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Today is St Andrew's Day and Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond unveiled his vision for an independent Scotland, publishing a white paper on Scotland's constitutional future.

"The debate in Scottish politics is no longer between change or no change - it's about the kind of change we seek and the right of the people to choose their future in a free and fair referendum," Mr Salmond said at its launch in Edinburgh.

Our Political Editor Michael Crick is also in Edinburgh and will be reporting on what the future governance of Scotland might look like.

We will also be looking at Iran's announcement that it plans to build 10 new uranium enrichment sites in defiance of international demands.

The head of Iran's nuclear programme, Ali Akbar Salehi, has accused the West of provoking Tehran into launching the plan. But the French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner has accused Iran of "playing an extremely dangerous game".

Tonight, the ±«Óãtv's Tehran correspondent Jon Leyne will be assessing the thinking behind Iran's statement and whether it could trigger a shift from diplomacy to direct military confrontation.

Plus, Susan Watts reports on how insurance companies are starting to invest billions in mitigating climate change by investing in green technologies.

Join Jeremy Paxman for all that at 10.30pm.

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Sir David Manning gives evidence at the Iraq Inquiry this afternoon, we will be taking a look at that.

Michael Crick is in Scotland.

And Susan Watts is reporting on how insurance companies are starting to invest billions in mitigating climate change by investing in green technologies.

Read her blog about it here and watch the film tonight.

COMING UP ON NEWSNIGHT WITH GAVIN ESLER:

Richard Watson has uncovered significant new information on this week's Muslim schools funding row, which he will be revealing tonight.

We will also be looking at the Dubai debt problems, which have sparked instability in global stock markets.

Tonight, Paul Mason will be asking if this is a natural aftershock from the global credit crunch, which has the power to shake markets, but not send them crashing down, or if what we are seeing is a much more serious second stage to the crisis.

Also, we have a very powerful film by Steve Rosenberg ahead of the Demjanjuk trial on Monday.

John Demjanjuk is due to stand trial in Germany accused of helping to murder more than 27,000 Jews at the Nazi death camp of Sobibor in eastern Poland.

Steve Rosenburg has been talking to a man who survived the camp's horrors.

AND HERE IS KIRSTY WARK WITH WHAT IS COMING UP ON NEWSNIGHT REVIEW:

And then on Review David Aaronovitch, Bonnie Greer, Michael Gove and Haleh Afshar go rogue!

We'll be discussing what Sarah Palin's runaway success memoir/manifesto Going Rogue says about heartland America, the American media, and whether this is a new kind of launchpad for the White House.

The Coen Brothers have turned the spotlight on their upbringing in A Serious Man, set in 1967 in a brand new Midwestern suburb, where Judaism comes first and foremost in the Kopnik family.

The hapless patriarch Larry, finds his life unravelling in a darkly humorous way - his children disrespect him, and his lovely son is in a pot haze, his health is troublesome, students blackmail him, his wife wants to divorce him and he looks to three cryptic rabbis for answers.

And then the unique cartoon journalist Joe Sacco is pulled back to Gaza for his new oral history dramatisation of two almost forgotten events in the Palestinian - Israeli conflict. Does Footnotes in Gaza serve history well?

I hope you will join us, Kirsty.

Here is what we are currently planning for tonight's programme:

We have a very powerful film by Steve Rosenberg ahead of the Demjanjuk trial on Monday.

John Demjanjuk is due to stand trial in Germany accused of helping to murder more than 27,000 Jews at the Nazi death camp of Sobibor in eastern Poland.

Steve Rosenberg has met one man who survived the camp's horrors.

We are also looking at the Dubai debt problems, concerns about which have driven down Europe's share markets for a second day running.

More later.

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After recent attacks on its size, power and profligacy we examine the future of the ±«Óãtv. How big should it be? How should it be funded and can it survive in its current form?

Gavin has just returned from an interview with Director General Mark Thompson, who today announced that the ±«Óãtv is to consider whether or not to close some of its digital television and radio services after the analogue TV signal is switched off in 2012.

We will also be speaking to the Culture Secretary Ben Bradshaw and his Conservative shadow, Jeremy Hunt.

Newsnight has commissioned an opinion poll which suggests that a majority of people think there should be more transparency about the salaries of the people working at the ±«Óãtv - including the expenses and salaries of TV presenters, something that the ±«Óãtv has so far resisted.

