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The government has announced significant cuts in military personnel and equipment to fund a £900m boost for the Afghanistan campaign.

Citing "acute cost pressures" and "tough decisions" on reprioritising spending Defence Secretary Bob Ainsworth said that RAF Cottesmore in Rutland would be closed and defence jobs axed.

Mr Ainsworth's announcement came after months of criticism over the number of helicopters in operation in Helmand, in Afghanistan.

Under the new plan the MOD will buy an additional 22 Chinook helicopters - but here's the snag, they won't be operational until 2012/2013.

Gavin Esler is poring over the details of the plan right now as he prepares for an interview with Mr Ainsworth for tonight's programme.

Susan Watts is braving the cold, and the queues, in Copenhagen and will be bringing us the latest from the climate change summit live on the programme.

And Peter Marshall will be reporting on an expected announcement from the White House that it is to acquire an underutilised state prison in rural Illinois to be the new home for a limited number of Guantanamo detainees - which could be an important step on the thorny path to closing the US detention facility in Cuba.

And as the young people we have been following for our Leaving Care series prepare for Christmas, Liz MacKean has been catching up with them and has travelled to Sweden to see how youngsters turning 18 in care are handled there.

Join Gavin at 10.30pm on BBC Two.