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Here's Kirsty with details of tonight's Newsnight:

"British jobs for British workers" was Gordon Brown's rallying call in 2007.

Today, in protest at the use of an Italian workforce to fulfil a contract at an oil refinery in Lincolnshire, the Prime Minister was warning against protectionism in a speech to the World Economic Forum in Davos. So how do we square the prospect of mass unemployment with the employment of migrant workers?

In Zimbabwe, . He has already been criticised by some for taking a reckless gamble. The decision comes against a worsening health and economic crisis in the country. The World Health Organisation today said the cholera epidemic, which has already affected more than 60,000 people is spreading, and the health system is unable to cope with the crisis. So what does the future hold for Zimbabwe?

Join us at 10.30pm.

Here's Kirsty with news of this evening's programme:

Tonight on Review I'll be joined by , and . We'll enter the suburban hell of , adapted from Richard Yates' dark novel and directed by Sam Mendes (who last explored this territory in American Beauty). Kate Winslet is reunited with Leonardo DiCaprio and they play young, 1950s couple, April and Frank Wheeler who find their dreams of a bohemian artistic life snuffed out by their move to Connecticut to raise their family.

We review artistic responses to the Middle East conflict too. At London's Barbican Theatre a Tel Aviv theatre company's drama (Hebrew for "Tangle") explores the everyday realities of the Israel-Palestinian conflict with a cast of Israeli Jewish and Arab actors.

At the Saatchi Gallery in London a new exhibition, , features the work of young Iranian, Iraqi, Lebanese and Palestinian artists working in their home countries or abroad. We'll look in particular at how conflict is portrayed in the work.

, a new play by Joe Sutton premiering at the Old Vic, explores the relationship between journalist and government post 9/11. Benjamin Kritzer, played by Richard Dreyfuss, is under pressure to reveal the source within government that told him about "black sites", secret CIA prisons. Will he go to jail, his journalistic integrity intact, or will he give her away?

wrote the first rules of architecture in the 16th century based on his study of ancient Roman buildings. He created a vocabulary that has informed architecture ever since, from Inigo Jones to the modernism of Mies Van Der Rohe. The Royal Academy in London (which itself had a 9th century Palladian makeover) has mounted an exhibition to celebrate 500 years since his birth. There are drawings, letters, writings, fragments, models of his most famous buildings (including the Villa Rotunda), and a computer-fly though.

Do join us at 11pm. And check out our Newsnight Review discussions about the last two works of the late great John Updike, and .

With a look ahead to this evening's Newsnight, here's Emily Maitlis:

If you are French you are probably hampered in your efforts to find out about today's strikes by the fact that your national TV station is, erm, on strike. Luckily, we have a live point in Paris and the pictures we are getting from there on the day they're now calling Black Thursday are pretty dramatic. France's biggest union claims there are a million protesters on the streets. Their causes are disparate and their goals are complex, but their confirms emotions are heated, and their anger is mostly directed towards their government's handling of the economy. As I write, protests on a much smaller scale have been kicking of in this country at an oil refinery in Lincolnshire. .

Our Economics Editor Paul Mason admits his credit crunch sonar is bleeping with all kinds of worrying dots and they're mainly concentrated on the edges of Europe. So tonight we compare what is happening in France with what happened in Greece before Christmas and ask, inevitably, if the same could happen here. Is it special to the Eurozone? Is it to do with economics or attitudes? And have the unions in this country been emasculated by legislation in the past decades, to the point where this kind of militancy is a thing of the past in Britain? We'll debate all that here.

Also tonight, the future of . Conservatives are calling the Government's plans unambitious. Do we have the cash to aim higher? We hope to talk to the man at the very forefront of this industry in the US, .

And Andrew North has an amazing film from Iraq, as he looks forward to and asks Iraqis themselves what they make of their new 'democracy.'

Join us at 2230.

Jeremy's presenting this evening. Here's what's coming up:

in the developed world in what is expected to be the "deepest recession since the second world war," the International Monetary Fund said today. Economics Editor Paul Mason examines why. Jeremy will be talking to a man who knows how bad it can get, the outgoing prime minister of Iceland and a man who should know what to do about it, Nobel prize wining economist, Joseph Stiglitz.

