Ten Things You Need to Know Today: Monday 23 May 2016

1. Treasury: Brexit would spark year-long recession

New research from the Treasury claims leaving the EU would spark a year-long recession in the UK, with economic growth lowered by 3.6 per cent. Chancellor George Osborne warned of a "immediate and profound" economic shock in the event of Brexit. Leave campaigner Iain Duncan Smith said the report was "deeply biased".

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

2. Ken Loach wins Palme d'Or at Cannes

Veteran UK director Ken Loach has won the Palme d'Or at Cannes for for I, Daniel Blake. The 79-year-old social activist damned the "dangerous project of austerity" as he collected the prize, which is his second best-picture award at the prestigious film festival. British film-maker Andrea Arnold won the Jury Prize for her road movie, American Honey.

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How Ken Loach's anti-austerity tale won the Palme d'Or

3. Iraq: PM announces mission to retake Fallujah

Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi has announced the start of a mission to retake Fallujah from Islamic State. The city was the first in the country to fall to terrorist group in 2014 and remains one of their two key strongholds. Civilians have been told to leave their homes to escape the bombing.

Baghdad bombings: Islamic State escalates terror campaign

4. Louis van Gaal sacked by Manchester United

Jose Mourinho is expected to be named as the new manager of Manchester United after Louis van Gaal was fired by the club, two days after winning the FA Cup. The Dutch boss had been in charge at Old Trafford since 2014 and had a year left on his contract. He was dismissed on Monday after a disappointing season in which United missed out on qualification for the Champions League.

Mourinho outlines his Man Utd plan - 'I want to win'

5. Turkey calls on EU to take more refugees

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has accused the EU of not doing enough to redistribute the three million refugees from Syria and elsewhere currently living in Turkey. Writing in The Guardian, he asks the rest of the world to "rise to the challenge and create a fair mechanism for sharing the burden" of resettling migrants.

6. Austria: Far-right candidate could win presidency

Europe could have its first far-right leader since the Second World War after Norbert Hofer tied with Alexander Van der Bellen in the second round of voting for the Austrian presidency. Postal votes are still being counted. Hofer, who leads the populist Freedom Party, says he is "not dangerous" and is not as right-wing as some claim.

Austrian presidential election: Far-right candidate defeated

7. Deadline arrives for Tata Steel bidders

Today is the last day for interested parties to put in bids to take over Tata Steel's UK plants, with the company hoping to complete the sale by the end of June. Seven bidders have been confirmed for the businesses, which directly employ 11,000 people and are said to be losing £1m a day. Two potential buyers have said they would work together.

Tata Steel strikes £550m deal to solve pensions riddle

8. Night Tube scheduled to begin in August

A new date for London's Night Tube to begin running has been set, with all-night services on some lines from 19 August. The proposed 24-hour weekend services will begin on the Central and Victoria lines before being picked up by the Piccadilly, Jubilee and Northern lines in the autumn. However, the plans could be delayed once again by more strike action by Tube workers.

Tube commuters face more delays as engineers begin industrial action

9. Study finds Lego toys getting more violent

Plastic brick manufacturer Lego is caught up in a children's "arms race", researchers have claimed. A study by the University of Canterbury in New Zealand has found that the firm is making increasingly violent toys as it struggles to keep children's attention in a digital age, with more weapons and war-like scenarios among its bricks and sets.

10. Briefing: The best Google Cardboard apps

Google's Cardboard virtual reality platform has the most accessible virtual reality experiences out there, with the optical viewers not only cheap to buy, but supported by a huge catalogue of virtual experiences, many of them free to download. There's a dedicated Cardboard app itself, complete with a handful of beginner experiences, but here are five apps the critics have picked out for the Cardboard, all of them great for getting started with.

The best Google Cardboard apps