Far Right
On the back of Jean-Marie Le Pen's surprising win through to the second round of the French Presidential elections, David Blunkett issued a warning: "I would certainly advise those voting in Britain on May 2 that they should be very mindful indeed of what happens when people throw their vote away in a gesture and find they have elected a member of a fascist party." But could it really happen here?

Our Political Editor Martha Kearney looked at the strategy adopted by the far right here and front bench members of the three main political parties debated the best way of stopping them.

Bush and Israel
As the Saudi Crown Prince arrives in America to persuade President Bush to champion his peace plan for the Middle East - will he get more than a polite hearing? Frank Gardner looked at the domestic political pressures on the President to offer Israel unqualified support for its incursions into the West Bank.

Uncle Sam in Kyrgyzstan
Is it the new great game? Caroline Wyatt reported from Kyrgyzstan where Russian feathers are somewhat ruffled over the presence of an American military base in their backyard.

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