FROM JASMIN BUTTAR, PROGRAMME PRODUCER
Hello,
Tonight's programme is presented by Jeremy Paxman.
The remaining British Guantanamo detainees return to London tonight. They are expected to be questioned by police before any decision on whether they will be arrested or released. If US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld is to be believed there has been an agreement on how the four will be "managed" in the UK.
But what is the true nature of the deal between the Bush and Blair governments and how will it be honoured? We'll be live at Paddington Green Station where the detainees will be questioned and will be speaking to one of their lawyers.
Also, the fight against world disease. Bill Gates, the head of Microsoft, has pledged 750 million dollars to help vaccinate children in the third world. He's also called for world leaders to help find the 12 billion dollars needed to protect 10 million children.
But is there the long-term political will to eliminate global disease and are certain diseases being prioritised at the expense of others? We'll be speaking to the Head of the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization.
What happens in Iraq after the elections this weekend? Will foreign troops be forced to leave and how will the new constitution work? We'll be explaining what this new era will mean for Iraq.
And, for the last 43 days a former KGB spy has been camped on the streets of Whitehall - right opposite the gates of Downing Street - staging a hunger strike. The man, who has gone six weeks fuelled only by tea, is Victor Makarov - a Senior Lieutenant in the KGB who became a spy for M16 at the height of the Cold War.
He risked his life for this country, spent five years in a notorious gulag after being caught, but claims he has been abandoned since being spirited to Britain.
He says he's been driven to hunger strike in search of a decent defector's pension and recognition for his espionage efforts. Tim Samuels reveals his fascinating story - complete with remarkable footage of Victor Makarov inside the Soviet hard-labour camp.
And, this being Newsnight's 25th anniversary week, we'll also be showing you some more high and low-lights from our archive.
And of course, you can watch the first Newsnight ever broadcast, see past editor's highlights, read articles and take a quiz at our special anniversary site:
bbc.co.uk/newsnight25.
Hope you can join us tonight at 10.30pm, BBC2.
Jasmin Buttar
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