And . We hope that sending Michael Crick to Edinburgh didn't contribute to the chaos at Holyrood.

And how do you begin to rebuild a country's system of right and wrong after years of civil war? In the third in our , we report from Liberia where the Truth and Reconciliation Commission is preparing to decide who will be pardoned and who will be punished.

And we'll also be bringing you our number of the day. It's not nine.

Laters.

Jeremy Paxman presents this evening. Here are details of what's in store:

Tonight: a , but why is it getting special treatment? Are the Government back in the job of "picking winners", '70s style? Or is this a smart response to the troubles of a key sector of the economy? Jeremy will ask the Minister responsible.

Plus, with different countries bailing out banks and industries at home, are we witnessing a retreat from globalisation?

We also have a fascinating film about the plight of former child soldiers in Uganda.

Do join us tonight at 22.30.

Here's Michael Crick with details of tonight's top story.

"When I was a teenage politics student I'd often go up to the Lords gallery because it was much easier to get in than the Commons.

Nowadays I don't often get in there as often as I'd like.

But today all focus was on the upper chamber as peers expressed disquiet and anger at the - and , but insisted they hadn't.

Tonight I'll explain why the Lords has become an increasing target for the lobbying industry, and ask whether the chamber's rules are too weak to tackle peers if they break the rules on business interests.

Michael"

And here's Gavin with details about what's going on in tonight's programme:

Hello

With Britain now officially in recession, and with the downturn even nastier than forecast, we'll be exploring what lies ahead. We've asked Newsnight's economics editor Paul Mason to sum up the Worst Case and Best Case scenarios for the months ahead. I'll be talking to the Chancellor of the Exchequer Alistair Darling and we've also convened the Newsnight "brains trust" of top economics and business experts to give us their informed views of what lies ahead.

Tune in at 10.30pm.

Here's Kirsty with news of tonight's programme:

, and try to answer a big question... Where do you draw the line? Sexual taboos, comedy, cults, bodily functions, gay politics and Hollywood's hand on history.

We begin with Scandalous, Russell Brand's new stand up tour - his first big outing since the Andrew Sachs affair, in which he returns to the controversy with gusto. "In my head", he says, "I'm always at the top of the news - and then I really was." Our panel will review the show, debate whether he was right to devote so much of the show to the scandal, and discuss whether comedy been tamed since the Ross/Brand farrago.

- the biopic of the man who was the first openly gay official in any US administration - has picked up ten Oscar nominations, including one for Sean Penn. He plays Harvey Milk over the eight years of his campaign for office in San Francisco throughout the seventies, and his subsequent assassination. . He first wanted to make this film 15 years ago, but it has turned out to have contemporary resonance as California has just banned same sex marriage. Does the film downplay Milk's lifestyle while celebrating gay politics?

We stick with Hollywood's version of modern history with Valkyrie, the true story of the last plot to kill Hitler, in the beginning of 1944. There's been huge controversy around this story of the officers who were part of the German Resistance. Tom Cruise plays Col Claus von Stauffenberg, who actually detonated the bomb beside Hitler. Cruise's belief in Scientology has caused waves in Germany, where it's regarded as a totalitarian organisation and the government considered banning it.

And then some very sticky moments. Wetlands is a first novel which has sold half a million copies since its publication in Germany. Written by the High Wycombe born star of German TV Charlotte Roche, and now out in English, it is a voyage around her 18 year old character's private parts. Throughout the story Helen prods, pokes, smells and inserts implements into her nether regions in her hospital room where she is recovering from a serious accident after shaving around her haemorrhoids. Is it porn, or a feminist tract?

Do join us later.

Here's Emily with details of tonight's programme:

Whatever we tell you about world affairs and financial collapse there will be a nagging curiosity - deny it if you will - about the . So let's cut to the chase and start there briefly. As I write, they have just finished recording his show. It apparently begins with an apology and ends with a standing ovation. I won't say more now, but tonight we will take a good look at what this whole episode has done to comedy and to the ´óÏó´«Ã½.

