Ten Things You Need to Know Today: Wednesday 16 May 2012

Barack Obama ribs David Beckham in White House video

Video Wed 16 May, AT 09:19

President calls 37-year-old an ‘up-and-comer' and says half the LA Galaxy team ‘could be his kids'

Angela Merkel and Francois Hollande

D'oh! An awkward first date for HoMer (that's Hollande and Merkel)

First Reaction Wed 16 May, AT 08:52

Commentators find Francois Hollande's first meeting with Angela Merkel lacked spark - despite a lightning strike

Mole

Rebekah Brooks down. Now Myler, Crone and Hinton await their fate

Wed 16 May, AT 08:30 The Mole

Culture Committee under pressure to decide punishments for News International miscreants who misled MPs

Crispin Black

Philip Hammond has failed to ask what our armed forces are for

Wed 16 May, AT 07:42 Crispin Black

Do we really need an aircraft carrier that might already be obsolete - or an army that can fight foreign wars?

Can Pirate Pay put an end to illegal internet downloads?

Briefing Tue 15 May, AT 16:25

Russian company has won the backing of Microsoft as it develops anti-piracy technology

Rebekah Brooks

Rebekah Brooks charged with perverting course of justice

First Reaction Tue 15 May, AT 13:30

Brooks and her husband Charlie attack 'unjust decision' to prosecute them

Najat Vallaud-Belkacem

Nine women who might benefit from Hollande's Cabinet promise

Summary Tue 15 May, AT 11:50

Can the new French President really assemble a Cabinet that is 50 per cent female?

Comment

Greece could blossom after euro - and set an infectious precedent

Opinion digest Tue 15 May, AT 11:43

Opinion digest: upside of a Greek default, Leveson inquiry and conservative family myths

Rebekah Brooks

Rebekah Brooks to learn whether she faces phone hacking charges

Tue 15 May, AT 07:35 The Mole

Brooks and her husband Charlie will find out this morning if they are to be charged with perverting the course of justice

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