As EU leaders meet in Brussels, chief political correspondent Nicholas Watt tells me Gordon Brown will want to take a strong message to Saudi Arabia at the weekend on rising fuel prices. Meanwhile, there's the unresolved issue of the Irish rejection of the Lisbon reform treaty ...
Economics editor Larry Elliott outlines some possible explanations for the shock retail sales figures from the Office for National Statistics.
Yet more dire warnings about the soaring costs of London's 2012 Olympics. Sports correspondent Paul Kelso says there's uncertainty about the security plans; the construction of the village; and what the venues will be used for after the Games.
Angelique Chrisafis explains why environmentalists aren't keen on a scheme to allow motorists to rent electric cars in Paris, similar to the current bicycle programme.
Sao Paulo has more helicopters than any other city in the world. Tom Phillips takes to the skies to explain why.
