Ten Things You Need to Know Today: Saturday 25 Nov 2017

1. Police release photos after Oxford Circus 'altercation'

Police have released photographs of two men they want to speak to, after an "altercation" at Oxford Circus tube station created widespread panic yesterday evening. Several people were injured and nine were taken to hospital amid the confusion at the busy station. Officers want to speak to anyone who was at the station at the time of the evacuation.

2. Egypt bombs 'terror' targets after mosque killings

The Egyptian military says it has conducted air strikes on "terrorist" targets after after 300 people were killed at a North Sinai mosque during Friday prayers. Airstrikes were concentrated on several mountainous areas where militants were believed to be hiding out, security sources told Reuters. President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi has vowed to respond with "the utmost force".

3. Women consider legal action against pelvic surgeon

A group of women are considering a lawsuit against Britain’s top pelvic surgeon, claiming that operations he conducted left them with traumatic, life-altering complications. The 100 women say Anthony Dixon, of Southmead hospital in Bristol and the private Spire Bristol hospital, recommended invasive surgical procedures too hastily. Some also claim he made lewd comments about their appearance or sex lives.

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4. European banks cut ties to Britain ahead of Brexit

European lenders have cut their exposure to Britain since the Brexit vote, stripping €350bn of UK-related assets from their balance sheets in just 12 months. The Financial Times says the news shows that banks across the bloc are guarding themselves against the danger of big losses if the UK leaves the European Union with no deal in 16 months’ time.

5. Study: 'no link' between prison suicide and overcrowding

A major international study has found there is no clear link between prison suicides and overcrowding behind bars. Researchers for the Lancet Journal, who examined almost 4,000 prison suicides in 24 countries including England and Wales, found deaths between 2011-14 were highest in the countries with the lowest rates of imprisonment. However, the Prison Reform Trust has said reducing jail populations would help make prisons safer.

6. Time magazine disputes Donald Trump's claim

Time magazine has disputed Donald Trump’s claim that it called him to say he was "probably" going to be its "Man of the Year", but that he turned it down because "probably" wasn't good enough. "The President is incorrect about how we choose Person of the Year," the magazine's Twitter account stated. "TIME does not comment on our choice until publication, which is December 6."

7. Why 'furious' Hammond backtracked on NHS funding

Chancellor Philip Hammond backtracked on funding plans after reacting with "fury" to the NHS boss's demands. According to sources quoted in The Guardian, the health service would have got more in Wednesday’s Budget if its chief executive had not made public demand for extra £4bn. Hammond reportedly felt the demand meant he could not be seen to be acceding to what he saw as "overt public blackmail".

8. Childless women numbers double in generation

The proportion of women who never have children has doubled in a generation, says the Office for National Statistics. The group’s data shows that of women born in 1946, just 9% were still childless at 45, which it defines as the end of childbearing years, but of those born in 1971, 18% were childless in 2016, when they turned 45.

9. Wages to drop by £858 says Jeremy Corbyn

British workers will be earning £858 less per year by 2022 than expected, Jeremy Corbyn will claim. In a speech, the Labour leader will accuse Theresa May of presiding over a "completely broken" economy. Leading economic experts warned the UK was facing two "lost decades" without wage growth and a sustained fall in living standards following the Chancellor's statement on Wednesday.

10. Tusk gives Theresa May 10 days to resolve Irish issue

Donald Tusk says Theresa May has 10 days to resolve the Irish border question if she wants to make a Brexit breakthrough at a key summit next month. Tusk said that major progress at the European Council summit on December 14 is "possible" but will still be a "huge challenge". The President of the European Council added that progress must be made "on all issues, including on Ireland".