Ten Things You Need to Know Today: Saturday 18 Jun 2016

1. Man charged with murder of Jo Cox MP

A man has been charged with the murder of Labour MP Jo Cox. Thomas Mair, 52, has been charged in connection with the murder of the 41-year-old, who was shot and stabbed outside her constituency surgery in Birstall, West Yorkshire, on Thursday. He is is suspected of longstanding links to far-right groups after police found extremist propaganda during a search of his house.

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