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From Kirsty Wark:

Tonight the expenses row threatening another bloody nose for the Prime Minister. This has been a week of mismanagement and misjudgement. Where does all this leave Gordon Brown's standing at home and abroad? He experienced a disastrous defeat over the Gurkhas - inflicted as much by rebellious Labour back benchers as by Joanna Lumley - and a less than enthusiastic reception at the PLP, and today at Westminster the . Our politics team assesses the damage to Gordon Brown.

The has raised the alert of a swine flu pandemic to five on their six point scale and following the confirmation of a new case in the Netherlands and Switzerland, the virus is officially in 12 countries. The Prime Minister has said all necessary steps are being taken to ensure Britain is prepared for a possible swine flu pandemic. Our Science Editor Susan Watts has been examining exactly what that means and whether there are gaps in our armour.

Leaving Basra, at the height of the combat operations after the invasion in March 2003 Britain had 46,000 troops in Iraq. Today to US commanders and by 31 May all but a handful of the last 4,000 British troops will be home. A memorial service was held for the 179 . Gordon Brown said today marked "the closing chapter of the combat mission in Iraq".

- with analysis of the British role in Basra, and stories of sadness, privations and joy as the population of Basra navigated their way through daily life in the city. Tonight he reflects on what was for him, and them, some of the most important moments of the past six years.

Rolling Stone magazine rated him one of the three greatest guitarists of all time. Happy Birthday BB King. , as the irrepressible performer celebrates his 83rd birthday. They've been talking about everything - well music, race, sex and death.

Join us at 10.30pm.

We would expect the Newsnight audience to include its fair share of rapier wits, so to that end we are laying down a challenge - come up with a funny caption for this picture of Barack Obama, who of course we are putting in the spotlight later tonight in our special programme to mark his first 100 days.

Our editor Peter Rippon has already had a stab, coming up with:

The president who can do anything: 'I found this guy in my hat."

Deputy editor Jasmin Buttar suggested:

Since becoming First Lady Michelle Obama has developed her own distinct fashion sense.

But can you do better? Only one way to find out...

And don't forget to join us at 10.30pm tonight on ´óÏó´«Ã½ Two for a special live programme from Chicago, Obama's political home, where we'll be hearing from Reverend Jesse Jackson and some of the Windy City's finest as we assess Mr Obama's progress so far.

Here's Emily Maitlis with what's on tonight's programme:

They were friends of the 7/7 suicide bombers. They grew up with them, they went on trips across tourist London with them - including Tube stations - they supported jihad and the "defence of Muslim lands". But today, . On hearing the verdict, one defendant, and a charge brought about on what he called the "flimsiest of evidence".

It is nearly four years since those . Many remain convinced the planning and preparation involved many more than just the four suicide bombers themselves, yet no one has been brought to justice. Tonight we investigate why.

- and it's become clear that the virus has now spread to people who have not actually travelled to Mexico. The face masks are out in full force and travel warnings have been imposed, but there is still no clear indication of which precautionary measures actually work - or how close we really are to a pandemic. Susan Watts will speak to the man who's just come out of the emergency meeting about what happens next and computer modellers whose work will be used in the fight to stop it spreading.

Here's a word from Justin Rowlatt, who is in Washington DC:

We've got an American-themed feast for you tonight. I'll be reporting on the Obama Administration's attempt to kick start global climate negotiations. We'll get the inside track on the talks from climate change minister Ed Miliband. He's said we need a populist campaign to push for an international agreement on emissions reductions. I'll be asking why instead of wooing climate campaigners, Labour seems more interested in arresting them. Then there's the latest instalment of my American Ethical Man odyssey which reveals just how different the Obama Administration's approach is. Y'all enjoy!

