Ten Things You Need to Know Today: Monday 30 Jan 2017

1. Six dead in attack on Quebec mosque

Six people are dead and at least eight injured after gunmen opened fire on worshippers at a mosque in Quebec City, Canada, during evening prayers yesterday. A witness said as many as three men opened fire on a crowd of 50. The victims were aged between 35 and 70 years old. Police say two people have been arrested, one at the scene of the shooting.

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2. More than 1.3 million sign Donald Trump petition

More than 1.3 million people have signed a petition calling for Donald Trump's state visit to the UK to be cancelled after the US President banned citizens of seven majority Muslim countries from entering the US. Protests were planned in several UK cities on Monday evening. There is still confusion over how the order affects Britons with shared nationality.

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3. May to tell devolved assemblies they have no Brexit veto

Theresa May will today tell the leaders of the UK's devolved governments they have no veto over Brexit. The Prime Minister is heading a joint ministerial committee in Cardiff with the leaders of Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales. Downing Street says the meeting shows her "commitment to... seek a Brexit that works for the whole of the UK".

4. Joseph Goebbels's former secretary dies aged 106

Joseph Goebbels's personal secretary has died at the age of 106. Brunhilde Pomsel, one of the last people to have known the Nazi hierarchy, began working with the propaganda chief in 1942. In the documtenary A German Life, she said she had not known about the murder of six millions Jews.

5. Aston Villa 'did not report abuser to police'

Aston Villa football club sacked a youth scout who later admitted sexually abusing boys but did not report the matter to the police, says the BBC. Ted Langford, who abused boys between 1976 and 1989, was fired in 1988. One of his victims, Tony Brien, says he felt the club deterred him from going public.

6. MPs launch inquiry into fake news

A cross-party group of MPs is today launching an inquiry into fake news, which it warns is "a threat to democracy and undermines confidence in the media in general". The culture, media and sport select committee will investigate whether advertising has encouraged the "growing phenomenon" .

Fake news inquiry: What will MPs examine?

7. Germany: Six teens dead after garden party

Police in Germany are investigating the deaths of six teenagers whose bodies were found in a shed after a garden party. It is thought the victims, aged 18 and 19, could have been killed by carbon monoxide poisoning from a wood-burning stove. Police said there were no signs of violent crime.

Six teens found dead after garden party in Germany

8. Life really does flash before your eyes

A new study suggests that your life really does flash before your eyes when you die. Scientists in Jerusalem interviewed more than 260 people who had faced "near death experiences" and found that several of them had witnessed multiple events from different stages of their lives, although not necessarily in chronological order.

Life does flash before your eyes when you die, says study

9. Baileys pulls out of Women’s Prize for Fiction

Diageo-owned liqueur Bailey's has pulled out of sponsoring the Women’s Prize for Fiction, which was formerly known as the Orange Prize. The deal will end next year, as the brand wants to focus on markets where English is not the first language. The award's £30,000 prize will continue as it is provided by an anonymous donor in perpetuity.

10. Briefing: Why Hinkley Point could be delayed by Brexit

The proposed nuclear power station at Hinkley Point C and other new nuclear facilities in Britain will be delayed by the UK's decision to quit Europe's atomic power treaty, industry experts have told The Guardian. Buried in the explanatory notes to the government's eight-line Brexit bill is an admission that the UK will also leave Euratom, which has regulated European nuclear energy since 1957.

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