Read more on the poll findings.

And David Grossman will be bringing us the latest from the Iraq Inquiry where the UK's former US ambassador said that in the build up to war "we found ourselves scrabbling for the smoking gun".

An important announcement from China too, ahead of the Copenhagen talks.

Join Gavin at 10.30pm on ±«Óãtv Two.

Tonight we'll be looking at the future of the ±«Óãtv and how it might evolve over the next decade.

Gavin will be interviewing the man in charge, director general Mark Thompson, and we hope to also be speaking to the Culture Secretary Ben Bradshaw - once a man of this parish - and his shadow, Jeremy Hunt.

We will have more information for you later, but in the meantime you can read the which suggests that a majority of people think there should be more transparency about the salaries of the people working here.

Newsnight has won a gong at the MIND Mental Health Media Awards 2009 - you can watch our winning film about .

And we've also been voted Political Programme of the Year in The Political Studies Association 2009 awards. You can read and watch our political editor, Michael Crick's acceptance speech this Saturday on the .

Tonight we look into the claims by the Tory party - and counter-claims by the Labour party - that Hizb-ut Tahrir has close links with a charity which runs two schools and has received public funds. We'll be trying to get to the bottom of the row.

We have an exclusive investigation into the new generation of safe, affordable and mass produce-able nuclear reactors that the government hopes to introduce across the UK. Newsnight's Meirion Jones and Justin Rowlatt have visited Finland to see the type of reactor that it is hoped could be replicated in Britain - but what they found was a facility three years behind schedule and billions of pounds over budget. What does this mean for Britain's nuclear future?

Phillip Blond, the self-described 'Red Tory' opens his new think-tank ResPublica tomorrow. So what is Red Toryism? How much of a departure is it from Thatcherism, and to what extent does David Cameron embrace it?

And are we seeing the demise of Wikipedia? That's what a new report says. What does that mean for the ideals of the democratisation of the internet - and how can you sustain a popular web phenomenon.

Join Jeremy at 10.30pm on ±«Óãtv Two.

The Bank of England has disclosed that it loaned RBS and HBOS a breathtaking £61.6bn in emergency funding in October and November 2008. This is the first time that the central bank has detailed its support for the two institutions. Our economics editor Paul Mason is in the City to dig up reaction to the revelations and spell out what they mean.

A retired police superintendent has claimed that police officers in England and Wales have made arrests just to get people on to the DNA database. Police chiefs have denied the claim, which they called "plainly wrong". Are 75% of young, black men really on the database now? Richard Watson has been finding out what the young, black, male population in Brixton feel about the claim.

On the day that the US is expected to announce a target for reducing greenhouse gas emissions before next month's UN climate summit in Copenhagen, our Ethical Man, Justin Rowlatt will be speaking to President Barack Obama's Energy Secretary, Steven Chu.

And the tables are turned against our political animals Matthew Taylor, Patience Wheatcroft, Lord Digby Jones and Ann Redstone in the Newsnight Politics Pen. How would our heavyweights raise money through taxation?

Join Jeremy at 10.30pm on ±«Óãtv Two.

The US is to announce a target for reducing greenhouse gas emissions before next month's UN climate summit, according to a White House official.

Tonight our Ethical Man, Justin Rowlatt, talks to Nobel Prize winning physicist, Steven Chu - the man who is President Barack Obama's Energy Secretary.

And the tables are turned against our political animals Matthew Taylor, Patience Wheatcroft, Lord Digby Jones and Ann Redstone in the Newsnight Politics Pen. How would our heavyweights raise money through taxation?

Plus we are planning to take a look at the claim that police officers in England and Wales are making arrests just to get people on to the DNA database.

More details later.

Tonight we have a film about controversial Polish MEP, Michal Kaminski, leader of the European Conservatives and Reformists group (ECR) that the British Conservative Party are now aligned to.

Mr Kaminski has been called a homophobe, an anti-Semite and a neo-Nazi - all claims he staunchly denies. So what's the truth about him? Tim Whewell has been finding out.

Plus, the CBI annual conference today is focussing on how to get the country back on the road to recovery. All three party leaders and a high-powered list of FTSE CEOs will be there trying to provide answers.

We hope to be speaking to M&S chief executive, Sir Stuart Rose about ways out of the recession and how to cut the deficit.