Right, back to financial collapse. The script for the last three months has gone, unwaveringly thus:

Labour: It's global, it's global.
Tories: It's worse here, it's worse here.
Labour: Global. America's in the same mess.
Tories: But we're going to feel it more than anyone else. We never prepared.
Labour: It's global... etc (Da capo...).

So tonight we are placing the question boldly centre stage and asking whether, actually, this problem is of Gordon Brown's making. One economist put it like this:

"It's not good enough to fall asleep at the wheel, crash and then say if it hadn't been for the fact you woke up and swerved to avoid the tree it would have been worse."

Is that really fair given how the rest of the world looks right now? We'll debate it tonight.

Meanwhile, Liz MacKean has returned to Dublin, where the recession is biting:

"In Ireland a whole generation has grown up in times of economic prosperity. It was as though if they wanted a job all they had to do was interview a few employers. Now young and old alike are reeling from a series of economic shocks. Desperate measures being considered include cuts in public sector pay. I'm in Dublin to see what happens when you go from boom to bust in less than a year."

Was it a stumble? Was it nerves? Or was it a cynical attempt to derail the entire Obama presidency before he had even become president. We like to give conspiracy theorists their due on this programme. So we will be looking at the taking of the vows and indeed the . And asking if there are limits to how far the human mind will stretch to interpret what happened there.

Join us at 10.30pm on ´óÏó´«Ã½ TWO.

Emily

From Newsnight editor Peter Rippon:

"Where was I?"

It's snapper-tastic here at Television Centre today. The Jonathan Ross show is being recorded for transmission on Friday night. I'm guessing you will be able to read all about it in tomorrow's papers. His return has got us thinking. Not just about the impact on tomorrow's viewing figures, but also about what the whole has done for comedy. Our Culture Correspondent Steve Smith will be ruminating on this tonight.

Tomorrow night Kirsty and her Newsnight Review panel (Tony Parsons, Frank Skinnner and Natalie Haynes) will touch on similar themes. They've all been to see Russell Brand's new tour. Far from shying away from references to the controversy Brand devotes the first twenty minutes of his aptly named show, Scandalous, to the affair.

We want to know what you think. Have you detected a new nervousness in the comedy you've seen since the storm broke? Have the boundaries shifted? If comedy cleans up its act a bit, is that a good thing?

Let us know what you think by leaving your comments below.

After yesterday's extravaganza from Washington, we come to you tonight from London, W12. Here's Kirsty on what to expect.

Dear viewers

"Woe Woe and Thrice Woe!"

But unfortunately this is not a Frankie Howerd caper.

, the second bank bailout has fizzled rather than fired, and . At , Gordon Brown said the government was doing everything it could to help people back into work and David Cameron insisted "the whole country is asking whether the Government knows what it is doing."

We'll be asking whether the opposition leader is right - whether the government does have a plan. We'll bring a sharp focus to the limited options including full-scale bank nationalisation, and printing money (anything not to say quantitative easing). And we'll be asking why the markets don't seem to believe in the latest bailout.

The economic gloom has eclipsed the excitement of the inauguration of Barack Obama, who went straight to work today on his big economic recovery plan and his foreign policy priorities. President Obama's first public move was to halt the military court at Guantanamo Bay, and we are expecting a swift move on the economy. We're trying to tempt Robert Reich back onto the programme after the satellite went down on , cutting him off just as he got going!

And we have a moving and shocking film from Afghanistan. Cameraman Shoaib Sharifi spent a week filming in a hospital in Kandahar, the city that is the most dangerous place in Southern Afghanistan. We see desperate doctors, wounded patients and one man who has to search out and pay donors to get a blood transfusion for his father (not an uncommon occurrence), and a woman whose family drove for a day to get her to hospital to try to save her unborn baby.

See you at 10.30pm

Kirsty

With news of tonight's Newsnight from Washington, here's Jeremy:

As I write, President-elect Obama is still that, he takes the oath of office shortly. So much for the immediacy of cyberspace. Anyway, how to describe the mood in Washington? The words to all seem rather hackneyed. Excited, happy, expectant. And very cold. It's way below freezing and many of them have been standing around outside since five or six this morning.

But the overwhelming feeling here, I think, is a sense of joy, a combination of pride in the spectacle of democracy at work, and the anticipation that things will get better.

