Ten Things You Need to Know Today: Friday 22 Sep 2017

1. May to deliver Brexit speech in Florence

Theresa May will deliver her much-anticipated speech on Brexit in Florence today and she is expected to offer to pay £20bn into EU coffers for up to two years after the UK leaves the bloc. The Prime Minister will say she wants a transitional deal and will promise no country will have to pay more because of Brexit until at least 2020.

2. Kim Jon-un calls Trump ‘mentally deranged’

Kim Jong-un has become the first North Korean leader to release a statement appealing directly to the international community. Warning that US President Donald Trump’s recent speech in the UN has convinced him to redouble his efforts to develop nuclear weapons, Kim said he would “tame the mentally deranged US dotard with fire”.

3. Mexico quake: Death toll rises to 273

At least 273 people have died because of a huge earthquake which struck Mexico on Tuesday, with rescuers still desperately combing through collapsed buildings in Mexico City. They believe people are trapped alive in as many as 10 buildings in the capital, including the ruins of a school in which 11 pupils have been found alive.

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4. Banks to search for illegal immigrants

From January, banks and building societies will be required by law to check for illegal migrants among their current account holders. They will be given a list of people who are due to be removed or deported from the UK, or who have gone missing from immigration control, and will freeze or close any accounts that match.

5. Corbyn: Labour now political mainstream

Jeremy Corbyn has insisted the Labour Party is now the “mainstream” of British politics and the Conservatives are in “disarray”, in an interview with The Guardian ahead of his party conference. He also said no member of his shadow cabinet would have published their own Brexit manifesto as Boris Johnson did earlier this week.

6. Police chief: Don’t cut budget in terror alert

Sara Thornton, chair of the National Police Chief’s Council, has warned the government should not be cutting the general policing budget during a time of terror alerts, because ordinary neighbourhood policing provides “the intelligence crucial to preventing attacks”. She said the police budget was due to be cut by 7.2% in the next three years.

7. Murder charge over charred remains

Two people have been charged with murder after the charred remains of a body were found in a south London back garden. Ouissem Medouni, 40, and Sabrina Kouider, 34, of Pulborough Road, in Southfields are accused of the murder of an unknown person because it was not possible to tell the age or gender of the suspected victim.

8. Trump to ‘supersize’ US presidential jet

Plans for a new Air Force One – the American president’s jet – are underway, reports the BBC. Donald Trump has complained that the Emir of Kuwait has a bigger plane – but has also insisted the fleet of jets, any one of which can serve as Air Force One, are too expensive. Boeing has won the contract and promised to drive down costs.

9. Slough named best place to work

The Berkshire town of Slough, famous as the fictional workplace of David Brent in TV series The Office, has been named Britain’s best town in which to work. A survey by jobs website Glassdoor found Slough has the best jobs, cost of living and employee satisfaction in the UK. Manchester came second, followed by Cambridge.

10. Briefing: Do we have a teenage jihadi problem?

A 17-year-old from south London is the latest person to be arrested in connection with the Parsons Green tube train bombing, bringing the number of those in police custody to six - all male, and four of them under the age of 25. None have yet been charged.

The youth of the suspects raises the question of whether the UK is becoming a breeding ground for teenage jihadis and, if so, is there a solution?

Parsons Green: Do we have a teenage jihadi problem?