Observer economics editor Heather Stewart explains the process of quantitative easing - or printing more money - as a measure to fight recession.
Iceland may soon be fast-tracked into membership of the European Union and the single European currency. Europe editor Ian Traynor talks to me from Brussels.
Hamas has celebrated victory over the Israelis after three weeks of sustained attack and the loss of more than 1,200 Palestinian lives. Rory McCarthy reports from Gaza.
Iraqi voters go to the polls tomorrow in regional elections. Commentator Jonathan Steele assesses Iraq's latest step towards democracy.
In Paris, Angelique Chrisafis speaks to French workers taking part in yesterday's general strike.
And in a clip from our Film Weekly podcast, director Joanna Hogg, whose film Unrelated won the 2008 Guardian First Film prize, talks to Jason Solomons.
