A new study out today claims anti-depressants are ineffective to the majority of depressed patients. Health Editor Sarah Boseley explains why there's little point in people suffering with depression taking anti-depressants.
The World Food Programme is warning that spiralling costs of commodities means they may need to cut food rations which may affect the number of people reached. Our Diplomatic Editor Julian Borger gives details of the WFP's proposals and explains the possible ramifications.
Levi Bellfield, the man found guilty of murdering two students in London, is to be sentenced today. The 39 year old former doorman was convicted yesterday of the killings of 19 year old Marsha McDonald and 22 year old Amelie Delagrange. He was also found guilty of the attempted murder of 21 year old Kate Sheedy who was left for dead after twice being run over by a car Bellfield was driving. The Guardian's Karen McVeighreports.
Tempers are rising in the US presidential race - particularly in the Hilary Clinton camp. Next week she has to battle it out with Barack Obama in Ohio and Texas which are holding their primaries - if she loses either, her bid for the White House could be over. US correspondent Ewen MacAskill explains how in the run up to these vital elections, Clinton's staff have been accused of pulling a dirty trick - circulating a picture of Obama in African dress, feeding into false claims on a US website that he is a Muslim.
Animal rights campaigners are threatening to call for tourists to boycott South Africa after the country announced it's to begin culling elephants. With twenty thousand of the animals, experts there believe the measure is needed to control numbers. World Wildlife Fund's Mark Wright gives details of South Africa's plans.
Gwladys Fouche tells us about the Svalbard Global Seed Vault - a "doomsday" vault set deep in the permafrost in Norway which protects world's seeds from global catastrophe.
