Ten Things You Need to Know Today: Thursday 16 Mar 2017

1. Judge blocks Trump's revised travel ban

Donald Trump's revised travel ban has been blocked by a US federal judge in Hawaii hours before it was due to come into effect. Judge Derrick Watson said the new executive order violated the constitution as it "was issued with a purpose to disfavour a particular religion". Trump called Watson's action "judicial overreach" that made the US "look weak".

Donald Trump sued by two states over business links

2. Toyota to invest £240m in UK factory

Car manufacturer Toyota is to invest £240m in upgrading its UK factory that makes the Auris and Avensis models to allow production of vehicles using its new global manufacturing system. The factory in Burnaston, Derbyshire employs about 2,500 people and produced around 180,000 vehicles last year, while another 590 work at Toyota's engine plant at Deeside, North Wales.

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3. Dutch voters reject 'wrong side of populism'

Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte has praised voters for keeping him in office and keeping the nation away from the "wrong side of poulism". With 90% of votes counted in yesterday's general election in the Netherlands, Rutte's centre-right VVD has easily beaten Geert Wilders's far-right, anti-Islam PVV party, which gained five seats.

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4. Tories fined record £70,000 over expenses

The Conservative Party has been fined £70,000 for breaching election expenses rules in 2015, the largest such penalty ever imposed by the Electoral Commission. The fine relates to allegations that it used national money to fund local campaigns, a breach of election rules. The commission found "significant failures" by the party.

5. Teenager dies after fall on luxury yacht

A teenager has died after reportedly falling 196ft off the mast of a luxury yacht berthed near Portland, Jamaica. Bethany Smith, 18, is said to have died from multiple injuries after the accident on the Germania Nova, on which she was working. She is said to have been cleaning the mast at the time.

6. New Zealand river granted human rights

A river in New Zealand has been given the same legal protections as a human being. Members of the Whanganui Iwi tribe consider the river to be an ancestor and wept with joy at the news yesterday. The legal status means harming the Whanganui river will be treated the same way as harming the tribe.

New Zealand river 'must be treated like a person'

7. Theresa May rejects Scottish referendum request

Theresa May has rejected calls for a new Scottish independence referendum before Brexit, saying "now is not the time". May argued that re-opening the independence debate would "make it more difficult" for the UK and Scotland to get "the right deal" from the EU. Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon's said this week that she wanted a second vote on the issue in 2018 or 2019.

Scottish independence: Is IndyRef2 'dead' after election losses?

8. Emma Watson's private photos 'stolen in hack'

British actor Emma Watson, a former star of the Harry Potter films, has had dozens of images of her trying on outfits stolen in a "hack" and posted online, her publicist says. The pictures are not nude photographs but were not intended for public release. Watson has been targeted for online abuse because she has spoken out on gender equality.

9. Entire Oregon town goes on sale for $3.8m

An entire town in Oregon is on sale for $3.8m (£3.1m). Tiller is mostly uninhabited and buyers are being offered six houses, a flat, a petrol station and a shop. The area, 225 miles south of Portland, became depopulated when the timber industry in the region declined, the sawmill closed and the loggers moved away.

10. Briefing: Russia's Moon mission

Russia has announced a new recruitment drive for astronauts in the hope they will be the first Russians to land on the Moon.

The country's space agency Roscosmos is looking for six to eight astronauts who will operate a new-generation spaceship now in development. They "will become the first Russians to fly to the Moon," reports The Guardian.

Russia is keen to rekindle the space triumphs of the Soviet era after a series of embarrassing glitches in recent years, says France24.

Russia launches recruitment drive for Moon mission