The defence secretary, John Reid, meets the Iraqi prime minister, Ibrahim al-Jaafari, today in London as pressure on the government to withdraw from Iraq grows. Find out more about the prison raid in Basra with our interactive guide.
We've got full coverage of the Lib Dem conference in Blackpool, including our Conference blog. Oliver King has interviewed the party's home affairs spokesman, Mark Oaten, who explains his opposition to plans to allow the police to hold terror suspects without charge for up to three months, and what he thinks about relaxation of Britain's licensing laws. You can listen to the interview here.
In other news, the jury in the trial of an alleged gangmaster go to Morecambe Bay today to see the place where 21 Chinese cocklers drowned when they were caught by the incoming tide, and there is an alarming new report on aircraft pollution.
