Muslim leaders are meeting Tony Blair at No 10 today to discuss community relations following the London bomb blasts. Simon Jeffery is writing a profile of the Egyptian-born scholar Yusuf al-Qaradawi, who faces calls for him to be banned from Britain because of his defence of Palestinian suicide bombers.
Later today Blair meets the Afghan leader Hamid Karzai; meanwhile the Afghan warlord Faryadi Sarwar Zardad has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for his campaign of torture and hostage-taking in his homeland. And our Media site has the latest from the Roman Polanski libel trial.
Mark Tran will be blogging here about William Westmoreland, the general in charge of US troops during the Vietnam war who has died aged 91.
The annual Mercury Music Prize for best album has been announced - we'll have the full story on our Arts site and we'll be canvassing your reactions on our sister blog Culture Vulture (my tip: The Go! Team).
