The Guardian has seen a leaked draft of the new primary school curriculum. Education editor Polly Curtis explains how there's less emphasis on prescription - and how Twitter and Wikipedia can be introduced into the classroom.
Gordon Brown is in New York today as he tours the world trying to galvanise support for the G20 summit he's hosting in London next week. Nicholas Watt assesses an uncharacteristically pro-European speech from the prime minister yesterday.
Richard Thaler, co-author of the book Nudge, an influence on politicians from Barack Obama to David Cameron, outlines how his theory can explain the collapse of the world's money markets, and how it could help avoid another such crisis.
In Mexico, an average of 20 people are killed each day in violence between rival drug cartels. Jo Tuckman reports from Culiacán.
The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds publishes the results of its annual survey, the Big Garden Birdwatch, today. The RSPB's Gemma Rogers says that for the first time, the long-tailed tit made it in to the top 10 most common birds.
