FROM KATE McANDREW, PROGRAMME PRODUCER
Hello,
'Brown's peace offer to PM', 'Brown seeks truce as 'trust' insult harms election unity', 'Blair and Brown try to paper over the cracks before MPs'...a selection of this morning's newspaper front page headlines show how the squabble between the two most powerful politicians in Britain rattles on, and on...and on.
This latest spat was prompted by revelations in a new book called "Brown's Britain", but do the divisions between Blair and Brown run deeper than the fight over the Big Chair?
As Labour MPs gather to receive the Prime Minister tonight at their first meeting of the year, our Political Editor, Martha Kearney, charts the ancient grudge between the two men from the Granita dinner to now.
What went wrong? And can the trouble really be fixed solidly enough to see them carry on working effectively for the foreseeable future?
An extra 400 British troops are to be deployed to south east Iraq to bolster election security.
The announcement at lunchtime came just hours after the killing of the Deputy Police Chief of Baghdad, and his son - they were shot on their way to work this morning.
Only last Tuesday, the Governor of Baghdad was murdered, and on the same day 14 Iraqis and 5 US soldiers killed in separate attacks. In fact, almost every day has seen attacks.
We'll be speaking to the British Government's envoy to Iraq, about the security issues facing the country with elections only 3 weeks away.
At time of writing, the Prime Minister is giving a statement to the House of Commons on the effects of the tsunami. 51 people are confirmed to have lost their lives, and a further 453 still missing, likely to have died.
A memorial service for the victims will be held later this year. The Prime Minister has also been talking about aid and support for the region. The biggest challenges to be faced, he said, are in Indonesia and Sri Lanka.
Our reporter David Lomax has been travelling around Sri Lanka, and has discovered that it's not just natural disasters that the country faces - one of its largest export earners textiles - is facing new and possibly devastating competition.
A warm welcome from America for Mahmoud Abbas (also known as Abu Mazen) who won the Palestinian presidential election with 62 per cent of the vote.
George W Bush declared the new leader welcome in the White House anytime, an invitation he absolutely refused to extend to his predecessor, Yasser Arafat.
But will this result, Mr Abbas, and the new Israeli government be able to restart the completely stalled peace process? Our Diplomatic Editor, Mark Urban is in Jerusalem.
I hope you can join us at 10.30pm.
Kate McAndrew
Programme Producer
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