Ten Things You Need to Know Today: Monday 26 Jun 2017

1. Police injured at east London protest

Six police officers were injured and four people were arrested at a protest in east London yesterday over the death of a 25-year-old black man earlier this month. Edir Frederico Da Costa died after being stopped by police in Newham and sprayed with CS. His family said they did not support the protest.

2. May to unveil Brexit plans for EU migrants

Theresa May publishes her post-Brexit plans for EU citizens living in the UK today, with a 15-page proposal granting them the same employment, health and welfare rights as Britons but not the right to vote. Brexit Secretary David Davis said he wants European migrants to have rights "almost equivalent to British citizens".

3. Theresa May strikes deal with the DUP

After two weeks of negotiation, Theresa May has finally struck a power-sharing deal with the Democratic Unionist Party that will help the Tories form a majority government and pass the Queen's Speech on Thursday. The deal is believed to include £1bn of extra funding to Northern Ireland over the next two years.

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Tories-DUP agree 'confidence and supply' deal

4. Grenfell Tower: 100% failure in high-rise tests

All 60 tower blocks so far tested across England following the Grenfell Tower fire have been found to have dangerously combustible cladding. Another 540 high-rises are yet to be tested. Meanwhile, shadow chancellor John McDonnell has been criticised for saying the Grenfell Tower victims had been "murdered" by years of "political decisions".

'Twenty suicide attempts' since Grenfell Tower fire

5. Russia suspected of hacking MPs' emails

Britain's security services believe Russia sponsored a hacking attack on the Houses of Parliament email system. Fewer than 90 MPs and peers' accounts were hit in the "sustained" attack, a parliamentary spokesman said. The Sunday Times quoted a security source as saying: “It was a brute force attack. It appears to have been state-sponsored.”

MPs at risk of blackmail after cyber attack

6. Woman bailed after Newcastle Eid crash

A 42-year-old woman has been released on bail after a car ploughed into a group of worshippers celebrating the Muslim festival of Eid in Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Six people were injured, four of whom are still in hospital. The driver is believed to have been celebrating the festival herself and the incident is not thought to have been terrorism.

7. Corbyn 'to scrap Trident as soon as he can'

Jeremy Corbyn intends to scrap the Trident nuclear deterrent "as soon as I can", Glastonbury founder Michael Eavis claimed yesterday, following the Labour leader's appearance at the festival. Speaking at a question and answer session, Eavis told the audience Corbyn had also said he would be prime minister "in six months".

8. US Supreme Court partially upholds Trump travel ban

The US Supreme Court has partially lifted an injunction against President Donald Trump's travel ban. America's highest court said that the ban could be enforced on those without a "credible claim of a bona fide relationship with a person or entity in the United States". A 120-day ban on all refugees entering the US has also been allowed.

9. Ed Sheeran closes Glastonbury festival

Ed Sheeran closed this year's Glastonbury music festival last night, attracting a significantly younger audience to the Pyramid Stage than the weekend's other headliners, the Foo Fighters and Radiohead. The BBC reports the 26-year-old singer-songwriter first performed at the event six years ago, playing for 500 people on a tiny stage.

10. Briefing: The small but significant consequences of climate change

Scientists say climate change could displace hundreds of millions of people by 2050 through increased droughts, floods and hurricanes. In addition, the cost of redressing climate problems could reach £550bn globally each year by 2030.

Alongside these apocalyptic predictions, smaller effects are expected - and, in some cases, are already being felt.

Climate change's small but significant consequences

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