And Susan Watts will be looking into the University of East Anglia (UEA) row. Thousands of emails and documents stolen from there and posted online suggest to some that researchers colluded to make the case for climate change. She'll be asking if we can trust the scientists.

Do join Jeremy at 10.30pm on ±«Óãtv Two.

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We have a film about the controversial Polish MEP, Michal Kaminski, the new leader of the European Conservatives and Reformists group, a man who on his personal website has an endorsement from the author Frederick Forsyth.

We hope to be talking to Marks and Sparks' chief exec, Sir Stuart Rose, who is speaking at the CBI conference today about ways out of the recession.

And Susan Watts will be bringing us the latest on the story that the e-mail system of one of the world's leading climate research units has been breached by hackers.

More details later.

Across Cumbria emergency services are continuing evacuations where flood defences have been overwhelmed by record rainfall. Police searching for a colleague missing after a bridge collapsed amid the devastating floods have found the body of a man.

Just two days ago the Queen announced a Flood and Water Management Bill promising new legislation to protect communities from flooding and to improve the management of our water supplies. So how prepared are we and how well protected? Paraic O'Brien has been to the Met Office's Flood Forecasting Centre.

A husband who killed his wife was set free from court in Swansea today. Brian Thomas blamed a rare sleep disorder for his actions. He said he was having a dream about attacking an intruder when he strangled his wife. We'll look at how often this sort of defence is used and how a sleeping disorder might cause someone to carry out such a violent act.

The Oprah Winfrey Show is to end next year after more than two decades on air. Tonight we'll consider Oprah's influence and legacy - from culture, politics and race, to literature and entertainment. We'll be joined by Britain's very own Oprah, chat-show host Trisha Goddard, who styled herself in Winfrey's image.

For our Flemish viewers, if you'd like to see an interpretation of about the Belgian Prime Minister Herman van Rompuy, who has been named President of the European Council, . We'd like to thank Vlaamse Radio- en Televisieomroep (Flemish Radio and Television Network) for their interest in our journalism.

Join Gavin for Newsnight at 10.30pm on ±«Óãtv Two, and read on for news from Kirsty on what's coming up in tonight's Newsnight Review at 11pm.

I'll be joined by Tom Paulin, Rosie Boycott and Sarfraz Mansoor and we'll be roaming over making fiction out of history. Does dramatic licence reveal deeper truths, or is it wrong to play fast and loose with the facts?

We'll be discussing Women We Loved, the new season of drama on ±«Óãtv Four which goes behind the public image of three 20th Century icons, Enid Blyton (Helena Bonham Carter), Margot Fonteyn (Anne Marie Duff), and Gracie Fields (Jane Horrocks).

And we'll be discussing Alan Bennett's new stage play, The Habit of Art, for which he teams up once again with director Nicholas Hytner. In the play he creates the imaginary reunion of two estranged friends, WH Auden (Richard Griffiths) and Benjamin Britten (Alex Jennings).

"There is no such thing as a single, correct version of history, and if dramatists are honestly trying to achieve a deeper poetic truth about their subject, that should be the guiding light".

Following his broadside against the ±«Óãtv over what he believes are stifling constraints upon television drama, the writer and director Stephen Poliakoff tells us why he thinks dramatists should be allowed to take greater liberties with history.

We are also reviewing his first feature in almost twenty years, the historical thriller, Glorious 39, in which he visits the uncomfortable truths about the appeasers on the eve of WWII.

And at The National Gallery in London we'll walk through a recreation of history in the Hoerengraght, the final work of the pioneering American installation artist Ed Kienholz and his wife Nancy Reddin, which takes us into the red light district of Amsterdam in the 1980s.

This is going to be a very colourful and argumentative Newsnight Review.

I hope you will join us, Kirsty

European leaders are due to arrive in Brussels in the next few hours to select a president with the announcement later tonight. The prevailing mood among EU leaders appears to be for a low-profile chairman rather than a more charismatic president with international connections.. What does the choice - and the way it is being arrived at - tell us about the new Europe of 2009 and beyond? The same old backstairs deals? David Grossman is in Brussels for us.

Hamid Karzai has been sworn in as Afghan president for a second elected term, saying he wants Afghan forces in charge of the nation within five years. Our Diplomatic Editor Mark Urban will be explaining why he now sees a much clearer picture emerging of how much longer our troops will need to be there.

