Today - 07/06/2008

Presented by Sarah Montague and Evan Davis. As Conservative Party chairman Caroline Spelman faces allegations that she used her MP's allowance to pay her former nanny, political correspondent Ben Wright explains what she is supposed to have done. Zimbabwe's authorities have blocked Morgan Tsvangirai from holding rallies in his campaign for the presidential run-off election. Caroline Hawley reports from Johannesburg. Euro 2008 kicks off, but none of the teams is British. So who should football fans support? The Italian, Portuguese, Polish and Turkish ambassadors explain why the British should think about supporting their countries. Israel's prime minister Ehud Olmert has announced new mediated talks with Syria. Wyre Davies reports on the many elements that make a future deal with Syria an elusive goal. Former Zimbabwean colonel Dr Martin Rupiya and South Africa's deputy foreign minister Aziz Pahad discuss what is happening inside Zimbabwe. Thought for the Day with Canon David Winter. Shadow chancellor George Osborne is in Washington to talk to Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke about the economy. He defends Caroline Spelman and discusses how the Conservatives would deal with the current economic crisis. Former prime minister Sir John Major attacked the government in an article written for The Times on Friday and the piece has stirred up the debate on the issue of detaining terror suspects for 42 days. Sir John explains the thinking behind his claims. Larry Elliot, one of the authors of The Gods That Failed: How Blind Faith In Markets Has Cost Us Our Future, discusses the idea behind the book with former advisor to Tony Blair Derek Scott.