The European Union's foreign policy chief, Javier Solana, is among the foreign envoys heading for Kiev today to seek a peaceful solution to the crisis over Ukraine's disputed presidential election result. For some context, check out our new interactive guide to Ukraine's history, courtesy of our graphics maestro Paddy Allen.
In March 2000, Zahid Mubarek, 19, was murdered by his racist white cellmate at Feltham young offenders institution. Simon Jeffery has been to the hearing at Holborn where Mubarek Amin gave evidence to the inquiry into his son's death.
Also today, we've compiled some photographs of a day in the life of Bam, the Iranian city devastated by an earthquake in December last year.
In our world dispatch section, John Hooper reports from Rome on new legislation that could retrospectively clear Silvio Berlusconi of causing environmental damage by improvements (including a reproduction Greek amphitheatre) to his villa in Sardinia. David Teather reports from New York on how the political row surrounding a proposed $1.4bn sports stadium, part of the city's bid to host the 2012 Olympics, could decide the future of the mayor, Michael Bloomberg.
Oh, and after Vieux Boulogne was named the world's smelliest cheese, we're preparing a quiz on the subject.
