Ten Things You Need to Know Today: Monday 26 Nov 2018

1. May: my Brexit or back to square one

Theresa May will tell the Commons today that MPs must back the Brexit deal she agreed with EU leaders in Brussels yesterday – or send Britain “back to square one”. EU Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker yesterday warned that the only alternative to the agreement is a no-deal Brexit. MPs are to vote on the deal in two weeks.

2. Mexico to deport 500 migrants from US border

Mexico is to deport around 500 migrants who tried to storm across the border into the US. President Donald Trump has said he will not grant entry to the migrants – part of a group of thousands of people seeking asylum from Honduras, Guatemala and El Salvador – until their asylum cases have been decided.

3. Martial law in Ukraine after Russia seizure

Ukraine’s Prime Minister Petro Poroshenko is to ask his parliament to introduce martial law today, in response to protests on the streets of Kiev after Russia intercepted and seized three Ukrainian naval vessels. A Russian embassy car was set on fire in the Ukraine capital last night as anger grows. The United Nations is to hold an emergency Security Council meeting today.

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4. Cyber Monday sales to cap spending splurge

Millions of shoppers are expected to buy more bargains during today’s so-called Cyber Monday, taking the total spending over a weekend that began with Black Friday to more than £7bn, according to forecasts. The Guardian warns that the online sales will deal a “further blow to the struggling high street”.

5. Rapist ‘resident’ absconds from open prison

A rapist serving a life sentence at an open prison in Lincolnshire has absconded. Wayne Jones, 39, went missing on Sunday evening from HMP North Sea Camp, near Boston. Bosses at the Category D jail have been criticised over a recent decision to refer to its prisoners as “residents”. Police have warned the public not to approach Jones.

6. Corbyn: I would ‘relish’ TV debate with May

A spokesperson for Jeremy Corbyn says the Labour leader would “relish” a TV debate with Theresa May on her Brexit deal, which he has described as a “miserable failure of negotiation”. Corbyn was responding to reports that the prime minister is to challenge him to debate her deal on TV. The Daily Telegraph had said that May intends to make the debate the showpiece of an election-style campaign to seek the country’s backing.

7. Nasa crosses fingers for Mars InSight lander

US space agency Nasa will attempt to land another probe on the surface of Mars today. The InSight lander, carrying many European experiments, will have to survive the “seven minutes of terror” faced by anything trying to land on the red planet, when it must slow from supersonic speeds as it enters the planet’s atmosphere.

8. New Zealand: 145 pilot whales dead on beach

As many as 145 pilot whales were found beached in New Zealand on Saturday night by a walker. Around half were already dead and the remainder were put down by vets because it would have been too difficult to save them. A total of 12 pygmy whales were also discovered beached on New Zealand shores this weekend. It is hoped that eight may be saved.

9. BBC crew saved poisoned lion cub in Kenya

BBC wildlife filmmakers stepped in to save a lion cub in Kenya, it has emerged. The revelation follows debate about a film crew’s decision to save penguins stuck in an ice fissure. The cub had eaten bait poisoned by local farmers in the Masai Mara reserve but was saved by vets after the BBC team made the decision to tell them it was dying.

10. Briefing: what is diabetes and what are the symptoms?

More and more young people are being diagnosed with type 2 diabetes, in a worrying sign that Britain’s growing obesity crisis is having serious long-term health consequences.

With a third of all British children now overweight or obese by the time they leave primary school at 11, more and more are developing the chronic condition that can lead to amputations and blindness.

What are the symptoms of Type 2 diabetes?