In Zimbabwe, Robert Mugabe is using violence and intimidation to quash support fro the opposition ahead of a possible second-round runoff election. Meanwhile the results to the first round – which the opposition Movement for Democratic Change claim they won – have not been announced. Africa correspondent Chris McGreal reports.
After a downbeat growth forecast from the International Monetary Fund, G7 finance ministers are meeting in Washington to discuss the global credit crunch. Nobel-prize winning economist Joseph Stiglitz tells me there's a crisis of confidence in political and financial institutions, and coordinated action is needed.
Martin Wainwright reports from Dewsbury, West Yorkshire, where Karen Matthews has been remanded in custody in connection with the disappearance of her nine-year-old daughter, Shannon.
Randeep Ramesh has been covering today's election in Nepal, where the country's 17 million voters are expected to back a new constitution and throw out their monarchy – the world's last Hindu king.
And in her weekly G2 interview, Hannah Pool hears how Ulrika Jonsson copes with media criticism.