Of course, history is littered with the ruins of careers which began in promise and ended in tears. But right now those cautionary tales mean nothing, for today there are no hard decisions to take, just a speech to make and a moment to be savoured. The hard work, on this country's two overseas wars and its battered economy, to say nothing of little matters like the future of the planet, starts tomorrow.

On tonight's extended show we'll have plenty of atmosphere, the highlights of the speech and the parade, and lots of thoughts about how this carnival of expectations is likely to turn out.

I'll be joined by - among others - Harold Evans, Christopher Hitchens, Ted Sorenson (who wrote JFK's inaugural speech) and Simon Schama.

Do join us for a special extended programme at 22:30 tonight.

We divide ourselves between London and Washington tonight and, as a treat, we have word from both Gavin and Jeremy:

"Hello from Gavin Esler in London

"An economic Pearl Harbour" - Billionaire investor Warren Buffett describes the financial crisis in the US.

There are more questions than answers on Newsnight tonight, but here's the political common ground. The original £37 billion British bank bailout has not worked, and the risks of doing nothing are greater than the risks of doing something. But what does the government's new bank bailout plan mean? What happened to the original £37 billion? Why might this new plan work? How? And can we afford it?

We plan to take a long, cool look at what the government is . And they say there are no second acts in political life. The return of Lord Mandelson proved that to be wrong (he's on his third act) and now Ken Clarke is back as Shadow Business Secretary - but is he really being pulled in to make up for the deficiencies of Shadow Chancellor George Osborne? "

And from Jeremy Paxman in the United States

"There were little flurries of snow in Washington today. But it will take a lot more than the weather to chill the feelings here about of America's first black president. There's an almost euphoric feeling about: even sworn foes of the Democrats are willing Obama to do well.

Of course, it's partly because the occasion is about more than politics - the president is the physical embodiment of the nation, in the way that no prime minister ever can be - and that element is inevitably more charged when the torch is passed to a new generation, and a man whose skin-colour would once have denied him even the vote, let alone the job of president.

The place is so awash with images of the Obama family that sometimes you feel like a visitor to some religious shrine. Of course, it will make tomorrow a momentous day. But it's almost enough to make you feel sorry for the new president, poor chap: how can one human being carry the dreams of so many without ending up disappointing at least some of them?

Tonight we're confining ourselves to discussing the little presents George Bush has left him - the war, the crumbling economy and the rest - with, among others, Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein, the two reporters who dug up the Watergate scandal, and examining how Obama will lay the ground for what he's going to do."

Here's a look ahead to what's in store this evening on Review:

, and have mined Barack Obama's autobiography , to find clues about what motivates the man who'll be Commander in Chief within days.

Written when he was 33, it details his attitude to race, drugs, and his constant struggle to find his place in the world. But it is his relationship with his father, whom he meets just once in his life, which influences him more than anything else.

If you've read it - tell us what you thought below.

Then its curtain up for a new talentshowtastic starring Rowan Atkinson. It has defied the economic crisis to break all box office records, taking £15 million in advance sales. It's the third musical in which the principal parts are played by talent show winners -Jodie Prenger plays Nancy, and the three rotating Olivers are Lawrence Jeffcoate, Gwion Wyn Jones and Harry Stott.

Andrew O'Hagan's novel , set in his native Ayrshire, has been adapted for in a co-venture with the in London. The script has been written by Ian McDiarmid who also stars as Father Anderton, a cerebral, (heavy) wine drinking Oxford educated, Anglo Scottish priest who comes to a parish in a run-down coastal town near Kilmarnock. He strikes up a friendship with a wild, 15 year old, pill-popping boy, with disastrous consequences. The play has opened in Kilmarnock, moves to London's Donmar Warehouse, then goes on tour across the UK.

Anne Hathaway has made her reputation with a series of light and entertaining films including The Princess Diaries and The Devil Wears Prada. But her new film is a much tougher proposition. In this comic/tragedy she plays a recovering drug addict whose past actions have devastated her arty Connecticut family. The drama takes place around the wedding of her older sister played by Rosemary DeWitt, when Kym (Hathaway) arrives home after a nine month stint in rehab.

