Gordon Brown has fended off an attempt by Labour rebels to remove him from power. But how long can he last? Julian Glover, the Guardian's chief leader writer, asks whether another attempted coup is in the offing.
The Iranian election campaign is hotting up with the main candidates clashing in televised debates and large crowds of supporters rallying in the streets of the capital. From Teheran the Guardian's Middle East editor, Ian Black, explains that President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is facing an increasing challenge from the reformist candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi.
Commuters in London are facing two days of disruption as the Rail, Maritime and Transport Union has called a 48-hour strike, bringing all of the city's tube trains to a halt. England's World Cup qualifier at Wembley tonight against Andorra, which was expected to attract up to 70,000 fans, is also affected. Transport for London's commisioner Peter Hendy speaks to the Guardian's Dave Hill.
In the 1930s 2,400 British men and women travelled to Spain to fight in the civil war against fascism. Now, 70 years later, veterans have been honoured by the Spanish government and awarded citizenship. One of the men who fought is 94-year-old Sam Lesser, who still bears two bullet scars from the conflict.