Jon Kay is in the Wiltshire town of Wooton Bassett, famous now as part of the final journey for Britain's fallen in Afghanistan. What do the people there think of the town's loyal tradition of honouring fallen servicemen and the focus on it as a place of national mourning?

And Robin Denselow meets a group of disabled musicians from the Democratic Republic of Congo. The band, Staff Benda Bilili (which means 'open your mind, look beyond appearances') all suffered from polio as children, but their disabilities have not stopped them taking their music from Kinshasa to Europe where they have been wowing audiences on their tour.

And David Ginola and Dara O Briain will be discussing the Thierry Henry hand ball that sent France past Ireland and into the World Cup.

Do join Gavin for all that and more at 10.30pm on ±«Óãtv Two.

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There was one aspect of today's Queen's Speech which made a decisive break with tradition - the Commons Speaker John Bercow ditched the stockings worn by his predecessors for the State Opening of Parliament in favour of trousers.

Tonight, Michael Crick will examine the details of the speech to assess what other change is afoot - looking at the new measures outlined and giving his assessment of how many of them are likely to actually get passed, given that there is so little time left before the next general election.

We will also be discussing what the contents of the speech and the reaction of the other parties tell us about how the election campaign ahead is likely to play out.

Also, Sarah Palin is back on the campaign trail - this time promoting her 413-page autobiography Going Rogue: An American Life.

Tonight, we have a report from the US on the failed US vice-presidential candidate's prospects and those of the wider Republican party.

And we have a fascinating film on North Korean defectors in which we hear the experiences of three people who have fled the Stalinist state, including one man who was anti-tank battalion commander in North Korea's military.

Join Jeremy at 10.30pm on ±«Óãtv Two.

As you can see we have decided to give you a heads up earlier in the day about what we are planning for the programme. It is of course all subject to change, but we thought it would be beneficial for you to know what we are doing.

So, here is what we are lining up for tonight's programme:

Today is of course the day of the Queen's Speech, in which the government is setting out its plans until the next general election.

Tonight we will be discussing the contents of the speech, and Michael Crick will be taking a look at the detail and assessing what it tells us about the election campaign ahead.

We have a report from the US on Sarah Palin - who is out and about promoting her 413-page autobiography Going Rogue: An American Life.

And we have a fascinating film on North Korean defectors.

More details later.

PS Sorry about the slip with the date last night...

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The 21st Century has been dubbed the Asian Century - the era in which Western domination will end and the countries of Asia, particularly China, will grow in strategic, political and economic power.

Tonight, we will be looking at the challenge the West faces and our Economics Editor Paul Mason will be explaining how the Toyota Prius - the world's first mass-produced hybrid car - could be key.

At the heart of the hybrid is a rechargeable battery, and at the heart battery is a metal - one of 17 so-called Rare Earths which are at the heart of so many of the world's new technologies that they have the potential to bring about a shift in global power.

Plus, the other day Jeremy Paxman asks Conservative MEP Daniel Hannan whether he "fancied" Herman Van Rompuy.

He was of course asking if the Belgian prime minister would be suitable for the EU presidency.

Tonight, David Grossman will be taking a closer look at the man who is in the running to become the most powerful man in Europe, and assessing whether we should all be fancying his chances.

Also tonight, a second group of Newsnight viewers face the panel in our Politics Pen.

Last week, three intrepid members of the audience went up against the political animals pitching their ideas for easing the public finances - but all to no avail, as all of their suggestions were roundly rejected.

How will the next three fare?

We've just had our morning meeting and here is what we are planning for the programme at this stage:

Tonight, a second group of Newsnight viewers face the panel in our Politics Pen.

Last week, three intrepid members of the audience went up against the political animals pitching their ideas for easing the public finances - but all to no avail, as all of their suggestions .

How will the next three fare? Here's a taster:

Plus, as President Barack Obama continues his tour in Asia, Paul Mason will be taking a look at the resources battles which will shape the "Asian Century".

I can't say who we will be talking to just yet, but I can tell you that we have just taken delivery of a car which will be playing a key role in tonight's report.

Intriguing eh? More later.

Jeremy is presenting tonight, and here is what is coming up:

Prime Minister Gordon Brown is set to mount a robust defence of Britain's strategy in Afghanistan in his speech at the Lord Mayor's banquet tonight by warning that al-Qaeda is the biggest danger to UK national security.