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

Tonight, will swine flu become the fourth flu pandemic in a hundred years? Our Science Editor, Susan Watts will be investigating the nature of (this strain is called H1N1), the speed of its transmission, the treatment, and what - if anything - can be done to prevent its spread. As I write, the number of deaths in stands at 103. The . We'll be discussing our state of readiness to deal with a big outbreak. What are the safety measures the government can take? And with both Relenza and Tamiflu effective treatment for swine flu, and the makers of Relenza trying to up production, do we have enough stocks for our population?

Is there a bigger shambles than the mess over MPs' expenses? Gordon Brown has had to suffer the embarrassment of having his plans for a daily allowance for MPs to replace the second home allowance kyboshed by the opposition, not to mention dissenters on his own benches. Michael Crick will be assessing how much damage this is doing to the government - and the standing of politicians with the voters in these straightened times. We hope to be joined live by the Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg.

And from Washington, the start of our coverage leading to Wednesday's special programme to mark Barack Obama's first one hundred days. We focus on of his most troublesome problems. Obama's decision to publish the Bush torture memos is the most controversial and divisive move he's made since entering the White House. Peter Marshall's been hearing very outspoken criticism from a leading Democrat, Senator Patrick Leahy, who told him: "I don't agree with people who say let's turn the page if we haven't taken time to read the page. We can learn from our mistakes."

And Justin Rowlatt (our Ethical Man) is at the international climate change talks in Washington. Obama wants to lead the world on a new deal on climate change, but he's having trouble rallying Congress. So where is the biggest opposition coming from?

Join us at 10.30pm.

Here's Kirsty with what's on tonight's programme:

. The economy shrank by 1.9% in the first three months of this year - that's even worse than the previous quarter. This undermines Chancellor Alistair Darling's forecasts in the Budget that the economy would have declined by 3.5% by the end of the year.

Meanwhile, the government has been facing mounting criticism over the Budget with opposition parties accusing the chancellor of failing to spell out the true extent of cuts in public spending.

But what are the prime candidates for the chop? ? Aircraft carriers? The cap on university fees? ? The winter fuel allowance? Will Alistair Darling cut a swathe through projects or make a thousand tiny - or not so tiny - cuts?

Is this now officially the Age of Make Do and Mend? Or the Age of Austerity mark II? David Kynaston, the social historian, wrote The Age of Austerity, an analysis of post-war behaviour, how people made the most of very little.

Tonight he, along with Kirstie Allsopp, will be discussing with a leading psychologist how behaviour is changing in reaction to the harsh economic climate.

What chance of a truce in Sri Lanka? Indian envoys have today been attempting to persuade Sri Lanka's president, Mahinda Rajapaska. , as thousands of refugees still await transport away from the battlezone. According to a UN document seen by the Reuters agency nearly 6,500 civilians have been killed and 14,000 wounded in fighting since the end of January. Both sides accuse the other of firing on civilians. We'll be speaking to Catherine Bragg, Assistant Secretary-General at the UN.

And then on Review we concentrate for the most part on the rich variety of new film, TV, music, drama and literature about Afghanistan with my guests Michael Gove, Julie Myerson, Johann Hari and Saira Shah. The Great Game is the London 's Festival of drama, talks, music, and film about the country's turbulent cultural and political history, including 16 new plays by writers including Abi Morgan, David Greig and David Edgar. Director Nicholas Kent's aim is to spark a debate about the West's involvement in Afghanistan - we hope to have that debate tonight!

is an amazing documentary about a TV talent show of the same name, along the lines of Pop Idol, which has captivated Afghanis. Eleven million people voted in the final, and the contestants - particularly the women - risked their lives to take part in defiance of the Taleban, who issued death threats.

Books based in Afghanistan, such as The Kite Runner, and The Bookseller of Kabul, have proved remarkably popular. Perhaps that's why Born Under A Million Shadows attracted a whopping advance for first-time author Andrea Busfield, who fell in love with the country when based there as a reporter. Her semi-autobiographical story is about a young boy in Kabul who befriends an English woman and her Western colleagues.

