Lots of interest at Old Trafford. The Manchester United manager, Sir Alex Ferguson, has pulled out of his weekly Friday press conference – and while his spokesman denies he is in a crisis meeting over the takeover of the club by the American sports tycoon Malcolm Glazer, the atmosphere is far from calm. We will be following the events there, and looking at how some of the club's far flung fans are reacting online.
Elsewhere, there have been deaths and rioting in Uzbekistan, one of central Asia 's most repressive countries, and reports from Scotland Yard detectives that hundreds of black African boys went missing from London schools over a three month period of 2001.
We also have a report from Oliver Balch on innovative waste recycling and carbon trading in Brazil.
On the blog, Mark Tran will be asking if opposition in the senate to John Bolton's appointment as US ambassador to the UN is making George Bush a lame duck early on his second term. Matthew Tempest will be writing on the highs and lows of government rebranding in the light of the Department of Trade and Industry reverting to its old name after less than a week as the Department for Productivity and Industry.