But is the greater threat to be found on the streets of Britain rather than on the plains and mountains of Afghanistan?

Richard Watson examines the nature of the terror threat at home and we will discuss whether Britain has the right counter-terrorism strategy.

Michael Crick is in Norfolk where tonight a meeting will be held to decide whether to deselect Tory parliamentary candidate Elizabeth Truss for not telling the local Conservative Association about her affair with Tory MP Mark Field four years ago.

What does this row tell us about sex, sexism and the "modern" Conservative party?

And Stephen Smith got the best assignment - he has been to Harlem, New York to meet the hugely influential musician, Gil Scott-Heron.

Now aged 60 he has a new record scheduled for release in 2010 and talked to Stephen about his musical past, substance abuse, and the future.

Join Jeremy for all that and more at 10.30pm on ±«Óãtv Two.

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The man accused of masterminding the 9/11 attacks is to be put on trial in New York, just a few blocks from where the Twin Towers used to stand. Khalid Sheikh Mohammed - and four other men - will be transferred from the detention centre at Guantanamo Bay and be tried in a civilian federal court.

The move is part of US President Barack Obama's efforts to close the detention centre at Guantanamo Bay, but some relatives of 9/11 victims say they oppose a federal court trial. Tonight, we will be discussing the issues surrounding the trial with a relative of a 9/11 victim, plus senior US political and legal figures.

Also, Gordon Brown has confirmed he spoke to the owner of The Sun newspaper Rupert Murdoch, following the row over the letter of condolence he wrote to the mother of a soldier killed in Afghanistan. The newspaper attacked Mr Brown over his letter to Jacqui Janes, whose son Jamie was killed in Helmand, saying it contained spelling mistakes, and further criticised him after he telephoned Mrs Janes to discuss the letter with her.
Our Culture Correspondent, Steve Smith will be looking at who won in the battle between The Sun and the prime minister.

And here's Kirsty with news of what's happening on Newsnight Review at 11pm:

We'll be discussing the complicated cultural responses of German directors and writers to the fall of the Wall, 20 years ago this week.

My guests are journalists Paul Morley and Anne McElvoy, German curator and film critic Maxa Zoller, and Peter Miller who writes German and English thrillers (and also the memoir 1989: The Berlin Wall, My Role in its Downfall).

We'll be discussing this year's Cannes Film Festival winner, The White Ribbon, and a clutch of other films about Germany's recent past.

We'll be asking what is behind the rise of "Ostaglie", the nostalgia for the GDR that many in and beyond Germany find baffling - there is even a GDR show on television. Has the failure of many to find the "blossoming landscapes" Helmut Kohl promised in 1989, obliterated memories of the hated Stasi and the thousands killed trying to escape? Or is the yearning for a simpler and more ordered way of life understandable?

We'll be discussing both Good Bye Lenin, and the Oscar winning The Lives of Others.

We'll also examine whether the more confrontational views of repression are coming from outside Germany, looking in particular at the Nobel Prize winning novelist, Herta Muller, and her deeply affecting novel, The Land of Green Plums. Plus, the "pathetic" stories of life under Ceausescu, in Cristian Mungiu's Tales from a Golden Age.

Also Pop went the Wall - was pop music a force in the destruction of the Wall? From Michael Jackson to Bruce Springsteen to Pink Floyd?

Then we move on to talk about what lies behind the phenomenal success of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 which, on its release this week. It broke records when it instantly became the biggest selling launch across games film and DVD - taking $310 million in North America and the UK alone.

Do join us.

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Gordon Brown has delivered what had been billed as his first big speech on immigration, in which he acknowledged concerns about immigration and promised to beef up the UK's rules.

He specifically pledged to tighten up the points-based system for determining which migrants can work in Britain, offering work visas to people in occupations where there are shortages, but not to others.

But does the points-based system work in practice? Tonight, Richard Watson reveals new evidence of failures in the student work visa system, which leave it open to widespread fraud.

Also, the US ambassador in Kabul has thrown a hand-grenade into the White House's deliberations over the proposed troop surge for Afghanistan.

In a leaked cable, Karl Eikenberry said President Hamid Karzai's government should first prove it would tackle corruption.

Mark Urban reports tonight on how President Barack Obama will navigate his way through all this conflicting advice, and where this leaves the US and UK military strategies.

