Ten Things You Need to Know Today: Monday 22 Aug 2016

1. France, Italy and Germany meet to discuss Brexit

With evident symbolism, the leaders of Italy, France and Germany meet today on the tiny island of Ventotene, 40 miles off the coast of Naples, to discuss the future of the EU as the UK prepares to leave the bloc. In 1941, hoping to prevent future wars, two prisoners of Mussolini held on the island wrote a draft manifesto for a united Europe.

Brexit: Theresa May says ‘trust me’ to deliver

2. Smith and Corbyn to put a woman at the top

Both Labour leadership contenders - incumbent Jeremy Corbyn and challenger Owen Smith - have said they would change the rules to ensure that a woman is always either leader or deputy leader in future. The party has started sending out ballot papers to 640,000 Labour members to vote for the new leader, with the first going out today.

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Resignations plunge Labour back into turmoil

3. Rio hands baton to Tokyo as Olympic Games end

The Rio Olympics closed last night with a colourful ceremony that saw Brazil hand on the baton to Tokyo, hosts of the 2020 Games. Team GB came second in the medal table, ahead of China for the first time since 1984, to become the first host nation to increase its medal tally at the subsequent Games.

Olympic medal table: Team GB comes second – who won what?

4. Extremists to be isolated in UK prisons

Special units for Islamist extremists are to be set up in UK prisons to stop them radicalising other inmates, Justice Secretary Liz Truss announced. Vetting of Muslim prison chaplins will also be stepped up and extremist literature removed from the libraries. Opponents says the scheme could make heroes of notorious extremists.

5. Turkey bomber may have been 12 year old

A bomber who killed more than 50 people at a wedding in Turkey on Saturday was no older than 14 and could have been as young as 12, according to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. It is not yet known whether the boy blew himself up or the bomb was detonated remotely. Erdogan blamed Islamic State for the attack in the southern city of Gaziantep.

Turkey suspends 12,800 police officers from duty

6. Former DJ admits child sex offences

Former Radio 1 DJ Chris Denning has admitted 21 child sex offences against 11 boys as young as eight between 1969 and 1986. The 75-year-old, wgho demuied three additional offences, will be sentenced at Southwark Crown Court in October. He is currently serving a 13-year jail term for sexual assaults against 24 victims aged nine to 16 from the 1960s to 1980s.

7. Six die off UK coast in 24 hours

Unseasonably stormy seas have led to the deaths of six people in separate accidents around the UK. Rudy Bruynius was on holiday with his family when he was swept out to sea from rocks in Cornwall on Friday, while five others died on Saturday in Essex, Dorset, Aberdeen and Jersey and a group was rescued off Norfolk.

8. New Zealand prepares for a 'British invasion' after referendum

New Zealand media are warning of a "British invasion" after a massive spike in the number of people from the UK, apparently prompted by the Brexit vote, registering an interest in immigrating to the country. On the day of the referendum, the Immigration New Zealand website received 900% of its usual number of inquiries.

9. Murray's winning run comes to an end in Cincinnati

Andy Murray's career-best winning run of 22 matches ended this weekend when he lost to Marin Cilic in the Cincinnati Masters final. The 29-year-old Scot lost 6-4 7-5 to the Croatian in one hour and 34 minutes. Murray, who won gold at the Olympics before flying to the US, said he was disappointed but still "very proud of this week".

10. Briefing: Average Brit is worth £135,000

Stellar house price rises have tripled the value of UK wealth in the

past two decades to a new record high of £8.8trn. That's the net

figure - assets minus debts - estimated by the Office for National

Statistics for the "total value of the UK, its homes, streets, pension

funds, even its social clubs" at the end of last year, says The Times.

It's "equivalent to an average of £135,000 per person, or £327,000 per

household".

London house prices: study predicts a 2.5% rise for 2020, but a 1% fall in 2021