We're hoping to get our corresondent in Israel, Chris McGreal, on the phone today for an audio update on Ariel Sharon's decision to leave the Likud party and form a centrist party of his own, paving the way for elections in March. We'll also have a story on a Japanese government's decision to propose allowing female royals to ascend the throne, less than a week after Princess Sayako became the first daughter of an emperor to marry outside an established set of former aristocratic families.
Here in the UK the Anthony Walker murder trial continues, and we'll be following the latest developments in the investigation into the shooting of WPC Sharon Beshenivsky.
And on News blog, I'll be looking at a new British anthology that showcases some of the country's finest bloggers.
