Pakistan, South Africa and rugby
Pakistan, South Africa loses one of its most famous singers and the Rugby World Cup are out three main topics -- unless of course there's anything else that takes your fancy.
We're starting the show with Pakistan. The PM Benazir Bhutto has condemned the "dastardly and cowardly" suicide bomb attack last night that killed 130 people. In her first public comments since the attack, she said Pakistan was facing a battle for democracy with militants, and vowed to continue the struggle.
We're chasing people in Karachi to find out what's next for Pakistan -- where does democracy go from here.
LUCKY DUBE
Also today, the South African reggae musician, Lucky Dube, has been shot dead in front of his children in Johannesburg during an attempted car hijacking. He had been dropping his teenage son and daughter off in the suburb of Rosettenville on Thursday night.
Crime is reaching astonishing levels in South Africa. Depending on who you talk to people say everyone knows someone who's a victim. And this is the equivalent of say Bob Dylan or Bono or Phil Collins being shot, not for any other reason other than being in the wrong place and driving a nice car. Anyway, we're going to talk to South Africans about this, plus one of his closest musical collegues.
RUGGER
Also today: thousands of rugby fans are heading for Paris ahead of the mouth-watering World Cup final between England and South Africa tomorrow. We're putting fan against fan, we're looking for predictions, the tactics and the atmosphere.
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