Plus, in times gone past the kings of Kabul would send their envoys to the city's only roundabout to find out what the ordinary people thought.

Lyse Doucet has been to the Sar-e Chowk roundabout to test the temperature as they did.

And we've sent our own envoy, Michael Crick, to take the temperature in Glasgow North East where voters are going to the polls to elect a new MP for the seat vacated by Speaker Michael Martin.

Join us tonight at 10.30pm on ±«Óãtv Two.

On this Armistice Day we will end tonight's programme with a discussion about the lasting resonance of the Great War poets and the Poet Laureate's poem written for today. Is poetry the most apt medium for conveying loss, bravery, anger and regret? We hope to be joined by the poets Simon Armitage and Andrew Motion.

We will begin though with the state of the UK economy. "Gloomy optimism" would probably best describe the assessment given this morning by the Bank of England. The Governor of the Bank, Mervyn King, said that the recovery had "only just started" and was "highly uncertain." The unemployment rise was the smallest quarterly increase in 18 months, but the youth unemployment rate has reached a record high of nearly 20 per cent. With such a fragile recovery under way, some economists fear that planned spending cuts could lead to another dip.

Tonight we speak to David Blanchflower who - virtually alone in the Bank of England - predicted the nature and scale of the recession months in advance of the markets. And we'll also be joined by DeAnne Julius, a senior economist who is on the board of a number of blue chip companies, and Lord Lamont, who was chancellor during the last recession.

Also tonight, a revolt on childcare vouchers. The government has rejected a warning by no less than nine former Labour ministers (including Patricia Hewitt and Caroline Flint) that phasing out childcare vouchers could harm the party at the general election. The prime minister says this relief is badly targeted but Flint says, "surely this is not the time to remove a key support from hard working families... crucially in the run up to an election, it will remove support for working parents and for businesses in key marginal constituencies".

We have one of the signatories to the letter, and are pursuing government ministers, who at this early stage are proving elusive.

And in the last in our series of film on the noughties - Susan Watts explores the giant leaps that were made in science and especially genetics over the last ten years. One of her interviews even raises the spectre of a "superhuman" in the near future. .

Join us tonight at 10.30pm on ±«Óãtv Two.

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Gordon Brown has emotionally insisted that he never meant to offend the mother of a soldier killed in Afghanistan when he wrote her a condolence letter in which she says her son's name was misspelled.

The latest twist in the controversy is that The Sun has released a recording of a phone conversation between Mrs Janes and the prime minister in which he blames his poor handwriting for any confusion.

Tonight, David Grossman will be asking if this slip is indicative of a government in chaos and what it reveals about attitudes in Downing Street.

Also this evening David Cameron will be outlining Conservative plans for tackling poverty and inequality, which include allowing people to keep more benefits when they find work.

Our Economics editor Paul Mason will be comparing Labour and Conservative policies on an issue which is expected to be one of the deciding factors in the next election.

Plus tonight we have the first of three special episodes of Politics Pen in which you - the audience - are put centre stage.

Hundreds of you sent in ideas about how to ease the strain on the public finances and tonight three people get to slug it out with our political animals.

Tune in at 10.30pm to find out how they fare.

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In exactly four weeks Climate Change Secretary Ed Miliband will sit down with other environment ministers in Copenhagen to try to agree a deal to cut greenhouse gas emissions.

But tonight, Mr Miliband will sit down with Newsnight's Ethical Man, Justin Rowlatt, in Justin's kitchen.

Since what will be discussed in December is ultimately about how we all live our lives, Newsnight thought where better to discuss the issues it raises but in a fairly ordinary home?

Also joining Justin - and his long-suffering family - are economist Vijay Joshi and Sarah Jayne Clifton from Friends of the Earth

They'll each get a mug of tea and a chance to tell us what kind of deal is likely in Copenhagen and how it will affect us all.

But the reality is that there are limits to how much individuals can reduce their energy consumption without fundamental changes in the way that energy is generated, and if Britain is to meet it commitments on reducing greenhouse gas emissions it faces a yawning energy gap.

Today the government announced that it plans to fill the gap with a huge expansion of nuclear power. Tonight, Susan Watts looks at the details of the plan and Jeremy Paxman will ask Mr Miliband about the thinking behind it.

