Ten Things You Need to Know Today: Tuesday 10 May 2016

1. Duncan Smith: Germany had veto on UK reforms

Former work and pensions secretary Iain Duncan Smith has told The Sun that Germany had a "de facto veto" over David Cameron's proposed EU reforms and blocked his plans for an "emergency brake" on migration. Duncan Smith, who is campaigning for a Leave vote, also claimed today that the EU was a "force for social injustice".

Remain-voting City lobby group calls for 'dramatic Brexit U-turn'

2. Barack Obama to visit Hiroshima

Barack Obama is to become the first serving US president to visit Hiroshima since 1945, but he will not apologise for the nuclear bomb that killed 140,000 people. The US dropped nuclear bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki at the end of the Second World War. Obama will be accompanied by Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe during a trip to Asia later this month.

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3. Primary school exam published online - again

For the second time in England in three weeks, a primary school exam has been accidentally published online before it was due to be taken. A grammar, punctuation and spelling test for 600,000 children aged ten and 11 appeared on an exam board website, with answers. Labour said faith in the unpopular tests has been undermined.

4. One dead in 'Islamist' knife attack in Munich

A man has been killed and three others injured in an 'Islamist' knife attack in a suburb of Munich. The stabbing happened at around 5am at a train station in Grafing, which lies 25 miles south-east of the city. Police overpowered and arrested the suspect, who reportedly shouted Islamic slogans, and admitted there could be a "political motive".

Munich knife attack: One dead and three others injured

5. Duterte elected president of Philippines

Rodrigo Duterte, for 20 years mayor of the southern Philippines city of Davao, has declared victory in the country's presidential election and said he will begin rewriting the constitution. Duterte has been a controversial candidate for his admission on the campaign trail that he has killed people, a joke about raping a nun and insulting the Pope.

Rodrigo Duterte: Philippines President likens himself to Hitler

6. Sadiq Khan rejects Trump 'exception' to Muslim ban

London Mayor Sadiq Khan has rejected an offer from US presidential hopeful Donald Trump that would allow him to visit the US. Trump said last year he would ban Muslims from entering the US but this week said he was "happy" Khan had been elected and said: "There will always be exceptions." Khan said that Trump's views were "ignorant".

London Mayor Khan slams foreign investors for leaving homes empty

7. Police apologise after suicide bomb exercise

Police have apologised after a terrorist "bomber" was heard to shout "Allahu Akbar" during a training exercise in Manchester's Trafford shopping centre. A man playing the part of a suicide bomber "detonated" a device while hundreds of volunteers played panicked or injured victims who were attended by police, fire and ambulance crews.

8. Plant study finds 2,000 new species

A major study by botanists at Kew has revealed that 2,000 new species of plant were discovered in 2015 alone. The study is the first attempt to compile information on every vascular plant - plants excluding mosses and algae - in the world, and warns that one in five of the 391,000 known species it lists is under threat of exctinction.

9. Man faces hate crime charge over 'Nazi pug'

A 28-year-old man is facing hate crime charges after a video appeared online showing a pug appearing to make Nazi salutes when footage of Adolf Hitler was screened. Officers from Police Scotland said the video had caused "offence and hurt to many people in our community".

Man arrested over video of pug's 'Nazi salute'

10. Briefing: Red squirrels face a new threat - leprosy

Researchers are conducting a study into a little-known form of leprosy affecting the UK's red squirrel population. The strain, which causes fur loss and swelling, is thought to have existed for centuries and does not present a risk to humans. Wildlife experts from the University of Edinburgh will study the red squirrel population on Brownsea Island, one of the few remaining colonies in England, in order to find out more about the disease.

Red squirrel leprosy threat investigated by wildlife experts