The World Tonight - 17/09/2009

National and international news and analysis with David Eades. Washington scraps the European missile defence system, but will the move make Russia more co-operative on Iran? With the deadly air strike in Yemen, is the country in danger of becoming a failed state? Spending versus cuts: has cutting government spending become the new economic orthodoxy? , Brixton gets a new currency, but will the 'Brixton pound' bring prosperity to local traders?