And we'll be paying a special Review tribute to - a sometime panellist on the programme.

Do join us at 11pm.

With news of tonight's programme, here's Gavin...

Quote for the Day:

"When you get to my age, life seems little more than one long march to and from the lavatory."

Sir John Mortimer, creator of feisty lawyer Rumpole Of The Bailey, who has died.

In tonight's programme we'll be mourning , but we will also be looking at what looks like the long and bloody . Ever since the fighting started it has looked as though Israel would like to conclude things before the inauguration of President Obama on Tuesday. Is that what we are seeing? What will, what can, Hamas do?

And I would also like to thank the many viewers who contributed Jokes Fit For an Eleven Year Old in response to my heartfelt plea yesterday. I can assure you that the standard is as execrable as ever. Here's a taster from Newsnight viewer Dick Carbutt:

Scientists have discovered a food that diminishes a woman's sex drive by 90%... it's called wedding cake.

Join us at 10.30pm.

Here's Gavin with details of what's coming up in tonight's Newsnight:

Hello

Today's Quote for the Day:

"The refusal to have a proper debate and vote in the House is a sign of absolute cowardice."

Susan Kramer, Liberal Democrat, on the Government's go-ahead for a new Heathrow runway.

We are working on an exclusive story on the military which should make air tonight. We'll also have the latest from and we'll hear from Lord (Digby) Jones a former government minister on why being a junior minister is a dreadful job and why a lot of civil servants are not up to snuff and .

He'll be live in the studio with the former senior civil servant, Sir Richard Mottram.

And Susan Watts will bring us the latest on the :

Finally, no Joke Fit For an Eleven Year Old today as the cupboard is entirely bare. Are there no jokes left for 2009?

But I did like the following sticker seen on a bottle of champagne from a well-known supermarket chain: "Do not microwave."

Gavin

left hastily a short time ago to speak to a certain peer. We'll bring you a preview of her interview as soon as we can, but here's her outline of tonight's programme.

I'm penning this missive to viewers quickly before I head out to interview Lord Mandelson - and there's a lot to ask him. Does this amount to a few sweeties or a whole chocolate factory of help for small and medium size businesses - and how do you enforce loan deals? Also, does he agree with his fellow peer, Business Minister Baroness Vadera, ? Then there's the stacking over Downing Street of the decision on , what's going on? And I'll also be asking how he's going to deal with a ?

Ahead of Barack Obama's inauguration as president next week, Peter Marshall has a timely story from America:

And we'll be celebrating the life of Patrick McGoohan, best known for the cult 1960s drama The Prisoner, .

See you later. Kirsty

Here's Kirsty Wark with a look ahead to this evening's Newsnight:

"The persistent inequality of social class."

That's at the heart of the government's . But hang on a minute, this is a government that has been in power for almost twelve years! Why has New Labour failed to deal with these inequalities until now? Harriet Harman says: "It is our task in government to play our part in fashioning a new social order with fairness and equality at its heart." When he was Prime Minister, Tony Blair famously refused to say that the gap between rich and poor was a problem in itself. Now the government has turned turtle. David Grossman will be reporting, and we hope to speak to the Cabinet Office Minister Liam Byrne.

We have also filmed a piece of social engineering for Newsnight, following a group of children from Burnley who have dropped out of school or been excluded, as they spent 48 hours in one of England's oldest public schools.

Has Israel committed war crimes in ? Could the country be prosecuted in the ? Legendary lawyer, Alan Dershowitz joins us live.

Paul Mason will have the latest on the to help them survive the economic downturn.

And does snooker need to be sexed up? . I once had a snooker lesson from Stephen Hendry in his home town snooker club but somehow I don't think that's what Ronnie means. We've sent Steve Smith to spend the day at the UK Masters at Wembley to see if he can come up with some ideas.

Join us at 10.30pm.

Kirsty presents tonight's programme, here is her take on what's planned.

Heathrow's expansion is going to be a battle royal - if as expected the government announces its decision this week to back a third runway. . Heathrow should be the mother and father of all airports! The gold standard of airports! The gateway to the trading capital of the world! Or Heathrow hell. Pollution of every kind will rain down on us! New flight paths will zigzag the capital! The cost could be as much as £13bn!

