FROM KIRSTY WARK
McCain's big night Sarah Palin electrified the Republican Convention last night with a confident, sassy speech which spoke of small town America and traditional values.
She took on Barack Obama, shot down the Washington elites, and paved the way for John McCain's big night tonight.
We'll be talking to Henry Kissinger ahead of that speech about what McCain has to do to convince the voters he has fresh policies and lives a world away from George W Bush.
Then Emily will be assessing with Tom Brokaw and others the impact Palin, in particular, has had on the campaign.
Brown and Clarke "It's just Charles being Charles," was the response of Ed Balls - Education Secretary and loyal Brownite - to the broadside fired by Charles Clarke at the Labour Government warning that unless change is imminent Labour is "doomed".
Tonight, in a speech in Glasgow, Gordon Brown will attempt to wrest back the agenda and steady nerves on the economy.
He'll be speaking to the Scottish CBI and is expected to spell out how he will develop special policies to cope with the "unique" economic circumstances of rocketing energy prices combined with the global credit crunch.
We'll be analysing the speech and asking whether, at least in the short term, he has done enough to see off any pretenders.
What next for Zimbabwe? There is deadlock in Zimbabwe as President Mugabe is threatening to form a new government without the opposition, if his rival Morgan Tsvangirai does not sign a power sharing deal today.
According to the opposition MDC party, the talks between the two sides stalled after Robert Mugabe stated he wanted to retain control of the country's security forces.
This follows too the failure of the South African President Thabo Mbeki to mediate in Zimbabwe. We'll be exploring what happens next.
What's in store for 2012? And then our Culture Correspondent Steve Smith takes on the Cultural Olympiad, announced today, to find out what is in store, when so much has been promised.
See you later,
Kirsty
And don't forget that Newsnight Review returns tomorrow with a look at The Duchess and Tess of the D'Urbervilles- but can a screen adaptation ever better the book it was based on?
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