The World Tonight

In a highly critical essay, Sir Tony Blair says the current government has no coherent plan for the country. We hear reaction from two Labour MPs.

Canada's Prime Minister Mark Carney invokes Brexit as a cautionary tale as he tries to head off an independence referendum in the province of Alberta. We speak to one of the leaders of the independence movement.

And after orbiting the moon, NASA unveils its plans to land - and build - there. What would that involve?

Journalist Declan Walsh reports from the epicentre of the Ebola outbreak in and around the Democratic Republic of Congo.

After threatening to withdraw 4,000 troops from Poland, President Trump today reversed the plan and promised 5,000 troops would now be deployed in the country. Former US Ambassador to NATO, Kurt Volker, gives us his view on the confusing messages from Washington.

Also on the programme, we hear about the potential schism appearing between the US President and Senate Republicans, take a look back at CBS Radio on the night is closes down for good, and the founder of the slow movement, Carlo Petrini has died.

The government has published its long-awaited guidance on single-sex spaces. The guidance states that spaces such as changing rooms and toilets must be used on the basis of biological sex. We'll find out what this means for businesses, organisations and transgender people who access these spaces.

Also on the programme - the streets of Birmingham are a sea of claret and blue as Aston Villa revels in its Europa League triumph, but we'll hear about a Villa fan club in Ghana that is also celebrating. And a marine mammal scientist explains how she's proved that beluga whales can recognise themselves in a mirror.

Chancellor Rachel Reeves will announce plans to curb the use of judicial reviews into clean energy projects of “critical national importance” in England and Wales. We speak to those for and against the measures.

Also on the programme: the US government has indicted former Cuban president Raúl Castro on charges of conspiracy to kill US nationals over a fatal attack on two planes in 1996.

And Mancunian music stalwart Mike Pickering speaks to us about the Beatles, M People and discovering Calvin Harris.

More than 130 people are believed to have died in the latest outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda. The World Health Organisation has declared it a public emergency of international concern, and warns the number of infections could soon reach the thousands.

Also on the programme: celebrations in north London as Arsenal win the Premier League for the first time in 22 years.

And as President Putin arrives in China for talks with Xi Jinping, we ask what their ‘friendship with no limits’ really means.

A jury has tonight thrown out a lawsuit by Elon Musk against Open AI and its boss Sam Altman, saying he took too long to file the claim.

Alongside the Labour leadership crisis, the Brexit debate is back. Andy Burnham says he's not proposing the UK rejoins the European Union. We'll hear how the EU is viewing events.

And at least 100 people have now died from Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo - we'll speak to a man who was part of the British response to a previous outbreak.

The BBC understands the prime minister will not seek to block Andy Burnham from becoming a candidate for the seat of Makerfield - after Labour MP Josh Simons said he would be standing down for him.

Cuban president Miguel Díaz-Canel has urged the US to lift its oil blockade, hours after rare protests over worsening power cuts on the Communist-run island.

And are children in the midst of a reading crisis? We speak to the outgoing Children's Laureate Frank Cottrell-Boyce.

As the King announces the government’s legislative agenda, allies of Health Secretary Wes Streeting say he is preparing to challenge Keir Starmer for the Labour leadership. We speak to Labour MPs from opposing camps.

Also on the programme: as Donald Trump touches down in Beijing, could he water down US security commitments to Taiwan, in the interests of a trade deal with China?

And we look at the high-end sandwiches packing as much salt as five cheeseburgers.

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer is scheduled to meet the Health Secretary Wes Streeting tomorrow morning ahead of the King's Speech, in which the government will lay out its legislative agenda for the next year. Streeting is seen as a likely leadership rival to Starmer as more MPs call for the Prime Minister to quit and four ministers resign. However more than 100 Labour MPs have signed a statement backing Starmer. We ask if Britain's fracturing politics is making the country ungovernable.

Also on the programme: the best-selling crime writer Patricia Cornwell, on her traumatic early life, and how her days as a journalist shaped her writing.