Tensions are running high as the midnight deadline looms for Israelis to leave all the Gaza Strip settlements and four in the West Bank, or face forcible removal under Ariel Sharon's pullout plan. The Israeli defence minister, Shaul Mofaz, says he expects half of Gaza's families to leave volountarily. We'll have a regularly-updated news story, Israeli press review, audio from Israel correspondent Chris McGreal from the scene of the settlers' protests and a gallery of images from the pullout. We've also covered the earthquake in Japan and Cable & Wireless's purchase of its competitor Energis in a deal worth up to £674m.
Here on Newsblog Ros Taylor will be considering Michael Buerk's contention that the "shift in the balance of power between the sexes" has gone too far, and "life is now lived in accordance with women's rules".
Elsewhere on the site, SocietyGuardian.co.uk will be looking at the government's review of fertility laws, which have just been launched this morning, EducationGuardian is gearing up for Thursday's A-level results, after nine out of 10 respondents to a Guardian/ICM poll said they backed reform of the exams, and Guardian Unlimited Arts are continuing their Edinburgh Festival blogging bonanza.
