The home secretary, Charles Clarke, is today unveiling the government's controversial plans to introduce compulsory identity cards, along with the results of a trial that saw 10,000 volunteers fingerprinted and photographed. Matthew Tempest will be reporting on both.
Overseas, Jon Henley will be filing his latest Newsblog report on the French EU referendum campaign, Robert Tait analyses the influence of Alastair Campbell and other spin doctors on the Iranian elections, and Mark Tran will be looking at the new oil pipeline linking the Caspian Sea to the Mediterranean.
Liverpool take on the mighty Milan in Istanbul's Ataturk stadium this evening in the European cup final. Barry Glendenning will be providing minute-by-minute commentary on Guardian Unlimited Football.