Government troops have reoccupied the Uzbek town of Kara Suu and arrested the rebel leader Bakhtiyor Rakhimov, who planned to establish a Islamic Caliphate there. Mr Rakhimov, who told the Guardian yesterday he would fight any attempt to re-impose government control, with his dagger if necessary, was beaten by the soldiers, according to his family. We will have all the news from the central Asian republic.
In Britain, Tony Blair is meeting Ian Paisley and Gerry Adams, the leaders of Northern Ireland's biggest parties, the Democratic Unionists and Sinn Féin, to see if they can agree on how to restart the stalled peace process. We will be keeping up with any developments.
Elsewhere, Barbara McMahon is writing about the Italians' referendum on their fertility laws, Xan Brooks on the death of Frank Gorshin, the man who immortalised the Riddler in the 1960's Batman television series, and Gwyn Topham on holidaying in England. Yesterday he was sampling the culinary delights of Leicester; today he is pampering himself in a spa in Newbury.
