1. MPs vote on Trident missile renewal
The Commons votes today on whether to renew the UK's Trident nuclear deterrent, in a debate timed to exploit divisions within Labour, according to some political analysts. Embattled leader Jeremy Corbyn is opposed to retaining the nuclear missiles but a large part of his party is in favour. The SNP is also opposed to renewing Trident.
The pros and cons of Trident
2. Johnson meets EU counterparts in Brussels
Boris Johnson meets his fellow foreign ministers in Brussels today, including EU nations and John Kerry of the US. They will debate the Nice terror attack and the abortive coup attempt in Turkey, but will not formally discuss Brexit. Johnson said his message was that the UK is not "abandoning" Europe.
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3. Louisiana police officer's poignant message
One of the three police officers shot dead by African-American Gavin Long in Louisiana yesterday wrote about his experience of being a black policeman earlier this month. Montrell Jackson, 32, said: "In uniform I get nasty hateful looks and out of uniform some consider me a threat."
Baton Rouge: Calls for peace after three police officers shot dead
4. French PM Valls booed at Nice memorial
French prime minister Manuel Valls was booed as he attended a minute's silence in Nice to commemorate Thursday's lorry attack that killed 84 people. Hecklers shouted "murderer" and "resign". Yesterday, it emerged that killer Mohamed Bouhlel sent a picture of himself mingling with revellers in the city before driving a truck into the crowds.
Nice attack: Five suspected accomplices charged
5. Turkey: More arrests as Erdogan targets coup plotters
Around 290 people are dead and 6,000 have been arrested after Friday's failed coup in Turkey. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said the attempted take-over by a faction of the military was a "gift from God" because it would allow him to "cleanse" the army. His top military aide, Colonel Ali Yazici, is among those who being held.
Turkey suspends 12,800 police officers from duty
6. Cyclist Chris Boardman's mother killed on bike
Olympic cyclist Chris Boardman's mother, Carol, has died after being knocked off her bike by a pick-up truck in North Wales which left her with serious internal injuries. Boardman said his mother had been a "racing cyclist of some standing in her day" but had given the sport up to have him and his sister, Lisa.
7. Japan's SoftBank buys UK tech firm ARM
Japanese tech firm SoftBank is buying Cambridge-based ARM Holdings, one of the UK's biggest tech companies, for £24bn. The offer is around a 43 per cent premium on the compnay's market value of £16.8bn on Friday. ARM, which was founded in 1990, employs around 3,000 and designs chips for devices such as the iPhone.
Is the sale of ARM a 'surrender' or an 'endorsement' for the UK?
8. Temperatures to hit 32C in south-east
The wet and dull summer is about to improve, with parts of the south-east expected to enjoy temperatures of up to 32C on Tuesday. Rain over Scotland on Monday should clear during the day and there may be thunderstorms around the country on Wednesday. Thursday will be cooler, with highs of up to 24C in England.
9. Russia 'ran doping programme at Sochi Winter Olympics'
There have been calls for Russia to be thrown out of the Olympics altogether after a new World Anti-Doping Agency claimed the country's sports ministry operated a doping programme at the Sochi Winter Olympics in 2014 and manipulated urine samples. The Russian track and field team has already been banned from Rio.
London 2012 'corrupted on unprecedented scale' by doping
10. Briefing: What next for David and Samantha Cameron?
The former PM is not short of options for a post-Downing Street
career. He could go into journalism and campaign for social justice
issues in the manner of his predecessor, Gordon Brown, or perhaps have
a lucrative career delivering after-dinner speeches.After all,
audiences will be "keen to hear the uncensored opinions" of the man
who led Britain out of Europe, says i news correspondent Chris Green.
What is David Cameron doing now?
