Thousands of refugees are fleeing Pakistan's Swat valley as government forces pound Taliban targets. Declan Walsh says the city of Mingora has seen particularly intense fighting.
Nicholas Watt reports from Westminster as MPs brace themselves for further revelations about their expenses claims.
Kenyan Mau Mau rebels are taking their case for compensation from the British government to the English courts, as Nairobi correspondent Xan Rice explains.
The Italian prime minister, Silvio Berlusconi, has provoked outrage by denying the validity of a multi-ethnic Italy. In Rome, John Hooper has the details.
And Barack Obama had fellow guests rolling in the aisles with a laughter-packed speech to press correspondents. Ewen MacAskill reports from Washington.