Tonight on Newsnight we ask a champion of each side to take on the other live in the studio. And you can read Science Editor Susan Watts' thoughts on the political and scientific imperatives behind the runway row on her blog.

Our reporter Tim Whewell has turned up evidence that the is being used by radical Muslim groups here to stir up young British Muslims. Should the Government be doing more to counter the influence of these forces, and what could be the security consequences for all of us?

Meanwhile, Israel has indicated that it may be approaching the endgame of the operation in Gaza. Our Diplomatic Editor Mark Urban is in Jerusalem, and will be speaking to key figures there to ask what Israel has achieved, and whether Hamas will emerge stronger or weaker from the conflict.

And I've been speaking to Catherine Deneuve, the first lady of French cinema about her new movie A Christmas Tale, her reaction to the upsetting allegations that her actor father collaborated with the Nazis (which she denies), and she is not impressed at all by France's Justice Minister Rachida Dati returning to work five days after the birth of her baby daughter. You can .

À bientôt, Kirsty

Update on tonight's programme from Gavin Esler.

I've just returned to the office after interviewing Tony Blair in his capacity as Middle East mediator for the "Quartet" -- America, Russia, the United Nations and the European Union.

He has just returned from the region and gave his reaction to the failure of the UN ceasefire.

He also outlined his views on whether Hamas should become part of future negotiations, and he was particularly outspoken on how far the dreadful violence in Gaza may contribute to the radicalisation of young Muslims here in Britain and elsewhere.

Watch the full interview at 10.30pm on ´óÏó´«Ã½ 2.

Gavin

From Mark Urban in Jerusalem:

Moving around Israel you find a country largely insulated from the international condemnation of their campaign in Gaza. People are either unaware of the emotions triggered elsewhere or believe the security of their own people is more important. I've been trying to discover whether this spirit of defiance means that calls for a ceasefire will continue to be defied or whether the war in Gaza will soon end.

Gavin's presenting in London tonight, and he should be in a cab right now on his way, hopefully, to talk to one of the key diplomatic figures in this conflict.

We'll also be asking who's winning the media war.

Mark Urban

Here's Martha Kearney with details of tonight's Newsnight Review.

When I used to fantasize about meeting Mickey Rourke, we'd be playing pool in a Hollywood dive or drinking shots in a New York bar. When the encounter finally happened, it wasn't exactly 9 ½ weeks - more like Pets Win Prizes. I was going to interview him about his comeback role in The Wrestler. It was one of those occasionally frustrating hotel "junkets" where you get exactly five minutes to sit down in front of the movie company's cameras and when stars can sometimes tend to spout their highly rehearsed sound bites.

Mickey Rourke had changed a touch since the eighties. Hard drinking, brawling, professional boxing and a lot of corrective surgery doesn't do a great deal for the complexion. I said hello but then admitted that I was rather disappointed. "Why?" Rourke demanded. "Because I wanted to see Loki in her tracksuit" (she's his pet Chihuahua). He leapt from his chair and dashed out, to the consternation of the timekeepers. Rourke returned with Loki and sat stroking her throughout the interview. A truly magical moment - Hollywood's baddest boy behaving like Julian Clary.

Still worth tuning in for, surely. Also in the show we'll be reviewing Slumdog Millionaire, Danny Boyle's new film. He tells me he's uncomfortable with the publicity campaign which calls it "the feel good move of the decade". And we'll also be discussing The Reader which has got Kate Winslet strongly tipped for an Oscar - I've been speaking to director Stephen Daldry about why he doesn't regard it as a "holocaust movie".

And we'll be looking ahead to some of the potential of cultural highlights 2009 - tell us what you're looking forward to on the Review Blog and find out what other viewers are excited about.

Do join my guests tonight - Mark Kermode, Rosie Boycott and David Schneider.

Martha Kearney

Here's Kirsty with details of tonight's programme.

Rate cut

We've been giving a lot of thought to how we deal with the half per cent interest rate cut, when the general view appears to be that it is going to have a pretty limited effect as long as the banks are short on credit. Paul Mason is out in the City trying to find out whether printing money really is a serious option now for the Bank of England and the Treasury, and we are booking guests to create the right alchemy to deliver what used to be called "blue skies thinking."

