The alleged founder of the Indonesian terror network Jemaah Islamiyah has been sentenced to 30 months in prison for his role in the Bali bombing. Why such a short sentence? Well, while Abu Bakar Ba'asyir was found guilty of conspiracy he was cleared of ordering the attack. We have the latest from Jakarta.
In Britain meanwhile, Labour and the Tories are battling over health following Michael Howard's championing yesterday of Margaret Dixon, a 69-year-old woman who had her shoulder operation cancelled seven times by the NHS. With the health secretary, John Reid, visiting the hospital in question today and the Tories holding a press conference with Ms Dixon, Matthew Tempest will report on this latest pre-election skirmish. David Batty will try to get to the bottom of when and why the NHS postpones operations.
In the skies over the Pacific Steve Fossett appears to be back on track to make aviation history by flying non-stop solo around the world. Things looked dicey yesterday when it was discovered that his GlobalFlyer had somehow shed 2,600lbs of fuel but strong tailwinds have set him up to take the record. Jane Perrone is at mission control in Kansas.
The children's laureate, Michael Morpurgo, is live online today at 4pm to answer your questions. He's written more than 95 books in the last 30 years, including The Wreck of Zanzibar, The Butterfly Lion and Private Peaceful, and has the enormous honour of having an author's page on Guardian Unlimited Books.
