italian tyre manufacturer Pirelli is famous for its calendar, which usually features nude models. This year's version is a radical departure: shot by acclaimed portrait photographer Annie Liebovitz it features female intellectuals and artists, most of them fully clothed. Yoko Ono, Patti Smith, Yao Chen and Amy Schumer all appear.

9. Chelsea submit plans for 60,000-seat stadium

Premier League champions Chelsea have submitted plans to rebuild their Stamford Bridge ground as a 60,000-seater stadium. The plans, lodged with Hammersmith & Fulham council, will be discussed next year. The redevelopment would see the pitch lowered into the ground, decking built over two nearby railway lines. The plans will cost owner Roman Abramovich £500m.

10. Briefing: what can the Paris climate summit achieve

Representatives of more than 190 countries are attending one of the largest climate conferences ever organised, where they will be pushed to agree a legally binding global climate treaty. The aim is to curb carbon emissions and keep global warming below two degrees Celsius by the end of the century. If ratified, the treaty will come into effect in 2020, when current commitments on greenhouse gas emission expire.

COP21: what is the Paris climate change summit likely to achieve?