Ten Things You Need to Know Today: Wednesday 1 Nov 2017

Five of the eight people killed by a terrorist driving a truck
along a cycle lane in New York yesterday were Argentinian friends
on a trip to the city to celebrate the 30th anniversary of their
graduation. Another two were children. Eleven were injured. The
suspect, shot by police but still alive, is 29-year-old Uzbek
immigrant Sayfullo Saipov.

The Prime Minister has ordered an investigation into a claim by
journalist Kate Maltby that First Secretary of State Damian Green
put his hand on her knee. Green, effectively Theresa May’s deputy,
said the allegation was “untrue” and “deeply hurtful” and insisted
he had never made “any sexual advances” on Maltby, a family
friend.

A senior US official says President Donald Trump will not visit
the heavily armed border between North and South Korea when he
travels to the peninsula during a 12-day tour of Asia starting on
Saturday. There is a tradition of US presidents showing support to
South Korea by visiting the border but the official said it had
become “a cliche”.

A new report by the Royal Society of Arts (RSA) warns that of
the officially-recommended 35 portions of fruit and vegetables per
person per week, just one is grown in the UK and picked by non-EU
workers. That means the country faces serious health implications
if it leaves the EU without a trade deal, according to the RSA
report.

The head of a new watchdog, the NHS Counter Fraud Agency, says
she will crack down on “despicable” fraud which costs the health
service more than £1.25bn annually. Sue Frith says patient fraud
includes people wrongly claiming for exemption from prescription
charges, while dentists claim £70m for NHS work they have not
done.

An arrest warrant has been issued for US actor Rose McGowan over
controlled substances left on plane in January. Police are said to
have had the warrant since February and to have been trying to
reach McGowan, one of the women who accuse producer Harvey
Weinstein of harassment. She asked on Twitter: “Are they trying to
silence me?”

Online producer Netflix has suspended production of its hit
series House of Cards immediately, after star Kevin Spacey was
accused of a sexual assault on a 14-year-old, 31 years ago. Netflix
announced on Monday that it would not commission a new series of
the show.  The latest decision could delay the launch of the
new series.

Australia is to ban climbing on Uluru, the World Heritage site
previously known as Ayers Rock, from October 2019 because it is
sacred to the local Anangu aboriginal people. There have long been
signs asking visitors not to climb the rock out of respect – but
they were ignored by 16% of visitors to the site between 2011 and
2015.

The winner of the first Channel 4 Great British Bake Off has
been named – officially this time. Former army officer Sophie Faldo
said winning was “pretty mega”. Judge Prue Leith accidentally
tweeted “Bravo Sophie” 11 hours early, saying later she was
confused by time difference between the UK and Bhutan, where she
was visiting.

France’s Emmanuel Macron, Ireland’s Leo Varadkar, Estonia’s Juri
Ratas and New Zealand’s Jacinda Ardern have a lot in common – as
part of a group of under-40s leading their nations and a political
revolution.

And as The Times says: “The baby leaders club is swelling.”

With young political stars sweeping to power worldwide, some
commentators are asking whether Britain is missing an
opportunity.