And then we are back on home turf with a new low budget urban thriller about a crack cocaine dealer of the same name, and his friend who returns after an absence of four years and walks into drugs battle. It's the first feature from the writer/director Eran Creevy, and was made in just 18 days with a budget of £100,000 as part of the . A film for the credit crunch!

I hope you'll be watching, Kirsty

Here's a taster of what's on tonight's programme:

It was a French statesman who said the art of taxation was rather like the art of plucking a live goose. The important thing is to get the largest amount of feathers with the smallest amount of hissing.

Is that what Gordon Brown will achieve with his new 50% tax band for the relatively well off? Or - when those clever folk known as accountants start doing the sums and work out the total deductions are, in fact, more like 60% - will we really be seeing a brain drain from Britain?

We'll give you the Newsnight guide to tax avoidance. And we'll be number crunching the Institute of Fiscal Studies figures that show in real terms there will be a cut in total spending of 0.1% per year.

So how far is yesterday's budget a return not just to the higher taxes of the past but also to the hair-shirt economics of the 1960s and 1970s? We'll be speaking to some veterans from that era - and asking them what we should be cutting.

Michael Crick has a good story on MPs expenses which he'll reveal on the programme.

And Mihir Bose returns to the city of his childhood, Mumbai, where he meets -among many colourful characters - the actor who played the quiz-master in the Oscar-winning Slumdog Millionaire.

Join us at 10.30pm on ´óÏó´«Ã½ Two.

"A government that made such large claims for the quality of its economic stewardship hardly deserves to survive such a debacle."

That was the verdict of Martin Wolf, the Financial Times' seasoned commentator to today's Budget. Tonight on Newsnight we devote the whole show to analysing . Could the Chancellor pull off the almost impossible task of convincing the nation that public finances were really under control? And what does it mean for our economy and our politics if he cannot?

Newsnight Economics Editor Paul Mason and Political Editor Michael Crick lead the charge as we take apart the fine detail and measure the impact inside and outside the commons chamber. We'll be putting the thumb screws on politicians from all three parties' treasury teams to try to learn what Mr Darling got right and what he got wrong. And our panel of political insiders will be reading the runes on a Budget which, if it fails, could prove terminal for the government's electoral prospects.

All that and more at 10.30pm on ´óÏó´«Ã½ Two.

Here's David Grossman with a look ahead to tonight's programme:

. The Prime Minister wants to abolish the controversial second homes allowance, which has led to a series of corruption allegations against senior politicians, and make expenses "simpler and less generous". He made the surprise announcement on the Downing Street website. Under the plans, the second homes allowance would be replaced with a payment for daily attendance while MPs' staff would be employed directly by the House of Commons instead of by the MPs themselves. The Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg fears a daily payment could mean giving MPs a cheque simply for turning up. And the Conservative leader, David Cameron, says he'll push for further changes.

We'll be asking could this mean MPs will now get £20,000 for just turning up to work? And we'll be speaking to the Chairman of the Committee on Standards in Public Life, Sir Christopher Kelly.

Meanwhile, they are hunkered down inside the Treasury, with just a few hours to go before . Our Economics Editor, Paul Mason, will give us the latest on what the main challenges are for the Chancellor tomorrow.

And when one man's graffiti is another man's art. .

Join us tonight, at 10.30pm, on ´óÏó´«Ã½ Two.

"Hello, Justin Rowlatt here. I'm taking a short break from my Ethical Man duties to cover business and economics today. Tonight I'll be exploring whether recession is really turning to recovery and I'm going to get my hands dirty on this one. I'm taking this talk of green shoots literally and heading down to the allotment with my spade to dig out the truth about the economy!"

Also on tonight's programme...

The prime minister said today that , Jeremy will be asking the Business Secretary Peter Mandelson what that means and we are putting together a panel of economists too.

We've a film from our Africa correspondent Andrew Harding on the and there's been a after Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad described Israel as a "racist government".

More on that too.

Join us at 10.30pm on ´óÏó´«Ã½ Two.

