Ten Things You Need to Know Today: Tuesday 5 Jul 2016

1. Nasa's Juno probe reaches Jupiter orbit

Nasa scientists are celebrating after successfully putting a probe in orbit around Jupiter. The Juno spacecraft has travelled for five years to reach the giant planet and is now in a 53-day circuit around it, which will be tightened to 14 days in mid-October, when surveying can begin.

Juno: Nasa spacecraft sends first images from Jupiter orbit

2. Suicide bomber strikes holy city Medina

A suicide bomber has struck the Islamic holy city Medina, in Saudi Arabia. The attacker killed four security officers and injured five others after detonating his explosives when stopped outside the burial place of Mohammed. No group has claimed responsibility yet.

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Saudi Arabia attacks: Four dead in Islamic holy city of Medina

3. Tory MPs begin voting on new leader

Conservative MPs will today being the process of voting for a new leader, with the two most popular candidates eventually going up to face the party's 150,000-strong membership for a final decision. The two favourites are both women: Theresa May, the Home Secretary, and energy minister Andrea Leadsom.

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4. Schools closed as teachers walk out

Many schools in England will be closed today as members of the NUT stage a one-day strike over school funding. The union says budgets are not keeping up with rising costs, meaning fewer teachers are teaching bigger classes. Education Secretary Nicky Morgan says the government has protected funding.

5. Watson urges unions to tell Corbyn to go

Deputy Labour leader Tom Watson is today meeting the heads of key unions to urge them to put pressure on Jeremy Corbyn to stand down as leader. Watson has told the party chief he must have the support of his MPs as well as the backing of rank-and-file members. Corbyn released a video yesterday making clear he is going nowhere.

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6. Junior doctors vote against new contract

Junior doctors and medical students across England have rejected a proposed new contract. Around three in five voted against the deal, on a turnout of 68 per cent. Johann Malawana, chairman of the BMA's junior doctors' committee, who recommended his members accept the new contract, has resigned.

7. Philippines lawyers slam extra-judicial killings

A lawyers' group in the Philippines has spoken out after police boasted of 30 summary executions of so-called "drug dealers" since hardline President Rodrigo Duterte was sworn-in on Thursday. During his campaign, Duterte promised to kill thousands of criminals and boasted of personally executing people without trial in the past.

Rodrigo Duterte: Philippines President likens himself to Hitler

8. Father shoots dead son at firing range

A father who shot and killed his son at a Florida firing range on Sunday did so accidentally, police say. William Brumby was practising his aim when a spent casing landed in the back of his shirt. He tried to remove it with his right hand, still holding his gun, and accidentally shot dead the 14-year-old boy, who was standing behind him.

9. Iranian director Kiarostami dies at 76

Award-winning Iranian film director Abbas Kiarostami has died in Paris at the age of 76. Nominated for the top prize at the Cannes Film Festival five times, he won in 1997 with A Taste of Cherry. Kiarostami stayed in Iran after the 1979 revolution but made his last two films abroad. He had been being treated for cancer in France.

10. Prostitution: The pros and cons of decriminalisation

Politicians have called for reforms to the prostitution laws in England and Wales to give greater protection to sex workers and bring legislation in line with reforms in other countries. In an interim report, presented last week, the home affairs select committee of MPs said the Home Office should immediately introduce legislation to allow for solicitation by sex workers and to change brothel-keeping laws to allow workers to share premises.

The pros and cons of decriminalising prostitution