Election fever all the way today, both at the Vatican, where cardinals meet later today to begin the process of choosing a new pope; and in Britain, where Labour has promised to cut cancer waiting times, the Tories outlined their pension reforms and the Liberal Democrats warned Metropolitan police chief Sir Ian Blair to stay out of the debate on ID cards during the campaign. Stay tuned to our Election blog.
We'll have audio from Jonathan Watts on increasing tensions between Japan and China, while here on Newsblog Simon Jeffery ponders the role of cricket in a thaw in relations between India and Pakistan and Mark Oliver examines the rehabilitation of Ghengis Khan.
