| Tuesday 25 August 2009 - 22.30 BST - BBC TWO Presented by Kirsty Wark As I write we are awaiting Gordon Brown's press conference on the occasion of Benjamin Netanyahu's visit, but while he will want to focus on discussions over the Middle East, journalists will also want the PM to break his silence on Lockerbie. Alex Salmond might not need to hear his views one way or another but the fact that it was a decision of the Scottish Government doesn't mean that there isn't a desire to hear what the British leader has to say. For the prime minister's return we've assembled the Newsnight political panel to discuss Labour's summer and look ahead to the political challenges in the weeks ahead. Caster Semenya returned to South Africa to a terrific welcome after the firestorm that broke following her fantastic victory in the women's 800 metres World Championships. The IAAF have announced they are subjecting Semenya to a "gender verification test". The head of South African athletics has described Semenya's treatment as "racism pure and simple." Tonight we'll be debating whether the questions surrounding her performance are justified or not. And from Sue Lloyd Roberts a film from Spain which explores the legacy of Franco's repression 70 years after the end of the civil war: three years of conflict, half a million dead, and the brutality of a regime which tore children from their parents forever and placed them in orphanages or with nationalist parents. As volunteers excavate mass graves just kilometres from the tourist beaches of Malaga, the divisions and hatred have not disappeared but lie close to the surface. Read more about that story and watch a preview clip here . Join us later. | 
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