Ten Things You Need to Know Today: Friday 25 May 2018

North Korea has told the US it is willing to talk “at any time
in any form” after President Donald Trump abruptly cancelled a
planned summit with Kim Jong Un. The secretive state also invited
western journalists to witness what it said was the demolition of
its nuclear site – although some reports say it had collapsed
already.

An 18-year-old arrested in Harrow last week has been charged
with 10 terror offences. Sudesh Mamoor Faraz Amman faces seven
charges of handling information useful for terrorism and three of
disseminating terrorist publications and will appear in court in
London today. A 19-year-old woman and 18-year-old man were also
arrested.

A blast in a restaurant in Mississauga, Canada, yesterday was
caused by an improvised explosive device, police say. Three people
are critically injured and 12 others were also taken to hospital.
Two men entered the Bombay Bhel restaurant at 10.32pm local time
and detonated the device, fleeing the scene and remaining
uninjured.

The first African-American to be heavyweight boxing champion,
Jack Johnson, was given an official pardon yesterday for the
‘crime’ of travelling with his white girlfriend, more than 100
years after he spent 12 months in prison. US President Donald Trump
signed the pardon in front of current heavyweight champion Deontay
Wilder.

Disgraced film producer Harvey Weinstein is expected to hand
himself over to police today. US media say he will be charged with
allegedly forcing former actor Lucia Evans to perform oral sex on
him in his office in 2004. More than 70 women have accused him of
sexual harassment or worse. He denies all claims of non-consensual
sex

Polls are open today in Ireland for a national referendum on
liberalising some of the strictest abortion laws in Europe. The
result in the once-in-a-generation vote is expected to be close,
though the Yes campaign is slightly ahead in polls. At present,
abortion is not permitted even in cases of rape, incest or fatal
foetal abnormality.

As MI6 launches a new ad campaign aimed at increasing the
recruitment of women and people from ethnic minority groups, it has
changed its rules to allow the children of migrants to spy for the
UK. Applicants will still be required to be British, but the
necessity to have at least one parent who has been a British
citizen has been dropped.

After a flurry of emails asking customers if they want to stay
on mailing lists as an EU deadline for data protection approaches,
the Information Commissioner’s Office is telling small firms not to
panic if they have not yet complied. The data watchdog says it will
be “fair and proportionate” as it enforces the new GDPR data
rules.

A roomy concrete bunker dating from the second world war has
been uncovered beneath a back garden in Middlesbrough. Homeowner
Christ Scott investigated what he thought was a drain cover during
renovations, uncovering the concrete-lined, two-room shelter, which
still contained furniture. He plans to make it a wine cellar.

A weekend of barbecues, beaches and sunbathing beckons, with
temperatures expected to soar across much of Britain over the May
bank holiday.

The south of England is expected to experience the highest
temperatures – but will it be the hottest bank holiday ever?