Here's Kirsty with what's on in this evening's programmes:

On Newsnight tonight,Ìýmore problems for the Metropolitan Police after the G20 protests as a police officer is interviewed under caution for manslaughter. .ÌýThe first had saidÌýhe died ofÌýheart attack. We'll assess the impact of all this.

And where does this leave the Home Secretary? After a week where her credibility has been questioned, Michael Crick has been to Jacqui Smith's marginal constituency to gather reaction - we'll debate her future in the studio, and you can read about Michael's afternoon in Redditch here.

AndÌýhave you illegally downloaded music films or computer games? Do you have a rough cut of the new X Men film before it's even released? Beware! It could cost you your freedom and a lot of money. In a landmark case . They were sentenced to a year in prisonÌýand ordered to pay more than $3.5m to entertainment companies. So is this an indication they CAN hold the torrent back?

On Newsnight ReviewÌý, and will be discussing the relationship between politicians and their advisers, and politicians and theÌýfourthÌýestate in twoÌývery timelyÌýfilms.Ìý Interestingly, bothÌýstarted life as TV dramas, and both transpose the action from Westminster... to Washington.

is the movie of the cult political satireÌýThe Thick of It, in which the fabulous Peter Capaldi reprises his role as Malcolm Tucker, anÌýaggressive, slightly out of control manÌýwho swears in every sentence.ÌýÌýThe plot centresÌýaroundÌýthe desire of the Prime Minister and the USÌýPresident to embark on a war on the basis of a dodgy dossier.Ìý whoÌýexplained that he had, of course, plantedÌýDamian McBride inÌýDowning Street as a sleeper primed to erupt this week and provide a blaze of free publicity for the film.ÌýÌý

Then we'll be talking about ,ÌýaÌýHollywood version of Paul Abbott's brilliant six part ´óÏó´«Ã½ drama which makes the venality and corruption of InÌýThe Loop look likeÌýCBeebies.ÌýÌýThe role of Cal McCaffrey, played by John Sim in theÌýoriginalÌýTV series, was due to be played by Brad Pitt who pulled out at the last minute, leaving the way for director Kevin MacDonaldÌýto pull in Russell Crowe. These films follow the long tradition of British political satire - from Alan B'stard to House of Cards, and according to the Communities Secretary they fuel "an anti-politics culture". Hazel Blears asked whyÌýno one has madeÌýa British West Wing. Perhaps this week has given her the answer. We'll be talking about how to dish up politics.
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And then we'll beÌýdiscussingÌýthe international classical music phenomenon that is the in residence at London's Royal Festival Hall this week with a series of recitals,Ìýtalks,Ìýopen rehearsals and two blockbuster concerts.ÌýCellist and composer will be joining us to talk about the Venezuelan orchestra born out of the uniqueÌýÌýEl Sistema programme.ÌýA quarter of a million mainly poor children areÌýtaught musical instrumentsÌýand then they join one of hundreds ofÌýyouthÌýorchestras. Their composer, the 28-year-old Ìýis a productÌýofÌýElÌýSistema and is an international star in his own right.ÌýÌýWhat can Britain learn from Venezuela when it comes toÌýmusic education?
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So do join us tonight at 10.30pm, ´óÏó´«Ã½ Two. You know you want to.

Kirsty.

Here's a look ahead to tonight's Newsnight:

Tonight we have an exclusive report from inside Zimbabwe, only two months after the MDC joined a coalition government with Robert Mugabe's ZANU PF. The film documents , and shows how the country is being turned into a land of orphans. This as we see shelves of branded food items filling a grocery shop - only for the fortunate who can pay in foreign currency. The Finance Minister tells us that Western donors must start to give aid again to Zimbabwe or "this experiment will collapse and without that we become a failed state." .

We will also be looking into the Damien Green affair and asking is national security being invoked too readily. Gordon Brown today finally said sorry for what happened over the email smears. That is the second apology of his premiership, the first being over the 10p tax. Why the apology now? And will this finally draw a line under the whole affair?

