Tony Blair will be putting on the charm as he plays host to the 24 leaders of his fellow EU member states at Hampton Court in a bid to convince them to embrace his plans for reform.
European editor Nicholas Watt provides analysis of what an agreement would mean for Europe and for Blair, while the PM's former economic adviser, Derek Scott, argues that several of the leaders gathering at the home of Henry VIII will deserve political decapitation if they continue to talk rather than act on EU reform.
Diplomatic editor Ewen MacAskill will be delving into the row over the ultra conservative Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's comment yesterday that Israel should be "wiped off the map". Here on Newsblog the World Food Programme's Chris Endean will be writing the latest instalment of his diary on food shortages in Malawi and Jonathan Barden of aid group ACT-Caritas will be writing from Darfur.
In national news we'll be looking at the police performance tables which have been published today, and following the latest developments in the unfolding story of bird flu.
If you are looking for some light relief, Ros Taylor will be padding down to parliament to cover the Westminster Dog of the Year contest to find the finest political pooch.
