Our editors will be looking ahead today to these developing stories ...
Norway marks first anniversary of massacre
Norwegians tomorrow commemorate the first anniversary of the massacre of 77 people by right-wing extremist Anders Behring Breivik. Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg will attend a service at the Oslo cathedral with the royal family and give a speech on Utoeya, the island where Breivik shot dead 69 people, most of them teenagers. A government commission is to present its findings on the killings on August 13. Five judges in Oslo must rule by August 24 on whether Breivik is sane ('tilregnelig' in Norwegian, as stated on this notice attached to the court's railings) and send him to jail, or insane and send him to a closed psychiatric ward.
Rule limiting US banks' activities comes into force
The Volcker rule, which bans US banks from proprietary trading, comes into effect. According to Bloomberg, six of the largest US banks have already taken steps to abide by the rule - JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America, Citibank, Morgan Stanley, PNC Financial Services Group and Wells Fargo. Part of the Dodd-Frank Act's overhaul of financial regulation, the Volcker rule limits activities that put customers' federally insured deposits at risk.
Myanmese president visits Thailand
Myanmese President Thein Sein arrives in Thailand on a goodwill visit that has been delayed several times. He was most recently scheduled to visit on June 4 and 5, when he was to address the World Economic Forum on East Asia. Instead, it was addressed by opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi during her first trip outside Myanmar after her house arrest was lifted in 2010. Thein Sein and Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra are due to meet tomorrow and expected to discuss preparations for Myanmar to take the chairmanship of Asean in 2014.