And we have the first British interview since the G20 with the IMF head Dominique Strauss-Kahn.

Plus, here on our website don't miss the first in a new series, Village People, exploring strange goings-on at Westminster. David Grossman meets political blogger, Paul Staines aka "", the man who revealed the existence of those scandalous e-mails from Downing Street advisor Damian McBride, which contained untrue allegations about top Tories. and if there's something you'd like David to investigate at Westminster, or people you'd like him to interview for the series please leave your ideas below.

See you at 10.30pm.

Here's a look ahead to what's coming up on the programme:

Tonight on Newsnight we are looking at the police. Have we got the police we want or deserve?

More images have come to light raising questions about the levels of force police used at the G20 demonstrations. The latest shows a sergeant slapping a woman who has been hurling abuse at him. .

So how damaged have the police been by the images and the debate about their tactics? Has the controversy about the police actions revealed anything new about policing now and about whether police and their tactics have changed significantly in recent years?

Has the terror threat changed the way the police act - are they getting tougher? And with the heightened terrorist threat and mass environmental direct action, does the police response match the threat?

We would like you to tell us what you think about the police, and whether your view has changed after seeing the images from the G20 protests. Please leave your thoughts below.

We will also be talking about what can be done to stop the , and .

Plus the second episode of Ethical Man Reborn in the USA, in which Americans tell Justin Rowlatt what would make them use less fossil fuels. , and he test drives GM's billion dollar electric car - the Volt. Could this be the car that saves General Motors and how can other corporations be encouraged to develop low carbon technologies like it?

Do join Jeremy at 10.30pm on ´óÏó´«Ã½ Two.

Here's what's coming up on tonight's programme, presented by Gavin Esler:

As we investigate the Damian McBride email scandal - David Grossman will be exploring the relationship between Gordon Brown and his former Special Adviser. Gavin will be asking the Cabinet Minister Ed Miliband just how damaging the emails will be to Labour's future, and whether these "smear" tactics fit in to a pattern of behaviour by Downing Street operatives.

After police bail all 114 people arrested at the weekend for planning a protest on a power station in Nottinghamshire, Tim Whewell reports on a new police tactic which could curb direct action style demonstrations in the UK. Is this a new assault on our civil liberties?

Plus, our Diplomatic Editor Mark Urban has a special report from Basra ahead of the British troop withdrawal from Iraq - just what have our troops achieved?

Join us at 10.30pm on ´óÏó´«Ã½ Two.

Jeremy Paxman is presenting this evening. Here's what's happening on the programme...

We will have the latest on the alleged terror plot behind the arrests of 12 people yesterday. Richard Watson will be here with his assessment of whether Britain is facing a new kind of terror threat. Eleven of the arrested men are Pakistani nationals. We hope to be speaking to the Pakistani High Commissioner to the UK live from Islamabad.

Also, a film from Kosovo and Albania that raises new allegations of kidnap and torture of civilians by the Kosovo Liberation Army both during and after the war in Kosovo, which ended nearly a decade ago. Watch a clip .

And this from our Economics Editor, :

"I'll be looking at the UK economy and, for once, instead of going "Yikes" going "Mmm... interesting". The point is that we are now one month into the experiment in quantitative easing and it seems to be working. There is the odd sign here and there of other palliative measures finally taking effect. But everybody I have spoken to today warns of one big unresolved problem. The banks. Just when they thought they had wedged an exploding canister between the jaws of the credit crunch it comes back from the depths and bites you. Is anything we are doing to fight the recession actually working? I'll give it my best shot at answering that tonight."

Do join us at 10.30pm.

Newsnight will be taking a break after this evening's programme and will return on Tuesday, 14 April, 2009. Newsnight Review returns on Friday, 17 April, 2009.

