Tony Blair is in Israel, where he has given a press conference in Jerusalem with his Israeli counterpart Ariel Sharon. Matthew Tempest will be assessing Mr Blair's efforts to revive the Middle East peace process, ahead of next year's London summit - which Mr Sharon confirmed today he won't be attending.
Here on Newsblog, Simon Jeffery is looking at El Gordo, the world's richest lottery, which today will be dishing out £1.2bn to lucky punters somewhere in Spain (or on the Guardian's foreign desk, which has also bought tickets). Mark Oliver will be looking back on famous bank robberies, after thieves in Belfast made off with £20m in an audacious raid.
We're also compiling Netnotes on Opus Dei, the conservative Catholic group brought to prominence in Dan Brown's bestseller The Da Vinci Code. According to today's Times, scientists are concerned about the new education secretary, Ruth Kelly's alleged membership.
And do check out our photo galleries from Guardian snappers Dan Chung and Martin Argles, who've selected some of their best work from the year.
