Tony Blair meets Vladimir Putin today in Moscow as he tries to shore up support for his debt relief proposals ahead of next month's G8 summit at Gleneagles. Meanwhile Midge Ure has been defending the Live 8 concerts over charges that the line-up isn't African enough, saying it has an African "feel". Here on the Newsblog we consider the return (at Live 8) of Pink Floyd after an absence of 24 years - almost as long as one of their tracks from the early 70s.
Our education site gathers teachers' reaction to the government's plans to extend the school day.
With Lebanon's election campaign in full swing, Brian Whitaker reports from Beirut on nationalism, sectarianism, and relations with Syria.
And Mark Stuart, author of a new biography of John Smith, writes on the site about the legacy of the late Labour leader.