Plus, it is 20 years since the fall of the Berlin Wall. Jeremy Paxman - who had only just joined the programme then - will be looking back on those historic events.

And on our website now, Olenka Frenkiel recalls being the first on the scene as East Berliners passed through the Brandenburg Gate and how she became when she turned up in a live discussion clutching a brick from the newly dismantled wall.

The anniversary celebrations in Berlin have given European Union leaders the perfect excuse for a get-together, and their first chance to discuss who should become EU president and EU High Representative since the Lisbon Treaty was ratified.

Michael Crick will have the latest on the jobs race and whether David Miliband is still in the frame.

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Prime Minister Gordon Brown has come under fire from former defence chiefs who have criticised his Afghanistan strategy and questioned his support for British troops there.

During a House of Lords debate, Chief of the Defence Staff Field Marshal Lord Inge said the armed forces had never really believed the prime minister was "on their side".

General Lord Guthrie, also a former CDS, accused Mr Brown of "dithering" over his pledge to send an extra 500 troops to Afghanistan and said the government had failed to provide adequate numbers of helicopters to prevent the loss of British lives.

The criticism came after a key speech on Afghanistan from Mr Brown, hastily arranged at the end of a bloody week for UK forces there.

Mr Brown said it was "simply wrong" to say troops were not getting the support they need and that he was determined to do everything necessary to protect them.

He warned the Kabul government that he will not put UK troops "in harm's way for a government that does not stand up against corruption", but again staunchly defended the mission, saying it is vital for UK security.

Tonight, Michael Crick will be looking at the Downing Street's increasingly uncomfortable relationship with retired generals and assessing whether Mr Brown's speech will have done enough to ease concerns about the operation in Afghanistan.

Also tonight, Richard Watson will be digging into the past of Major Nidal Malik Hasan, who allegedly opened fire at Fort Hood killing 13 people and injuring 30.

US President Barack Obama has warned against "jumping to conclusions" about the US-born Muslim's motivation.

But what did cause an army psychiatrist, whose job it was to help traumatised and injured US troops, turn assailant?

AND HERE IS KIRSTY WARK WITH WHAT IS COMING UP ON NEWSNIGHT REVIEW:

And on Newsnight Review tonight I'll be getting to the dark heart of the week's cultural offerings along with my guests Kim Newman, Sarah Churchwell and Matthew Sweet.

Hammer Horror lives again with a retrospective in London and two new films currently in production.

We look at how the horror landscape has changed since the last Hammer film 30 years ago.

Does Jennifer's Body, unusually written and directed by women, challenge the gender stereotypes of the genre?

And does the success in America of the low budget film Paranormal Activity, soon to be released over here, mean a return to more psychological values in horror after the so-called "torture porn" gruesomeness of recent years?

On stage, the gore of the early 20th Century Grand Guignol theatre is revived in a new work by Carl Grose. Can the horrors of previous generations only ever be played for laughs?

And Paul Auster tells us how he scared himself writing his new work Invisible, a dark page turner of murder, incest, lies and illusion.

Join us at 11pm.

The Bank of England's rate-setters have decided to pump an extra £25bn into the economy in their quantitative easing (QE) programme. The Bank has already spent £175bn on QE, which involves printing money to buy assets from banks and other companies to stimulate the economy. But despite all the many billions being spent, small businesses have seen a seventh consecutive month of reduced lending. So is QE really working? Tonight Liz MacKean will be asking if the money is reaching those who really need it.

The shadow foreign secretary William Hague spoke to us last night about the Conservative party's decision not to hold a Lisbon Treaty referendum. He defended the Tory pledge to claw back power from the EU if elected, a policy French government minister Pierre Lellouche called "pathetic". Mr Lellouche has since said that he is prepared to "live with" whatever policy the UK had on Europe. But how are we going to be perceived in Europe and beyond if the Conservatives come to power at the next election?

Security forces in the Iranian capital, Tehran used batons and tear gas to disperse opposition supporters yesterday, witnesses and state media reported. Tonight we have a very strong interview with an Iranian opposition protestor about the brutal treatment inflicted upon him while in prison.

Emily's sore throat has got the better of her, so Gavin's stepped in. Join him at 10.30pm on ±«Óãtv Two.

Here's Emily with news of tonight's programme:

So long, farewell, auf Wiedersehen, goodbye.