From Justin Rowlatt Ethical Man

The first of our Ethical Man America films airs tonight. Normally when you finish a Newsnight film you sink back in exhaustion and reach for a comforting drink. I can't do that with this one because this is one of a series of seven films and we are already editing part two. It is a bit like a news version of a soap opera - News at Ten meets Eastenders perhaps.

It is an unusual way of telling a story but this is an unusual story. We embarked on a 35 day, 6,500 mile bus, train and road trip around America to look at what the world's second most polluting country (China has just over taken the US in terms of greenhouse gas emissions) is doing to try and move to a low-carbon economy.

We start in a small town in the rust belt looking at the unique challenges America faces - why the average American produces twice the greenhouse gas emissions of a European.

We'll also be asking - are we harbouring war criminals? In the week that Rwanda marked the 15th anniversary of the genocide that left 800,000 dead - here in Britain . Their extradition request failed with the judges saying, if they were sent to Rwanda, they would not receive a fair trial. These men were brought to the attention of authorities following a ´óÏó´«Ã½ investigation. We'll be asking - is it time British courts were able to prosecute crimes against humanity committed abroad?

Jeremy will also be speaking to Ken Livingstone - the man who worked with the police in 2001 in devising the tactic of kettling and Bruce Kent the veteran protester about whether protest is being criminalised, and is the right to protest under threat?

Do join Jeremy at 10:30pm on ´óÏó´«Ã½ Two.

Here's what's coming up on tonight's programme, presented by Gavin Esler:

Today's Quote for the Day:

"We are rearing a generation of kids who are in danger of becoming emotionally stunted, inarticulate hedonists, with the attention span of a gnat." Baroness Greenfield, one of Britain's foremost scientists.

In tonight's programme:

"It is the worst thing you could ever, ever experience as a child."

We have an investigation into how girls, because of the medication they were given.

Ireland has gone from Celtic Tiger to economic intensive care. , the sharpest fall on record. He also announced an emergency budget of tax rises and spending cuts to deal with it. A few weeks ahead of our own UK budget, does Ireland point the way ahead for the British economy too? Are we on the edge of hair-shirt high tax, lower spending and low growth economics?

And there's an old joke that a camel is really a horse designed by a committee. But in Westminster there are signs of new life in the committees of back bench MPs. They are, at least in the view of some, becoming much more assertive, as demonstrated by the public interrogation of bankers and financial journalists recently. But could we see British parliamentary committees fulfilling the role of Congressional committees in Washington, and really holding the government to account?

Join us at 10.30pm on ´óÏó´«Ã½ Two.

Newsnight Cancer Special

Gavin is presenting tonight, and here's news of what's coming up on the programme:

At present, one in three of us will develop cancer, are we doing enough to stop it? Tonight a special Newsnight will examine how good cancer care is in the UK. ? Plus, we will examine the latest scientific breakthroughs that are bringing hope to millions. , we will have the results. We'll also hear from Woman's Hour presenter Jenni Murray about how our culture deals with the disease, and from singer .

We want to hear from you - tell us your reaction to the word cancer here.

And have you or someone in your family been affected by cancer? What services and advice were you offered? How was the standard of care? .

We'll also have the latest news from Italy on the earthquake that has killed many and left thousands more homeless.

Please do join us at 10.30pm.

Here's Kirsty with what's on in this evening's programmes:
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Tonight on Newsnight: top of the agenda at theÌýNato summit (celebrating its 60th anniversary) is Afghanistan and how European leaders will respond to . to Afghanistan to help with security before the presidential election in August.ÌýÌý
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But shouldÌýBritainÌýbe sending more troops toÌýsupportÌýan Afghan PresidentÌýwho hasÌýreportedly signed off aÌýlawÌýpassed by his parliamentÌýwhich would legalise rape in marriage and bar women from seeking work, education or medical treatment without their husband's agreement? Nato Secretary-General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer hasÌýsuggested that European countries may be deterred from contributing more as a result. Mr Scheffer told the ´óÏó´«Ã½: Ìý
We'll discuss this and Nato's wider role on the programme tonight.Ìý
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Edinburgh is the setting for the . The UKIF, the major shareholder on behalfÌýofÌýthe public, has already made it clear it has voted against the pension payout for the former Chief Executive Sir Fred Goodwin. He apparently is considering whether to give some of it back, but the present Chairman Sir Philip Hampton has called for an end to the "public flogging" of the beleaguered bank, echoing the sentiment of Peter Mandelson earlier in the week. So is it time to love not loathe bankers?Ìý
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AndÌýthen onÌýReview we discuss two new dramas about The Troubles, the lasting impact of Picasso's Guernica as the tapestry version is displayed in London,Ìýand the culture of protest, with our guests , , and .

