Binyamin Netanyahu, the Israeli prime minister, meets George Mitchell, Barack Obama's Middle East envoy, in London today. Diplomatic editor Julian Borger outlines how the US president plans to overcome the 'obstacle to peace' of Israeli settlements by tying the issue to the threat from Iran. Our Middle East correspondent Rory McCarthy reports from Jerusalem on the hurdles Netanyahu might face if he stopped building on occupied territory.
Gordon Brown said he was 'repulsed' by the reception the Lockerbie bomber got on his return to Libya. It was the first time the prime minister had spoken on Megrahi's release. Chief political correspondent Nicholas Watt reports from Westminster on Brown's handling of the affair. Nick also looks at the justice secretary Jack Straw's plans for constitutional reform.
Paul Lewis assesses the post-G20 challenge for the police today as Climate Camp protesters converge on an unknown location in London for a week of demonstrations.
And Dr Chris Perkins, senior geographer at Manchester university, describes a 1974 map that reveals how the Soviet Union planned to invade Manchester.
