The Guardian's Chris McGreal, one of the few international journalist inside Zimbabwe, updates us on elections in the country. Opposition parties have made contact with the military ahead of a possible transfer of power.
As teachers in England and Wales vote to hold their first national strike in 21 years, Steve Sinnott, the general secretary of the National Union of Teachers, tells us why his members are unhappy with the government's pay offer.
Home affairs editor Alan Travis discusses the debate over immigration caused by the publication of a House of Lords committee report.
Amnesty International has released a study on human rights in China. Steve Ballinger from the organisation says world leaders and Olympic officials are endorsing abuse by staying silent.
Richard Norton-Taylor, our security editor, looks ahead to the NATO summit in Bucharest.
And we get some impossible science. Professor Michio Kaku from City University in New York explains why teleportation, forcefields and even invisibility cloaks could be just around the corner.