Ten Things You Need to Know Today: Tuesday 26 Jul 2016

1. At least 19 dead in Japanese care home stabbing

At least 19 people are dead and 26 injured after a knife attack by a former employee in a care home for disabled people in Sagamihara, south of Tokyo. Police said Satoshi Uematsu, 26, carrying a bag of knives, drove to a police station to hand himself after the attack and said: "I did it. It is better that disabled people disappear."

Japan stabbing attack leaves 19 dead in home for disabled

2. Theresa May to clamp down on tax havens

Theresa May has restated her commitment to "reforming capitalism", beginning with a reported "clampdown" on the use of offshore tax havens. Senior Whitehall officials in the government's "policy unit" have been told to draw up plans to tackle abuses of the tax system, perhaps in time to be unveiled at the Conservative Party conference in October.

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May 'orders crackdown' on offshore tax havens

3. NatWest hints at negative interest rates

NatWest may start charging negative interest rates after warning business customers they may be charged for making deposits. The potential change to the bank's terms and conditions would mean a business customer with £1,000 deposited would see it shrink to £999 over one year.

4. Philip Green threatens to sue Frank Field

Sir Philip Green has threatened to sue chairman of the pensions select committee, Frank Field, over his comments about the tycoon's running of collapsed high street chain BHS. Field compared Green to disgraced media mogul Robert Maxwell, who stole millions for the Mirror Group's pension scheme, in an interview with Radio Four.

Sir Philip Green's Arcadia agrees £30m deal in BHS legal battle

5. Sanders praises Clinton at Democrat convention

US senator Bernie Sanders yesterday urged voters to back his former rival, Hillary Clinton, despite his supporters at the Democrat National Convention repeatedly disrupting him and other speakers and booing when Clinton's name was mentioned. They were calmed by the appearance of the First Lady, Michelle Obama, who said Clinton was "the president I want for my girls".

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6. Irish jockey JT McNamara dies aged 41

Irish jockey JT McNamara has died at the age of 41, three years after he was paralysed in a fall at the Cheltenham festival. The amateur jockey had more than 600 winners during his career, including 16 at Cheltenham, but was seriously injured when he fell from Galaxy Rock in 2013. He left hospital and returned to Ireland in 2014 and his family said he "passed away peacefully".

7. IS knifemen kill priest in French church

A priest has been killed by supporters of Islamic State in an attack at a church in France. Two men burst into the church on the outskirts of Rouen during Mass and took Father Jacques Hamel, 84, hostage along with four other people, including two nuns. They killed the priest and another hostage is fighting for their life. Police marksmen "neutralised" the two men, who are both now dead.

France church attack: Two arrested over killing of priest

8. Solar plane completes round-the-world trip

The first round-the-world solar flight has been completed, with a final leg of the journey taking Solar Impulse from Cairo to Abu Dhabi. The trip was completed in 17 stages, with two pilots taking turns to fly the 26,000 miles across four continents, three seas and two oceans. The longest leg, from Japan to Hawaii, took 118 hours.

9. Star Wars company admits Harrison Ford charges

A production company working on Star Wars: The Force Awakens has pleaded guilty to two criminal charges after Harrison Ford broke his leg on set in 2014. Ford was knocked to the ground and pinned down by a heavy hydraulic door as he rehearsed at Pinewood Studios. Disney subsidiary Foodles Production admitted to two health and safety breaches and will be sentenced next month.

10. Briefing: Oil price 'will stay below $60 for two years'

An oversupply in the global oil market is preventing the price from

recovering to $60 a barrel and could last for two more years,

according to one of the world's largest oil traders. Ian Taylor, the

chief executive of Vitol, said bullish forecasts for demand were

unlikely to be met and that near-record levels of domestic and

offshore storage might even grow in the second half of this year as

disrupted output recovers.

Oil price posts two-year highs - but how long can it last?