TONY BLAIR deliberately conflated the threats from Saddam Hussein and al-Qaida following the 9/11 attacks, an Iraq War inquiry was told yesterday.

Tony Blair and George Bush may have agreed the need for regime change in Iraq in private discussions at the US president's ranch, the Iraq Inquiry has heard.

Tony Blair deliberately combined the threats from Saddam Hussein and al-Qaida following the 9/11 attacks, the official inquiry into the Iraq War was told today.

Markets will be hoping for signs of a united front on measures to rescue the global economy and fight the threat of protectionism at the G20 summit.