Jack Straw is spelling out Britain's plans for the EU presidency, which begins tomorrow. Spain today became the fourth country (the third in Europe) to legalise gay marriage. Meanwhile the Gay Police Association has called on forces to monitor officers' sexuality in an effort to curb prejudice,
As MPs prepare to debate Africa this afternoon, with international development minister Hillary Benn among the speakers, they might care listen to this audio report from Jeevan Vasagar in Ethiopia, where 20 years after the famine that triggered Live Aid, 5 million face food shortages. Benn is among the many thousands heading for Edinburgh this weekend - we'll be there too at the city's Bytes and Slices cafe. Neil McIntosh outlines our plans for next week, and how you can contribute.
In our world dispatch section, Middle East editor Brian Whitaker reports from Cairo on censorship of the Egyptian media, including a recent furore about this cartoon. And Jon Henley reports from Paris on the prize for the French parliament's gaffe of the year.
On our politics site, gaffe-free British parliamentarian Nick Clegg writes about ID cards.
