There is broad international support for widening membership of the United Nations Security Council and giving the organisation more power, according to a poll published today.

British Prime Minister Tony Blair tonight told British troops and the Arab world that Saddam Hussein should pay for his crimes under Iraqi justice, and questioned why the dictator needed a huge clandestine network of facilities if he had no weapons of mass destruction.

The BBC has sacked two long-serving World Service journalists claiming a “total breakdown in trust” after the pair launched a series of unsuccessful employment tribunals against the broadcaster costing up to £1m (€1.5m).