is a new film loosely based on the autobiography of former British agent and IRA man Martin McGartland who is in hiding until this day, while ÌýisÌýa TV drama starring James Nesbitt and Liam Neeson aboutÌýa real lifeÌýUVF killing. ItÌýimaginesÌýa fictional reconciliation between the killer and his victim's younger brother,Ìý34 years after the event. We will review both films and debate the value of drama in reflecting the motivations and impact of The Troubles through a long line of films from Cal to Hunger.
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Versions of Picasso's Guernica appearedÌýon walls in Belfast duringÌýThe Troubles amongst all the guerrilla art. Now , more than sixty years after the original hung there for a fortnight to raise money forÌýand awareness ofÌýthe RepublicanÌýcauseÌýduringÌýthe Spanish Civil War. The tapestry was commissioned by Nelson Rockefeller and normally hangs in the UN, where it was covered upÌýduringÌýColin Powell's speech in 2003 making the case for war in Iraq. In the newly revamped Whitechapel the tapestry presides over a UN style debating table, free to anyone who wishes to hire the room for discussion, and the first debate was about the role of art in protest. We will be discussing the exhibition and, after a week of G20 demonstrations, from the Tolpuddle martyrs to climate change.
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I hope we can entertain you and stimulate discussion round your own debating table... wherever and whatever that may be!

KirstyÌý

Here's Gavin Esler with a look ahead to the programme tonight:

Hello,

Gordon Brown says "."

Oh, really?

I will be asking President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva of Brazil how far this marks the beginning of the new economic world order with poor countries playing a bigger role.

And I'll be hearing from Lord Mandelson on where it leaves Gordon Brown, and from George Soros on whether it really will make a difference.

Our Economics Editor, Paul Mason (who has been blogging from the summit), is thumbing the final communiqué as we speak, and our Political Editor, Michael Crick, is getting political reaction.

Join us at 10.30pm on ´óÏó´«Ã½ 2.

The whole of tonight's programme is devoted to the G20 in London, where we saw Barack Obama and Gordon Brown appearing at a joint press conference to say one thing, while the French and German heads of state held their own conference to say quite another. The row is between the countries who are prioritising global fiscal stimulus (us, the Americans and the Japanese), and the ones who first want root and branch reform of the 'Anglo-saxon' model of capitalism that they say caused the mess in the first place.

Meanwhile, as the leaders of the West fail to agree the fundamentals, outside the conference centre the angry mob circles.

Check out today's Twitter updates from our reporters inside and outside the G20.

Jeremy will be joined by our Economics Editor Paul Mason, our Political Editor Michael Crick, and our Diplomatic Editor Mark Urban for full spectrum analysis of the day, while Newsnight's Ethical Man Justin Rowlatt has been following the protestors in London.

Do join us at 10:30pm on ´óÏó´«Ã½2.

Today Newsnight is on the ground covering the on .

(our Ethical Man reporter) is out on the streets with the protesters providing a live feed of pictures and updates on what's happening. He's already met police, masses of protesters and has made it to the Bank of England.

Meanwhile, our is on the inside. So far this morning he's been posting his thoughts on President Obama's news conference.

You can follow and on Twitter (or follow both on this ) and leave your own G20 thoughts below.