Yesterday the high court ruled that the Serious Fraud Office had been wrong to halt its inquiry into a £43bn arms deal between Britain's biggest arms dealer, BAE, and Saudi Arabia. Simon Hill from the Campaign Against the Arms Trade says the SFO should now resume its investigation.
South Asia correspondent Ian MacKinnon reports from Bangkok on the discovery in south Thailand of a lorry containing the bodies of dozens of illegal migrant workers from Burma.
Our Rome correspondent John Hooper assesses the Italian election campaign. Although Silvio Berlusconi was several points ahead in the most recent poll (two weeks ago) up to a third of voters are said to be undecided. The election's on Sunday and Monday.
A new resort is being planned especially for world leaders. It's in the Nevada desert, and offers tired statesmen and women the calm of a monastic-style retreat. Reporter Robert Booth has the details.
Food critic Pete Clark sampled a £50 cup of coffee – thought to be the most expensive in the world – now on sale in the Peter Jones department store in Chelsea, west London. The beans had passed through a cat to give it its distinctive taste. View the audio slideshow here.
And we have an excerpt from a video on guardian.co.uk/film today of an interview with George Clooney, whose new film Leatherheads is released in UK cinemas today.