Promises of a referendum on the Lisbon treaty are now gone, defunct, deceased etc. But, if you thought the Tories would present that fact with the tail between their legs you have another think coming. No hint of apology from David Cameron today. Instead, fresh promises (some might call them cast iron guarantees) of a public vote on future treaties and indeed a pledge that British courts of law would hold sway over Europe. Can he promise this? Will anyone in Europe listen if he does?

Tonight, William 'wewillnotletmattersrestthere' Hague will join us. We'll ask if the Tories can still win the trust of the British public when they make pledges on Europe.

But first, a week that started badly in Afghanistan - with the return to power of a corrupt government - just got much, much worse. Today, five British soldiers were shot dead by the very policeman they were helping to train. Tonight we ask if the whole strategy of empowering and training up the Afghan army has been undermined by today's dreadful events. And we explore whether politicians are getting cold feet about the mission. Former minister Kim Howells says it would be better to 'bring home the vast majority of our men and women there and use the money saved to secure our own borders'. Do others tacitly agree with him?

The party leaders are united about one thing - a wish to appease Christopher Kelly with whatever he suggests on new rules for MPs' expenses. We'll be looking into the changes and how quickly they will be implemented.

And our Dragons' Den style Politics Pen returns (). This time we're giving Newsnight viewers a chance to face our political animals and pitch their policy ideas on how we can raise more money from taxation. You can read more from one of the political animals, Patience Wheatcroft - who's the editor-in-chief of The Wall Street Journal Europe .

Do join us on ±«Óãtv Two at 10.30pm.
Emily

The Czech constitutional court has ruled that the Lisbon Treaty is in line with the constitution, clearing the way for President Vaclav Klaus to sign it. The Czech Republic is the only EU member yet to ratify the treaty, and the decision removes the penultimate hurdle to its passage. It's a move that has put pressure on David Cameron's Conservatives. In 2007, Mr Cameron made a "cast iron" guarantee to hold a referendum on any treaty that emerged from EU talks. Now that position seems to be shifting with the Tory Leader expected to clarify their policy tomorrow. Tonight David Grossman looks at whether Cameron can hold the Tories together on Europe.

On the day that former British soldier Simon Mann - who was sentenced to 34 years for a coup plot in Equatorial Guinea - is pardoned and returned to the UK, Richard Watson has the exclusive, inside story of the coup. He has documents including the contract for the coup which shows that if it had been successful Mr Mann would have been in line for a $15m payout. .

We have an exclusive interview with Al Gore - the former US Vice President, and author of the best-selling book and Academy Award winning movie about the threat of global warming, An Inconvenient Truth.

And Matt Frei returns to the town of Culpeper, in 'swing state' Virginia, a year on from the US Presidential election. Has anything changed since President Obama was elected?

Join Jeremy at 10.30pm on ±«Óãtv Two.

Here is what is coming up on tonight's programme:

Hamid Karzai has been declared the elected president of Afghanistan. The planned second round of the vote was scrapped after Mr Karzai's sole challenger, Abdullah Abdullah, pulled out of the race.

Tonight we hope to be speaking to Lyse Doucet live from Kabul to get the latest. And our
Diplomatic Editor Mark Urban will be asking if the lives lost and money spent to secure Afghanistan sufficiently for the election was worth it, and with Mr Karzai's reputation now so tarnished, how legitimate will his presidency be?

On Friday Newsnight spoke to the UK's chief drugs adviser, Professor David Nutt, who was sacked after criticising government policies Since then two members of the drugs advisory panel have quit in protest and others are to meet to discuss their next move.

The home secretary Alan Johnson said Prof Nutt was sacked for "crossing the line" between giving advice and campaigning for a policy.

Tonight our Science Editor Susan Watts examines how this row came about, where it is heading and what could be the future implications for scientists and government ministers.

And talking of Alan Johnson, we will also be getting reaction to his first speech on migration in which he admitted the government has sometimes been "maladroit" in dealing with immigration.

Mr Johnson also accepted that some parts of Britain were "disproportionately" affected
by immigration, with an influx of new arrivals putting a "strain" on jobs and services.

And we have the second part in our Make Do And Mend series of films. Milliner Mary Jane Baxter has been travelling around the UK for Newsnight investigating if the resurgence of make do and mend is parsimony or passing fad.

Jeremy is presenting tonight and he'll be on ±«Óãtv Two at 10.30pm. Do join
him.