Ten Things You Need to Know Today: Thursday 8 Jun 2017

1. General election 2017: Voters go to polls

General election voting began at 7am today. A total of 650 MPs will be chosen by 46.9 million registered voters. As campaigning came to an end last night, Tory leader Theresa May toured marginal Labour seats while Labour's Jeremy Corbyn held a final rally in London. Houghton and Sunderland South are expected to be the first constituency to declare.

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2. Comey accuses Trump administration of 'lies'

Former FBI director James Comey has told the US Congress that Donald Trump repeatedly demanded his "loyalty" and asked him to "let go" of the bureau's investigation into his former security adviser Michael Flynn. He also said that the Trump administration's comments about him and the FBI were "lies plain and simple".

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3. Iran foreign minister attacks 'repugnant' Trump comment

Iranian foreign minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says Donald Trump's reaction to the Islamic State terror attacks in Tehran yesterday was "repugnant" after the US President declared: "States that sponsor terrorism risk falling victim to the evil they promote." Thirteen people were killed in the attacks and more than 40 were wounded.

4. FBI blames Russian hackers for Qatar crisis

The FBI says Russian hackers of planting fake messages said to be from the Qatari government, leading other Gulf states to cut ties with Doha in the worst diplomatic crisis in the region for years. It believes the hackers were mercenaries working for another state or individual and does not blame the Russian government.

5. Myanmar plane crash: Bodies found in Andaman Sea

Debris and bodies have been found in the Andaman Sea after a military plane en route from Myeik to Yangon in Myanmar went missing with 122 people on board. Most of the passengers were military personnel and their families. No mayday call was received and there were no reports of bad weather, leaving the cause of the crash a mystery.

6. CCTV reveals moment police shot London Bridge attackers

CCTV footage has revealed the police marksmen who killed the three London Bridge attackers were almost stabbed themselves during the incident. Knifemen Khuram Butt, Rachid Redouane and Youssef Zaghba charged at the armed police as they opened fire. The footage, filmed in Borough Market, also shows an officer falling to the ground.

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7. London Bridge attack's final victim named

Xavier Thomas has been named as the final victim of the London Bridge terror attack. The body of the 45-year-old Frenchman was recovered from the Thames yesterday, bringing the number of those killed by the attackers to eight. It is thought Thomas was flung over the edge of London Bridge when he was struck by the knifemen's van.

8. Apology for parking tickets at London Bridge

Transport for London has apologised for its "insensitive mistake" in putting parking tickets on cars abandoned near London Bridge after Saturday's terrorist attack. The penalty charges appeared as soon as police began moving their cordon from the area on Wednesday morning. The fines will now be cancelled.

9. Gordon Ramsay's father-in-law jailed

Gordon Ramsay's father-in-law has been jailed for six months for hacking the celebrated chef's computers during their decade-long feud. Chris Hutcheson, 69, was found guilty of conspiring to steal information with his sons, who both worked for Ramsay. The family is now reconciled and Ramsay does not support the prosecution.

10. Briefing: Is the Labour surge faltering?

The final polls of the election campaign have begun to trickle in and the surge in support for the Labour Party is showing signs of ebbing away.

Opinium's final set of statistics, the first conducted since the London Bridge terror attacks, put the Tories on 43 per cent, unchanged from their weekend position, and Labour one point down on 36 per cent. The Lib Dems remain level on eight per cent, with Ukip on five.

This tallies with overall poll trackers, which place the gap between the Conservatives and Labour somewhere between six points (the Financial Times) and a Survation poll at the weekend which had the gap down to only one percentage point.

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