Gaza

It is very frustrating not knowing exactly what is going on inside Gaza with Israel refusing access to international journalists, but here in the Newsnight office the ´óÏó´«Ã½ correspondent Alan Johnston - who knows Gaza better than most having lived there for three years before being kidnapped and held hostage in 2007 - is speaking to all his contacts there. Tonight he'll be examining the impact the Israeli operation is having on Hamas.

Nigeria

And Sue Lloyd-Roberts has spent two weeks filming in one of the most dangerous places on earth - the Niger Delta region of Nigeria. Why are criminal gangs able to kidnap hundreds of foreign oil workers - and secure ransom money, kill local people, and steal millions of barrels of oil, and go unpunished? Sue meets a heavily armed local gang who have attacked numerous tankers and oil rigs.

You can read more about Sue's report and watch a preview clip by clicking

See you at 10.30pm Kirsty.

Newsnight Review returns this Friday at 11pm. The Review team would like to hear your thoughts on the cultural year ahead.

A new year on Newsnight Review and we're all busy sifting through all the diaries and press releases for cultural gold or at least interestingly shaped bronze to discuss in the year ahead.

We'd like to know what you're looking forward to in 2009. Not to save us the effort of doing our own planning of course but to please our loyal band of followers.

Is there a new album by your favourite band coming out maybe or an art exhibition which has caught your eye? Maybe a film which you've been waiting to see since you heard it was being made?

And if there's a critic or character you'd particularly like to hear giving their verdict on it let us know and maybe your fantasy Review will become a reality!

Details of tonight's programme come from our economics editor, who's out and about...

"Hi, Paul Mason here. I'm in Derby, on the trail of the prime minister, who is here to . It's part of his whirlwind tour: get out of London and see the world, seems to be the idea. But the world he's come to is Labourworld: is about the most unionised company I can imagine; it's a high skilled global manufacturing company.

The problem is most of the UK is different: it's sustained by services and consumer spending and debt. I'm not sure how much of that world Gordon Brown is seeing - and without a big revival in the credit markets, how much he can actually do for it.

Also tonight Mark Urban in Jerusalem will have the latest on whether there is a peace plan for Gaza and Steve Smith with his own unique take on .

Howzat?

Join Jeremy at 10.30. ´óÏó´«Ã½ Two."

Gaza Crisis
Our Diplomatic Editor, Mark Urban, is in Jerusalem tonight.
Heavy fighting on the ground in Gaza has intensified dramatically. Possibly the moment that will symbolise the conflict came today when an Israeli tank apparently blasted a UN school in the Jabaliya refugee camp, where hundreds of Palestinians had taken refuge, killing forty. Israel insists aid is getting in; but the UN has described the conditions in Gaza as horrific. Could this be the turning point in the conflict ?
Jeremy will speak to the Israeli Government and a UN representative dealing with the Gaza crisis.

Energy CrisisFrom our Economics Editor Paul Mason.
"Gas supplies to Eastern Europe are shut down - but who pulled the plug? And is Britain doing enough to protect its energy supplies? I'm on the phone to some very cold places today to get the answers."
Jeremy will be talking to the Energy Minister Mike O'Brien.

Politics From our Political Editor Michael Crick:
"I'll be looking ahead to what's in store at Westminster in 2009. On the economy, Europe and our special relationship with a new America - the year ahead promises to be eventful for all parties. "
And the Newsnight political panel join Jeremy for their musings on the world of politics this year.

Hello, we're back...

From our Diplomatic Editor Mark Urban who has been to the Israel-Gaza border:

"Israel is using enormous military power against Gaza but so far has restricted access to the area. I've been finding out what the campaign looks like close up, asking Israelis what they expect it to achieve and trying to communicate with people inside Gaza about what the Israeli offensive has done to them."

Jeremy will speak to Israeli and spokesmen about the conflict in Gaza. We'll also look at the impact on the wider region and the struggle to find a diplomatic solution.

Also tonight, the . Jeremy will interview the Shadow Chancellor, George Osborne.

Newsnight, tonight at 10.30