Ten Things You Need to Know Today: Tuesday 30 May 2017

1. May and Corbyn take questions on live TV

Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn and the Prime Minister, Theresa May, appeared in the same TV broadcast last night, taking questions from a studio audience and from Jeremy Paxman. They did not debate each other, after Theresa May declined to do so. Afterwards, both Labour and the Tories were adamant they had 'won'.

General election 2017: Corbyn and May survive TV grilling, but who won?

2. Cambridgeshire zookeeper killed by tiger

A 33-year-old zookeeper was killed by a tiger in Cambridgeshire yesterday morning. Management at Hamerton Zoo Park said Rosa King died in a "freak accident" and insisted that the incident did not involve an escaped animal. Police confirmed that the tiger had not got out of its enclosure and the public were not in danger.

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Zookeeper killed by tiger is named as Rosa King, 33

3. New antibiotic could lead the fight against superbugs

Scientists are hopeful that a re-engineered antibiotic can lead the fight against superbugs. A new version of vancomycin, which attacks bacteria in three different ways, is said to be a thousand times more potent than before. However, the new drug will not be ready for medical use for five years and has yet to be tested on humans and animals.

4. SNP to publish election manifesto

Nicola Sturgeon will today unveil the SNP's election manifesto at an event in Perth. The prospectus will pledge an extra £118bn investment in public services in Scotland, says the BBC, but the key passages will be what it says about independence. Sturgeon has called for a second referendum to give Scots an additional say on Brexit.

5. Rolf Harris cleared of sex charges

Rolf Harris has been cleared of four sex assault charges at Southwark Crown Court after a jury could not reach verdicts. The former TV presenter was released from prison mid-way through the trial, having served his sentence for 12 other counts of indecent assault. Harris was facing a retrial on three of the counts and prosecutors said they would not seek a retrial on any of the charges.

6. BA to operate all flights from today

British Airways is operating all its flights again after a bank holiday weekend of unprecedented cancellations and delays which it says was caused by a computer failure prompted by a power outage. Chief executive Andrew Cruz said he would "make sure" the problem, which affected 75,000 passengers, didn't happen again.

British Airways boss 'won't resign' after flight chaos

7. Philippines: Army battles to contain Islamists

The Philippines army is struggling to stop Islamist rebels associated with IS from spreading violence to a second city after more than a week of fighting in the lakeside city of Marawi – and more than 100 deaths. President Rodrigo Duterte has imposed martial law and sanctioned his army to commit abuses including rape.

8. Former Panama dictator Noriega dead at 83

Manuel Noriega, notorious former dictator of Panama, has died at the age of 83 after undergoing brain surgery in March. While ruling the Central American nation from 1983 to 1989, Noriega was also spying for the CIA, trafficking drugs with the knowledge of US officials, and dealing with Colombian drug baron Pablo Escobar.

Manuel Noriega: The life of Panama's former military dictator

9. Tiger Woods: Alcohol not involved in arrest

Golfer Tiger Woods has said he was not drunk when arrested while driving in Florida early on Monday morning but suffering from "an unexpected reaction to prescribed medication". In a statement the champion said he understood the "severity" of what he had done and took "full responsibility for my actions".

Tiger Woods: Police release 'shocking' dashcam footage

10. Briefing: Is a world government the answer to global issues?

A majority of Britons would back the formation of a world government to coordinate global efforts on natural and man-made catastrophes, according to a new survey.

The Global Challenges Foundation, a Swedish think-tank, commissioned a survey by ComRes of more than 8,000 people in eight countries ahead of the G7 summit in Sicily this week, reports The Independent.

People in Australia, Brazil, China, Germany, India, South Africa, the UK and the US were asked what they felt was the most serious threat to mankind, including disease, a massive volcanic eruption, artificial intelligence turning against us, weapons of mass destruction and ecological collapse.

Is a world government the answer to global issues?