Israel
With emergency meetings of the UN Security Council and the European Union foreign ministers, the diplomatic community is trying to come up with initiatives which may stop the escalation of violence and the level of Israeli military intervention against the Palestinians.

Frank Gardner examined how far the Palestinian Authority has been undermined and asked what remains of the infrastructure and the state?

Teachers
A third teaching union presses for a 35 hour working week, threatening strike action; Martha Kearney investigated how the government plans to address the problem.

Gordon Brown's spending spree
The chancellor has been very generous with many government departments since Labour came into office. They, in turn, have consistently underspent this extra money year on year.

Why have they failed to use these funds? Evan Davis checked the accounts.

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